At the nightclub.
"Lugar, this is my friend Alexis , and her boyfriend John!" - The bartender from Renekies was shouting over the music.
Lugar greeted them with a nod, more interested in being accompanied by his beer; still in his work clothes and boots from earlier in the day. The crowd of people kept his head on a swivel as they made their way to the V.I.P section that John had provided for them.
" Much better right. So where are you from, boss?" - asked John.
" Sweden." - Lugar was to the point.
" Oh snap, I'm Swedish too boss!" - John was always one to impress.
"Nice."- Lugar said sharply.
"Okay, so what are the two ladies drinking, you know I got ya! Bloody Marys!? Alright!" - John promised their favorite drink as he danced away.
As John made his way through the crowd Lugar noticed something unusual at the bar across the room. There was a couple shotgun kissing their drinks and holding their heads was a man with a long leopard jacket on. His back was turned to Lugar as he went to give what appeared to be hickeys to the guy and the girl.
" You okay?" - Asked the lady bartender from Renekies, picking up on the fact that Lugar had sat his beer down. She continued to read his body language as he was squinting his eyes and placing his hands on his knees.
"Oh relax, they are just making out, a little menage de tois. You do not always have to save the day you know." - She said giggling.
"Hey, ladies, sugar for you and salt for my queen. And for you, sir Lugar , I have here a splendid mix of deceased fruit and a side shot of turkey bourbon whiskey!" - John spoke confidently.
John was completely ignored by Lugar as he brushed past him towards the bar.
" What is that guy's problem man?" - John expressed annoyedly.
The man in the leopard jacket had the hair of the seduced guy in his clenched fist, his body was lifeless and dangled in his seat; before he continued to suck on the neck of the guys girlfriend he took a very grimacing peak back at Lugar; blood dripping from his fangs and chin. The leopard jacketed man quickly guzzled the blood out of the girl before dropping them both on the bar top and running out through the back door.
Lugar chased him through the intoxicated and blind persons, following him into a back alley. The noise from the club canceled as the door behind him closed. The leopard jacketed man was no longer in sight but he could hear clanking up ahead. Lugar ran in the direction of the noise eventually reaching a gate that was still vibrating but there was nothing.
Upon returning to the bar to further investigate, the couple who was used, had vanished. The blood had been cleaned up and the chairs readjusted like new. The music had also seemed to be turned up louder than before.
"Would you like a drink?" - Asked the bartender.
"Just - wait." - Lugar's mind was entrapped and spinning. The front door grew closer and closer to him.
The bartender from Renekies and her two friends found him outside panting.
" Let's get you home ." - she said.
" There was two people who were just murdered inside." - Lugar said, gathering himself.
" What , what are you talking about man, we were in the club with you." - said John.
" I know what I saw!" - Lugar exploded.
"Lugar, come on let me take you home." - The bartender from Renekies said.
"I know what I saw." - Lugar pushed up in her face with a quivering lip.
The following morning there was a knock on his cabin porch door. Which was highly unusual and unexpected for someone to be in that area. He chose his piece of land for a specific reason, seclusion.
"Yeah." - He said talking through the screen door with his shirt off.
" I was um, I was at the club last night, and I saw you follow that man into the back." - It was a beautiful woman standing at the bottom of his steps with her keys in her hand.
" I don't know what you are talking about."- He remained in his place behind the screen.
" Well it definitely was you, I remember the face, you do not come out much huh?" - She was persistent.
" Wrong person lady." - He intended to speak for the last time.
" They were my friends!" - She was able to get out the truth before he shut the entrance way.
Lugar looked around and analyzed her a bit more before opening up and welcoming her inside. His cabin was plain and simple, built for only one and maintained by only him. Everything was stored away properly within the small home.
" Did you follow me here?" - He asked, while putting on some clothes.
" I am sorry, but I did not know what else to do."- She said,
" Your name?" - Lugar asked hurriedly, waiting for a response.
"Julie. Look, I am not a cop." - Julie explained.
" So what do you want?" Lugar was being very careful. He had not seen a vampire since he was a child and now someone was on his property asking him about it.
Already fed up with his attitude Julie grabbed her purse. Maybe I should just leave." - She said.
Making it all the way to her car before Lugar decided to trust his gut and come outside to calm her down, "Hold on, I'll help you. Tell me all you know." - He said.
She was invited back into the home but preferred to remain outside, suggesting to him that they take a walk instead.
"It is a beautiful place that you have." - She said and then continued, " Sorry about blowing you off but I do not know who to trust."
"What happened last night?" - Lugar asked.
" I am not sure, Butane is a place you go to escape and live out your urges and temptations that you have been controlling all week. We go very often and most people stay to their clique and just zone out. It is not hard to have a good time or find what you are looking for and they were into that stuff, you know, more than two in the room type deal. So I let them have their space and went to the ladies room. I was planning on having fun of my own. I am a broker , I just need space sometimes, nothing serious. That is when I saw him, I mean, when I was coming out of the ladies room. He certainly did not look like their type and he was new just like you but they seemed to be enjoying themselves but then he.." - Julie started to get choked up and teary eyed as she told what she saw, stopping on the trail to take a break.
"Tell me. What did you see?" - Lugar was speaking very intensely.
" I mean you were there. Then he bit into their necks and started to.. He started to.." - She was too distraught to finish recalling that particular instance of the experience.
"I am sorry."- Lugar showed empathy although he himself was unsure of the whole situation.
She was able to show courage and continued telling him, " That is when I saw you two gain eye contact as you were coming to him." - She cried.
"What happened to the bodies!? Why was the place cleaned!?" - He continued in his intensity.
" I do not know , I do not know! That is why I came here to you!" - They both were yelling now.
"What happened to the bodies." - He was stressed, turning away and rubbing his forehead.