Days of the Dragon Short Story
created by Shaun Scott’1993( 13 years old) 45 pages continued in 2013
Prologue
The dragon is a mythical beast; In the folklore of many European and Asian Cultures. Legends describe dragons as large lizard like creatures
That breathe fire and have a long scaly tail. In Europe dragons are traditionally portrayed as Evil. Dragons can compared to vampires creatures of the night or blood sucking creatures that represent the evil fought by mankind.
In Chinese culture, the dragon symbolizes power, wisdom, and imperial authority. It represents good luck and authority, serving as an emblem of the emperor, closely associated with the majesty of the sovereign and the capability to govern the state. In Chinese culture, the dragon symbolizes power, wisdom, and imperial authority. It represents good luck and authority, serving as an emblem of the emperor, closely associated with the majesty of the sovereign and the capability to govern the state.
Dragons can be compared to vampires, creatures of the night or blood suckers who fly and have to hunt for their food at night who represent the evil fought by mankind
Chapter 1
Mai Jane White, that was my real name it’s been 20 years since I have used that name and have been human. I am a Dragon of the Night, and this is my story. In about 1981 I was sixteen years old just a normal teenager living in a small town of Pennsylvania. I remember this night clearly it was a long winter that year. Coming home from my friend’s Maggie ‘s house I decided to go through De jour Park. This park was a short cut to my home. The park could sometimes be filled with homeless or maybe dangerous drug addicts. Usually if you walked fast with your head up nobody would bother you
Something, a Creature, an Asian Man came out of the Sky and lunched and attacked me and bit at my neck . Then he vanished. When I came home I was in a state of hysteria, confused and sacred. I couldn’t stop shaking and crying, my lips and teeth Shaked as well . It was like I was living a nightmare. I closed my door in the house rapidly, locked it and then ran upstairs into my bathroom and turned on the tub. Opened the medicine closet and put some bandages on my neck. The wounds needed stiches but I was afraid to go to the hospital who was, going to believe me.
As I laid in the tub blood dripped down from the bandages. I stayed in the tub trying to make sense out of it all ,but I couldn’t. I got out of the tub released the water. Went to my bedroom and got into my night clothes and went to bed.
Something, a Creature , an Asian Man came out of the Sky and lunched and attacked me and bit at my neck . Then he vanished. When I came home I was in a state of hysteria confused and sacred. I couldn’t stop shaking and crying, my lips and teeth Shaked as well . It was like I was living a nightmare. I closed my door in the house rapidly locked it and then ran upstairs into my bathroom and turned on the tub. Opened the medicine closet and put some bandages on my neck. The wounds needed stiches but I was afraid to go to the hospital who was , going to believe me.
I woke up and rushed to the bathroom to see if my neck was bleeding profusely like it was the other night. The wounds disappeared. Was I dreaming was this one big Nightmare?
My Mother and Father who I called Bob were in the Vets Rehabilitation Center healing Bob’s alcoholism; they would be in the Vets Rehabilitation Center for a Month. I was to Fend for myself for a month. I am a product of an American Marine Vietnamese Veteran and a Vietnamese mother he fell in love and brought home to America to marry. Mia Nguyen to Vietnamese community and Mia Jane White to the American Community.
The Bridge
I was on the bridge and you yelled out to me , thought I was going to jump. I was waiting for the Sunset to Rise. You took me to your home Omar. You wrapped me in a blanket , so kind to me. We sat in your cozy living room listening to Old Nina Simone Records . Not only did I think you were handsome , I thought you to be kind. You asked me my name and said “Veronica”.
“Veronica why, are you trying to commit suicide?”
“ I have done to many awful things in my life -tired of running away from my past “
“ Veronica, sure it’s things in your life worth living -suicide isn’t the answer to your problems”
“ My problems are sight bigger than you think, you shouldn’t bring a Stranger in your house Omar, I might be a Killer or Something”
“ Pretty thing like you Veronica, I doubt you’re a Killer”
I laughed “ You have no idea .”
“ Do you have an address, let me take you home”
“ I don’t have a home, I haven’t a home since I was a teenager , I just have places to sleep “
“ Are you on Drugs , are you homeless, or are your some kind of Prostitue?”
“No Omar. I ran away from home when I was a teenager, never considered any place I stayed home “
“ Let me take you home”
“Ok”
Next morning, Omar came by my Studio apartment. I’m nocturnal vampire . I heard him knock. I had no urge to feed off Omar he was so cute he reminded me of Anthony my first Seduction and Feed. I can’t do this to this Nice African American Man. “
Night time, came Dragons of the Night don’t sleep in coffins. Omar came by my Studio Apartment again knocking. I had nothing on put a T-shirt and Panties on still in Shape Shifting form of Veronica a Latino woman. I opened the door.
“ Omar.”
“ Hi Veronica, I wanted to see if you were okay? After last night on the bridge. “
“Yes, I am fine. Somebody as Gorgeous as yourself, don’t you have a girlfriend to go home too?”
“I’m Single. I just broke up with my girlfriend 2 months ago- do you want to go out for a bite to eat”
“ I’m not hungry Omar, I don’t think it’s a good idea you coming around here anymore, I don’t want you to get hurt”
“ I usually say that to women. Let me take you out somewhere , where do you want to go?”
“ Okay. Omar. Take me back to your place . I want to listen to those Nina Simone Albums again.”
Omar smiled . “ I wait for you to get dressed- Just be honest with me and I won’t get hurt”
He took me back to place and I haven’t feed in a month. I haven’t had human sex in 10 years, looking forward to it – it has to be Special. Omar was really good looking African American man.
I seduced him for the whole night. Sunset came and I slept at Omar’s apartment all day. Omar was really good in bed he made love to be all night.
I woke up and tried to leave- I didn’t want to feed off him Omar begged me stay over his apartment again.
“Honesty. Omar. There are some people looking for me , I used to be involved in some really bad Shit.
“ Were you in a Gang or Something, I have a Gun in my closet if some fools are after you”
“A Gun won’t work. Did you ever hear of such a thing as Vampires”
“What are talking about Veronica, are you on drugs ?”
I walked into the Kitchen, and took a Machete from kitchen drawer and Cut my throat”
Omar screamed” What the Hell are you doing!”
The Wound healed in 2 minutes.
Like a Said Omar. I’m a Vampire
“What kind I shit did I get myself into”
I told you Omar, I am Trouble-I am trying really hard not to feed off of you .Your so Handsome and Nice.
First Kill
Bob was in rehab -I was home alone again. I was lonely and felt with emotions because of that attack in De Jour Park a few weeks ago. I stayed over my friends Maggie house during the End of the Month, it was a Full Moon. I figured I was mensurating, I felt strange all over my body. I was starving and food could not aide the hunger. Maggie, I cared about her, the last thing I wanted to do to my best friend was hurt her. I was in so much pain and fell out of the bed onto the floor.
Maggie reached out to me in the dark and asked me gently as she touched my shoulder
“Mei, Mei are you okay?”
I couldn’t help myself; I lashed out towards Maggie’s throat and savagely drank from her body until Maggie fell on the floor in her bedroom dead.
I couldn’t remember anything after that I blacked out and ended up back at my house. That was the last place I called home. I packed up as many clothes as I could and ran away that night.
The Police filed a Missing Report for myself & pinpointed the Case to Maggie’s Death. It was all over the News and inside the Newspaper. Little Town News the Murder of Maggie Lebrowski and the disappearance of Mai Jane White 1971. It was a Cold Case that Never was Solved. Assume my Parents announced me dead in 1983.
I left my small town in Pennsylvania and wandered feeding off the homeless.
I ended up somewhere in Ohio, another smalltown. I was drawn to Ohio and a house that was very
Victorian like. I knocked on the door, and an Asian woman in her 50s answered the door. The woman knew my name she said
“I been expecting you Mei Nguyen, I am sure you have questions?”
I entered this older Asian woman’s home with my bag of clothes, I will always remember the smell of the Victorian House it smelt like Moth Balls and Lavender probably to cover up the smell of the Dragon of the Night. I never had the smell of the Dragon it’s a detectable smell to summon other Dragons of the Night.
Who are you ? I asked
“ I am Jane Meng, I am like you a Dragon of the Night. An Asian Vampire descent . You have been bitten by a rogue apprentice of mine named Liu Chang. I telepathically drawing you from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Your frightened and confused, you must stay here to learn the ways of our Clan the Dragons of the Night. Mei Nguyen, I been waiting for you. My brother has ate you into immortality. Dry off , Mei Nguyen and drop your clothes in the bathroom , there are more fresh clothes waiting for you. I will explain what you have become.
I did what Jane Meng demanded of myself, I went into the bathroom and freshen up and changed my clothes in the bathroom. I can always remember the smell in that house, smelt of Moth Balls and perfume of Jane Meng.
“ Explain, all this to me Jane, what have I become?” I asked of her
“ You are a Dragon of Night, an Asian Vampire unlike our European counterparts we can last months without feeding off human blood, at the First of the Moon we savagely feast and can alter into Dragons”
“ Who, created us Dragon of Night?” I asked Jane Meng.
“ It was a long time ago in Vietnam, and China a group of Magicians created the Undead Zombies like ourselves we needed Blood , human blood to survive to feed the Dragon within us”
“Your brother you mentioned, what became of him?”
“ He travels throughout Vietnam and Asia, feasting on young women like yourself, he isn’t never to mentioned again, he perverse in his ways, unlike most Dragons”
“ I am tired , where can I sleep” I asked Jane Meng.
“You sleep in the guest room, your only fee to keep me company “
Jane Meng was a very mean woman, she would beat me with Whips and ask of me to do sexual favors with her. She kept me hungry and refused I feed barely keeping me alive. One day when Jane Meng slept in the basement of the House, I escaped the guest room that was bolted shut. I ran as far as I could from that molesting evil woman. I was so used to Jane Meng whipping with leather whip I sometimes enjoyed it, I felt like a bad girl that deserved my beatings before I would pleasure Jane Meng sexually.
Tommy and Lin Tran, brother and sister left Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Tommy and Lin Tran feed off Communist Soldiers. Zombies spread around the villages. Tommy and Lin Tran were called.
A recently discovered 30-page report by the CIA from June of 1968 details a likely zombie outbreak within the jungles of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Numerous eyewitness accounts from a platoon of American soldiers during the Tet Offensive discuss how the men came across a seemingly abandoned North Vietnamese camp along the Mekong River.
However, these same accounts also state that the camp was anything but abandoned, as the American GIs explained that they were attacked within it by a large group of “rotting corpses”, all Vietcong, and which were all attempting to sink their teeth into the flesh of the soldiers. A number of the GIs were bitten or consumed by the “corpses”, and those who were bitten soon joined the ranks of the undead Vietnamese troops.
Tommy and Lin Tran fled the country in fear of being found, by those that would hunt them down. Tommy and Lin Tran settled in Ohio.
Files by the Government Village Reports of Massacres by Communist and American soldiers they called Zombies “The Living Dead” The Dragons were never exposed because of their rules and way of life not even the Zombie types.
Tommy Tran was like a big brother to me, I grew up the only child. Tommy Tran always had Dragons in and out of the house -it was huge Clan. The Tommy and Lin Tran operated like Asian Mobsters they operated in a lot of American illegal activity. Lin Tran ran prostitution with in her Clan , the Vietnamese Dragons feed off their victims after they paid them for sexual favors. Tommy Tran was like a Pimp of these women in the Clan. Tommy Tran ‘s Male Clan operated in a lot of Racketeering , and Gambling in underground Casino Night Clubs . Tommy and Lin Tran never got me involved in the illegal activity. Tommy Tran and Lin Tran were like my caretakers and teachers of the Way of Life and Rules of the Days of the Dragons. The First thing Lin Tran said, when I ended up at her door , I found them from listing inside Jane Meng house. I didn’t know what the Listing meant, I knew I had to get free of Jane Meng’s physical and sexually abuse.
Rule #1 – Lin Tran told me was “ Never go against the Dragon Clan”
“ I am not a lesbian, Mei Nguyen. Freshen up and change your clothes. I do not take advantage of teenagers nor turn teenagers into Dragons. I will never take advantage of your menstrual cycles leave you vulnerable to hunger releasing the Dragon” said Lin Tran
Rule # 2- Never feed close to your home- that will leave your Clan exposed to Humans
Rule # 3- Never Starve yourself like Tommy and me you will become a Zombie it takes armies to feed on to bring you back into your Human like form.
“Yet, you are Jane Meng’s Clan, we will take you into our Clan for Protection,” said Tommy Tran
“ Jane Meng will Never come looking for you, Not under our Protection. Jane Meng is very traditional and were very modern. Jane Meng does not believe in our Lifestyles inside America.” Said Lin Tran.
Rule #4 Dragons can murder other Dragons, it’s frowned upon.
It was always Constraints with Jane Meng & Tommy and Lin Tran among myself. I hated the constraints given to myself. The only time the Dragons let me out the house was during the Full Moon to feed. Lin Tran said that the Constraints was for the Clan’s protection. I was just a teenager and had to learn rules and learn how to inter mingle with the humans as a Dragon before I was to be released. Jane Meng ‘s Clan should have never turned a teenager into a Dragon.
Rule # 5 The more you feed the more acceptable a Dragon is to the Sun
Rule #6 A Dragon is hard to kill , only the Sun, Magical incantation or Asian Voodoo, starvation and another Dragon can kill a Dragon.n
Lin Tran was actually correct but I was young and foolish. I was a 15 year old Virgin that was sexually abused by an older woman. The Dragons thirst usually based on our sexual desires , I wasn’t ready to face the Human World head on.
I did not understand it; I don’t think I ever will. Omar was so accepting of the Fact that I was A Dragon, An Asian Vampire. I explained to him he Never saw my True form. I was a Shape Shifter trying to hide from my Clan that hunted me.
Omar, he just met me. He seemed to care about me so much. He had this Protective Nature of myself.
I never wanted this to feel loved by a human man. I was in God Awful fear that I might devour him, but his loving nature held back my violent nature.
A Dragon, we have sexual relations with human being and our Orgasm so to speak is drinking their blood. With Omar it was different, I had a lot of self-control. I never had anyone especially a Man like Omar love me like he did.
He came back the night I revealed myself to him; again, never showing my true form to Omar.
He returned the next night with flowers and a Huge Teddy Bear. He said he wanted to sit with myself as he brough more Jazz Compact Disc for myself to listen to.
“Omar. What the Hell is Wrong with you? I told you last night and showed you that I am Vampire. Why are you here? Don’t you care about your Safety? Do you suffer from a Mental Illness or Something?” Mei asked Omar.
Omar replied. “You always look so lonely, I’m lonely I just broke up with my girlfriend who I was engaged to. Something about you, and it wasn’t just the sex, that was the Best Sex I ever had. Something makes me want to Take Care of you even though you’re a Vampire “
“I can kill you Omar when this thirst takes over, don’t you understand that? I haven’t feed in months. I don’t know how long I can sustain this newfound Self Control with you” Mei Said.
Omar replied. “I have a feeling, I usually have prophetic foresight that you won’t kill me, I believe Destiny brought us together at the Bridge that night. Sit down and listen to some Jazz, Veronica.”
Mei Replied” Miles Davis, I’ll try this one out. Are you hungry? I can Order some Vietnamese Takeout a few blocks away from here. The Owner is a Refuge from the Vietnam War. “
Omar Replied” I never had Vietnamese Food before sure I will try it. What’s this book on your living room table, it’s in Chinese or Something? “
Mei Laughed” Its Vietnamese. It’s called The Song of Kieu.
“How do you know so much about Vietnamese; I thought you were Latino or Something “asked Omar
Mei replied “ For your protection. I cannot discuss that.”
Omar asked” You mentioned thirst? Vampire? You don’t sleep in a coffin. You sleep all day. Do you bite people on their necks and drink their blood?”
“No. I don’t sleep in coffins, I sleep on the bed in my bedroom. I don’t suck humans blood from their neck. I devour them, eat them completely whole.”
“ God damn, the T.V. and Books were just myths. This is Real.” Said Omar.
“Yes, and just entered another world, I must protect us both now. I really like you, Omar, I do. The Flowers and Teddy Bear and the Jazz music is nice. Again, nobody has ever been kind to me my whole life. I was used and abused since I was a teenager. “Said Mei.
“I ‘m sorry to hear that. You’re a nice woman. I can’t imagine anyone would want to hunt you down to kill you,” Said Omar
“You Don’t know me, Omar we just met. Can I ask you again to have Sex with me One more time, it soothes me, “Said Mei.
“I don’t want to be used by you for just Sex; I been hurt a lot. A lot of women just use me for sex. I’m not saying no, to having sex again with you. I want more from yourself Veronica than just sex,” said Omar
“A Relationship? Omar, I told you I’m a vampire. It’s not safe for you. “said Mei .
“Thanks for the Vietnamese Food it was Spicy but Really Good, I will return tomorrow night. I won’t take No for an answer.” Demanded Omar.
Mei smiled and said” Persistent. I will see you tomorrow night. I’ll think about your offer although I think its highly dangerous and insane on your behalf.”
“I’ll come back tomorrow night. Think about it.” Said Omar.
“ Think about What? You want to be in a Relationship with a Vampire who can lose her self-control and kill you?” Yelled Mei.
“ I don’t think you will hurt me in that way, I ‘m afraid that you will break my heart. “Said Omar
“I don’t break anyone’s heart, Omar. I have never been in a relationship before. I fear for your safety,” said Mei.
Mei, thought that night Omar left her apartment. What happens when she gets hungry this can’t happen again; Mei thought to herself.
I can’t kill someone like that anymore; he’s such a Nice Man. Something Mei wrestled with since a teenager, she is what she is. A Killer. A Monstrous Animal that feeds off human flesh.
The sex with Omar was so good she didn’t know how long she could hold off by biting into his Jugular vein for an Organism.
Mei, thought that night Omar left her apartment. What happens when she gets hungry this can’t happen again; Mei thought to herself.
I can’t kill someone like that anymore; he’s such a Nice Man. Something Mei wrestled with since a teenager, she is what she is. A Killer. A Monstrous Animal that feeds off human flesh.
The sex with Omar was so good she didn’t know how long she could hold off by biting into his Jugular vein for an Organism.
Mei prepared for the Sunset she had blackout curtains ; she read the book on living table
“The Song of Kieu”
“The Song of Kieu” she cried while reading the book , Mei couldn’t stop thinking about Omar first time in her life she was afraid .
Mei feared falling in love with Omar; yet she wasn’t afraid of dying. She came to Point min Life she wanted to give up. Mei was tired of Living her Life as Day of the Dragon.
Mei always gotten emotional reading the Song Kieu she could relate to Vuong Thuy Kieu being raped and forced into a World of Prostitution and sexual abuse. Omar deserved a human that wasn’t so dirty and full of blood on her hands.
She is not quite dead. Near comatose,
she senses Đạm Tiên appearing at her side
to whisper: ‘Your time has not yet come.
You cannot escape your duties to the world of sadness.
Your cheeks are still as fresh as peaches.
You want to leave this life but heaven will not let you.
So live. Follow your destiny, frail reed.
I’ll meet you later, in the Tiền-đường river.’
Mei always felt quite dead the Day she meets Tommy Tran her Master and her Pimp.
[ ]
Omar comes back to my apartment the next day; with John Cotrain Casette Disc. We listened to the Album and talked. I feed him Vietnamese food from the Vietnamese Restaurant in my neighborhood. We sat up all night and talked.
Omar talked about his Profession; he was a Project Manager at a Pharmaceutical Company making a Shit Ton of Money.
He talked about how stressful it is being responsible for Operations and protocols he had to abide by.
He mentioned his life was based on Protocols and Procedures.
Coming here to a Vampire’s apartment was not a part of his” Protocol & Standard Operating Procedure lifestyle”.
Omar mentioned he grew up in the Housing Authority very poor and his mother was a Single Mom, in which he used to get into a lot of trouble growing up.
Omar used to be involved with some Drug Dealers and a Gang in his twenties. He decided to turn his life around and go to college. He still carried around a Gun because he never knew his past might come back to haunt him.
Mei could relate to his childhood delinquency. Mei was at turning point she wanted to be like Omar & Turn her life around. Although, there was no options for Mei because she was a Vampire or Dragon of the Night.
Mei asked “ What’s your obsession with Jazz and Blues Music?”
Omar replied “ My mother passed away and all she left me were 45 Jazz Records , my mother had a Library of Jazz Records. When I listen to Jazz , I think of her.”
“Do I remind you of your mother?” asked Mei
“ Yes, in a way. My Mother was always lonely and I always tried to help her…” Cried Omar
“ Omar what is it?” Asked Mei as she rubbed his shoulder as Omar cried she tried to console him
“ My Mother, she suffered from Severe Depression and she committed suicide, I tried Veronica , I tried to heal her. When I saw you at the Bridge that night trying kill yourself” said Omar
“That’s a Sad story; I don’t usually mingle with many humans. Depression is a Sickness like Cancer- your mother’s depression was terminal just think of it like that. Suicide is a decision and you can’t force someone to change their minds. I’m depressed every day; I hate being like this a Dragon of the Night or a Vampire. They forced me into this life at age 15.” Said Mei
“Who forced you into what exactly; what is the Clan you always speak” asked Omar
“The Clan turned me into a Dragon of the Night or Vampire forced me into their world at age 15” said Mei.
“I was in a Gang, and I sold drugs, but I had choices and I moved on and went to college” said Omar
“It’s not the Same, Omar. I had no choices or options the Night, they bit me into their Society.” Said Mei
“I watch vampire movies can you turn back into a human by killing the Head Vampire?” asked Omar.
“That’s only in Movies, Omar. I am a Dragon of Night an Asian Vampire created by mysticism hundreds of years ago in Asia. You Never seen my real appearance and I don’t want to tell you my Real Name to Protect. My boyfriend so to speak,” said Mei.
“So I’m your Boyfriend? I thought you were using me for just sex?” asked Omar
“I guess, I can call you my Boyfriend, I care about you, and you come to see me every night most men would have ran as far as they could when I showed you, I was a Vampire. I know you care about me. “Said Mei.
“I do want to be your boyfriend. Tell me about that Vietnamese Restaurant a few blocks down the street, why do you always hang out there?” Asked Omar
“I said, I am Vietnamese or Half Vietnamese. The Dragons of the Night are well known in Vietnam villages. They called my-kind Zombies. The owners are refuges from the Vietnam War, the Dragons of the Night are formed from mystic in China a hundred of years ago. The Owners at the Restaurant feed me mystic herbs and animal blood to sustain the hunger and thirst so I don’t feed off humans. I will never want you to see my true form, true form of a Vietnamese Zombie, I can’t explain all that to you Omar, what if a Dragon meets you? They can read your mind and know you are aware of my existence. The less you know, the safer you will be.” said Mei.
“Say no more, Sunset is Coming. I better go and let you sleep.” Said Omar
“That’s not necessary, you can stay the Day with me Omar, I promise not to bite you.” laughed Mei
“I must go to work tomorrow; I must be in the office at 12pm noon for a meeting. Maybe on the weekend.” Said Omar
Chapter 2: Anthony Deluco
All night long my body burned, I had no control over the thirst. The Thirst was driven by sexual desires, I sat and looked out of the window at Tommy and Lin Tran next door neighbor Anthony Deluco. I watched him walk to the bathroom with his shirt off and Anthony Deluco in his boxer shorts. I was like a cat in heat that wanted to escape the house and bounce on Anthony Deluco. I watched him leave his home out of the window as he walked to the school bus at 5am in the morning. I was technically a 15 year old Virgin ; Staring at Anthony Deluco out the window made me pour sweat all night long.
I talked to Lin Tran but Tommy Tran was always unavailable to talk to about anything.
Tommy Tran , often sat in the back yard in the Garden on a lawn chair. Lin Tran wouldn’t allow Tommy Tran to show me their underworld lifestyle ; when ever a Dragon came to the house to discuss Gambling, and Prostitution the Dragons of the Night would go into the basement of the House.
Lin Tran knew that I would be thirsty sooner or later; sat down on my bed in the bedroom where I stayed and explained things.
“Mei, your of that age when you will start to feel sexual desires that’s when the Thrist takes over, we have Dragon girls that collect money for sexual desires before they feed on their victims. I told Tommy Tran not talk to you . I don’t think your ready for that type of position within our Clan. I see you staring out the window at that boy , Anthony Deluco. It’s a nature feeling. I forbid you to act upon your urges , Dragons Shall Not feed within their community. We learned that during the Vietnam War-we can expose ourselves to the Public and we would be on the Run and Hunted. Tommy agreed not to Talk to you because I explained to my brother Tommy that Mei is to Fresh of the Flesh. ” Said Lin Tran
“I am thirsty Lin. What am I to do? I am not allowed to get close to our next door neighbor Anthony Deluco” asked Mei.
“ Mei, you must learn Self Control. You are like a daughter to me. I will not let you work for Tommy right now. If your thirsty, I will bring you Cow Flesh, it’s a temporary snack it’s not Human Flesh but it will sustain you. I am kind to you, Mei. Never go against my words, I can be cruel.” Said Lin Tran
“ Am I slave in this house Lin? I must obey your rules and listen to what you say? Why? Asked Mei.
Lin Tran then grabbed my neck and said “Yes, you must obey me. I am your Master.”
Then Lin Tran walked out of my room and slammed the door.
I could hear Lin and Tommy Tran arguing in the Hallway ; speaking in Vietnamese . I couldn’t make out what they said, I only knew a little Vietnamese at that time in my Life.
I felt so lonely and trapped in that house. I wanted to runaway again, but where? Lin and Tommy Tran knew things about how I was, a Dragon of the Night. They feed me ,clothed me and gave me shelter. All I could hear Lin scream at Tommy in the hallway she repeated said to Tommy
“ Absolutely Not. I will Not. I will Not”
A few hours later, someone opened the Door , Tommy Tran was not allowed to enter my room. Who could it be? It was a woman, who worked for Tommy Tran. She often came to the house her name was Ming Nguyen.
“Hi Mei, I am Ming. Lin says you are hungry. I came upstairs from the basement to provide you with some Cow Flesh. Eat it , this will help you. You’re on your menstrual cycle aren’t you. I have herbs for you as well.” Said Ming Nguyen
“ Thank you Ming, that was kind of you. Can you keep me company for a little bit it gets lonely being locked in this room all the time. “ Said Mei
“ Sure. I am done my duties for Tommy Tonight. I can stay with you before the Sunsets I must be on my way. Do you play Cards?” Asked Ming Nguyen
“ No. I don’t how to Play Black Jack if you want to teach me ?” Said Mei
“ Awesome.” Said Ming Nguyen
We played Black Jack for a few hours then Ming Nguyen left the room it was Sunset was coming soon. Ming Nguyen must have been a Vietnamese Zombie from the village in Vietnam like Lin and Tommy Tran.
[ ]
Zombies sleep during the Day; Tommy and Lin Tran will never know that I left the house.
I was pretty good at shapeshifting; I snuck out the house to follow Anthony Deluco on the School Bus at 5am sunset time. I introduced myself as Veronica to Anthony Deluco on the bus.
I explained I was the new girl in School if he could show me the ropes. I forged papers to the School Administration Office as Veronica Piza and gave them a fake address.
I was lonely, I haven’t been around anyone my age in almost a year.
I didn’t think about the consequences of my actions if Lin and Tommy Tran found out what I was doing.
Everyday, from 5am to 1pm I had the same routine for 6 months.
- Meet Anthony Deluco on the bus and Anthony Deluco walked me to my locker
- I attended 2 classes just to feel human again
- I walked back home at 1pm, it took me maybe an hour to get back to Lin and Tommy Tran’s home
- 5pm the sunsets I stayed in my room like nothing happened
I was so infatuated with Anthony Deluco we talked on the bus ride to school and he walked me to my locker. Anthony Deluco was a perfect gentleman. I wanted him to Kiss me at my Locker but he never did even after I hugged him every morning. Anthony Deluco, he didn’t have to many friends, he pretty much stayed to himself in his Highschool. Occasionally Anthony Deluco socialized in the School Library with some of the Boys as they played “Dungeons and Dragons”. I would follow Anthony Deluco around at his high school, when he said he was going to the School Library to Play Dungeons and Dragons I volunteered to walk with him and sit and observe the game.
I would sit and watch Anthony Deluco play Dungeon and Dragons, my body burned as I just stared into his face from 5am to 1pm .
At Night, all night my body burned I had to react to my thirst for Anthony Deluco. I wanted Anthony Deluco to be my First. I wanted to loose my Virginity to him.
I would come to Anthony Deluco in lucid dream state in his room. First, it was flirty, Anthony thought he was dreaming but this was all real. I would strip down to my bra and panties and dance on top of Anthony Deluco as he laid in bed.
He wondered, who the hell was in my room that night. He Wondered who in the Hell was in my bed. Anthony Deluco was a Virgin, the first night I danced on top of him in my bra and panties he released in minutes.
I didn’t return to Anthony Deluco’s Highschool after that night as Veronica Piza. I got what I wanted from Anthony Deluco . The next night, my dream state seduction of Anthony Deluco became more intense. I took off his shirt while he laid in bed and starting kissing him on the mouth and neck and then down to his chest area. I did it. Something I regret for the rest of my life. I bite him on the neck and a little into his chest area just a small taste of his blood. I vanished out his home back to room in Lin and Tommy Tran home. When I appeared to him I was Veronica Piza, my shape shifting form. Veronica Piza, a dark haired, dark skinned Italian girl with a voluptuous figure. Mei Nguyen is just a small , and tiny skinny Vietnamese girl close to Five Foot ‘ three and 99 pounds.
Anthony woke up the next day with wound marks on his neck and his chest; very nervous this raised concern in his household. It appears that an animal came into his room and bite him.
I had to do something really fast; I couldn’t let Lin and Tonny Tran find out I snuck out of the house and seduced Anthony Deluco.
The Next Night, would be my last night seducing Anthony Deluco as Veronica Piza. I was determined to lose my Virginity to Anthony Deluco. Again, I came to Anthony in a dream state, I took his clothes off and I took my clothes off as well . I slowly climbed on top of him naked as he penetrated me. I became so thirsty and hungry I had no self control. I lunched my teeth into his neck and devoured him , not only did I loose my virginity. I had my first orgasim . What was I going to do with the body? I took Anthony’s body to a near by park and dug a hole and dumped him in the hole in the near by Park.
The Next Day, Anthony Deluco’s parents put a Missing Child Report out around the neighborhood.
Lin and Tommy Tran knew what I had done; the consequences were dire.
Lin Tran stripped my clothes off and chained me into the basement. Lin Tran whipped my back with a Leather Whip and carved into my leg “Anthony”.
I stayed in the basement naked and chained for two months. I was so hungry and thirsty. I cried every night .
Someone came to visit me in the basement one night. It was Meng Nguyen. Meng Nguyen brought me clothes and a slaughtered cow and unchained me. I put on the clothes Meng Nguyen gave me and ate the Slaughtered cow.
“Tomorrow , Mei. You work with me in the city of Cleveland. I will be back tomorrow night to pick you up in my car. “Said Meng Nguyen.
“ Lin. She was going to kill me wasn’t she Meng?” asked Mei.
“Kill. Lin was going to release you if you mean Kill, yes. I say she was going to release you. No worry about it now, you work for me now,” said Meng
“Meng before you go, why did Lin carve Anthony into my Leg? “Asked Mei
“To Remind you of Something when you get Older. You’re a Dragon of the Night now. It doesn’t matter. You’re Not Fresh anymore; you’re just like us now. You break Rules you face consequences Mei, Lin tried to protect you. Sadly, You have a rebellious spirit. “said Meng Nguyen
Mei thought about the Rules she did not understand them.
Rule #1 – Lin Tran told me was “Never go against the Dragon Clan”
Rule # 2- Never feed close to your home- that will leave your Clan exposed to Humans
Meng took me to Cleveland every night, she picked me up from Lin and Tommy Tran house. I was the youngest in the Clan. It was easy, it was a lot of men that wanted to have sex with Vietnamese girls. I was young and there were a lot of perverts in the world- the more I did it and got to know these jerks who would pay hundreds of dollars to sleep with a 15-year-old- it became justice. I would lure the men in cheap hotels in Cleveland that would pay hundred to a thousand dollars for Vietnamese girls. I seduced the men and feed off them. It was easy. The hard part was getting rid of the dead corpses across Clevland Ohio. After the Clan feed off those jerks we dumped their bodies into the river. I got feed, paid and my sexual deserves were met. Tommy Tran was considered our pimp, he got a percentage of the prostitution money. The Money Meng gave me was mine. I saved up enough money to move out of Lin and Tommy Tran’s house and get an apartment in Cleveland, Ohio. That wasn’t against the rules, with my own apartment I still served Lin and Tommy Tran -they were my Masters and it took me 2 years to accept that. This was my Clan and it was No way out.
For 2 years, I looked at Anthony carved into my Leg. I cried. I wish I was human. I wish I was in high school with Anthony Deluco as his Girlfriend watching him play Dungeons and Dragons at the School Library with his Friends. I am a Dragon of the Night. I feed off human bodies, and I use sex as a tool to fulfil my hunger and thirst. I got paid to do it; nkilling Grown men that paid Tommy Tran thousands of dollars to sleep with a teenager- the biggest jerks were floating in River in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lin Tran, she was high class than Meng Nguyen. Lin Tran headed an escort service in the Suburbs of Ohio at Night. Lin Tran feed off wealthy clients that would come out of town for her “services” Never to be seen again
Tommy Tran, he was a Male Gigolo inside Cleveland Ohio and Akron , Ohio he feed off women that would pay top dollar to be seduced by this young attractive Vietnamese man, again Never to be seen again.
The Hardest part of the job was hiding the bodies across Ohio.
I was young -the hunger was always there ; the more I killed ; the more I wanted to eat .
I was forewarned the More I eat the More I would become a Zombie .
The Villages in South Vietnam Old Wife tales
Jiangshi accrued a litany of details. They can be repelled by mirrors, the call of the rooster, the hooves of a black donkey, and the wood of the peach tree, while the deceased’s devilish transformation can be caused by improper burial, magical rituals, suicide, or possession.
The real origin story is almost as bizarre. It was common during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) for migratory workers labouring far from their ancestral home to be returned for a proper burial when they passed away, lest their departed spirits grow homesick.
Lacking the funds for transportation, the grieving families would pay a ‘corpse driver’ to do the job with necromancy. This corpse-driver was said to magically bind the wrists, ankles and knees of the cadaver, forcing it upright, and then with a long stick would prod and poke the corpses so that they hopped home under their own steam. Other accounts talk about the rhythmic banging of the drum providing the direction instead.
They are said to be created when a person’s soul (魄 pò) fails to leave the deceased’s body. However, some have disputed the comparison of jiang shi with vampires, as jiang shi are usually mindless creatures with no independent thought. One unusual feature of this monster is its greenish-white furry skin, perhaps derived from fungus or mold growing on corpses.
The Jiangshi is said to be raised by a necromancer, or when the soul of a dead man cannot leave his body due to reasons in life, such as they were a horrible troublemaker, or if they commit suicide. The body looks different due to when they were raised. If they are raised soon after death, their appearance looks almost like a normal human, however if they have decomposed some time before they come to life, they can look horrific and ghastly.
Stretches back to the First Emperor of China Qi Dynasty.
Days of the Dragon / Dragon of the Night feed so much off the villagers we did become Zombie based on Necromancer our origins in China First Dystany. Our appearance alters at that time in our lives if we succumb to feeding to much. Cow herds slaughtered in the middle of the night; the Vietnamese villagers were mutilated by those that fled the country to America. The United States Government became aware of abnormal activities when the American Soldiers were being eaten by Tommy and Lin Tran’s clan.
A Vietnam Platoon was said to have burned a Lost Tribe of Days of the Dragon during the Vietnam War.
Anthony DeLuca
I remember many things but the brand on my leg “Anthony DeLuca” I remember the only time in my Life when I felt an inkling of being a human. It was so comfortable sitting and watching Anthony DeLuca playing Dungeon and Dragons in the School Library.
It was the only time I had a high school experience; I was turned into a Day of the Dragon in my freshman year of High School back in Pennsylvania. I had a friend Maggie, but I devoured her because I had no self-control.
Sometimes I wish I could go back to Pennsylvania and watch my parents from a far. I was presumed dead. I was dead in a way I no longer existed – I was a creature of the Undead feeding off human flesh.
The conversations with Anthony DeLuca on the bus made me feel human and I was not lonely around Anthony DeLuca. Why, did I feed off him , something I always regretted.
I sat in 3 Classes as Veronica Piza. I learned about American History, and I was really good at Algebra and Physical Science. I grew up with a 9th Grade Education.
I always wanted to be released from the Clan.
After Anthony Deluca death and the Missing Persons reports from the Police. I watched Anthony Deluca’s mother outside my window crying and holding his blanket still stained with the Blood that I bite off his chest in my Lust.
I sat next to Anthony Deluca in 3 Classes: American History, Algebra, and Physical Science he was very smart and liked to read in the library. I would just sit next to him and stare at him ; again I left the Highschool early because I had to be return back to Tommy and Lin Tran’s home before Sunset.
I watched Anthony Deluca mother crying – Yes, I was the undead but I felt guilty about the whole situation. I had to learn that the lifestyle I lived there was no such thing as repentance for my victims or prey.
Regret is based on Stages of Maturity. When you regret something, you usually do not do the same thing you did beforehand.
Working for Meng Nguyen, in Clevland, Ohio. After I had enough money to escape Tommy and Lin Tran and get my own apartment. I would self-learn. I would go to the local Public Library near by my Apartment Building and read as much as I could just to learn. Anthony Deluca had a huge impact on my life watching him in the library all the time .I would read books in the Public Library on “Nights off” when I wasn’t a prostitute selling my body for money , blood , and lustful orgasms.
Inside the Clevland Public Library I met a drifter that would come sit next to me in the Library he smelt of alcohol and his name was Garret Gorbin. The only human contact that I had at age 16 to 19 years old. Garret Gorbin well educated drifter and drunk, taught me a lot about different subject matters. I thought about the branding on my leg “Anthony Deluca” through my regret I never feed off Garret Gorbin. Garret Gorbin was once a College Professor; he smoked two packs of Marlboro Cigarettes a day and drank bottles of liquor in his car before entering the Cleveland Public Library. Garret Gorbin wife left him after he lost his job at the University, and he hit rock bottom to live in his car vehicle collecting SSI Disability Checks just enough to purchase food, liquor and cigarettes and gas money for his vehicle he slept in.
Garret Gorbin had no children. We engaged in conversations about his knowledge of books and his life experiences. Garret Gorbin lost his job at the University over jealously his wife was bonking the Department Dean and had him let go. His wife moved on and remarried the Department Dean while Garret Gorbin lived his life out as a Drifter.
I could relate to Garret Gorbin, life wasn’t fair. Garret Gorbin was like Anthony DeLuco, he took away the loneliness just for a few days out the week . Garret Gorbin made me feel human again.
Who was Garret Gorbin talking to; Mei Nguyen or Veronica Piza. Mei Nguyen never showed any human my true form. Mei Nguyen shapeshifted at the Cleveland Public Library as Veronica Piza but sometimes it was hard to distinguish who she really was Mei Nguyen or Veronica Piza? Veronica Piza was a stage act; but talking to Garret Gorbin she felt like Mei Nguyen again.
Mei Nguyen’s birth father was an alcoholic, American Soldier from the Vietnam war. Garret Gorbin reminded her of Bob.
Tommy & Lin Tran
Chapter 3: Love & Lust
I never been in Love. I never felt love only from Omar everything else was Lust. I just wanted to take away his pain. I felt like Mei Nguyen and Not Veronica Piza around Omar. I gave him a key to my World and Life. We moved in together after 4 weeks of getting to know Omar.
I ran away from Tommy Tran and Lin Tran; we migrated to Kansas and Detroit. I escaped to Michigan a huge Vietnamese American population. We escaped Ohio because it was to many dead bodies in the Ohio Rivers and we live in secrecy and stealth in which their were lessons learned in the Vietnam War.
This time Meng Nguyen couldn’t protect me like she’s been doing since I was 15 years old. I am now 30 years old . I wanted to be released so I broke all the Rules.
The Last thing I said to my dear Meng Nguyen “ No more Meng! I ‘m not doing this anymore”
I feed off a total of 500 men in Kansas City in a Months’ time; the thirst had gotten the best of me. My face had turned Ghoulish and my Skin became cracked. The Clan had to move out of town quickly it would take a month’s time to prepare the clan for another migration; Tommy Tran had myself Chained to a Wall in his basement in Kansas. I was 29 years old at the time.
Starving me for a year or month, I lost track of time in the basement cold and naked and whipped to the flesh by Lin Tran every night. Starving me for a year would replenish my face again but I ate more than the average Day of the Dragon my Face didn’t replenish the way it was planned. Meng Nguyen took the beatings from Tommy Tran as she passed through the basement door to unchain me and I fled to Michigan.
The Clan consisted of 30, I wanted to be released. I knew the Clan would track me down here in Michigan. Consequently, I meet Omar who made me feel human again with his Love .
Rule # 3- Never Starve yourself like Tommy and me you will become a Zombie it takes armies to feed on to bring you back into your Human like form.
I starved myself in Kansas and feed off 500 men. Tommy Tran wanted nothing to do with me anymore, so they tried to release me and starve me to death.
I knew then that Tommy and Lin Tran were hypocrites- they broke all the rules in Vietnam that is why they fled to America. It started to make sense to me at age 29 years old what Tommy and Lin Tran were doing to myself. They didn’t want me to go down the same path in life as they did. Too Meng Nguyen arguments were fueled with “it was a rite of passage”; all Days of the Dragon had to undergo the same thing during their journey as the undead. Lin Tran tried to shelter me since I was 15 years old which led to this rebellious spirit that wanted nothing to do with the Clan.
Rule #4 Dragons can murder other Dragons, it’s frowned upon.
As, I was Chained to the Wall being starved to death ; I stood up to Tommy Tran
“You Fucking hypocrite Tommy, Never Murder other Dragons, its frowned upon- you have always been Full of Shit . You and Lin Tran.” I screamed.
The few words Tommy spoken to me for 15 years ; replied
“ You Miserable Spoiled Brat, I want nothing to do with you, I never did. I must release you, your Trouble and you always been nothing but trouble. Lin wanted a daughter all she got was your rebellion and our Clan is broken now.”
“ I never wanted this Life , I was raped at age 13 by a Dragon. I was forced into prostitution and illegal gambling just to put money in Tommy Tran’s pockets. Lin always expressed the rules when you Bastards broke all the rules in Vietnam. Fuck you Tommy. Fuck you. “ Mei Said as she cried.
“It was this Life that kept you alive, at least you could have done was honor your Clan. You Rather we returned you back to Jane Meng who was raping you and abusing you.” Said Lin Tran as she stood next to her brother Tommy.
Mei Nguyen couldn’t move forward and accept who she was, a Dragon of the Night.
As she was chained to the wall at age 29 to 30 years old; she thought about her best friend Maggie that she devoured, she thought about Anthony Deluco, and she even thought about those Perverted Men that Paid money to Sleep with Young Vietnamese girls that she murdered in Ohio. She was nothing but regret and all she could do was cry. Mei Nguyen felt that her life was One Big Bad Dream & she just wanted to Wake up.
Mei Nguyen woke up next to Omar with tears in her eyes. Always remembering Anthony Deluca, and her inability to have Self Control with her Thirst . The sex with Omar was so good it was always a struggle not to feed off Omar to complete her sexual desires.
Mei Nguyen for the first time in her life was happy and content with Omar living with her in the Apartment. She always made sure to wake Omar up in the 4:30 am in Morning before she descended into sleep so that he could get ready to go to work as a Project Manager. Mei Nguyen, cooked Omar a meal at night and laid it on the kitchen counter top for his Lunch at work. Mei and Omar never watched T.V. they always talked and listened to Jazz Music every evening after Omar returned from his job. Mei tried to heal Omar and take his pain away . Omar was bruised emotionally by his mother committing suicide that left him all alone . Omar had no family other than his mother.
Omar couldn’t take Mei ‘s pain away although he tried.
There were arguments as Omar tried to make Mei human. Insisted she go to college.
“For What? A Vampire going to Night School. What kind of job am I supposed to do. That’s a frivolous thought process Omar!” asked Mei.
“ You said, you only had a 9th grade education, Veronica. I think , College would just make you feel better.” Said Omar
“You can’t keep doing this, compare my Life to yours. I am a Dragon of the Night. A Vampire. I am not some ex-drug dealer / gang banger turning his life around like yourself. I have done terrible things. I will never tell you about it. You Think I am something that I’m not. I’m not Human. “Said Mei.
The next night, Mei brought home a dead Cow and ate its carrion in front of Omar. Just to show Omar who she really was.
With Blood all over Mei’s mouth and blood dripping down her shirt she said
“This is the Woman that you Love Omar. A Vampire, a Ghoul, a Zombie a Dragon of the Night.”
Mei dumped the Carrion in a trash bag, washed the blood off her in the bathtub and went into the next room and didn’t talk to Omar the whole night.
Omar was in shock; he started to realize that this was his new reality. He was in a relationship with a Vampire. Omar was never afraid of Mei, Or who he called Veronica. Omar trusted Mei that She would never harm him. Even though he watched her devour a Dead Cow in front of him he loved Mei or Veronica unconditionally. Omar slept on the coach that night and smelt the dead Carrion in the Kitchen inside a huge trash bag. Mei didn’t even prepare his meal for lunch.
He knew he needed to start to face the reality in which he had chosen for himself.
Omar could correct his mistakes and bad decisions in life, but Veronica was who she was.
The next day Omar returned from work still upset and in shock at Veronica’s behavior from the last night. Mei apologized for her behavior, she said
“ I had to show you Omar just an inkling of who I really am, and this is who you’re in love with. . I got rid of the dead cow . Your welcomed back in my bed tonight.” Said Mei
“I think you need to start telling me Veronica who you are, the whole truth” said Omar.
“My name isn’t Veronica. My real name is Mei Nguyen. Said Mei.
That night Mei told Omar her Life story from the beginning to the end, even the parts about what she did for Tommy and Lin Tran and how she escaped them.
“Can you Love me , Omar?” asked Mei after she told him her life story.
“Of Course, I can love you Mei,” said Omar.
“Tommy and the Clan will come for me sooner or later-you’re in serious danger Omar. Nobody has ever left the Clan before except me. They were going to kill me regardless due to the fact that I always break all their rules. “ said Mei
“ Why, don’t you kill them before they kill you, then you can finally be at peace? Asked Omar
“I never thought about that before Omar. I am more powerful than most of the Clan, I feed more than the rest except Tommy and Lin Tran they’re more powerful than myself. I am afraid of them; I always was since Anthony.” Said Mei.
“How do you Kill a Dragon of Night, Mei?” asked Omar
“A Magical incantation or by Fire. The Clan is too powerful to kill by fire.” Said Mei
“How do we get our hands on this Magical incantation?” asked Omar
“I been teaching you Vietnamese for a reason, Omar. The Vietnamese Restaurant that we’re so friendly with, they’re from an Old Village in Vietnam. They have Magically spell books they keep in the basement of the Restaurant. They also supply myself with herbs to keep away my thirst. It’s like Vietnamese Voodoo in the sense of the word. The Dragon of Night is the Living Dead created by Chinese Magic in the First Chinese Dynasty.” Said Mei
“You know your Clan so much; when will they come for you? “Asked Omar
“I don’t know we must stay vigilant and study these Magical incantations; you’re into all those Standard Operating Procedures it’s simply follow the instructions in the Spell Book. It’s been a year since I fled to Michigan. The Clan has probably picked up my scent by now. I kept a low profile- no dead bodies laying around in Michigan where the Media can’t alert them of suspicious activity in this town. “Said Mei.
It’s time to Face your fear, Mei. You have been afraid of this Tommy Tran for over 2 decades it’s time to stand up to him and his sister Lin Tran. It’s not right what they forced you to do. I understand that you were a teenager, and you felt it was no way out. You are 33 years old now, it’s time to stand up to your abusers.” Said Omar
“You would make a Good Social Work, Omar. I do not know why you got into the Project Management Business.” Said Mei
“I needed structure in my Life, before I was a Project Manager. My life was unstructured and chaotic.” Said Omar.
“I often think about what you asked me when you first moved in here, Can I love you. You should never doubt that in your mind, Omar. I will always love you since the first night I meet you,” said Mei.
“Mei, it was wrong of myself to want you to be Something that you ‘re not. I wanted you to be Veronica the Human who went back to school and gained a career. Love taught me to accept who you are, a vampire, A Dragon of the Night. That’s why you brought home that dead cow and feed off it to show me, this is who I am in Love with. “Said Omar
“Omar, maybe it’s time to move forward and stop being so solemn about your past. You couldn’t save your mother from Suicide, what I learned about Omar is he is always trying to Control people and fix them. You must learn to accept people and things in life; you can’t control things. You’re not a Supreme being if there is even such a thing. “Said Mei
“Mei, your absolutely correct. That’s why I am a Project Manager. I’m in Control” Omar replied.
“Even in our bedroom, Omar always must be in Control. Just let things run its course. Relax, and stop being so uptight all the time. You hate your career path, you rather be happier working in the Vietnamese Restaurant. I watched you volunteer in the Restaurant on the weekend; you absolutely love it.” Said Mei.