The atmosphere could best be described as 'intense and high energy'.

The place would have been completely dark, if not for the pulsing multi-coloured lights that illuminated the area, exposing a lot of people.

People that were dancing, people that were making out, people that were drinking, people that were clearing using things they oughtn't to.

It was one of the more popular, but seedier, clubs in the city. People of all kinds showed up here, and they brought all their money to the place.

But there was one in the club that wasn't partaking in any of the high-energy or mind-altering activities. He was sitting at the bar, arm on the bar itself, holding onto a glass with some liquid in it, his other arm held up, his hand palm open, with his cheek resting in it.

He was dressed in faded jeans, black sneakers, a grey tee-shirt, and a black woollen hat... with large blond bangs sticking out from underneath it.

He downed what was in his glass, as one of the males behind the bar approached him.

"Refill?" he asked.

"Yeh." was all the patron responded with, as he looked left and right, taking in the people around him.

"...nobody'd ever miss ONE of them." he mumbled under his breath. "It'd be TOO damn easy..." he muttered further, befor sighing.

He froze when he heard that.

"....hello." he replied.

"And I'll survive." he told them.

"These tests are necessary, remember?" he asked.

"Just.... ugh." he then grumbled, shaking his head.

"You KNOW nobody would miss them." he then added.

"Mm." the man mumbled.

"Fancy that." he said, as the bartender returned.

"Here y'go Jaden." he told the man.

"Thanks." Jaden responded.

"How about you?" the bartender then asked the one that had just joined Jaden.

"Can I get you anything?" he asked her.

"You got it!" the bartender responded, before going to make the drink.

Jaden, meanwhile, looked at the woman when she said what she did.

"Oh yeah?" he asked. "I am, huh?" he asked her further.

"All right then...." he muttered, slamming down his drink.

"Enlighten me." he told her.

"What am I getting drafted... I mean... volunteered... to do?" he asked her.

Jaden's eyes widened when he read the paper.

"....what." he said bluntly, as the bartender returned.

As he did, Jaden stuffed the paper in his pocket to hide it away.

"Here you go." the bartender said to the woman, handing her her drink.

"As you requested." he said.

".....hm." Jaden mumbled, looking at the alcohol.

Jaden recoiled for a moment when he was handed the drink.

"Uh..." he stammered, before accepting it.

"Uh..." he repeated, as the bartender laughed a little.

"A tenner." he said, while Jaden looked at the alcohol.

He then took a drink of the liquid, before recoiling more violently.

"HAAAH!" he exhaled loudly.

"Holy HELL!" he exclaimed.

Jaden was silent as she said what she did and asked her question.

"He mostly orders rum or vodka. Mixed drinks." the bartender said.

"Hmph." Jaden muttered, putting some money down on the bar.

"There." he said, paying for his drinks.

"And what's it to you?" he then asked the woman.

"Sorry I don't drink drain cleaner." he growled.

Jaden just grumbled in response.

"Whatever." he said.

"Nate, I'm outta here for the night." he told the bartender.

"Too crowded tonight." he said.

The bartender merely chuckled.

"Have a good night, Jaden." he responded.

"You coming or what?" Jaden asked the woman.

"I'm sure you have more to tell me?"

The bartender, Nate, just nodded.

"Coffee flavoured? Sure, I can do that." he replied, before getting to work making her a drink.

"Ah." Jaden said, before pausing.

"Wait." he muttered.

"Wait, wait, hold on." he said, shaking his head a little.

"She'll be at my place soon?" he asked.

"What's 'soon'?" he asked her.

"And... you know where I live?" he then asked further.

Jaden blinked a couple of times, before shaking his head.

"Uh-huh." he said.

He then grumbled to himself, before stepping out of the club. He made his way to a nearby alley, where he stepped into it, looked around, and then created a hole in the nearby wall.

He stepped through it, coming out in a 2-bedroom apartment, closing the hole behind him.

"Suuuuure, give me short notice." he growled to the air.