UNDERWORLD:
AFTERMATH
Written by:
David Jacob
Episode 1: Home
Scene 1
"It has been fifteen years since the last cleansing. As expected people reverted back to their old ways. Countries wage way, gangs fight over turf and neighbors argue over trivial matters. Most people have forgotten about us or they just feel safe because of the new walls around their cities and towns. Inspections are conducted at checkpoints and sneaking in is near impossible. Unable to live in these conditions we have been forced to find a new home. When I found Krystal City I new we would be able to settle down here for awhile. No walls, no checkpoints and few Hunters. The citizens of Krystal City have looked back on recent history and decided to make a mockery of it. The largest high school sports a Lycan as their mascot. Rebellious teens wear fake fangs and loiter in dark alleys. This city seems perfect for us. I have even caught wind of a familiar name." -Selene.
Selene was kneeling on a large lion statue looking up the winding road toward a large mansion a top the hill. The darkness of the night was on her side.
The mansion has a cutting edge security system, high grade tinted bullet proof glass and a separate oxygen supply. In the main living room there was a large fire place lighting the room along with a desk lamp. The owner of the mansion sat at his desk tediously typing away on his computer. He looked to around his early forties, his hair light brown and he had thick stubble on his chin. There was a small noise in the hallway to his left. He stopped typing to listen but there was silence. As he started up again the noise happened again. It sounded like a light tap on a glass vase. He stood up and moved toward the hallway, the darkened archway almost breathed with a presence. He flipped the light switch and it revealed that Selene was right in front of him. She grabbed him from his collar and lifted him up against the archway.
"Darius Blaine." -Selene.
"I actually go by Darwin now."-Darwin.
"You should have changed your last name too." -Selene.
"Are you here to do Viktor's bidding?" -Darwin.
Selene lowered Darwin to his feet but did not release him.
"Viktor is dead." -Selene.
"Yes I heard the that, but you will have to forgive me that I did not put my faith in rumors. Is it true you killed him?" -Darwin.
"With his own sword." -Selene.
"Marcus too?" -Darwin.
"Yes." -Selene.
"No wonder they did nothing to stop the cleansing. But then where were you Selene?" -Darwin.
Selene let go of Darwin's collar and walked toward his desk.
"I was asleep." -Selene.
"It must have been quite a few decades for you. You seem different." -Darwin.
"I am different." -Selene.
"You seem much wiser now than before." -Darwin.
"Is that a compliment hidden in an insult?" -Selene.
Darwin walked towards the fireplace.
"Why are you here?" -Darwin.
"I will ask the questions, if you don't mind."- Selene.
She pushed her coat aside to show her holstered pistol.
"Of course you will." -Darwin.
"Why did you leave the coven?" -Selene.
"I am not blind. I knew what Viktor was doing, bending the coven to pursue his own agenda." -Darwin.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" -Selene.
"Tell who? Marcus, Kraven or you?! He had you all wrapped around his little finger. I was sure he would send his Death Dealers after me, but they never came." -Darwin.
"He had killed my family." -Selene.
"I did not know that, but it does not surprise me. He stuck a dagger in everyone's back at least once." -Darwin.
"Darius-" -Selene.
"It's Darwin, I told you that already." -Darwin.
"Okay Darwin, we need your help." -Selene.
"Who is we?" -Darwin.
"I have forty-eight brothers and sisters in my care and we need a home in this city." -Selene.
"Forty-eight! How did you get that many here?" -Darwin.
"That isn't your concern." -Selene.
She pulled her pistol out of it's holster.
"Okay wait, I have a place, the perfect place. Its an old industrial factory on the edge of town. But its set for demolition in three months so do not get too comfortable." -Darwin.
"Darwin if this is a ploy just remember that both Viktor and Marcus turned on me and they are both dead." -Selene.
Darwin moved to his desk, Selene moved away keeping her gun low but still aim at him.
"I am not like Viktor. Just because we are not on the same side does not make us enemies Selene." -Darwin.
He took a pen out off his desk and held it up to the light so that Selene would not mistake it for a weapon. He pulled close a loose paper and wrote down the address of the factory.
"You know for a while I thought I might be the last vampire in the world. I am glad I was wrong, eternity is a long time to never see a familiar face." -Darwin.
He folded the paper, slid it across the desk and backed away. Selene took it and tucked it into her inner coat pocket. Darwin walked over to the large windows that over look his backyard. Selene turned to leave down the hallway she came from.
"Do not think you are the only immortal who has come to this city to make it your home." -Darwin.
Selene flipped off the hallway light and disappeared into the darkness.
Scene 2
Selene used the thick tree leaves and dark alley ways to help her get from Darwin's mansion to the edge of the city unnoticed. She found the factory off an unlit street hidden from view and given up to the elements. Selene pulled out a cellphone from her coat and pressed one and dial. The phone rang three times and then it was answered.
"Hello?" -Female over phone.
"I found a wonderful new home for us and the realtor says we can move in immediately." -Selene fake cheerful voice.
"Okay, well get back over here the kids are getting restless." -female over phone.
Selene hung up the phone and went up to the building. She tested the door, it was locked. She looked around for a window. The nearest one was about thirty feet up. Selene pounced right up onto the seal without a problem. She pushed the window open and dropped into the building.
As could be expected it was dirty, dusty and smelled like a dead animal. Selene took note of all the entrances and exits checking the locks and covering any windows that might let in too much sunlight. The machinery was like that of an old textile factory. She pushed a few of the machines so that they were in front of doors, blocking them. After the bottom floor was set Selene moved to the next floor. There was an old lift for taking up large objects but it was not working. The wires had been chewed out likely by rats. The stairs were barely intact but they supported her weight. The second floor was home to the rats and was the root of the horrid smell. She could see the dead carcasses of rats, cats and maybe even a dog. The third floor was fairly clear just dirty and with a few bats living in the rafters on top. No big deal to a group of vampires, but the rats would have to go.
A large semi-truck labeled, Sammy's Meat shop, drove down the road toward the factory. Selene looked out the window of the third floor and saw the truck. She opened up an old loading dock in the back of the building and went out to the front to meet with the truck. The truck was parked at the curb and the driver was Selene's daughter, Eve. Eve was now a full grown adult and was wearing a trucker hat. Selene walked up to the driver side door.
"Where do you want me to put her?" -Eve.
"How did you find me?" -Selene.
"Scott used the GPS in your phone because you were taking way too long." -Eve.
"I thought I told you to take that out?" -Selene.
"I thought I told you to ask nicely." -Eve.
"There's a loading dock in the back." -Selene.
Eve put the truck in gear and drove it around the factory. Selene looked down both sides of the street to make sure no one had caught sight of them.
Eve pulled the truck into the loading dock and pulled a crank that unlocked the back doors. The forty-eight vampires rushed out of the truck together. They began chattering among themselves, mostly expressing how glad they were to be out of the truck. Eve closed the truck doors and pulled out of the loading dock, she parked the truck in the factory's empty lot. She took off her trucker hat and left it on the passenger seat. As she climbed out of the truck Selene came up behind her.
"I still think you should have gone with the black your white suit is very attention grabbing." -Selene.
Eve was wearing an outfit similar to Selene's but in a bright white color.
"I have nothing to hide from, let the Lycans come and let the Hunters come, I will thin out their numbers like I always have." -Eve.
"We didn't come here to attract attention to ourselves. We are here to disappear." -Selene.
"Ever since Micheal died you have been like this. Running, hiding and scavenging. What happened to you? You use to be someone I could look up to." -Eve.
Eve walked passed Selene in a hurry to join the others inside the factory. Selene sat on the foot step of the truck and began her long morning of being on watch.
Scene 3
As the sun rose on Krystal City a black new model car drove up to the gate of Darwin Blaine's mansion. The small speaker box played a recording.
"Please present identification and wait for confirmation." -Speaker message.
The tinted driver side window rolled down and the driver's arm stretched out with a billfold in hand. The identification was an unmistakable silver rank badge of a Hunter. The entire card was made out of solid silver. The speaker box scanned the badge and spoke again.
"Welcome Hunter Jayce Argeris. Security clearance override, please wait as the gate opens." -Speaker message.
The gates opened and the car drove up the winding road to the mansion.
Their was a knock on the door of the mansion. A housekeeper hustled her way down the large steps to the door. She opened the door and the Hunter stood in the doorway. He had dark brown hair and matching eyes, he was clean shaven and hair neatly combed back. His pants were black Hunter issue jeans with many pockets and a full belt of supplies. His T-shirt was a soft white material and his jacket a tight black leather one. This was basic Hunter attire, it is mandatory that they wear clothes that does not restrict their movement and yet also must be business friendly. He had his billfold out already and dropped it open to show his silver badge.
"Hunter Argeris, I'm reporting to the call made from here about a suspicious break in." -Jayce.
"Yes we have been expecting you. Please come in." -Housekeeper.
She closed the door behind Jayce and lead him through the living room.
"The owner of the house, Mr. Darwin Blaine, said that he was woken in the night by a disturbing ruckus downstairs." -Housekeeper.
"And where is Mr. Blaine now?" -Jayce.
"He is upstairs in his room, he isn't feeling to well today." -Housekeeper.
The housekeeper led Jayce to a window at the far left of the house.
"Mr. Blaine says he came down and found this window open." -Housekeeper.
"What did the police say about it?" -Jayce.
"The officers haven't shown up yet. So you will get first look at it. I'll leave you to your work then. If you need me I'll be in the main kitchen." -Housekeeper.
Jayce opened one of his belt pouches and pulled out two black latex gloves, which he put on before doing anything. The window was about ten feet off the ground, meaning who ever climbed in would have a long way down. The carpet under the window was clean. It even had a tiny layer of dust proving no one had stepped here in a while. Jayce looked over at the security box in the high corner of the room. He looked at the chair underneath it but there was no sign of foot prints. He stepped up on the chair and removed the cover for the security box. The wires were all intact, no tampering. Jayce then manually activated the box turning it on. The system was working fine.
Jayce then took a closer look at the window. There was a small smudge on the glass that may have been a palm print. He also noticed a sturdy looking candle holder. The housekeeper walked back into the room and say Jayce hanging from the candle holder.
"Oh my do you want me to get a ladder?" -Housekeeper.
Jayce dropped himself from the candle holder.
"No I'm fine. Did you know that could support a human's weight?" -Jayce.
"No, but I know now." -Housekeeper.
"Well I'm not a professional detective but who ever came in through this window knew that this would support their weight. But then that's it, no second step no trial to follow. It's like the person didn't even step in this room. I would say it was a professional, someone planning this for a while they knew the security layout and how to get in and out without leaving much signs. Even a vampire needs to step on the floor. There's no way this was a lycan, too clean. Just a really good thief." -Jayce.
The owner of the mansion entered the room. He was wearing a surgical mask.
"Your theory makes sense Hunter Argeris, but one thing. Nothing was taken. If a master thief spent all their time learning my security system they would not break in just to toss open some drawers." -Darwin.
"Are you okay Mr. Blaine?" -Jayce.
"Oh sorry about the precautions but I believe I am in the contagious stage of this sickness." -Darwin.
"Well Mr. Blaine the only thing I can do is give you a round the clock surveillance team and call your neighbors see if anyone else has had a strange break in recently." -Jayce.
"That is all I ask." -Darwin.
Darwin left the room.
"What do you think?" -Housekeeper.
"Vampire, female most likely due to the small palm print and looking for something specific that she didn't find here." -Jayce.
"Do you think maybe Mr. Blaine was bitten and that's why he is sick?" -Housekeeper.
"No, that isn't likely. After being bitten there are dramatic changes in a persons cellular make up. Meaning they wouldn't be able to walk around. Mr. Blaine is likely just sick. A surveillance team will be here within the hour, so you and Mr. Blaine can rest easy." -Jayce.
Jayce got back into his car and turned on the radio that connects to the Hunter's Base.
"Code in please." -Electronic voice.
"Jayce Argeris." -Jayce.
The radio stood silent then there was a response.
"So how did it go Jayce?" -Commander.
"Terrible. I'm not a detective, this isn't what I do!" -Jayce.
"Oh calm down you know there hasn't been a decent case for us in over four weeks. The monsters are running scared and now you have to adapt, this job isn't all shooting and raiding dens. Get back to Base and file this, maybe if we take enough shit jobs some ugly monster will rear it's head up." -Commander.
"Copy that I'm on my way." -Jayce.
He started his car and left the mansion. Darwin watched as Jayce drove his car out the gate.
Scene 4
The Hunter's Base, located almost exactly in the center of Krystal city. Once a hot spot for gun slinging wannabes. Now it is a slow paced boring work environment. The Hunters of this Base have tracked down and laid to rest Vampires and Lycans since the end of the second cleansing. Hunter Jayce Argeris is one of only four silver rank Hunters in all of Krystal City and the surrounding woods and bordering ocean. Of the four Jayce is considered the famed hero of Krystal City. With 18 den/coven raids and over 400 kills of Vampires and Lycans. He was a constant presence in the newspapers for his forceful approach to his job and blatant disregard for property damage. But now just like the vampire/Lycan menace fades away so do the men and women who hunt them.
Jayce arrived at the Hunter's Base with a brown paper bag of food. Being silver rank, his desk was on the forth floor. First floor is blues, then ruby and third bronze. Each with a more important job than the earlier. Silver rank are raiders. Similar to a SWAT team, except they are called in to deal with dens of Lycans or covens of Vampires. As single units they may track down a few immortals the way a Bounty Hunter would. Jayce was the leader of his silver rank team, having been a Hunter since the young age of fifteen, his team has the utmost respect for him. The other silver rank Hunters are: Rick "Brick" Hanson, Lendol "Lady" Stahlson and Jim "Rookie" Iverstead. As Jayce exited the elevator he took out one doughnut for himself and threw the bag on his desk. Like a pack of rabid Lycans The other three Hunters ripped the bag apart and took two doughnuts each.
Jayce dropped himself into his chair and let out a sigh. The Rookie was scribbling things on a note pad.
"What are you writing Rookie?" -Jayce.
"I was thinking of a new nickname for myself." -Rookie.
The three other Hunters let out a disapproving sigh in unison.
"Okay what about, Sharp Shooter?" -Rookie.
"No that's dumb because Jayce is the best shot." -Brick.
"Okay then how about, Slayer?" -Rookie.
"You have less kills to your name than any of us." -Lady.
"Come on guys I'm tired of being called Rookie I've been a silver rank for 3 years!" -Rookie.
"Don't push it Rookie. When the name comes it will be one of us that gives it to you, not yourself." -Jayce.
"What was your nickname?"-Rookie.
The commander of the Hunters walked out of his office in time to hear the Rookie's question. Unable to see the commander from where he was Jayce put his feet up on his desk.
"Maybe some other day rookie." -Jayce.
The commander hit Jayce's feet off the desk and slammed his hands down on it.
"We use to call him, Kid. He was good at this job and out lived the rest of his team. So now he is just Jayce. How did the impromptu detective work go, Kid?" -Commander.
"It was a walk in the park … and I think I may have contaminated the crime scene." -Jayce.
"Goddammit Kid! We've been through this over and over, the police department is breathing down our necks because of you! You always gotta fuck up the easy assignments!" -Commander.
"Well I gotta makes some calls if you don't mind." -Jayce.
"No. Lady you're on his assignment. The kids going on perimeter duty." -Commander.
"Perimeter is blue duty, you can't put me on it!" -Jayce.
"The hell I can't! I'm the commander and I make the rules. If you don't like that you can quit. Oh, but you won't because there are no job openings for expert Lycan and vampire killers. Now get out of here you're on night duty too." -Commander.
Perimeter duty, Jayce hadn't been on this assignment since he was a blue rank over thirteen years ago. He also hadn't been chewed out by the Commander since he blew up a church five months ago. Jayce was exiting the elevator on the first floor when Captain Ronard stopped him.
"Jayce, I hear you'll be on patrol duty tonight." -Ronard.
"Damn word travels fast around here." -Jayce.
"Not really, the Commander called me said he wanted you to learn to appreciate your job." -Ronard.
"How about you just let me slide by on this one?" -Jayce.
"No can do. He's right about this Jayce, these ain't the war days any more. You gotta ease up on the gunslinger bullshit and I think this is perfect for you." -Ronard.
"I'll be back at eight then." -Jayce.
"Better make it seven thirty. We like to have a little pep talk first." -Ronard.
Jayce rolled his eyes and headed for the doors.
"It's like I'm a freaking blue again!" -Jayce.
All the blues working on the ground floor glared at him as he left.
Scene 5
As the sun began to set Selene's eyelids grew heavy. She was tired and hungry, never a good combination for a Vampire. She walked back to the factory from the truck and pushed one of the unlocked doors open. Most everyone was asleep in one corner, the few that were awake were trying to clean the other three corners. There was a large pile of junk in the middle of the room.
"What's this?" -Selene.
One of the cleaning Vampires answered her.
"Steel, we can forge those down into weapons and coat them with silver. If we come by any silver." -Vampire.
"How much blood do we have?" -Selene.
"Maybe enough for two more days if everybody drinks at one forth the ration." -Vampire.
"I'm going to go out then, we need a steady supply and we need it before tomorrow night. When eve wakes up ask her to get everyone together to get this place into living conditions. I can't stand rats." -Selene.
"I'll tell her." -Vampire.
Selene used the building rooftops to get her into the city faster. She then hopped onto an apartment fire escape and climbed down to the floor. The alley was connected to Grand street, the most used street in Krystal City. Selene walked to the edge of the alley and watched the city folk walking up and down the street. There was a homeless man sitting against a dumpster that caught sight of Selene in her black leather outfit.
"You're not from round here are you?" -Homeless man.
"Is it that obvious?" -Selene.
"You look like one of them 'Dominationists'." -Homeless man.
Selene took out a thick roll of cash and pulled one hundred bill out of the roll.
"Here, thanks for the advice." -Selene.
The man took the bill from her and stared at it in disbelief. Selene walked down grand street and walked in the first clothes store she found.
The store was a colorful blur of fancy dresses and strange outfits. A store assistant walked up to Selene.
"Hi, I'm Maggie are you looking for anything specific today?" -Maggie.
Maggie couldn't keep from staring at Selene's outfit.
"I want something that everyone is wearing, but I'm kind of attached to this so-" -Selene.
"You want something trendy but still sexy like this. Okay lets go over to the jeans first, no one wears one pieces anymore ... But it looks good on you." -Maggie.
Maggie showed Selene a few pairs of leather trousers.
"These would really complement your shape and let me grab you a top, would you be okay with a cute poly knit blouse?" -Maggie.
When Selene came out of the dressing room she had on the leather trousers, white poly knit blouse and a short black leather jacket.
"You look marvelous, very updated, but still tough." -Maggie.
"Can I get a bag for my old clothes I plan on leaving in this." -Selene.
"Of course, the bags are at the register. If you follow me we will check you out." -Maggie.
Maggie folded Selene's outfit and her coat then headed to the register. Selene paid a hefty sum for her new outfit and left the store with her bag in hand. She walked down Grand street and entered another alley way. She looked both ways to make sure no one was watching and she jumped all the way to the top of the building. She then dropped her bag into a closed off air vent out of sight. Then she went back to the edge of the building and jumped off.
The sunlight was beginning to fade when Selene finally found what she was looking for, a blood bank. A wonderful place where humans come and donate blood to a mysterious organization that conveniently only transports it's product at night. At this late hour no one was here besides the employees. Selene walked in and there was no one at the front counter. Selene made her way to the back rooms, the first thing she noticed was a blood bag on a table in the center of the room. Her hunger was great but her mission was more important. An employee walked into the room and was startled by Selene.
"Oh, we are closed, we only take blood donations between 10 A.M. To 5 P.M." -Employee.
"I'm here to speak to the person in charge." -Selene.
"My manager is in the back, but only employees are allowed." -Employee.
Selene walked passed the employee.
"Don't worry your manager is expecting me." -Selene.
The employee just went on about her work.
Selene walked into the freezer where the manager was logging different bags and storing them. Selene grabbed the manager by the back of his neck and threw him across the freezer. He tried to yell for help, but Selene rushed to him and covered his mouth while pressing him against the floor.
"Look closely at this." -Selene.
Selene opened her mouth and showed the manager her fangs and her eyes turned blue. The manager began flopping desperately trying to get out from under her.
"Don't worry so much, I don't want to kill you but if you don't do exactly what I say then I will bite your throat out. Now you can try to yell for help when I let you go, but I will still kill you and then I will find your family and kill them too. Do you understand me?" -Selene.
The manager stopped his struggling. Selene took her hand off the manager's throat and he didn't yell.
"Please I have a family, two kids. I want to see them grow up." -Manager.
"You will, if you follow my instructions. From now on you will get a visitor, like me every week and you will give us fourteen gallons of your product and in turn you and your family will go on living your lives. We will be watching you everyday, so don't think you can reach out for help. Because no one will save you before we can kill you." -Selene.
The employee walked into the freezer and saw her manager laying on the floor alone in the cold.
"Are you okay? What happened?" -Employee.
She ran to him to help him up.
"I slipped and fell." -Manager.
"Where did that lady with the jacket go?" -Employee.
"No, no don't worry about her. I, um, I was planning to speak with her, um, about a change in our shipping schedule. Then she left and I slipped." -Manager.
"Do you need a first aid kit?" -Employee.
"No, no I only hurt my pride. Thank you for helping me up. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go call my wife and tell her how much I love her." -Manager.
He quickly left the freezer to go to his desk. During the cleansing emergency panic buttons were installed in blood banks. The button was right under his desk, he put his finger on it. There was a picture of his family sitting on his desk. He did not push the button and instead grabbed the phone off his desk and called his family. Selene was watching him through the window as he confessed his love to his wife.
Scene 6
Jayce drove into the underground parking structure for his apartment building. As always there was a group of Vampire obsessed teens loitering two parking spots away from Jayce. These same teens also loiter at the restaurant across the street where Jayce eats his breakfast and buys his doughnuts. As Jayce walked passed them.
"Don't you people ever sleep?" -Jayce.
They hissed and one of them through a balled up sandwich wrapper at him. He caught it with ease and dropped it into the trash bin they so obviously avoided using. Jayce always wondered how these teens would react to meeting a real Vampire. He always imagined them running away and pissing their pants. His wait in the elevator was a long one due to the fact that he lived on the top floor. His apartment was literally the last one. Number 199, there was no 200, for some strange reason.
Inside Jayce's apartment was an old fridge, a bed, a table pushed up against the wall and a window over looking the extremely business night life of Krystal City's Downtown. He dropped his keys on the table and went over to his bathroom. The shower was extremely out dated and the toilet was the only chair in the whole apartment. Jayce pulled his pants down and sat on his toilet contemplating the disappointing day he had just had and it wasn't even over yet. There was a magazine resting on the top of his toilet which he reached over and got. The newest article of Guns and Flowers. A popular munitions magazine that combines the appeal of bikini models and weaponry. When he was done in the bathroom Jayce went over to his bed. He reached down under it and pulled up a extremely large silver suit case. He unbolted it and opened it up. Inside a cornucopia of Vampire and Lycan killing weapons and munitions. Some were state of the art, others looked to be ancient.
Jayce pulled the automatic pistol out of his holster and looked at it. He dropped out the cartridge which was currently filled with silver nitrate bullets. He tossed the gun into the bunch along with his extra magazines. Then he closed the case and slid it back under his bed. He moved to the opposite side of his bed and reached underneath and pulled out another case. This one was much smaller and had a wooden finish. He unlocked it and opened it. Inside rested two beautiful twin revolvers and an old dual holster belt on top. In Jayce's first years as a Hunter he used these guns and that is how he earned the nickname, Kid. However, Hunters using revolver guns began dropping like flies and the automatics were made mandatory. Although they only carry six bullets these revolvers are high caliber, extremely accurate and reliable even in the harshest of conditions. Jayce took them out and sat on the floor leaning against the wall as he cleaned the dust off. If there is no more Vampire/Lycan menace there is no need to carry a fully automatic weapon.
Jayce had fallen asleep with his old gun belt on but as night approached he stirred awake. Jayce knows he can be haughty, careless and even heartless when the job demands it, but he isn't truant. He opened his fridge, all that was in it was a few bottles of water, a gallon of milk, and pizza slice from about five days ago. He stared at his options for a couple seconds, then he grabbed a water bottle and left the apartment for work. There was a family in the elevator with him, the son kept eying Jayce's gun.
"Mommy, that man has a gun." -Son.
"Yes it's for his job dear." -Mom.
"Are you a police man?" -Son.
"No, I'm a Sheriff and my job is to get rid of monsters." -Jayce.
"Are you good at your job." -Son.
"Have you seen any monsters recently?" -Jayce.
"No, not really." -Son.
"I wonder why." -Jayce.
The elevator hit the parking lot floor saving everyone from this awkward conversation.
Scene 7
Jayce arrived at the Hunter's Base on time as always except this time he wasn't going to any of the top floor. No today he was going to attend a perimeter prep meeting. When he walked through the doors leading to the blue meeting area most of the rookie Hunters had already gathered here. Captain Ronard walked in a minute late to his own meeting.
"Hope you guys and gals didn't start without me. Now normally we go over territory and who goes where. But today we got four new blue rank hunters here, so today we are going back over basic combat." -Ronard.
The blues clamored in excitement.
"And today as a special treat, we have with us seasoned veteran and demolisher of four buildings in Krystal City, silver rank Hunter Jayce Argeris." -Ronard.
He motioned for Jayce to come up to the platform, which he did.
"So Jayce in your years of combat what has been your most valuable combat skill?" -Ronard.
"The first thing I learned as a rookie Hunter is that as mush as you rely on your side arm, it is likely going to be separated from you at some point during combat and that is when your physical training and combat prep will have to take over. Once while on patrol a Lycan attacked our patrol car. It pulled my partner out of the car from the front window and bit his neck so bad he bled out in only seconds. I drew my side arm and fired but my partner's body was in the way so I couldn't get a clear shot. The Lycan tossed his body aside and slashed the gun right out of my hand. It pulled me out of the car too, my legs got cut up on some broken metal, but that didn't matter. I was so scared I couldn't even feel my legs. The beast came in to bite my neck and well, my training kicked in. Avoid the bite by sticking your hand in under its jaw. Even a Lycan can't fight the laws of physics. An object moving forward with a lot of force is easily susceptible to redirection. That's what we were trained to do and that's why I lived. I held out for two minutes which felt like two days and another group of Hunters shot the Lycan bringing it down right on top of me." -Jayce.
The blues all remain silent completely entranced by Jayce's old battle story.
"Well now you guys see how important physical training is. Most of you have never even seen a Lycan and pray to a god that you don't because those things put the fear of god into a man, or woman. But what about Vampires Jayce, I know you have had many close encounters with those wily devils." -Ronard.
"Vampires are not like Werewolves, they aren't beacons of attention. A Vampire could be sitting in this very room and most of us, if not all of us wouldn't even know it. They are keen with disarming hunter's and tend to rely or quick direct stabbing attacks. Your time practicing Judo will be your only advantage over a Vampire. They rush at you and are easy to flip or toss off, unlike a Lycan. However in one on one combat a Vampire will always have the advantage. That is why we have these issued." -Jayce.
He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a pair of spiked knuckles.
"You would have no idea how many times these tiny unassuming weapons have saved my skin." -Jayce.
Ronard thanked Jayce and let him go back to sit. The meeting continued as planned and in no time Jayce was back behind the wheel of a patrol car. He was alone as requested and very much enjoying the night air. Not many people are interested in Jayce's tales of Lycan survival, most people assume it's all made up. But the scars on Jayce's body prove them wrong. As Jayce drove toward the edge of town he received a call. It was from Lady.
"Hey Jayce, so we got no where with the neighbors. But on the other hand Darwin Blaine the owner of the mansion called us and asked us to cancel the investigation." -Lady.
"You think someone's putting pressure on Mr. Blaine?" -Jayce.
"Not likely the surveillance team says no one has come or gone since the morning. So what should we do?" -Lady.
"If we stopped investigating because someone asked us to we wouldn't be very good Hunters. Keep him under surveillance and monitor his computer activity." -Jayce.
"Okay, well have fun on perimeter duty." -Lady.
Jayce hung up.
Scene 8
The sun was set when Selene arrived at the factory with her bag in hand. She went around to the back door and entered. Most everyone was awake now and the place was chaotic and loud as the kids ran back and forth chasing each other. Eve saw Selene come in and she went over to her.
"I can't believe they are always gonna be this small." -Eve.
"They will out grow their childish behavior just as they would normally, but their physical bodies will remain trapped like this." -Selene.
"The bottom floor is now livable, but we still haven't even touched upstairs. What do you think for getting rid of the rats?" -Eve.
"Send the kids up, I'm sure they'd love to smash those disgusting little things." -Selene.
Eve called all the children to the pile of scrap metal and instructed them all to get a piece.
"We are gonna hold a contest. Who ever has the most rat bodies by the morning wins." -Eve.
The kids ran up the stairs yelling and shoving. Then the sounds of rats squeaking as they ran for their lives. The banging would go on all night most likely but a few nights with racket was better than a long infestation.
Selene motioned for a male Vampire to come to her.
"Kelvin, I need you to monitor this man. He is our new source and I want to make sure he isn't trying to pull something on us. Stay out of sight, we can't attract any attention to ourselves." -Selene.
She handed him a paper with the mans address written down.
"Take your ration now because you will likely be out all night and take a full one. Because if this works out we will have a steady supply by tomorrow night." -Selene.
Kelvin walked over to a brand new silver device that they had brought with them in the truck. He pushed a button on the top and the device opened up to be as tall as a person with mostly empty blood bags hanging on its metallic branches. There was only five full bags left.
"Are you sure you want me to take a full ration?" -Kelvin.
"We will be fine, it's you that will have to keep your strength up out there." -Selene.
Kelvin activated a nozzle on the device that drained out half of a bag into a cup. He guzzled it down in a second and let out a relived sigh. He headed to the door to leave paper in hand.
"Don't get caught in the sun." -Selene.
Selene moved to join Eve who was sitting at a makeshift table looking over a map of Krystal City. Eve took a red pen and circled a point on the map far off on the edge.
"We are here. Oh, I forgot to mention you're about six hundred years too old for that outfit." -Eve.
"I was assured that this outfit was both trendy and sexy." -Selene. "Why do you want to blend in? You've never been concerned with that before. A human gets too close we kill it. That's how we've done it. That's how I like it." -Eve.
"That way hasn't worked thus far. We've been hunted out of every city we've ever been near because of those antics. This is all we have left, I'm not going to risk their lives so you can have your thrills." -Selene.
"Some of the others agree with me. The humans are weak right now and this city is dangerously undermanned. We could easily take it over." -Eve.
"We've tried that before and we lost the hundreds we had collected, including Michael!" -Selene.
"You would let his sacrifice be in vain?" -Eve.
"No I have learned from it! We are not ready for an attack and we may not be for years to come. You're going to have to learn to accept that." -Selene.
"I can't live in your shadow forever, Selene." -Eve.
Eve got up and left the building.
The other Vampires had grown silent during their conversation. Selene knew it to be true some of the older Vampires do not agree with her new way. But the new ones, the recently infected, they needed to be kept safe if a new generation of Vampires would ever rise up again. An older woman walked up to the table and sat next to Selene.
"When you first came to me in the hospice. I thought you were the Devil's minion come to offer me a deal for my soul. I would have been dead over a year ago had you not offered me this gift of life. So many of us would be gone if not for you. We support your decisions and will follow you." -Old Vampire.
Selene nodded in thanks and she picked up the red pen. She made an x on a location near a hospital.
"This is where we will be getting our blood from tomorrow. If everything goes as planned, we may never have to leave Krystal City." -Selene.
Scene 9
Jayce was slowly driving down an old street on the edge of Krystal City. The night had gone as expected, uneventful. As Jayce approached an old industrial neighborhood he saw a woman crossing the street wearing a strange white coat. He pulled up behind her and flashed the red and blue attention lights on his patrol car. The woman turned around to face him. Jayce pulled his right revolver from its holster but kept it low so she couldn't see it.
"Are you lost or something?" -Jayce.
"Are you a cop?" -Eve.
"No." -Jayce.
"Then why are you creeping up on people with police lights?" -Eve.
"Hunter lights." -Jayce.
"You're a Hunter? I thought you guys packed up and left because there's no more work?" -Eve.
"There has to be some still around hiding in the shadows." -Jayce.
The radio in his car turned itself on.
"Any Hunters in the vicinity there is a report of suspicious activity in the lowlands. Possibly Vampire." -Radio voice.
Jayce used his left hand to flip a switch and it turned on a ultra violet light on the right mirror of his car. The light shined on Eve but nothing happened. He turned it off.
"You should hurry home Miss it's not safe out here." -Jayce.
He drove away and holstered his gun but kept watch on the woman in his mirror.
The lowlands is the name for the poorest parts of Krystal City. There is usually a few reports from here but most are unproven to be Vampire or Lycan. When Jayce arrived in the lowlands he noticed a large crowd of people surrounding a store. The display window was shattered and there was lots of damage done to the property. Jayce parked across the street and popped the truck open. Inside was his silver issue raid armor. Only the chest plate though. He threw his jacket into the trunk and put the steel vest on over his T-shirt. The buckles were on the left side under his arm. It also had a one sided cape over his left shoulder. The material was silver colored and it was fastened in at his left chest plate which had a built in silver badge on it. The armor and the cape were in ragged condition.
There was a police officer setting up crime scene tape to keep the crowd back. When he noticed Jayce he stopped what he was doing. Jayce lifted the crime scene tape and let himself in.
"Thank god you're here Hunter. We got massive damage, the counters were pushed up against the wall and a few shelves are stuck into the ceiling." -Cop.
Jayce walked into the wreaked store and examined the scene. The cop came in behind him.
"Are you thinking Lycan?" -Cop.
"Officer just leave my job to me. This is a Vampire and not just one. A gang, most likely whoever owned this shop stopped paying their protection fees and now they are being drained dry somewhere." -Jayce.
Jayce looked closer at the hole in the wall.
"This is where they left. Dragging the owner by the feet, his head hit here. He's bleeding." -Jayce.
Jayce stepped through the hole and pulled out his right revolver.
"Shouldn't you call for back up?" -Cop.
"There can't be more than three. I'll be fine." -Jayce.
He left the cop in the store and began following the blood trail.
"This guy's fucking crazy." -Cop.
The trail led Jayce to a manhole, he lifted it easily, proof that it has been used often. He moved it off the hole and climbed down the ladder. He pulled his UV flash light off his belt and turned it on. The first step into the sewer was as disgusting as he remembered it. But this was far from his first time. There was no trail to follow down here but he knew the biggest clearings were under the busiest streets. So he simply moved toward the most used streets. The sewers have the street names written on the tunnels so that city cleaners don't get lost. As Jayce approached Elf street he heard the feint chatter of someone dwelling down here. He made his way quietly to the edge of the tunnel and turned off his light. As soon as it was off an unsuspecting person walked out from the opposite side of the tunnel. His eyes turned blue when he saw Jayce and that was all the confirmation he needed. As the Vampire tried to run at Jayce, Jayce fired and a UV bullet torn through the Vampires right eye and exploded out the back of it's skull.
The other Vampires heard the shot and reached for their guns. They began firing at the tunnel opening with high grade sub machine guns. When they stopped firing the leader spoke.
"We were starting to feel forgotten, no more Hunters chasing us, no more resistance. Until one day poor old Mr. Bennett decides he don't wanna give blood no more. Says we are too scared of you Hunters to do anything in public. Well we showed him didn't we. What'd you think about that?!" -Leader.
There was no response.
"Don't tell me you died on us Hunter." -Leader.
As the leader laughed at his own joke Jayce appeared from a tunnel on the left side and shot the leader dead center in his head. The UV bullet began to boil the inside of his head as his body fell to the cement floor. The other two Vampires turned to shoot at him but Jayce shot the farthest one first in the chest twice. With each shot Jayce pulled the hammer back with his thumb, an action any dual shooter has to learn early on. The closer Vampire fired the rest of his magazine in Jayce's direction. Jayce rolled across the dirty floor and flipped the table in the center of the room over onto it's side. Making it a temporary bullet shield.
When the Vampire's gun was empty and he dropped the mag out to reload Jayce grabbed the table and ran at the Vampire pushing him up against the wall. The Vampire dropped his gun and pushed back easily throwing Jayce across the room. Jayce rolled with the momentum and landed on one knee. His gun pointed at the Vampire. But he flipped his gun over and holstered it.
"It's been a long time since I've fought one of your kind, so I'm gonna drag this out a little bit." -Jayce.
He pulled a silver knife out of his boot. The knife a was about a foot long. The Vampire smiled, thinking he now had the advantage. He lunged at Jayce, but Jayce grabbed his outstretched wrist and threw the Vampire into the cement wall. The Vampire hit with all his force cracking the cement. As the Vampire was getting back up Jayce stabbed his knife into the Vampires lower back. The Vampire growled and swung back his right arm. Jayce ducked under it and held the arm at the end of it's swing, then he stabbed the Vampire again this time through his bicep. The vampire then swung with his left. Again Jayce ducked under and held the Vampire's arm, but this time he stabbed the Vampire once in the lower ribs and twice in the stomach.
Jayce released the Vampire and jumped back. The Vampire fell to one knee and grabbed his lower ribs.
"This is nothing!" -Vampire.
The Vampire's voice struggled through the pain. The Vampire tried to leap at Jayce again. Jayce ducked under his hands and stabbed him in the waist. As the Vampire flew through the air the knife cleaved his leg open from the waist to the knee. The Vampire hit the floor and couldn't stand up. His leg was gushing out blood and he began pushing himself away from Jayce.
"Fuck you Hunter! I'm not gonna die here, I'm immortal!" -Vampire.
Jayce ran at him and wrapped his arm around the Vampire's neck with the blade of the knife completing the head lock.
"You're an abomination that should have died long ago. There is no place for you here." -Jayce.
Jayce ran the knife through the vampires neck severing his head from his body. He then dropped the head onto the floor next to it's body.
Jayce pulled a small gun out of one of his belt pockets. He pressed it against the Vampire's forehead and pulled the trigger. It left a burned stamp on the Vampires head with Jayce badge number. He did the same with the other three bodies. Leaving the bloody mess for others to clean Jayce back tracked to the sewer he had come in from and exited from it. At the store a few blue rank hunters had gathered and were investigating the scene too. When Jayce stepped in they all stopped what they were doing.
"This case is closed. Alert Base that we have four bodies and what's left of Mr. Bennett under Elf street." -Jayce.
He left the store and went to his car. His boots and pants were filthy. Jayce got in the car with his armor still on and drove back to his section to continue his perimeter duty.
Scene 10
Kelvin arrived at the factory half an hour before sunrise. His surveillance of the blood bank manager was exactly what Selene had hoped for. The man was trying to ignore his situation and go on with his daily life. Selene was now able to take her small ration and fall asleep. Eve came in a few minutes after Selene had fallen asleep. Eve pulled together some of the middle aged Vampires and took them upstairs, to the third floor.
"My mother is not fit to be our leader anymore. At one time she was great at what she did. But things change and people change. She is wrong about the humans and she is wrong about us. The kids and the old timers may not want to fight, but we don't need to stay here and live like this. Now we will stick around here for now but just until I find us our own home. Then we can take this city and maybe she will see how wrong she was." -Eve.
The Vampires nodded in agreement.
As Eve led the Vampires down stairs she noticed Kelvin watching her. She went over to him.
"Why didn't you join us, you're a strong fighter." -Eve.
"You and Selene saved me from a Hunter Raid and I'm grateful to both of you. But I know what you want and I don't agree with it." -Kelvin.
"Why not? You are part of one of the first covens ever assembled. How can you be okay with living like this?" -Eve.
"You weren't there. It wasn't as glamorous as the history books say. We lived something like this moving from place to place, draining humans here and there, but never staying to long. I lived in caves at times Eve. This doesn't bother me at all." -Kelvin.
"The world owes you more than this Kelvin." -Eve.
"I will wait for the world to pay me what I'm owed." -Kelvin.
Eve stood up and walked away to the other side of the factory floor. The fissure was obvious. The young, old and cautious on one side and the strong and ambitious on the other side.
Scene 11
Jayce drove the patrol car back to the Hunter's Base an hour after sunrise. As Jayce walked into the base all eyes turned to him. Captain Marsdon came up to Jayce.
"The commander wants to talk to you and he never has anything good to say so brace yourself." -Marsdon.
Jayce took the elevator up to the forth floor. As Jayce walked in he noticed the same routine that goes no everyday. Brick slacking off, the Rookie trying to come up with a better nickname and Lady doing all the work. Jayce went straight to the commander's office. The commander was filing some papers.
"These are your papers. Four kills, you got lucky. You got fucking lucky. You found the last four Vampires in Krystal City congratulations we will likely all be out of the job in three months." -Commander.
"I'm not ready to give up, Commander." -Jayce.
"What do you mean?" -Commander.
"I'm not ready to stop. This is what I do, this is who I am. I want a transfer to a more active base. I don't care if it's out of the country or on a different continent. I'm not ready to give it up." -Jayce.
"I'll look into it. But first before you're set on this path go see your dad." -Commander. "I'm already here, Pops." -Jayce.
"No ones called me that in a long time Kid. Go see your real dad, then I'll see about transferring you." -Commander.
Jayce got up and left his office. Brick swiveled around to see Jayce.
"I didn't hear any yelling. What happened?" -Brick.
The other two turned to look too.
"Killed four Vampires, now I gotta go see my old man." -Jayce.
"Leave the armor on." Lady.
"That's the plan." -Jayce.
Jayce got back in the elevator and went back down to the ground floor. He got back in his own car and left the base. He drove to a rural part of town. The houses here were old and some renovated to be very expensive. But behind the nice and fancy houses sat an old farm house with only a dirt road leading up to it. Jayce parked his car behind an old truck that had a few bugs living in and on it. Jayce walked up to the house and knocked on the door. There was a gunshot.
Jayce was blasted away from the door and the door itself shattered into four pieces. There was a large shotgun slug laying in the dirt next to Jayce. The steel plate armor was so strong the slug only left a few scratches on it. A man walked out of the house and he raised his double barrel shotgun to his shoulder.
"Well I'll be damned, the prodigal son returns. You gonna get outa that dirt anytime soon your mama's about to start talkin'." -Mr. Argeris.
Jayce pulled himself up off the dirt path and dusted himself off.
"Freaking idiot shooting freaking guns dirtying my freaking cape." -Jayce.
"You mumbling something boy?" -Mr. Argeris.
"No, nothing lets go talk to ma or whatever it is you do in there." -Jayce.
Mr. Argeris was a firm believer in witch craft and voodoo spirits. He had a shrine to his departed wife and Jayce's mother. Mr. Argeris knelt down and began mumbling something. Then he looked over at Jayce.
"Show some respect you freaking heathen, it's your damn mama." -Mr. Argeris.
"Dad I'm not here to talk to ma. I told her everything I needed to before she passed." -Jayce.
"So what you come to talk to me?" -Mr. Argeris.
"I'm thinking about leaving Krystal City." -Jayce.
"Why the hell would you leave Krystal City, this place use to be a silver mining company back in my pa's time." -Mr. Argeris.
"I know the history of Krystal City dad. I just don't think this place is right for me anymore." -Jayce.
"You gone and turned into one of them gays?" -Mr. Argeris.
"Goddammit, no dad! There isn't any work here for me anymore." -Jayce.
"All these damn years and you've never told me what exactly it is that you do." -Mr. Argeris.
"I'm a Hunter." -Jayce.
"You freaking bastard, why your mama be spinning in her grave right now." -Mr. Argeris.
"Ma became one of them." -Jayce.
"She was sick they saved her and we got her back!" -Mr. Argeris.
"She became a monster, you just chose not to see it. You didn't care about the bodies or the blood so long as she was here, why?" -Jayce.
"Because I loved her! And you should have too." -Mr. Argeris.
"They're all the same, at least the Lycans show their monstrous form. That thing that took over ma, that would have killed you and me without even a second thought!" -Jayce.
"She wasn't like that your ma, she knew the difference." -Mr. Argeris.
Jayce and his father stood silent for a while.
"Get out of this city. You already done your job. City's clear of monsters they say hasn't been nothing but humans killing humans for like a month now." -Mr. Argeris.
Jayce got up and left. As he walked out the door his dad shouted to him.
"Your ma knew the difference, she still loved you! Which is more than I could say for me!" Mr. Argeris.
Jayce got in his car and slammed the door.
"Yes this was a wonderful freaking idea Commander." -Jayce.
He started up the car and left this place in his rear view mirror.
Scene 12
Jayce was sitting in the restaurant across the street from his apartment building. It was an eat-out diner but still had an over head canopy. The same group of Vampire obsessed teens from the parking lot was here too. Jayce was eating a big hamburger with a side of seasoned fries. The restaurant was family owned so the father cooked the meals and the daughter took orders and cleaned tables. Jayce was as regular as the gang of teens and he had even showed up in full armor set after a long raid, covered in blood. The Commander walked up to the diner table and sat across from Jayce.
"Wow this place is a shit hole. I was surprised to get your call. So what's up?" -Commander.
Jayce swallowed his food.
"I want a transfer and I want it tomorrow." -Jayce.
"I take it your chat with your dad didn't go so well." -Commander.
"The guys a freaking psycho." -Jayce.
"Yeah, and he passed it on to you." -Commander.
"What are you talking about?" -Jayce.
"You were first at a crime scene that may have involved a Vampire, you track them down to a sewer hole and instead of calling for back up you decide that you are more than enough to handle four well armed Vampires." -Commander.
"I took care of them didn't I?" -Jayce.
"You fired four shots and carved the last guy up like a Thanksgiving turkey. You think I don't know what happened. You got a death wish or something don't you?" -Commander.
"No I don't have a death wish." -Jayce.
"Then what is it? You know what, never mind I don't care. I'm sending out your resume tonight and by tomorrow I'm sure some sad Hunter's base will be begging to have you and you can go there and give their Commander a hard time." -Commander.
"That sounds like a plan." -Jayce.
"I want you on perimeter duty again tonight." - Commander.
"What? Why?" -Jayce.
"Because I'm the Commander and at least I can make your last night terrible." -Commander.
Scene 13
As the sun began to set Selene woke up and got three other Vampires ready for tonight's job.
"Why can't I come?" -Eve.
"Because you need to be here in case anything bad happens either here or there." -Selene.
Kelvin was one of the Vampires going with Selene. He made a obvious attempt to avoid eye contact with both Selene and Eve. The kids drank their tiny rations and so did the rest of the Vampires. They were left with less than half a bag of blood.
"We better make sure everything goes smoothly tonight." -Selene.
Kelvin nodded in agreement.
When the sun was set Selene, Kelvin and the other two loaded into the truck with Selene driving. She drove the large truck to the blood bank and parked it in reverse. There were not many other cars on the road right now. Kelvin opened the back of the truck and got out. The manager of the blood bank opened the back door and let Kelvin in. Selene and the other two Vampires waited patiently. A police patrol car drove by at a slow speed. Less than a minute later the same police car passed by again and parked on the adjacent street. Selene tightened her grip on the steering wheel. She knocked on the back of the truck to get the attention of the other Vampires.
"What is it Selene?" -Vampire.
"Police. I have to get them away from here." -Selene.
Selene casually got out of the truck and started walking down the street away from the bank. The cop car flashed it's lights for her to stop, but Selene ran down the street the police sirens went on and they began pursuing her. Inside the police car the officer reported the case. Selene ran only fast enough to keep the car on her tail. She led him far from the blood bank and she arrived at the beach. There was a fair up ahead with lots of people and lots of lights. She stopped and the cop car tried to stop but it was not soon enough. Selene bent down and flipped the car up onto it's left side. Before she had time to run away another car hit the patrol car causing a wreak. Selene pulled the driver out of the burning car. A Hunter patrol car drove down the same street Selene had come down. Selene ran into the fair and the Hunter car pulled over and Jayce jumped out of the driver's side and chased her into the fair.
Selene ran into the mirror house and Jayce followed close behind. Both Selene and Jayce found themselves running into mirrors or clear glass sheets. Selene just decided to crash her way through the fun house. Jayce found her exit and followed it. She ran through a bumper car driving area. Jayce followed her though there too. At the edge of the fair was a twenty foot stone wall. Selene jumped over the wall with ease Jayce jumped on to a dumpster then kicked himself up onto the wall. When he reached the top he saw Selene running towards the docks. He dropped himself off the wall and rolled to absorb some of the impact. He continued to pursue her into the chaotic maze of cargo crates each standing at about twelve feet tall and many were stacked on top of each other.
Selene ran down a passage she thought would get her back to the street but instead it lead to a dead end. The crates here were stacked about fifty feet high. Jayce ran through a group of workers that had been startled by Selene. He saw her at the end of the line and pulled out his right side revolver.
"And here I thought you monsters had all left or been killed. I guess I was wrong." -Jayce.
Selene was still facing the crates disappointed in herself for running down a blocked path.
"Vampires never work alone. So where's your coven?" -Jayce.
Selene turned around.
"I would tell you but I think they have something they want to say." -Selene. The group of workers that Jayce had passed through were walking into the path way.
"Silver rank Hunter Jayce Argeris, I got this under control!" -Jayce.
"We know who you are Hunter. You came to the wrong fucking neighborhood!" -Worker.
The five workers began to transform into Lycans. Jayce took his aim off Selene and fired at the Lycans while pulling out his other revolver. Selene jumped against the metal crates from one side to another until she jumped out of the path way. Two of the Lycans climbed up the side of the crates and gave chase to Selene. Jayce fired four bullets into one Lycan and it dropped dead. The other two Lycans looked at their dead partner and then ran towards Jayce. Jayce shot the lock off a crate and went inside. He ran over the piles of boxes and other heavy material to the other side. The Lycans couldn't get over the pile of things in their way. Jayce shot the spot where the lock would be on the other side and it opened. He shut the door and put his knife into the lock spot as the Lycan slammed into the crate door.
Selene ran across the top of the crates while the Lycans chased her she had no guns with her but she pulled a throwing disc out of her back pocket and threw it at a Lycan. The disc stabbed into his left shoulder but didn't stop him. At least not until a few steps later when the disc exploded. The Lycan's head and arm were blown off of his body. The other Lycan kept pursuing her. Selene reached the end of the crate stack. Instead of jump off, she jumped against a perpendicular crate and pushed it off the top of the stack while sending herself flying back the other way. The Lycan struggled to turn as fast as she had and he slid off the top of the stack. The Lycans claws emerged from the side as he climbed his way back up the stack. Selene ran back the direction she had come and when she reached the end of that stack she jumped off the crate and into the building used to dock private ships. She crashed through three floors before hitting the ground floor.
Jayce kicked the doors to the private docking building open then shut the doors behind him. There was a loud crash over head as Selene smashed through the building. She landed on the ground flood. Jayce reloaded his revolvers and jumped down to see if the Vampire was dead. She began to push the the debris off of herself. When she got up she saw Jayce with his guns pointing at her, again.
"Now I asked you where your coven is." -Jayce.
The three Lycans crashed through the doors. Selene picked up a rusted pipe and Jayce fired at the first one to jump down to the ground floor. The Lycan was whipped back by the force of the bullet. The other two used that as a distraction to jump at Selene. Selene smacked one of the Lycans on the back of it's head. The pipe broke and she used the sharp end to stab the other Lycan in the eye. As the Lycan roared in pain Jayce shot a silver nitrate bullet straight into its other eye killing it. Jayce holstered his left side revolver and pointed his right side at Selene. The Lycan Selene had hit on the head got back up and smacked Jayce onto the yacht in the middle of the building.
Selene grabbed the Lycan from around the neck and held it tightly. The Lycan tried to throw her off but Selene wouldn't be shaken. As the Lycan's breathing faded it fell to one knee and Selene put her feet on its back and snapped its neck. She tossed the Lycan off to the side.
"You're not a regular vampire are you?" -Jayce.
Jayce asked while pointing his gun at Selene, yet again.
"You know I'm so tired of you pointing that thing at me, just shoot me." -Selene.
Jayce shot a UV round right into Selene's stomach and she feel over. Jayce walked over to her.
"It's okay that shot shouldn't kill you." -Jayce.
He rolled her over so that he could see her face. He pointed his gun at her face and for a brief moment he found himself hesitant. There was a look on her face of what seemed to be helplessness. Selene kicked him from the floor and Jayce dropped his gun as he fell to the other side of the room. He reached for his other gun but before he could get it aimed at her, Selene grabbed the barrel and ripped it out of his hand. She lifted him up off the ground and tossed him across the room.
Jayce stumbled to his feet and Selene kicked him back down. He quickly got up again and she tried to punch him in the face but Jayce dodge her fist and grabbed her arm and threw her. Selene hit the wall with her feet and jumped back at Jayce slamming her palm into the center of his chest plate. Jayce tumbled all the way across the building floor and crashed into a pile of old ropes. Jayce strained to get back up, but he couldn't. His armor had a dent the shape of Selene's hand smashed into it. Selene grabbed him by his collar and shook him. "I could kill you right now but I won't, because you didn't kill me." -Selene. Selene dropped him back onto the ropes and vanished into the darkness. A crowd of mixed rank Hunters came through the broken doors and found Jayce.
Scene 14
Selene stole a car from the parking lot at the fair and drove back to the factory. The truck was parked in the back so that was one stroke of good news. As Selene got close to the building Eve walked out with about half of the coven.
"We're leaving. You can have all the blood, we will find our own." -Eve.
"Wait -" -Selene.
Selene grabbed Eve's arm but Eve pulled away from her.
"I'll bring the truck back." -Eve.
Eve and her followers got into the back of the truck. Selene watched them drive away while holding her stomach. Some of the other Vampires came to see if she was okay.
"The bullet got stuck inside me." -Selene.
They set up a little spot aside for medical services and the resident doctor, Clive Luther, cut Selene open to remove the pieces of the UV bullet. After her wound healed again the kids were asking her about what had happened. But she refused to tell.
"There is a bit of good news. The rats are leaving." -Kelvin.
Scene 15
Jayce sat in the Commander's office with no shirt on but a huge bandage wrapped around his chest. There was a Hunter's sketch artist in the room and everyone was waiting on Jayce.
"She had black hair and blue eyes." -Jayce.
"Yes you've already said that." -Sketch artist.
"She had fair skin, um, about 5'6" or 5'7"." -Jayce.
"Goddammit Jayce the first time you have to I.D. A Vampire and you can't even do it!" -Commander.
"I usually kill them, so I don't have to remember what they look like!" -Jayce.
"I'm sorry Commander but with the descriptions so far she could be half of the women in Krystal City." -Sketch artist.
The Commander motioned for the sketch artist to leave.
"You've been injured before Kid and worse than this. So whats the problem?" -Commander.
Jayce got up and closed the door to the office.
"I choked. I never choke." -Jayce.
End Episode 1
