The New Beginning

The nuclear war

The New Beginning

I walked down the alleyway getting more nervous by the second. I made sure that there were no Nightwatchers around. My long blonde hair swished behind my back I was only 15 but I acted like I was an adult, especially since I was doing this. “Tabitha?” I called out to the darkness.

“I’m here Mikaylah.” The girl called Tabitha said with a strong Australian accent. “I’m surprised you came at all.”

“Of course, only crazy people would turn this opportunity down, and even then I would still do it. I want to protect my family; that’s why I'm here.” I said frowning at Tabitha.

I wore a simple grey T-shirt and black jeans plus a blood-red pendant around my neck which would kill Tabitha is she tried to break our truce by harming me. I pulled my black hood on my shoulders. 

“Where’s the money sweetie pie?” Tabitha asked.

“Here it is.” I said throwing her a small back that clinked when it sailed through the air and Tabitha quickly snatched it just before it hit the ground and spilled its contents.

Tabitha nodded looking amused. She took off her top hat revealing raven black hair. She also wore a vest, a pair of leather pants but no shoes. “Move your hair darling.” She said.

I complied bending over brushing my hair to one side, Tabitha barely hesitated biting deep into my neck, it was weird; a funny warm sensation tingled all through my body and I smelled the metallic smell of blood but I didn’t feel any pain. Tabitha stopped with pupils huge barely keeping the monster out of her mind. She licked the wound she had created sealing it.

My world went dark and what seemed like one second later I awoke with Tabitha staring at me impatiently tapping her foot on the ground and to me it sounded like a thousand drums crashing down in my eardrums, I looked around and saw a drop of mildew fall off the top of a rooftop and hit the ground.

She took a moment before she said “Ok sweetie, your first mission is to take down a whole patrol of Nightwatchers.”

The only catch to becoming a vampire was that you were loyal to the vampire that changed you for a week, after that period you were as some would say; free.

I nodded and started moving stealthily towards the main street where a patrol of 8 Nightwatchers were passing with dark hoods covering their faces.

Nightwatchers do exactly what their names suggest; they watch the night. They prevent anyone dying at the hands of a monster. Their weapon is a deadly scythe with energy running off it.

“Oh and Mikaylah, you’ll need this.” Tabitha said throwing me a normal sword and I grabbed I and held it in front of me with two hands getting used to the feel of it.

I ran quickly out onto the street catching the Nightwatcher on the outside off guard, I quickly stabbed it where its face would be, but there was no need to be stealthy anymore as the patrol had realised what I was. I smiled at the leader of the patrol, I recognised him because of the poisonous smell he emitted. He looked at me, well I thought he was but because he had his hood on I couldn’t be sure. He moved quicker than the human eye could see but the vampire could see every movement from the hesitation to every individual energy cell splashing off the scythe and onto the ground and finally his scythe reached me and we clashed, scythe against sword and sparks flew. He went high so I went low ducking his cut and he jumped over my sword.

He moved back and his cloak swished around almost getting caught on the cobbles that lined the street then two of the other Nightwatchers came at me with their scythes flashing dangerously in the moonlight with dark energy that sounded like peanuts getting cracked.