Chapter forty-five - Suckers and Fleabags

"Do you know what I am?" Locke questioned, his eyes glowing in golden amber are giving off a strong cold and dangerous intent.

"Calm down boy! I am not your enemy! Of course I know what you are, do you think you're the first dragon I've ever seen? I'm 3000 years old, kid!" The woman took a drag on her cigarette and blew smoke upward. "I'm pretty good for my age, don't you think?"

"You are not a demon... what are you?" Tia questioned.

"My name is Scarlet!" She looked at Locke and Tia with a playful expression. "Yeah, I know, my mom wasn't really inspired when she picked my name…" She took a few more drag and blew out more thre smokes rings. "I am a Cambion... well, actually a daughter of a Cambion with a demon, what makes me a quarter human!"

Locke continued to look at her with that terrifying expression.

"From the pressure I feel in your eyes I believe you don't have a good opinion about the demons, I don't blame you, those damn motherf*ckers are only good for sh*tting in everything... But you don't have to worry boy! Different from my appearance I hate demons with all my strength!"

Scarlet's expression turned serious, and Locke could sense that the woman's hatred was real, he sighed and eased his own pressure.

"Can I know your names now? Isn't it polite to introduce yourself after hearing someone's name?"

"I'm Locke, this is Tia, we're here looking for some information..."

"Ara Ara... and what kind of information are you two looking for?"

"Information about the apocalypse cultists!"

"Ohoo?" Scarlet got up and went to a cabinet in the corner of the office, she took out three glasses and a bottle of gin. "Won't you wanna sit down?"

Locke walked over to one of the two chairs facing the table and sat down, instead of sitting in the other chair Tia sat on his lap.

Scarlet went back to the table and filled the three glasses with drink, she offered two glasses to Locke and Tia, Locke took the drink but didn't drink, Tia was about to drink when he lightly held her arm.

"No need to worry boy, it's not poisoned!" Scarlet took a sip from her own glass.

Locke let go of Tia's arm, she took off her mask and took a sip of the drink, he still held his own glass without drinking.

"Still suspicious? Or is it because you don't want to show me your face?" Scarlet joked.

Locke sighed and touched the mask, making it disappear into his inventory, he sipped the drink as a courtesy.

"Look at that! You are handsome! Maybe this will be more interesting than I thought…" Scarlet took another sip of her drink. "What do you want to know about this bunch of idiots?"

"Do you know where they hide?" Locke questioned.

"There's very little in this town that I don't know, boy, but can you pay for this information?"

Locke took a huge ruby from his inventory.

"Ara Ara, you can win the heart of any woman with a jewel this size!" Scarlet joked. "However, that's not enough for the information you're looking for! The apocalypse cultists may be a despicable bunch of delusional *ssholes, but they're a dangerous despicable bunch of delusional assholes! If you want me to risk my sweet little red ass you have to offer me something far more valuable than a jewel or gold!"

"And what do you want?"

"I have an idea in mind…" Scarlet licked her lips as she looked at Locke, Tia in his lap growled like a cat protecting her belongings, Scarlet laughed.

"How about I give you the information you want and you owe me a favor?"

Locke hated being in debt, due to his nature he knew he would feel compelled to pay, which could put him in a tight spot. "And what kind of favor will you want in return?"

"Do not worry boy! It won't be something evil, I guarantee it to you!"

Locke sighed, there didn't seem to be any other choice. "I do!"

"Very well!" Scarlet broke out into a big smile. "Give me your phone!"

Locke took his cell phone out of his inventory and handed it to Scarlet, she called her cell phone to save his number, then she sent him a huge virtual file with everything she had on the cultists.

"Humans are amazing, don't you think? The things they build are so useful! Only imbeciles believe ending humanity is the better way..." She handed back Locke's phone, Locke superficially confirmed the files, he realized that Scarlet had also saved her own number in his phone's memory, writing her own name with a bunch of hearts in it, Locke put the phone away, thanked him and prepared to leave, putting his mask back on.

"I will get in touch!" Scarlet joked.

Locke left the same way he entered, ignoring the creatures that watched him from afar with the same animosity as before, Locke ignored them and left the bar.

Outside, some people were waiting for him, a group of humans with thin bodies and an extremely pale complexion.

"Hey, hey, hello brother!" one of them started to approach Locke, he was a tall handsome man, he had blond hair slicked back with hair gel and wore a black suit with a bow tie. "I'm Luther, brother!" the man raised his pale hand to Locke, Locke looked at the hand blankly and then at the man's face.

"Not a fan of physical contact? It's all right!" the man laughed excitedly, Locke could see his pointy canines, he realized at once what they were. "So, brother, are you part of a clan?"

Locke remained silent, he analyzed the surroundings, counting the number of vampires around, ready to fight if it came to that, even though the man seemed friendly Locke could sense murderous intent coming from some of them.

"Trying to get one more into your little group of losers, Luther?" A husky female voice came from the entrance to the street. "Are you and your little group of suckers in need of a new d*ck to suck?"

"Lycandra, elegant as always! I see you and your fleabags are here too!" Luther responded, losing all his former friendly demeanor. "I was just talking to a new friend! Can you and your little group not meddle please?"

"We are not friends!" Locke stated loudly in a cold voice. "No way i'm friends with someone who reeks of human blood!"

Luther glared at Locke, but he soon calmed down. "Too bad, you would be great have you on our side! If you change your mind, look for me! Think carefully! Before it's too late…" he turned with his group, they began to transform into bats and fly away in the nigth, Luther was the last, flying into the air after taking one last look at Locke.

Lycandra approached Locke, she was a tall black woman with a curvaceous and muscular body, she had a beautiful face despite the scar that crossed it, a perfect horizontal line a little below the eyes and above the tip of the nose, she dressed in a white tank top that covered her breasts and a leather jacket, with a pair of ripped jeans covering her legs and big leather boots, she walked over to Locke and sniffed deeply, her forehead creased in confusion.

"What the f*ck are you?" she questioned.

"And does that interest you?" Tia yelled. "F*ck off b*tch!"

Lycandra growled. "Abused fairy! Don't meddle in the adult's affairs!"

"Kiss my sweet roundy fairy ass, you f*cking fleabag!" Tia yelled. "Looks like everyone wants to ruin my night tonight! Locke, kill everyone! Go murder mode! Bring them the heavenly rage!"

"So your name is Locke…" Lycandra commented, ignoring the fairy's fury. "I have no idea what the f*ck you are, but if you get in our way my pack will tear you apart!"

Locke's eyes sparkled with teasing and he chuckled. "I want to see you try!"

"Hehe! You are brave one! I respect this!" Lycandra walked past him as he entered the bar, "I marked your scent!"

'And I put a hunting mark on you!' Locke thought, a target symbol invisible to others was marked on Lycandra's shoulder, a crest just like the one he'd put in Luther without his realizing it.

The other wolves passed Locke and entered the bar, some even hit him on the shoulder on purpose, Locke ignored them until he was alone, he then spread his wings and prepared to fly home.

"Vampires and Werewolves... This night is getting crazier."

***

The next morning Locke woke up very early, Tia beside him was still sleeping soundly, he remembered the night before and felt tired, He remembered how the drunken fairy tried to molest him, and he had to fight for his own chastity, no matter the many of times when he said that her body was still too small for do it, the fairy still screamed that it was time to "ride the dragon!". Finally Locke had to do some things to 'calm down' the fairy, who was now sleeping with a satisfied smile.

Locke took his morning cold shower and started his training, he wanted to get stronger and stronger, strong enough to have to not to worry about anymore.

Tia woke up shortly after ten in the morning, as soon as he heard the fairy Locke came out of the system training, he served breakfast and went back to his training while the fairy started playing computer games, today she was playing a famous online shooting game.

Locke stopped training around one in the afternoon, he made lunch and ate with Tia, then he began to carefully analyze all the data he received by Scarlet about the cultists of the apocalypse.

The red woman had a lot of information about the cult, and Locke realized that becoming friends with her would be very rewarding. A message from her arrived at that very moment.

"Is the information I gave you good enough?"

"Yes, they're perfect," Locke replied.

"Good to know!" She answered.

Locke was about to put his phone away when it gave another message alert beep.

"Think on me!" Scarlet wrote next to a heart emoji, a photo started to be uploaded right below.

Locke clicked on the photo out of curiosity, only to realize it was an image of Scarlet wearing only a black lingerie, he got surprised out a bit, and closed the image.

"What's it?" Tia questioned turning away from the computer.

"Scarlet sent me a photo... I think I should delete..."

"Let me see!" The fairy flew to him and snatched the cell phone. "She is hot!" the fairy fiddled with Locke cell phone for a while, typing something.

"What are you doing?" Locke asked confused.

The fairy ignored him and continued typing, a series of message alerts followed, the fairy chuckled.

"I sent the photo to Hanna! She asked if you like lingerie! What should I answer?"

"Are you serious? Why did you do it?" Locke was horrified.

"Hanna already showed that she is interested in the unnatural beings of this world, this was the perfect chance for her to know one more!" Tia handed the phone back to Locke.

Locke picked up the phone and read the messages, Hanna didn't seem angry or worried, her conversation with the fairy seemed lively, and the lingerie question was real, Locke thought for a second and replied yes, he liked lingeries, Hanna said she would buy some.

Locke went back to talk to Scarlet and was startled when he realize that the fairy had asked the red woman to send nudes, his only salvation board was that the fairy had identified herself first, but to his surprise two more pictures had been sent, Locke took a step back in opening them.

"Let me see! Let me see!" Tia screamed, she clicked on the first photo, where Scarlet was on her back looking over her shoulder, she was wearing just a pair of panties, a very small panties, just a strand in the middle of her buttocks, but nothing else was visible, it was a sexy photo but at the same time it wasn't totally vulgar.

The second photo was the same way, she was lying on her back the bed and the photo had been taken from the direction of her face, framing her whole body at that angle, and she was covering her nipples with her hands.

"tsk!" Tia clicked her tongue. "She could at least show those boobies!"

Locke watched the fairy with a complicated expression, 'I'm the man here, why do you look more pervert than me?' He thought.

The fairy returned to the game disappointed, Locke put the phone away and decided to ignore what had just happened.

Locke went through the files and decided on his first target, it was no surprise for him when he found out that the vampire he'd met the night before used to be on service to the cultists, after remembering how much that man reeked of blood, Locke decided it was time of hunting some suckers.

"I'm going to need stakes, a whip and some holy water!"