When The Vampire Kissed part 4
Mat, sat at his desk typing madly at the keyboard. He wanted to finish his last report before he went home for the night. All of a sudden he stopped and sniffed the air. Was that roast beef he smelled? He groaned as he heard the unmistakable sound of rustling paper from next cubical over and rolled his eyes at the wall. He just didn't understand why his coworker couldn't wait another half an hour to have her snack or at least reduce her backside by having a salad once in a while. He bit his lip, put in his swimmer nose plugs then turned back to his computer. He was about to start work again when his headset rang.
"What now?" he thought, as he clicked answer button. "Hello this is Mat how may I help you?" he said into the microphone and waited. The caller didn't speak they just breathed heavily into the phone. When he cleared his throat and took a deep breath he realized that he still had the Nose plugs in. He yanked them out by the cord ignoring the pain he repeated himself. "Hello this is Mat how may I help you." he said as calmly as he could even though the smell of the meat was driving him crazy. The caller breathed a sigh of relief and finally spoke
"Is that really you boss?" Mat turned red when he recognized who it was and he growled into the phone.
"I thought I told you never to call me here." The voice quivered a bit as it said
"I know boss but this number is easier to remember then your cell." Mat slammed his fist on his desk sending pens everywhere. He heard his neighbor gasp and he took a few deep breaths counting to ten.
"This better be really important." he hissed into the phone. The demeanor of his companion changed instantly.
"Oh it boss!" he said excitedly. Mat waited a minuet before he snarled forcefully into the phone.
"Well what is it?" He could actually hear the moron on the other end of the line jump and fall off his chair. It took a lot of grunting and swearing be for he was composed enough to speak and the words he said were like fingers on a chalk board to Mat's ears.
"Jimmy saw those vamp kids leaving the cemetery holding hands and they kissed goodbye." he squeaked. With all the will power he could muster he said through clenched teeth. "Tell the boys to meet at the Den tonight we have a war to start!" he clicked the end button and listened to the tell tell sound of munching when he heard none he peeked around the corner to his surprise he saw her crumpled in a heap on the floor. He reached down and checked her pulse it was week but steady so he stepped over her and grabbed her roast beef and walked back to his desk happily chewing. He faked shock as another coworker walked by and hurried to her aid. She sat up groggily unaware of what had happened or how she had ended up on the floor. He helpfully chimed in,
"It must be low blood sugar you should really get that checked before it gets really bad." as he went back to his desk he chuckled to him self when he heard her exclaim.
"Hey! What happened to my meat?" He put his head set on and pushed play the soothing sounds of Jazz Wolf filling his ears. Calm once more he knocked out his report in no time ignoring the busy bees that kept hovering around his cubical wondering if his neighbor was alright. When he was done he tidied up his desk and stepped next door. Mat put on his best sheepish grin and said
"I hope you feel better soon. I would hate for anything bad to happen to you." with that he turned on his heal, and headed for the elevator he didn't have time for these pleasantries he had a war to plan. After exiting the building. He put on his sun glasses and strode confidently down the street, after all he was a man with a purpose. As an after thought he stopped at the corner deli and bought ten pounds of raw roast beef. Package under his arm he continued on his way whistling a little tune under his breath. Three blocks latter he stopped in front of a massive wooden door the painted sign above read "The Den!" He smiled to himself as he through opened up the door and held out his offering. He was greeted by hoopla of howls and yips. His right hand lumbered over and said
"I am sorry Sir but this is a private club." Mat taped him over the head with the packet of meat sending him toppling to the ground then he took off his glasses. The idiot got up dust his rump then got all excited jumping up exclaiming.
"Hi boss when did you come in? I did what you said I got everyone here." then he said proudly "I even scared off an unwanted guest." Mat resisted the urge to cold cock the poor dog again and walked to the stage in the back. He cleared his throat and when he had their attention he began.
"Boys the reign of the vampires is coming to an end we will finally own this town. In three days it will be a full moon. We are going to throw everything we have at them ahead of schedule that may Be just the advantage we need to get the upper hand." He stopped and the whole room exploded in a loud round of applause. With a raise of his hand however the whole lot was instantly silent. Filled with power he said "Without further adieu let's eat." then stepped down and crossed the room to the package.