"Hikari! Where are you?" Kurayami shouted jumping off of the bike.
"Jim!" Gene cried rushing towards the church.
Gene stood staring at the church, it was a mass of flames and smoke. Turning he looked at Kurayami and saw that she was trying hard not to cry.
"I'm going in!" Gene declared throwing his jacket to the ground.
"No! You can't you'll choke!" Kurayami screamed grabbing his arm.
"What else can I do?" Gene asked anxiously.
"I don't breathe. I'll go in, I can…," Kurayami stopped and stared at the church.
Gene turned and watched as the shape of a person slowly appeared out of the smoke. It was Hikari carrying the unconscious bodies of Spike and Jim.
"Jim!" Gene shouted rushing to help Jim.
"Where's Steve?" Kurayami asked staring at the doors to the church as if he would appear.
"I couldn't get to him. He's still in there," Hikari mumbled placing Jim and Spike carefully on the ground.
"Right then. I'm going back in!" Kurayami said walking towards the flaming church.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Hikari screeched hysterically.
"Well we can't just leave him!" Kurayami shouted staring at her sister coldly.
"What would mum say?" Hikari muttered worriedly pulling at a strand of her hair.
"Mum's dead! Don't you get it! She's fucking dead!" Kurayami screamed angrily. "She's dead! I won't let it happen again!" she muttered.
"It was never your fault in the first place!" Hikari cried staring up at her sister.
"Then why won't you let me forget it!" Kurayami shouted sprinting into the church.
"Kurayami!" Hikari screeched as the church began to cave in.
"C'mon, Kurayami! Hurry!" Gene muttered trying to suppress his urge to run after her.
"Look!" Jim said pointing to the side of the church.
Kurayami stumbled over to them, Steve's body was draped over her shoulders and it looked as if she was struggling to walk.
"Kurayami, you idiot!" Hikari screamed grabbing her sister round the waist.
Kurayami winced and drew back to reveal a large wooden stake protruding from her side.
"I told you those beams weren't stable!" Kurayami laughed half-heartedly and collapsed against Gene.
"Hey guys! Steve's dead!" Jim shouted over the roar of the flames.
***
"So what now?" Hikari asked throwing more wood onto the little fire they had made.
"The church was our home. Where else is there to go?" Spike replied prodding at the fire with a slender twig.
"I have an idea," Kurayami said stumbling towards them.
Gene knew that although the wound would heal, it would take a great deal of time and sap most of her strength. If they were attacked they would be utterly defenceless.
"What?" Gene asked helping her to her seat.
"Well, your ship wasn't damaged in the fire, right?" Kurayami muttered staring at the remains of the church.
"Nope. It was about the only thing that survived the fire," Jim said joining them at the fire.
"Spike, how far have you got with fixing their ship?" Kurayami asked turning to Spike.
"A couple more screws here and there and I'd say it's ready to go. Why, what do you have in mind?" he replied eyeing her quizzically.
"Gene, could you take us off of this planet?" Kurayami begged grabbing Gene's hand.
"Yeah, we could take you," Gene answered staring at the ship.
"Right then! Spike, get moving and fix that ship! Hikari, Gene, Jim and I will salvage all the weapons and explosives we can," Kurayami ordered slowly standing up.
"Why weapons? Do you think we'll be attacked?" Jim asked watching as the sun started to rise.
"Yep. And I intend to go off with a bang!" Kurayami laughed heading towards the ruins of the church.
***
It was getting close to sunset. They'd spent an entire day trying to salvage what little weapons, equipment and explosives they could and it still wasn't enough.
"Do you think they'll come?" Gene asked watching as the last of the sun's rays sank beneath the horizon.
"Yep, if they want to eat they'll come. They now know where we live, so they'll be here," Kurayami replied calmly.
"So Hikari overheard that there's this plague that's wiping out most of the human population, is it true?" Gene muttered loading his caster gun.
"It's been the subject of most vampire's conversation for a couple of months now, they seem pretty worried about it," Kurayami said pulling out her own caster gun.
"Hey, we never did finish that date properly," Gene laughed wrapping his arms around her slender waist.
"How do you normally finish a date properly?" Kurayami asked smiling innocently.
"You seal it with a kiss," Gene replied drawing her closer to him.
"Oh, I like that idea," she muttered staring up into his eyes.
Gene kissed her passionately, yet gently, on the lips. Gene pulled her closer towards him, not wanting to let go. Breaking away he smiled at her and brushing back a strand of her blonde hair kissed her again.
Suddenly, a distant roar woke them out of their trance and snapped them back to their bleak reality.
"C'mon we've gotta get to the ship!" Gene shouted pulling her towards the ship.
"Already! There too early! We're not ready yet!" Hikari moaned as Gene and Kurayami raced towards them.
"What do you mean you're not ready?" Gene asked stopping at the foot of the ship.
"We haven't connected the bombs to the ship!" Jim shouted from above them.
"So what does that mean?" Gene said starting to climb the ladder up to the ship.
"It means we won't be able to activate the bombs from the ship, someone will have to stay on the ground and activate them manually!" Spike replied helping Hikari onto the ship.
"That's suicide!" Gene screamed up to him. "Who do you think will stay on the ground and blow themselves up!" he groaned.
"I will," Kurayami muttered staring at her feet.
"It's suicide!" Gene shouted to Spike.
"I know that!" Spike yelled back down.
"I will," Kurayami said still staring at the ground.
"It's suicide! Who in their right mind would…," Gene stopped and turned towards Kurayami. "What?" he said.
"I'll do it!" Kurayami replied staring up at him.
"The hell you will!" Gene shouted dragging her towards the ladder.
"Gene, let go! It's not your decision!" Kurayami screamed breaking free of his grasp.
"I won't let you die! I'll do it!" Gene yelled grabbing her arm again.
"Hey, you two! Neither of you will have to die!" Jim called climbing back down the ladder.
"What do you mean?" Gene asked still holding onto Kurayami's arm.
"Kurayami, you heal fast so you can be the one to set off the bomb," Jim said calmly.
"No way! I'm not going to let her!" Gene shouted leading her towards the ship.
"No, Gene! Wait! We could put it on a timer instead and blast off before it blows!" Jim cried grabbing onto Gene's jacket.
"Hey, can you guys hurry up! They're getting closer!" Hikari yelled staring at the mass of vampires heading towards them.
"But it needs to be set off at precisely the right moment," Jim muttered as he began to program the bomb.
"Fine! But you better hurry up, Jim!" Gene yelled as the vampires began to come into view.
"Right, I just need to…done!" Jim exclaimed starting the timer.
"Move!" Gene shouted shoving Kurayami up the ladder, followed by Jim and finally himself.
"Gilliam, shields on full!" Gene ordered taking his seat.
"Shields on full!" Gilliam replied instantly.
"Blast off in three…two…one!" Gene shouted as the Outlaw Star took flight.
Kurayami stared out the window and watched as the vampires got smaller and smaller.
"When should the bomb be going off?" Spike asked taking a seat next to Jim.
"Right about…now!" Jim said staring at his watch.
Kurayami turned and watched as the entire planet shook and shattered into thousands of pieces. Smiling she turned around and relaxed. It was all over, but what would they do know?
***
"Gene?" Kurayami called opening the door to Gene's bedroom. "You in here?" Kurayami asked peering into the darkness.
"Over here," Gene said turning on the light beside his bed.
"I just wanted to ask you something," she muttered closing the door behind her.
"What?" Gene asked standing up.
"What's going to happen about us?" Kurayami replied beginning to blush as she realised Gene was only wearing a tight pair of boxers.
"Well, you can stay here with me," Gene said embracing her.
"But what about Hikari? I don't think she and Spike would like to stay cooped up in a ship," Kurayami laughed stroking the side of Gene's face.
"What do they want to do?" Gene asked smiling as her hair tickled his chest.
"They want to leave at the next stop, settle down and have a family," Kurayami replied sitting on the edge of the bed.
"What about you?" Gene said sitting next to her.
"Sure I want to settle down and have a family, but not know! I want adventure and fun!" Kurayami exclaimed laying down on the bed.
"I bet you do!" Gene laughed sitting on top of her.
"Hey, get off you elephant!" Kurayami shouted as he pinned her down.
"Elephant! I'm practically anorexic!" Gene said kissing her on the nose.
She leaned up and kissed him gently on the lips. Smiling he returned the kiss.
"Gene?" Kurayami muttered rolling into his arms.
"Yeah?" Gene asked stroking the side of her face.
"Can I stay here with you and Jim?" Kurayami asked timidly.
"Of course you can!" Gene laughed kissing her neck.
"Thanks," Kurayami said kissing him on the lips.
***
"Jim!" Gene cried rushing towards the church.
Gene stood staring at the church, it was a mass of flames and smoke. Turning he looked at Kurayami and saw that she was trying hard not to cry.
"I'm going in!" Gene declared throwing his jacket to the ground.
"No! You can't you'll choke!" Kurayami screamed grabbing his arm.
"What else can I do?" Gene asked anxiously.
"I don't breathe. I'll go in, I can…," Kurayami stopped and stared at the church.
Gene turned and watched as the shape of a person slowly appeared out of the smoke. It was Hikari carrying the unconscious bodies of Spike and Jim.
"Jim!" Gene shouted rushing to help Jim.
"Where's Steve?" Kurayami asked staring at the doors to the church as if he would appear.
"I couldn't get to him. He's still in there," Hikari mumbled placing Jim and Spike carefully on the ground.
"Right then. I'm going back in!" Kurayami said walking towards the flaming church.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Hikari screeched hysterically.
"Well we can't just leave him!" Kurayami shouted staring at her sister coldly.
"What would mum say?" Hikari muttered worriedly pulling at a strand of her hair.
"Mum's dead! Don't you get it! She's fucking dead!" Kurayami screamed angrily. "She's dead! I won't let it happen again!" she muttered.
"It was never your fault in the first place!" Hikari cried staring up at her sister.
"Then why won't you let me forget it!" Kurayami shouted sprinting into the church.
"Kurayami!" Hikari screeched as the church began to cave in.
"C'mon, Kurayami! Hurry!" Gene muttered trying to suppress his urge to run after her.
"Look!" Jim said pointing to the side of the church.
Kurayami stumbled over to them, Steve's body was draped over her shoulders and it looked as if she was struggling to walk.
"Kurayami, you idiot!" Hikari screamed grabbing her sister round the waist.
Kurayami winced and drew back to reveal a large wooden stake protruding from her side.
"I told you those beams weren't stable!" Kurayami laughed half-heartedly and collapsed against Gene.
"Hey guys! Steve's dead!" Jim shouted over the roar of the flames.
***
"So what now?" Hikari asked throwing more wood onto the little fire they had made.
"The church was our home. Where else is there to go?" Spike replied prodding at the fire with a slender twig.
"I have an idea," Kurayami said stumbling towards them.
Gene knew that although the wound would heal, it would take a great deal of time and sap most of her strength. If they were attacked they would be utterly defenceless.
"What?" Gene asked helping her to her seat.
"Well, your ship wasn't damaged in the fire, right?" Kurayami muttered staring at the remains of the church.
"Nope. It was about the only thing that survived the fire," Jim said joining them at the fire.
"Spike, how far have you got with fixing their ship?" Kurayami asked turning to Spike.
"A couple more screws here and there and I'd say it's ready to go. Why, what do you have in mind?" he replied eyeing her quizzically.
"Gene, could you take us off of this planet?" Kurayami begged grabbing Gene's hand.
"Yeah, we could take you," Gene answered staring at the ship.
"Right then! Spike, get moving and fix that ship! Hikari, Gene, Jim and I will salvage all the weapons and explosives we can," Kurayami ordered slowly standing up.
"Why weapons? Do you think we'll be attacked?" Jim asked watching as the sun started to rise.
"Yep. And I intend to go off with a bang!" Kurayami laughed heading towards the ruins of the church.
***
It was getting close to sunset. They'd spent an entire day trying to salvage what little weapons, equipment and explosives they could and it still wasn't enough.
"Do you think they'll come?" Gene asked watching as the last of the sun's rays sank beneath the horizon.
"Yep, if they want to eat they'll come. They now know where we live, so they'll be here," Kurayami replied calmly.
"So Hikari overheard that there's this plague that's wiping out most of the human population, is it true?" Gene muttered loading his caster gun.
"It's been the subject of most vampire's conversation for a couple of months now, they seem pretty worried about it," Kurayami said pulling out her own caster gun.
"Hey, we never did finish that date properly," Gene laughed wrapping his arms around her slender waist.
"How do you normally finish a date properly?" Kurayami asked smiling innocently.
"You seal it with a kiss," Gene replied drawing her closer to him.
"Oh, I like that idea," she muttered staring up into his eyes.
Gene kissed her passionately, yet gently, on the lips. Gene pulled her closer towards him, not wanting to let go. Breaking away he smiled at her and brushing back a strand of her blonde hair kissed her again.
Suddenly, a distant roar woke them out of their trance and snapped them back to their bleak reality.
"C'mon we've gotta get to the ship!" Gene shouted pulling her towards the ship.
"Already! There too early! We're not ready yet!" Hikari moaned as Gene and Kurayami raced towards them.
"What do you mean you're not ready?" Gene asked stopping at the foot of the ship.
"We haven't connected the bombs to the ship!" Jim shouted from above them.
"So what does that mean?" Gene said starting to climb the ladder up to the ship.
"It means we won't be able to activate the bombs from the ship, someone will have to stay on the ground and activate them manually!" Spike replied helping Hikari onto the ship.
"That's suicide!" Gene screamed up to him. "Who do you think will stay on the ground and blow themselves up!" he groaned.
"I will," Kurayami muttered staring at her feet.
"It's suicide!" Gene shouted to Spike.
"I know that!" Spike yelled back down.
"I will," Kurayami said still staring at the ground.
"It's suicide! Who in their right mind would…," Gene stopped and turned towards Kurayami. "What?" he said.
"I'll do it!" Kurayami replied staring up at him.
"The hell you will!" Gene shouted dragging her towards the ladder.
"Gene, let go! It's not your decision!" Kurayami screamed breaking free of his grasp.
"I won't let you die! I'll do it!" Gene yelled grabbing her arm again.
"Hey, you two! Neither of you will have to die!" Jim called climbing back down the ladder.
"What do you mean?" Gene asked still holding onto Kurayami's arm.
"Kurayami, you heal fast so you can be the one to set off the bomb," Jim said calmly.
"No way! I'm not going to let her!" Gene shouted leading her towards the ship.
"No, Gene! Wait! We could put it on a timer instead and blast off before it blows!" Jim cried grabbing onto Gene's jacket.
"Hey, can you guys hurry up! They're getting closer!" Hikari yelled staring at the mass of vampires heading towards them.
"But it needs to be set off at precisely the right moment," Jim muttered as he began to program the bomb.
"Fine! But you better hurry up, Jim!" Gene yelled as the vampires began to come into view.
"Right, I just need to…done!" Jim exclaimed starting the timer.
"Move!" Gene shouted shoving Kurayami up the ladder, followed by Jim and finally himself.
"Gilliam, shields on full!" Gene ordered taking his seat.
"Shields on full!" Gilliam replied instantly.
"Blast off in three…two…one!" Gene shouted as the Outlaw Star took flight.
Kurayami stared out the window and watched as the vampires got smaller and smaller.
"When should the bomb be going off?" Spike asked taking a seat next to Jim.
"Right about…now!" Jim said staring at his watch.
Kurayami turned and watched as the entire planet shook and shattered into thousands of pieces. Smiling she turned around and relaxed. It was all over, but what would they do know?
***
"Gene?" Kurayami called opening the door to Gene's bedroom. "You in here?" Kurayami asked peering into the darkness.
"Over here," Gene said turning on the light beside his bed.
"I just wanted to ask you something," she muttered closing the door behind her.
"What?" Gene asked standing up.
"What's going to happen about us?" Kurayami replied beginning to blush as she realised Gene was only wearing a tight pair of boxers.
"Well, you can stay here with me," Gene said embracing her.
"But what about Hikari? I don't think she and Spike would like to stay cooped up in a ship," Kurayami laughed stroking the side of Gene's face.
"What do they want to do?" Gene asked smiling as her hair tickled his chest.
"They want to leave at the next stop, settle down and have a family," Kurayami replied sitting on the edge of the bed.
"What about you?" Gene said sitting next to her.
"Sure I want to settle down and have a family, but not know! I want adventure and fun!" Kurayami exclaimed laying down on the bed.
"I bet you do!" Gene laughed sitting on top of her.
"Hey, get off you elephant!" Kurayami shouted as he pinned her down.
"Elephant! I'm practically anorexic!" Gene said kissing her on the nose.
She leaned up and kissed him gently on the lips. Smiling he returned the kiss.
"Gene?" Kurayami muttered rolling into his arms.
"Yeah?" Gene asked stroking the side of her face.
"Can I stay here with you and Jim?" Kurayami asked timidly.
"Of course you can!" Gene laughed kissing her neck.
"Thanks," Kurayami said kissing him on the lips.
***