Anna Van Helsing, together with members of bounty hunter/vampire hunters The Road Dogs has initiated the raid on the estate of vampire elder Benito Valdez. Upon entering the estate they have encountered heavy resistance. One has already died in a confusing battle within the library. There is more to follow.
Chapter 11
There is the sound of rapid machine gunfire, shell casings are falling and there is a bright flash that lights up the room. All of this is coming from a 7ft 2inch, 520 pound henchman firing from a portable mini-gun. This is a Gatling gun with six rotary barrels that fires 4000-6000 rounds a minute which is fitted unto military helicopters. The minute this guy fired that shit it was everyman for himself (or in this case, every girl for herself too). The first one to get hit was Diaz. The bullets entered his body one by one at fast paste, killing him instantly. He then fell unto the ground with his body nearly ripped in half. Conner, Middleton, Velez, Norris, Antonio Rivera, Jeff Rivers, Jose Chavez and I all made a run for it. We ran in between the bookshelves again all in an attempt to evade the danger of the M 134 mini-gun. The sound this thing made just sent shivers up my spine. It sounded like a bumble bee, only louder. That's a sound you'd never want to hear in your life, ever. All eight of us took cover behind one bookshelf. The gunfire suddenly stopped and for a moment it looked like we lost him. We then started hearing the henchman's footsteps pounding on the floor and the sound of the long chain of ammo dragging with every step. Rivers who was at the far right peered at the side to spot any in coming danger, he then pulled back his head. He then gave us this look that was not comforting at all: a look of fear. The henchman was coming our way. He then held up his H&K UMP, gave us a reluctant look and pointed his gun at the henchman. What the fuck are you doing? No! Rivers fired a blast and pulled away quickly; he then got up and started to run. We soon followed him. We then heard the sound of the mini gun firing at the place we were hiding with the bullets ripping away the wooden shelves and the books. We then took cover behind another bookshelf about three feet where we were. "Did you get him?" said Conner.
"Yeah, in the legs," said Rivers.
"You shot him in the legs and he's still walking?" Before Conner could finish chew out Rivers there was suddenly a blast from the mini-gun which hit the top of our second bookshelf. At that, we all got up and ran suddenly appearing in the henchman's eye sight. The henchman fired away at us, missing clearly but chipping out a huge line in the concrete wall.
We all hid behind another bookshelf about ten feet away from the henchman. We all tried catching our breath. We were all exhausted and scared. My hands were so sweaty my H&K UMP would often slip from my hand and I would find difficulty trying to keep a firm grip on it. "Listen up, guys," said Conner "we're never gonna take this fucker down sticking together like this. It's best we split up and try to intercept him. Ed, you and I are gonna go left with Jose and Antonio. Al, you go right with Paulina, Jeff and Annie." We all initiated Conner's plan with Conner, Norris, Rivera and Chavez taking left and Middleton, Rivers, Velez and I taking right.
We started running all over the place, trying to surround this big walking pile of shit who won't give us a break. Whenever the henchman heard our footsteps he'd fire a blast from his mini-gun trying to hit us. Man, this guy's aim is bad! Middleton, Rivers, Velez and I took cover behind a bookshelf just about a couple feet away from the henchman. We all stayed still trying not to make any movement or any sound. There was total silence in the library. The only sound that could be heard is the booming footsteps of the henchman and the dragging of his ammo chain and the one or two little footsteps of Conner and his team. Middleton turned to Velez and told her to move to the left through sign language. After Velez followed his orders he ordered Rivers to go between the two bookshelves and try to take the henchman out through sign language. Through sign language he told me to move far right and try to get his attention. I then looked at him in a shocked stare. What? Are you shitting me? I then move down the long column of bookshelves and then turned left and hid behind the first bookshelf. I crept slowly and peered at the side. I saw the henchman spinning around trying to spot us. I then heard the sound of gunfire and saw the henchman winching. He then turned around and fired a blast at where the gunfire came from. I looked at his back and saw three gunshot wounds in his back. They were sizzling and smoke could be seen rising from them. I then looked at his legs and saw bullet wounds in both thighs. Weak smoke could be seen escaping from his legs. I then took a chance and fired away at him hitting him four times in the chest. I pulled away quickly and started to run. I went back to where I was in hopes to finding Middleton, Velez and Rivers. To my horror I realized they were gone. Oh fuck! I then heard the thundering footsteps of the henchman behind me. He appeared in my presence aiming his min-gun at me. The gunshot wounds in his chest were sizzling and smoking but he wasn't going down. I aimed my weapon at him and started firing away at him and the same time I was backing away. As I was firing away at the henchman I could see the bullets entering his body and him flinching as each bullet struck him. I then turned around and started to run away. I could hear the sound of the mini-gun firing behind me as if it was right on my shoulder. I turned around ready to take another shot at him. He reappeared and pointed the mini-gun right at me and cocked it. "Annie, get down!" I heard someone yell behind me. I ducked and saw Middleton standing over me with his H&K UMP pointing at the henchman. He fired several times hitting the henchman all over his body. The henchman's back hit one of the bookshelves and his left hand released the mini-gun and it started to hang in his right hand. He then regained his posture, held up the mini-gun in his both hands and fired away at Middleton. The bullets rapidly struck Middleton bringing him against the wall finally killing him. Middleton then dropped to the ground and blood ran profusely from his mouth. The henchman then looked down at me and pointed the mini-gun in my face. Suddenly there was the sound of gunfire coming from behind the henchman. I looked up and saw Norris firing away at the giant henchman. The henchman turned around and fired away at Norris but Norris got away safely. I got up and saw the henchman firing wildly at the bookshelves. The bullet wounds were still burning in his back and they soon started to join together forming a pattern. Apparently due to the henchman's huge size taking him down wouldn't be so easy. I then looked and the tattered corpse of Middleton and turned the opposite direction and ran away.
As I started to run down the long line of bookshelves I saw something roll in front of me. It was small and grey with a red button in the middle. It made a long weak beep. I suddenly felt a pull on my left shoulder which brought me between two bookshelves. I was then thrown into a corner and I felt someone all over me. Suddenly there was a loud thud, like an explosion. I recognized that sound it was the M-1 flash bang. I looked up and saw Rivers releasing me. He then picked me up and started running; I soon followed. I followed Rivers behind another bookshelf and we both took up defensive positions. We both started to hear the henchman's footsteps and Rivers peered from behind the bookshelf. He then fired a blast and ran to the other row of bookshelves. I followed him and fired a blast as I ran. In the corner of my eye I could see the right side of the henchman's face and chest charred. I soon joined Rivers on the other side behind a bookshelf. "We're throwing everything we've got on this guy but he just won't fucking go down!" I said.
"You don't have to tell me that," Rivers said. "That flash bang I threw at him should've made him extra crispy by now." I saw Rivers peer from behind our position. I then heard the sound of gunfire coming from the row of bookshelves from the right. It was soon followed by the uncomforting sound of the henchman's mini-gun. "Jose!" Rivers yelled. He started firing wildly, screaming at the same time. A blast fired from the mini-gun and the bullets flew into the bookshelf where Rivers and I were hiding. Suddenly Rivers was shredded to bits by the mini-gun's bullets. I watched in horror as Rivers fell limp on the floor with half of his right fore arm blown off. I started to run and in a split second I heard the bookshelf from where I was hiding crash to the ground creating a domino effect on the first two bookshelves of that row.
I returned between the two rows of bookshelves and saw the shredded, bloody corpse of Jose Chavez. Oh my God. I then turned and looked ahead and saw the wounded charred henchman turning around with his mini-gun. He was moving slower than ever. I fired a blast and ran for my life behind the last bookshelf in the row. The henchman was hit five times and was still moving. I aimed my H&K UMP at him again, suddenly, CLICK. My weapon was out of ammo. Shit! I ran down the long row of bookshelves that were close to the wall as the henchman fired a blast at the last bookshelf. I then stopped and pulled out one of my H&K USP pistols. I heard him come down the row of bookshelves again. Suddenly I was looking at him dead in the eye. He was standing between the bookshelf where I stopped. I pointed my gun at him and shot him five times. He fell down to the floor and the mini-gun slipped out of his left hand. Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about! Suddenly after about three seconds he slowly began to sit up and next thing you know he was on his feet again. He held up his mini-gun with his left hand once more and gave one menacing look. Fuck me.
I started to run and I began to pick up speed the moment I heard the spine tingling sound of the henchman's mini-gun. The mini-gun's bullets started ripping away every bookshelf I passed. Suddenly I heard the bookshelves cracking and then they began falling upon one another. I took a chance at trying to run between the first two bookshelves in order to escape. Boom! Boom! Boom! The broken bookshelves began to fall in my direction in a chain reaction. One of the bookshelves fell right on top of me and I dropped my gun in the process. I felt intense pain in my mid-torso and I thought I broke my spine. I looked ahead and saw my H&K USP pistol lying five inches away from me. My left arm was already under the wreckage so I tried to reach for it with my right hand. I suddenly heard the henchman's footsteps coming my way. I looked to my right and saw him sluggishly walking towards me. He was clearly weakened by all of the gunshot wounds he sustained. I thought it was my chance to finish him off once and for all so I started putting great effort into reaching for my gun. I could feel my fingers tips touching the gun when all of a sudden the henchman stood right in front of me and kicked the gun away. I looked up to him and saw a badly wounded man with burning wounds all over his body and half of his face charred. He then held up his mini-gun and pointed it and me. My eyes interlocked on the six rotary barrels and I then looked at the henchmen as he slowly pulled the trigger. CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! CLICK! I expected to be knocking on heaven's door at that very moment but to my astonishment the henchman's M 134 mini-gun was out of bullets. The giant looked down at his weapon and was clearly surprised, suddenly CLICK! The henchman turned around and I looked behind him and saw Velez standing on top of a fallen bookshelf pointing a SIG Sauer P250 pistol to his temple. She squeezed the trigger and there was a shot that echoed throughout the library. The giant henchman dropped limp to the ground, making a thud upon impact. His head then flopped in my eyesight and I saw a gapping gunshot wound his forehead. Slowly his skin began to turn into ash which created a bad heat and a few seconds later a large skeleton appeared disintegrating into a large pile of black ash.
Velez jumped off the bookshelf and helped me free myself from the wreckage I was trapped under. Fortunately I suffered no broken bones. "Muchas gracias," I said to Velez.
"De nada," she replied. I heard footsteps coming from my right and I saw Conner, Norris and Rivera. "Here," Conner said handing me my H&K USP pistol. "I think you dropped this." He then turned to Velez, patted her on the shoulder and said in Spanish "Good job, Paulina. Good job."
"We got K.I.A s, Bill," said Norris.
"I know," said Conner sadly. "We gotta move. We've made this far." I was handed back the H&K UMP submachine gun I dropped and was given more ammo clips. We all then proceeded to go to the door, stepping on shell casings that littered the floor in which I almost slipped on them, continuing our search for Benito Valdez, whoever the fuck he is.