The vampyre:- Part 6( 9th July,2008)

Last night after taking some beer,called up Maurice...
I know not why...but he was a bit upset...
May be I am the reason...
He didnot want me to ask Ana for dinner...
He knows my feelings...
But he knows my present state of mind too...
He hung up abruptly...

His words kept lingering in my mind throughout my attempts to sleep...

Skipped the evening meal...

I woke this afternoon...
My head is heavy...
I think my old nemesis migraine has struck back...
There was no hangover...but what led me to such a deep sleep,Ican't say...
Maurice didnot turn up...
Moody fellow...
Right now not receiving the call...

One thing I must mention is the dream...
Yes...last night, there was a dream...
I know it was a dream...but it was so real...
I saw the poor man again...
In the castle...
This time he looked more masculine...
There were others too...Maurice too...
I was in the centre...
I just felt suffocated...
I think I am being obsessed with the poor man's face...

Finally got another note...
This one read:-
"We pray for the deceased soul..."

Now, who has died?
And the greater question is...who are 'WE'??

I feel as if my head is about to burst...
I must get to the drugs immediately...
I must call him once again...
Hope he picks up this time...

The vampyre:- Part 5(8th July, 2008)

Maverick called up this morning...

He is my colleague...

Committed guy...

He was posted as my junior...to assist me in the 'cult' case...

He wanted to meet...

I invited him here...

Maurice came a bit late...around 11am in the morning...

The same old guy with the same old grin...the ever smiling face...

You can never scold him...

He is such a sweet rascal...

He enquired about Leonard...

I could not answer...I could not explain his absence in the house...

I didn't remember the incident till I visited this place...

Maurice was very fond of the animal...

I talked about the stranger in the night...but Maurice was not ready to listen...

He blamed everything on the gloomy environment I was in...

He asked me to walk out with me to the Kain's Bar...

The place which used to be our 'place' during the college days...the good old college days.

But when fortune shines...it shines a bit longer in my case...

Ana was there too...Ana Nicholson...

A thing of past which I would never like to forget.

The gazelle eyed damsel had attracted me for years...

There was an inherent charm on that face...the beautifully alive face...

Those tender pink lips...the...I think I am getting carried away...

I was spellbound for a moment...

I was gazing wide-eyed at her...

She saw us...both of us...

She just could not hold her emotions...

"Gracious!!", she mumbled.(Ah...that sweet warm voice!)

"Hey Ana! Come over...", shouted Maurice.

We had a great time together.

She was very much excited about the award I got from the headquarters.

I got to know that she was in town for a week...

I didnot lose the opportunity to invite her over dinner.

Maurice is a wizard...

I am feeling as if in seventh heaven...

When I got back, I got a note hanging on the door knob...

It read,

"I was

here...

-Zack"

Now, who is Zack?!

For the past few days I have been receiving many notes...small chits of paper with messages in red...

I don't want to ponder over it right now...

I am more than happy.

Maurice will come tomorrow too...

I didn't go to the castle today...but the feel of excitement remains...

It was certainly a fine day...

The vampyre:- Part 4(7th July,2008)

The past two days have been quite tiresome.
I did not go to work.
The frozen food has dismantled my digestive system again...
Perhaps I am not cooking it well...
One should not eat raw...

I am thinking to quit the job...
I am not well...
I have called Maurice for help...
He is a doctor...
He is a friend...

Last night I saw a man...
He was standing below the ever flickering street light in front of my house...
Fully covered with rags...
May be he was in distress...

Just before midnight I heard a knock...
I was alarmed...
It was he.
The poor chap...
I can never forget the unshaved face...the grey hair...and those two gleamy eyes...
He looked starved...severely malnutritioned...
He certainly looked older than his age...

His first and final words seem to be etched in my mind.
"I have nothing...Hungry...Need food..."
His english was not that good, but it certainly made sense...
One should communicate.

He was a stranger...
I am an introvert...

I didnot try to start a conversation...I just looked at him while he sat with the bottle of water...
He was occasionally passing a few glances.
His lips parted many a times but he didnot utter a word...
It was a mute conversation.

I remember giving him room...the half cooked beef...some wine...and finally showed him the sofa to sleep...

But where is he??
I could not find him this morning...
It seems as if he vanished into thin air...
There is no sign of his presence...
The doors were locked, windows closed as I left them yesterday night, nothing has been stolen...
Was I dreaming??
It can't be...
I am sure he was with me...

There is no disease until it is diagnosed!
I will wait for Maurice...

The vampyre:- Part 3(4th July,2008)

The air in the city is not okay...it's driving me sick.
It is stinking...
I am stinking too...

I don't remember if I had a bath today...

I had been to the castle again.
There was silence...
I am beginning to find peace there.
I am getting a sort of addiction to the place.
Need to work on my instincts...

Learnt that someone has also killed Zeb&^%$(I can never spell it right)...another dog in the neighbourhood.
Something wrong is surely happening.
It seems ominous.

People say the poor creature was bitten to death...i would strees...it was not beaten...but bitten!
Someone has just ripped apart its neck.
They found bite marks.
There was blood everywhere.
Personally I had never liked the animal but I had never expected such an end for him...

May be some wild animal is on the prowl...may be it is in the vicinity...
I need to investigate...
I am a cop...

I need to be cautious too.

Now, I must take a shower.

The vampyre:- Part-2(3rd July,2008)

I killed Leonard...my mountain terrier.

I feel gloomy...depressed.
There is pain in my temples...it seems to be eternal.

Leonard had been with me for the last 4 years...
After Emily I had shared all my secrets with him. We had a relation of mutual trust.

In his entire life with me, he had never behaved in such a way.
His behaviour was erratic...weird...
He didn't seem to recognize me...

But how...I was everything for him...as he was for me...

I had been to that wretched place today too...the so called "Ruins of the Castle"...there was nothing different...
But what instigated Leonard?
He was not ill...

He just went berserk at my sight.
I had never tied him, but today I did so to avoid him...
But he was vicious...strong...he broke the chain.
He had a bite of my left leg.
I had no other choice...I took out my service revolver and one shot on the forehead did the task.

I am sad...

I gave him a decent...rather modest funeral in the backyard.
May his soul rest in peace.
I will pray for him.
I will miss him.

After so many years...I am again rendered solitary by this cruel world.
God certainly hates me!

The vampyre:- Part-1(2nd July,2008)

I am Blaine...Sergeant Blaine...
I seem to forget things...what is happening to my life?

I decided to keep a track of myself through this place.

First of all I want you to know me...
I was born on 20th February...
It was lunar eclipse that day.
I don't know my parents.
I have no family...Emily left me 6 years before.

It's all like a dream.
Whatever I experience, I feel having experienced it earlier too.

It's strange.

Am I going mad?
What's wrong with me??