" Iron might slow it down. Pick that up " there's no way I'm doing that.
" We've got to kill this thing and so I've got to shoot", she turns to me in all puzzlement. " Jake stop--" before she says the words I'm already stretching forth my gun and I shoot.
The screaming stops and I hear the footsteps coming for us from the front, well it's now or never Jake. I throw the bullet at the ghost and it hits her shoulder, oh no! Now she's angry with me or us. Let's not forget April in this storyline now, shall we? Well, run.
We run for it as quick as we walk straight down to the kitchen for salt. April gets the salt and we both open it with optimum speed and like a thunderbolt. It's here with us.
We throw the salt making it burn. With an angry moan it slows down while I pick up iron from the floor, April gets one too. Together we pierce the irons through its chest, directly where the heart should be.
It falls and disappears. "Is it dead, is it dead, April? " I for one thing had an experience like this but even a caster got fright for a ghost. So I'm not a big baby after all.
"April you alright? April? " April is silent towards me and I'm thinking she's really upset. "I'm sorry April, I am. " her head still facing the ground, making me cautious now.
The next thing she says is "run Jake run" I'm not understanding a thing but I've got to run but why is the question " she repeats and I look into her eyes. The fright I get is overwhelming, I pick myself up to make a run for it. She's possessed.
I thought she was on my side of the whole thing, everything she went through just for me made me believe her every word.
Getting halfway close to the door I hear her scream "I'll kill you, Jake, Olive can't beat me at this. I'll have your heart in my hands by dawn. " I run faster pretending I didn't hear those words come out of her mouth towards me.
With speed I'm out of the house, I get into the car and I zoom off. The speed and sweat make me emotional, the girl I loved wanted me dead and this helpful thing she did, was definitely in her favour. I'm not deaf or hallucinating but she almost killed me. I'm never going back. Ever.
Reaching the bridge leading the way out of the city, I release a breath I didn't know I held so tight to myself.
First April and no mysterious Mary tank anywhere, I feel like I'm dreaming. While driving I decide to stop at a store on the same mile radar, I know liquor got me here but then.
"Can I take a walk around the store for a special? " I ask the sales boy of about twenty-two of age I think. I'm a bad guesser, not the worst assumer in the world.
I look around for a minute in absolute confusion cause I can't pick the favourite I want, so I take a Johnny walker at least with a bit of ice in a glass it'll suit my life. For now.
Driving through another mile radar, this time the trees were brown. I've seen this on television, I know I have. It's in Australia. This is insane.
How did I get to Australia within a mile or can I say in the blink of an eye? Crappy news everywhere if you ask me. Boom!
A deer hits my car while it tries to run away from a predator, I speed up and see a lizard with a leaf-like tail. I heard about it but never dreamt of seeing it around me.
I just wipe it off, within a second of wiping the clouds get darker and I hear a woman call my name. It's not April's voice or Mary's tank if there is one alive.
It's a slow, calm one. The kind you watch on television.
I turn up the windows if you know what I mean. Increasing my speed is the best option for me, I'm not in for any feminine or masculine surprise.
Oh great! A motel close by! My guns are out already. Like I said no surprises here. Stepping out of a car is a usual thing now.
I step into my room after booking, I lock the door. Yes, I did. Got this feeling I'm gonna end this swiftly but how? I've got no guide, oh wait the book.
I take it out, the second and third pages had blood writing like the first. Guess I forgot to check and the keeper boy didn't even check up on me.
Call me nuts when I quote "you've made it far, I'm surprised you're not dead. Good luck". What does he take me for a weakling? Well down to the second page "she's going to kill you, Jake, she's not good at all. She's going to kill you, Jake, run while you can. Don't follow her to the house, you may not make it through".
Thanks for the headstart keeper, you're a real charmer indeed. Wish I saw this earlier than now, maybe the quick headstart at least.
At a maximum conclusion, April is bad and not good while the keeper named Olive is bad but good. Oh, my freaking god! Can I wake up already?
This makes me count down to the next shot for me to see the next day after tomorrow. Who do I kill? Not someone innocent.
Tomorrow is the fifth day, what can I do about that now? Wait a minute another page with blood. I quote.
"Move out of that hotel, the vampires approach you. Be fast, wear a rosary quickly before you get eaten alive.
Don't do the unnecessary and don't disobey, I'm the only help you have.
Other stories April gave you? I'm the complete opposite. They're the ones killing the agents I sent to get the orb, they're the bad guys here Jake.
I'm the one in need of a cure and they want me to join them, that's the point.
Remember that immortal elixir she gave you, it's supposed to kill you, Jake. That's why I'm surprised you survived it all. That's why I'm still writing to you.
Don't disobey by a chance, you might regret it. Love no one, like no one and you'll survive. Move now. "
I can't think but I just run down the stairs. Surprise! Vampires.
Dead creatures, I wish I never knew, I never heard of. Their pale skin speaks of sadness and remorse, their sharp teeth tell of the tremors they give, their eyes. Not their eyes, for eyes, are the windows to the soul.
Do they have souls? No, no they don't. So here are my predators, all five of them for one me. I think the reason they're not on me is because of the rosary.
Let's have a blood launch now, shall we?
I shoot faster than ever thinking about whatever comes next, hounds? I think hounds and they better not come from hell. That's insane.
The first vamp swings his arm past me, I push but he doesn't stay down for long. I pick up the fire extinguisher at the side and spray some gas into the air.
I know they've got good sight but just for a headstart. I pick off! Thank God I made it to the car! Alive! I've never felt so much joy in a long time. Ever!
I feel the tension within me, my tyres are coming out as loose. Okay, what?! I'm losing my mind and almost my own life! And I run out of tyres.
I try to manoeuvre through and I crash into the forest by my left side. Making me dizzy and I get into a coma.
What a ride, even in my coma I prayed and hoped that the vampires don't catch up to me.
OLIVE'S POV
I'm Olive, I'm the first dark caster that tried to come out of the dark. No, I'm not cursed, I just want a cure, a quick cure If at all.
I pray he makes it through, Jake seems like a guy of good physique and that's why I chose him for this job. Countless nights I've watched him day and night ever since I saw him at the market. I knew he'd make it through. He will make it through.
JAKE'S POV
My head hurts bad and I feel like I just got out of a trance, I feel numb with the dizzy images of vampires around me. I can't think direct.
I see nothing like my car around me, instead, I see a ceiling and a roof over my head. Who did this to me, my whiskey is at the corner of the bed.
I pick it up and drink it whole without any ice or glass around me. How long have I been out? A year? That's not possible. Wait a minute that smell is different, like a guy's smell but nice and attractive.
His eyes are brown, just like April's. His hair was black like hers, could this be? Is this Olive? I sit up properly and I stare at his back until suddenly he turns towards me.
"It's me" my mind assured the mystery keeper, I have a lot of questions for him of course. A lot of questions.
"I know you have a lot to say but first let's focus on the main feature here, I'm Olive the so-called keeper of the underworld. I never wanted any of this but I was born into it, I'm trying to escape it.
I'm April's brother, I'm sure she already told you that way back. I'm a dark caster, we all are.
We were burning up the villages and people in it. It disturbed me one day when my father killed a baby by slaughtering it into halves. I felt the pain and terror, so I decided to stop.
They told me as casters, we can't run from our fates. I just ignored it and went on to find it myself.
The moment they knew I left, they came after me. I ran to the underworld where I know my power lies, they can't cross in unless they die.
The man with the deep voice you heard on the phone is the gatekeeper, I'm the sovereign keeper of the deep. "
He takes a pause and continues
"I'm not the one making the kill a soul a day thing, that's them. They were there before me. That's why. "
That's a complete wow, it all makes sense now. Everything at least, I mean who knew this Olive guy had a heart? Can we stay close to each other now?
He looks soft and fragile, especially by his facial expressions, he's a cute guy my age. Is anyone thinking what I'm thinking?
Nah not really.
Let's focus on the game here now shall we?
"So what's the next move? "I ask, I feel like he forgot his eyes on my body and abs. He's drooling on all this goodness, isn't he?
I'm waiting for his reply and his eyes land on my dick, he licks his lips and mutters "we can leave now if you want ". I'm just like whaaat!
Is he gay? Or am I bisexual now cause I kinda find him attractive? He looks into my grey eyes and smiles.
"What are you thinking Olive? Hmm? " I ask. "nothing" he smiles and I see his dimples broadly. A cute twenty-five-year-old if you ask me.
"Okay then let's bounce out".