I'll be honest with you Thatreader2003, it did cross my mind to have something like that happen. I thought it would be an interesting avenue to explore. But I hesitated on it because it felt like repeating what's happened to this group over and over again instead of heading in this new direction. Who knows? Maybe they could slip up in the future? But for now at least it felt repetitive.

I kept to myself as everyone ate breakfast. Making sure I stayed low and out of the way. Simon was still clearly unhappy with the way I helped. Not that I blame him.

"Alright, out with it," Derek said. "Somethings obviously up between you two. Who's going to spill it?"

Derek waited for me or Simon to say something but Matt cut us off.

"My contacts say there's a small nest only half an hour from here. A small one is better to train with. But I can't train all of you at the same time. Someone's bound to be killed if I have to keep eyes on everyone. So only two of you are coming with me today," Matt paused and looked around. "Liz and Victoria, are you two ready?"

They both nodded excited.

"Good, get washed up and let's hit the road in thirty minutes. As for the rest of you, I'm no dictator saying you have to stay in this room. Just don't do anything stupid while I'm gone. We've all got to learn to trust everyone's judgement so we aren't worrying about them while they aren't in our line of sight. We will be back before nightfall but the rule from here on out is if those hunting are not back in forty-eight hours; you contact Kit and Tess immediately and go home. This is not a game."

We all understood the seriousness of the situation but it was hard not to be excited. This was really happening. Tori and Liz were going to be the first ones to experience it.

Matt made sure they left in exactly thirty minutes. The vampires would be asleep by midday and it would be easier to take them down when they were sleeping.

Now it was just me, Derek, Simon, Jeremy, and Kyle.

"Is someone going to tell me?" Derek hadn't forgotten.

Simon rolled his eyes and sighed, "She helped me out with my magic last night when I didn't want her to. Can you let it go now?"

I'm sure if anyone else said that, Derek would have pushed. But with Simon he just nodded and dropped it.

"So what are we doing today while we wait?" Kyle popped into the conversation. "He said we can leave the motel as long as we aren't stupid. And I happen to think we have a smart bunch sitting here."

Jeremy perked up from his breakfast at the thought of going out and doing something. I shrugged, it'd been so long I didn't know what to just go out and do.

"What's in the theater right now?" Simon suggested.

None of us knew what was showing right now so we decided to go. At the least, the trip there and back would take up some time.

Matt's POV

The two girls were practically bouncing out of their seats on the drive there no matter how much I tried to address the seriousness of the situation. I hoped that experience would maybe be their teacher when we got there.

"Tori, I know you have your magic but I want you carrying this knife just in case," I said and handed one to her from the trunk. "Liz, since we aren't so sure about…what you are…right now. I want you to have two weapons."

"Ok," Liz nodded.

I handed her a long knife and a gun.

"I don't know how to shoot guns," she said.

"Learn," I replied. "You need a weapon for up close and one for distance."

I laid out a rough sketch of what the interior of the building looked like from what my contact told me.

"This building is a one story with a basement. So we don't have to worry about splitting up. We are going to enter through this doorway and go room by room. Most likely the vampires will be in the basement. My contact says there should be about two to four of them. Once we cover all these rooms, we will take this staircase down and go room by room again. Remember that these are vicious creatures not people. You cannot hesitate or you will get killed."

I think it was starting to get through to these girls because they were looking nervous.

"I'll go in first, Tori behind me to the left, Liz to the right. Remember to glance up every once 'n a while too, they are great climbers. Oh and Liz, do not shoot me in the back."

Liz nodded, she shoved the gun into her waistband and held the knife tightly.

With that, off we went. We approached the building being as light on our feet as we could. I entered through the door first. The hallway and three doors before the stairs. One by one we quickly checked the rooms and found nothing but dust. This place had been abandoned for a long time.

The girls were keeping quiet like they were supposed to and doing well. They both showed confidence as we crept down the staircase as quietly as possible. Something fell in the basement and I held up a hand for them to freeze. I peered around the corner and saw the basement had been renovated from the plans I had been given. It was all open space now, the walls had been taken down. Laying against the back wall away from the debris were the three vampires.

I realized that the girls may not be able to see as well as I could in the dark. I nodded to them that they needed to be ready. I counted with my fingers 3…2…1… and shot off a burst of magic towards the ceiling. It came crumbling with ease and exposed rays of sunlight. The vampire scampered to their feet.

I charged at the largest one with my sword, nicking his side as he dove out of the way. Tori cast a spell at the other vampire and dazed him. Liz, who I expected to be too shy to go through with hurting the vampires, charged at the remaining one and sank her knife into it's stomach.

I killed mine with a swift beheading as he charged at me to attack. Tori pounded her vampire with spells until she was sure it was dead.

The two girls looked at me in shock.

"Did this really just happen?" Liz asked me.

I nodded, "You two did good."

"I thought it would take longer," Tori said almost with a hint of disappointment. "That was over so fast."

"He did say this was a small and easy nest," Liz pointed out.

"So this is something you two want to keep doing?" I asked.

They both nodded, I smiled.