Papa

Even though a language barrier was separating us, everyone heard that voice, making us halt our actions. Silent engulfed the whole cave, as unknown fear struck as.

"You are probably wondering what is going on? Where is this place? Who is this man talking?"

The voice took a pause and bats covered the whole cave, replacing the violet light with darkness. It felt scary and I swear, I heard the sounds of people falling to the ground, followed by an odd stench entering my small nostrils.

"Mhm! Human blood is amazing, isn't that right Nero?"

A deep voice replied, "Indeed Master and to think we have to cultivate all of them by ourselves, how lucky can we get!"

My expression turned gloom and I fell to the ground, but what I landed on was a red liquid that was visible in the dark.

"Blood."

My eyes started shaking, as they looked at the blood covering my hands and I quickly threw up, making a sound that caught the ears of the two.

"Master! Master! Should I drink her blood!" Hearing Nero's happy shouts, I couldn't feel my body as fear clouded me to the very core.

"Strippers don't taste good Nero."

"Yes Master, should I go to the maid next to her?"

For the first time in my thirty years of life, I was thankful towards my job, but I couldn't be happy as I heard a piercing sound next to where I was standing.

"Mmmmm!"The chocolate skinned maid released a muffled scream that only lasted for a few seconds before she fell on top of my body.

I touched the face of the maid and I could feel that her blood was drained out. She was fat earlier but now she was only bones. Her green eyes that signaled that she died fighting for her poor life looked at me and for a second I saw the image of a man in them.

Blemish free pale white skin, an extremely frail body that would make anyone think he was sick of a rare disease, covered by a black cape. His face was triangular, revealing his check bones out accompanied by a pair of piercing red eyes and his her was probably black since I couldn't see it well.

I once head that if you kill a person from the front, you will be the last thing reflected in their eye.

Even though my heart slammed against my chest at an alarming speed which increased my blood pressure, I still brought myself closer to the maids eye.

"Kissing the dead, are we?" Nero's whisper entered my ear and my body released a fart from fear, but unlucky for me something unexpected happen.

"Ahhh! Garlic!"

I had eaten foods with a lot of garlic, before I went to bed, but why would he scream about such a fact. I felt a little embarrassed about what I did and just hold my mouth which released muffled cries of fear.

"Come down Nero, it is only just a fart." The Master's voice carried a hint of mockery in them and small giggles came from the people in the cave, "Nero kill anyone who laughed at the stripper taking a fart."

It was abashing, but I didn't have the time to think that way as people started falling to the ground one after another. The were being killed just for a small giggle and I knew that their blood was on my hands.

The sound of people falling to the ground faded, but nothing happened for the next two hours. Nero was certainly killing people who were far away from where I was standing.

"Is this my birthday, or what!? To think, I got to drink so much blood in only one day!" Nero's happy voice echoed again, telling us he was done.

The Master lazily opened his mouth after a few seconds, "So boring! Earth now has people who can use supernatural powers. The end."

"That's all!" A fearless man dared to voice out his surprised state.

"Nero kill him! Figure that out on your own! We will be back in the year 2026!"

I suddenly fell asleep and when I woke up, I was floating on top of my sheets which told me that the events that took place last night weren't a dream.

Joe Pain, can you hear me?"

Hearing myself called by a record which was recorded a few years before my grandfather was born, I felt surprised all over and for some reason I felt fear sipping into my bones.

"Yes, I can hear you." I took a deep breath, before turning on my serious look, "Who are you? How do you know me?"

"How can I not?" The record replied and its voice echoed behind my ear, "When I am right here behind you."

I started having goosebumps all over my body, as I slowly turned my head and my eyes blinked out of confusion.

The weird blood marking on the floor were gone, as there were replaced by a figure of a cute girl who looked to be at least two years old, judging by her frame which was covered by a rugged dress. She had blond hair tied up in pigtails and ocean blue eyes that matched mine.

'Ghost Eye.'

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"What the hell!?" I exclaimed, as it was the first time 'Ghost Eye' didn't show me someone's stats. I kept my questions to myself, as I waited for the girl to talk.

"..."

"..."

"Remove your mask." Both the girl and record ordered at the same time like they were linked. I just did as asked, before they started talking to me again, "This is my gift to you, use it well in fighting against them. There are already living in the shadows and you must be prepared to respond at anytime."

"What the fish are you saying?"

Since I couldn't curse in front of a child, I used the first thing that came to mind, but I didn't get any reply as the girl started to slowly close her eyes.

Thud–!

It was like looking at an angel fall asleep and the smell of rotten corpse vanished together with the record, living me alone with the mysterious girl.

"Should I send her to an orphanage?"

"Papa."

"..."