Vampire love ( #MissionDesi )

Chapter 7

I had never experienced such an all consuming darkness before.
It was so dark I could see more with my eyes closed.

I sucked in air.
Building up to a good loud scream of terror.

But a hand clamped down on my mouth.
"Shhh" Varun hissed, invisible in the darkness.

He let go, slowly.
"Whats going on?" I asked "What happended?"

"This is the entrance to Hades" Varun explained.
"Well. . . how do we get out of here?" I moaned.

I wasn't afraid of the dark.
But I was afraid of being blind.

"I can see fine" Varun said "Just follow me"
"But I can't see you" I groaned "-Oh wait I know"

I reached into my pocket and pulled out my keys.
I grabbed the little flashlight keychain, I knew this would come in handy. . .

I turned it on.

I hadn't realized how close Varun was.
He was directly in front of me.

And I ended up shining the flashlight in his eyes.
When the light touched his eyes I almost screamed.

His eyes were glowing, freakin glowing!
They were glowing bright yellow, like cat eyes.

I dropped my little flashlight.

"What the-" I stuttered "Your eyes"
"Oh" he said, seeming to get what I meant "It's a vampire thing. You ever heard of shineback? Well, Its a predatory thing. Like, if you shine a flashlight over a lake at night you can tell if any crocodiles are their because when the light touches their eyes they glow. Any more questions?"

"No" I breathed "Sorry, it just scared me."
"It's okay" he said "Just follow me"

"But I can't-" I began.
I stopped short when I felt something tug the back of my shirt, pulling me.

"C'mon" Varun said impatiently.
He was pulling me by the collar of my shirt.

"Well, I guess thats one way" I muttered.
He towed me along in the dark tunnel for a while.

We didn't speak for most of the way.

After a while I could see a dim light ahead of me.
It was a blueish grey light.

It wasn't very bright. . . but, hey I was just glad I could see something.
It's a human instinct to panic when we can't see.

We were getting closer and closer to the light.
And eventually we broke out of the tunnel.

"Woah" was all I managed.

It was like going back in time. Their were white greek-styled houses everywhere that reminded me of the older times . People. . .well Immortals, were running all over the place. I could tell they weren't human, and I could even tell a few that I thought were vampires. . . but I had no reference for the other ones. The lighting was a dim greyish blue. It reminded me of early morning or evening. When I looked up I could see rock. It was obvious we were in a mountain.

"Remeber" Varun said through clenched teeth "Don't make eye contact with anyone. . . just follow me"
"Okay" I whispered, trying not to attract notice.

I followed Varun through the Greek-like streets.
Trying not to look at the exotic and magical immortals around me.

After a while Varun stopped at a pretty white house.
Complete with colums and carvings of the gods.

Varun kocked on the door.
I ducked behind him.

But I had to look up when the door opened.
It was impossible not to want to know what kind of immortal lived there.