The three perched on a hill. The "hunters" were setting up a large metal ball.

"So what's the plan?' Riley asked looking over to Mei and Dustil. They were hiding behind a shield of long grass. The hunters wouldn't even know three vampire's were there.

"You're the distraction. Mei needs to get close to the device to..." Dustil paused "Destroy it." He looked at Mei as if willing her to change her mind. Mei shook her head and looked back out to the humans.

"So how are we going to get to them without them noticing?" Riley asked.

"Well you see the trees over there? Let's say a young pretty human girl came running out trying to find help since she was being chased by two evil vampires?" Dustil asked with a smile. Mei smiled.

"Alright, but where are we going to get a human girl who will agree?" Riley asked seeming confused.

"You idiot." Mei muttered patting him on the head.

"Mei is playing the human." Dustil explained. He was actually calm for a change. "Come one we need to get into position." Dustil crouched going down the far side of the hill. It wouldn't be too hard to get to the tree line.

They reached the tree line within two minutes. The woods were a better hiding place than the hill for sure.

"They're getting ready to charge that thing." Riley muttered looking through the trees.

"It's alright; we're going to have to make Mei look human." Dustil said.

"How?"

"This is how." Mei said as if she had been addressing a 4 year old.

She smiled and grabbed a handful of dirt smearing it on her knees, hands, and dress. It looked like she had fallen.

"If I was being chased, I need to be injured." Mei said looking up to the two men.

"But you'll heal…" Dustil paused and then his face lit up. "Here." He pulled a twig off a nearby tree and scratched Mei's arm with it. "More." She said. He pulled the twig down the left side of her face, making a deep cut.

"It won't heal, so it looks good. But we need something else to prove your story." He pulled out a bottle with a clear liquid in it. This is going to hurt." He muttered uncorking it. He smeared it on Mei's arm and then bit into the arm. Mei suppressed a cry. That was vervain, and was really paindful. Dustil released and he poured a little more vervain onto her arm.

"Now the bite mark will bleed, and look real. Well at least make you look human." Dustil said.

Mei paused looking down at herself. Riley was eyeing her. He seemed to like her like this.

"What?" Mei asked.

"One more thing." Riley said. He kneeled and put his hands on her black dress ripped the fabric up to her hip. Mei could feel Dustil getting protective beside her.

"That's enough." Dustil said shoving Riley away. He almost fell. Riley glared.

"Hey guys." Mei said. "I need you two to work together. To support each other. Promise me you'll help each other. Promise you will not hurt each other." Mei said holding her hands to her hips and glaring at the two men in turn.

"Promise" They said together.

"Good lets get this show on the road." She said turning to face the group of hunters.

She knew how to do this. She knew how to act human, weak, Naïve. She started out of the woods and deliberately tripped crying out. She looked behind her scared and stood up running towards the hunters. After she was close to the hunters Riley and Dustil stepped out of the forest walking slowly. They had deliberately made themselves think of feeding to look more inhuman. To cause bloodlust. Mei reached the Hunters and collapsed into one of them who had been trying to stop her.

"What's wrong?" The man asked.

"Those men….There not…They can't be!" Mei burst into tears.

"What's wrong?" A woman asked coming forward. She held Mei pulling her back to sit her down. One of the men followed them.

"Nise, Look at her arm." The first man said sounding shocked. The woman holding Mei looked down to Mei's arm and gasped.

"Shit! Not now!" Nise muttered. "You guys get ready those two men, they're vampires." She said to the hunters. The men got in an arc position blocking Mei and Nise.

"Hun, you're going to see something you may not believe. Those men their something called vampires. I think they were playing with you, using you as a toy. But they didn't anticipate us. We'll protect you. We're the hunters. We kill beasts like them." Nise said looking down to Mei. Mei nodded.

Dustil and Riley Stopped a few feet from the hunters.

"Give us back our Food and we'll leave you alive." Dustil said. He was playing his part. 'Come on riley' Mei thought.

"You are blood-thirsty monsters and must be killed." The man in front yelled back.

"You monsters must be stopped." On of the men to the sides said loudly. He was scared.

"Oh fuck this I want to eat NOW!" Riley yelled and charged forward pushing one of the men out of the way and biting into another pulling him back to Dustil. The man cried out and then fell silent. Riley threw the now still corpse to the side as if it was a pillow.

'Good job riley now don't forget.' Mei thought she began to back up towards the device.

"You'll pay for that monster!" Nise yelled her fist clenched.

"Well I'm up for a fight, but you gotta catch me first!" Riley yelled turning and running down the field.

"You get him! We'll deal with the other." Nise yelled ordering half her men away. Dustil smiled.

"So Vampire can you count?" Nise asked approaching him slowly she drew a wooden dagger. "How many against how many?"

Dustil smiled and mentally nodded. Mei stepped forward a little. That was the signal.

"Well," He said watching them with a smile. "Its 6 hunters against 2."

"What?" Nise said. She laughed. "What is one invisible? Are you being tough?" She mocked.

"No, just honest." Dustil said. He was having fun.

"Well then where's number two?" She asked.

"Behind you."

Nise froze and began to turn but found herself unable to move. Mei had her frozen.

"That's new." She muttered to herself.

"What the?" Nise asked.

"You know, I didn't think it would work that well." Mei said. "But you guys totally bought it.

"You little…"

"Now, now, no swearing. Mei said walking around Nise.

"I trusted you to be human!" Nise yelled.

"Ahh and that was your mistake. Now you might have noticed that you can't move. I'm not a normal vampire. I'm a vampire you should never have picked a fight with."

"I never picked a fight with…!"

"Yes you did!" Mei sad holding Nise's mouth. "By creating this pretty little vampire killing machine you picked a fight."
"Attack her! Attack both of them!" Nise yelled. Dustil charged forward grabbing Nise's head and slamming it to the ground. Mei pulled herself back to the machine. She needed to destroy it, hopefully without killing herself in the process. Mei opened up the front panel and inside was wiring, lots of wiring.

"Great." She muttered. Dustil was fighting off the hunters behind her. Protecting her.

' thanks.' Mei thought and began to pull the wires from the device carefully. She didn't want to activate it accidentally.

Dustil made an 'oof' noise and Mei turned to see a hunter charging her. Dustil turned but not soon enough. The hunter had been aiming for Mei's heart but aiming for when Mei's back was turned. The hunter pieced a stake through Mei, but beside the heart, not killing her instantly. She felt the stake enter her body and then the shot of pain. She was being poisoned. She was actually staked to a plastic panel on the outside it had cracked on impact leaving a open gap in the body of the machine. She could feel the poison of the wood begin to spread through her body like an infection. She was barely able to feel the blood streaming out of her and into the machine, but she knew it was happening. She shuddered.

"Mei!" Dustil was frantic. She felt him touch her forehead lightly. Mei opened her eyes bringing her head up. His green eyes looked extremely worried.

"Mei, Mei please! I love you! You can't die!"

Mei simply shook her head. I hurt too much to speak.

Dustil leaned in to her, kissing her cheek. And then the lips touched her mouth, softly, so very softly. She kissed back as much as she could. Her mouth tasted bloody.

'Dustil, take my ring when I die. Don't say no. Don't let Riley see you take it. Promise me.' Mei thought hoping her mental voice was powerful enough to be heard by him.

"I promise." Dustil said hugging her softly. He pulled away and turned to see riley Running up.

"No. Not you. Not now. Mei!" Riley clutched Mei's hands. Dustil had stood up allowing Riley to move to her. Riley reached for the stake.

"No." Dustil said grabbing Riley's hand. "It will only cause her more pain. Let her go. Riley let her go." Dustil was now calm.

"How can you just let her die!" Riley yelled grabbing Dustil by his shirt. Riley's hands were stained with blood. Human blood.

"Because she asked me to." Dustil said not forcing Riley back. He could easily kill Riley but he promised.

'both of you. Stop fighting. Remember the promise." Mei's mental voice was fading. Slowly being poisoned out of her body

"I love you Mei." Riley said bending down and grabbing her right hand. Dustil did the same, holding her left. Mei squeezed both. In truth she was in blinding pain, but she wouldn't let them know. She was almost gone, but she'd hold on as long as she could.

Mei's hands became relaxed, her eyes closed and her head bowed.

"No!" Riley yelled standing up kicking the machine that was now dead. Mei's body shuddered.

Dustil slipped the ring off Mei's finger and pocketed it. He turned to riley. "It was for us, for all vampires. The machine is dead. Poisoned by a stronger force than itself."

Riley turned on the spot quite obviously furious.

"How can you take it so calmly! You knew she was going to kill herself?" Riley grabbed Dustil's shirt again this time pulling a button off.

"Yes I knew, and it was her choice. She chose it. Let her rest. Go our own ways, maybe see each other again. Honor the promise we made to her." Dustil said. Riley dropped Dustil's shirt. He looked tired.

"Where will you go?" Riley asked looking to the trees.

"Somewhere. Anywhere. This is the second love I've lost."

"This is the first for me." Riley muttered.

"Time heals all. Maybe we'll meet again."

"Maybe. See you." Riley muttered turning toward the hill they camped out on only an hour ago.

"I hope so." Dustil said looking down to Mei. He turned to walk away then paused. He pulled a match box from his coat and lit a match dropping it onto the field. He turned and walked away. As he entered the forest he heard the cries of the last hunters who were still alive, burning to death. They would be gone now. So would she.

"Goodbye Rose." He muttered.

That is the end. I will post the precursor (or the story that takes place after this) either today or within the next few days. I hope you enjoyed. Rashel Deem.