Julio Jiménez: Vinyl

– Take it easy! What’s wrong with you?!

– Where is it?!!

– I already gave the app to the people of the bank, Teal gave to me this morning.

– You have to take it back!! – Mark screamed as he took Charle from his neck.

– A-a-a-are y-y-ou trying to hang me!!!

– Call to the bank and take the app back, right now!

– No! – He said as he realising his neck from Mark’s hands – That would cost us a lot of money! Are you insane?!

– That App is a danger for society… – Mark said and then he hits Charles on his face.

Mark left Charles’ office, a crowd was waiting for him. “His grilfriend was right!” Said a man. “Yeah! He’s acting like a madman!” Answered a girl.

– Let me pass! – Mark demanded.

The crowd allowed him to pass, He crossed the path without make any eye contact. “No!” said a man “You can’t go… you just assaulted an employee, I have to call the pólice!” Mark turned around to see this man. It’s a man from security.

– No, you won’t – Mark Answered.

– Oh, yes I will – The man turned on his radio, but he couldn’t do the call because Mark pounced on him as a predator.

Mark snatched the gun from the security guard, and fired into the air. “If someone follows me or dare to call the police… I swear to god…” he screamed. Mark left the Office.

“Use your all well-learned politesse or I lay your soul to waste… woo, woo, woo” Mark hummed.

Mark doesn’t not know where to go, he wanders through the streets by hours with the gun on his hands, people run away from him on terror. Suddenly, he realizes that he must go back to your home, he needs to fight back the demons and the succubus. Mark doesn’t know how to fight against that threat, but he need to stop them from whatever they have plan with the App he made. I must go back, he decided.

When he entered to his apartment, the first thing the saw was Teal dressed in black like a bride.

– What are you doing here? – He asked pointing the gun at her.

– I’m worried about you… – She answered.

– What is a succubus?

– What?!

.You Heard me!! – He screamed.

– Relax, put he gun down! – She said – It’s like a demon, a female demon…

– You are a succubus! Are you a Succubus?! You haunted me with that vinyl! Do you?! Atre you?!

– You are delusional, Mark… no one is a succubus here… Put he gun down! You already killed someone, I saw the corpse… the old lady’s corpse

– I didn’t do that! You and your shadows… killed her…

– No, no, listen to me very carefully… why I would bewitch you? I’m your girlfriend, and I love you… If someone did something on you that was Laura… Putt he gun down!

– No, no… she is not… – He screamed pointing the gun on her.

– Yes, she was… she gave to you that vinyl…

– No, no… no… Don’t play mind games on me!! You did it!

– No, Calm down! I am not playing anything on you… I came here because your friends told me what you did on the office… they are worried, they called the police, they want you to surrender peacefully…

– No, I won’t until I stop the App…

– It’s too late for that… They already published the App on the virtual store…

“Help me…” Said a Female voice.

– What is that?! – Mark asked.

– I don’t know, this is your house, Mark… I just entered…

– NO, you are a liar!

– The only liar here is you, Mark…

– Don’t star with that again… I already told you; there’s not truth to confess.

“Somebody help me…”

– What did you do? – Mark asked to Teal.

– No, what did you do, Mark? – She answered.

Mark looks in every room of his apartment trying to find the girl who is asking for help. Finally, on the kitchen, Mark founds Laura crucified on an inverted cross. “Please help me…” She begged.

– What the hell did you do, Teal?! – He screamed.

Laura looks to Teal in terror. “She did this to me!” She said while spits some blood on the ground.

– Do not untie her – Said Teal.

– Why the hell don’t, I must help her…

Mark, in his desperation, does not see that the knot and the way in which Laura is tied to the cross, probably causes that if her hands are released her head will be cut off. “I’m going to help you…” He said in tears. Laura is trying to tell him something but she can’t, because the rope is squeezing her throat.

– Don’t talk! Please don’t talk… – He begged.

– Mark… do not untie her – Said Teal again.

– NO, I’m done listen to you! – He unties her, Luara’s head falls out near to Mark’s feet. – Oh, no!!! Oh, no!!! -Mark slips with the blood.

– Told you… – Teal said.

Laura’s blood splashes al over Mark’s body.

– Now, your fingerprints are on the rope, on the cross, and on her body… you are in trouble… – Teal said singing.

– You bitch! –He said while he stands up.

– How pathetic is the human race?! Hu?! – Teal said while she walks toward Mark – You all live on a world full of lies, you lie to each others every day, while you’re turning your back on mother earth, you idolize false idols, flags, governments and politicians, but you haven’t find it out that among you live a predator race that is hunting you down like animals for centuries. Egocentrics, self centered, solipsists dumbasses! “The truth will set you free!” said someone once, and what happened?! You killed him! And you know why?! Because you… all humans, live scared of the truth! I know that you and her have been fucking on our bed for three months! But every time that I demanded the truth from you, you always said: There’s no truth to confess…

– That’s not true!

– STOP LIYING TO ME! – She screamed, the building trembled.

– Ok, ok… you are right! You are right! I’m sorry!!

– “I’m sorry!” It’s to late for “I’m sorry!” – She said.

Mark shoot at Teal right in the middle of her chest, She fell.

– I’m sorry… Laura… I shouldn’t drag you into this mess. – He said to Laura’s corpse.

Teal stands up. “ Did you really think this is the first time I do this?” She said while she rise her blouse to show him that she is wearing a bulletproof vest.

– I’m going to call the pólice! – He said.

– Do it, that’s what I want… it is part of my plan…

– You are insane…

– No, I am not. You know… – She said – I’ve been doing this for 350 years, I’m older than America! –Teal laughed – You knew my slaves, right? They used to be seven… one of them tried to help you, but I took care of him… his soul is no longer exists… the shadows that you saw, they were my boyfriends; artists, writers, musicians… and now you… I made them work to me; they used their talents to create things in which I put my spells… the clumsy song that you heard was made for a hippie on the 60’s… 1966, That dumb song feed my youth for almost 60 years, but your App, oh my God! It will be much better, because with that thing I will be able to feed me with thousands of young minds at the same time, and not one at the time… I will absord the youth of the people that download the Application, I will be live for a million of years! Maybe more… isn’t this a great time to be alive or what? Thier souls will be feed me! Belgefor daughter will live for ever!!

– No, if I can stop you!

– You won’t… – she said, while she make a call from his cell phone to 911 – Police!! Please help me! – She said in tears – My boyfriend went crazy! He killed our neighbor, his exgirlfriend and tried to kill me too… but… I’m using a Bulletproof vest…