Soul Thief Valentines Day Special 2016: Part 2

She came to the restaurant again today. She just kept apologizing for springing her feelings on me. I felt kind of bad for her so I agreed to meet with her and talk it out after my shift. I am an idiot.
She wanted to meet outside of a church by the fountain. Well its 15 degrees out and even the fountain is frozen. Yeah, yeah. Monsters get cold too. Now if I were hunting someone down or had the thrill of the kill in me then I wouldn't be cold, in fact I imagine I would be pretty hot. Just considering going treasure hunting brings out a warmth from the hollow insides that use to contain my soul. As I wonder what type of person would contain something interesting the girl shows up.
"Oh, Cole! You actually came!" She says with joy. I wince at the sound of my old name.
"Please, don't call me that. Its not my real name." I say faking an embarrassing downward glance. She looks hurt.
"Oh I see... So you didn't give me your real name. You must really hate me." She says all joy seemingly gone. Ugh what a pain.
"No its not that. I love all humans." I say, and its true. I love their souls, the way they taste, the treasures they hold. I sit on the edge of the fountain and she comes and sits beside me. Its awkward. She turns and presents me with a little heart shaped box. I raise a questioning eyebrow at her.
"Well.. Um.. You see, I am from out of town and I leave in the morning. My mom thought it was silly for me to develop a crush for you since I wouldn't be able to see you ever again but I tried to tell her that there is all kinds of ways to keep in touch, like texts and FaceBook. I guess sense you just told me you loved me that you feel the same way, right?" She says with out taking a breath. She glances at the box and adds,
"Oh and these are chocolates that I bought for you. I know its supposed to be the guy who gives them out but its the 21st century." She says faking confidence. How annoying. Any feelings I had of pity are gone now. She is just a love sick puppy that is thinking based off of pure emotion an- wait. Did she say that I said I loved her?
"Wait a moment, I think you may have misunderstood what I said. I said I love all humans. Not one specifically." I say hoping that will clear it up. She considers this for a moment and slides a little closer to me.
"So what your saying is, your single?" She say hopefully. I can't believe this kid. *FACE PALM* I slap my forehead with my palm. No other options. I turn to her with my deadly stare.
"No. See kid, the thing is, you should have listened to your mother. Little girls don't need to be playing around with bad guys. You don't know a thing about me so let me educate you. I am a monster, a beast. I murder humans and collect their souls! Unless they have a treasure to offer me in exchange for their life... But that's all in the fine print. I am here to rid the world of hopeless fools like you." I say getting more into it the more I speak, I see her eyes tear up and she leans away from me. She gets what I am saying but I can't stop now, I have said to much and lost all control. I lean in a whisper gently in her ear,
"I will give you a 10 second head start. If I were you, I would run fast. Hehehehe..." I let my words linger in her ears for 5 seconds. I lean back and remind her,
"Only 5 seconds left." I smile and lick my lips. She gasps and takes off running, tripping over everything and anything. I can't help but laugh off the last 5 seconds. My watch ticks over to 12AM. With a grin I announce,
"Times up." I take off after her. I am going to kill her, then I have to change jobs.  She will never know how much she ruined things.
I found a good paying job as a waiter at a coffee shop in the middle of no where (Yet some how not to far away from the city). It was perfect. I bet her family was on their way to the beach when the unexpected snow storm hit. They probably pulled off onto the first exit ramp they saw. That was a bad idea on their part. My sleeve catches a tree branch and pulls me back to my current task. The girl. Currently I am chasing her further into the back streets of downtown, soon we will hit the woods between here and the interstate. Its easy to follow her footprints, I like hunting in the snow. The footprints lead to a bramble bush (Those sharp things that can be dull but also tear your hands and legs to shreds.) Great... I take off my leather coat and drop it in the snow, no use ruining it over her. I pick my way through the brambles. Its not that hard because she thrashed through here making a decent path. I notice drops of her blood in the snow. I can't help but get even more excited. I can smell her blood, she is close by. I go a few more steps and I can hear her panting. She is on her knees in the snow.
"Is that all you have in you?" I ask disappointed. I approach her from behind. She starts crying. They always start crying. I scoff.
"Knock it off." I say almost a whisper. Believe it or not I feel a moment of discomfort knowing I am about to steal a younger girls soul. She reminds me of a friend of mine, this is odd though because I have been lusting after my friends soul for a long time... Shouldn't I be thrilled to get something like it? I shake my head to free myself of those thoughts. Remember what you are doing Soul!
"Why? Why do you have to kill me?" She says, turning and looking at me over her shoulder. Any other guy probably would have fallen for that.
"Because. I am bored." I say, its not untrue. I am bored, and I have been wanting to try these new methods of stealing ones soul. The only way I know how is by sucking their soul out however the old saying "The eyes are a window to the soul" got me thinking....
I turn her head an look deep into her eyes, there is definitely soul essence there. How do I get it out? I reach for her eyes and she tries to pull herself free from my grasp. I had been gentle but now I dig my claws into her throat.
"Don't distract me." I growl in her ear. I plunge my fingers into her eye socket and try to fish out her eye. My technique is rough and messy but the eye comes out with out much of a fight. I can feel her soul breaking apart now that its lost some of its essence. I retrieve the other eye and let her screams of pain wash over me. Her soul is shattered now. All that's left is to make sure her body doesn't survive. Her face is covered in blood. I can't help but to lick a drop of it off my fingers. She winces at the sound of my tongue rasping against my claws. I prepare to rip out her throat but I hear something that gives me a more interesting idea. A train horn sounds in the distance, I had forgotten the tracks ran between the interstate and town. I drag her by her hair to the tracks, I can see the trains light in the distance. I place her on the tracks and stand behind her. She doesn't know it but she is facing the trains direction.
"What are you doing?" She says in between sobs. I am about to do something truly cruel.
"I am letting you enjoy your last few minutes alive in the arms of the one you thought you loved." I say with a sneer. I wrap my arms around her, not to embrace her but to keep her from running. Instantly she starts fighting against me but she is weak. I lean and whisper in her ear,
"This is your fate. Thank you for enlightening me on how much fun Valentines Day can be." I say. I am truly thankful, Valentines Day is a good tool for hunting. She can feel the tracks vibrating now. The train is blairing its horn hoping we will move.
"You are a monster." She says as I jump out of the way, leaving her to her fate. The train screeches its brakes trying to stop but there isn't enough time. Her small body is demolished by the train.
I take my queue and leave the way I came.
I reclaim my leather jacket from the brambles and put it on over my now bloody white button up work shirt. I go back to the fountain and retrieve the box of chocolates. Out of sheer curiousity I open it up to find 5 little chocolates and a note. It read,
"Dear Cole,
I know this might sound strange but I think I am truly in love with you. We have only exchanged small talk so far but I hope that you will give me the chance to make you fall in love with me too. If I have to I am willing to run away with you. I hope you enjoy these chocolates. Happy Valentines Day, Cole.

XOXOXO Julia"

I crinkle up the note and stuff it in my pocket. What was this girl 4? Geez. I knew I had 2 stalkers but for me to have missed this one.... Then again I was feeling really paranoid whenever I was at work so maybe it wasn't all in my head. Whatever, time to try these chocolates.
I pick one and pop it in my mouth. The initial taste of the chocolate is pretty good but once I bite into it and taste the orange filling my mouth started watering. That is delicious! I wonder if they all taste like that? I put another one in my mouth and bite into it. This flavor its.... Not pleasant. It is... let me try to type my reaction.
"EEEK  BLAH AHG NO! NEVER AGAIN!" Then follow that with 3 bottles of mouth wash :)
I don't understand why everyone loves Chocolate. Its the devil. Wait no, that's me.


~Soul