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Chapter 22 - BLOOD MEAL

It was time for the ladies to have their own conversation call it the she talk. In the swimming pool they relaxed on floating tubes, putting on bikinis as sun shined on them.

Also Kevin and Suxes were aside sipping on yellow juice in glasses, having a male talk as friends while they watched their ladies sunbathing on the swimming pool.

Suxes: "when are you planning to tell her?"

Kevin: "I'm scared, she may start avoiding me for that."

Suxes: "but you won't hide it forever!"

Kevin: "I love her and I'm not ready to loose her."

Suxes: "exactly why you must tell her, you love her so, she deserves to know before it's too late."

Kevin: "do you think she will be okay with it?"

Suxes: "ask yourself, if she was the mermaid and you were the human, will you keep her incase she told you?"

Kevin: "I love her and I can tolerate anything about her."

Suxes: "thats what am talking about. If she truly loves you, she will not tolerate your imperfections."

Kevin: "Brittany abandoned you for your imperfections you're just lucky you got well and she got back!"

Suxes: "No! she didn't. If she actually abandoned me like you say, then she wouldn't have helped us the day we went to ask for her help when you wanted to find out about your father. Besides, every night when I was on the streets, still a shabby hobo she spied on me!"

Kevin: "So now, what do you have in plan?"

Suxes: "Sit her down when you're together and explain to her! Yes, she may become angry and confused and maybe abandon you for some time just like Brittany did to me but, trust me she will come back to you if she truly loves you."

Kevin took a long nervous breathe.

Suxes: "If you want to spend the rest of your life with her, she will definitely find out and that will not be good if she happens to find out by herself."

"Uncle Kevin!" five years old Nicole came running from the house calling and stood at the door way taking everyone's attention. "Will you please buy for me all the toys in the world?" She asked.

Kevin Moore smiled and shouted; "yes I will." Nicole ran back inside to continue watching cartoons on television.

Today was the first time for Nicole to see her father Suxes ever since she was born and for that matter, they had not yet bonded. She had always been with her poor hustling mother Brittany, and she never had access to her choice of toys like children from well-off families.

Just like any wise kid, young Nicole had to take this great opportunity in this rich home were they have a very wide television, eat a lot of food on table to ask for her heart desires. She definitely knew its uncle Kevin's home.

"I told her we were visiting uncle Kevin's home," Suxes responded after seeing everyone looked confounded.

So far away across huge forests, long rivers, deep valleys, tall mountains and large water bodies, a very cold territory known as the land of ice arrived the hunter vampires in the kingdom of human vampire bats.

Several human vampire bats gathered to welcome the male and female hunter vampires from a very long journey where they had gone on a mission well known to the all kingdom.

The three superiors came ahead to officially accompany them throw the huge crowd of fellow human vampire bats to where the realm leader Jelly Spatters was standing.

While they walked through, every human vampire looked at them as very special ones because they were coming from the human world, the most modern and civilized which all of them only heard about in stories except Jelly Spatters.

In honor the male and female hunter vampires entered the tall gates of the castle. Jelly Spatters was standing right outside the castle near the entrance to show his gratitude for their work in human territories.

When they reached infront of him, the two hunter vampires kneeled down to the ground and bowed their heads three times in a row to show respect, obedience and compliance.

Jelly Spatters picked two prepared holy communion cups from a servant, which were filled with human blood and served both of them. It was of great honor for a vampire to drink on the same type of blood the king drunk on.

In the human vampire bat kingdom, every vampire wished to drink on the type of blood the leader drunk on because rumors had it that this blood was very special in a way that it could bring special energy, speed and make a vampire to grow younger.

None of the human vampire bats knew the type of animal this blood was extracted from, except the three superiors and the leader Jelly Spatters. It was a big secret and most of the vampires were inquisitive.

However, it was a very huge crime to drink human blood in the kingdom and it was punishable by death using the Red Venom Potion infront of the crowd incase you got caught. Vampires were only supposed to hunt world animals for a blood meal to sustain their lives.

Since the leader and superiors knew the effects of human blood incase a vampire drunk it, they made sure there were rules restricting other vampires from drinking it, thus they prevented them from raiding human territories.

The hunter vampires drunk empty the cups of blood which were served to them by the leader Jelly Spatters. As soon as they finished drinking, they felt a type of way. On their bodies, the wounds healed permanently to show no scars.

Their faces became younger while the crowd observed the changes; "Oh, look! it's the magic blood!" Murmured the ignorant human vampire bats which were on a welcoming ceremony of the hunter vampires.

The hunter vampires raised up from their knees and Jelly Spatters began walking towards entering the castle. He led them inside and many others vampires walked from behide the three superiors.

Inside the castle was all modern, decorated and furnished with modern furnishings. Religious misic loudly played and some of the vampires happily danced and worshipped the supernatural with cups of animals' blood in their hands to act as wine.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" music stopped and Jelly Spatters started addressing the audience, "before we go any further, its been of great honor to recieve our members back home from a very long and crucial journey in the human cities."

He went ahead and said, "as it is our duty to protect our cover here in the land of freedom, I would like to inform you that I personally will be heading to the human cities in order to hunt down Monica Yen and her daughter Babara."

The announcement came as a surprise to all the vampires in the building that they shouted in one voice to praise the brave and courageous, old but young looking leader, Jelly Spatters. He was said to be two hundred years of age.

After the announcement, Jelly Spatters ordered the music to continue. The human vampire bats stomped their feet on the ground and jumped happily to the music. Servants passed through to make blood refills as the party went on.

Jelly Spatters entered inside his chembers followed by the three superiors who always worked in his favor. They had to conduct a private meeting about his journey to the human cities as he has announced.

He sat on chair and faced the three superiors who stood facing him as well.

Three superiors: "your wish is our command but we don't think it is safe for you to engage in a battle!"

Jelly Spatters: "No one can defeat Monica Yen except me! She's a pure Dirty Dracula just like me!"

Three superiors: "Then you'll have us to go with you so that we can serve and protect you."

Jelly Spatters: "That won't be necessary. You have to stay around and guide others for the good of the realm!"

Three superiors: "How do you expect us to be comfortable here without knowing what will be going on while there!"

Jelly Spatters: "I thought you trust my abilities! Don't make me think all of you have been pretending towards me!"

Three superiors: "Forgive our ignorance King..., all we wanted is to make sure nothing wrong happens to you."

Jelly Spatters: "I will have the hunter vampires on a journey accompanying me for that matter but you have to stay."

Due to the respect they had for their king Jelly Spatters, the three superiors had to abide by his wish and follow his decision. They kept quiet and bowed to show obedience and devotion to serve him.

He stood up and walked towards a certain door which entered into a private chamber. The three superiors walked from behide him. Through the chamber was another door he opened to go downstairs.

Gently he sloped downstairs with the superiors upto the basement. In the basement were prison like cells and in the cells were human beings locked up, both women and men.

All conditions necessary for these humans to be healthy were provided under the basement and only freedom was denied. They were well fed, treated incase of a disease and provided with safe water to bath.

From these people the blood which Jelly Spatters drunk was collected. They were thirty humans in total, fifteen women and fifteen men. Each cell contained two humans, one man and one woman, making a total of fifteen cells.

This was to grant them their rights to make love but they were not given a chance to reproduce. In the water they drunk, a substance which prevented women from getting pregnant was added secretly for them not to know.

The three superiors were women vampire bats and their duty was to take care of Jelly Spatters in all ways. They were also responsible for the well-being of these humans in the basement and they worked in shifts.

It was their duty to provided security, food, water, books to read and all other requirements needed by these humans, so that the blood collected from them was healthy for their leader and lover Jelly Spatters to drink.

Jelly Spatters visited the cell one after the other looking at the humans inside.

"Add more irons in their diet," he urged his three women, "I'm going to need more blood for the journey."

One of the cells was unlocked and a couple was brought outside and taken into a laboratory. Willingly and happily, each one of them climbed on an inclining bed where blood was drawn out of their veins in blood donation process.

They freely donated their blood like it wasn't the first time to do it. At the end of the process, they were awarded with two full containers, one with blue berry and another one with red berry fruits. This increased a smile on their faces.

However, these human beings had no idea about what the blood was used for. It was packed and stored safely under chilled conditions while they were carefully accompanied to their cell and locked up back again.

CAPRICON CITY AT NIGHT:

Down in the basement of a rich mansion Felix looked at the accumulating dead bodies in bags aligned on the floor. Two of his men entered and each of them carried one bag on his shoulder and went with it out.

On the compound full of darkness, a bulldozer tractor with its lights off waited. Within its wide horizontal blade, there were some dead bodies in bags piled earlier on and inside the bulldozer was a driver chilling, eating on some snacks.

The two men from the mansion's basement showed up with body bags on their shoulders and added them onto the ones which were already in the wide blade. They went back to the house to bring the remaining bodies.

After confirming that all the dead bodies were loaded in a bulldozer blade, they ordered the driver to start the engine and drive away which he did. A gate widely opened for the bulldozer to drive out.

Gently it went out of the mansion's gates on dim lights and drove away. The gates closed. Within the same area near to the mansion was a huge hole readily dug, where the bodies were taken. The bulldozer poured them in and buried them.

Suddenly, infront of the mansion's gate showed up a police patrol. From it stepped out two men officers with torches in hands and torched the gate. While still looking around, it automatically opened which made them look nervous.

Anxiously they pulled out hand guns and began walking inside. From the gate to the house was a distance which they carefully covered upto the front door and knocked. Tsunami, Felix's girlfriend opened up.

Tsunami: "You can't hold guns on a private property!"

Officer: "Forgive our ignorance madam... just that its too dark and scary everywhere!"

Tsunami: "How can I help you?"

Officer: "Have you had any case of a missing person?"

Tsunami: "Not at all, why do you ask?"

Officer: "Sad that the police has recieved several cases of missing young ladies... that why we decided to patrol!"

Tsunami: "Maybe if I come across anything suspicious, I won't hesitate informing the police."

Officer: "Your assistance will be most welcome. Uh, do you stay here alone?"

Tsunami: "Is it important?"

Officer: "Not that much... we thought maybe anyone you stay with may have some helpful information, but it's okay."

Tsunami: "I was busy inside, don't you think it's time you take your leave?!"

Officer: "It's alright madam... uh just one more thing, this man in the picture is said to have been spotted at one of the clubs in town with some of the missing ladies. If you happen to see him anywhere please call us!"

Tsunami: "Alright."

Officer: "I suggest you put some security lights in your home, you never know armed robbers my attack!"

Tsunami: "Like I've told you earlier, incase of any thing I will find a way of communicating to you!"

Officers: "Thank you madam, we can now take our leave."

The police officers walked out of Tsunami's sight. She watched them until the gates closed them outside. She closed the house door behind and went to meet Felix who was near, listening to the whole conversation.

"They have your picture," she told him.

"Thank you," Felix appreciated Tsunami for covering him up.

"Anything for you," Tsunami stated looking at him straight in the eyes.

Both shared a kiss and hugged. Felix's picture was already with the police after being caught on the CCTV cameras at the club entering his car with one of the missing young ladies.

Officers reached outside the mansion's gate and stood, "Why do I feel like that lady is hiding something!" one of them doubted and continued to the car. As they opened doors to enter , "Did you hear that?!" another one asked curiously.

Before shutting the car door he stepped out to clarify on what he just heard. It was a sound of a diesel engine from a distance. Another officer came out too and heard the big vehicle sound.

"Let's go and check it out," they both got into their patrol car and smoothly drove in the dark following the direction were the sound came from. They saw a bulldozer coming from ahead of their car.

"I don't think at 2am a construction site is working in this neighborhood," in doubts an officer spoke.

They drove and stopped right infront of the bulldozer. The bulldozer stopped. Holding torches and handguns, officers came foward to meet the driver. One stayed on the watch and the other lifted his face up to talk to the tractor driver.

Officer: "Hey, you're from duty?"

Driver: "Just from fetching this bulldozer from a site since I have tight duty very early in the morning!"

Officer: "Fetching it from the dead end?"

Driver: "During day time the rubbish pits a few metres around the corner was messy, I was hired to put it to order!"

Officer: "Can I look at your credentials please!"

The bulldozer driver got them out and handed them over to the officer. The officer carefully checked and confirmed they were in good condition, then gave them back to him.

"It's alright you're good to go," an officer cleared him while he raised his hand to his patner to confirm everything was okay. The bulldozer driver accelerated and smoothly drove back on his way.

"Something fishy with his confidence," said an officer to his patner.

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