Hello neighbor !!

It was not as bad as she thought it would be, the floors were beautiful and a bit polish would bring them back up to what it was once were. 

Her bed sat in the middle of the bedroom and to her right was a wardrobe. She dropped her box beside the bed and drifted off to sleep.

The piercing sound of scream woke Melissa up from her sleep, she bolted upright in bed and fiddled around for the switch to her bedside lamp. She checked her phone, it was 10 pm. She looked around almost expecting to see a killer, there was nothing then the scream broke the silence again. 

Melissa stood up, searching her bag for her handgun. She peeped from her window and saw a man with short messy hair dragging something out of his apartment. She continued watching him as he picked the bundle up and threw it on a pile of wood.

 That was Melissa cue to get out, she skipped the staircase landing gracefully on her feet. Years of training, she beamed proudly.

" The fuck you doing there?" , Melissa demanded as she approached the man. She kept her gun hidden behind her.

No answer.

" Who the hell are you?", She growled, aiming the gun and showing him her identification card.

The man turned around, he smirked when he saw the petite lady with red coloured hair aiming gun at him.

His smirk grew bigger as he lifted his palm in the air.

" Hello neighbor", he greeted , extending his hand at Melissa to which she swatted.

His deep voice definitely did something to her body which she would sort out later.

" Keep your fucking hands in the air."

" I asked you a god damned question. Who the fuck are you?", The handsome asshole in front of her grinned showing off his pearly white teeth. 

" Sorry, my bad. I am Roberson, your neighbor. You can call me Robert."

Melissa lowered her arm but with with gun still intact. She eased her taut shoulder a bit, being careful not to loose her guard.

" What are you doing here in the middle of the night?", She questioned.

Roberson chuckled, " this is just quarter past 10 and I am sorry for disturbing your beauty sleep. Princess.......", He raised his brows, waiting for her to introduce herself.

" It is agent Jones. Jones Melissa", Melissa tucked in her gun. She puffed as the breeze blew her hair. 

Freezing hell.

" Oh!", Roberson exclaimed. " You are the new officer sent to our peaceful little town. I can't believe it but you look small for your job."

" Yeah? Who you calling small ? Wait until I bash your fucking brains out and feed it to them animals", Melissa snapped. She hated it when people call her small which indeed she was.

' her ego is taller than her', in Howard's tone.

" Chill", Roberson raised his arm in surrender. She was feisty and someone you would not mess with.

" Come on, let us go in before we get taken like the rest", he invited her into his home.

Melissa sat on a stool in the kitchen, the house was the same as hers just with different decorations. She swallowed her wine, twirling the liquid in the glass.

" So....... What do you know about the missing people?", She inquired.

" Drop it", Roberson eyed her warily . " Drop the case, this is not an easy puzzle to solve" , he advised. Standing up to refill her glass.

" Why should I? I am an officer, this was what I was born to do."

"Well newsflash, there were lots of officers before you who suddenly went missing. Or.... You thought you were the only one brought here to solve this case?", Roberson laughed. He settled back in his seat, staring at Melissa.

She wasn't willing to back out , this is an opportunity for her. If she is able to crack the case then she will get a promotion and be in the same position as Howard.

" Tell me more."

" Look, I don't know much. This thing has been going on before I was born. The solution to this fucking case is for people to stay indoors and not wander around until the hunt is over."

He leaned slightly into her personal space. " This is not an ordinary case, it is mystery. We don't know what is taking this people but there was an old woman who said she saw one of them", he smiled, drinking from his glass as he continued.

" No one believed her, probably few did. She said they have pale skin and sharp fangs, they almost had her but she escaped", Roberson stretched his arms.

" No one believed because she had a mental health breakdown. She tend to say things that her not real."

" Vampires?", She asked to which Roberson chuckled.

" Those things ain't real dear."

" Did you believe her?", Melissa asked. She was curious to know what happened to the old woman. She might as well get the answers she needed to start her investigation.

Roberson paused, he took a huge gulp of his drink. One could tell he was pondering on the answers to reply her.

Finally, after some minutes, he spoke.

" Yes, I did." 

"But you should be careful, you are a young lady probably the same age as me. So you still have a life ahead, don't waste it like this."

Melissa stood up, she wasn't feeling comfortable anymore. He might be trying to help her but to her, it sounded like threat. That made her more interested in the case.

" Thanks for your help but your advice wasn't needed."

The breeze felt different as she stepped out of her neighbor's house. Feeling like she was being watched, Melissa turned her gaze towards the forest behind her. Red eyes stared at her, goosebumps appeared on her skin. 

     What if the woman was right?

Moving uncomfortably in her spot, Melissa's hand hovered over her gun. She felt naked under the heated gaze. She walked towards the forest, in hindsight she probably could have come up with something better like running, but she couldn't. Melissa was beginning to think the creature would jump out and attack her but instead, it disappeared into the bush.

Shit!

That was a close one. She would have gotten something on her first day in Buckerwill town. And now her hormones are back to normal.