-Prologue-

It was a fairly normal night for Samantha Evans. She was walking home from the mall where she had just "acquired" a new pair of brass knuckles and a switchblade. As she fiddled with the blade she heard something move in the shadows around her. Fairly certain it was her imagination she kept walking. When she heard it again she ventured, "Who's there? I'm armed!" Samantha said, holding out the knife. Everything was silent. A grotesque laughter filled the air. "That petty toy will not hurt me, Samantha Evans." The creature's voice surrounded her.
"W-What are you?" Samantha stuttered. Slowly, she saw a young, pale face emerge from the shadows. But as she came further into the light, Samantha realized she wasn't human. She had the left leg of a donkey, and her right leg was human looking but made of bronze. In her hissing voice the creature said, "I am an empousa! The last of my sistersAAH!" On the last word Samantha stabbed her in the stomach and started to run. She didn't know where she was going, she just ran. After a minute or so she stopped in the middle if a park. "Help!" She whispered, "Someone help me! There's a psychotic donkey vampire lady after me!"
'SNAP'
Samantha whirled around, ready to kill. She saw a young girl holding her hands up in surrender.
"Stop! Stop! I'm here to help!" Samantha looked at her in more detail and saw that her skin had a greenish tint.
"What did you say was after you?" The girl asked.
"She called herself an em-emposay, I think. What are you?" Samantha asked.
"An empousa… Oh! I'm a tree nymph! My name is Maple. But we need to go now!" There was a loud crack somewhere to their left. "Hurry!" Maple grabbed Samantha's arm and pointed towards a large building that Samantha recognized as a mall.
"Go in there. Find Connor and Travis. Tell them that I sent you. Now go!" Samantha sprinted toward the building and burst through the doors. An old women gave her a strange look as she ran past her. Pausing for breath, saw two boys, about her age, walk out of a store next to her. They had a look that she recognized, as it was the look on her face every time she robbed a store. Slowly walking towards them, she listened to their conversation.
"…good load, don't you think so Connor?" One of them said.
"One of our best." Said the other. 'Connor…Travis… they're who I'm looking for!' thought Samantha. She jogged up to them. "I need your help. There is an empousa after me. Maple told me to find you. Connor and Travis, right?" The two boys looked at each other, making a silent agreement just as screams could be heard from the front of the mall. "I'm Connor." Said the one on the right. "I'm Travis." Said the one on the left. "And we need to go." "Now."
Samantha followed them out a emergency exit to a parking lot, where they got in a huge truck.
"So, what's your name?" asked Connor.
"Samantha- but people call me Sam." She answered. "I heard you guys talking.. What did you steal?" Connor and Travis looked at each other. "We were just supposed to be getting supplies, but we took a detour. We got a new tv for our cabin." Travis snickered.
"Wha-how? I didn't see you take it from the store." Sam was utterly confused.
"Look in back." There it was- a 120 inch plasma tv.
"I have much to learn," gasped Sam.
"Now try and get some rest, we've got a long way to go," said one of them, but Sam was already asleep.