Author's Note: It's harder than I thought, splitting up this one story to several chapters... but oh well, it kinda makes reading a little bit easier - but that's just me :)

Walking in the cold is one thing. Finding the police station is another. Ashley is growing more and more impatient and annoyed as they trodded down the street.

"Why, for Pete's sake did you not wear warmer clothing?" Rush commented.
"Didn't know it would be this cold here, damn it!" She cursed under her breath.

Fifteen minutes and 59 seconds later, they found what they were looking for - survivors.

"Who the hell are you people?"

The sheriff pointed a double-barreled shotgun directly at Ashley's head.

"There's no need for that chief. We're here to help you." She said as she tries to pacify the panicked cop.

"Put the gun down sir, before I hurt you." Crimson warned.

"Get out of here!" Now, he's shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Nice going Crimson. Thank you very much for your help." She muttered as she glared at her friend.

"Listen, we are not one of them. We're here to help you get out. Trust us."
"This is your last warning. Get out or I'll shoot you down. I swear!"

His finger rested firmly on the trigger and he was ready to shoot any moment.

"Since it's already like this..." Ash slowly brought down her hands and gave Crimson a slight nod.

Bang!

Pieces of little debris from the ceiling covered the three of them.

"What the hell.." reacted the sheriff.
"I told you already, we're here to help." she reassured him.
"You can't help us. Those things those creatures massacred this town."
"Those things are called vampires. They are blood sucking creatures that feed on human or animal blood - mostly human blood for survival."
"But vampires are just myths."
"Uh huh. So what do you think attacked you people?" Crimson said in a dead tone. He was still holding on to the shotgun he took away from the sheriff.
"Hnn..."
"I thought so."

The sheriff creased his forehead, unable to absorb the information they were giving him. He's also freaked out by how fast the gun was taken away from him by this guy.

"Are you still thinking about what happened back there? Don't. It'll give you a migraine." Ash prodded. "Oh, sorry, by the way, I'm Ash and this is Crimson. We're from NQC."
"NQC? That's too far from here!"
"Yeah. We've been sent here to wipe out the legion."
"But how? They're a lot stronger than any of us."
"Oh, you have no idea how strong we are." Crimson said.
"Enough about that. Is this everyone?" Ash inquired.
"We're all that's left as far as I know. Everyone else is either turned or is just plain dead."
"Gather up. We're getting you out of here. Do you know any other place where we could take you temporarily while we kick some ass?"

Crimson, more than anyone else, just wanted to get it over with.

"The power plant. A few blocks from here. But we can't go just now if it isn't vampires, it's the whiteout that will kill us."
"A whiteout. Great." Ash remarked in a sarcastic tone.
"One more nuisance." Crimson added.
"Yeah. How long is it for Sheriff?"
"About 30 minutes or less. We have no choice but to wait it out."
"Geez. Alright. I am so gonna kill my dad after this. By the way, how many days has it been since the first attack?"
"About 28 days."
"28 days? How slow can HDA get? If they had sent us in a day or two this wouldn't have gotten this big."
"Ashley, this is a very remote place. No one could've seen this coming not even HDA."
"Ugh. I kinda know that Crimson. It just pisses me off that a lot of people had to die."
"We just have to save what we can. I can't wait to kill them vampires."
"I'm with you there buddy. Come to think of it though, we won't be spending a month of endless routines "
"What is HDA?"
"HDA is a powerful organization that doesn't concern you just yet." Crimson replied.
"If they are as powerful as you say, why didn't they deploy military operatives here?"
"And let those soldiers be turned as well? Sure."
"We have a bigger chance than "
"It's pretty obvious that you don't trust our abilities. Should I break an arm or two just to prove myself? It will only take a second. And then 7 more seconds to break everyone's arms."

He glared at the sheriff.

"Crimson!" Ash drags Crimson to the other room.

"Just ignore him okay? You're better than this."
"Let's just get this over with Ash. That sheriff is getting on my nerves."
"Yeah. I don't like him too." Rush added.
"I know. I suggest you focus your anger on something else okay? Another dead person is way far too much for me."

A/N:
Written: November 3rd, 2008
Revised: August 18th, 2010
Re-edited: January 5th, 2012