The vampires looked at each other for a long time - for such a long time that Tyler felt like jumping up and shouting "BOO!" just to see if they would move – when they suddenly attacked the one that stood alone. His blade separated the head of the first one, but the second one cannoned into him, throwing him off his feet. The other two pinned his legs to the floor with evil-looking knives and laughed as he struggled.
"Oh Benny, why did you try this? You knew you couldn't kill all of us," one of the two holding his legs said. "I will always try to kill you blood-sucking children of evil," the vampire named Benny replied. This earned him a kick in the stomach from the one standing over him. "That's not how you talk about your fellow vampires, Benny. You're one of us." He leaned in close, his knife drawing blood. "No! I drink blood, not people. I don't kill for fun," Benny exclaimed.
"And that's why we killed you in the first place, going all soft on us. You are a traitor to your kind." Unbeknownst to the vampires, Tyler had gotten up and was crawling nearer, using the bushes around them as cover. She dislodged a big rock and weighed it in her hand. She appraised the situation, waited for the opportune moment to arrive. And when the vampires ripped out the knives from Benny's legs, she surged up and threw the rock at the closest one.
He went down with a scream and the other two looked around surprised but not yet unguarded. But that gave Benny just enough time to get up and swing his blade, beheading the one who had stabbed him. The one who went down got up and called out to his friend to join him across Benny, his other friend complied and promptly sprawled over Tyler, who had seen a chance for some mischief and had crouched down nearby.
As the vampire fell, Tyler rolled away, and Benny charged towards them with his blade out and swinging. He chopped off the right arm of the fallen one and attacked the other. As he matched blades with that vampire, the fallen vampire had gotten up, holding what was left of his shoulder. Tyler was too far away to do anything and Benny hadn't seen the danger. So she did the only thing she could do. Scream.
Watch out! For a moment, it seemed like she had only thought the sentence instead of screaming it, but then Benny reacted and swung his blade, backhanding it into the face of the vampire who had been meaning to sneak up behind him. Then he finished the last one, put away his blade and stood, panting. His eyes went this way and that, obviously searching for whoever had warned him.
Tyler walked towards him as he shouted: "Where are you?" I'm over here. "Where?" Here, in front of you. Can't you see me waving?" Benny looked about, but all he saw was a shimmering next to him. "I can't see you." But apparently you can hear me. That's more than enough isn't it? Wait, here…let me just… Benny's eyes widened as letters appeared in the soil he was standing on. They spelled out friend. "You're supposed to be my friend?" Well, I did save you. "You didn't do anything!" What? I threw that rock that smashed in that one vampire's face! I made that other dude trip and I shouted a warning! You ungrateful son of a- "Okay, okay!"
Benny stared at the shimmering and wondered if he should ask the question that was on his mind. Was his 'friend' a man or a woman? The voice sounded distorted so he couldn't tell. But was it important enough? "I have no friends." Would you like one? "What's it to you?" Geez man, I'm extending a hand of friendship, no need to be mean about it. "Well, I'm sorry. I'm not used to talking to air!" I'm not air! I'm just…not here. "Care to explain that, 'friend'?" Not if you're going to be all sarcastic about it! Ta ta.
A silence fell and the shimmering suddenly seemed to have vanished. Benny looked around for it but didn't see anything. "Are you gone?" The silence continued. "Seriously?" Benny said, more to himself. I'm still here. I just wanted to see what you'd do. Benny jumped. "Why can't I see you?" he asked. Because I'm not here. Permanently. "Purgatory is forever. You don't get out of here." I have it on good authority I will. Because I'm only half here. "What are you talking about?" Never mind. Say…you know where I could find the angel?
"The angel? Angels go to limbo, not purgatory." Now don't play games with me, Benny. You and I both know there's an angel here and he's not really supposed to. "And you've come to bring him back?" Yeah. And if you're nice to me, I might take you too. "Thanks." You're welcome. "No, I mean thanks for saving me. I didn't really thank you earlier." Oh…well, the same answer applies. So, are you gonna show me where I can find the angel or what? "Will you really take me back to Earth?" If it is in my power to do so, I will, how about that?
"Why? Why would you do this for an evil vampire?" You're a vampire alright, and maybe a little ungrateful, but you're not evil. Trust me, I know evil when I see it. "Takes one to know one?" Benny grinned. …Not funny dude. "Sorry. It's a deal: I help you find the angel, you take me back to Earth." And you continue not drinking people. "Of course."