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Mystery Girl

The old wooden door creaked as Karman slowly pushed it open. He walked inside the vacant building, feeling relieved that he had survived another day, but still hungry… well rather thirsty. Moses walked in behind him, with the teenaged girl still cradled in his arms. He walked over and sat the girl in a corner, adjacent to the wooden door. Moses carefully propped her up against the brick wall that surrounded them. Even though, the girl still remained unconscious, she looked as if she were in a deep peaceful slumber.

Karman walked to another corner of the old warehouse. The wooden handles of the scythe and spear clinked against the concrete floor, as Karman propped them against the wall. He glanced over at Moses, who was getting the girl settled. Slightly angry and frustrated, Karman walked over to Moses, pulling off his black hood, and scratching his neatly cut chestnut hair.

“I still can’t see why we couldn’t feed on her. I mean, she’s just a worthless human,” Karman growled. “Besides, neither one of us has been able to feed for quite sometime.”

“I know. But, I’m still curious as to why this human wasn’t attacked by those corpses back at the grave yard.” Moses said as he pulled off his hood. “ It was just interesting to see those things return to their graves, after the girl had fallen.”

“That is true… I guess.” Karman mumbled, pushing back his thick framed glasses. He leaned against the wall, arms folded, acting as if he wasn’t interested in Moses’ comment. Instead, he was still fixed on the idea of drinking the teenaged girl’s blood.

“I’ll be back. I’m going to find some water,” Moses said, pulling up his hood.

“Water? What for?” He demanded, still leaning against the brick wall.

“I’m sure this human will need water, once she has regain consciousness,” he said as he walked over and grabbed his scythe. “So, you stay here. I’ll be back before the sun rises.”

Karman glared. “Wait… why are you sticking me with a human that I can’t even eat?”

“We went through this already,” Moses retorted, slightly agitated. “Just don’t feed on her while I’m gone, alright?”

Feeling the aggravation in Moses’ voice, Karman stood up straight, staring coldly into Moses’ green piercing eyes. Moses noticed Karman’s frustration with him. His brows lowered, still feeling the coldness of Karman’s stare. He took his scythe and placed it between them, with the blade of the scythe at the same length as his friend’s throat. Karman stood up straight, not flinching at the thought of his throat being slashed. Moses stared back coldly into Karman’s emerald eyes.

“Do not kill her,” Moses said, still holding the scythe.

“Fine. Just hurry back,” Karman said, slowly changing his tone.

Moses nodded, and in an instant, he had left.

Karman glanced over at the unconscious girl, still feeling the need to feed.

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“Great. I’m stuck here with a human I can’t even eat,” Karman huffed. “What’s the point of me watching her.” He folded his arms, and leaned back against the wall. “Pfft. Humans.”

“Mmm… I like wanna feed the cows. No… no… that’s food is for the penguins.” The girl’s lightly toned voice, filled the corner of the warehouse. Startled, Karman darted to the corner for his spear. He quickly returned, having the tip of the spear near the girl’s neck.

“You can’t give penguins the cows food. I know… you can give them chocolate puddin’. Mmm, that totz sounds good about now,” the girl babbled.

She yawned and stretched a little before opening her eyes. Karman still had his spear drawn, his teeth clenched together, as if he was going into battle. The girl glanced at him, then carefully examined the spear that stared her in the face.

“Hey… do like, have some chocolate puddin’?” she said smiling. “Cause, like I can really go for a cup… no pool of chocolate puddin’.”

“Cho-coo-late pud-ding?” Karman stumbled through the words, in attempt to comprehend what the girl was saying.

“Un hun. It’s sooo good. Z-Oh-my-gawd… you gotta try it!” the girl said as she slowly stood up, completely ignoring the spear, which was inches away from her throat. “ We totz need to find that stuff!”

Karman slowly lowered his spear, seeing that the girl wasn’t a threat. But still, he didn’t shake the idea of having her as a meal. “ You mean that’s what you humans eat?” Karman still rolled up in a ball of confusion.

“ Oh, not all the time. We humans… wait… did you just say humans?” the girl asked, slightly confused herself. “I mean, aren’t you human too?”

Karman looked at the girl coldly, as he did before to Moses. He replied with a stern “No.”

“ Well… wut are you? Wait! I wanna guess. Ooo, oh… umm you’re no a zombie I know…”

“ A zombie?” Karman looked at her with curiosity. “ What’s a zombie?”

“ Wut? You don’t know what a zombie is? Umm, they’re dead people, that like come out of their graves late at night, and umm walk around lookin’ for brains and stuff,” she explained. “ Zombies are totz coolz… like….like….chocolate puddin’. Oh boy, I must be hungry.”

Karman, still a bit confused, shook his head to try to clear his head. “ So those things at the grave yard, are zombies?”

The girl nodded. “Un hun… yeah. They totz like me… maybe cause I think they’re cool and stuff. Which they are!”

Karman stood there scratching his chestnut hair. He was slightly amazed by the human girl, but at the same time, slightly confused. Out of all the humans that he’d crossed paths with, he never met a human like her; Nor one that he actually talked to for more than a few seconds, before killing them. However, the only thing he could think of was “ Okay.”

“So like… what am I doing here?” she questioned. “ I remember being in the cemetery but then somethin’ happened and now I’m here… By the ways, it’s kinda creepy in here.”
Karman’s emerald eyes narrowed. “ Look human, I didn’t bring you here,” he folded his arms, still holding the spear in his hand. Once more, he leaned against the cool brick wall.

“Wait… if you didn’t bring me here, then who did? I know I didn’t like teleport here or somethin’. I don’t have that kinda power.”

“I brought you here,” another voiced echoed through the warehouse. A figure, about Karman’s height, walked up to the girl. It wore a long black cloak, which virtually covered the head and shadowed its face. The figure also had a scythe in one hand and a beaten up gray pale in the other. The figure placed the pale on the concrete floor, and removed the hood, revealing a young male. Unlike Karman, he had ebony hair, which was long enough to cover his right eye, while the rest of his hair was short. His emerald eyes that were once filled with coldness and anger were now warm and sincere. “ You lost consciousness in the cemetery, so I brought you back here.”

“Wait…” the girl said in surprise. “ I was unconscious?” She stared at the floor for a moment then looked up. “ Oh, I must of used a lotta energy… oh well… it happens all the time.”

“It happens all the time?” Karman repeated. “ What do you mean by that?”

“ Well… like…” the girl’s words were cut short by her growling stomach. “ Umm… you guys like have any food… or puddin’? Or even a cow?”

The young man looked at her, then looked over to the concrete floor, which was now dotted with specs of light. “ Dammit, it’s daylight. We can’t go out now.” He looked over at the girl, who was now holding her growling belly, while Karman continued to lean against the wall. “ Well, I brought you some water, maybe that will hold you over until sunset.”

The girl walked over to where the gray pale sat. She peaked in the pale to see the murky water. “Umm… this water is kinda… well dirty. I don’t wanna drink that.”

“ Pfft… don’t be so picky,” Karman said, narrowing his eyes more. “You’re lucky to be alive. If I had it my way, I would have drank your blood by now.”

The girl’s eyes widen. “ Ooohh… I know what you are! You’re a vampire aren’t you? YAY!!! I guessed it… you are a vampire! Ooh, umm what’s my prize? I know! A free pass to feed the penguins or the cows. Or maybe both! Umm but I could really go for some puddin’ though.”

Both young men turned and looked at each other, thinking the same thing; I’m not going out there in daylight. Then they turned to the girl, who was still holding her stomach.

“ Karman, why don’t you go?” Moses insisted. “ I brought her here and got her water. I think it’s a fair trade.”

“ That’s more than enough of a reason why you should go,” Karman replied, pushing his glasses back on his nose. “Obviously, you‘re the one that‘s taking care of her.”

Then there was silence.

Moses stood there scratching his head, thinking. “ Umm… rock, paper, scissors?”

Karman stood up straight and grinned. “ Good enough.”

Both young men drew out their weapons slowly, while exchanging glares. Suddenly, with extreme haste, they both leaped towards the middle of the warehouse. To the human eye, it almost appeared as a black streak, zooming by, followed by a gust of wind. The girl’s hair and jacket blew backwards as she watched the two intensely as they met at the center of the warehouse.

Moses drew his scythe quickly, as did Karman with his spear. Both young men stood there with their weapons drawn as if they were to commence battle. While moving they’re weapons up and down, they chanted in unison, “ Rock. Paper. Scissors. SHOOT!”
Moses held his scythe to the point were the blade was vertical while Karman’s spear blade was horizontal.

Moses’ glare turned into a smile. “ Scissors beats paper.”

Karman’s glare faded away as he noticed the outcome of the game. “ Umm, best two out of three?” he asked as he grinned.

Moments later, Moses led Karman and the girl to the back of the warehouse, were another entrance was located. “ If you exit here, there’s a manhole in the alleyway. You can take the underground sewer to avoid the sunlight,” Moses informed. “ You should be okay down there.”

Karman pulled up his hood. “ I can’t believe I’m going outside, in broad daylight at that,” he mumbled. With his spear still in his hand, Karman slowly opened the door. He looked outside and noticed that the alley was in shadow. There in the center of the alley, was the manhole. He turned and looked at the girl, who stood there waiting patiently. Karman turned back around and rolled his eyes, then huffed, “ Come on human… let’s go.”