There was a boy who lived on the streets, he did what he had to get by. He was in his teens, working with a group. He was more the lacky and hated it, he was abused often, especially if he didn’t succeed. The leader of their thieves group would beat him, paranoid that everyone was cheating him. He beat most of his underlings, the boy hated it. He spent his life trying to survive, he didn’t have friends. He learn quick it was kill or be killed, everyone he tried to friend, tried to kill him. He didn’t do friends, he was working a job with his boss. His boss was had his eyes set on a target. It was their home, they had a thing, that they get paid high dollar for. It was some trinket, the boy wasn’t sure what.

His boss went in, while the boy stood watch. His boss, was quick as he could be, he grabbed the box and they bolted. He didn’t know what was great about a necklace, why was it important. The way it looked, it called to him though, it was like a ankh almost. He heard his boss say Vampire cross, were Vampires real?

“So you went with the boss Eric….you saw what it was that was so damn important?” ask the older one, his name was Raj. He was newish, he kept to himself and train Eric to fight. So Eric didn’t mind him “Yeah…I did.” he told him.

“What did you think?” he ask him, it was an odd question.

“Um it was cool……but Vampires are not real.” he state.

“Who told you that? ” Raj ask.

“Well everyone says that…..like its just common knowledge.” Eric said.

“Oh no…smart people know the truth. You are not stupid.” Raj told him.

As the spoke a noise erupted and Raj stood up “Eric go hide now.” he told him.

Eric was confused but did as Raj ask. He went and hid and in busted what Eric thought was the most badass person. This guy came in and started taking out his boss crew as if they were nothing. He was beating them, taking no mercy. Eric watch with fascination, he saw the cruelty of it and control the man wield, the power. Eric wanted that, he watch and follow in the shadows. The man went to his boss, who tried to fight, but was no match. He watch the other man bite into his neck and drain him “Vampire” he whispered. In that moment Eric wanted to be him.

He saw Raj come up, he didn’t want Raj hurt, but he was totally into watching if the man did. Though he then saw the two stand there “Mateo I told you I would give you the signal. You are to hot headed and need to be more careful.” he hissed.

Mateo sneered “Fuck off. I did my job, I can take care of myself.”

Raj shook his head “I get that, but we were hired as a team. We need to work together, unless you want more enemies like Salazar after you.”

Mateo rolled his eyes, he was terrified Salazar find him, but refused to show it “Jobs done, so don’t need to deal with you anymore. So fuck off.” he grab the box and walked off.

Raj shook his head, he tried a few times to offer friendship to Mateo, seeing the anger in the vampire. He felt bad for him, however he just let Mateo go. He wasn’t his sire, he then remember Eric and move to him “Well…”

Eric looked at him as Raj came to his hiding spot and he smiled “I want to be like him.” he said.

Raj eye twitch a little “Well that solves one…I’ll take you under my wing….but….lets wait and see if when you are older if you want to be a vampire.”

Raj took Eric and trained him and showed him a different world. He raised Eric as if Eric was his own son. He grew close to him, Eric may have had issues making friends, but Raj was the closest. When Eric was an adult, he let Raj embrace him. He changed his name, feeling Eric wasn’t good enough. He became Zagine, he still wanted to be like the one Vampire. Taking on jobs as a merc, but it work cause Raj was a merc too.

Years had past and Zagine had earn a name, fought many things over the years with Raj. Zagine always looked to Raj as a father, but that anger in him was getting more and more noticeable. Raj tried so hard to help him, especially when Zagine started getting more cruel to those he attacked. Then Raj went on a mission one day and never came back, Zagine had learn a vampire name Stefan murdered his sire. Zagine lost it, he went on a spree of killing. He took every job he could and just brutalized anyone in his way.

He then settled a little and started working his own organization, working hard to make a name, to try and get connections. Even sucking up to Sanderson who he hated the most, he knew Sanderson type. The type to dominate, he knew how to work it too. He play all submissive to a point, not to give in fully so not to raise suspicion. He wanted to be the one to hunt Stefan. So when finally news came, he jump to it. He went and he killed Stefan, the Vampire manage to scar Zagine face, but he cared not. It was a trophy to him, he also found Stefan fledgling. He wanted to be mean to him, but the thing was feral. He wanted him….so badly he wanted him. He ask Sanderson, hell he played to that submissive part to get him. So when he was gifted the creature he was happy. Sanderson had given him a veil, he seem calmer. Zagine over time earn the guys trust, he cut him with words at time, however he liked how tiny the Priest was.

So he thought he could have him how he wanted him, but the Priest stabbed him in the eye and manage to one up him. Which pissed him off, he vow that the Priest know no one. However he still kept to gaslighting the priest. As years past, he get a little nicer, bringing the Priest guard down. He was more docile to Voltruist when he dated William, mostly cause William beat the shit out of him and Voltruist ever so sweetly took care of him. Then they broke up and Zagine got venomous again, but then he was a bit nicer. Up until he met Caramella. She was a bitch and she hated the Priest. She talk Zagine cruelty back and when they got rid of Stahs, was when he first hit the Priest and it brought something in him. He felt powerful, to watch the cowering, yes loved it.

Then he heard Mateo was in town, Mateo the Vampire he saw when he was young. Not just that but Mateo was looking for work, he grab Voltruist “There is a vampire looking for work, he will be working with us.” He was so excited to have him. Mateo was better then Zagine thought, they had a bit in common. Zagine actually thought he found a friend…someone who gets him. However it seem Mateo was still running from Salazar, now Zagine worked with Salazar, mostly to keep eyes for Sanderson, but he hated Mateo feared this man.

Months after the prank Mateo and Zagine did to Voltruist, Zagine notice things. He notice Voltruist lingered around Mateo. He didn’t like it and he notice Voltruist was always watching Mateo when he was around. Sneaking about and listening in, he realized that, that little prank must of awaken something. He went to Caramella “He……he likes him. I think that Priest wants Mateo….to fuck…..what….” he ranted. “He will let him but not me?”

Caramella had grown very annoyed with this complaint “So sell him to Mateo.” she told him.

“What? No…Voltruist is my possession..” Zagine state.

“You complain so much and I hate him. Mateo wants to fuck him, sell him the Priest. For his connections. What we could do with those connections.” she told him.

Zagine shift some “Mateo a friend…..besides he saw the priest skin…..how…blegh he is.”

Caramella rolled her eyes “There is ways around it, spells to cleanse the scars off….well ointments that can be made with magic.” she told him.

“Really? Wait how do you know about this?” he ask her.

“I was looking for you..maybe..I wasn’t sure if you hated that scar on your face.” she told him.

Zagine stared at her “What no..I like it…I earned it.”

“Ok well then…look for the priest…fix him…sell him to Mateo.” she insisted.

Zagine thought about it and even started looking into it, but a few years later Caramella died, she was killed by Stahs other fledglings and he fell into depression, just pushing and egging Mateos cruelty. Letting him beat on the priest, push him, molest him. Zagine watch and eat up the cruelty, especially since it was Voltruist friends that killed her. He grew to hate that Priest.

So when Mateo was gone again because of Salazar, he thought to fight him. Fight him, fight Benjamin. He was full of rage, he knew Mateo understood. He could still sell Voltruist for Mateo freedom, to Salazar, he been gunning for the Priest anyways. That was what he do, if he got rid of that stupid Priest to Salazar, Mateo stay and they could rule the city together. Zagine saw Mateo as a brother, his only friend he felt he could trust. His heart had grown so cold, he gotten more physically abusive to Voltruist, letting that anger eat him more and more.