disclaimer: i do not own anyone

Warnings: this is somewhat of a dark fic. torture, abuse, rape(nothing in detail, just mentions). Nothing too bad though.

~Prologue~

The year was 2030. The creatures that used to just be nightmares are now more known than ever. Some called it the apocalypse or zombie apocalypse, maybe that's what it was. No one knows for sure. But vampires are the only supernatural creatures known, and they're taking over. There are six clans known in total. But there are two that are the most dominant. They were the most powerful and they were also bitter rivals. There had not been a real battle yet, but we were all waiting for it.

A couple months ago there was a wave of natural disasters that wiped away many of the supplies and humans in the world. Needless to say, no humans, no blood. Also no one to turn into a vampire in case a battle did break out and they needed extra help.

The vampires had been searching, trying to capture humans that were still alive and well. They would use them as slaves until they needed to make more vampires for their army. Yes, I know about it all, stakeouts, spying; all that stuff got you info. Of course it was extremely risky. How many times have we been so terribly close to being caught, to being captured by one of them? To many to name, that's for sure.

My name is Tommy Joe Ratliff, and luckily, I'm still free. Free with my two best friends Brad and Taylor. We had been hiding out for about 5 months now, still not caught. We were hoping to keep it that way. The vampires were not good, they were evil. They did terrible things to the humans they captured; rape, torture, I could go on. The leaders of the two clans were named Drake and Isaac; I didn't know which one was more evil. If you ask me, they were about equal.

We were 3 of the few that were still free, we had been waiting for it, even though we had debated on whether or not we would rather die. No matter how much we tried to avoid it, to escape, we all knew, deep down, that the day would come eventually.