The Vampires scurried across the dark room, looking more like a hive of insects then the fearsome blood suckers of legend. Still, whenever one hissed, it's fangs gave me chill. We could practically sence the hunger in the room, the hunger for our blood.
"Well, what have we here?" A voice questioned from amidst the many vamperic drones. "A new plaything? Goodie!"
I didn't respond with words, but rather by drawing my side arm and firing a round into the nearest Vampire's head. She didn't even get a chance to shriek or yelp before she dropped dead to the floor. The other vampires all hissed and spat and swore, but didn't dare try to attack without their queen's order.
"Tell me human, what gives you the right to claim a life from my subjects?" The voice questioned from the darkness. "Thirty-six innocent people killed. I may not have the right, but I'm more than justified." I replied.
"Are you now? We feed on blood. Not our fault. You wouldn't be killing us if we fed on the blood of rabbits. A wolf may slaughter a family of ten, but it's never thought to be evil."
"That's because the wolf doesn't enjoy it." I spat back, "and for the record, I'd kill a wolf just as quick as you."
The voice replied with laughter, and the vampires receded to reveal their queen, the Ludcard. "I'm much harder to kill than a mere wolf." She said, dark energy forming in her hands.
"Not by as much as you think." I said, letting out the Tank Vixxen, Cheshire, Pirouette and the Medra. The Tank Vixxen spawned her flame thrower and released a hail of flames down on the vampires to one side. The Cheshire fired a wave of psychic energy to the other side. The Medra moved fast, taking out everything in between.
In truth, there was no strategic reason for the Pirouette to be there. She didn't have any time advantage or large spread attacks. All she actually did was dart around and finish off the few that survived the fray, a job the Medra could've done, and done faster. But I couldn't help bringing her. She'd have had my head on a pike if she missed a brawl like this. And by the end of it, the Pirouette had the little glint in her eye she got whenever a fight had made her horny.
But the battle wasn't done yet. The Ludcard looked on, shock only ever so slightly evident on her face as she witnessed all her underlines be eliminated. The Ludcard fired a bolt of dark lightning from her hand, one that the Medra took without flinching.
The Ludcard's eyes widened, and looked as though they might bug out of her skull when I sent out Zapdass. The thunder bird let out a chirp that sounded something like a lightning striking, and was well worth the term roar.
Zapdass landed practically in the Ludcard's lap, glaring down at her as electricity crackled around her. "M-mercy! I beg you for mercy!" She cried, imposing persona melting away. "Yeah, you can't exactly make up for all those you and your little swarm killed." I said.
"P-please! I'll do anything! I'll-I'll change my ways! Only drink the blood of rabbits!" The Ludcard insisted. I shook my head. Thinking desperately, the Ludcard managed to force a smile, "if you won't except my repentance, perhaps you'll except me as a slave. I deserve to be tortured for my crimes, and used for you and your team's pleasure~"
I chuckled, "today really isn't your day, because it just so happens that one of the only men in this dimension who wouldn't take that deal."
I gave the signal, and Zapdass filled the Ludcard with enough lightning to power a city.
It didn't occur to me until after I collected the money for the vampires and Ludcard extermination that I was considered the local bounty hunter.
The realization hit me when I went to the mart to buy some supplies and the clerk asked me about my 'latest quest' before I'd even mentioned that I'd gone on one. Apparently, me and my team were the 'hunters at the edge of town'. And more than one person watched as we walked by.
I'll admit, it was kind of neat to have a reputation, a well respected one at that. But I couldn't let myself dwell on it for too long, I had work to do.
I'd questioned Zapdass about all the legendarys she had info on. There were some that were more likely responsible for my being trapped here; the most likely being one called Sexebi, a supposed ruler of time. "She'd have more than enough power to make your little thingimafucker," "dimensional displacement equipment," "stop working. But I can't imagine why she would. she's the sweetest legendary there is. Even Moan thought she was too nice."
"Trust me, if she's got as much power as you say, it was only a matter of time until she turned bad." I said. Zapdass seemed to agree, but said we couldn't rule the others out just because they were unlikely. All together, it could've been any of the fourteen possible legendarys.
"Sexebi, Moan, Moantwo, Hild, Whore-oh, Lugiass, Shiva, Evangelian, Atmuff, Anibust, Bastits, Sexmet, Rawcunt, Sweetcunt, or Scylla." It could be been any one of them. Hell, it could've been all of them working in a group. Some of them would be too strong for us to slay right now, but we didn't have the time to spend on training.
Ever day we had a little less time until the end. Using Zapdass' list, we started forming strategies. We would slay every single legendary if we had to, starting with Bastits.