Chapter 61
The hours passed quickly as Jack wandered around the backstreets and dark alleys of Port Angeles.
His face was obscured under his hoodie as he roamed around, his targets none the wiser, considering him nothing but a lost tourist who was easy pickings only be left poorer than when they tried to steal from him.
"Get away, monster!" A man said inside a deserted alley in the middle of the night, his face clearly showing his horror as he looked at the hooded man in front of him.
A broken knife lay on his hands, the blade had been smashed and half of it remained in the hooded man's hands.
It was Jack, his red eyes shining beneath the hood as he gazed at the frightened man who looked ready to wet himself.
*Sigh*
Releasing a soft sigh, Jack disappeared from his spot, reappearing behind the man instantly before giving him a light chop on the neck.
He had to be careful when he did it otherwise he could very easily rip the man's entire neck off.
The frightened man's eyes widened before they rolled back and he fell unconscious.
Looking through the mans pockets, Jack found some keychains, most likely to the mans house aswell as a small wallet.
There were only twenty dollars inside.
'I wish I found some mob boss, but I haven't even found a single gangster yet not to mention a mob boss' Jack thought to himself as he pocketed the money and started heading away from the location.
He remained careful, never appearing in front of cameras or anything of the sort. All it would take was a single video for him to be exposed to the world.
Whilst the majority would consider the video edited if they saw his strength and speed, there was always the chance that the footage would be handed to the kinds of people that Jack wanted nothing to do with.
'I have no idea of the society around SuperNatural creatures, I know about the Volturi but there are most likely hundreds of different races, if they get a sniff of me and decide to eliminate me for breaking some kind of bullshit rule then it's just going to be an overall annoyance.' Jack thought as he started heading back to his hotel.
The last day and a half had been spent roaming the corners of the city, looking for anything to hunt and scavenge.
Jack knew that he could use his intelligence to start making money legally, infact it would be quite easy however he was still seventeen, atleast until a few more months passed and he became legally an adult, he didnt want to get into it, it would be quite a hassle which would be removed simply by waiting a few months.
'Money isn't something that is in desperate need of right now, it is strength, the ability to survive in this world I've been thrust into. That's what I desperately need' Jack thought as he walked through the road whilst clinging to the edges.
It was midnight, the moon illuminated the world as Jack moved about.
The city was calm, almost strangely so, the only sound on the street was Jack's footsteps.
'Something's wrong' Jack thought as he stopped.
It was too calm, too silent. Just a few minutes ago when he was dealing with the guy who had tried to rob him, Jack could hear the sound of cars and the buzz of the nightlife in Port Angeles.
Now, it was extremely silent, the only thing Jack could hear was the breaths he was taking and his own steps on the concrete.
'Fuck. What is it this time?' Jack thought as he lowered his body, entering a combat stance that resembled what some kind of feral and wild animal would make.
His presence started melding with his surroundings as he stayed vigilant of any changes.
As Jack retreated into a shadowy corner of the street, he saw it.
It was obscure, infact Jack couldnt determine its length or the shape of its body but it was there.
A black shadow that moved through the streets, silently.
It gave Jack the feeling of a Predator on the hunt, hiding itself until something unknowingly came in front of it only to be devoured.
Jack stopped breathing, he didn't need to breathe as a vampire thankfully.
Holding his body extremely still, Jack didn't make a single movement, simply following the thing with his gaze as it moved further and further away from his location.
As the dark figure disappeared at the end of the street, Jack breathed a sigh of relief.
It was at this moment that the sounds came back abruptly.
He could finally hear the nightlife, the honks of the cars in traffic, and the bustling human life all around the city.
'What the fuck was that...' Jack thought. His arms shaking faintly.
'Why can't there just be shiny disco ball vampires, why the hell does stuff like that have to exist' Jack thought to himself as he started breathing once more.
It was something that calmed him down and helped keep him grounded, helped him feel more like himself and less like who he could become.
*Huff*
'Lets just return back to the hotel' Jack thought before he quickly dissapeared, his speed reaching levels that the human eye couldnt even percieve as he followed the edges of the road, until he arrived at an alleyway next to the center plaze where he stopped running and started walking at human speed to his hotel.
Once inside, Jack headed to his room directly and locked the door behind him before walking to his bed and sitting down.
Opening the System menu immediately after.
[ System Update ]
[ 99%... ] [ ETA: 1 Minute ]
'Finally, not having the ability to use the system leaves me feeling almost naked.' Jack thought, his gaze focused as he stared at the holographic panel.
It would happen any second now and just as that thought passed Jack's mind, it did.
[ System has been Updated ]
[ Please Check out the changelog ]
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