"I need to know who she is." It was said in a calm yet serious voice coming from the only man around Michael. "I know, but we have no information, no way of finding her!" Selene said as she sprinted further on through the tunnel, she had some ideas but she was still trying to piece them all together at the moment they just seemed to be an incoherent mess that would get the 2 of them killed, or perhaps worse, made in to guinea pigs. A fate, in her opinion, worse than death. She pulled him around a corner and tried to sense where their pursuers were she was sure that she had lost them, she couldn't sense them anywhere, and the two of them were safe, for now at least.
Then it hit her. She almost laughed at her own stupidity why hadn't she thought of it before, she turned to Michael and gave him an evil mischievous grin, she had it all planned and knew where they could get all the equipment they would ever need. After an hour of travelling they were nearby, but there was a problem. She could smell it in the air and see it in the sky. A large plume of smoke appeared in the sky and an intense heat radiated from behind the block of buildings, the safe house had been destroyed. She turned around only to see that there were similar plumes across the city. The two of them had been too slow all the nearby safe houses had been set in flames. Anger and rage swept over her and she thrashed against the dashboard until she felt a hand creep across her shoulder and pull her in to a deep embrace. Michael was hugging her tightly and whispered in her ear "I know what we need, I know where we can go to get it all" She pulled away and stared at him in disbelief, she gazed at him then nodded as if through some unspoken bond each of them knew what was going to happen and how it was going to be done.
20 or so miles outside of town was a small ranch owned by Nicholas Corvin, once a swat soldier he had all the equipment they would need from guns to body armour. Unfortunately the guns were now deactivated and would need to be restored quickly if their plan was going to work. 3 Miles away in a stolen jeep Selene shot through the traffic unaware of the cars following her, the swapped every mile or so that they wouldn't be noticed and stayed just far enough away that she would barely glimpse the cars, they were being smart, perhaps too smart for just an ordinary death dealer. Now only a quarter of a mile away Selene knew that something was wrong, how had they escaped so easily? There was no way that it would normally be that easy. Then she knew, it hadn't been that simple, they had been trailing her the entire time, she saw the headlights in the rear view mirror but didn't speed up she wanted them to think that she still hadn't seen them. This would give her some time while they prepared the assault, she hoped she could get the guns ready in time but she didn't know if this was long enough.
The jeep slowed right in front of the door and quickly slipped out into the main house. She stood face to face with the end of a double barrelled shotgun, the man behind it prepared to squeeze the triggers until the barrel was thrown up by none other than his assumed dead nephew, "No" was the only word spoken by both men, for different reasons of course but still the same sound came from the both of them, they had such similar voices it would have been slightly disturbing to Selene if she was anyone else. In a very matter of fact tone she spoke "We need guns and armour now before we're all killed." He just looked at her like she was crazy but he could see in her eyes she was not, in fact if anything he could see numbness, the cold ruthlessness that he had once been all too familiar with in some situation, they all knew he could have died within seconds if she willed it. But she didn't, she just asked him to show her the way to some old weapons that he was sure didn't even work anymore. There was little choice in the matter so reluctantly he led them towards the basement.
"Uncle I know that you don't need this but we need body armour and these guns activated as soon as possible there are people out there about to storm this house and shoot us all. Please, help us" Almost pleading he grabbed his uncle by the hand, it looked like he would beg but he just stood there waiting for him to answer. "Fine just load this firing pin in here and then it should be fine." A grunt quickly followed as he saw them quickly load at least 12 weapons. "Nicholas we need vests and you'll need one too before they..." before Michael had a chance to finish his sentence the front door was blown apart and vampires flooded into the house searching for them. When the upper floors had been checked they all knew where Selene and Michael were.
A smoke grenade landed next to Nicholas' foot and with a hiss smoke was pushed out in to the room, he quickly launched himself to the back of the room to get his shotgun while Selene and Michael positioned themselves on either side of the door, the three of them nodded at each other. Nicholas was going to be a hindrance but it was something that they had to be prepared for. Suddenly vampires began to storm into the room towards Nicholas when before they knew it they were riddled with bullets in their backs crumpling to the ground with thud the wave stopped and waited until there was a blast from below and they all felt pellets tearing at their skin and saw the vampire at the front of the queue fall. As it fell forward slowly a normal mortal man was revealed aiming at them when he was thrown out of the way by Selene and Michael whom proceeded to fire at all the vampires in the way, one by one they fell. There was no way they would be able to kill them while being funnelled one by one. They needed to get them in to the open and there was only one way to do that. Grenades. 3 were launched down the stairs leaving a ringing sound echoing behind them as they bounced, before they even hit the floor they raced outside, as their footsteps trailed a massive explosion ignited behind them throwing them forwards, the inferno wouldn't last long most of the burning material had been sent towards the vampire pursuers crushing and impaling several of them. Only 6 remained. The odds looked good, they may make it out of here alive without so much more than a scratch. The thought had come too soon because the six remaining had already opened fire upon them cutting into their flesh, the attackers must not have had too much time to aim though because the bullets only cut at their arms but that was more than enough to cause Nicholas to drop to the ground in agony while Selene and Michael merely cried out as their arms began to stitch themselves back together, they quickly dropped into the dirt and started to return fire getting 2 headshots the duo seemed to have luck on their side. It was now even better odds 2:1. They wanted one alive if possible but it didn't seem likely in this circumstance.
The 4 vampires spread out and could no longer see the dirt covered pair that they were firing upon they fired randomly at the air not realizing that Michael and Selene were on the ground. Bullets flew over their heads. That was their chance, the magazines had emptied they needed to reload and before they could even get so much as a new clip out they were all dead laying in the blood soaked dirt. Dead. Michael rushed over to Nicholas as Selene headed over to the jeep to check that it wasn't too badly damaged but the explosion. Again luck seemed to be on her side, only the spare tyre and the roof had taken any damage. Chunks of wood stuck out of them which could easily be ripped out before they left. She caught site of a first aid kit and brought it over to where Michael and Nicholas sat. She was never devoid of compassion and Michael had been a doctor in his mortal life so things could have been a lot worse for Nicholas whether he wanted to admit it or not. Strapping at his arm it had only appeared that there were a few flesh wounds, he would need to get to a hospital but for now the quick bandaged job would do. Selene just started to giggle as Michael continued to work, she had remembered what he was like when he was still human. When he would have never been able to handle any of this. To her surprise the 2 men were looking at her with such an odd quizzical stare that she fell backwards in roars of laughter. Of course it was never often that she laughed and anyone who met her would know this instantly. The looks had only intensified even though a large grin had grown on Michael's face and a bigger yet more pained one appeared on that of Nicholas.
"Right to the car I suppose." Selene had composed herself quickly and was already walking away when Michael called to her. "So are we going to discuss the plan or not? I'm not sure the looks earlier were enough for me to fully understand, and we'll need to get my uncle to a hospital, he's not us. He won't last if he doesn't get this seen to!" Nicholas growled back "I can take care of myself dam it! What am I meant to do about my home! Where am I supposed to go?!" They were all valid point and no one had an answer. He hobbled after Selene to get answers when she just said in a very relaxed fashion. "We're storming the police station."
A/N: So I thought I should add another chapter before I get reviews so that you get more of a feel for the story and have some Idea's of where its heading. Let me know what you think. :)