Chapter 5:
Mayor McDaniels briefed the crew she and Barbrady put together for the mission when the Holloways approached. After the incident the other night she wasn't in the mood to look at Janet Holloway much less speak to her. "What do you want?"
"We want to help mate." Dazza Holloway had a shot gun in his hands and was prepared for a fight. "This country doesn't have such a tight asshole when it comes to gun regulations. Easier to buy guns 'ere, got it this morning."
People ducked out of the way as he aimed it at city officials. "For Christ's sake put that away! Unless it's a blood sucker don't point that at people!" McDaniels snapped.
"You got sand in your arsehole or something lady?" Dazza didn't seem to see the problem. He exchanged glances with his wife. "She is a bitch."
She didn't think letting them help would be such a good idea, but they needed more help with the mission. Many people had opted to remain in the community centre rather than face the blood suckers.
"What about your daughter?" Barbrady asked with concern. "You're just going to leave her here while you come with us?"
"Don't know where she is mate." Dazza shrugged. "She's grounded when we find her."
McDaniels rolled her eyes. "Fine. You can help." She called Jimbo over and introduced them. "The Holloways will be on your team."
"No problem Mayor." To her relief Jimbo led them away to brief them on mission specifics.
"I can't stand those fucking people." McDaniels grumbled to no one in particular.
"Does everyone know what they're doing?" McDaniels asked. She had to be sure as she didn't want any screw ups.
"Yes Mayor." The people joining them on the mission assured her with confidence.
The groups split up. She tried to leave with the police department and The Freedom Pals, but her husband intercepted her. "What the hell George?!"
"No way Mary." Barbrady shook his head. He wouldn't let her join them on the mission to track The Master.
She immediately became irritated that she couldn't assist. She wanted to work with her husband as a team. She might be pregnant, but she wasn't a damsel in distress and she wished people would stop treating her like one just because she was the Mayor of South Park. Her aides had been deployed to take her back to their family cabin. "George?"
"I'm not risking you Mary!" Barbrady insisted. He looked at her with big sad eyes. She hated the puppy dog look, but she couldn't refuse him when he looked at her that way. "You're pregnant. Randy is a monster. He was still stalking you from the asylum. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you."
"Oh hell!" She sighed with exasperation. The puppy eyes always worked. She had to go with Johnson and Freddie.
"I'm sure our kids miss their mom." He was over protective. She wished she could stay and help.
"What if I just stayed and ran the command centre?" She asked futilely.
Barbrady shook his head. "No. Please go back to the cabin where you'll be safe Mary?"
"Please?" She tried the puppy look on him knowing he was a soft touch and usually gave in.
"Johnson? Will you and Freddie escort Mary back to the cabin please?" She was amazed it didn't work on him. Barbrady insisted she go back with a small protection detail. On occasion – especially when Barbrady was the only cop in town – Johnson – former aide Ted – and now Freddie sometimes doubled up as bodyguards when she needed extra security.
"Come on Mayor." Johnson pulled on her arm and escorted her to a waiting car.
McDaniels reluctantly got in the back seat. She wound down the window when her husband approached the car. He gently kissed her on the lips before seeing them off.
"It's for you own good Mary." He held her face in his hands and kissed her again. "I'll come and bring you back when this is all over I promise."
She slumped in the back seat and threw up in a plastic bag after Barbrady waved them off.
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The Freedom Pals were all in costume and gathered outside the community centre with the police department and the other adults that would help with the mission.
"I still think this is insane. Toolshed was nervous as he looked at the pink and orange colour display that streaked across the sky. It was almost dark and he couldn't shake the fear of vampires after they were attacked trying to get to Token's house.
"Do we really have to track that thing at night? Won't it be safer in the day time?" Tweek panicked.
"I already told you before why we're doing this now, God!" Kitty Litter snapped with frustration. "Stop being a bunch of pussies!"
"Whoa dude!" Mysterion and The Shadow were impressed with Kitty Litter's tenacity.
"Everyone knows what they have to do!" Barbrady shouted through a megaphone. "Let's move out!"
"Everyone stay on guard." Sergeant Yates added. "There's like more of these things than there was last night."
Barbrady ordered Yates to remain behind with the people who opted to stay in town. He locked them in the community centre and quickly did a head count to make sure everyone who was going on the mission was accounted for. "Everyone's here and Mary's on her way back to the cabin we can move out!"
"Holler if you get into trouble." Jimbo handed out radios to The Freedom Pals and the other civilians in his company.
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They were almost at the town limits. She knew she couldn't fight her husband on his decision to send her back to the cabin.
"I know you want to run the emergency operations Mayor, but Randy Marsh is one of them now." It wasn't just Barbrady worried about her safety. Everyone was on edge even Johnson and Freddie.
"Oh hell!" They were right. Barbrady was right. Even though she wanted to assist with the emergency operations she also didn't want to remain in town while Randy Marsh was a vampire. She felt bad for leaving her younger children behind. It wasn't as bad knowing Alex had sent his family up as well and Keisha was supervising them, but she felt bad for leaving and not telling anyone she was going anywhere much less back to town.
She shuddered at the thought of becoming a vampire. She had a bad feeling that Randy would be the vampire to come after her. She didn't want to be his vampire bride. The video footage and even the photo of Randy in the middle of the street Wendy Testaburger showed her freaked her out. She felt her babies kicking and instantly wished she hadn't been so stubborn and left the cabin.
"Oh fuck!" Johnson quickly grabbed a shot gun that he had stored next to the driver's seat and armed himself. They were suddenly surrounded and the only option they had was to fight their way through.
"Oh God!" Her face paled. She just wanted to go back to the cabin. She wished she'd listened to Pete when he begged her to stay at the cabin. She shrank into the back seat as far as she could go when a vampire landed on the hood of their car and peered in through the windshield.
Johnson exchanged worried glances with Freddie. "Who didn't see that coming a mile away?"
As they feared Randy Marsh peered in through the windshield. He scraped the glass with his fingers and smirked at her, which made her blood run cold and the little hairs on her arms and the back of her neck stand up.
"Hello Mary." His malevolent smirk became wider when he noticed the fear etched on her face.
"Those kids were right." Johnson exclaimed fearfully. "This is fucking creepy."
She coiled into a tight ball in the back seat. "Make him stop!" She shrieked. In that moment she had a painful flashback. Marsh was on top of her while he felt her up. She felt the same helplessness she felt before The Coon and Friends rescued her. "Make him stop!"
Johnson and Freddie were prepared to fight. Her top aide handed her a pistol so she could protect herself in case they were separated during the impending attack. "You got this Mayor." He assured her.
"Right." She mumbled nervously. She panicked when the horde of vampires along with Randy Marsh tried to tip their car over. "Oh God! Stop!"
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"Johnson? Freddy?" Chief Barbrady had tried to radio them several times. He wanted to know if his wife made it out of town safely. "Mary? Anyone?"
"What's wrong sir?" Foley asked when he noticed the concerned look on his superior's face.
It was a clear night with the Milky Way visible overhead. Usually he would appreciate clear nights like these as they reminded him of the night he first got together with his wife. He couldn't explain the sense of dread that overwhelmed him.
"Oh hell!" Alex was feeling it too. He tried to call his mother, but noticed his phone was dead. He got frustrated when he couldn't get his radio to work. "I can't get through to them!"
"Me either!" Barbrady panicked. "My radio won't work anymore."
"Dude!" Kitty Litter panicked. "My Kitty phones don't work and my radio is busted!"
The Kitty Phones were part of Kitty Litter's trade mark. She handed them out to the few people she trusted. She made the cases out of sequins and painted cat faces on the cover, the ears and cat tails on the phone cases were made of felt. Most of the cases she made for her Kitty phones were pink or red.
"I've lost connection on all my devices and my radio." Callgirl panicked. The other Freedom Pals checked their devices and nothing was working.
"Check all the radios and any phones we have. They can't all be dead!" Barbrady ordered.
"No dice sir." Barkley was certain that none of their communication devices were working.
"What about your group Jimbo?" He had to find one that worked. He needed to contact his wife to make sure she was safe.
"Oh hell!" Jimbo kicked his radio in frustration as it refused to work for him. "My ham radio is busted!"
"Oh camel poo!" Barbrady started panicking even though he didn't outwardly show it. "We're not tracking The Master until I know for sure Mary got out of town!"
Before they could go anywhere Kitty Litter collapsed. In the midst of a violent seizure she screamed and predicted an apocalyptic event that would spell the end of the human race. People panicked and didn't know what to do as she screamed her prophecy and her eyes rolled into the back of her head.
"UNITE OR DIE!" Kitty screamed. "The one who will enslave us all is coming. UNITE OR DIE!"
"Jesus Christ!" Toolshed exclaimed with horror.
"Should we take her back to the community centre sir?" Foley asked after Kitty Litter became still and passed out.
"Dude!" Captain Diabetes panicked. "She needs the hospital!"
"How do we know it's not crawling with vampires?" Mysterion had a point. They couldn't risk the hospital or the people locked in the community centre. They panicked because Kitty Litter needed medical treatment.
"We need her with us." Dr. Timothy insisted.
Barbrady scooped Kitty Litter up. "What are we going to do?"
"We just have to take her with us." Human Kite insisted. "We don't really have much choice. We just have to hope she wakes up."
Fastpass had gone ahead to the town limits with Captain Diabetes to see if the Mayor had left town. When they came back Captain Diabetes reported to Chief Barbrady.
"We found your wife's SUV sir." Barbrady didn't like the worried look on the kid's face.
"Oh God! Mary!" Barbrady panicked. He feared for his wife's safety and the limp child he held in his arms.
"No sign of your wife or her aides." Captain Diabetes continued.
Fastpass and Captain Diabetes showed them the location of Mayor McDaniels' abandoned SUV. The hood of the car was covered in blood and there was blood splatter inside the car, the windows and windshield were smashed in and there were obvious signs of a struggle.
"They put up a fight sir." Yates' words did nothing to reassure him. His wife was missing and the possibility that she was now a vampire remained.
"Mary!" Barbrady panicked. It was imperative they find her. She was pregnant. He just wanted her to be safe. He looked at the child in his arms. She was waking up.
"What happened?" She croaked. She was tired and worn. All her muscles ached.
"You had a seizure." Barbrady explained. "Are you going to be okay?"
"I-I'm okay." She asked if he could put her down.
"Are you alright to walk kid?" Alex asked with concern.
"I'll be okay." When Barbrady put her down she lost balance and fell into him.
"No you're not." Barbrady picked her up again. "You can't walk."
"Oh hell!" Kitty Litter grumbled.
"You really are a mini Mary." Barbrady said as they agreed to continue tracking the Master. Mysterion summarized that the vampires that took his wife and her aides would have taken them to their lair.