Chapter-2: Dark Alley

Argh! I don't like going home this late at night. It always scares me. I was coming home from a party. It's not that I was a party girl. It's just that sometimes you have to give up a fight if you happened to have the dumbest friends on earth. Carla always liked parties and insisted I go with her. And like always, I denied her offer. However, this time, she was determined to take me with her. I didn't stand a chance to wiggle out of this one. She was too keen and would make that pouty face as she stared at me. And look, here I was. All alone! Going home! The bitch ditched for some dude instead of dropping me back home as she had promised. It was a chilly night, which sent shivers down my spine. The neighborhood was rather quiet and I couldn't help but feel uneasy. I was walking down the street when I heard the sound of someone falling inside the dark alley I had passed by. It caught my attention, causing me to stop and look towards its source. I wondered what was that about? I didn't know why but it felt like something bad was going to happen. It always happens in those cringe-worthy clichè movies where the girl would go in a dark alley and gets raped or worse, murdered! I shivered at the thought and decided to ignore that nagging feeling and instead continued walking. It was then, when a loud bang echoed inside the alley. Followed by a scream that sounded like a girl's. My heart skipped a beat when I heard the piercing scream. This was getting on my nerves now. But why am I scared? I'm a vampire and I'm stronger than a human, right? Therefore, I summoned all the courage I could and decided to take a look at what was going on in there. I stepped into the alley, taking a shaky breath. The light coming from the street lamps could only illuminate the entrance, but the rest of the alley was at the mercy of the moonlight. It was a dead-end and at the end of the alley, a guy was standing. His back was towards me and he had a girl pinned against the wall. The girl was struggling to breathe and it looked like it would be her last breath. She was quivering under the deadly hold of that bastard, who was pinning her to the wall, her feet dangling in the air. Seeing the sight in front of me, the words came out of my mouth on their own. "What the hell is going on?!" As soon the words left my mouth, he tilted the girl's neck at an odd angle followed by a loud crack... Her now lifeless body fell to the ground. A gasp left my mouth when I saw the dead girl. My heart started to beat faster as I looked up at the guy who had been holding her a moment ago. A pair of red eyes were staring intensely at my small being as he was facing me now. Warning bells were ringing in my head and before I could register what was happening, it was already too late. Now I was the one pinned to the wall before I could have taken even a step to run. He was so close. He should maintain some distance at least. OH! Great Alice! You are pinned to the wall in a death grip by a strong vampire and you are thinking about how unnecessarily close he is to you? I mentally slapped myself. I recognized him as a vampire because of his bloodshot red eyes that were staring at me intensely. It made me feel weird. Suddenly he started to lean in, and before I could move away, he buried his head in the crook of my neck. A surprise gasp left my lips as he sniffed my neck. It was enough to send shivers down my spine. This act seemed to relax him and his red eyes returned to their normal color. Now, I'm imagining things. When his eyes reached their normal color, I was stunned. Hazel colored eyes with golden rings around the irises were staring into my eyes as if they had reached my soul. "Mhm..... Looks like, I have found you." He said, in an amused tone, staring continuously at me. Found you? First of all who the hell is he? And why was he looking for me, anyway? I was still confused about what was going on when three more vampires appeared from the dark and stood behind him. Now, I was beyond worried. What were they going to do to me? Were they going to kill me? Eat me? Rip me apart? Honestly, I had never met anyone of my kind before. So, I didn't know what their intentions could be. Suddenly the most handsome one among all of them, who had pinned me to the wall surprised me with his next words. "You have to come with us." I just stared at him for a moment, stunned, before scoffing at the absurdity of what he'd just said. It was more like a command than a request. What are they thinking, I would go with them? I don't even know who the hell they are! And he didn't even sound like he was requesting me instead, it was like slapping an order to my face! "Why would I? And who the hell are you to tell me where I should be going?!" Saying this, I pushed him backward. This was not enough to knock him off his feet however, he did stumble a few steps back. A devilish grin appeared on his handsome face. "Well, I think we have to do this the hard way then." This is not a good sign! A voice shouted in my head. I pushed the two vampires, who were blocking my way, and ran with my vampire speed out of that creepy, dark alley to save my ass. I made my way home when I felt that I had lost them. I had never felt like that before. My heart was pounding against my ribs. I knew somewhere deep in my heart that everything was going to change soon. It scared me shitless! *~*~*~*~*~*~*