Reasons listed on AvengWars, orig. on

Blaster blots rang out in the middle of the night, waking the Captain with a start. He was still in his armor, and he was laying on the ground. Another shot and shouts. He jumped up, grabbing his twin D17 twin hand blasters from their holsters on his Kama, ready to shoot what was endangering the camp.

His mind registered that the shots were at the southern end of the camp, running in that direction though, when he got there it was dead silent. Troops lay on the ground, blood every where. Rex walked over to the closest clone, leaning down checking for a pulse. None. He continued this till there was only one he hadn't checked. Assuming he was already gone, Rex started to walk away, till he heard a moan of pain. Shooting around, "make any type of noise if you can hear me," Rex commanded. There was silence for a minute, then Rex heard the softest "Sir".

"Relax, its okay," Rex said seeing for the first time, the red blood puddle under the man's neck and the huge chunk of flesh missing. The man's grip on his neck was the only thing keeping him from bleeding up that second, but it was starting to loosen. Rex activated his com-link, "Bone, I need u over in the southern end of camp right now!" "Yes, Sir, on my way."

"Hang in there," he told the dying trooper, "helps on the way." The temperature seemed to have dropped 20 degrees in that minute. There was a low growl, making the injured trooper whimper. "Captain! There you are!" Bone yelled panting and out of breath slightly. Rex nodded slightly to the trooper, seeing fear in the man's eyes as Bone approached. "It's okay, he's here to help," Rex said softly, trying to comfort the trooper. Bone quickly fixed the trooper as much as he could right there, "What's your name?" "Sk-Sketch," he said, coughing softly.

They all froze when they heard shouts again, "Sir, do you think it's back?" Sketch questioned softly, with fear in his eyes again. "Is what back?" Rex asked standing up, reaching down to help Sketch up. "The monster that attacked us," Sketch replied softly as if it was obvious. The shouts and shots sounded farther away, "Bone, get him to the medic tent and finish helping him."

"Where are you going Sir," Bone questioned as Rex started for the eastern end of the base. "To go help them," Rex shouted as he started running.

The shouts grew more paniced by the time Rex had reached the troops fighting what ever it was they were fighting. Rex shot a couple times, only landing one shot, which obviously was a mistake. The thing, which he was a man, had blood all around his mouth and fangs like a wolf, which Rex landing a shot on him only pissed him off even more. The man started after him now.

Rex shot rapidly, but ended up spinning out of the way before it could sink it's teeth into his neck. He bearly had time to recover when it attacked again. The thing lunged at him, and at the last second, Rex hit it with the butt of his blaster. What is this thing, Rex thought, it just wont give up. This time though, Rex was pinned between the thing and a tree, there was no way out. The man lunged at him, knocking him against the tree. Rex grunted with pain, knowing he was probably going to die here though. The man's fangs were just entering his neck when Rex heard a shot, and the man twisted around, stopping his attack on him. The man growled, low and intimidatingly. Whoever fired the shot started running into the forest, the man chasing after them. Unhesitatingly Rex ran after them, but stopped when he realized what he was doing. Everyone froze when they heard shots being fired, but they sounded different than blaster blots. There was silence for a minute, then the slightest rustle of leaves. A figure stood in the shadows, raising it's hands when all the men pointed their guns at them.

A girl, around 20 or so stepped out of the shadows. There was a deep gash in her right thigh all the way down to her knee, and a cut on her forehead, blood steadily dripping out of both wounds. She wore a black corset with red ribbon and lace, a black leather jacket, and black ankle boots. A holster for two blasters was under her jacket, and two holsters on each leg, one on the upper thigh and one on her lower leg. She had a backpack that, what a surprise, was black. Her jet black hair with some red streaks was in a high pony tail that ended near her waist. Her ruby red lips moved slightly as she said, "Not the way i meant to introduce myself."

"Who are you," Gunner said demanding. "You can call me hunter, that's what my friends call me." "Why are you here?" he questioned again. She pulled out an apple, offering it to any of them shrugged and took a bite when none of them moved to take it. "Little did you know you guys were fighting a 200 year old vampire with anger issues," Hunter said sitting on a near by rock. "A what?" "A V-A-M-P-I-R-E, you know demon blood suckers from hell type," she said. "And your friends call you hunter cuz you hunt them," Rex said, waiting for her to confirm. "Oh, 1 point for your Captain," she said sarcastically. "How would you know he's the Captain?" "Uh, one, you just told me, and just by the say he stands holds a sense of authority." she said glancing at Rex, smiling a bit. "Any way, I suggest you guys pack up your, *clears throat*, camp and find real shelter, storms coming soon. And you don't want to be out in one of these storms, their acidic. You know what, pack up and you can stay at my house, it's less than a click away, and you wouldn't make it any where else. Just hurry and make a decision these storms come in fast." She said getting up any walking toward the camp.

Gunner walked toward Rex and whispered, "should we trust her Sir?" "Well, she did save our lives so i think for a time we can."