Soulzy’s Bar

Delilah Ross

Prologue

Over a hill, on a silent night in 2012, one woman would create a place. A place that the town would remember as the definition of pain and suffering. But our story doesn’t start here, it starts in the near future.

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“More disappearances have been reported, with people entering the local bar but never coming out.” The news anchor reported, “Police entered the establishment but found no one.”

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She flicks her hair out of her eye as she walks up to the bar. “Just gotta pretend to be drunk.” She starts to stumble in a way only a drunk person could do. She had some experience in the past. She stumbles into the doorway and falls onto the floor. She just lays there. She feels someone lift her up.

“Are you ok?” They ask, She looks up to see who picked her up. It was a woman. The woman uses one hand to move the cyan blue hair out of her eye, her light green pupil staring at her. 

“Y.. yeah.” She says. The woman stares at her with doubtful eyes. She looks down again.

“What’re you doing here?” She asks her. She looks back up at her again.

“I… I sa.. saw the flyer and th.. thought a job soun.. sounded nice.” She says. Her doubtful eyes become eyes of pity.

“Oh.” She gets her into a chair and thinks for a moment. “How does being a bartender sound?”

“Th… that sounds nice.” She pulls herself out of the chair. “Wh.. when do I st.. start?” She sets her back in the chair.

“How about tomorrow?” She says, starting to laugh a little. “You seem in no condition to work right now.” She moves a bit back from her. “What’s your name?”

“Deli… Delilah.” She says. She laughs.

“I’ll just call you Deli, it seems easier and nicer.” She holds his hand in front of Delilah, “Soulzy.” She takes his hand and shakes it. “Do you want a ride home?”

“N.. no. I ca.. can get home ju.. just fine.” She gets up and begins to stumble towards the exit.

“Alright then, I’ll see you tomorrow then.” Soulzy says as she stumbles out. When she gets far enough from the bar she stops stumbling and starts walking normally. She was in.

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“Boss, I’m in the bar. I’ll get close to her and get the information you need.”

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Part 1

Chapter 1

“DELILAH!” He screams out as the bleach starts to rain on him. “HELP!”

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

He shoots up in his bed. He looks around and feels his hair. He exhales. He looks around his empty room. Only a bed and side table, along with his broken cupboard. He wipes the sweat off his forehead and gets up to get dressed in his suit. Once he is he grabs the walkie talkie on his side table and talks into it.

“Come in boss.” He says.

“Hello.” They say.

“You said you had a mission for me today.”

“Yes, I need you to join Agent Delilah on her mission.”

“Wh.. what…. You haven’t paired us together since the i..”

“Yes, but Agent Delilah needs back up and you are the only available agent. We have no choice.” He hesitates for a second before responding.

“When do I go?”

“Right now.” He puts the walkie talkie back on his side table and goes back into his cupboard. Boss had specific orders to not go to the bar in uniform but in casual clothes. “Good luck.”

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Delilah starts to clean a glass, looking around the main bar area. Innocent looking enough for a bar. Circular tables with four chairs each, some stools at the bar table itself. But there must be some form of witchcraft going on or some secret room if people are just disappearing. She places the glass with the others and goes to clean a new one. She hears tapping from behind her. She turns to see someone in a hoodie.

“What can I get you?” Delilah asks.

“I would like to get a see-you-outside-partner.” He says.

“Come on, don’t be weird.”

“I said I would like to see you outside.” He says as he removes his hoodie, “Delilah.” She stares at him. She places the glass back down with the dirty ones and jumps over the counter, following him out the bar.

“Won’t it look suspicious with us both leaving?” She asks.

“Nah, trust me.” They go to the alleyway beside the bar. “So you must be wondering why I’m here.” They stop and he leans against the wall.

“Yes I am.”

“Well, the boss said you needed a partner. I said yes immediately of course.” He takes out his sunglasses and puts them on. “So, what do we got here?”

“I’m not saying.”

“Aw come on.” He turns to her. “Why not?”

“You remember the last time we worked together.” She walks over and touches his hair. “What happened to you then Brian.” He removes her hand from his hair and takes a step back from her.

“Hey, I recovered. Alright?” He turns away.

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“Alright...” She pauses for a second. “Can you just leave the mission, I’ll be fine on my own.” 

He turns to look back at her.

“No, now you got on my nerves so now you’re stuck with me.” He walks up to her, leaving no room between the two of them. “So, what do we have here Ms Delilah?” She takes a step back from him, looking down, putting her finger in her hair and twirling it whilst trying to explain.

“Well, we got over 100 disappearances in this one bar. We need to find out why it’s happening.” She looks at him. “Happy now?” He laughs.

“Yes, very.” Delilah turns to leave. “Hey!” He grabs her shoulder. “Where are you going?” She turns to face him.

“Back to work.” She says, removing his hand off her shoulder, turning and continuing to walk away. “Maybe you should get a job too, maybe you’ll be less suspicious.” With that she was gone, leaving him in the alleyway.

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She cleans more glasses, hearing yet another tap on the bar table. She slams the glass in the clean glass section and turns, “What do you want Brian?” But who she saw wasn’t brian, but someone else. They were wearing a mask and all black clothing.

“Give me all the money in this establishment.” They say. Their voice is feminine. Delilah feels like she knew this person but doesn’t have time to think about it. She stares at the masked individual.

“No.” She says. The masked person points the gun at Delilah.

“What did you say?” They say in an angry tone.

“I said no.” Delilah says, holding the barrel of the pistol. “And you’re not gonna shoot me, come on.” The masked individual’s hands begin to shake.

“I’ll give you one more chance, give me all the money in this establishment.” Delilah looks her dead in the eyes.

“No.” Delilah laughs.

“You asked for this then.” The masked individual says as they break the gun free and point it at Delilah's face. A bang could be heard.

“So, you gonna do i-” Delilah falls to the floor as a bang is made, releasing a bullet into Delilah’s skull.

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Soulzy sets some papers on her desk and relaxes.

“That’s enough work for today.” She spins in her chair a few times before hearing a knock at the door. “COME IN!” Soulzy turns the chair to face the door. The door opens and a man walks in. He had white hair and was wearing sunglasses. “Why you wearing sunglasses in doors?”

“Because it’s cool.” He says. He closes the door, walking over to the desk and taking a seat. The office wasn’t too big, but was decorated well. A beautiful desk, some cabinets and a nice potted plant. “I want a job.” Soulzy looks at him.

“Uhh, I’m sorry. We have no room for another employee.” Someone opens the door and walks in.

“Seriously, you gotta have some job I can do. Maybe be a bartender longside D-” 

“Sorry, I have no room.” She looks over to the person behind her. “What is it?” Brian grabs out a gun.

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“Boss, I finished feeding the de...” A gunshot could be heard. They drop to the floor.

“ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!” Soulzy yells. “SHE WAS MY BEST EMPLOYEE?!?” He looks at Soulzy, putting the gun away.

“Now you have room.” He said. “So, when do I start?” Soulzy just stares at him.

“Umm… Rig…” She starts but before she could finish, a gunshot is heard. “What the...” Soulzy gets up and runs out of the office. Brain follows her.

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Brian and Soulzy enter the main bar area, seeing a masked individual grabbing the money out of the register. Brian looks over and sees Delilah on the floor, blood all over her.

“What the f-” Soulzy says. The gun is shot again. Soulzy falls to the floor. The thief turns to the exit and begins running.

“HEY!” He yells at the thief. “COME HERE!” He starts to run towards the thief and chases them out the door. When he exits the building however, the thief is nowhere to be found. He looks around the building and doesn’t find them.

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