I'm glad you thought it was good start. Yeah I know I went a bit OOC for Blade but I kind of needed to fill the reader in. I'm hoping he'll get better as the story gets on now he's done his introductory part. Well I hope I can better myself in this chapter lol.
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DEATH TWINS
King didn't like flying. He liked having his legs firmly planted on the ground. Abby was listening to her I-pod. Blade was wrapped up in his thoughts. The only one showing any real enthusiasm for the trip was Zoe. He tried to hide his embarrassment. He was a full-grown man and here was a little girl. And he was practically shitting himself.
If blade showed any emotion, King knew he'd be smirking at him. This what Blade had meant when he said he had it covered. Turned out he had saved a pilot from vampires and the dude owed him a favor.
The plan was to circle around the city of Sydney and drop them off. Literally! King eyed the parachutes warily. He had a vision of him squealing like a little bitch and Zoe laughing with excitement. He winced and turned to look out the window. He could only see clouds. He was praying the Sydney was a long way off.
Abby could see King's discomfort and smiled inwardly. He hated being far of the ground. Abby enjoyed the adrenalin rush. The beat of her music echoed in her ears and gave something to the moment. She hoped Sydney was close. She really needed to get some action.
Blade watched the three on the plane. Behind his glasses he eyed King with distaste. If he didn't need him in Sydney, he would seriously consider sabotaging his parachute. His eyes turned to Abby. She was keen for a fight. He could tell it from her tense shoulders. Finally he looked at Zoe. He didn't dislike the kid like he detested King but it would definitely not help having her in the city. But as Abby said… there was no other place for her.
"We're here," The captain's voice sounded from the cockpit. King gulped and looked out the window. He could see the city. He was surprised to see how much it resembled home. Maybe a bit cleaner but still as dangerous. Blade was standing up and going about getting ready for the jump. King could hear the nervous voice of the pilot up front talking to the Australian officials.
Abby was strapping her parachute to her body. Zoe was jumping with her. Abby began tightening the straps that would hold Zoe to her. King was the last to make a move to prepare. Abby could see his mouth twisting to form swear words and she hoped Zoe couldn't read Kings lips.
"You have to jump within 30 seconds of each other," The pilot was shouting, "And the first one has to go in a minute. I'm bringing the plane round."
"Won't people think it's odd that people are parachuting into their city?" King asked, "I mean I know these people are strange you'd think they would notice this."
Blade didn't answer but his head turned slightly to the window. King bent to peer out. For the first time he noticed the other plans.
"Care to explain?" He drawled to Blade. He was surprised with an answer.
"Fund raising day. Parachuting into the harbor."
"So we're going to blend in," King concluded before muttering under his breath, "Fucking crazy people."
The pilot's assistant came round and prepared to open the door. King wondered if it was too late to back out now. One look at Abby said it all. He was jumping and he had no choice. The pilot's assistant flung open the door. King felt his stomach drop at the sudden rush of air. Abby wasted no time and jumped out. King watched her graceful form as she leaped. Zoe shrieked with excitement.
King stared at what seemed like a gaping hole in the side of the plane. An opening to hell. He didn't think he could do it. The dude was gesturing frantically at him. Telling him to jump now. King didn't have to make the decision. Blade, impatient with this blatant show of fear, kicked King squarely in the small of the back.
Blade gave a small satisfied smirk as the man tumbled out of the plane. He could hear Kings fuck for a long time. The Pilot assistant looked at him. Blade didn't make a show like King he just ran and jumped.
And he was airborne. If there was such a thing as recantation he wanted to be a bird. Up here in the sky where you didn't have to worry about vampires. He gritted his teeth and turned his attention back to the present task.
King splashed down only a few feet from Abby and Zoe. Zoe was desperately pleading Abby for another turn. Boats were zooming in to pick up these "charity workers." Abby waited for Zoe to be taken on board by a smiling woman with freckles before swimming over to where King just floated.
"Never again, Whistler," King spoke up as she got close, "Never fucking again."
"Come on," Abby murmured and began tugging him in the direction of the boat. King saw the boat and started swimming on his own. Abby turned her head around looking for blade. She saw him a few meters off swimming for another boat. She sighed, sick of treading water, and struck out for the boat.
Zoe was excitedly telling a man who was wrapping a blanket around her about the jump. The man laughed then noticing Abby passed her a blanket. She pulled it tight around her shoulders and sat on the ground next to King. He put his arm around her.
'So we don't freeze to death," He informed her. She let him rest his arm around her, knowing the last thing King was thinking about was sex. They made it to shore and were confronted by a screaming mass of people.
"Can I go back in the boat?" King asked wearily. He then spotted a pretty girl in the front row, "never mind I feel fine."
Abby rolled her eyes and fished around in her pocket for her sunglasses. She pulled them out and inspected them. There was a small crack in the left lens. She resisted swearing. These shades had cost her a good couple of hundred. A hand grasped her shoulder.
"Lets go," Blades gruff voice was in her ear. She nodded and followed his lead. Zoe stuck close to Blade and Abby grabbed the back of Kings shirt and pulled him along. He gave a strangled cry and reached as if trying to get back to the Barbie doll he'd been talking to.
"We really blend in," Kings sarcastically snapped half an hour later. They were walking along the streets. They had dried a lot since the water but they were still obviously wet.
"Well Sherlock where are we going?" He turned his attention to Blade. Blade wished he would shut up. He didn't know where to find these death twins. His plan was to find Vampire nests and hopefully cross paths with the pair.
"I'm hungry, Abby," Zoe spoke up. Abby's gaze flitted to Blade asking silently if they had time to stop for food. Blade nodded discreetly. There was a park across the road. A perfect place for food and regroup.
If he'd been in a better mood, King would have laughed at the situation. The three of them looked absurdly out of place. Tight leather and long trench coats seemed to attract quite a few side-glances in a park. Parents were steering their kids well clear of what would look like drug dealers.
King was saved from this further humiliation by the appearance of a bullet. Embedded deep into the ground near Blades foot. They had heard nothing. Silencer, King concluded. Blade was on his feet. Abby was standing in front of Zoe. Out of nowhere a woman strolled up.
She was very young, just twenty. Her hair was blond and tied back in a pony tail. A few strands fell on her face but she tucked them back irately. Her green eyes were focusing on them but gave the impression they were looking everywhere at once.
"You don't stand out at all," She began sarcastically. Her accent was strong but not annoying like King would have expected.
"Blade right?" She asked turning around to face Blade.
"How did you know?"
"Vampires know everything and it's amazing what they'll tell you to save their lives."
"But how do you know that I'm this Blade," The man asked from behind his glasses. The girl sighed.
'I knew this wouldn't be easy," She suddenly sat down cross legged and looked up the four surrounding her, "Blade disappeared a couple of days ago as well as two partners called the night stalkers. Today three people who fit the exact description show up in the park. Go figure."
King and Abby exchanged glances while Blade kept his gaze directly on the woman. She shifted slightly under the intense stare but met it.
"Who are you?" Abby asked finally.
"Iaz. One half of the death twins," She said dramatically. King snorted. She turned her green eyes to settle on King.
"Hannibal King the dumb fuck who ended up as the Vampires sex toy. A pleasure to meet you," She said slowly. King's mouth dropped open and he scrambled for words. He never got a chance to retort because Iaz had already turned her attention to Zoe. She gave the small girl a once over before turning back to Blade.
"Look I know we said we were desperate but we didn't mean conscript from the local day care center."
"She has no where else to go," Abby explained, "She has been brought up for this though."
Iaz seemed to accept this, "we shouldn't discuss this in the middle of the park."
"Thank you captain obvious," King said bitingly.
"As opposed to captain stupidity. Shut up! We have a headquarters not far off."
Blade nodded. Iaz took this as confirmation and began leading the way. King took this time to evaluate the woman in front. She wore baggy jeans and a loose top. It did nothing to flatter her figure but she seemed to blend effortlessly among the people.
Abby was watching the girl for another reason. She could see the muscles tight in the Iaz's arm and the way she walked showed she could fight. Abby wondered how this young woman had ended up fighting vamps.
Blade was watching Iaz as well. He wasn't looking at her ass or assessing her fighting skills. He was musing over her trust ability. Blade decided not to trust her very much. Not until he had a better idea of what she was about.
Iaz could feel their assessing gaze on her back but she ignored it. She turned two more corners and stopped. Before her was a street hatch. She crouched down and went about lifting it up.
"You live in the sewer?" King asked
"No," She replied simply and gave one final wrench and it came free. She sighed satisfied then lowered herself into the hole.
"Pass the tidbit down first," Iaz shouted up. They ignored her and Abby jumped down first. She was taller the Iaz by a couple of centimeters. She looked down at her.
"Trust issues?" Iaz asked cynically. Abby disregarded her and reached her arms up for Zoe. King lowered her into her arms. King jumped down next, followed by Blade.
"This would be a perfect spot for a trap. Out of sunlight and isolated," King said.
"Oh really?" Iaz asked before straightening in the dark and shouting, "Honey, I'm home."
Zoe giggled at this but was silenced by the flaring of 6 big lights. There was a door up ahead.
"If we had gone a bit further they would have triggered automatically. Motion sensors."
"So the vampires don't trip in the dark?" King asked.
"Can anyone tell me why this would stop a vamp attack?" Iaz asked feigning a schoolteacher demeanor.
"The last two are UV," Abby pointed out.
"Thank you Hermione. Ten points to Gryfindor."
There were three very blank faces in the dark.
'Have none of you heard of Harry Potter," Iaz demanded aghast.
"I have," Zoe chirped. Iaz just smiled at her. At this time the door swung open. Iaz led the way up and inside. There was a long corridor of metal. They continued down this hall until they came to a second door. There was a keypad. Iaz reached up and typed in seven digits. She didn't try to hide this from the other people. King thought she was a fool for trusting them this much already. Blade knew that she was pretending to trust them and that they hadn't really seen the extent of the security.
The door swung open.
"Welcome to my humble abode."
It was a big room with computers and TV screens. There was a man bent over a bench. He stood up and looked at the group. If he thought it was strange seeing Zoe he didn't say anything.
"Everyone this is Ageon, my brother," Iaz began the introductions, "Ageon, this is Blade, Zoe, Abby and Captain stupidity."
Ageon shook each persons hand one by one. When he came to King he smiled, "King right. Excuse my sister. She's a bitch when she doesn't like you."
Iaz didn't deny it. She just smiled, "What would you like. The grand tour or the run down?"
"Run down," Blade answered immediately.
'Is that your final answer or would you like to ask the audience?" She joked. Ageon gave her a stern look before lowering himself into a chair. Blade sat in the chair opposite and looked the young man in the eye. He couldn't read this young man any more than he could his sister. Iaz hid her thoughts behind sarcasm. Ageon just built a wall. Blade didn't like not being able to read them.
"It all began two years ago," Iaz started, "We were in the last year of high school. It was an information night. You know the ones people sleep through but the teachers think are important. We were walking home with our mum when the vampires attacked us. Mum was killed instantly," The new comers monitored her reaction as she said that but her face never changed. She just charged on.
"Ageon and I fought them. We thought we were going to die. They were too strong and fast. One tackled me to the ground and I did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed my crucifix around my throat and stabbed the vampire over and over again. He crumbled into dust."
King stood up suddenly, "this is bullshit. Everyone here knows crucifixes do shit all."
Iaz remained calm but her hand went to her neck and pulled on a silver chain around her throat. She brought it up so what hung off it was seen. It was a big crucifix.
"It's silver," Ageon explained from his relaxed position. Blade examined it and saw how it could indeed kill a vampire. The base was needle sharp and it was made of silver.
"So I jumped on the one that was fighting with Ageon," Iaz slipped the Crucifix back into it's hidden position, "and killed that one too."
'I suppose that makes you expert vampire hunters," King couldn't contain his rudeness.
"All I know is those vamps died and we are alive," Iaz snapped. Abby glared at King. Why did he have to piss off what could be an ally. Abby turned away frustrated and found Ageon staring at her. His hair was blond too and he had his sisters green eyes. He caught her eye then turned back to his sister's tale.
"We ran as fast as all Mary fuck out of there. But we left out bags with our school ID's ectra. We couldn't go back there or back home. Those vamps fucked up everything for us. They killed my mum and took away my school," Iaz was getting emotional now. They could hear the catch in her throat.
"You liked school?" King asked hesitantly.
"We were the top in the year," Ageon answered for his sister, "we were going to whatever Uni we wanted."
"We were genius'." Iaz all but shouted. And modest too, King thought but he kept it to himself.
"We moved here. Stole what we needed and made what we could to hunt the vamps down. And since the disease contaminated America they're all over here. Thanks for that by the way."
Blade ignored her insult, "what's their diabolical plan this time."
There was always a vamp with a plan.
"Drac's dead it's a fight for the top job," Iaz snapped.
"Main contender is a vamp called Griey," Ageon tapped a few keys on the keyboard and a picture filled the screen. It was a young man. He was tall and had a cocky grin on his face. Iaz's face contorted with hate at the sight.
"We need to wipe them all out," She concluded, "can you help us?"
Blade nodded immediately, "I know this Griey."
Abby and King looked over shocked.
"One bastard who got away," Blade said as if it explained everything.
"I'm in," Abby said. All eyes turned to King.
"I'm not sure," He said.
"Oh well if that's the way you feel, nobodies gonna pressure you. Don't let the door hit you on the way out," Iaz retorted.
"I'm in. I'll look forward to driving you insane my dear Iaz," King mock bowed. There was silence as they all looked at each other.
"I'm hungry again Abby," Zoe finally spoke.
"I'll get her something," Ageon offered. Abby smiled thankfully.
"Iaz will you show Blade and King around while I feed the two lovely ladies," Ageon said. Iaz eyed her brother with surprise. He was flirting. She hadn't seen him flirt since, well, never. She shrugged her assent.
"You mind if I take a look at your system?" Blade asked. Ageon shook his head. Most things were under lock with a password.
"Guess it's just you and me then," Iaz said with a less than enthusiastic tone.
King grinned, "Lead on bitch of the evening."
Iaz rolled her eyes and walked off. Blade shot King a warning look as he made to follow her. He didn't want a pissed of Iaz killing King. It would just be more trouble than he could afford. He knew this Griey and knew this guy could be serious trouble. Blade had been tracking him since his first turn as a vampire hunter. He watched Ageon leave with Abby and Zoe. In a few short minutes he had worked out the role of each sibling. Ageon was the brains and Iaz was the brawn. That was not to say Ageon couldn't fight or Iaz was stupid but they knew what they were good at.
Abby followed Ageon into the small kitchen.
"Now what would you like? Chocolate? Cake?" He stopped with a swift look from Abby, "Or maybe some fruit and healthy crap?"
Zoe giggled and shrugged showing she didn't care. Ageon open a cupboard and selected two apples and from the fridge two cans of soft drink.
"Compromise," He said as he put the apples and drink down in front of Abby and Zoe. Zoe bit into hers hungrily. Abby delicately bit into hers but by the end she was taking big bites. She had been starving.
"You are the quiet twin," Abby surprised herself by initiating conversation. Ageon surprised himself by continuing it.
"Yes and you're the quiet night stalker," He replied.
"Not much chance to talk with King," Abby laughed.
"Same with Iaz."
"I'm sorry about King being so rude to your sister," Abby had no idea where that had come from.
"Don't be. He'll be on the receiving end soon enough," Ageon laughed as he only imagined the kind of hell his sister would put King through for his rudeness during her story.
Zoe watched this interlude with interest. Abby had just spoken more than she had all day.
Iaz was trying not to hit King. He had seen the bedrooms and the bathroom and now they were in the training room. King was trying not to hit Iaz. Despite his annoyance he couldn't help thinking he had met his match. For every witty remark she had a come back.
"Not many weapons," King said examining them.
"Were low budget," Iaz replied casually leaning against the wall. King picked up a garden saw.
"Does this do any good?"
Iaz snatched it from his hands, "Silver capped. I told you we don't have the financial resources."
He picked up a small device that looked a torch. He pressed the button and a red laser streamed out. He raised an eyebrow.
"Press it again," Iaz instructed frustrated. He did as he was told and repressed the button. A UV light was now being initiated.
"Ohh," he muttered comprehending. There was a selection of knifes each had been capped with silver. He picked up a water pistol.
"I know I've seen it all now," He joked.
"Garlic water," Iaz explained.
"You weren't joking about low budget. Did all your money go on the computers?"
"Pretty much."
King took his bag off and bent over to extract something from inside. Iaz tilted her head interested. He tossed her what looked like a bow with not string.
"What the?" Iaz asked.
"Press the button," King commanded imitating her tone. She gave him the finger before complying. The empty space was filled with a vibrating stream of UV light. A big grin stretched across her face.
"I can use this," She said nodding her head approvingly.
"Half the power of the sun," King explained. Iaz took a moment to swish it around her head before initiating a few more complicated maneuvers. King could see that she was an excellent fighter. Great, he thought, just what I need. Another woman who can kick my ass.
"You can have it as payment for tomorrow night," King said begging to smirk.
"Payment for tomorrow," Iaz was confused.
"When you sleep with me," King sneered. Iaz narrowed her eyes and in that instant King knew he had made a mistake.
All of sudden her foot came out of nowhere. It collided with the side of his head. There was a burst of black and he went down. Iaz crouched down next to king and planted a kiss on her fingers and pressed her fingers to his cheeks.
"Good night sweet heart. See you in the morning."
King groaned as she left and closed his eyes. Yep he had been right. Another woman who could kick his ass.
AN: I didn't like this chapter for some reason so if you hate it then you hate it. Bear in mind that I know nothing of parachuting or what not. Please review. Constructive criticism is necessary and welcome.
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