Discrimination of the Undead

”Damn, there goes another one ” Hector sighed, sprawled out on the couch while watching the news. Another vampire was found decapitated in a ditch, letting the sun burn away at their skin.

”Let me guess….human did it. ” Hector mumbled to himself then the reporter on the TV confirmed he was correct. ”Wow, no surprise there. ”,he rolled his eyes and got up, turning the TV off and tossing the remote onto the couch. He made his way up to his room, checking the time to see it was almost 8pm. The sun was setting fast so he finally got dressed. Hector just threw on a grey long sleeve with white and yellow stripes and light blue jeans. Hector really hated the stereotype of vampires dress in fancy black suits and all of that. He just wanted to be comfortable so he avoided the fancy outfits like a werewolves avoided Wolfbane.

Hector grabbed an old leather satchel his grandma had made him many years ago, the poor thing was hanging on by a thread be he continued to use it anyway. He yawned and trudged down the stairs. A phone buzzed on the coffee table and he can only assume it was his so he sped up and went to grab his phone. Hector saw who was calling him and sighed, already knowing the routine of what she was going to say.

”Hello! ” His mom chirped through the phone the moment he answered. Her usual singsong voice always made him smile. ”Hi mom ” he chuckled while grabbing his house keys. ”Are you going out? Make sure you stay away from those humans, you saw the news right? ” She warned. ”Yes mom I saw the news. I go out every night for the past what? 100 years or so? I think Im alright on my own mom. ” He reassured, rolling his eyes in the process due to this being the nightly routine. ”And don go out with that! Oh whats his name…. ” His mom started but her voice trailed off. ”Joseph? ” He sighed.

”Yes! That one! I don like that one. Stay away from him Hector. ” His mother warned. Hector bluntly agreed that he would not go near Joseph. They both talked about what they did around the house for a few minutes before Hector said his goodbyes then hung up. Next he scrolled through his contacts and found Joseph. He called him as he was walking out the door.

”Hey Joseph! We still heading to Finns right? ” Hector asked. ”Hell yeah, Im on my way right now. Mom just finished her long ramble about how I need to avoid you cause your dangerous and blah blah blah ” his buddy laughed and Hector rolled his eyes. ”Yeah yeah, my mom just went through the same talk. I swear its routine ” he chuckled while walking down the empty, dark street. The street lamps flickered and buzzed occasionally but we
e not a very reliable source of light. ”Anyway, Ill see you down by the shore ok? We can meet up and then go find Finn ” Joseph told him. ”Sounds good, Im walking so it my take me a few minutes ” Hector told him reluctantly, knowing the jokes that were about to be made.

”Can you turn into like a wolf or bat? Make things go a little quicker? ” Joseph asked. ”For the thousandth time Joe, no I cannot. Im part human so that kind for canceled out a few powers. ” He sighed, knowing that Joseph is well aware of the fact but he likes to ask anyway to see if he will ever get a different answer. ”Oh fine, well see you in a few minutes, try not to be too long sucker. ” Joseph snickered and Hector j