Blood Will Out

by Maya Beebop

Dracula 2000Half a century's gone by, and all Mary Van Helsing wants is to ensure that Dracula will never be resurrected, erring on the side of excess. But no plan is foolproof and the last thing she wants him to discover is the one mistake she made

12. Starburst Footprints

The authorities closed off all of Lafayette to inspect the incredulous scene. Two elderly people were dead; one choked and one gutted. The coroner said they'd been dead for over twenty-four hours; a whole day and a night had passed since their expiration.

But the oddest out of the massacre was the young woman who had been stabbed through the chest by the steel bar from a crypt. Her blood stained her white dress a deep crimson and fell into a pool at her feet. The strangest part of this gruesome death was that next to the pool of blood, there was a charred black shirt and pants. There was a strange starburst shape in the dirt next to the pool, as if many tiny rocks or pieces of dirt came together at the same spot.

And leading from the starburst shape was a set of bare footprints.

The End

...of this story, at least.