Author's Note

Wait! What's this? Shock and Awe! I'll be damned, it's an update! While I'm sure there maybe only one person who is reading this (if I'm lucky). I do come bearing an update, ...and a shitload of apologies. I'm so sorry it took so long, but I've been without the internet for about 6 months, so please forgive me. I hope that the ones who have stuck it out with me know how much I appreciate their nepotism. I won't forget it. Now, let's see if I still have what it takes to call myself a writer shall we?

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Chapter 3: Dress Up

King moved in to kiss Abby when there was a yell from downstairs. It was Hedges. No one could mistake his frantic little voice.

"We have company!"

Abby froze and King hung his head in frustration.

"I'm gonna kill him..."

Pulling himself off of her and groaning, they both headed downstairs. Dex was getting the gear out and setting up the monitors from the surveillance cameras from outside.

"Looks like the rest of those bastard followed you home King."

King walked over in time to see four vampires inch onto the compound. God, he really didn't feel like dealing with this shit right now. He looked over at Abby who was already suiting up for a fight, her conquest just minutes ago was completely forgotten. That's just the way she was. Business was business. She didn't have time for her mind to get clouded with other thoughts. King on the other hand, would have to use his sexual frustration to take out this fuckers as quickly as possible so that he could get back to what he really wanted to be doing.

It was about 2:30 a.m. Normal time for the vampires to be up and running, but Abby hadn't anticipated then to be this bold. They had never come so close to their hideout before. She was in the right mind to make them pay double for endangering their home like that. It was nothing she and King couldn't handle on her own, so she advised Dex and the others to hang back.

"Let us take this one, you guys just watch our backs okay?

Dex nodded and pointed out the whereabouts of each vampire. They were scared, even the video showed that. Abby could tell that they were a part of the fresh brood. Which meant that they were made into a vampire only recently. None had attained enough strength to back up the apparent courage they possessed. This was going to be a fun kill. She clicked the barrel of her Smith and Wesson closed and King arced an eyebrow at her. She smirked. King liked her frame of mind. He charged up his electronic pistols and smiled.

"Let's go pick on the new kids..."

They took a running start out of the sliding metal door, startling the group of bloodsuckers, causing them to bare their razor sharp canines. Abby turned, pointed, and shot a short goth girl right in the mouth. She shook and split into flames seconds later. Only three left and they hadn't even broken the minute mark. From the looks of things, the only weapons they had were knives. King laughed, what kind of idiots were these? It didn't matter, they were going to die soon anyway. Wanting to film this embarrassing standoff, King quickly loaded a minidisc into his gun. When he looked back up to start shooting again he saw Abby walking right past him on her way into the compound.

"Bang up job, King. Don't worry, I didn't let any of them hurt you."

King was confused for a minute and then looked around. Not a trace of vampire ash was left in the wake of his partner. Damnit, he'd be hearing it for this one. Abby had single-handedly taken out every one in the matter of two minutes.

The moment he stepped back into the hideout, he heard laughter from his colleagues. Dex, Hedges, and Sommerfield were all cracking up rewinding the surveillance tape and watching it again. It showed King just standing there, dumbfounded with his gun. Even Abby had cracked a smile. Hedges spoke between his giggles.

"You tell 'em King..."

King only had to flex and look at the shorter man sternly before he coward away from him. Abby tossed King a towel and looked at the group.

"I'm going to bed now, you guys be easy on him, he's sensitive..."

She winked in his direction and then headed upstairs, leaving him to be roasted by his friends. Tonight was a definite bust, in all aspects. King just trodded upstairs and went into his room. He was going to sulk. Peeling off his wife beater he crawled into bed, not bothering to even pull the covers. It didn't take long for sleep to take over.

The following morning, Abigail had woken up, rested and content with the quietness of the house. She went and knocked on King's door only to find him gone. Hmm...that's strange. Usually she was rudely awaken by him in the morning. She wasn't about to complain though. She would enjoy this while it lasted.

Abby sat in the kitchen eating her breakfast in peace and running across the paper's headlines. Ten minutes later, King dramatically entered the room and hit a superhero stance. Abby looked up casually, as per usual that King did this sort of thing often, but this time, what she saw caused her eyebrows to knit. She wondered if her partner had finally lost his mind. He was wearing a black satin eye mask with cutouts so he could see. Abby chewed on her pineapple and eyed him thoughtfully. Swallowing, she said,

"You know, you look exactly like a life-sized version of Mr. Incredible...minus the cape and red lycra onezee."

King looked down at himself.

"What? You don't find it sexy?"

He gave her his best sex glare. She smirked and took another bite of pineapple.

"No...but Dex's nephews would love you."

She resumed reading the local section of the paper and King grumbled something and just slumped out of the room. He couldn't win, could he? Abby smiled at his retreating form. She knew all too well that he intended to continue where they left off the night before. Truthfully, he had been more patient than she thought he would be. Ahh...what the hell, she'd let him have his way this once. Getting up slowly and putting her container in the sink, she deftly followed King into his bedroom without his knowledge, watching as he removed his costume, muttering how it was such a stupid idea. When he sat on his bed, Abby shut the door audibly and he looked up, surprised to see her standing there with a devilish little grin on her face.

"Let's see what kind of super powers you have, Mr. Incredible..."