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MIDNIGHT MASSACRE

CHAPTER 2 – THE NIGHT BEFORE

---Flashback---

20:15 hrs, Friday January 25th, 2008

"See you tomorrow Mick." Beth said getting into her car, she was going home after a long and tiring day at work. Not that she had actually spent most of her time at the workplace but she had been going around the city doing interviews with various business owners about the contribution they were making towards sensitizing the public about Global Warming and what proactive measures could be taken to preserve the earth. Now she was ready to end the busy day by going home.

"Goodnight Beth." Mick said as he watched her drive off. She had decided to check out what Mick was up to before heading home. Her friendship with Mick meant so much more to her now. After Josh had walked out on her, Mick had been the shoulder she could cry on, even if not literally, but he was there for her when the one person she held close to her heart had deserted her.

As he stood there watching her car drive out of sight he couldn't help but think that saving Beth when she was a little girl was just one of the many things he was intended to see her through.

Just then his cell phone rang, snapping him out of his reverie, "Mick where you at man?" His friend Josef asked when he answered.

"I'm at home."

"I told you to come over to my place tonight."

"What, are you having another one of your parties?"

"I told you some of my friends are here from New York and they've been telling me about the latest developments in regards to that Vampire hunter that's been out to get us." Josef said smiling that his friend's prediction was not entirely true.

"I'll be over there in a few minutes." Mick said before ending the call.

Mick knew that he had to be there. Serious threats had been made to the Vampire population by humans who thought that all vampires, regardless of what they said or stood for, must be eliminated from the face of the earth. Mick was in no mood to be hunted and killed especially by people who had their own agenda planned once the vampire population was extinct, so after pulling on some fresh clothes he got into his car and drove straight over to Josef's place.

It was 20:45 hrs when Mick reached Josef's apartment.

"I thought you said this was a meeting." Mick said to his friend when he walked into the apartment where people were mingling and music playing.

"I didn't. I just told you that some colleagues were here to give us information about that vampire hunter and his clan." Josef was now grinning inside like a Cheshire cat at his ability to lure his friend into a party he would have otherwise avoided.

"Okay so where are these friends of yours?" Mick asked wanting to get down to business and ignore the fact that his friend wanted him to enjoy the party like he was doing.

"Enjoy the atmosphere; mingle a little besides there are a lot of pretty women here." Josef said smiling.

"Josef, how many times must I tell you, women don't interest me?" Mick asked becoming impatient with his friends tactics.

"Mick you're not saying..."

"After Coraline I'm not so sure I can trust another woman." Mick said remembering his first wife who had turned him into the vampire he was today.

"For a minute there I thought you were going to say that you're now interested in the opposite gender." Josef grinned at his joke then continued, "Coraline is your past, start living in the present." He knew that Coraline was the reason that Mick liked to keep himself isolated from the world especially humans whom he knew could hurt him, with the exception of those that came to him for help, but most of all he felt that Mick still had feelings for her even if he denied it.

"Josef this is my life, the decisions I make are because I think they are the best."

"I'm just saying you should loosen up a bit you don't need to shut yourself out of the social arena, furthermore that brunette Amanda has been asking about you." Josef said deciding to give it one more shot.

"Josef I'm not interested."

"That's what you say, anyway how is our favourite reporter, Beth?" Josef asked, "You did meet her today didn't you?"

"She's fine Josef, I saw her just before you called."

"Oh really, well you tell her hi for me the next time you see her."

"Okay Josef can we deal with the issue at hand now?" Mick prodded knowing very well that his friend could at any moment slip away and the real reason from them being there could be forgotten.

"Follow me." Josef said and led his friend over to the living room where three men were sitting, glasses in their hands sipping on the delicious red drink that was so vital to their existence.

"Gentlemen I'd like to introduce you to Mick St. John." Josef said as he and Mick reached where the men were seated. "Mick this is Arthur Greene head of the investigations unit in New York he is of course responsible for managing all information on attacks or threats made. Next we have Kyle Damon, Gianni Luciano and, where's Dylan?" Josef asked realizing that one of group members was missing.

"She went in search of some O positive." Kyle said.

On hearing 'she' Mick's eyebrows raised with interest, was there a female vampire in the midst of these males? Josef's friends had rarely consisted of female vampires and it came as a surprise that there would be one lone female among them.

"I hope she's not emptying my fridge." Josef joked.

"Are you talking about me?" A young lady asked as she approached the men.

"Did you find what you were looking for my dear?" Josef asked as he and Mick both turned around to see a tall, slim woman with short black hair.

"I did." She replied standing next to him.

"Mick this is Delanie Sumner, we call her Dylan. Delanie this is Mick St. John."

"It's nice to meet you Mick." She said shaking Mick's hand.

"Likewise." Came Mick's short response.

"I think it'll be best if we moved this meeting to the office before proceeding further." Josef said motioning towards the direction of his office.

Once in his office with the music shut out the group began discussing the subject of interest. Pictures of the vampire hunters were shared; plans to be implemented were examined and before long they were all wrapped up in their discussions.

While Mick and Josef were busy making plans to avoid trouble with vampire hunters the LA Police Headquarters had come under fire.

Although she was at home relaxing Beth knew she had to get down to the Police Headquarters to find out what was happening so when her cameraman called on her, without hesitating she got dressed and drove towards the scene.

"What happened?" She asked her cameraman Steve as she walked up to where he stood across the road from the headquarters building videoing the scene.

"Witnesses say some vehicle drove by and the next thing they knew shots were being fired."

"Why? Something like this hasn't happened in a while... and why the Police Headquarters?" Beth asked as she observed what was going on.

After trying to speak to one of the police ranks and not getting much information Beth decided to quickly update the public on what was taking place before leaving.

Looking into the camera she said "At minutes to ten a vehicle passing by the police headquarters opened fire leaving two police officers injured and many shaken. The police are now trying to ascertain who the perpetrators are and why they may have opened fire on the Police headquarters."

'I wonder where Mick is.' Beth thought to herself as she looked around realizing that Mick was usually at a crime scene in order to gather information that would help with his own investigations.

After realizing that Mick was indeed absent from the scene which seemed unbelievable, given that it was the LA Police Headquarters that had come under fire from unknown gunmen, she decided to call him.

After three rings Mick answered, "Hello Beth?"

"Hey Mick where are you?" She asked

"I'm at Josef's are you okay?" Mick asked hoping that Beth was in no danger.

"I'm fine but didn't you hear? The Police Headquarters was just under fire." Beth informed him.

"What? Josef and I were just in a meeting." Mick said. "I'm checking it on the net now." He said as he used Josef's laptop to access Buzzwire's website.

"I'm coming there now." Mick said then left Josef's place.

The night had ended with them going back to their apartments not even dreaming that they'd be awakened hours later to find that the same gunmen had entered a small community to attack and kill residents and traumatize the state let alone the community.

This chapter was a bit longer but I finally got to the event that preceded the slaughter of those eleven people who so tragically lost their lives leaving their loved ones and community in disbelief and anguish. The last part of this story again was not my original idea it is part of the reality that occurred before the 'Lusignan Massacre' (Name of Village, event has been dubbed as such).

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