Nightshift 36: Sun Room
[From here.]The Sun Room appeared no different from the time Ken entered in last night. What he could make of the floor seemed perfectly intact while sounds inside were nothing of consequence. Nothing mangled, nothing broken, at least as far as the boy could sense
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Rather than pause out of caution, he moved straight into the room, his free hand resting in his pocket. Neither of the boys should mind, if they had any sense of self-preservation. Having a vampire take the lead in a house of horror, in the dead of night, when human vision was severely limited by a lack of light was probably the biggest stroke of luck someone could wish for.
Not that Aidou had any delusions that even Sasuke knew what a vampire was capable of. Well, hopefully they wouldn’t need to learn.
As Aidou could already tell, there was nothing present in the Sun Room, just as nothing had between present in the hallway outside. No blood… or at least, no blood scent beyond what he could smell all the time, in the disgusting, reeking corners of Landel’s. But there was something, and Aidou lifted his chin high, features set in a look of cold calculation.
When he spoke, his words were brief and without hesitation. Aidou would never be a conventional leader, but in a situation like this, he was hardly best suited to be a follower of someone else. Not here, when he was the only one of his kind. “There’s an enemy in the cafeteria, I think,” was what he said. “So follow me to the door and then scatter to the right to get around the counter. We’re not here to make chitchat with opponents, after all. You two should stay together, if you’ve worked together before. I’ll go the other way. And don’t stop, whatever you do? I’ll be mad if you do something that stupid. Just get to the fridge in the kitchen.”
Too optimistic, maybe? Aidou could hope they’d do as they were told, and that Naruto could lead Sasuke.
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