Chapter 3

The brothers were done disposing of the body parts of the vampire they killed underneath the ground soil of a stream. They were now soaked wet all over, from swimming and digging at the bottom of the stream. 

They were able to wash off blood stains from most parts of their clothes, except  for a few little areas.

They let their shirts dry on the grass under the early morning sun.

"I have never felt this good or alive before", Lucas said with a smile, as he laid shirtless on the grass.

"Me too", Andrew said, agreeing with him.

Mark was a little bit troubled. 

"Have you thought about what he said?" he asked.

"Thought about who said what?", Lucas said, a bit lost.

"The vampire we just killed", Mark said.

"What did he say?"Lucas asked to clarify. 

"He asked what kind of vampires are you?" Mark said, repeating his last dying words. 

"Why are you bothered by what he said?", Andrew asked.

"I'm bothered unlike you two, because I'm a vampire like he was, I thought vampires only prey on humans and not other vampires?" Mark asked disturbed.

"You have a point," Lucas said, as he sat up. For the first time, he was giving thought to the vampire's last dying words.

"We are vampires obviously, we are attracted to human blood. His blood though was just on another level, it was a deadly attraction. It was euphoric!".

"So we are vampires but not the regular type, we are like vampire hybrids,"Andrew said.

"Hmmm, it could be…  vampire hybrids", Mark said, thinking a little about it.

"So does that make us good vampires because we can feed on other vampires, unlike regular vampires?", Lucas asked.

"If it keeps the humans safe, then I guess we can be called 'good vampires' ", Mark said, pleased.

Andrew smiled. 

"Good vampires to the humans but killer vampires to the vampires, we are two sides of a coin", Mark said.

"Hopefully we get to meet and kill more vampires", Lucas said eagerly. He didn't want to have to starve between meals as he waited for the next vampire to come around.

"We have been outside all night and this morning, it's getting boring", Andrew said, not enjoying the feel of grass on his bare back.

"When our clothes dry, we can go get some new clothes and then we can go rent a good apartment  in this city", Mark said.

The time was now 8:30 am, as the brothers sat on grass watching the morning fly by. 

The brothers soon fell asleep until they were woken by sounds of people who came close to admire their beauty. Lucas was the first to be awakened by the noise. He looked around, as he saw some young ladies a couple of feet away from where they laid. His first instinct was to attack them as he growled quietly but he quickly realized they were just humans and didn't pose a real threat.

"Wake up brothers", Lucas said,tapping both his brothers awake.

"Why did you wake me up?" Mark said, getting up from his sleep.

"People are staring at us, we need to leave", Lucas said, as Mark sighted the young ladies. 

"Get up!" Mark said, tapping Andrew awake from his sleep.

"Let's go".

Lucas picked his shirt and got on his feet and so did Mark and Andrew. The young ladies were thrilled by how beautiful they looked and smiled and giggled in their direction.

The brothers quickly walked past them, they were heading to the closest mall bare chested with their shirts in hand. They caused a stare from onlookers, not because they were half naked but because they were beautiful. Most people that saw them, thought they were bare chested because they were models performing a show, to draw attention to a brand, so they followed them from behind until they got into the mall. 

Mark sighted a clothing store once inside the mall.

"There it is!" he pointed out.

The crowd had increased at this point but were mostly made up of young ladies and a few men. Lucas, Mark and Andrew were able to enter the clothing store before the crowd got too excited.

"Welcome", one of the male attendants said as they walked in. 

"Oh my God, are these crowds following you three?", he asked.

"Yes they are", Mark said calmly. 

"Wow that's good", he said excitedly.

"How is that good?", Lucas asked angrily. 

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you but more people in the store means more sales and more sales means more profit", he said excitedly. 

"If you can get these large crowds to shop in here today, then I can assure you, you won't have to pay a dime for any of your clothes and accessories".

"Hmmm", Mark said, as he reasoned along with him.

"Okay, we agree, just keep your own end of the deal", he said.

"Of course, I will. I am the manager of this store", he revealed.

Mark smiled. He and his brothers walked to the entrance of the store. The doors and walls of the store were made of glass, as such people standing outside could see inside. 

"Hi ladies and gentlemen", Mark said with a dashing smile, as he waved at the crowd from inside the clothing store. His brothers also smiled along with him, Lucas in particular catching most of the ladies' attention.

"If you do your cloth shopping here today, you will get an autograph from us and even take a photograph with us", Mark announced.

The crowd were excited by the news, as they were eagerly waiting in line to shop in the store. They came in at reasonable numbers and were attended to by male and female attendants.

"I liked what you did, the crowds loved it", the manager said excitedly. 

"Please follow me to the exclusive section for your shopping", he said, as he led the way.

At the exclusive section the brothers had a fun time trying out different trendy outfits. They would at intervals go out and sign autographs and take photographs of their now teeming fans.

The time was now 10:38 am and the store was teeming with more people. The brothers had stayed in the store for about one hour. The brothers had three bags of clothing and one bag of shoes each. They had settled to wear all black outfits. A leather jacket, a black T-shirt, black jeans and matching black boots. They were ready to leave at this moment.

"I'll like you to come back anytime you like", the manager said excitedly. His clothing store was almost empty at this point. The brothers nodded in approval, as they left the store with the shopping bags, signing autographs and taking photographs in the store with their fans for the last time before exiting.

"Hello", a man said, blocking their way as they left the store. 

"I am a hair stylist from the hair salon just opposite this clothing store" he said politely. 

"I'd like to make your hair for free" he said, having observed the customers the brothers could attract to his business.

"Okay", Mark said, as they accompanied him to his hair salon.

"Welcome to my hair salon", he said, as they stepped in. The crowds from the clothing store followed them in.

"No, no. You guys can't come in here unless you want to style your hair!", he said.

"We want to! We want to! We want to!", the crowd said repeatedly.

"Okay, okay!", he said.

"You guys can come in 7 at a time. We only have 10 seats and 10 hair stylists and 3 seats are already taken by my 3 special guests", he said, looking at the brothers excitedly.

All 10 hair stylists got to work making the brothers' hair and the other customers' hairs. The stylists took their time making the brothers' hair while they worked quickly with the other customers' hairs, as more customers came in and left. 

One of the customers whose hair was just styled, walked up to the brothers. He was a man in his 30's.

"Hello, I'm Perez", he said introducing himself. 

"I work with a movie production and modelling company"

"Here is my business card", he said, handing each of the brothers his card.

"I like you three to come work with us," he said excitedly.

"The pay is 6 figures annually, I'll like you three to stop over today".

The brothers smiled and each shook his hand.

"We will come around by 4 PM tonight", Mark said.

"Thank you, I'll be waiting for you", he said excitedly, as he exited the salon.

The brothers' hairs were now made. Their long blonde hair and beards were styled and they looked their absolute best.

"Please come again some other time", the hair stylist said, as he bid them goodbye.

The brothers put on their dark glasses as they exited the hair salon. They had spent over an hour at the hair salon and the time was now 11:43 am.

The crowd was now everywhere in the mall. The brothers were now overnight celebrities. They didn't expect to receive the sort of reception they got. The large proximity of so many humans was releasing such sweet scents for the brothers to feed but they had agreed to feed only on vampires and so they fought to control their urges.

"Where are we headed?" Andrew asked, as they were almost at the exit of the mall.

Lucas stopped in his tracks, as Mark and Andrew also stopped. He took off his glasses and carefully kept them away.

"I think you both should stay here with our shopping bags while I go look for an apartment for us to stay in", Lucas said. Mark didn't question him and so did Andrew. 

"Don't stay too long", Mark said.

"Meet us at the souvenir shop when you are back".

Lucas nodded, as he exited the mall.

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Nicole was in her car driving to the mall, when she noticed the crowd exiting the mall. It was unusual to find these large numbers of people living together at once. 

"Maybe there is a fire emergency and people have to exit the mall", she thought to herself.

She wasn't sure at this point if she would go into the mall and she decided to do a drive-by to find out what really was happening. Her gaze was fixed on the building, as she tried to check for fire or any signs of fire.

"Oh my God, Watch out!", a lady screamed in the direction of Nicole, who wasn't paying any attention to the road. 

In an instant she realised her mistake and quickly slammed the brakes. The car screeched to a halt. 

Nicole could see she almost hit a manly figure. And when he looked in her direction and their eyes met for the first time, she realized he was the most beautiful man she had ever seen.