Immortal


Drip ... drip ... drip ... It had been raining for hours now. A red umbrella moved slowly towards the cemetery gate. He turned right and disappeared around the corner into a moonlit street.

Kayan closed her eyes. He felt unobserved in this treetop. He was sitting on a slightly wider branch. It was raining in here only to a limited extent, but he had been sitting there for so long that his shoulder-length, black hair was soaking wet. Just like his pitch black cloak. He opened his eyes again and noticed that he wasn't alone. "I told you I wanted to be alone, Emeral," he said without looking up. His voice was deep and yet somehow pleasant. "I'm not here voluntarily. Yovis sent me.", Emeral explained. He was standing on a branch of the neighboring tree. His also pitch black cloak was blowing in the wind. "Yovis ..." Kayan hissed. Kayan hated Yovis even though he was his master.He looked in the direction from which Emeral's voice was coming, but there was no one there. "Why do you hold such a grudge against Yovis? He gave you immortality," said Emeral. Kayan looked ahead and saw Emeral now standing on the branch he was sitting on. "Don't sneak up on you like that ..." Kayan growled. Emeral's cloak was no longer blowing and there were raindrops all over his clothes and face. They were clearly visible on his friend's pale face. Kayan looked into Emeral's eyes, which were black the night but sparkled like a pearl. All vampires had black eyes that exuded no warmth, only fear, terror and death. Emeral shook his head, and drops flew from his short brown hair right on Kayan's face. He wiped it away and said, "That's a long story ..." "Then tell me!" Emeral sat down on the branch and the wood groaned under the load. He looked at his friend expectantly.“But what aboutYovis?” He pronounced his master's name with bitterness and contempt. "What does he want from me?" "Oh, nothing important!" Kayan sighed and stared down at the cemetery where his empty grave was. "She was back here, wasn't she?" Asked Emeral. “That woman ... with the red umbrella.” Kayan hadn't reacted, but he had shrugged slightly. Emeral smiled. "And she even left flowers ..." He looked down at Kayan's grave. There were white roses that looked really elegant and regal on the shabby grave. "But why does she only come at night?" Asked Emeral, frowning. Kayan felt an incredible urge to tell someone what he had wanted to get rid of for so long. "All right. I'll tell you the story," he decided, his eyes still resting on the grave. They wandered to the gate and then to the corner where the umbrella had disappeared. "Everything OK?"asked Emeral, who was watching him carefully. Kayan woke up from his" night dreams "[" day dreams "would be the correct name, but it was the middle of the night]. He looked Emeral in the eye and took a deep breath. Now it was it was time to tell the story he'd never told anyone before.


+ Flashback +

Leana sat by a pond and stared into the water. She had bent her knees and put her chin between them. Her long, blond hair hung like a curtain, but also like a shield from the world, in front of her face, and covered her gloomy expression. First she was fired and now the rent of her apartment has also been doubled. She sighed and slowly got up. Leana knew she couldn't hide from the world forever. When she turned around, she collided with a man. "Sorry ..." she mumbled and rubbed her head. Kayan smiled at her. "Are you okay?" He asked. Leana looked into Kayan's brown eyes and her heart skipped a moment.At least it seemed like that .. "Huh?" Kayan smiled at her. Leana blinked and stuttered: "Um ... yes, yes, everything is fine." "Then I'm glad." There was an embarrassing silence. "Uh ... my name is Kayan Williams," he finally introduced himself and held out his hand to the woman. Leana took it. “Leana Mathiews.” But she let go of his hand quickly. “I have to go now.” The blonde-haired woman walked past him and made her way home. Kayan noticed that she had left her purse on the grass. He picked her up and called after her: “Wait!” Leana turned around and hit her forehead lightly. Kayan walked up to her and handed her the bag. "Thank you very much. I ... I'm a little distracted ..." She seemed really nevous. But was it really because of their problems? Kayan gathered all his courage. "May I take you for a coffee?"

+ Bottling end +

Was that the first time you met her? Emeral asked. Kayan nodded and wiped a strand of hair from his face.It was still pouring rain. "After that it went pretty quickly. The next day we met again and the next but one. That went on for months. She could no longer pay the rent as if I let her live with me. I only had a small apartment, but that Handed us both. She couldn't find a job, but we were happy anyway. Happily in love. Until the day Yovis crossed my life. "Kayan lowered his head and clenched his hand into a fist. “I will never forgive him for that.” He glanced at Emeral and began to tell.


+ Flashback +

Kayan stood by the window and looked down into the dark street. It poured like buckets. He had been feeling uncomfortable all evening. “Kayan !?” Leana came out of the small kitchen. She had her jacket on and was picking up her purse when Kayan turned around. She noticed that he was standing by the window. Then she smiled. “Are you staring back into the night?” He nodded and smiled too.He came up to her and whispered in her ear: "I'm avampire! Huuuhhh ..." He kissed her neck. Leana laughed. The black-haired man examined her jacket. He looked at her questions. "You're leaving?" "Uh ... yes, but only to the gas station, buy cigarettes." Kayan took her hand. “You wanted to quit smoking!” He gave her a piercing look. Leana avoided his gaze and withdrew her hand. Without another word, she went to the door. "Wait!" Kayan called after her. He took his jacket and put it on. The addressed turned around and smiled. Kayan kissed her on the cheek and took the red umbrella by the door. Then they went out.

Step by step they walked through the dark and wet street. A cold shiver ran down Kayan's spine. Leana noticed that something was wrong and asked, “What is it?” “Sometimes I wish we'd live in the center of town.” He glanced over his shoulder, but there was nothing.Still, he ran a little faster. Leana followed. For some reason Kayan had feltwatched ...

After Leana bought cigarettes, they made their way back. At this time there was a lot going on on the main road. They stopped in front of the zebra crossing and waited for the traffic light to turn green. Suddenly Kayan had the strange feeling of being watched again. Instinctively he looked at the tree on the opposite side of the street. There, in the treetop, was a dark figure. A flash of lightning flashed through the night sky and for a split second Kayan saw black eyes staring at him. Then it was all over, no figure in the tree, no black eyes staring at him.
"KAYAN !!! Get out of there!" Leana shouted in a panic. Kayan looked around, confused. Without noticing it, he ran into the middle of the busy street. Then he saw a light coming towards him. His eyes widened when he saw a truck approaching at breakneck speed.All he then felt was a jolt and a feeling as if he was flying. He blinked and saw those black eyes again. Then everything was quiet and he fell into darkness.

+ Flashback end +

"Black eyes?" Asked Emeral. Kayan nodded. "That could only have been one ..." said Emeral. "Yes." "So, go on!"


+ Flashback +

Kayan blinked and realized everything was just blurry. He was lying on something soft. He felt strange; he felt dizzy and sick. He slowly straightened up and his eyesight returned. He was sitting on an old-fashioned four-poster bed. Soft, velvety pillows were spread over it and curtains hung slack on all sides. Suddenly a curtain was pulled aside with a jerk. A man, dressed in black and with hair down to the floor, stared at him with a glare. Kayan instinctively slid away from the man. "Don't be afraid ..." the man whispered. "... it will be over in a moment." He knelt out of bed and Kayan slipped further away from him until he finally fell off the bed.It got caught in the red curtain. Panic rose in him. “Are you going to kill me?” The stranger looked at him in amusement. How he was fighting with the curtain and for his life seemed to amuse him. “No. I will give you real life.” This made Kayan pause for thought. "Who are you? Or what are you?" He asked anxiously. "My name is Yovis. And don't you see what I am?" Said the man and grinned. Pointed canines came out. Kayan's shocked look made the vampire smile. “What-what are you going to do with?” Kayan tried to distract him to come up with an escape plan, but the black-eyed man was not deterred. “You ask too many questions, dear.” Yovis smiled and licked his lips. Kayan panicked again and tried desperately to break free of the red carpet. "Hm, and what would you do if you could free yourself from the curtain? Run away?", The vampire asked with a mock child's voice.Kayan hadn't thought about that yet. How should he escape? And where? He didn't even know where he was.[i]But fleeing was no longer necessary anyway ...
Yovis crawled up to him and grabbed him with his hands on the floor. He sniffed Kayan's neck. "Yes ... you must have tasty blood," he whispered in Kayan's ear. This got scared to death. He closed his eyes. It made no sense any more. He couldn't fight it. Yovis rammed his pointy teeth into Kayan's neck. Kayan opened his eyes and horror was written on his face. An incredible pain shot through his body. The blood was sucked out of him ... He felt dizzy and felt his strength run out.
Then suddenly it stopped. Yovis had stopped. Had he had one more drop, Kayan would have died. "You are weak and you will die soon ...", Yovis whispered and looked into the