Shade is Deadly

Shade sat at the edge of the lake. His jacket stained with blood and a bloodthirsty look in his eyes. To him, killing was fun. He had just bitten three people, and slaughtered three more. He tied their hands and feet to cinderblocks he found in Nevermore, and threw each one into the lake. The bodies sank to the bottom. He washed his jacket of the stains and threw it to the side.

Akira had been behind a tree the whole time, watching him kill a bunch of innocent people. How could he do this? Why is he like that? Is he really that dangerous? Those thoughts kept running around in her head, as she watched Shade with wide, surprised eyes.

Shade looked at his hand, covered in human blood. He watched it glisten in the moonlight, then washed it away it away in the lake. He took off his shirt and jumped in.

Akira watched him from behind the tree, unsure what to do. What would happen if I asked him about this? She thought, a bit terrified of him.

Shade came from under the water. "Come out Akira. I know you're there. You saw what happened." He called, not looking at where she was.

"Akira's not here!" She called back, not looking. She trembled of fear.

"Out from behind the tree, Akira." Shade called to her

Akira slowly stepped out from behind the tree.

"That's better." Shade said, smiling. He went underwater.

Akira's silver hair flowed in the wind as she watched Shade. She was trembling.

Shade came up again. "If you wish to leave, you can... I'm not stopping you." He said. "Don't be scared around me. I know the deepest, darkest, most twisted corners of fear. I'll only like it."

Akira stopped trembling. "Why... why do you.." She mumbled with mixed emotions.

"Just cause..." Shade said, his emotion going blank again. Shade didn't move.

Akira stared at Shade's blank emotion. Why is he like this? She thought, now realizing the reality that she tried to hide before.

Shade went underwater again, and didn't come up for a while.

Akira took a few steps closer to look in the river.

Shade came up and floated on his back again. "You're scared of me." He said, still blank.

Akira tried to calm herself down. "I'm not scared of you, I'm scared of how much I don't know about you." She said, not only to say something to him, but to reassure herself.

"What would you like to know?" Shade asked. He thought of some: Have you been to jail? What are you thinking when you do this? How could you do this at the age of 15?!

"I want to know about your past, and about why you kill people." She answered, unable to face him in the eye, so she looked at the ground instead. She suddenly got a flashback of when she first met him at the airport.

"I kill people. But not often. Only when someone is in danger, they threaten me, or I'm just... bloodthirsty. Until they died, my parents raised me on human blood. Thats why I kill people. And just for the record, my real name isn't Shade. Anything else?"

Akira wondered what his real name was, but didn't bother asking. She had already heard enough that she should for now. She shook her head.

Shade came out of the water. He picked up his clothes, ready to leave, but stopped. "You don't like me anymore... do you?"

"Of course not! I still like you, very much." She quickly replied. "A part of liking someone is accepting them for who they are, and I will, no matter what. I promise." Akira said.

"Alright." Shade said. He started walking away.