The sky was red because it was evening. Since it was a summer night, the air was warm. The roads had become deserted as evening turned to night.
An RV was moving steadily. Axel was driving while Maxwell sat in the passenger seat. Inside the RV, annoying music was playing.
Felix had a rather peculiar taste in music; he constantly listened to different genres. While some of the music he played was nice, most of it was unpleasant to the ears.
Although Axel usually didn't complain about it, Maxwell and Felix argued about it all the time. Being vampires, even the smallest noise in the house was audible.
Axel tried to concentrate on the road, but it was hard to listen to the irritating music. Maxwell was at the end of his tether and it was clear that he would soon be arguing with Felix.
Axel yelled back, "If you don't turn off that damn music in five seconds, I'll throw you out!" Hearing Axel's threat, Felix turned off the music within a second and fell silent.
Maxwell was quite happy to finally have some peace. Compared to Axel and Maxwell, Felix was much more lively and fun. Though annoying, his presence was beneficial to the group, helping them escape their stressful lives for a moment.
Maxwell was the logical one. If Axel acted impulsively, Maxwell would calm him down. Although Axel was generally calm, when he got angry, he saw nothing else. He could cause great destruction, and it would be impossible to stop him because his abilities as a vampire made him almost invincible.
Axel had the ability to control vectors, easily changing the direction of any energy or force. In other words, there was no known way to hurt Axel. Since other vampires' abilities were also energy-based, he could easily reflect their powers back at them. Despite his power, Axel had never abused it.
Axel had no great ambitions; he just wanted to live a quiet life. He often held himself back, fearing that if he got used to killing, he would become uncontrollable. Although Maxwell and Felix thought this fear was irrational, they never stopped supporting Axel. There was a reason for Axel's fear.
The story of how Axel became a vampire was tragic. A female vampire, attracted to Axel's good looks, had turned him into a vampire. In the beginning, Axel refused to drink blood, and as a result, he was taunted and bullied by the female vampire's group. Though Axel didn't care about what he was going through at first, he lost control after the group's final act. The female vampire and her friends had kidnapped Axel's family and drained their blood.
Having not drunk blood in a long time, Axel couldn't control himself when the group gave him his family's blood, and he drank it all uncontrollably.
When he later learned that the blood he drank was that of his family, he was stunned. He stood motionless for a few minutes, and when he started laughing, everyone thought he had gone mad.
Even the vampire laughed. She had no emotional feelings for Axel; she had just found him attractive and wanted to make him her plaything. She had turned him into a vampire to prevent the other vampires in her group from killing him. The female vampire didn't even feel sorry for Axel when she learned that he drank his family's blood.
After laughing, Axel lowered his head. He clenched his fists and punched the first vampire he saw. The vampires became serious when they saw Axel punching. His punch had an unexpected effect; the vampire he hit was flattened on the ground, unable to move. After neutralizing one, there were five more vampires. Realizing Axel's strength, the vampires took him seriously.
Seeing the power in Axel's punch, the vampires understood that he had a special ability. The female vampire was surprised by the action of her plaything.
After Axel's attack, the angry group members attacked him together. When one vampire hit Axel, he didn't move. The vampire's hand broke. Since Axel was new to using his power, he couldn't fully control it; if he could, the vampire's condition wouldn't have been limited to a broken hand.
The other vampires were frightened by what they saw. They had seen powerful vampires with abilities before, but nothing as frightening as this. They couldn't physically harm him. The only vampire among them with a useful ability was the female vampire. The other vampires expected her to defeat Axel. Meanwhile, Axel decapitated two vampires within seconds.
Although the female vampire was strong, she couldn't do what Axel had done, but she was confident that she could stop him. She raised her hand and pointed it at Axel. The fire from her hand moved towards Axel.
However, contrary to expectations, the fire bounced back at the female vampire when it hit Axel. The vampire was too late to protect herself from the flames. She began to scream in the midst of the flames. Axel was pleased with her suffering; it relieved him.
While the female vampire was in pain, the other two vampires tried to attack Axel from behind. Instead of hitting him, they tried to hold his arms to immobilize him. Axel reflected the kinetic energy back at the two vampires holding his arms.
Their bodies were riddled with broken bones. Five of the six vampires were incapacitated. After giving each of them a painful death, Axel burned them. He stayed at their side every second they burned. He enjoyed killing them. Avenging his family made Axel feel really good.
Although one vampire escaped, the other five were dead. Axel vowed to give that one vampire a painful death if he ever found him.
As Axel continued to drive the RV, night had fully fallen. The roads were now completely deserted. Felix brought Axel a bag of blood from the RV's cooler, as they hadn't eaten in a while due to the long drive. Axel drank the bag of blood like it was fruit juice and looked around. There were no other vehicles on the road now that it was dark.
Axel relinquished the driver's seat to Maxwell and moved to the passenger seat, continuing to watch the road. They were driving through a wooded area. They weren't in a hurry, so they took their time and enjoyed the ride. As Axel looked into the forest, he caught sight of a creature.