"Spike has been attacking, Chicago for months, now. Everyone at the agency knows that he has taken over a third of the city. We must retaliate; The U.S. Government has made it our mandate and our duty, to rescue Chicago. We will be planning the details of the attack, in till the 22cnd, but here are the basics. We go in at 14:00 hundred, on the 23rd. During the day, we will evacuate the city, getting all civilians to safety. The next day at 07:00, we flush the vampires out. We have recruited a hundred and fifty bishops and priests, plus the pope for good luck" there was scattered laughter "to bless the sewer water. We tested the blessing process, and a priest, or bishop can successfully turn up to five miles worth, of Water holy. Then of course we fight."
Everyone cheered as Liam left the stand. He looked exhausted, but still so young. No one knows precisely how old he is now, not even himself. Somewhere in the mid 400's, if you don't count the centuries in hell.
Not that anyone asides from myself, my daughter and the president of the United States knew about his vampire with a soul, purgatory status. Instead Liam took the name immortal years ago to define his positions, to justify his knowledge, and his eternal youth. No one has ever questioned this.
Liam walked towards me "So how did I do?"
"Great, your eloquence astounds"
"You cant mock the speech, you wrote it."
"As if you could do better"
"I did the speaking in public part, which is far harder," Liam said as he reassuringly touched my arm. Then my cell phone rang.
I picked it up slowly, "hi"
"Hi" The voice on the other end was exuberant. "Mom, Sapphire stood for the first time today."
The grandmother in me smiled, the women in me said, shit I'm old.
"That's great Clara" I said "what about Nathan"
"He's still working through the whole sitting up strait, ordeal. Mom, no one warned me that twins could be such polar opposites. How they were ever made at the same time is beyond me."
"Then it's no wonder you failed grade nine biology," I said making a genuine attempt to be light hearted.
Clara as always saw through my guise "Mom come visit us, at this small dirty paint stained apartment"
"Won't you be at work tomorrow, we are overstretched as it is, the C.I.A. needs you"
"Of course I will, it is just that you need to see your grandchildren, and they need to see you. It will do us all some good"
Liam whose vampire hearing made him an excellent eavesdropper nodded, and mouthed the word go.
"Fine"
"Thanks mom"
I hung up the phone and slipped on my coat then headed for the door. Liam followed in my footsteps.
"Why are you following me?"
"You have been attacked by Spike five times, you don't think I was just going to suddenly stop guarding you."
"Spikes a little busy right now, don't you think," I said, as I opened the main door, it was seven at night, so the sun had set, and Liam was free to follow me out, if he wished to do so."I will be fine, please, as much as I love you, I need one night with out a chaperone"
"Fine" he said reluctantly.
He stayed inside as I left, There were hundred of others exiting with me. All looked similarly tired and all managed to avoid talking to the permanent news crews set up in plaza.
I Was walking towards my car when I passed someone who looked familiar. I turned around a little, to get a better look, and then I froze. I was looking at my Mother, now years younger (in appearance if not realty), then me. She smiled for a second then vamped out. All I could think was –now this is a surprise.
Liam heard the scream and dashed out onto the plaza. He quickly pushed through the screaming people. He reached Tasha's, and he felt her death. Then he looked up, His blood jumped, as he stared into the eyes of one of his dead daughters.
Cairo didn't bother starring, she kicked out. Liam caught her foot and pulled it up, her other foot lost its grip, on the cement and she fell. Liam grabbed his stake from it's holster, and plunged it threw her heart. He did it fast, trying not to think, about what she used to be.
The crowd started to clap, and the T.V., crew manager began yelling "did you get that. Wow . . . wow . . . you better have gotten that. . . I have to see it again . . .Wow. . . think of the ratings!"
Liam kneeled over the body, his sight obscured by moisture. He had lost two daughters in one night. Then he noticed, that one of the cheering employees in a pale pink business suite, with a matching coffee mug had vamped out.
Liam moved to react
when the vamp spilled the contents of the mug all over him. It
burned, but that didn't mater. Liam was accustomed to pain. He
vamped out, in his allergic reaction to the holy water. The crows
gasped, but Liam was two busy staking the employee-of-the-month,
vampire to notice. Then he stood up, covered in residual dust. The
crowd was silent, and the camera was still rolling.
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