BLOOD VOW

There he is!”, someone shout.

A man running away from a lot of men wearing black suit while each their palm hold a dangerous weapon. People saw he ran like it was running away from the end of the world. To them, it was just a mare show and has nothing to do with them. So, no one come to help the running away man.

The man who was running looking back at those who keep on chasing him like he was their last supper. The man look at each of them. Gun. Knife. Metal rod. And even a long sharp long blade. Everyone has their own toy that can cut and tear him into pieces to be presented as the main dish at the hall of the Devil.

Yes. He was meant to be a someone dish, a very luxury dish that can’t be found anywhere in the world.

The man run and keep on running as fast as he could.

He has been careful all his life. But today, his carelessness led to how he is now. He ran for hours and his lung feel like could collapse any moment and his heart could just explode of the nerve-wrecking situation. With all adrenaline rush and his fear of getting caught to be eaten make him run for extra mile than any average human could.

He wonder how he can run as fast as he is right now but his stamina getting drained by the epic marathon and he can feel it that he can’t even breath. He outdone his body capacity. While he ran, he ran straight toward the small alley that only one person per once could pass through. He saw it was so dark at the end of that valley but to him it was no other choice. He just hope at the end of that small dark tight alley could help him get a chance to run or hide and live for another day.

The path was so tight hard for him to run but this is the only way he could use. For those who pursue him ,they have a bit hard time to follow since their body type kind of a big muscular than him.

This can give him a few time to run and put a few more distance between him and those hungry demon.

A dim light at the end of the alley. Finally he reach the end of the passage. He ran and ran like something keep on trying to lit his ass on fire. It’s only need a bit like 50 step more to run .41 step. 30 steps. 15 steps. He almost could see what at the end of that tight grip alley. 10 more steps. It was still darks but he could see, there a car at the end and he heard someone is talking about something.

7 steps more. He could smell the tobacco burning smoke that come from those people. These people seem like to waiting for someone.

5 step more. He can heard someone says, “Get ready”.

What getting ready? Ready for what? The man thought.

3 step.

2 step.

Finally his last step stop abruptly when he what was at the end of the alley. His hope crush instantly. Before someone could count a mere 1 second, he turn his body back in the alley where came from to run away from what was laid in front of his sour eyes.

Before he could take 1 step back. Someone who was standing waiting for him to come out from the alley already hit him at his back and made him violently fall on to the ground. His face hit the cement floor made his eyebrow, nose and lower lips bleeds.

Before he could inhale his second breath, his hair were grab and pulled up. He was tired, scared and hurt. The pull made him grunting and his eyes were getting wets. This is the end of his lfe. He’s going to get sold and eaten.

In his heart, he scream like crazy but not scream for help. Not praying. But scream because of his own carelessness. Why he did make mistake today? Why did he do that? Why he can make such a stupid decision?

Whatever. What the point already. There no need to regret of the past when now is the last moment of his life.

“Bind him and take him. We can’t stay here any longer or we can’t get out of here”

The man was bind by bond spell. He couldn’t even move an inch. He only could cry his last tear.

Suddenly, there a light calm step coming toward them who ready to get out from the alley instantly like they were uninvited. The step getting closer and everyone in on alert. Before the owner of the mysterious foot step get out from the shadow at the end of the road to reveal his face, someone from the crowd shout and plump down to the ground like a soulless meat. Yes, He’s dead.

“Show yourself! The fuck are you acting almighty in the dark!”, The man who seem like the leader of the lot shout angrily toward the mysterious man. Few last step, the leader of the mindless gang saw the man finally step out of the shadow.

“ So, It is you. The young leader of the Russian Mafia. People fear you the most around here. Paolova Ivankov Astrava from the Bloody Moon Mafia Gang.”

“Oh. So, you know who I am and yet ou come here headlessly. Why? Did you forget your brain at home when you lot going here foolessly?”

Paolova stand in front of the group of roughly 20 people like he standing in front of old dogs with his tail between his leg. To him these guys just a mere dust that has to be swept away cleanly.

What is this smell? Its sweets. Its fragrance. Its dangerously delicious. Where it come from? – Paolova thought while he look around. When he saw there actually one human were bind at the far back of the brainless group in front of him. Suddenly his view were disturb by a worthless breathing sack of meat.

“Ehem. Young Master. We do not have any grudge between our household. We merely come here to catch some merchandise”

“We indeed don’t have a grudge between us but don’t you realise that right now you and me in the middle of a problem? You to be exact.”—Paolova said it with a sinister smile on his face.

“ you who come here sneaking behind my back and you hope you can just run out back to where you come from just like that. More than that, you decide to steal something that belong from me too? Are you you not just brainless but also a degenerated old fool too? Leader of the Black Market Mafia, Andreai Anton?”

Andreai realise he will not leave here easily. He have to use force! He shout, “Everyone! Attack!”

Wait. Why did they not move? It actually so quite for a while now. ---Andreai thought . So, he look back. When he see what on earth is happening, he’s eyes wide open most like it was bulging out from it socket.

Everyone from his follower were tied by a moving rope. No, they were actually bind with a spell. A Root bind spell! A spell that only demon could wield. Root bind is actually a created for a good purpose. But here in Hell region, it was use to bind and as torture equipment.

Andreai notice that his follower was not just tied, but we drag forcefully in to the ground. While their mouth cover by the root, only their muffled scream can be hear. They tried to scream. They tried to break loose form the bind. They could only struggle but could not escape.

“Stop this! Paolova! Fine! We won’t take anything. Let us leave and we promise we won’t come here again, ever.” Andreai state his promise loud and clear.

“ Hm? Alright.” Paolova said it while he wave his hand and everything at the back of Andreai went quite instantly.

Andreai look back instantly and realise there already nothing there. No sound. No movement. Nobody. Just few bloody floor that was also slowly disappear sucks dried by the root bind.

“Paolova!!! What have you done!!???

“U said you promise you won’t take anything and won’t come here ever again. I was just helping you make the promise permanently be kept forever.” Paolova smile like what he actually did was a good thing and he feel good about it. He just make sure that they can’t come here again for eternity.

Andreai ran toward Paolova like a hungry lion trying to kill his prey. But, he forget, the prey he’s about to killed can’t even be catch nor even touch. His movement abruptly stop. He look down to his chest and realise that there a black looking hand pierced in his chest. Before he could say his last curse. He slump down and fall to the ground.

The black hand that killed Andreai is own by Paolova right hand man, Vitali Lazovsky. Vitali was always there behind Paolova but he won’t move unnecessary if it was not needed. A guy who walk and presence like a cold breeze in summer.

“Vitali, you don’t have to dirtied your hand just for dirtbag like him, other can killed him for me.”

In a few moment, many people come out from every unsuspected hide places and shadow. More than 20 people has come out. Corrected. More than 20 demon has come out from the every each shadow that were existed around that dark alley.

“Vitali, don’t forget to harvest the merchandise you killed. Nothing will be wasted. Use everything can”

“ Yes.”—Vitali answer his command and start harvesting Andreai body.

Heart. Lung. Brain. Kidney. Intestine. Everything wear cut off cleanly and put it in an ice cold box.

Don’t’ even going to leave a tiny bits of flesh and blood. Everything was stored in a cold box ready to be sell as a merchandise. Only wasted gut left on the ground that later on was eaten by the Root bind in the ground. Don’t forget, nature can be good and friendly but sometime it can be cruel because nature has no feeling but only greed to survive.

There still a lingering smell that Paolova can’t get rid off. Can’t forget. And kept on bugging his hunger. So, he look at the almost forgotten human that was terrified to stone sitting while hugging his knees and head together. Just now, everything that was happening in front of his eyes are beyond his imagination.

He was too scared that he forget to run or even move. Luckily he didn’t soil himself. He just close his eye and ear tightly and hopefully everything would end. He doesn’t want to be suffer anymore.

Kill me. Eat me now. –The man thought in fear.

Lured by the smell, Paolova walk toward the man who was trembling scared. The closer he get to the man, the stronger the sweet smell that he feel like calling him. Vitali noticed the strange behaviour of his young master. So he followed him closely. His human harvesting already done a moment ago , he even already clean his hand sparkling clean.

A few meter distance long so close to both of them. The man has terrified face while Paolova has the face of someone going to get crazy and eat the man in front of him alive.

Paolova sees the man face in front of him. What he saw first is the man actually bleeding. Blood stain on his face almost dried but the blood scent still strong in the air. Why does his blood smell different from other human blood? Is he actually human? He clearly not demon or those angel bastards. What is he?

The eager he want to know the answer for the question he ask himself. He closer he get to the man in front of him. He lean down to face the man who sat that almost paler than him.

“You. Who are you? Or what are you?” Paolova sniff the man blood smell and without he realise, he unconsciously tried to bite the neck of that man. Before it happened, Vitali already pull Paolova in his arm.

“ Paolo, what are doing? Are you going to drain him? What have gotten into you? “ Vitali ask him with a slight worried reveal in his eyes. Paolova also shocked to why he suddenly behave strangely just by the smell of blood. It’s not like it was the first time he smell blood or the first time he ever taste blood. He already used to smell it every day because blood is one thing he love to drink every day.

Vitali saw the confused face on Paola face, he knew, the man in front of them is just not just any kind of merchandise that Andreai simply found. There must be something else about this man that they don’t know.

“Paolo, seems like this man has secret that we didn’t know. It must because of this too that Andreai eagerly wanted to kidnapped this guy from here even though he know that this territory is ours. Let’s take him back”

“Most likely. Lets head back to my Alexei. He must know about this. Well, either way, I have to tell about the person in that goody bag too. Ahh.. shits, Alex going to get mad.” --Paolo walk away from the spot and walk out from the alley where they stand. He actually walk through the wall. A wall?

“You there, bind this and bring this with us.” Vitali gave an order to his underling and walk away from it to followed Paolova.

Oh no. seem like I am going to get more trouble than being sell or eat. -- The man last thought before he was knockout cold and bind like a meat sack.