CHAPTER

2

I M and E M

'Come on Em! Your so slow!' the Vampire in the lead shouted over her shoulder, the wind whipping past her. *Tss* 'What ever Im, its not like we're racing!' The other Vampire replied, 'we've already decided that YOU… AREthe better, *cough* and fastest runner out of all of us. Oh and no need to rub it in.' She added quickly before the other one could say a thing.

They kept tearing along at top speed through the dry cracked earthy ground of Simpson Desert.

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Immy and Emily stopped running and started walking as soon as the reached the boarder of Queensland. 'Hmm… Hay, Im, where do you want to go to check out this time?'

'Oh, um… well… I though it was your go anyway.' Immy replied.

'No, it's definitely your turn.' Emily replied shortly.

'Well…' Immy said slowly thinking carefully, 'Hmm…' She looked around for inspiration.

Emily and Immy were both thinking carefully when Emily gave a startled cry. Immy turned and immediately, a gush of water shot past and blasted the surprised frilled neck lizard 10 meters into the air.

'He, he, he,' Emily laughed embarrassingly, 'oops, sorry. It just surprised me, shooting out of that hole. He.'

'Do I have to be the only responsible one around here?' Immy asked sarcastically. They both knew that out of both of them, Emily was probably the most organised and responsible.

'Of course ya' do Im. I mean,' Emily started, 'I don't know h~o~w we would ever get around places with out you organising everything I mean remember that time in England when-'

'Well yes, I do remember thank you every much, after all, I was the one who 'accidentally' set fire to all of the-'

'Shhh!' Emily said, 'some ones coming.' She pointed up the road where a white Truck, with red trail marks was slowly advancing. In the back were a whole lot of sheep.

'When was the last time we hunted Em?' Immy asked, suddenly the burning in her throat was a whole lot more unbearable painful.

'Two and a half weeks a go, and REMEMBER THE DIET!' Emily said, quickly grabbing one of Immy's arms as she started to veer toward the truck.

'Heck with the Diet!' Immy snarled, suddenly her pupils started to go black. Emily slowly backed away from the now crouching and snarling Immy. Oh, crap! She's half starved and now her instinct has taken over, this could get dangerous.

Emily could see Immy slowly advancing towards the truck. Too late! Emily thought, I just going to have to do it. Emily leapt over Immy so she had a 300-meter advantage. Emily then jumped as hard as she could so she landed 2 meters behind the truck. She climbed to the top and grabbed four of the nearest sheep.

Emily quickly then ran back to where Immy was and zoomed past her. Immy caught the sent and gave chase. Immy may have been faster at running then Emily, but Emily could dodge better.

Immy swiped at Emily who ducted and spun to the side out of reach. Immy turned and swiped again but this time Emily just missed. It was luck; perhaps that Immy wasn't feeling 100%. She hadn't had a good feed for a while so it had left her weakened.

Emily couldn't keep it up anymore the dropped three of the sheep and darted away. Immy attention diverted from Emily to the 3 sheep that were braying mournfully.

It was over in a second.