Chapter 6:

"We have to find The Master now!" Chief Barbrady panicked. "We have to find Mary!"

The vampire population had increased. Kitty Litter was able to intercept a female vampire as she tried to take Mysterion away.

"What the fuck is wrong with this town?" Kitty Litter rolled her eyes at her mother as her Bogan parents panicked.

She didn't understand why they were here. They weren't helping at all. They just got in the way and pissed people off. Toolshed's Uncle Jimbo was about to punch her father if he didn't shut up.

"Welcome to South Park newbies." Daryl announced as he shot a vampire out of the sky.

"This shit happens here all the time especially around Halloween." Mysterion explained. "Get used to it."

"I miss Blacktown." Dazza grumbled with resentment.

"Why did you people move here anyway?" Jimbo asked as they continued up the mountain.

"It's our fucking kid's fault!" He replied angrily. Kitty had a feeling they resented her for making them leave. Now the truth came out.

"How's it her fault? She's just a kid." Police Chief Barbrady was disgusted by their attitude towards their own daughter.

"If she didn't beat up the fucking Comancheros or tip the pigs off we wouldn't have left the country." Janet snapped bitterly. "The little bitch needs discipline. She won't listen to anything we say. We're at our wits end!"

Kitty slumped into a tree and started sobbing. She knew they hated her. They even sent her away when her mother caught her talking to cats.

"Kitty?" Toolshed and Mysterion approached her carefully. She was so upset.

"They don't like me." She sobbed heavily and her shoulders shook. "It's not fair!"

"The little lunatic talks to cats." Janet said to her embarrassment. "Not even the mental hospital could deal with her."

She hid her face from the Freedom Pals who looked at her. She wanted that information to remain private. She continued sobbing as the ordeal of being sent away and subjected to unnecessary psychological treatments and testing was humiliating. Now everyone knew the secret she was trying to hide from them. The reason she didn't want her parents to know about her powers. She was too embarrassed to look at the Freedom Pals. Especially Mysterion who she liked and had a crush on since she first met him.

"This is why you don't want them to know about your powers?" Toolshed was horrified along with the others.

"They don't get it. I've always been able to do these things. I can't help it that I can talk to cats and have the same abilities cats do. My parents would rather send me away so they don't have to deal with me."

Mysterion sat beside her and put his arm around her. "It's not your fault your parents are assholes."

She worked up the courage to look at him. "I hate them. I wish I had a better family." She sobbed into Mysterion's cape. At least she had friends in this town. When she first arrived in South Park she thought she'd never make friends. She didn't have any back in Blacktown, Sydney and she rarely went to school because of the bullying and her parent's instance they do nothing but drive across country to rob banks.

"Is everything okay over there?" Chief Barbrady asked when he noticed she was crying. He was one of the few people in South Park who knew she was Katherine Holloway out of costume.

"My parents suck." She sobbed. "I hate them."

"Stay with us kid." Chief Barbrady separated her from her parents even though they didn't recognise her in costume. "I won't say anything about your powers."

"T-thank you." She mumbled and wiped the tears from her face so they could continue the search for the Master and Barbrady's missing wife.

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She noticed they were restrained when she regained consciousness. She hoped it'd been a bad dream, but she wasn't so lucky. "W-who is that?" Fear overwhelmed her as she could feel someone behind her. Whoever it was she was restrained to them as her hands were tied to someone else's.

"M-Mayor?" It was only Johnson. She remembered the vampires and the hoard that tried to tip her car over. She remembered HIM. Randy Marsh on the hood of her car. As she had feared he was a vampire. "Johnson? What is this shit?"

"I don't know Mayor." They were blindfolded and couldn't see anything.

"What the hell?" Someone removed her blindfold. When her eyes adjusted she noticed her other aide Freddie standing over her. He was infected.

"Hello Mayor." Randy Marsh stood behind him. Flanking Randy was a larger female vampire. The one she recognised from Wendy Testaburger's video footage.

"Oh hell no!" Johnson clamoured fearfully when he looked over his shoulder and saw them.

She struggled to break her restraints. "Get the hell away from me!" She shrieked.

"I still want you to be my wife Mary." Randy smirked bearing large fangs as he did so.

"NO!" Her face paled as she desperately tried to free herself along with her other aide as they were bound together in a way that made escape impossible.

"Back off Randy!" Johnson snapped at him. "What part of "no" don't you understand?!"

Randy ignored Johnson and sank his fangs into her neck. "You'll turn soon Mary and then you'll be mine."

"Son of a bitch!" The only way to prevent her transformation was to destroy the Master. She knew Barbrady was already tracking the Master. She prayed that her husband and the little vigilantes would find them in time.

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"We're not going to make it to the Master's lair tonight. It's almost dawn," Chief Barbrady was right. They had so many delays getting up the mountain and during the night they lost more team members. Officers Foley and Barkley had been taken along with Daryl, Ned, Linda Stotch and Mr. Mackey.

"Jesus Christ dude! We have to kill this thing!" Toolshed exclaimed fearfully.

"No shit!" Kitty Litter was becoming frustrated and as a result people kept their distance from her. No one wanted to be in her firing line.

"Does she remind you of anyone?" Mitch whispered to Murphy.

"One Mayor McDaniels is enough. We don't need another one." Murphy replied in a low whisper.

"God!" Kitty Litter snapped with irritation. "We were supposed to be there by now!"

"We'll find the Master kid." Barbrady agreed they should keep moving. "We have to find my wife."

"Can we hurry this up?" Kitty Litter was on edge. Everyone was. People were exhausted, but she wouldn't let them sleep.

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She resisted. She didn't want to turn even though it was inevitable. Johnson was nervous and continued talking to her so she could remain focused. He even pinched her just so she'd stay awake. So she could remain human.

"Don't do this." Johnson pinched her again. It hurt, but she needed him to keep her awake. "Mayor?!" He started panicking when she didn't respond straight away. "Mayor?!"

"I'm still here." She was exhausted. She couldn't stop her head from drooping. She even jerked awake when her head dropped and Johnson pinched her wrist. For the sake of her unborn twins she couldn't turn.

"You can't fight it Mary." Randy smirked as he and the other vampires prepared for their slumber.

"Oh God!" She shuddered at the thought of becoming one of them. She didn't want anything to do with Randy. She wished he'd take the hint and leave her alone. She despaired when she realised no one was coming to help them. She wished for the millionth time that she'd listened to her nephew and she hadn't left the cabin because she was stubborn.

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"Barbrady!" The Freedom Pals shook him awake. "Barbrady!"

"What?" He became concerned when he noticed the look of fear etched on their faces.

"We can't find Kitty Litter and you said everyone had to stay together." Human Kite explained.

"She's definitely not here?" He had to be sure before he put an alert out for Kitty Litter. He didn't want to create any unnecessary panic among the group.

"We looked everywhere." The Shadow replied nervously. "She's not here and we checked with Jimbo's group. They haven't seen her either."

Barbrady put a bolo out on Kitty Litter. "I told everyone to stay together. We've lost too many people already. Gee whiz!"

"What's going on sir?" Mitch asked with confusion.

"We're missing one of The Freedom Pals." Barbrady explained with concern. "No one has seen Kitty Litter since last night."

"Oh boy!" The cops were nervous. The groups had dwindled in size and now they were missing a Freedom Pal. Kitty Litter couldn't have been more than ten-years-old.

"Listen up everyone!" He shouted through his megaphone. "We're still looking for the Master, we're still looking for Mary, but now we're missing a Freedom Pal. Kitty Litter hasn't been seen since last night. Keep an eye out for her and don't drop your guard just because it's daylight."

"We've lost a Freedom Pal!" Jimbo was concerned and urged his group to keep an eye out for her.

"You people need to discipline your kids!" Janet Holloway snapped at no one in particular. She didn't recognise her own child in costume despite Kitty Litter's obvious Australian accent.

"Damn dude." Barbrady overhead Toolshed whispering to Mysterion, Human Kite and The Shadow. "Those people are fucked up. No wonder Kitty hates them."

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"What the fuck?" Kitty Litter regained consciousness. It was almost sunset and she was restrained. She didn't remember how she got there when she realised she must be close to The Master. The cave was dark, dank and reeked of death. When she looked up she could see the vampire army. They were sleeping upside down with their large bat-like wings wrapped around them. She wondered if she could free herself when she spotted the largest vampire in the middle of the hoard. She wanted to kill the Master, but she couldn't break her restraints.

"W-what are you doing here kid?" Mayor McDaniels asked surprised.

"We were tracking The Master and looking for you Mayor." Her face paled when she noticed the bite mark on McDaniels' neck. "Jesus Christ! You're infected!"

"So is my aide Freddie." Mayor McDaniels explained what happened to her.

Randy's malevolent laughter reverberated around the cave. He and the Master were the first of the vampires awake for the evening. "You can't stop us kid. Our army grows stronger every night."

"This one will make a fine addition to my army." The Master insisted. "So much power in a human so young."

"What do you want me to do?" Randy waited for his orders from The Master.

"Nothing." She asked Randy to step aside. "This one is mine."

"Get away from me!" She shrieked. "Son of a bitch!" She clutched her neck when The Master finally let go.

"I don't know what you're complaining about." The Master said as Mayor McDaniels continued to resist the turn and Kitty looked at her with disgust. "You should be grateful for the gift of immortality I'm giving you."

"It's a fucking curse!" Kitty Litter shrieked. "I'm a freak!"