Philip LaChance stood gazing over the cityscape through the large glass windows of his penthouse apartment his hands clasped behind his back. A voice sounded out behind him “Mr. LaChance?” the voice said almost a whisper “Yes, please continue” the dry deep voice of LaChance issued forth without the man himself turning.
The voice continued “Sir, several of our mortal staff have been killed” LaChance shifted slightly and responded questioning the man and turning his head “By whom?” the mans voice continued, noticeable worried “We don’t know, all the signs point to…well other Vampires”
LaChance walked over to his desk and sat down sighing “It is as I feared” he said sadly “the old ways die, the young in their rebel youth high on power kill without reason, they see the mortal man as mere cattle” he shook his head “I lose out from their lack of foresight, the mortals who work for my organisation sign a bond to me and the they stay safe…that was my promise, it once was that my name was enough to uphold that word” he waved his hand “I need mortals, I cannot run a business purely with kindred as employees we could never function, we need to maintain a ‘day face’” he nodded to the now rather scared young man standing before him “Alright Mr. Longtree, you can go, thank you for the report oh and James…” this was most odd LaChance had quite a specific way about him, very rarely did he call his Aide by their Christian name “You’re a mortal man, you need to be careful my name cannot protect you now, not like it once would” the man nodded managing a small smile before replying “Yes sir, I do try. Thank you” James Longtree left disappearing into the darkness of the apartment and leaving through one of the side doors.
LaChance sat at his desk muttering to himself, suddenly he stood up and stormed out grabbing his coat on the way, reaching his car he climbed in and sped off into the night pulling up outside one of his clubs popular with both mortals and vampires he entered knowing this would be a long night. It was time to see the problem first hand, time to meet the rebel youth.