Chapter 3

New Dark City

Meanwhile Skipper had got a terrible nightmare, but was it really nightmare? That was more like a vision of something wrong. He was in New York city, but everything were different, dark and bloody. Around him was laying bodies, bodies of his friends, he tried to help them but he couldn't do anything, something behind him move, he turn and...

"Skipper, wake up!" said Katherine.

"What..."

"Skipper we must come back to city, something wrong could or can happen" said worried Katherine.

"I had a nightmare of that..."

"Come on, quick!"

They went out of vampire's camp and go through the forest, they were far from city.

"Katherine, stop for a minute, you're too fast" said Skipper. Katherine appeared next to him in a second "Father Squirrel told me, that vampires is so fast and strong, you must free up some"

"Ok, I'm sorry, but I feel something bad happened..." she grabbed Skipper flipper and in few seconds they were in front of New York city, was it really New York?

It was dark, but over city was something else. Bloody mist was floating over city waking terror. Because of mist, moon looked bloody and city under bloody moonlight looked death.

They went to wall, which was around city. Wall was build by destroyed parts of other buildings. On the high gate was inscription New Dark City.

"What happened here?" asked shocked Katherine.

"I don't know, we weren't here only for few days"

They went closer to gate. It looked it was close by few padlocks and chains, all fence looked tank and scary.

"How we get there?"

"Give me a place..." Katherine grabbed gate and broke all chains and padlocks by on hand.

"Wow..." said Surprised Skipper "Of course, squirrel told, like a new-born vampire you are the strongest of all vampires"

"That's good, but I'll be strong for month, next if I finish transformation, I'll be strong like other vampires"

"Katherine, are you really want to go there?"

"Why?"

"Your eyes, I didn't want to tell you, but you have got red eyes"

"What?! Ok it'll be probably red for few hours, but we must find our friends"

"Have you got any plan?"

"Firstly, go to the zoo"

They went into the dark city. Everything looked like before, but buildings and streets were grey and black, looked like there was a fire. Somewhere was blood, but nobody was there. They were alone and in worrying silence. Some small buildings were destroyed and somewhere on streets was still fire. Everything looked death and dark.

"What happened in these few days" said Skipper when they were walking carefully to the zoo. In city were no people.

"Lord Deathclaud" said Katherine.

"What?"

"It was Lord Deathclaud, his darkness followers are vampires, evil vampires"

"Oh god, do you think somebody alive?"

"I hope" Katherine think about Kowalski. It was so sad that he just told her his feeling and they had to split up.

Finally they arrived to the zoo. It looked like before, so they have hope, nothing bad happened there. But nobody was there. Animals habitats were empty. Some things were a little broken like Julien's radio and wall of Joey habitat. They went to the HQ and almost scream. There was blood! But without it nothing else was different.

"What should we do now?" asked Katherine.

"I-I don't know, we should find animals, especially my team" said Skipper.

"I hope they escape and all are hiding somewhere"

They go along streets with strange feeling that they're watched. Streets were very dirty and at all time they could be attacked.

"Katherine can you use your... err, vampire instinct to find them?"

"I'll try..." Katherine closed her eyes and concentrated. Suddenly she could hear all voices that she want to. She imagine Kowalski, Rico and Private. She heard him and had a vision... "I know where is Private" said Katherine and used her vampire smell. She went through few streets and finally find door of a small building.

"Who's here?" asked weak voice.

"Private, are you here?" asked Skipper.

From shadow in end of the small, dirty room emerged Private. His face was dirty and his eyes looked like he was crying.

"It's r-really you?" he asked.

"Yes Private, oh god what happened?"

"It's not you, leave me alone! I know that real Skipper and Katherine are dead!" said Private.

"No, Private we alive, we're not ghosts" said Skipper, but Private didn't believe him and stepped back.

"Private, we are alive, listen to our breath, our heartbeats" said Katherine and took one step to Private, but she wanted to be in shadow. She didn't want Private to see her scary eyes. Private took two steps to them and there was silence. First time from arrive to dark city they could fell live.

"It's really you!" said Private ran to them and hugged them.

"Private, but please, stay away from me, I'm a monster now" said Katherine trying to break free from the common hug but Skipper and Private didn't let her.

"I don't afraid of you, Katherine, you'll never hurt us" said Private. But Katherine felt blood in their veins. But how she still didn't bite them? Like a new-born vampire she had to drink blood, how she controlled herself?

"I'm so happy to see you, we thought that you're dead"

"Why and what happened to others?" asked Skipper and looked at Private, he had tears in eyes "Private, what happened?"