Don't Let Me Let You Go

Chapter 1

"Ouch."

Ouch is an understatement. It's not enough to express the pain that Byulyi is feeling but it's the only thing that came to mind when she got slammed into the pavement.

Her opponent hovers above her, preparing to finally knock her out. Byulyi glances at her gun, which lays just beside her, faintly glowing under the dim streetlights. It's so dark that she can barely make out the shape of her opponent. It definitely puts her at a disadvantage, especially when she knows he can see her perfectly clearly. She pushes him off of her with her remaining strength and rolls towards her gun as she hears the pavement receive the punch meant for her. When she turns back to face him, he's already got another punch coming towards her, but she's faster this time. Byulyi aims right for his heart and pulls the trigger. The sound of the shot echoes in the darkness as her opponent falls to the ground. She usually uses a silencer for her gun, but she forgot it tonight. It doesn't matter anyway; in this part of the city, you're most likely to find a cop selling weed than patrolling. Byulyi falls to the ground, exhausted and with a bloody nose and several cuts on her face, grimacing from the pain. This was a tough one, she thinks.

Suddenly, Byulyi heard someone clapping. She scrambled to get up as she heard them approach and squinted her eyes to try to identify them while pointing her gun in the general direction of the clapping.

"Wow, I didn't expect to see you almost die tonight, miss incredible. That was quite a show."

"Ugh, what do you want, Irene?" Byulyi sighed and pocketed her gun. She could recognize that annoying voice anywhere.

"Can't I greet my favorite vampire hunter?"

"Cut the crap. I know you're here to entice me to join your little club, and I already told you I'm not going to."

"My 'little club', Moon, is the biggest vampire hunter's association in the world. And we need someone like you in our association. Someone who can hunt more vampires in one night than most manage to in one month. You could do so much more with our technology and support, so why waste your potential? We could give you a good salary, you know that."

"And yet I still refuse."

"And yet you still refuse. Why?"

"Look shortie, I only want to kill vampires, not get involved in some shady business that sells their fangs and whatnot. All you care about is money. Besides, I work best alone."

"And what do you care about, o great Moon Byulyi?" Irene said in a dramatic tone of voice.

What does she care about?

Vengeance.

That's the only thing Byulyi cares about.

"Irene, I don't have time for these kinds of questions." She sighed in annoyance.

"Suit yourself, then. I'll see you around. Gonna take this one, if you don't mind, by the way." Irene pointed to the dead vampire on the ground. "He looks pretty big, lots of our customers would be interested in his-"

"I don't want to know, thanks." Byulyi said while walking away. She had planned to hunt a few more vampires tonight, but this previous guy left her too weak so she decided to go back home and rest for the rest of the night.

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Actually, Byulyi has considered joining Irene's association thing. She desperately needs the money, for one. If she accepted, she could be driving a fancy car instead of walking, for instance. She wouldn't have needed to get a roommate to help her pay rent. Byulyi was so desperate when getting a roommate that she hasn't even met her in person, and her roommate is moving in tomorrow. They talked through videocall last night, and Byulyi might or might not have a small crush on her. Maybe her soon-to-be roommate's beauty prevented Byulyi from being more careful and suspecting she might be a bad person, but she isn't really worried about that. Afterall, she fights with the vilest creatures on earth every night; her roommate couldn't be worse than those things.