Chapter 1: A Predator Is Born

Hyde sat silently and watched the scurrying people from above. Little did they know he observed them with something more than curiosity. He watched with hunger. As if on cue, his stomach growled and he started pacing nervously.

What's wrong with me?

He didn't even remember how he had gotten up here in the first place. The last thing he remembered was training with his dad at the base. But whenever he tried to remember something, his hunger would just take over. So in order to make it stop he would have to sate it. For a couple minutes he waited for something, anything to happen, but it didn't.

Bored and hungry, he leaped onto another rooftop, making sure he was in the shadows. He peaked into the alley below, and………….

Bingo! Although i don't even know what it is that I'm hungry for...

Down below was a sorry looking man trying to mug an old lady.

Why does everybody go for the weak ones?? Where's the fun in that??

He shrugged to himself and jumped down into the alley, landing right behind the wanna be mugger.

"How much of a pussy do you have to be to mug an old lady??" Hyde enjoyed the look of surprise and fear that passed over the guy's face when he saw him.

I'd be scared of me, too. I am an almost 6 foot tall turtle.

He was too hungry to play around any longer. He lunged for the mugger and easily took his gun away. The old lady saw what was going on and got the hell out of there, screaming. The mugger pleaded for his life as Hyde held him up by the throat. Wetting his lips, he ignored the pathetic cries, dug his fangs into the guy's neck and let instinct take over. He would have to hurry with this one. The old lady had caught some attention. He HATED hurrying, but something in the back of his mind told him he didn't to be discovered. So he obeyed.

Pleasure swept through his body as blood poured into his mouth.

He enjoyed every minute of it.

After he was done he wiped his mouth, and in one jump landed back onto the rooftop he was on moments before. He yawned, burped and then started on his way again. A few rooftops later, the scent of a predator reached him and he recognized it. The smell triggered a memory that was buried just below the surface..

-----"Hurry up, Hyde. You wouldn't want an 'old man' whooping your ass, would you?" Matt yelled over his shoulder as he ran across the roof.

Hyde was struggling to keep up. Matt had worked him extra hard today and he was still recovering. Sighing, He pumped his legs harder and a few seconds later he and Matt were running side by side. Like father, like son. Even if son was a mutant turtle and father was a human vampire hunter.

He chuckled to himself and stuck his tongue out at Matt. He wouldn't get stuck with extra chores, not this time. Before he could make a sarcastic remark, Matt's face got serious. He knew what that meant, it was time to get back to business.

Tonight was just a usual run. They would search all over the city, and if they found any signs of a vampire they would track it and kill it. But Hyde had an uneasy feeling about tonight. His gut told him that something terrible was about to happen. So he quit messing around and started to sweep the area.

"Please, no! Don't hurt us! Somebody help!!!!" A woman screamed.

Hyde gently nudged Matt and pointed to a ragged looking shed on the rooftop next to them, that's where the scream had come from. They quietly pulled out their weapons and crept up to the shed.

When they reached the shed, all they found was a piece of paper taped to the side. It read Sucker! The hairs on Hyde's neck raised when he heard laughing coming from behind them. He spun around quickly and his eyes narrowed at the people he saw before him.

A group of six stood before them. With smug faces they laughed and mocked them until a tall guy with spiked black and red hair held up his hand. They went silent immediately. He had to be the leader. The leader's black eyes met Hyde's and lit up with sick satisfaction. "You hunters are fooled so easily. Now, you will cooperate and come with us. We wouldn't want anybody else dying, would we?"

Hyde stepped forward, making the disgust in his voice clear. He knew the code of the hunter and the first rule was to never give in. "Go fuck yourself, leech. We don't surrender."

The leader frowned for a brief second then grinned evilly. Getting a bad feeling, Hyde turned around and found that one had somehow gotten out of his sight and was gripping Matt by the neck.

Hyde saw red, but before he could do anything something hit the back of his head and he started to feel dizzy. He knew never to turn your back to a vampire, but he had done it anyway. Now he paid for his stupid mistake.

"Fuck. This isn't good." Hyde whispered then fell to his knees. He was seeing double and felt like he was about to pass out. The last thing he heard before losing consciousness was his father's voice yelling for him to stay awake.

A sharp pain jolted Hyde back into the conscious world. He opened his eyes and saw curious faces looking down at him through a glass window.

Where the hell am I??

All of his senses became alert as he remembered what had happened on that rooftop. He shivered, and knew he was in a lab. He could tell by the smell of death. It reeked. Another hint was that he was strapped to a cold metal table. Fury started to boil his blood.

What did they do with Matt?

"The other hunter is dead. So you can stop worrying now." A voice to his left said.

It was the leader that they encountered on the roof. How long have I been out? Days? Hours?? "Why don't you just kill me too?! Because I swear to fucking god you'll pay when I get loose!!" he hissed at the guy.

The leader laughed. "You will serve a greater purpose for us. Whether you like it or not, you don't have a choice."

"That's what you think!" Hyde grumbled.

He ignored Hyde's remark and walked up to the metal slab. "I should introduce myself. You need to know the name of your master. Dominic Slait is my name. You'll come to know it well."

Hyde struggled to break free as Dominic got closer. "Fuck you! You'll never be my master!!"

Dominic rolled his eyes, pulled out a set of keys from his pocket and unlatched Hyde from the table. Hyde went stiff from shock but quickly recovered. He growled and leaped at Dominic, but he simply wasn't there anymore. Landing hard on the floor, Hyde jumped up and found Dominic at the other side of the room.

"You can't beat me, I'm a vampire. Way faster than a mere mutant." Dominic spat, it seemed he was starting to get annoyed. In a short second, Dominic was standing right in front of him.

He ducked as Dominic swiped a fist at his face and punched back. He thought he would have impact but Dominic just grabbed his fist. His jaw dropped. No vampire had ever been able to do that to him, he'd always been too quick.

There was a sick crunching sound as his wrist was broken, courtesy of Dominic. He cringed in pain and gasped for air when he was shoved hard into the wall behind him. "If you would have played along, none of this would be happening."

Dominic grabbed him by the neck and tilted his head to the side.

Oh no……………….Please no!!

He knew what would come next, so he wasn't surprised when he felt the intense pain from fangs piercing his throat. Hyde pushed and shoved, trying anything to get the creature away from him. He didn't want to become one of them. He knew that if his blood was drained he would be too weak to resist Dominic's blood when it was offered to him. But fighting only made the pain worse. Dominic was right; he was no match for a vampire. A master vampire, at that.

He hated that, he hated feeling so helpless, so weak. Slowly, Dominic drained his blood.

The bastard's enjoying this..

His eyes started to feel strained, it was hard to see straight. Almost like when he was little, his dad would sneak him into the movies and they would watch them for hours and hours until he fell asleep.

Father…………you can't be dead. What am I going to do without you??

Tears slowly started to flow from his weary eyes. It was the first time he'd cried in years. He felt himself sink to the floor. Dominic had his fill, now it was his turn. He couldn't fight it. When he felt the blood in his mouth his body took over and his mind was shoved aside.

A few minutes later Dominic pulled his arm away. Hyde immediately felt the effect. He doubled over in pain and an agonized cry escaped his lips. It felt like something was tearing him apart from the inside out. He could feel the vampire blood coursing through to the rest of his body, changing and transforming it. His breathing became slower and everything seemed to go into hyper drive.

"To fully change it will take a few more minutes. You will continue to be bombarded with the pain you feel now, while the vampire blood fights your blood. It might be a little different, what with your mutant blood but you will change no matter what." Dominic's voice seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere all at once.

Gritting his teeth, Hyde shakily stood and spoke "Where's my father?!"

"You're father?? Oh, the other hunter. I'm afraid you won't be seeing him anytime soon." Dominic opened his mouth to say something else but before he could, he was tackled ferociously by Hyde.

Hyde would have liked to rip out his throat, but he was shaking and some sort of alarm went off. He jumped off of Dominic and burst out of the room. It turned out the room he was kept in was at the edge of the building. He could see the orange rays of sunset. All that separated him from freedom was one glass door. Technically it wasn't a door, it was just a large panel of glass.

Well, there's about to be a door there!


He got a running start and as he jumped, another spasm of horrible pain gripped him. He flinched at the moment when he hit the glass, causing him to fall to the ground rather than land on his feet. There were stinging sensations all over his body and he could feel the blood starting to ooze out. Gasping for breath, he tried to stand up but fell back down.

Oww, gotta love the timing.....

"Don't just stand there, GRAB him!!" Dominic yelled from behind him.

I will not be taken again! Not ALIVE, anyway!!

It torn him up inside to leave his father behind but he knew he had to do it. And with that, he forced himself to stand and he ran until he couldnt hear the angry shouts of Dominic peircing the air. Every few minutes a wave of agony would sweep over him and he would be forced to his knees. Sticking to the shadows, it took him about 20 minutes to reach the warehouse that he and Matt had used for a base. He staggered inside inside and made it to the training mats before he passed out.

"Dad..I will avenge you..." He slurred as darkness took hold of his exhausted mind.------

Tears stung his eyes, and anger started to rise up inside him.

How could i have forgotten??!!!

With an animal like roar, he charged after the predator that made the mistake of being near him.