Chapter 2: Vampires
By Mr. Burrito
Suzy's phone rang. She knew who it was, this late at night. All of her
mortal friends couldn't sustain themselves as she could. The phone call came
just as she was doing this. She opened her eyes, got off her knees and left
the candles and incense burning as she answered it.
"Hello," she said, as a statement rather than a question.
The voice on the other end, although shaky, was unmistakably that of Andy.
"Suzy, something happened."
She could tell by his tone the severity of the situation. "What, Andy?
What's wrong?" At first there was no answer. "Hello? Andy, are you okay?"
"Johnny was killed, Suzy," He was almost in tears.
"What, how, what happened?" She was in shock
"Just.. Just bring your things for the ceremony over to the Cave..." He
was recognizably sobbing now.
"Okay, Andy. I'll be there as quick as I can," she said, the impact of the
incident hadn't quite hit her yet.
It did, halfway there. She was crying when she got there, and couldn't
seem to control herself. Her black eyeliner and white powder merged, making gray
streaks down her cheeks, and falling onto the light material of her black
clothes. Suzy was quite beautiful, only 23 years old and had very delicate
features. She was about average height, and very light. Her beauty could not
be hidden behind her loose clothes and dark makeup.
When she got to the Cave, she found the door open, and Johnny's skeleton
lying in the middle, surrounded by his friends, Their tears leaving no marks
on their ivory cheeks. There were more candles burning than usual, the extra
ones burning an eerie black flame, which seemed not to flicker or give off any
light. The black flames surrounded Johnny's body. Suzy was noticed, and saw
all of the pale faces in the room with tears streaming from their strange
eyes. Johnny's body lay with the wooden chair leg which had slain him still
driven in between his ribs.
As she entered, everyone looked to her with devastated looks on their faces.
She came to them one by one and embraced them. She then got to work, down on
her knees at Johnny's head as everyone else encircled him, holding hands
except for at his feet where there was a gap.
"My friends, one of us has left our world," Suzy said solemnly, trying
her best to speak though her weeping. "We will never see him again, and we must
not forget him, but we shall go on. Let us fill the empty space Johnny once
occupied and put his soul to rest." Andy and Amy, who were on either side of
the gap at Johnny's feet reached out their hands and completed the circle as
Suzy chanted. As Suzy's chants got louder and louder, the door slammed shut
and every candle blew out except for the eerie black ones. Nothing could be
seen but the black candles even by them. Upon reaching the climax of her
chanting, Suzy collapsed foreward onto the floor. Knowing it was done, Andy
re-lit a few candles, revealing Suzy passed out on the floor and Johnny's body
gone.
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