"…but the judge agreed to a mistrial." Detective Buffy Summers took a sip of coffee as she watched the 11 o'clock news. "And on another topic President Bush has pledged to do all he can for the starving people in Africa." It showed pictures of misreble people, children who looked like every bit of life has seeped out of them. Buffy sighed, wishing thinks like this only happened in nightmares. She couldn't believe that in this day and age, people still suffered like this.

After it had finished a woman came on. "And now, onto world news. British mass murderer William the Bloody has one again escaped the police. After butchering a family in North London, a passing policeman was informed by neighbours that a man matching the description of the killer was seen standing outside the house. The policeman called for backup, but while waiting for it to arrive, William walked out the front door. Taking no chances of letting him escape, the PC tried to stop him. After a brutal fistfight, William slit the man's throat and drove off in a stolen BMW. After a chase that lasted more than two hours, the killer once again escaped from justice. We go now to London to speak with the man in charge, Detective Inspector Alan Cunningham."

Buffy took another sip of coffee as she watched the Englishman being interviewed. "Detective Inspector, what can you tell us about the case?"

"Well obviously we're doing everything we can. How he got away in the first place is anyone's guess. This man is not only homicidal, he's also incredibly intelligent."

"Their have been rumours of William the Bloody actually drinking the blood of his victims. Any comment?"

The man's eyes took on a haunted look. Buffy felt a well of symphy for him. It was a well known fact that the guy had seen a lot of the stuff this psycho had done. Mutilated bodies, men, woman, even children. She felt sorry for him. After all, she's a cop, and it doesn't matter what country you're from, a cop is still a cop.

"This…animal has indeed been known to drink the blood of his victims, yes."

"Detective, is it true that William has been in contact with foreign members of the Order of Aurelius?"

"That hasn't been confirmed. We don't even know if that cult still exits."

"But Detective, Liam O'Riley…"

The DI cut him off. "Angelus is a madman and a liar. If he told me the sky was blue, I wouldn't believe him!"

"Detective, the Order of Aurelius is known worldwide for worshiping and summoning demons. Some believe demons actually do associate with them, including vampires. Any comment on William the Bloody actually having become a vampire himself, as some believe?"

The DI snorted. "I don't believe in the supernatural. But I'll tell you this. I will stop the creature. And if I have to put a bloody stake through the monsters heart to stop him, I will!"

It went back to the woman at the start. "Powerful words. For those of you who don't know, the worldwide cult, the Order of Aurelius, was formed in 1901 one by the now deceased Harold Worthington. Once a devoted Christian, Worthington was kidnapped from his home at 12 years of age. Beatings, torture, rape, and starvation were common for him for four years. Some reports say he was actually set on fire. At 16 he was realised, and at 18 became a priest. However, he grew to have a hatred for God and Christ, and over time fell into insanity. He began to hear voices, telling him of future atrocities. He had visions of Hell and wrote down prophecies, some of which he claimed were told to him be the Devil himself. He formed the first group in his native England, then travelled Europe and the States, calling himself The Master, converting more and more people. Here's some exclusive footage of one of his first U.S. followers, Florida born prostitute Melissa Townsend, better known as Darla, filmed in 1952.

Buffy watched in interest. It showed a blond woman in a mental institution. She was strapped to a chair.

"He came to me. I was only 14, dying. He was dressed as a priest. I told him to get lost. I didn't want a priest. He asked me if I'd pray to God. I noticed he had an accent. Never did like foreigners that much. Told him so to. He asked me to pray with him. I said I wasn't gonna pray. God had abandoned me. And he stroked my cheek and he told that that God had abandoned me. But he won't. He didn't. Then he cut his wrist and fed me his blood. He's coming for me. He'll save me. He'll get me out of here. And he'll kill you all."

A man's voice spoke. "He's not coming Melissa."

"My name's Darla!"

"He's not coming Melissa. He was killed in France 3 years ago. We talked about this."

The woman laughed. "You can't kill him. I was dying and he gave me life. He's immortal. He'll save me."

"He's dead Melissa. I showed you the photos."

Melissa seemed to go limp, then thrashed about wildly, spit flying from her mouth. "HE'S NOT DEAD!" She screamed. "HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT DEAD! HE'S NOT…" The footage ended.

The woman came back on. "Since the death of Townsend in 1949 many killings have occurred, blood rituals trying to bring him back to life, Aurelians around the world trying to resurrect him. Some claim to have seen him; others say that he talks to them. But things have been quite in the Order since 1999 after Irish born Liam O'Riley, known as Angelus, was imprisoned and sentenced to life imprisonment. Angelus took William the Bloody under his wing…"

Buffy switched off the TV. This was just depressing her. And as much as she felt sorry for that English cop, she was glad William the Bloody was far away from her.