The First Hunt
Its dark, foggy night in West Virgina. A car pulls up next to a cabin. From the car, exits a middle aged man, medium height and well built. Another man, slightly shorter and younger follows him. The first one is called Edward Browing, friends call him Eddie. He has short brown hair and brown eyes. He is 185 cm tall. He has been hunting for 5 years. Younger and shorter one is called Calvin Anderson. He has short blonde hair and brown eyes. He is 175 cm tall. They are half brothers, different mothers same father. Eddie crouches to the pool of blood next to the cabins door.
"Yo, Cal, check it out."- Eddie says to his half-brother
Calvin looks down and sees the mashup of blood, bones and entrails with disgust.
"Jesus, what kind of monster could do this."- said Calvin grossed out
Eddie stood up, wiping the blood onto his shirt
"A vampire"- said Eddie casually
"This was done by a vampire ?"- asked Calvin. "I tought that they just drank blood, not mutilate their prey to point of no recognition"
"Well, mister smartass, you whould know if you read the book that this was done by a savage type"- said Eddie frustrated
"A savage type ?"- asked Calvin
"Ummm, ya. Read the fucking book, jeez"- said Eddie
"Dude, you never said this is so complicated, fuck, I dont even know how it could be"- said Calvin
"Weeell lets see"- says Eddie while he lists trough thick book. "Here"- says Eddie while he hands over the book to Calvin
"Five types of vampires: savage, stealth, classic, tribal and pack type. Also there are artificial and demonic ones. Each one with their own abillities and weaknesses"- said Eddie while Calvin was watching the book
"What the... fuck, you could have told me to prepare, Jesus"- says Calvin
"Yeah and thats just the vampires, wait to see other creatures"- Says Eddie matter a factly
"Damn. So how do we kill it ?"-asks Calvin
"Well, this is a savage type, and they are the easiest to kill, they are basicly monster, just little bit stronger and faster than humans. They have set of jagged teeth and eat flesh. When I say eat flesh, I mean they eat it because it contains blood but they want it so bad, they just eat whole chunks of meat. Thats why we call them savage ones."- Eddie explains
"Ok ,Jesus, Ill read the book, just tell me how to kill them"- Calvin says
"We shoot them" - Eddie says quickly
There was a short pause. Calvin looked Eddie with a confused look. He broke the silence.
"With what ? I-I mean, silver o-or wooden stake ? With what ?"
"You are an idiot"-Eddie says annoyed
"Enlighten me then" -Calvin says sarcasticly
"Well, they are basicly animals, they are the weakest vampires. They need all their organs to function, they are afraid of light, holy water, crosses, prayer. All we need to do is to shoot them until they bleed out. Quite simple really"- Eddie explained
"Ok, so how do we find it ?"-Calvins asks
"How do we find THEM. There is always a group behind one."- says Eddue
"Ok, where is the group then ?"-Calvin asks confused
"They usually have a camp in a cave or an abandoned houses. Maybe they are in this one."-
"Or maybe..."- Calvin said while looking in the direction of the forest with look of terror. "I dunno man, maybe I should stay here and wait for you"
Eddie looks t the direction where Calvin was looking
"Oh come one dude, when you singed up for this job I said, it has monsters, it has demons, it has ghosts and you said yes, but now you gonna chicken out because of a childhood fear, Jesus"- Eddie says with anger
"Man... you werent there."- Calvin says with shaky voice
"Well Im here now, there will be no smiling man this time. haha"-says Eddie sarcasticly and laughs as t mock Clavin while he is still fixated to the forest
"Comone, lets go"- says Eddie
Calvin has a flashback of him walking trough foggy forest at night as a child. He walks forward on a dirt road, nervously looking left to right. Suddenly, he spots a tall man with his back turned to him, in dark purple suit. He slowly turns around, revealing his pale white face and ear to ear picture of smiling man flashes in Calvins head, and he cringes
"CALVIN"
Cal gets scared, and jumps a little
"For fuck sake, move it"-says Eddie now noticably annoyed
Calvin stares blankly into the forest into the forest and then speaks
"Yea, yea sure, im coming"
Calvin and Eddie walk to their black Chevrolet Chevelle and open their truck. In it there are 4 AK-47, two UZIs, 5 9 mm pistols, 2 Glock 20 pistols, 5 winchester model 1887s, a Steyr HS .50 anti-material rifle, a row of 10 frag grenades, set of 5 army knifes relayerd with silver, 3 gallon bottles of holy water, 4 sharpend wooden stakes, rope, 3 bags of rock salt, large box of ammunition, 5 bottels of lighter fluid, 2 shovels, 4 machete a large signal light, box of equipment and a big box. Calvin takes fully loaded AK-47 while Eddie opens the big box.
"This is a good time to test my new baby"- says Eddie
"What do you mean ? "-Calvin asks
"This..."- Edie opens the box and from it takes out a VHS rifle and a round of 5.56s
"Woah"-says Calvin
"Yea boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"-Eddie screams
"Pls dont" -Calvin begs
Eddie puts the VHS on his back
"Lets go" - says Eddie
Eddie looks trough the window of the cabin."Nothing here, to the forest. "
Calvin and Eddie walk trough the forest for about 10 minutes, Calvin being nervous all the time.
"Get down" -Eddie says to Calvin quietly
About 20 meters from them is some kind clearing wich emites light. Calvin and Eddie slowly sneak up to the clearing and hide in the bushes. They are paralyzed as they see 5 humans tied up to their respective poles, next to the campfire. They are passed out. Next to them stay 4 figures, 3 of them crouching and one standing up. The standing figure speaks
"When will they turn ? We need to hurry, before the hunters dont arrive ! "
One of the crouching figures speak in a grovely voice
"Soon. A day passes. Cycle done."
Shortly after all of the five bodies start to twitch. One of them stops and goes limp, others continue. Their skin starts to crack and blood starts to pour out of their mouth. After a minute they all stop.
"What the hell is happening ?" - asks Calvin as quiet as he can
"They are turning people into vampires intentionaly"-Eddie says slowly and confused
The standing figure, who is turned with back to the brothers tilts his head as if he heard something. Four humans that twitched now with cracked skin and mouthful of jagged teeth wake up with lizard like eyes and start rocking back and forth. The standing figure rises his arm a little and calmly says
"Enough"
Humans, now savages, obey . The crouching figures walk up to them and untie them. The 5th human is still limb on the floor. He slowly wakes up and gets scared. He starts crying out of fear.
"Well Well, we have an immune one" -says the standing figure
"What should we do with him" -says a savage
"Grind him" -says the standing figure
savages grab the human by the arms and the third one pulls a grinder out of a bush. The human starts screaming. They bring them right above the grinder, while he is still screaming his lungs out. Eddie quickly grabs his VHS and aims at a savage holding the human. Just as he was about to take a shot the figure rises his hand and spoke.
"No"
Calvin and Eddie stay paralyzed and unable move
"Wha.. What the hell ?"- says Calvin barely
Both are stiff and are floating few centimiters from the ground. They slowly float to the clearing. They are now a few meter away from the figure still turned with its back. It is now clear that the figure wears black trench coat and has short black hair. Both Cal and Ed get slammed into two separated trees. Calvin and Eddie grunt with pain.
"Hello gentelmen"- says the figure "It is rude to sneak up on someone, isnt it"
Figure slowly turns and exposed a shaved white man. A little pale in the face but all in all looks as a normal man. He has a mix of sad, tired and confused look in his face. He speaks
"Drop him"
Savages drop the human into the grinder and his screams are mixed with the sound of flesh being cut. Out of a tube blood pours into a bucket. Calvin turned his head in disgust. Eddie still pinned to a tree speaks
"Well Calvin, feast your eyes. You are looking at a demonic vampire"
"Ha ha ha ha ha" -the figure laughs " I dont know if that should be a compliment or not. But no, im not what you people call a "demonic" vampire"
"Then what are you a pack ? A tribal ?" -ask Eddie
The figure looks at the ground
"Old... very, very old" -says the figure
"A savage ?" - asks Cal
The figure nods in approval. In the background the newborn savages are drinking the blood.
"Thats impossible, the savages are not this strong" -says Eddie while trying to break himself free, but with no succes.
"You are hunters, yes ? You should know then that the vampires power comes from the blood he consumes" -says the intelligent savage while walking towards them "More he drinks, more power he holds"
"But this is almost on par on demonic vampires, you must have drank..." -Eddie was saying but was cut off
"Too much" -says the intelligent savage "As I said, im old. I was among the first of my kind because of that I had plenty of time to feed" -he says. He looks to the ground with sad look " And to regret it"
"Thats impossible, savages dont live this long" -says Eddie
"Guess im the record holder" -says the savage while extending his arms.
"Whatever why are you doing this ? This aint like you things normaly do. Why make more hungry mouths to feed." -says Eddie
"Oh im just preparing myself. I will need as much servants as I can get." -says the savage "Its coming"
"Whats coming ?" -Cal asks
"The war" -says the savage "I like something about you two. You might be of assitance. Tell you what, I will give you a test. If you need me just call." -he says while he throws a crumbeled paper next to Calvin "Oh and by the way"- there was a short pause while the savage turned to the boys "...the name is Ira"
Ira snaps his fingers and disappeares with other savages. All exept two. Eddie and Calvin are no longer pinned to trees. Before they could recollect themselfs one of the savages jumps at Calvin and another lunges at Eddie. Calvin falls to the ground with a savage on him. Eddie quickly shots the savage running towards him. The savage on Calvin manages to bite his neck. Calvin screams in pain, but he quickly pulls a knife, shoves it into the savages neck and pushes him with his leg. The savage gags and spits blood. Eddie pulls up his VHS, aims for the head and shoots the savage, killing it.
"Ouuuu..." -Eddie pauses for a moment "...yea"
Calvin picks up the crumbeled paper and puts it in his pocket. Eddie opens a savages mouth and pulls out his teeth. He also clipped its claws and put it all in a bag. Eddie and Calvin walk to the car in silence. In the car, Calvin sitting in passanger seat patches himself up and Eddie searches for something in his car.
"Here, drink this" -Eddie hands Calvin a bottle of liquid
"What is it ?" -Calvin asks
"Its water mixed with garlic juice and salt" -Eddie says with a smile
"Eww, why are you giving me this ?" -Calvin asks cofused
"You wanna become a vamp ? No ? Then drink" -says Eddie slightly annoyed
Calvin drinks the cure and cringes. He does not like garlic. He takes out the crumbeld paper out of his pocket and throws it.
"Take me home" -says Calvin
"What, you changed your mind ? " -asks Eddie
"Yes I did. Sorry to get your hopes up" -says Cal sadly
"Ahh no problem. Hunting aint for everyone. Still gonna have to find a new partner. Its not a good idea to hunt alone" -says Eddie
"Why do you even hunt. Its not like you get anything" -asks Calvin
"Oh you do. Savage teeth and claws ? Thats 50 dollars on witch and magician market. Not alot, but it will keep me fed." -says Eddie
"Huh, why whould anyone want to buy this ?" -asks Cal
"Spells, rituals, weapons I dunno, I dont like that bunch. All I know is they pay for it. Thats how I manage."-says Eddie
After some time they arrive in Marlinton. Eddie slows down infront of the house of Calvins aunt. Calvin gets out of the car.
"If you ever change your mind, just call me" -says Eddie
"Deal" -says Cal
Calvin walks away. And Eddie drives away.
This is the first, but not the last time they will part their ways. A great journey awaits both of them.