Chapter 4: Jayme and Krystle
Before leaving Jayme and Krystle where given instructions on how to conceal their weapons along with that new clothes. Jayme had black pants black shoes (his old black Nikes) black skintight shirt and a gray over coat. His arm blades could now easily be attached and taken off of a belt he was wearing.
Krystle was wearing the exact same thing, except she had boots and a tank top. Her sword was in a pocket attached to the back of her coat and her crossbow was in a similar one in front for easy access.
The guardians had normal clothes on and would blend in very well. They walked out into the night air. The people with masks didn't seem to see them at first but when the approached one of them they stared.
"Is this heaven?" asked Krystle.
"No this is the spiritual realm. This is where the people who don't believe in God, or don't want/feel like they deserve to go to heaven. They also aren't bad enough to go to hell so this place was made for them to "live" there "lives" so to say." Said Lash.
"Why don't they want to go to heaven?" asked Jayme.
"I dunno but it happens time to time and they haven't done anything bad so I think this is the best thing for them." Lash said looking around, "also Vampires who are old and mature enough to use their powers well can go between this world and the "real world" at anytime they wish."
"Also they have to wait up to ten minuets before being able to go back cause it takes so much energy for them to do it." Holly said with a grin, "but it really easy for me to do!" she ended up bragging.
"Will we be able to do this?" asked Krystle while looking for vamps.
"Yes, but not for a while. Your powers need to mature and gain experience." Lash said and Holly butted in, "Yeah you need to go and level up and junk. It sucks!" Jayme started laughing. Holly hadn't changed at all! And Jayme was happy about that.
They walked to a bridge and Jayme looked over and saw slow moving cars, but no people in them. It was like a highway. Lash saw him looking. "That's the "real world"." Lash explained, "You see, the spiritual world's time moves slowly. Right now those cars are going only about 5 mph but in "real life" they are going 60 maybe 65 mph. The people of this realm built their city above the human world so they would not interfere with it." They now reached the other side and took what looked like a carriage that was led by invisible horses. Krystle seemed scared but Holly leaned forward and whispered in her ear, "It's only magic." And she seemed to calm down. As the carriage moved they could actually look at the city. The city was made of long strips of stone that Holly had told them where houses for the "Masked ones" as Lash like to call them. It was a very colorless place, the town was, but the people however where each a different color. Each had a different mask with lots of color to it and also a different outfit as well. It reminded Jayme Mardi Gras parties in New Orleans he saw on TV. They reached the middle of a square and they got out. "This is where we need to go into the next realm." Said Lash as she helped Krystle and Jayme out. Holly held Jayme's shoulder and Lash held on to Krystle's and there was a bright light and the sun was setting out over the ocean. They were next to a sea doc.
"Remember wooden stakes work best at killing vamps. Their heart is in the middle of their chest because the demon inside moved it when entering the body. Also, anything can be used to destroy their heart, not just wooden stakes. If you pierce it with anything other then wood be sure to twist then pull to make sure it's destroyed. Crosses don't affect it and sun does burn them." Lash said as the sun went down even lower.
"If all else fails cut off their freaking heads!" Holly said while moving her thumb across her throat.
* * *
Krystle was biting her nails as the truck full of humans pulled up. Lash was on a building a few peers away with a sniper looking for demons and guard dogs. Krystle pulled out her sword as the vamps came out of the storage building. She knew they were vamps because they had this feeling to them. She was waiting 'til Jayme came back before they rushed the people out front.
"Okay there are 5 vamps inside and there was one demon but they are dead now, and about 30 humans." Jayme whispered as he grabbed her crossbow. He used the snipe to see if they had any weapons. They had none except for the driver. He had a handgun, but that was all. The other two went in and the driver was all alone looking away from them.
"Here, snipe that guy right there. He is the only one with a gun." Jayme said handing Krystle back her crossbow. She took it and aimed. She turned the laser on and when the red dot was right in the middle of his back she shot. CONTACT.but nothing happened. He turned to look right at us. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. His eyes now seemed almost animal like and he charged at them with inhuman speed. Krystle looked at him in the eyes and out of fear pulled the trigger. The bolt flew and hit the vamp right in the forehead. He went down hard and was twitching like mad.
Jayme pulled his coat back and got his left hand in the blade and his right hand grabbed the gun. With a pop the blade was auto fitted and it unfastened from his belt. He took off safety and slowly walked over to the vamp. As soon as he was near the vampire opened his eyes and reached up to get the arrow out of his head. Jayme swiped his blade trying to cut the vamps head off but missed, hit the vamp's hand, and it flew off. Then all of a sudden, Krystle slammed her sword into the guy's neck and pressed the on button and he was fried to a crisp. Just to make sure he was dead the cut the rest of his crispy head off. Krystle looked mortified after electrocuting the guy to death. She then went behind a few creates and threw up. Jayme wanted to also but he knew it would only get worse.
They waited by the door for the next one to come out. This one was one of the five inside. They had no weapons to Jayme's knowledge but he didn't have the snipe at the time. Jayme made the first swipe and cut the vamp's head right off. She shriveled and fell to the ground. Krystle went in and stabbed the next person in the chest and twisted.nothing happened so she turned the on button on and he was electrocuted she then turned off the sword and cut his head off. "Three down five to go." She said pulling it away from the vamp's head. Jayme opened the door and no one was there. The room had cages all over the place and stacks of crates in the back area and on the sides. He decided they would walk along the side to sneak up on the vamps. Jayme closed the door and took a few steps in more and looked around before going to get Krystle. He walked back and opened the door. Krystle was bobbing up and down and dodging hits left and right and popping hits in like she was a professional boxer! Bounce, bounce, dodge and left hook, dodge and right followed by a left to the gut. Jayme closed the door. Behind the door was a vamp stuck to a wall with a sword in his gut trying to get it out. Jayme turned the sword on and the vamp's arms fell limp and motionless. Krystle did a spinning backhand punch and the vamp caught her hand in mid air and threw her into the wall at full strength. She made a dent in the cheap metal that made the storage shed. Jayme jerked around shot the vamp with his gun. 3 bullets flew out and hit him in the chest. He wasn't wearing a vest, but it didn't get near his heart. There was blood oozing out and the vamp was stunned. Jayme shoved his blade in the vamp's chest and twisted. The vampire shriveled and died. Jayme then went to see if Krystle was ok. She was in pain but all right, only stunned. "If that was a weak vampire I don't want to see the strong ones." She said voice sounded like she was in pain. The vamp near the door woke with a huge gasp and tried to free himself again. Jayme pressed the on switch again and he went limp again. "I wonder if the others would be proud if we kept a live one to tell us info?" Jayme asked Krystle. "We aren't gonna find out!" She said as she took her crossbow from the ground and shot the vampire in the heart. It also shriveled. "Three more." They walked around the truck. The people in the back had been tranquilized. They got out of the back and shot out the tires incase they tried to escape with them looking for them inside. They walked inside again. Nothing. No one was in there. BANG! BANG! A few boxes exploded. They ducked down. Someone was shooting a shotgun. They franticly crawled around the ground to find the vampire shooting. Pain went around Krystle's head as visions of Jayme's death filled it and she grabbed him and pulled him back right as the dirt exploded with the impact of the shotgun shell. Jayme shook his head as a thanks. Krystle looked through bits of a broken create to see who was shooting. It was a human girl. She was sure of it! It didn't "look" like a vamp. It didn't have that evil aura. A vamp jumped at her and she shot the crap out of him. His right arm blew off and he spun in mid air. She reloaded and aimed for his head. BANG! Krystle ducked as bits flew toward her. "It's a human." She told Jayme, "She can't be a slayer cause she shot at us thinking we are vamps. So she must have escaped." "How do you know she shot at us? He could have been running." Jayme replied to her remark. "True. Either way we can't hurt her." "If she is a threat we might have to." The girl now out of ammunition dropped the gun and ran in the direction of the slayers. She stopped right in between of them and froze as Krystle made a sweep with her legs and Jayme caught her and put his hand over her mouth. "Its ok we are vampire hunters we are here to free you and the others." Jayme said in her ear, "Do you understand?" her head shook agreeing as her eyes bolted around. She was a young Mexican girl. Her skin was a light tan and her hair was fine and black. She looked about 15. He moved his hand away and let her go. She decided to stay with them. "There are two more, but one is older he is very powerful and the other is a fresh one but very smart." She told them, "I am the older ones slave, I have been for 3 years now." Her eyes looked down. "You wont be for long." Krystle said with a smile, "We will kill him!" The new girl smiled. "My name is Mel." She said and Jayme and Krystle introduced them selves as the truck started its engine. They ran to the front door to try to get to the truck before it left but as soon as Jayme opened the door he was hit hard with a pipe and he flew back knocking the others back as he flew past them. Krystle gave Mel the crossbow to use and she pulled out her sword. Mel cocked and aimed the crossbow but it was too late. He was gone and had reappeared on top of Jayme. He had just bitten Jayme as Krystle jabbed her sword at the vampire. He was struck but didn't seem hurt at all but he did stop drinking Jayme's blood. 3 shots erupted from the glass. Lash was sniping the vamp. He was now stunned and Mel took the time to fire at her master. She shot a bolt at him and it hit him square in the chest. Nothing happened. She cursed as she remembered how he always wears a bulletproof vest, or as he calls it a stake-proof vest. Krystle and Mel picked Jayme up and ran. Krystle got Jayme's other gun and took the safety off. They ran out the door to find Holly killing the other vampire. She rammed her staff in him and twisted and pulled. "I THOUGHT YOU AID THEY WERE EASY!" Krystle yelled, "HER MASTER IS IN THERE AND ALMOST KILLED JAYME!" Holly's eyes got big. "He's marked!" she grabbed Krystle's arm and put Jayme over her shoulder, "We have to get out of here!" "Wait we can't leave her!" Krystle said looking at Mel. "She is marked as well then." "She will get in the way." Holly said walking on. "She killed one with a shotgun! She has perfect aim!" "Fine!" Holly walked back and grabbed her arm as well balancing Jayme on her shoulder and they ran.
Before leaving Jayme and Krystle where given instructions on how to conceal their weapons along with that new clothes. Jayme had black pants black shoes (his old black Nikes) black skintight shirt and a gray over coat. His arm blades could now easily be attached and taken off of a belt he was wearing.
Krystle was wearing the exact same thing, except she had boots and a tank top. Her sword was in a pocket attached to the back of her coat and her crossbow was in a similar one in front for easy access.
The guardians had normal clothes on and would blend in very well. They walked out into the night air. The people with masks didn't seem to see them at first but when the approached one of them they stared.
"Is this heaven?" asked Krystle.
"No this is the spiritual realm. This is where the people who don't believe in God, or don't want/feel like they deserve to go to heaven. They also aren't bad enough to go to hell so this place was made for them to "live" there "lives" so to say." Said Lash.
"Why don't they want to go to heaven?" asked Jayme.
"I dunno but it happens time to time and they haven't done anything bad so I think this is the best thing for them." Lash said looking around, "also Vampires who are old and mature enough to use their powers well can go between this world and the "real world" at anytime they wish."
"Also they have to wait up to ten minuets before being able to go back cause it takes so much energy for them to do it." Holly said with a grin, "but it really easy for me to do!" she ended up bragging.
"Will we be able to do this?" asked Krystle while looking for vamps.
"Yes, but not for a while. Your powers need to mature and gain experience." Lash said and Holly butted in, "Yeah you need to go and level up and junk. It sucks!" Jayme started laughing. Holly hadn't changed at all! And Jayme was happy about that.
They walked to a bridge and Jayme looked over and saw slow moving cars, but no people in them. It was like a highway. Lash saw him looking. "That's the "real world"." Lash explained, "You see, the spiritual world's time moves slowly. Right now those cars are going only about 5 mph but in "real life" they are going 60 maybe 65 mph. The people of this realm built their city above the human world so they would not interfere with it." They now reached the other side and took what looked like a carriage that was led by invisible horses. Krystle seemed scared but Holly leaned forward and whispered in her ear, "It's only magic." And she seemed to calm down. As the carriage moved they could actually look at the city. The city was made of long strips of stone that Holly had told them where houses for the "Masked ones" as Lash like to call them. It was a very colorless place, the town was, but the people however where each a different color. Each had a different mask with lots of color to it and also a different outfit as well. It reminded Jayme Mardi Gras parties in New Orleans he saw on TV. They reached the middle of a square and they got out. "This is where we need to go into the next realm." Said Lash as she helped Krystle and Jayme out. Holly held Jayme's shoulder and Lash held on to Krystle's and there was a bright light and the sun was setting out over the ocean. They were next to a sea doc.
"Remember wooden stakes work best at killing vamps. Their heart is in the middle of their chest because the demon inside moved it when entering the body. Also, anything can be used to destroy their heart, not just wooden stakes. If you pierce it with anything other then wood be sure to twist then pull to make sure it's destroyed. Crosses don't affect it and sun does burn them." Lash said as the sun went down even lower.
"If all else fails cut off their freaking heads!" Holly said while moving her thumb across her throat.
* * *
Krystle was biting her nails as the truck full of humans pulled up. Lash was on a building a few peers away with a sniper looking for demons and guard dogs. Krystle pulled out her sword as the vamps came out of the storage building. She knew they were vamps because they had this feeling to them. She was waiting 'til Jayme came back before they rushed the people out front.
"Okay there are 5 vamps inside and there was one demon but they are dead now, and about 30 humans." Jayme whispered as he grabbed her crossbow. He used the snipe to see if they had any weapons. They had none except for the driver. He had a handgun, but that was all. The other two went in and the driver was all alone looking away from them.
"Here, snipe that guy right there. He is the only one with a gun." Jayme said handing Krystle back her crossbow. She took it and aimed. She turned the laser on and when the red dot was right in the middle of his back she shot. CONTACT.but nothing happened. He turned to look right at us. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. His eyes now seemed almost animal like and he charged at them with inhuman speed. Krystle looked at him in the eyes and out of fear pulled the trigger. The bolt flew and hit the vamp right in the forehead. He went down hard and was twitching like mad.
Jayme pulled his coat back and got his left hand in the blade and his right hand grabbed the gun. With a pop the blade was auto fitted and it unfastened from his belt. He took off safety and slowly walked over to the vamp. As soon as he was near the vampire opened his eyes and reached up to get the arrow out of his head. Jayme swiped his blade trying to cut the vamps head off but missed, hit the vamp's hand, and it flew off. Then all of a sudden, Krystle slammed her sword into the guy's neck and pressed the on button and he was fried to a crisp. Just to make sure he was dead the cut the rest of his crispy head off. Krystle looked mortified after electrocuting the guy to death. She then went behind a few creates and threw up. Jayme wanted to also but he knew it would only get worse.
They waited by the door for the next one to come out. This one was one of the five inside. They had no weapons to Jayme's knowledge but he didn't have the snipe at the time. Jayme made the first swipe and cut the vamp's head right off. She shriveled and fell to the ground. Krystle went in and stabbed the next person in the chest and twisted.nothing happened so she turned the on button on and he was electrocuted she then turned off the sword and cut his head off. "Three down five to go." She said pulling it away from the vamp's head. Jayme opened the door and no one was there. The room had cages all over the place and stacks of crates in the back area and on the sides. He decided they would walk along the side to sneak up on the vamps. Jayme closed the door and took a few steps in more and looked around before going to get Krystle. He walked back and opened the door. Krystle was bobbing up and down and dodging hits left and right and popping hits in like she was a professional boxer! Bounce, bounce, dodge and left hook, dodge and right followed by a left to the gut. Jayme closed the door. Behind the door was a vamp stuck to a wall with a sword in his gut trying to get it out. Jayme turned the sword on and the vamp's arms fell limp and motionless. Krystle did a spinning backhand punch and the vamp caught her hand in mid air and threw her into the wall at full strength. She made a dent in the cheap metal that made the storage shed. Jayme jerked around shot the vamp with his gun. 3 bullets flew out and hit him in the chest. He wasn't wearing a vest, but it didn't get near his heart. There was blood oozing out and the vamp was stunned. Jayme shoved his blade in the vamp's chest and twisted. The vampire shriveled and died. Jayme then went to see if Krystle was ok. She was in pain but all right, only stunned. "If that was a weak vampire I don't want to see the strong ones." She said voice sounded like she was in pain. The vamp near the door woke with a huge gasp and tried to free himself again. Jayme pressed the on switch again and he went limp again. "I wonder if the others would be proud if we kept a live one to tell us info?" Jayme asked Krystle. "We aren't gonna find out!" She said as she took her crossbow from the ground and shot the vampire in the heart. It also shriveled. "Three more." They walked around the truck. The people in the back had been tranquilized. They got out of the back and shot out the tires incase they tried to escape with them looking for them inside. They walked inside again. Nothing. No one was in there. BANG! BANG! A few boxes exploded. They ducked down. Someone was shooting a shotgun. They franticly crawled around the ground to find the vampire shooting. Pain went around Krystle's head as visions of Jayme's death filled it and she grabbed him and pulled him back right as the dirt exploded with the impact of the shotgun shell. Jayme shook his head as a thanks. Krystle looked through bits of a broken create to see who was shooting. It was a human girl. She was sure of it! It didn't "look" like a vamp. It didn't have that evil aura. A vamp jumped at her and she shot the crap out of him. His right arm blew off and he spun in mid air. She reloaded and aimed for his head. BANG! Krystle ducked as bits flew toward her. "It's a human." She told Jayme, "She can't be a slayer cause she shot at us thinking we are vamps. So she must have escaped." "How do you know she shot at us? He could have been running." Jayme replied to her remark. "True. Either way we can't hurt her." "If she is a threat we might have to." The girl now out of ammunition dropped the gun and ran in the direction of the slayers. She stopped right in between of them and froze as Krystle made a sweep with her legs and Jayme caught her and put his hand over her mouth. "Its ok we are vampire hunters we are here to free you and the others." Jayme said in her ear, "Do you understand?" her head shook agreeing as her eyes bolted around. She was a young Mexican girl. Her skin was a light tan and her hair was fine and black. She looked about 15. He moved his hand away and let her go. She decided to stay with them. "There are two more, but one is older he is very powerful and the other is a fresh one but very smart." She told them, "I am the older ones slave, I have been for 3 years now." Her eyes looked down. "You wont be for long." Krystle said with a smile, "We will kill him!" The new girl smiled. "My name is Mel." She said and Jayme and Krystle introduced them selves as the truck started its engine. They ran to the front door to try to get to the truck before it left but as soon as Jayme opened the door he was hit hard with a pipe and he flew back knocking the others back as he flew past them. Krystle gave Mel the crossbow to use and she pulled out her sword. Mel cocked and aimed the crossbow but it was too late. He was gone and had reappeared on top of Jayme. He had just bitten Jayme as Krystle jabbed her sword at the vampire. He was struck but didn't seem hurt at all but he did stop drinking Jayme's blood. 3 shots erupted from the glass. Lash was sniping the vamp. He was now stunned and Mel took the time to fire at her master. She shot a bolt at him and it hit him square in the chest. Nothing happened. She cursed as she remembered how he always wears a bulletproof vest, or as he calls it a stake-proof vest. Krystle and Mel picked Jayme up and ran. Krystle got Jayme's other gun and took the safety off. They ran out the door to find Holly killing the other vampire. She rammed her staff in him and twisted and pulled. "I THOUGHT YOU AID THEY WERE EASY!" Krystle yelled, "HER MASTER IS IN THERE AND ALMOST KILLED JAYME!" Holly's eyes got big. "He's marked!" she grabbed Krystle's arm and put Jayme over her shoulder, "We have to get out of here!" "Wait we can't leave her!" Krystle said looking at Mel. "She is marked as well then." "She will get in the way." Holly said walking on. "She killed one with a shotgun! She has perfect aim!" "Fine!" Holly walked back and grabbed her arm as well balancing Jayme on her shoulder and they ran.