Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Paparazzi

Chapter 48: Paparazzi

The success of D-pop unmasked the base desires of both men and women. For a single Hero of Ultimate Fate, who has made a living by exposing the dirty underbelly of an industry that plies both sex appeal and music, the retirement finally comes along.

I used to be the nightmare of more than one vampire. I would wait for them to do something too stupid for words, and then bam! I am there. Not only that, but I would snap a picture of them. Now, I don't know who invented the camera, but I am eternally grateful.  

Now, though, my hair is silver, and I need a cane to move around. The fangs get a fair warning to cease with whatever they were doing, and get behind their hired muscle. And now, I think that my days as a paparazzo. As the Fangs' Horror. Are over.

I think I will miss going out on concerts. The thing is, I rather like D-pop. They have to come out on the stage, and dance, sing, and throw sex appeal left and right. A feast for the eyes.

And most of the fangs can really throw sex appeal, you know? Why there is this one who retired, Meliora De'agnis, who liked to do something like striptease, without actually losing her clothes.

Yes, most of the public who came to her shows were male. But there were more than a couple of lesbians thrown in the mix, as well. Fun times.

Or, and this is a personal favorite of mine, Alfredo Nascan, who could have made his living as a professional acrobat, had the demon lady not made him wear glitter instead.

I still remember when I, and a crowd of 1,000 watched him doing flips in the air, without even a rope on his middle. I think that when he landed on the stage, and began his dance, I was in love.

Not the first time I salivated for a D-pop performer. Back when I was still young, and liked to seduce just about anything that moved, I actually got the opportunity to roll with a D-pop artist.

And she was a vision and a half. Thin, hourglass figure, black hair with silver highlights. Everything a man would wish for. But then, she uncovered a dark secret about me.

My blood is poisonous to vampires. I suppose, I was meant to be their natural enemy. The reason I went from a Pizza delivery man in Sydney, to a Hero of Ultimate Fate.

Darn, I still think that the blasted ambulance which made me fall down a ravine should have blasted those sirens. Or, maybe whoever is responsible for recruiting Ultimate Heroes of Fate was sick and tired of sending trucks my way?

Anyway, the lovely vampire died, and I had to leg it. I doubt that anyone found out it was me, who poisoned her. Yet, at times, late at night, I think about her soft hair, her doe-like eyes, and how she will never again do her number on the stage.

So, after her, I was careful. I never went home with a vamp, no matter how much I salivated after them. I have plenty of plates with D-pop, many discs as well. But I don't want a person's death on me. I don't care if I am supposed to put an end to Demon Lady Tamara. As far as I am concerned, she is harmless.

Anyway, it is time to plan my retirement. I go through my savings, my stocks, and my hidden pictures that I will sell if I hurt for money. Then, just as I am finished with labeling each picture, I see it. The picture of the Demon Lady, with a bottle of vodka in her hands.

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Hm, I think the demon lady has a serious alcohol problem. That can't be healthy. She is always amused, when I catch her fangs, red-handed. Should I call her? Ask her how she is? I mean, if it wasn't for her, I would probably have been a Pizza delivery man in this world, as well.

I look through my stack of business cards, and find hers. It is eggshell colored, with lovely hearts on it. I dial the number, and wait for the demon lady to answer.

"Hey, Howard, how have you been, love?" I hear her chipper voice, and I perk up.

"Tams, I was just thinking of asking you the same. I was going through my blackmail material, and saw your picture. Did you quit drinking, yet?" I ask her. I have found, through the years, that Tamara never bothered with beating around the bush.

She may grin and bear it when someone would do so. Yet, she likes straightforward speech much better, than when someone just tries to ask her for something, without really asking her.

"Hm, I do still drink. But, you know, that is ok. I can stop at any time," she sounds like she has told something similar to someone else. She sighs then, and chuckles. "You know me, a real go getter."

"And full of shit, Tams," maybe it is the hero thing talking, but I feel like I need to save her from herself. She is a successful businesswoman, but that doesn't mean that she is a happy one.

"Hey, let up, will you? Shall we go on a date, eh, Howard? Just the two of us, some candles, some pictures of the D-pop A lister. You know, with their fingers in the honey jar," I don't like it when Tamara tries to distract me. Yet, I just nod.

"Sure, Tams. Let us revisit the glory days of your contribution to society. I will bring your favorite picture. The one where Amaris puts on a suit, and then dances in your bathtub," I hear her giggle, and then we exchange kissing sounds. It is our agreed upon way, to end a call.

Maybe it is the hero thing, but I can hear that her nerves, which are like ship ropes to outsiders, are straining.

A hero should save at least one person, before they die, should they not?

The person, who should have been Tamara's bane, was actually a cherished friend. Yet, she did not know that he was a Hero of Ultimate Fate. And so, she goes to the date, waiting for a good time.

Is this the end of a demon lady, who has outlived more than one demon lord? And, how will she face the Caviar of Truth, something she sold long ago, being added to her cheesecake? How will she face herself?

Read about it in the next chapter: Unlikely Friendship.

 

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