Chapter 1

"Prologue"

"May i see your invitation Sir?" - a young lackey asked. Behold him was a man of great size. Brigadier General Jonathan Warwick. Retired, but still eager to do stuff.

"Of course son. Is Alistair home?" - Old General answered.

"Of course Sir. You may proceed. Have a good time"

"Thank you." - and he went straight to the mansion.

Inside there were thousands of guests already, not even counting the ones that are getting in. The Brigadier was never a fan of parties, but he liked to drink once in a while. Besides, Alistair was his best and oldest friend. If he would reject the invitation, Alistair might have thought of him in a bad way.

He went straight to the main hall, probably because he wanted to meet someone he knows. He was already 72 years old, and his wife passed away 5 years ago. Brigadier was devasted by that but he has found the strength to carry on.

"Well, well "- he said in his mind.

"There is a lot of things to see here. Maybe even a new wife"

And he did meet someone. Alistair's friends. Tom and Kate.

"Tom. Kate. Good evening."

"Brigadier Warwick! Good evening. I see you come straight from the battlefield."

"Killed a bunch of Zulus over my way here. They never stood a chance against me."

"As always you come with a laughter Sir. Its so good to see you."

"How many times do I need to tell you? You don't have to call me Sir. Just Jonathan." - Brigadier really liked Kate, but she was not "Wife material" for him.

"I know but it feels inappropriate. I have a big respect for you. You're a War hero after all."

"Maybe. Anyway, have you seen Alistair? I have yet to see him."

"Unfortunatly, we haven't. Did you look upstairs? Maybe he's in his room getting prepared."

"Ah, right. I totally forgot about looking upstairs. I am getting too old for this." - he laughed and they with him.

"I will be going. When I'll find him I will sure come back, so we can all have a drink. For now farewell." - and he left them.

As he was walking he encountered a mirror. He stopped by it and looked at himself:

"Zounds! Not only I am old, but even fat. If i won't make anything with that I don't think I will find a new wife. But that's for another day."

He was trying to lose some weight for a while now, but everytime he tries he says its for another day. After all there is no one to control him. His children are adults, and live far away. He hasnt seen them for a while now.

Brigadier made his way to the bridge connecting the corridors. There he saw a man that was touching the ground. He looked like a butler so he went on to examine.

"Ah, What's your name? Ah, yes Godfrey. Where the blazes is Alistair?" - Jonathan asked.

Behind the two a young lady came, heard their conversation and joined them:

"Yes, where is the old scoundrel?" - it was Madame Mirella. A psyhic.

Jonathan froze when he saw her. He really liked her look.

"A phony psyhic? Is that it? She looks so beatiful, so young. I might want to try to get her to see me."- he thought.

"I have not seen Master Rhodes, but surely your crystall ball could.." - and he was stopped by horrific screams.

They all looked and couldn't belive what was happening. People under them were turning into monsters attacking those who stayed human. Blood covering litreally everything.

Behind the three was another man. Gideon Jones. A stage cowboy:

"What in Lucifer's ballsack was that? - he yelled.

The monsters have spotted them. Madame Mirella took a machine gun out of her purse. Gideon gave a revolver to Godfrey while keeping one for himself. And the Brigadier somehow came prepared. He had his beloved Essex model 07 at the ready. They all were shooting untill everything in front of them appeared to be dead. But they knew that its a short victory, because they could hear the same horrific screams echoing throughout the mansion.

"Those ghouls have made an utter shambles of Alistair's fine house! As the lord is my witness, I will not allow them to do the same to us!" - Jonathan yelled to the group.

"We must find Master Rhodes. I only pray he's not been transformed into one of those wretched... things." - Godfrey responded.

"Screaming sons 'a' bitches are everywhere! We gotta hunker down, circle the wagons, and try to find ourselves a way out. I don't think Mr. Rhodes have survived that but sure, we'll have to look for him." - Gideon added.

"The spirits have spoken! After eons, we finally have our answer! There IS life after death! And it smells like rotten eggs!" - Mirella noted.

" Well atleast we know that there is something after death. And I surely don't wanna be a ghoul. Let's go." - And since he was the Brigadier General, Jonathan took the charge of this newly found group of survivors.

After hours of battling with ghouls, Brigadier was finally feeling alive. He wanted to feel this fire in the belly atleast once more in his life and now he has felt it.

"Even in my prime I was never this good." - he spoke to himself.

Jonathan wanted to impress Mirella, he really started to like this girl.

"Madam Mirella, World's fameous spiritualist, Queen of the Great Beyond. Now, don't sell me a dog girl, is Mirella, really your name?" - he asked her because he knew it can't be her true name.

"How did you know? Anyway Its Christina Fowler. And thanks for help back there. But i don't know your name either."

"Where are my manners?! Brigadier General Jonathan Warwick – at your service"

"Good to know. I don't know how many people were on this party, but I am sure we've killed thousands of those ghouls already, yet there is no end to this nightmare.

"Agreed, nevertheless its been years, decades since I felt so alive. Don't you find it intoxicating?

"Maybe a little? I finally got to shoot my own gun."

"You are very good with it my dear." - he smiled to her.

She saw that smile but didnt really fall for it.

"Ahh. Thanks" – she nodded.

"Anyway, don't you thnik there is something wrong with Godfrey? He's younger than me, yet he sometimes talks to himself. Moreover he doesn't even remember what happend before the party. Something tells me, he might be dangerous. I will keep an eye on him."

"Maybe its just paranoia of imminent danger? I guess we'll find out soon enough."

"Brigadier, Madame Mirella. Let's move, we got the stones." - Gideon yelled.

They have gathered 3 stones that fitted into a doorway made out of stone in the forest at the back of the mansion. After placing all 3 of them it opened. A loud howl was heared.

"We're entering the beast's lair. Be careful." - Brigadier noted.

The doorway led them to some old druid ruins. There they found a werewolf unlike any they have encountered in the mansion. This one was bigger, faster and stronger and had a black aura surrounding him. Also he turned invisible.

"King Wolf, if you will be the death of me, so be it. But I won't die without a proper fight!" - Jonathan yelled.

After a while they figured it out. The statues were shining a green light . If all 3 of them were alligned to the same spot it created a trap that trapped the Werewolf inside. Now they just had to lure him to it.

Just as everything was going as planned the Shadow Werewolf jumped on the brigadier, it scratched his arm and bit his abdomen.

"You furry bastard! You'll pay for that!" - he yelled. But he suddenly felt weird. He was in pain of course but he felt that something is coursing through his entire body.

Gideon rushed to help him:

"Brig are you okay?"

"Its okay son, I've suffered worse on the Boer wars. Lets finish this"

They have finally defeted the beast and all the creatures around them suddenly died.

"I feel you King Wolf. I once thought of my death as imminent , without the possibility of igniting the fire in my belly once more. It has been ignited, but not because of something i ate, but because something was trying to eat me." - Brigadier said.

"What now?" - Mirella asked.

"Lets go back to the mansion, Brigadier got hit and we must tend to his wounds." - Godfrey said.

They all hurried up just in case anyone would show up and they felt that Jonathan wouldn't make it. Little did they all knew that this bite he got wasn't just a normal bite.

They made it back to the mansion and got into the smoking room.

"I've seen some strange things in my time, but this takes the cake." - Mirella laughs

"Good thing you're better at shootin' than fortune tellin" – Gideon added while putting his revoler on the table.

"Now where's the bar? I worked up a powerful thirst." - he continued while he grabbed an empty bottle.

Brigadier wanted to sit down so he can rest but he noticed a strange blue light.

"Wait! Did you see that?" - and he pointed at the blue light.

They all followed him inside the billiards room but Godfrey stayed behind. He picked up a blade from a wall.

As they were slowly aproching the source of the light , Mirella was suprised by it.

"Oh, what now? What the hell does this mean!? - she said.

Godfrey approched them and yelled:

"It means you are not worthy!"

He was going to kill Mirella. Brigadier didnt even know when did he take aim at Godfrey with his gun.

"Witch!"

"No!" - Christina yellled in fear. Yet nothing happend.

Brigadier has shot Godfrey right into the chest. It didn't kill him. Not right away atleast.

"I knew something was wrong about him. Do you see the mark on his forehead?"

"What is this?" - Gideon asked.

"Brigadier Warwick, I owe you my life . Thank you so much" – she hugged him.

"You can call me Jonathan. I proudly call you my chuckaboo" – he laughed.

"Wait! Someone is coming." - he took aim at the corridor. Not Gideon nor Christina heard any footsteps. But he was right. A female figure came.

"Who are you?" - Brigadier asked

"Wait a minute... That face and hair. Little Scarlett? Is that you?" - he felt relived.

"Uncle Jonathan? Is that really you?!" - Scarlett dropped some tears.