I was born into a world where demons walked the streets. When I was young two very powerful ones killed my mother and father. If it weren't for Jake and his sister Jane I would have been next. Today is the first time I join them and their kids, John and Jade, in a demon hunt. We're not the only demon hunters in our city. There's another group that I read about in the paper, but I've never seen them out in the city.

Chapter 1

"Anna! Anna! Wake up Anna!" I slowly begin to open my eyes. Jade's leaning over me shaking me and yelling in my ear.

"Okay. Okay, I'm up."

"Breakfast is ready. You better eat up , we've got our first demon hunt tonight!" I don't understand what she's so excited about. This job is dangerous and lives are easily lost.

"Jade!," I hear John's voice call out, he peaked his head in through he cracked door," Oh good your up." The three of us head down the hall. Our apartment was small and only two stories. The second floor was were we all slept. Jade and I share a room and John has is own. Jane and Jake have separate bedrooms to. On the first floor was the kitchen and the living room.

"Mornin' Kids." Jake greets us from over the newspaper. Jane's in the kitchen making pancakes and a fruit salad.

"Jade. Can you come finish cutting up the strawberries?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Anna I need you and John to run upstairs and start putting together the packs for tonight." Jake had taught us how to put together the survival packs for when they go out. It's equipped with a first aid kit, flashlights, bullets, etc.

When the time finally came for us to head out. The smile that once lit up Jade's face was gone.

"Hey. You okay?" she looked over at me.

"To be honest, no. I'm terrified. What if I d-d-"

"Jake will be with us the entire time. I'll be fine." We ha decided to split into teams to cover more ground. Jade and I would go with Jake and John would go with Jane. We would be fine. Right? Jake wouldn't let us die out there. No. we would be fine.

Chapter 2

The three of us were walking down an abandoned street.

"Check every alley way and inside any unlocked buildings." we nod and begin our search. Jake and Jade take the first building on the right and I take the alley way across the street.

Above the alley:

"There. That one right there. She's perfect for you. Young and weak. She doesn't stand a chance against you Dave." Dirk gives me a smirk and motions for me to wait.

"What if she's stronger than she appears?"

"If my knowledge serves me right this is her first demon hunt. She has no skill in this field."

"Alright. This should be a piece of cake then."

"Good attitude. I'll go take care of the two across the street and when I hear her dying screams I'll know that you've completed the mission." Dirk moves quickly to his new victims.

" Alright lets get this over with." I say to myself as I jump down to the girl.

Anna's POV:

I see it. Right in front of me. As if it had come out of no where.

"Freeze! If you move I'll shoot!" I see it's fangs glisten in the moon light.

"Oh really? But what if I kill you first?" it's voice is low. I hold my gun with shaking hands. I see a pair of glowing red eyes peer through the darkness. "What are you so afraid of? Go ahead, shoot." It's asking me to kill it? Better do while I have my chance.

"Times up." Before I can even pull the trigger the creature lunges at me and pins me to the ground. My head his the ground and the gun skitters across the alley.

"GET OFF!"

"The more you struggle the more this will hurt." I look up at it. This creature is a young boy, he looks about my age. But that wasn't what caught my attention. The way he said that last sentence wasn't like he was trying to be smart it sounded like he was trying to help me. He looks down at me with his crimson eyes.

"What?"

"N-nothing it just sounded like you were trying to...to-"

"Not hurt you? Yeah, I don't want to listen to someone scream in my ear." I suddenly hear a scream from across the street. It's Jade.

"JADE!" I kick the boy off me and grab my gun, constantly looking over my shoulder at the demon who had attacked me.

I enter the building Jade and Jake had taken. It was dark and dusty. Groping for the stairs I hear Jade screaming.

"JADE! I'M COMING JADE!" I run up the stairs to where the location of the screams was. The only light was coming in through an open window. I saw Jade huddled in a corner.

"Jade. Where's Jake?" she points to where a larger demon had Jake pinned to a wall by his neck. Holding up the gun I fire two warning shots into a nearby mirror. The beast turns to me, dropping Jake. He has a smirk on his face as he stalks towards me.

"Well, well, well. Looks like Dave couldn't carry out his mission. Very well, I guess I'll get three kills tonight." once he's close enough to me I pull my trigger. Nothing happens. Oh God no. This can't, no. I'm out of ammo, Jakes out cold, and Jades to scared to move. The beast comes close to my face and take one of his claws to my cheek, tearing the flesh. I can feel the blood rushing down my face.

"Are you afraid?" his breath is hot on my face but I stay calm. He grabs my neck and holds me up. "Where's your God now hm?" he begins to laugh.

"NO!" I hear a voice yell and suddenly I'm dropped to the floor. When I look up I see the young boy who had attack me on top of the older one that knocked out Jake. While the two of them wrestled, I motioned for Jade to help me get Jake. We carried him out of the building and to where we promised to meet Jane and John.

"Where the h- what happened." Jane looked down at Jake and then at my cheek. "We need to get you two home."