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Red Darkness
Frank had grown up in what was known as a free village, even though like all humans he knew the freedom was an illusion. The villages were more like shanty towns, no running water and his village had the luxury of electricity, which came from a single generator. The generator often broke down, but it was better then most free villages had.
The villages though were ill begotten places. And with the lack of sanitation people often fell ill and died from things that could in the cities be easily cured. Of course though the cities had more things to fear. In the cities humans weren't free, even though if lucky you might get medical care, if your master or mistress thought you was worthy of course. Or you might just be put down with out a second thought. What good was a slave if they were no longer any use?
Frank sighed as he looked out the window of the over packed train, his small body was crammed into the corner, he had to calm himself not to have a panic attack as he felt suffocated by the much larger males surrounding him. His father had gotten sick and the only way he could get the cure was to move them into the city. His father was a big bear of a man, who without doubt could work. The vampires of the city would find use for him without a doubt.
Vampires had taken over a few hundred years ago, Frank didn't really know the history, in the villages education wasn't a luxury. What Frank did know is he dreading meeting a vampire. He felt sure he wouldn't last the week. He was scrawny, and wasn't suited to hard labour. He was smart but without an education that would amount to nothing, and if what everyone else said about him was true he was pale and weird looking.
He know his mother or father didn't care what happened to him once they reached the city. They would probably sell to a cattle market once they reached the city. Frank cursed himself for not having the guts to run away when he had the chance, but then he was always a coward. He thought back to the village, the other teenagers would call him names like sissy boy, and the like. He felt sure even if he ran away he wouldn't have survived among even his own sort.
They never treated him kindly, and really what could he offer anyone. He was to weak to do heavy labour, and he had zero education. He couldn't even sell his ass because he hadn't met anyone that didn't find something off putting about him. He often sat in front of the cracked mirror that hung in his bedroom back at the village staring at himself trying to pin point what people found so unappealing about him.
He was a dark haired boy with large hazel eyes, a small nose and cupid bow lips. There was something girlish about him, and his hazel eyes seemed to be too bright in his almost sickly pale face. Maybe that was what people didn't like. It wasn't uncommon to be pale and to thin in the villages. After all food was often in short supple, but then people's eyes were never as bright as his. His eyes didn't match his sickly complexion or scrawny body.
He looked up as a voice came over the speaker system of the train, making everyone pay attention.
“The train will soon be pulling into station 22B, remember the rules do not look any vampire in the eye unless asked to. Move to the checking point where you will be scanned for medical problems, unless you have a red card stating you have a master or mistress willing to pay for medical treatments. Any illness that can be transmitted to a vampire you will be deleted on the spot. Any illness that can't be transmitted you must go to a holding cell where it will decided if it's worth keeping you alive or you will be deleted. Any signs of rebellion you will be deleted. If the vampires checking you do not like you and you don't belong to anyone you will be deleted. You may die quick if you are lucky. You may become a blood cow, or a pain slave. Up to seventy percent of you will die before even entering the city. Have a nice day,” The voice gave the speech to every train that entered the city. Frank knew this, and he know the “Have a nice day,” was dripping with sarcastic dark humour.
As he was herded off the train he followed his parents to the check point. He watched as humans were scanned and to his horror already two had been deleted, one for have an illness that could be passed on to vampires the other for trying to save him. The one with the illness was deleted quickly but not all together painlessly, the other was beaten to death. The most confusing part about it was Frank was more then a little excited seeing it happen. Seeing the large vampire beat the human, the way his muscles flexed, he never had this feeling before, he never found humans attractive, but as he watched the vampire he felt his his heart beat quicker. He was so handsome, he wondered what it would be like to have those vampire's hands running over his body. Touching him in places that he had only ever touched himself.
He snapped out of it when the vampire looked him in the eye. It was to late to look away as Frank began to feel sick as the vampire sneered at him. He had broken the first wall don't look a vampire in the eyes.