Chapter 2

I levelled my gun to the level of the beast's head. I smiled at the thought of getting my first vampire kill. And then I pulled the trigger. The missile flew through the air silently, straight toward the feasting vampire's head. However, he looked up and saw the missile speeding toward him. He leapt back and to the side, but was too slow. The missile caught him on his left side, blowing his arm off, and half his rib cage.

"Damn it!" I cried angrily. I burst from the bushes at the monster, who was crouched in pain on the ground, defensive. His wild eyes looked at me in shock, and then fear.

"Burn in hell, demon!" I bellowed, as I activated my flamethrowers. A torrent of raging fire flew from my wrists. The vampire was too fast, though. He rolled out of the way, and the flames whipped past him and struck his severed arm and his ribs, that he had vainly been trying to reattach. I let the fire burn his severed body parts for a second longer, to guarantee that they would become useless. I swivelled around, flamethrowers at the ready. But he was already gone. I looked around anxiously, afraid of a surprise attack. I ran back through the forest, watching everything. I made it back to my car, got in and drove away. I had to make it back to the bunker. Nothing was more dangerous then a vampire with a grudge.

I sped home, paranoid. I drove into the bunker garage, and dashed inside. I reported in to Charlie.

"Hmmmm...." he said thoughtfully. "It is unfortunate that he escaped, but we can use this to our advantage."

"How so," I muttered sourly.

"Now all we have to do is see who is hiding out. I'm sure that the vampire must live in town. I'll start asking around the police station, checking up on people, stuff like that. You, on the other hand..... I think that the best way for you to do some recon is to enroll at the local high school. There may be vampires who attend there, as part of their charade."

I nodded in agreement. "How soon can I start?"

"I think that I should be able to get you in by tomorrow," Charlie stated.

"Good," I said. "Hopefully we can exterminate this infestation before it gets out of hand."

I went down to the weapons locker, stored my gear there, and then went to my room. I had to be mentally alert for the days ahead. Tomorrow, I was going to school.