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Warning: There is harsh language and adult themes as well as Slash between some of the characters (mostly M/M).

Chapter Ten

Time clicked slowly away for those who waited and the Hunters did wait. They left as scheduled and set themselves up around the docks like they had planned. Jeff and Matt stayed on the roofs, Edge and Chris moved in and out of the shadows, Alex and Jack were close to the meat packing district, Kane stayed in the fish market, Randy had a knack for showing up to where help was needed, Punk decided to go and be within the fray of things, Taker slowly crept through the streets, Big Show was on another roof acting as a sniper, and Yoshi and Vickie stayed back near the vehicles for they were the last line of defense.

Drew and John watched movies and kept each other company. The two did not care what was on. The movies were just background noise. The older man held his lover and ran his fingers through the waves of dirty blond. The younger man nuzzled his head into John's chest. He slowly traced the man's abs which sent a shiver through his body. They both were worried about their friends.

Alicia sat in Kane's room wearing one of his shirts. She wanted to hold onto something of his while she waited. She loved his smell. Even though the material was too big for her, she did not mind. She felt as if his arms were wrapped around her, holding her, comforting here.

Conner still worked on the systems. He thought of Alicia and of the others. He knew that at least half would not come back alive. He did not want that to happen, but that's life. He sat up and looked at his hands. They were not Mike's hands nor Kane's hands or Randy's hands. His were hands made for building and repairing...not fighting. The young man sighed and went back to work.

Cody looked out of the window of the bedroom that he shared with Ted. He felt uneasy and hugged himself. The young man looked to Ted, who was asleep after a hard days work. Cody walked to the living room and sat on the couch. He hugged himself tighter and began to cry.

Falend and Mike walked the streets after their dinner. She was silent most of the date. Mike did all of the talking. Even if she tried to get a word in edge wise, he would just run right over her. She did not mind because she did not like to talk about herself. He talked about the new guy Alex Riley. He did not know much about him. He went on to speak about CM Punk and Randy and their issues with each other. He wanted them to just get along for once in their life. He added his input about Drew and John and how he thought they were a cute couple. They had amazing hair and often times would run their fingers through each other's mane. He spoke of Alicia and her kind heart, of Vickie and her loud mouth, and of Yoshi and his need to keep things organized. There was Jack who was the gentle giant. There was the Hardy brothers and their ninja like skills. She would just smile and nod.

Midnight came and everyone tensed up. All they were waiting for was a word from Punk. He stood with his back against a wall watching the vampires dance. He took note of how many humans were around and text the number to everyone. Punk cracked his knuckles and neck. His fangs grew longer and his nails became claws. Soon, the blood bath began. The vampires fed on the blood of the innocent. Screams filled the room but were drowned out by the loud music. Some tried to flee but to no avail. One man stood in the corner, fear plastered across his face.

Punk saw the man but shook his head. He gave the signal and Alex and Jack came through the doors. With one swing of his battle axe, Jack took out four vampires while Alex laid down suppressive fire. He knew that he would hit those not involved, but that concern was pushed to the furthermost reaches of his mind.

With a way out, some of the humans were able to get out only to be followed by the vamps. Edge and Jericho took care of them as they made their way in. To get a boost of power, Punk drained a vampire and the body turned to dust. The Dampyr's eyes were now red and the call of war ran through his veins. Punk ripped off heads and plunged his claws into the chests of vampires making his way to the middle. The vamps soon turned their focus on the intruders. The young man slowly crept along the wall to the exit.

Outside, vampires came out of the other buildings and made their way to the meat packing district to help out their brethren in need. Big Show took aim and fired. With that signal, Jeff and Matt jumped down from the rooftop and attacked with their throwing daggers before going into hand to hand combat. Taker stood and watched from a distance as Kane came to his side. Randy came of the shadows from an alleyway and attacked. Vickie and Yoshi waited.

The humans made their way out onto the streets. They scattered as fast as they could. The young man stood in the door way, too afraid to move. His eyes glazed over as he tried to comprehend what was happening around him.

Inside, Punk, Jack, Alex, Edge, and Chris made it to the middle of the room. They were surrounded by fifty vampires. The Hunters stared at them and the vampires returned the gaze. No one moved. Jack cut his eyes to Alex, who was tensed and focused. His dark blue eyes scanned the area before him. The vampires flashed their fangs and licked their lips.

Chris dove to the vampires. His hands went incorporeal as they went into two vampires' chest. He squeezed hard and they burst into flames. He quickly pulled his hands out as Edge jumped over him and plunged a metal stake into another vampire. Alex began to empty a clip before him. A vampire lunged toward Punk, who just grabbed her and sunk his fangs into her delicate neck. He fed until she was nothing but ash. Alex swung his axe and sliced through five vampires.

Jeff and Matt threw daggers and dodged attacks. Randy snapped necks and plunged his blade into undead bodies. Big Show continued to snipe even though the bullets did not stop the vampires from attacking, but it was enough to slow them down. Kane raised his hands into the air and brought them down quickly. Fire erupted from the ground. The vampires felt the heat of the blaze and looked to him. Taker raised his right hand into the air. Lightening struck him and gathered the current. He balled it up and threw the white sphere. It hit one vampire. The current spread out and struck six others. Their bodies jumped and jerked until they ashed.

Drew went to the kitchen to get something to drink. He knelt down into the fridge looking for some juice and jerked up when he heard a loud thud. He looked to the sliding glass doors and saw three zombies beating on the glass.

"Shit," he breathed.

The Scotsman closed the fridge door and slowly made his way out of the kitchen. He heard a loud crash from the front of the house and went to investigate. He saw the window had been broken and five zombies trying to get in.

"What was—," John stopped short and stared at the window. "Drew!"

Drew nodded and made his way up the steps as Alicia came to John's side. She covered her mouth to muffle a scream. Conner came up from the basement through the hidden door in the grandfather clock.

"Go back down and keep that door locked," John ordered.

Conner looked to the him and when he heard the moans and groans of the zombies he looked to them. "Shit!"

"Do as I said!" John exclaimed.

Conner retreated.

"Alicia, stay in your room and keep the door locked," John replied. "Drew and I will get more weapons and fend them off as long as we possible can. Do you have a weapon?"

She nodded.

"Do you need more ammo?" Drew asked.

She nodded again. "It's a derringer, but forget about it. Let's just go to the weapons room." She bolted down the stairs.

John handed Drew his gun and followed suit. John stared at the zombies trying to fight to get in. He took aim and fired five shots hitting their marks in the head. He moved on and heard another crash and the sounds of crunching glass. He shook his head and got to the weapons room. He stood in the doorway and watched as seven undead stumble their way to them.

"John," Drew called.

The older man nodded and closed the cage door first and locked it.

"What are you doing?" Drew asked.

"We take as many out as possible."

"That's suicide," Alicia stated. "Just close the steel door."

"No," John replied. "I want to take as many out as possible. I don't want them to come back to an army of this shit. It's at least we can do."

Drew stared at his boyfriend. He smirked at him and chuckled.

Arms reached in to grab John.

"Let's do this shit," Drew said and fired.

Falend looked up to the night sky. "I had fun," she replied.

"I did too," Mike replied as he shoved his hands nervously into his pockets.

"It was nice getting to know you, Mike," she said.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I tend to talk to much."

"That's fine. I don't like talking about myself."

He nodded. "So?"

Falend stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "I'll see you around."

Mike was planted on the spot with a goofy smile on his face. Falend stared at him. She waved her hand in front of his face. She looked around and went into the building.

Punk sank his fangs into another victim and continued his killing spree: snap neck, rip off head, claw in chest, slice throat. Alex threw a vial into a group. When the glass broke, a small explosion consumed five victims. Chris threw a vial as well and sparks of electricity claimed three victims. Jack sliced and diced, hacked and sawed. He was mindful of where Alex was at all times. He wanted to make sure that the older man was safe. Edge plunged his metal stakes into vampire after vampire. Soon, the men stood among a room of ash, blood, and ripped flesh. They stared at each other and smiled.

Punk turned around and made his way back out, the call for battle still in his veins. The others followed knowing they're comrades would need their help.

Jeff and Matt were fighting back to back. They were out of throwing daggers, however, they each had a katana. They stood their ground, cutting and thrusting. Both men were haggard but did not show it. They refused to show their enemies any signs of weakness.

Kane and Taker stood back to back and stared at those who surrounded them. They both smiled and beckoned the soon-to-be dead fighters to attack.

Show let loose bullet after bullet. He reloaded and waited until he had to fire again.

Punk came back onto the streets and looked down briefly at the young man watching everything. The Dampyr shook his head and went to fight. The others followed and Jack and Alex went to assist the Hardy Boys while Edge and Chris went looking for Undertaker and Kane.

Punk killed vampires that stood in his way as he made his way further into the fray. He was grabbed from behind and dragged into an alleyway. He was slammed into a wall and was disorientated for a moment. He felt a hand wrap around his neck and was lifted into the air. The Dampyr struggled to breathe. He looked at the person holding him.

"Bastard child," a vampire purred, a French accent clinging to each word. She had brown eyes that held nothing. Her blond hair was loose about her face.

Punk clawed at her hand.

"Ow," she said. "Your Daddy should have put you out of your misery the day you were born."

The Dampyr felt a sharp pain in his side.

"Looks like I'll have to do it for him."

He screamed out in agony as he felt her hand go deeper into his body. He could feel blood pouring down from the wound. His side felt warm and wet.

A low growl filled the alleyway. The vampire looked and saw Randy coming her way. She dropped Punk and made her escape. His legs gave out and he slid to the ground. Randy came to his side and stared into his face. He was pale and his eyes going glossy. Randy pulled out a vial and poured it over the wound. It sizzled. Punk arched his back in pain.

"It's okay, baby," Randy whispered. "It'll be okay."

Mike, Punk thought.

Mike snapped his head up and looked around. He gripped his chest as he scanned the area.

Mike.

The young man furrowed his eyebrows. Mike closed his eyes and laid his head on the steering wheel.

Mike.

"Punk." Mike flipped the car into reverse and swerved his car around. He geared the vehicle forward and floored it.

Drew and John kept themselves preoccupied with taking care of the zombies. Alicia sat far from them, her knees drawn up to her chest. She kept her ears covered wishing everything would stop.

Randy lifted Punk into his arms bridal style and rushed him to where Vickie and Yoshi were. Show saw the young man and started to fire again to give him the chance to make a break for it. Some reached out for them but were taken down by Edge and Chris. Alex came to their aid and laid down suppressive fire as he led Randy to the vehicles.

"What happened?" Vickie asked.

"He was attacked by a vampire," Randy explained. "She had her hand plunged into his side."

Vickie looked at the wound, but it was not healing. "Did you pour a potion over this?"

"Yeah."

Alex squeezed Randy's shoulder before going back to the fight.

"What the fuck?" she exclaimed. She poured another vial over the wound and it sizzled.

Randy watched chewing on his thumb.

"He's not going to make it."

"Surprised you people made it this far."

"That is no ordinary wound."

The sounds of an revved up engine roared toward them. Randy looked and saw a vehicle fast approaching. The car skidded to a stop just mere inches from the man. Randy was about to pound his fists onto the hood of the car but stopped when he saw who was behind the wheel.

Falend made her way to the roof of her building. She stepped out onto the graveled rooftop. She surveyed the area before going to the edge. The black woman looked down briefly and smiled. She looked up to the night sky. She closed her eyes.

Mike got out of the car and went to Punk. "What happened?"

"What are you doing here?" Randy asked.

"That doesn't matter. What happened?"

"He was attacked," Yoshi spoke up.

"His wound is not healing," Vickie added. "I poured three more vials on it. Nothing."

"Put pressure on it," Mike said as he went through the duffel bags.

"What do you think you're doing?" Randy growled.

"My job," Mike snapped. He armed himself with several vials, a metal stake, and a sword. He pushed his way passed Randy.

Randy ran his hands over his short hair and followed him. "Take care of him!"

Mike did what he knew and did best: kill. He cut off heads, threw vials, and plunged the stake into chests. He thought of death and destruction.

The men were feeling the drain on the bodies the longer they fought. They saw Mike heading his way to them. They smiled on the inside but never lost focus. They battled on.

A group of vamps broke free and Mike went after them.

"Don't be stupid, Mike!" Randy shouted as he tried to follow. From the corner of his eye he could see Alex being lifted up in the air. Randy growled and went to his aide.

Mike went further into the docks far from the fight. He took care of the five fleeing cowards. The young man cracked his neck and turned around. A vampire gripped his throat and hoisted him up.

"Such a bad boy," she purred. "You should have stayed with your friends."

Mike struggled in her grasp.

"Are you the Dampyr's friend?" she asked.

Mike stared at her and he snarled.

"That's not a pretty look for you." She threw him down.

Mike yelped in pain. He struggled to get back up, but she was on top of him, pinning his arms down with her knees.

"I'm going to rip your heart out," she said as she slowly plunged her nails into his chest.

He gritted his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut.

"So pretty."

Falend opened her eyes and the storm was gone. She stared up at the night. Soon, clouds covered the sky and lightening flashed through the dark cotton while rolls of thunder drummed.

Kane and Undertaker looked up at the brewing storm. Kane moved his gaze to his older brother and stared at the confusion on his face.

Alicia quietly cried.

"Stop that," a voice growled.

She looked around quickly.

"Why are you sitting there crying? Don't you care about your friends?"

"I do," Alicia whispered as she wiped away her tears.

"Then stand up. And fight!"

Alicia stood, staring at the backs of her friends.

"You know what you have to do."

She shook her head.

"You have to do it! Don't deny who you are. I know it will hurt you, but it's for them."

The young black woman hugged herself.

"Don't you want to see Kane again?"

Her eyes grew wide and she quickly nodded.

"Then do it."

Alicia gulped and took a step forward. She kept walking until she stood in between Drew and John. She touched their shoulders and they looked to her, ceasing fire. She stepped forward and held her left hand out. She flicked out a ball of white light at the zombies. Their screams of agony pierced through the room causing Drew and John to cover their ears. When they looked up, the zombies were no more. The ones that they killed still lay. More came to the door.

Alicia turned to her boys. "Cover your ears. It's going to be a long night."

Bolts of lightening came down and twisted like tornadoes cutting through the vampires. Kane and Taker watched in awe and bewilderment.

Matt stood over his brother protecting him. He gripped his side, fighting back the pain. He could not fail Jeff. He had to protect him. Jeff stared up at the clouds watching the lightening flash and dance. His hair was around his head like a colored halo. His breathing shallow. He blinked once, twice, and did not blink again.

Chris and Edge stood their own, breathing hard and grinning as they fought. Chris's power was very useful. He went through the enemy, ripping their dead heart out and squeezing it until it burst. Edge and his trusty metal stakes been in this song and dance before.

Alex was injured. He had claw marks over his chest and back. Jack stood over him with is battle axe. Because of his strength and long reach, he was able cut down five vampires in one swing.

The vampire pulled her hand from Mike's chest screaming. Her hand was burnt.

A blond man came to her side and urged her to run. "Maryse, let's go." He pulled her to her feet and started down at him. He pushed the vampire and commanded, "Go!"

She sneered at him and ran.

The man leaned down and cocked his head. He knelt down and opened one of Mike's eyes. Ice blues did not great him but a black crescent moon with a small red star chasing it's tail. The man smiled.

"Mike!" Randy yelled.

The man looked up and his smile became broader. "So your name's Mike. Till we meet again, Cherub."

The man was gone when Randy skidded onto his knees. He lifted Mike into his arms.

"Don't do this to me, baby," Randy plead. "Don't you leave me."

"He...d..ying."

Randy's eyes were wide.

"He...dying."

Randy squeezed his eyes shut and rocked Mike. "Don't you leave me goddamnit! I don't...want to be alone."

"He's dying," a voice cackled.