"When dawn is near, a smart Vampire takes cover anywhere," Khadija Hassan said, and the six-foot-tall, dark-skinned African Vampire pointed at the dumpster at the back of the warehouse. When the going gets tough, beggars definitely can't be choosers. Alana Dantas looked at the dumpster and frowned. The sky was slowly turning pink, and there was no time to get back to the Lair. The two Vampires dove into the dumpster and pulled the cover. No other choice under those circumstances...
Earlier, Khadija Hassan and her lover and protegee Alana Dantas got into it with a certain wealthy Arab couple and their well-armed bodyguards. Long story short? The two Black female Vampires killed several humans, and were now on the run. Khadija hadn't planned on leaving the City of Juba so soon but life is full of surprises, even for the blood drinking Undead. Experienced Vampires like Khadija should know better than to get comfortable anywhere...
The night started out nicely enough. Just another steamy night in the City of Juba, Capital of South Sudan. Khadija Hassan and her lover Alana Dantas, a tall, brown-skinned, curvaceous and absolutely lovely, newly turned Vampire of Afro-Brazilian descent, were out looking for fun. Boredom can get hold of anyone, Vampires included. The Uptown Café and Lounge was one of the best bars in Juba City, and incidentally one of Khadija's favorite watering holes.
"Ismail, I can't believe you dragged me in here with all of those savages," said a tall, attractive Arab lady, glaring at her husband. The tall, bearded Arab gentleman smiled in an embarrassed manner, annoyed by his wife's outburst. There were several Arabic speakers among the bar's predominantly South Sudanese clientele. The locals, a proud, dark-skinned people, did not tolerate being disrespected in their own homeland. Come to think of it, who would?
"Alia, we are in South Sudan, and I have business to tend to, what do you want me to do?" Ismail countered, and Alia scoffed. A pampered and wealthy young woman from the City of Cairo, Egypt, Alia had never left her homeland prior to this business trip with her husband Ismail and it showed. Ismail, who has done business in Egypt, Syria, Sudan and South Sudan, is a bit more cultured and experienced than his pampered wife Alia. It fell to him to placate her...
"Sir, madam, I couldn't help but overhear that you find our fair City of Juba not to your liking," said an attractive, dark-skinned woman drinking at the bar. Khadija and Alana watched as the African woman began talking to the Arab couple. The husband was smiling in an apologetic manner, and seemed the friendlier and more level headed of the two. The wife on the other hand had a sharp tongue...
"Listen, heifer, mind your own business," said Alia, and upon hearing those words, the African woman, a local gal named Nadine, gasped in shock. As everyone in the bar looked on, Nadine slapped Alia hard across the face, and then the cat fight began. There were two other Arab men seated at a table nearby and they quickly stepped in between Alia and Nadine. As it turns out, they were Alia and Ismail's bodyguards, having accompanied the couple in their travels since they left Egypt...
"No Arab bitch can disrespect me in my country, you're in South Sudan, bitch," Nadine screeched as the Arab bodyguards hauled her away. Upon seeing one of their beautiful South Sudanese women getting manhandled by two Arab brutes, the South Sudanese male patrons intervened. What followed was an all-out brawl. Khadija and Alana watched impassively. Mortals duking it out for silly reasons was no concern of theirs...