Couriers of the Void - Danny Whitelaw

The pain was excruciating. I wanted it to end… I wanted to die. There was nothing compared to it, I could feel the venom seeping from the wound in my neck through my body. It was like a hand… grasping my life and breaking it into a thousand pieces. I wanted to run, far away, where the pain couldn’t follow. Then I saw no more. And So… the darkness engulfed me.

1 Year Ago

Prologue

It was dusk, on a stormy, winter evening. The thunder rolled and the lightning cracked. The torrential rain poured down upon all those unfortunate enough to be caught outside when it started. A man was running down a street during the relentless storm. He veered off the main street, turning into an alleyway. Unlike most people he was not running because of the rain. On the contrary this man quite enjoyed the rain. But he had no time to stop to admire the sheets of falling water… the reason he was running is because he was being chased. He was being chased by someone… or to put it better, something. Three something’s in fact, and, to be brutally honest with you, they could have caught him miles ago, but they chose to let him believe that he actually stood a chance. They were about 75 metres behind him and were planning the best way for them to “ go in for the kill!”
They decided that they would split up and take him from all sides. So, one, as planned, one went left, one went right, and one went straight down the centre. The man, surprisingly had not tired for the entire chase, but his speed was slowly deteriorating, until it was no faster than a jog. The plan worked flawlessly and they were on top of him before you could say ‘ Uh Oh’. The man was on his back, looking into the creatures faces, his face showing an emotion, way past being scared. His face showed pure terror. He glared into the faces of his captors, and they glared back, with their blood, red eyes. The one in the middle raised his arm as if to strike. The man raised his arms as if in self - defence, then he screamed over the colossal roar of thunder,
“ WHAT ARE YOU?”
The things turned to each other and laughed, apparently finding his hopelessness hilarious.
“ We? We are vampires, creatures of the night, drinkers of blood. We are your worst nightmare, and it looks like that nightmare just came true…
And with that, they tore into the man, mutilating his body, drinking every tiny last iota of blood. They had made their kill, and the night was still young. They had taken the first life of the evening, and it wasn’t going to be their last. The vampire’s ran from the area with the utmost grace, almost gliding if you like. The creatures of the night, vanished into the darkness, to make their next kill, to take the next soul, and banish it, into the void.

Coming up next week - Couriers of the Void, Chapter 1

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The creature of the night will be watching, waiting in the shadows, until they are satisfied that no one can see you.
That is when they strike.
You couldn’t possibly outrun or fight them.
They are they ultimate predators…
And guess what… you’ll be next!