Vampire hunters Anna Van Helsing and her big brother Danny together with Ethan Fanning and Category 5 are off to the night club called the Apocalypse to take down Jacob Wallace, the leader of the vampire clan Brothers of Dusk, but seventeen year old Anna is about to learn that nothing, absolutely nothing will come easy on this night.
Chapter 2
The night sky, streetlights, buildings that kiss the sky, they all have a home on this night in downtown L.A. At my left there's Danny focused on our lead, Category 5 driving in front of us. At my right there's faith and doubt as I look at those who prance on the sidewalk. Those who walk the dog, those who take the bus or drive down lonely roads on their way to their cribs, those who hold each others' hand and kiss in the name of love, those who gain an easy hand in hustling and in prostitution and those who make a last minute effort to sell, sell, sell. Assholes, do they really think I'm stupid? They wear nothing but masks. They try their best to gain trust when they give themselves to the world, but when nobody's looking they try steal from people the thing they call life. As I look out my window I'm sure that there's a vampire out there sucking on somebody's neck, that there's a victim who's getting cold minute by minute and that there's one son of bitch who's calling it a day and waiting steal the next victim. There's one thing I gotta disagree with Samantha Grey, if she's out there: us humans are not the ones lying, stealing and trying to gain the seat of power. Sometimes I get paranoid, because most, if not all off earth's pretty faces are against me. Paranoia is not so bad once you get used to it, it could save your life in the long run.
After a forty minute drive and stopping at the red light and going at the green light we finally made it to our target: The Apocalypse. Our leader for the night, Ethan Fanning, said we would go on a stakeout waiting for our prey, 432 year old Jacob Wallace. Danny and I waited in our car a block away from the party house and Fanning and his team waited in their van just across the street near the club. As we waited Danny opened a pack of cigarettes, placed one between his lips and lit it. "Still sucking on those death sticks?" I said.
"Fuck off," Danny said. It was about half-past midnight when I looked ahead and saw three black SUVs pull up in front of the club. The door of the first SUV opened and out stepped the head of Wallace's personal security, Hannah Edwards, age 214. The other doors opened and out came four other members of Edwards' security staff. They were all dressed in black and with boots on their feet. The doors of the last SUV opened and three members of the Brothers of Dusk clan stepped out. They were Marcus Moore, age 302, Timothy Hawke, 194 and Karl Morris, 102. The doors of the SUV in the centre opened out came Wallace's chosen successor, his brother Issac. Joining him were two more members of the security team and a girl dressed in all black, Wallace's personal bodyguard, Dae Joo-Eun, age 70. The Brothers of Dusk picked her up when she lost everything in the second year of the Korean War, her family, her home, and her future; she was seventeen at the time. Quite a big entourage for somebody who's not Michael Jackson. When you you're studying the enemy information about the rest of the family comes in handy. The last person to step out of the SUV was the big man himself, Jacob Wallace dressed in a long black trench coat. Wallace and his crew walked through the doorway when Fanning gave us the call through our earpieces. "That's our que, guys," he said. "Let's roll." We all cocked our weapons and fell into our respected teams. Danny and I formed Code Yellow. The nine members of Category 5 fell also formed their posts. They included snipers Juan Perez and Tim Murdoch of Cell 1 and Cell 2, Steve Paris, Joel Nelson and Jason Tyler of Code Orange and Carlos Rodriguez, Jose Del Toro, Matt Price and Casey Smith formed Code Red. Sitting in our car we saw the club's doormen in black suddenly drop with their flesh turning into ash and their bones turning into dust. Through our earpieces Perez gave us in Spanish the signal to move in. Dressed in our long black trench coats, Danny and I calmly walked through the door ready to crash a party.
Danny and I stepped in and the sound of dance music blasted through our ears. I looked around and there they were. Dancers littered across the floor, partying hard without a care in the world. "Exercise caution," Fanning said through our earpieces. "This place is crawling with them."
"Like, duh," I thought. "Who can blame the vampires if they wanna party all night long." The crowd was getting thicker by the moment. It was hard for me to keep up with Danny, who was at my left. Left to right it was easy to confuse a vampire with a human, especially with the blinking lights. Danny suddenly came into view, he looked at me then turned his away. Straight ahead I saw the members of Code Orange: Paris, Nelson and Tyler. They came in before us to monitor the situation and if something went down they would make their move. As Danny and I pushed further into the crowd this shitty club music got louder. We then spotted our first two targets: two members of Wallace's personal security team dressed in black. I took the black one and Danny took the white one. I raised my arms and grabbed the huge man from the back, pulled out my combat knife and slit his throat. In an instant I felt his cold blood all over my hands. Danny grabbed the guard at the left and broke his neck and left his body to drop on the floor like a sack of flour. Danny and I then walked away calmly leaving our two victims behind. Walking through wall after wall of lame-ass dancers I looked at my right and saw two women biting from the neck and the wrist of a man that appeared to be a human. I shook my head sadly and kept moving on.
I looked ahead and there he was. Jacob Wallace sitting down in a booth, talking and laughing with some of his loyal followers and the supposed elders he was meeting with. A bimbo with surgically enhanced breasts sat on Wallace's lap with a glass of champagne in her right hand. Typical gigolos the male vampires are. The other members of Wallace's personal security surrounded the booth with radio earpieces on the left side of their faces. This was it, the moment of truth. My heart pounded as the moment approached. Danny and I looked at each and reached into his trench coat. I did the same as well. Hannah Edwards who was in the middle happened to spot me, then my breath was sucked out of my body as we both looked at each other eyeball to eyeball. I quickly fumbled into my coat and sensing danger Edwards alerted the rest of the security team and they all pulled out Heckler and Koch UMP 45 submachine guns and started firing.
I ran for cover, so did Danny, and the other dancers in the club tried frantically to escape. I took cover behind a pillar and finally pulled out my H&K MP 5 K submachine gun and traded fire with the security team. Danny took cover behind the bar tenders table and started firing as well. Music was still blaring as we engaged with the guys in black. In a distance I could see Wallace, his brother and three members of the vampire elders jumping out of their seat and making a run for it. "Shit!" I thought. I looked at my right where the bartender's table was and saw Danny trading fire then ducking as bullets blasted away, destroying pieces of the table and all of the expensive wine and champagne glasses. I then looked to my left and saw Paris, Nelson and Tyler pushing their way through screaming bystanders and joining in the fight. I looked from behind the pillar and fired at the security team taking out one of them. As bullets entered his body they made burning holes and he fell to the ground with his skin turning to ash and his bones turning to dust. I looked again and saw the three members of the Brothers of Dusk: Moore, Hawke and Morris firing from SIG Sauer P245 pistols. They joined the fight. I looked over to Code Orange and I saw Paris go down. He took a shot to the leg. Bullets were chipping away at my pillar and the strong smell of gun powder burned my nostrils. I rolled across the floor and fired away and took out two more. Edwards, Moore, Hawke, Morris and two remaining security members took cover behind some tables and chairs and fired at Code Orange's position and saw a gapping hole suddenly appearing in Tyler's forehead and the back of his head exploding. He then fell back limp on the floor. He took one in the head. My H&K MP 5K was soon out of ammo. I reached in my back and pulled out my two Heckler and Koch USP pistols and fired away at the opposing position, taking cover behind some tables and chairs. I looked at my right and saw Danny firing from his Desert Eagle pistol. I got up and fired away from my two handguns killing Edwards. I saw her drop leaving ashes and dust flying into the air upon impact. Danny rolled across the floor firing away killing the last of Wallace's personal security. He soon joined Nelson's position. I kept on firing at the opposing post and at their right I saw in a distance an EXIT. I thought this was my chance to catch Wallace before he escaped. I took off my coat and ran straight for the EXIT firing away at the opposing post as furniture and debris exploded behind me. I could hear Danny screaming for me to come back, but I didn't budge. I just kept on running.
I came to an empty room where all the whines and glasses were kept, far from the firefight. I turned my body in every direction along with one of my guns, getting ready for anything that was in store. Suddenly a figure dropped in front of me and rose slowly. It had long black hair, yellow eyes and extremely pale skin. It hissed at me showing two long fangs. It was Dae Joo-Eun. I pointed my gun at her, but she kicked it away from my hand and struck me in my chest with her palm. I fell to the ground holding my chest in pain. I got and ran towards and from there we both engaged in hand to hand combat. I punched her on both sides of her face but it didn't seem to affect her. I then made an aim to kick her in her chest but she held onto my foot and onto my clothes and threw me across the room. I was sent slamming into the wall, then falling onto the floor. I got up and engaged with Joo-Eun, punching her in the abdomen several times and then doing a spinning jump kick in her face all in an attempt to bring her down. Yet, all of my efforts were in vain. Joo-Eun kicked me in the stomach and then kicked me in the back. I fell to the ground in pain and as she approached me I got up to punch her. Suddenly I felt her take my fist with a firm grip. I could feel every bone in my arm breaking as she brought me down and my eyes focused on her beautiful, glowing, golden eyes, then, without warning, she head-butted me. I held onto my nose and looked at my hands and saw red. She broke my nose! I charged against the Korean throwing punches and kicks, but she was blocking all of them. Joo-Eun struck me with a double dose of what I was giving her, then she swung her heel into my left cheek which got me on the ground again. Great, I think she broke my jaw too. I slowly looked up to Joo-Eun with blood running from my mouth, then she placed her palm on my face and started to lift me up. Through her long, clawed fingers I realized I was now looking down at Joo-Eun, who held me with one hand, and I felt both of my feet off the ground. Joo-Eun soon folded her fist, pulled it back and struck me one blow in my ribs which sent me flying across the room and slamming into a wall. I just laid on the floor, unable to get up, probably a broken rib, with blood running from my nose and my mouth. Shit, I forget how strong these motherfuckers are. I looked to my left and saw Joo-Eun walking slowly towards me. I slowly began to sit up, unable to continue fighting or even run. Suddenly Joo-Eun was all over me with her hands tight, I couldn't break free. She then smiled showing her white fangs and slowly reached for my neck. I started to reach for my sides as Joo-Eun's cold breath touched my neck. I finally found what I was feeling for and drove it through Joo-Eun's chest. Joo-Eun released me and screamed a deafening scream and looked down to see a silver stake in her chest and through her back. She screamed again as her skin slowly turned to ash and she feel down leaving her bones to turn to dust. At that moment I knew it was lights out for Dae Joo-Eun.
I slowly got up with my hands on my ribs and headed straight for a hallway which led me to another EXIT. As I opened the door the sound of gunfire blasted through my ears. Code Red was engaging Wallace and his cronies in the alley. I looked to my right and saw Rodriguez lying in a pool of blood with five gunshot wounds. Suddenly I heard the sound of tires screeching and I turned to see a black SUV speeding away. Wallace was getting away. Thinking I can't allow this mission to be fucked up I quickly looked around and saw a motorcycle parking at the side of Code Red's position. I ran past them, picked up Rodriquez's H&K MP 5K submachine gun, hopped on the bike and sped away. I was right on Wallace's ass when I heard "Annie, what the fuck are you doing!" through my earpiece. It was Fanning. "Annie, you're gonna fuck this one up for the whole team. Stop…" Before he could finish I pulled out the earpiece out of my ear and focused instead on the pursuit.
My bike was close enough to the SUV when suddenly a blast from an H&K MP 5K fired into my position. I fired away from my H&K MP 5K and took out the shooter. The burning ash from his body was soon sent flying into face. Soon fire from H&K MP 5K and a SIG Sauer P245 pistol was coming out of the SUV. Wallace's brother Issac, who was armed with an H&K MP 5K, fired at me which forced me to ride my bike away to avoid fire. I soon traded fire with them my weapon in the high speed chase. My bullets destroyed the back window of the SUV and left bullet holes at the sides. Issac fired at me destroying the windows of cars nearby. I soon saw him go back in to reload and left one crony to fire away at me with his SIG Sauer P245 on the other side of the SUV in an $800 suit. I took that one out then Issac came back out the window and fired at me again and I found myself trading fire with him once again. I was close up to the SUV when I suddenly developed a quick strategy. I turned on the other side and started firing at the SUV in a circular motion, destroying every window and leaving multiple bullet holes. I managed to take out the driver and Issac in the whole fiasco. I stopped my bike and watched the huge van starting to flip down the road and suddenly stopping. The SUV landed upside down leaving one door wide open. I threw away my empty H&K MP 5K and rode to the doomed vehicle. I stopped my bike meters away, got off and walked slowly to the SUV. I stopped at the door and started to squat down to look inside. Suddenly I felt a burning sensation on the right side of my abdomen. I held onto my abdomen with my right and fell back, then I looked at my right hand and saw blood. I then looked at the SUV and a saw a white haired pale man stepping out. It was Jacob Wallace armed with a Walther P99 pistol mounted with a silencer pointing right at me. I looked into his wrinkled eyes and saw yellow and I looked at his face and saw a smirk. I then looked at his Walther P99 and saw his index finger slowly pulling the trigger. Suddenly, about seven shots rang out and I saw Wallace fall to the ground with the gun still in his hand and with his skin turning to ash and his bones turning to dust. I laid on the ground with my right hand on my abdomen and right there I knew I was shot. Then looking to my left I saw my Heckler and Koch USP pistol smoking. I just put the leader of the Brothers of Dusk out of his misery.
I laid back my head, thinking about the terrible way my life was going to end. I started to feel cold when suddenly I turned to my left and saw two lights approaching me. It was a van that pulled up at the side of me. The doors open and there was Danny and Fanning. They picked me up and carried me into the van and we all drove off. "Willie, we gotta get to Brent (Category 5's medic) fast," said Fanning to the van's driver.
"You're gonna be alright, Annie. Just hold on," said Danny holding unto my hand. He then whispered "You're very stupid. You're very stupid. You should've never left. Why the fuck did you leave you're post?" I was sure those words weren't supposed to be comforting when my life was hanging on a thread. That was very typical of Danny to freak out like that. I started to feel something shaking in my mouth. It something hard and my tongue felt it sharp at the bottom. I reached for my mouth and tried to reach where my tongue was feeling. My finger tips felt the hard object on the left side of my jaw and I started to pull. All of a sudden I felt pain. The more I pulled the more the pain was unbearable. I made one last pull and finally the hard object was free. I slowly pulled it out of my mouth, raised it up and looked at it. It was a tooth. I immediately thought of my fight with Dae Joo-Eun. "Bitch," I thought.