Nightblood: Dark Hero Rises

I've come up with my costume, and it's pretty dope I think. A black leather trench coat with red trim throughout it, and some black and red combat boots. No cape needed. I'll wear a black ninja face cover that I remove when threatening and feeding. Some black open finger gloves for when I extend my claws, and a blood red tshirt underneath. That's my costume. I got outside with my notebook and hit up a few costume shops and clothing stores and after 2 hours of looking I got my whole costume! Now to wait until nightfall to begin my work.

It's now nighttime and I took the hotel elevator to the top floor and snuck up to the roof of Doubletree Hilton. I'm now observing the downtown area of Cedar Rapids and with a rapid running start I took off into the air and turned into a bat with a thought. Flying over 2nd Avenue I spotted a situation already. A girl is backed into an alley by five guys, and I don't think that they want to chat. Darting passed the alley streetlamp, I destroyed it with a swipe of my left wing and glided to the ground in human form. The guys began to freak out and one of them tried running away, but in a flicker of motion, I brought him to the front of his buddies and dangled him in the air by his throat. I looked at the little insect and his filth of the earth companions and said, "No one leaves. Kneel!"

With the power of compulsion in my voice, the group of four men kneeled on the ground and I brought the filth to my face. I looked at the other four and said in a loud voice, "Watch and don't look away! This is the fate of rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists!" I then lowered my mask and slammed my fangs into number five's carotid. In seconds I drained him, then I decapitated him with a swish of my claws. The men and the girl screamed, and I sighed before looking at the four men. "Now who's next?"

In a similar fashion to the first, I took out the rest of the trash before resettling my mask and walking up to the girl. She was curled up in a ball and wailing. I used sleep hypnosis and a minor memory erase technique. Then I carried the girl out of the alley and set her on a bench before using her fingers to call 911 on her cellphone. Once I heard the police nearing, I went back into the alley and wrote the name Nightblood in the blood of the men on the white alleyway wall above the corpses. Then I turned into a bat and flew up to the streetlamp to enjoy the show.

A couple minutes later the police made their way into the alley and I heard the sound of someone gagging. Then someone began to speak. A sexy brunette cop walked forward and photographed my calling card on the wall saying, "A new serial killer perhaps? No wait a minute.. I know these men! They're wanted criminals, wanted for rape and murder of over 40 children and young women. This is possibly the work of a revenge killer, or a vigilante. I'm going to say vigilante because of the name Nightblood on the wall. Speaking of blood.. Why isn't there any?!" The female cop examined all of the bodies and gasped in surprise. "All drained, and puncture wounds on the neck area. Clearly done predeath. But for what purpose?" After this, the sexy cop who I learned was called Officer Kayla King, called in the forensics team and I decided to leave.

I'm back on the roof of Doubletree thinking about how easily I took their lives, and how cold I felt inside while doing so. Like I've done this many times before. Must be a side effect of being a Progenitor or is it just a regular vampire thing? Am I the only vampire in this world? I'm the only blood kin of Sengue, but there could still be other species of vampires and maybe even other creatures of the supernatural world. Who knows? I'll worry about that stuff should it come my way. For now I will patrol the downtown area a little more and then call it a night.

I had a few more encounters like the first, but I didn't kill or feed this time, I simply incapacitated them and told the girls and guys, yes guys need help too, to call the police. I told them my name is Nightblood and I'm a vampire vigilante. They didn't believe me until they saw me turn into a bat and fly away. Oh wait, one goth chic believed me and begged me to turn her. She scared me with her zealousness, and so I gave her the name Nightblood and fled in bat form. Needless to say, I'm not planning to turn just anyone. I'll know them when I see them.

After finally getting in some good patrolling the night was over. I felt the blood of the five men would tide me over for five weeks. I don't know how I knew, I just did. I made my way to my hotel room carefully. I'd left a change of clothes in a bag on top of the roof and I changed up there and brought my costume back to my room at a casual pace. Once in there, I checked my costume and was happy to find no blood on it at all. I was clean, quick, and ruthless. Just what's needed in a vampire vigilante. I'll spare who I wish, and drain who I shall. But no one can escape the consequences of their crimes. They shall face judgement. The laws, or mine.

I placed my costume inside of the floor safe under my bed, and lay down on the bed. With a sigh of blissful happiness, I pulled out my cellphone and began my new night time ritual of researching current events since the 90's. I'm still shocked it's already 2019.. My God where'd my life go? Oh right. I was dead for almost 30 years..

While researching current events, I was surprised to find an online article about me and my nights activities. Wow news travels so fast in this modern age! They're calling me a vigilante! Yes! Score one for Nightblood! They frowned at my methods, but openly praised me for saving people. Heh, come on guys, I'm not going to give any autographs or anything. The sexy cop made an appearance! She called me a deranged murderer, and said she's going to lock me up soon. Oh come hither baby!Once I finished goofing off on my phone, I shut off my light and slipped off to dreamland.

Morning came like usual, and I decided to go to the river to enjoy a good swim. So, I grabbed my swimming trunks and a towel and headed on down to my truck after changing into my trunks under my clothes. I'm now parking my truck and got out. Walking down a small sand beach area, I found a good spot to strip and so I did. When I began to undo my pants, I heard a woman scream. I looked over in surprise, and to my shock I saw Officer Kayla King! She was wearing a swim suit and was just getting out of the water. I looked at her and said calmly, "Sorry if I frightened you, I'm wearing trunks under this I swear." Then I slowly undid my pants and dropped them. She sighed in relief before blushing and apologizing.

I kicked off my pants, socks, and shoes and then took off my shirt before walking slowly into the water. When I was waist deep, I then dove under water and came back up again. Officer Kayla looked at me with a slight blush on her face before she asked, "How old are you.. What's your name?" The dreaded identity and age questions. You can do this Damien! "I'm 18 years old, and my name is Damien Morgenstern. Nice to meet you... What's your name?" She then introduced herself, and seemed relieved for some reason after my introduction.

We're now laughing and swimming along the river together. However, before long she had to leave to get ready for her shift, and I waved her good bye. This is fate at work. This cop is tied to my fate inseparably, of that there is little doubt. I swam back to my clothes, and got out drying off. Once I was satisfactorily dry, I got into my truck and drove back to the hotel. I'll need to buy a house asap, more privacy that way.

Back in the hotel, I got out of my trunks and took a quick shower. I then threw on some comfy clothes, tonight I'll stay in, don't want to give the cops a chance to look for me ha ha. I got on my phone, and found an article about me again describing me as a vampire noble descending onto the mortal realm. I covered my face in embarrassment as I realized the culprit for this: the damn goth chic. Trust her to build me up, though she's actually right. I'm the highest form of vampire a Progenitor. In other words the True Ancestor of vampires, or a Precursor. Oh well, let her glorify my name.

I flipped through similar articles about people who I rescued singing my praises, and got off of my phone. I decided to get on the hotel computer and try these online games that I'd read about. Once I'd made up my mind, I found a cool one that let me make a vampire assassin and asked around for help in the game with the headset I'd found next to the computer. It took forever to figure out how to use this voice chat thing in the game. Several females offered to help me right away, one even said my voice is dark and sexy and perfect for a vampire. I chuckled, and followed the girls to an area where we took out some dog people called kobolds. Playing games is actually pretty fun! I found my new hobby!

The ids of the two girls were called Igura26 a dark elf shadow assassin, and Nena23 a catgirl swashbuckler. They both explained that unlocked their classes from class up quests at level 15. I'm currently level 0, and the kobolds are level 1 monsters. My id in game is Damien_Night, I know not very original but I like it. The girls lured a kobold to me and I used my blood stun ability, followed by a backstab. This combo killed the kobold and I got 10 xp out of the 100 I need for level 1. That means 9 more of these guys to go! And so the slaughter fest commenced and I reached level 1. After leveling up, I thanked the girls and they asked if they could add me as a friend. I didn't understand but told them sure.

A notification appeared on my screen saying that I had two friend requests. I clicked them and saw the accept option and clicked it. After I did this, the girls cheered and asked me to join their guild. I accepted and received and invitation to... NIGHTBLOOD?! This must be a coincidence. There's no way they can know who I am, I mean I kept my identity hidden carefully. I accepted the invitation and laughed when I realized that most people were vampires in the guild. Now I understand. I'm in the clear people!

After accepting the invitation, I got bombarded by hi's and welcome's. I chuckled and said hey, and a bunch of girls squealed in excitement. Apparently my voice makes women excited when they hear it? Who knows maybe it's a vampire seduction technique? Either way, I've become a vampire vigilante in the real world, and play as a vampire assassin in the game world. Life is good. Now what?