The next day, Johnny woke up first, partly because it was cold, and partly because there was a woodpecker drilling a tree three feet away from him.
Johnny shooed away the woodpecker, then checked on Mavis. Her arm still had a nasty cut on it, but it was healing. Same for cut on her cheek. What really worried Johnny was Mavis's second bullet wound. Her bleeding had stopped, but the wound was still as fresh as ever. Quickly, Johnny replaced the bandages and then thought about what to do next.
They were in the middle of nowhere, they had no food, barely any supplies, and Mavis had a bullet wound.
Johnny suddenly had an idea. It was probably not going to work. Johnny rummaged around inside his duffel bag until he found a dog whistle. He had received it as a gift from Wayne. Johnny, hoping for a miracle, blew on the dog whistle.
Johnny didn't hear anything, as the whistle was too high pitched for him to hear it. He just hoped that Wayne or another friendly werewolf would show up.
Mavis? Mavis?
Ugh uh….
Mavis, hurry up and say something dangit
Uuuh...it hurts
Mavis, food, bagels, SCREAM CHEESE.
Mavis's mind cleared.
Dad?
It's me Mavey, are you okay? You sound as if you're hurt right now.
Yeah, I took a bullet wound to the stomach.
Are you dying?
I don't think so...but my head hurts, so make it quick
Alright, point is, I've got all the monsters I could get my hands on. We're going to Ouray right now. Do you think you can make it by next week?
I don't know...our plane crashed over some forest in the middle of nowhere…
Ah I see…
We can try to meet you guys in Ouray next week, but with my bullet wound I'm not sure…
It's fine. Listen, just stay safe. Trust nobody but Johnny and I, and try to make it to Ouray by next week.
Alright dad, I'll try.
With that the connection with Dracula was cut. Mavis opened her eyes. It was morning, with a mist hanging over the forest. Johnny was sitting next to her, tending a campfire that he had created. Mavis tried to get up, but cried out in pain when she did. This wound was much worse than her shoulder injury.
Johnny turned around and saw her, then ran over, "Careful Mav, don't injure yourself any more." he said, helping her back down.
Mavis complied, laying back down. Her vision was slightly blurry, but at least now she was able to process her surroundings.
"Did you…" she saw the dog whistle clutched in Johnny's hand, "did you blow the whistle?"
Johnny nodded, "Yeah, it's hopeless though, thinking that Wayne could hear it all the way from here…"
"Yeah well," Mavis wrapped a part of the blanket over her knees, "I spoke telepathically with my dad, he's on his way to Ouray. We should also get going."
Johnny hesitated, "You can't go anywhere in your state Mav," he said, "You're too weak right now."
Mavis rolled her eyes, "My regenerative flesh will kick in, just as you said yesterday."
Johnny stopped her again when she tried to get up, "Listen, how about this, we can start moving in a few hours, but for now, we need some food. All we have are these bagels that we saved in my duffel bag."
Mavis looked out into the woods. "Let me see if I can do something." she murmured, "Give me some time."
Johnny nodded and went back to tending the fire.
Mavis silently watched the trees, until finally…
Crunch
Mavis managed to telekinetically snap the neck of a squirrel. The strength needed to do this was alot though, and she felt herself temporarily black out.
Johnny looked over and saw the dead squirrel, "Nice Mav!" he ran over and grabbed the squirrel, using a sharpened stick to try to skin it.
Mavis grumbled something about rusty bullets and retreated back into her blanket.
Johnny eventually managed to completely skin the squirrel and cooked it, then tore the meat in half and gave some to Mavis.
"Thanks…" murmured Mavis, swallowing the whole thing in one bite.
"Listen Mavis, if you truly think you can walk within a few hours, then we'll get moving, but if you can't, then we'll stay put." said Johnny, "The government's been sending out search parties for us, I heard some of them last night."
Mavis nodded in understanding, "I can walk Johnny, trust me."
Johnny glanced at his watch, "Well...we'll leave in an hour, but for now you need some more rest."
Mavis grumbled, "We can leave right now."
"Not under my watch we aren't," said Johnny, "You look as if you got swallowed by blobby."
Mavis rolled her eyes, "Fine."
An hour later saw the two of them packing up. By then, Mavis was able to stand up and walk, but was extraordinarily dizzy every time she tried to do so. She had to lean on Johnny whenever she stood up.
As they began trekking north, Mavis's breathing got a little steadier, and her legs began to actually listen to her and walk.
As Mavis and Johnny made it four miles north, they suddenly heard voices. Immediately, Johnny helped Mavis behind and tree, and Johnny himself poked his head out from behind the tree and looked around.
Sure enough, straight ahead of them was a group of three soldiers walking straight at their position.
"How the hell are we supposed to find the vampire in this place?" asked one of the soldiers, "I can't even tell which way is up in this forest."
"Shut up and just keep walking," said another soldier, "Remember, if we kill the vampire, we can get alot of money. Investigators reckon the F-18 managed to get a bullet through her before the jet went down, so if we find her, she'll be nice and vulnerable."
Johnny turned to Mavis and whispered, "They're heading straight for us, we're going to have to fight."
Mavis nodded weakly. She didn't even know if she had enough energy left in her to use telekinesis.
As the voices grew even closer, Johnny whispered, "Attack on the count to three."
"One...two...THREE!" Johnny charged out from behind the tree and punched one of the soldiers in the face. Mavis also came out from behind the tree, using her vampire strength to strangle the other two.
While Mavis was suffocating the other two soldiers, the last one was locked in a fistfight with Johnny. The soldier got his M16 knocked out of his hands when Johnny attacked. Johnny got hit in the face, but the soldier eventually succumbed after Johnny punched him directly in the gut, making the soldier throw up and pass out on the spot.
Johnny grabbed the M16 and turned around, just in time to see Mavis get punched in the face by the last soldier. The other one was already dead, on the ground. Just as the last soldier raised his gun, Johnny fired his M16, killing the last soldier.
Johnny ran over to Mavis, who was groaning on the ground, "Mavis get up, get up."
Mavis slowly got to her feet. She had a trace of blood on her mouth.
"Are you okay?" asked Johnny
Mavis shook her head, collapsing and fainting right there…
When Mavis opened her eyes again, she was in a cave. In the center of the cave, there was a campfire burning. She was wrapped up in her airplane blanket, and there was a duffel bag sitting next to her.
Mavis was about to wonder where Johnny was when she saw a note on the ground.
Went to find more firewood, stay in the cave, don't go anywhere
-J
Mavis sighed and wrapped the blanket around herself again. She looked out the cave and saw that it was nighttime.
A few minutes later, Johnny clambered back into the cave, "Ah, you're awake." said Johnny, seeing Mavis.
Mavis smiled lightly, "yeah, and even better, my bullet wound seemed to have healed alot."
Johnny shrugged, "I think it heals faster when you sleep."
Mavis glanced out the cave again, "Where are we?" she asked.
"In the Uraian Mountains, about four miles north of where you fainted and twenty miles south of Ouray." replied Johnny crisply.
"You carried me four miles?" asked Mavis incredulously.
"Well, we had to get away from the soldiers, so yes, I did." said Johnny conclusively, chucking some more firewood into the campfire.
Mavis leaned over and kissed Johnny, then asked, "So what else happened?"
Johnny shrugged, "Nothing much. My phone has no data out here, and when we reached the cave nothing else happened."
Mavis suddenly noticed two backpacks in the corner of the cave, "Then what're those?" she asked.
"Some backpacks which I stole from the soldiers. They have food and water." said Johnny.
"And weapons?" asked Mavis
"Here." Johnny tossed Mavis an M16, "I got one for each of us, even though you don't really seem to need it."
Mavis blushed, "Let me try walking." she said, then got up.
Immediately a wave of dizziness hit her and made her double over. "You got hit hard by that soldier, Mav. I wouldn't try anything too drastic right now." said Johnny.
Mavis didn't give up. She continued trying until finally, she was able to stand up straight and walk, even if it did cause her alot of dizziness and pain.
That night, Mavis and Johnny had ramen noodles, since it was warm and it came with the backpacks that Johnny stole. Mavis savored every noodle, trying to get as much flavor out of each one, and Johnny couldn't blame her either. He was starving as well.
As Mavis and Johnny ate, Johnny said, "There's a main road a few hundred meters down the mountain. We could hijack a car and go to the lab in the car."
Mavis shrugged, which caused her considerable pain, "Sure. That way we can get there faster at least."
Suddenly a green fog filled Mavis's eyes, and she heard her dad's voice in her head,
Mavis!
Mavis immediately responded, almost dropping her noodles.
Dad, what is it?
Mavis, do not go to Ouray, don't go near that place!
Why not? We're only twenty miles out.
They have weapons that are far beyond your imagination, do not go there!
What? How do you know? Where are you?
I was captured by the humans, I'm in their laboratory. Mavis, they want us vampires because they can use vampire blood to make a chemical weapon.
You're in the lab? I'll go there! I'll get you!
No Mavis! You cannot. You must stay alive for my sake!
I'm not going to let you die in a laboratory, dad.
You musn't come close to this facility! They have all sorts of-
Mavis closed the connection, "We're going to that laboratory." she said.
Johnny was staring at her, "You just froze up and starting smoking." he said lamely.
Mavis swallowed the rest of her ramen, "My dad just sent me a telepathic message. He's been captured and is in the laboratory. We have to get him."
Johnny immediately became serious. Dracula was his closest friend, his father in law. "We'll get to the laboratory tomorrow." he said.
Mavis suddenly didn't care about her bullet wound anymore, she stood up, "We have to go now! My dad might die any moment!"
Johnny tried to calm her down, "You're still weak, you can't fight."
"I can fight! I can't just let my dad die!" cried Mavis, "We have to go now! We're so close!"
Johnny grabbed Mavis's arms, "Listen, if we go to the laboratory right now, your dad will die and so will both of us. We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning. Got it?"
Mavis glared at him, "Fine, first thing tomorrow morning.".
Johnny exhaled, "Come on, lets get you warmed up."
Johnny helped Mavis onto the ground, then wrapped her in a blanket. He kissed Mavis on the forehead, "Tomorrow, you'll see your dad again."
