Kira listened to her "older" brother talk about the next town they would be visiting. It had taken them nearly two years to train themselves in the art of vampire killing and to put those skills to use in covens down the west coast. They looked for places with high human population, high death or missing persons count, and places with a thriving night life. Santa Carla was perfect according to Creed. They would be arriving during the summer, prime time for vampire activity in such a place.

"We'll need to prepare a bit. Find a motel room, make a couple stakes" Creed spoke to his sister while watching the road. They were nearing the town now, and he had to be cautious of the many people walking around just inside the town.

"Yeah I know the drill brother" Kira told him. "I already reserved a room. It's a motel close to the park and the city" she looked around at the people. Perfect place for a member of the undead she thought while grabbing a copy of Vampires Everywhere. It was their manual, along with a couple other books and such, but so far all the stuff in this comic rang true. "When do we start looking for the lair?"

"Tomorrow night. Tonight I want to scan the local menu, the habitat" Creed replied to her. He always liked to scan and survey the area. Liked to be comfortable, to know all the ins and outs.

"Well I'm going to scan the shops. Probably look for a job, just something to earn us a little bit of money" Kira told him.

"Why? We can make the majority of what we use" Creed parked the car and lit a smoke.

"You're gonna suffocate your lungs" she watched I'm take a drag off his cigarette. "And I mean money for food. We can't eat pointy sticks" she grabbed her things and hopped out of the car, walking towards the motel.

After getting checked in, the twins went up to their new home for the next couple weeks. Almost automatically Creed had a map out, circling possible places for a lair of the undead. He circled places like Hullers Harbor, Rutners Cave, the docks, and even the boardwalk. Only when Kira set her bag on her bed did she notice the smell. Ashes and smoke. She forgot that they were in a smoker's room, requested by Creed.

"Hey bro I'm going out" she hollered at the bathroom door.

"Fine. Just don't forget your-"

"Tool belt?" Kira interrupted her brother. "I'm not an idiot Creed" she said as she headed out the door and slipped her room key into her pocket. Kira walked down the boardwalk and was almost immediately greeted by the summer heat. She passed a couple bars, still closed, a video store, a couple fishing and surfing shops. Kira stopped when she got to a comic book store. Maybe she could find the couple crypt stories Creed was missing.

She walked in and immediately saw a man and a woman asleep on each others shoulders. She also instantly felt eyes on her. She looked around and saw the shelves in disaster. Things were just thrown around. The chronological order of the books were thrown off course! Is was blasphemy!

A boy in a red bandana approached her, and was soon followed by a second darker haired boy. "I'm Edgar. This is my brother Allan" he said while giving her a look over, his eyes stopping at her tool belt.

"Kira" she gave a slight nod. "I'm looking for Tales of the Crypt. Issue numbers 25, 26, and 27" Kira told them.

"Horror comics? Since when does a girl like comics?" Allan asked her.

"Since horror comics saved my life" she looked down at the sixteen year old boy. "Got any open jobs?"

"We usually don't hire. Horror's over there" Edgar gestured to the other side of the store. "Here" he shoved a copy of Vampires Everywhere in front of her. "Might save your life"

"You believe this stuff?" she asked the two.

"Every word" they said together.

Kira looked the two boys over again. They didn't look over sixteen, though their facial expressions were less than inviting. "I already have a copy" she said kindly refusing the comic they held in their hands. "And the next one to" she headed off to the horror section.

"Wait so you know?" Allan followed her to the other side of the store.

"Know what?" Kira said handing them some money and walking out of the store, leaving the brothers severely confused. Looking around the boardwalk, she wondered exactly how much more crowded the area would get. She scanned the area, a beach, an amusement park, a biker area, concert stage, shopping windows. This place would defiantly attract any normal teenager.

On her way back to the motel Kira found her brother, and they decided to enjoy the sun and the sand. For once, work had taken them someplace nice. They had just come from a job in Washington, but apparently the bloodsuckers were vegetarian. There was too many of them for the two to deal with alone anyway.

Kira laid her towel down while Creed rented a board from the nearest shop. She looked at her brother. "You don't know how to surf"

"Learn while you can right?" he smiled back at her. "Plus it'll get me in with the local population" he winked before he turned around. Kira rolled her eyes as she took a drink of water and then spread sunscreen on her pale skin. Then she looked at the tan girls walking around, or laying down. She'd never be that color, or any shade darker than she was right now. Any thought of being out that long would cause her to turn into a lobster. She and Creed didn't tan, they burned. Quite ironic when she stopped to think about it. She killed things that burst into flame the moment the sun hit them and here she was, slowly suffering that fate.

She sat and watched her brother fall over shortly after hitting the water. Kira rolled her eyes and pulled out her copy of Destroy All Vampires. She thought back to the boys. The red bandana kid and the sleeveless shirt boy. What were their names? Had she already forgot? Then she remembered, Edgar and Allan Frog. Kira started thinking to herself, if this group was as big as Creed thought, the twins would need help. It'd be easier to bring the frogs into the slayer circle, seeing as how they already had knowledge.

Looking up from the comic Kira saw her brother wipe out once again, and she couldn't help but laugh. Slowly, he got better though, and after a few tips from the local surfers he improved. I got up and walked toward him and the water. "How colds the water?"

"It's not even cold" Creed said as he splashed Kira. She then got waist deep and dove under.

"So if the groups as big as you thinking, I know the perfect recruits" Kira said when she got back to the surface.