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Flora's POV:
The vampire instantly jerked its head up as I screamed the words, and I saw a wide grin, fangs flashing in the light that we had unwittingly streamed into the abandoned church. "So there you are. The No-Life-King's mate…how amusing. I can see why he picked you." He rumbled, and I managed to swallow hard, stepping back a pace. "Alright bucko, how do you know about him and why the hell are you attacking my employer?" Jay snarled, stepping forward instead and menacingly tugging down on her glove. The vampire was unfazed. "How I know about that, unworthy human, is none of your concern. The same goes for the reason my own employer wishes for the female at your side. All you need to know is that your boss is coming with me, and if you are a good dog she will perhaps throw you a bone in her new state. I doubt it however. The place she is destined for has many…distractions." he said smoothly, and I gulped once.
"Alright creep, I've had enough of this. You are not taking my boss anywhere, and if you even try her vampire is going to come and rip you to freaking shreds, rip the shreds to shreds, and then douse them in holy water and dance about on the ashes. You do not know who you're messing with." Jay snarled, bringing her hands up as the wires flickered and gleamed. The vampire grinned. "I know exactly who I'm messing with. Do you?" That was all the warning we got before the ghouls lunged for us, and I was catapulted backward by Jay's wires as she hurriedly skipped away. A cold trickle of fear ran down my spine when I realized the ghouls had only been aiming for me, and my limbs began to shake. 'ALUCARD! ALUCARD!' I began to scream in my mind, and I heard a menacing chuckle from inside the church. "He won't hear you, my dear. All mental communication within a hundred miles of here has been cut off. The same goes for electronic and radio signals." he said smugly, and terror now began to replace the fear.
Who has the resources to pull something like that off?! And why do they want me!? Alucard I need you! I thought, practically sobbing with hopelessness now as I felt an arm hook under my elbow, haul me to my feet, and then proceed to rapidly drag me down the street as I squeaked, Jay flicking a look down at me that told me just how panicked she was as well, and a wave of shame flooded over me. She was terrified out of her mind, and if I got captured or anything else, it would all be her fault, but she still stood and managed to drag me with her. I jerked my arm free; starting to run even with her as she ruthlessly sliced all obstacles from our path. "What do we do?!" I whimpered, and she dragged in deep breaths, a light sheen of sweat coating her skin as she reflexively looked behind us, then focused her attention to the front. "We run. We get as far away from here as possible and stay as far away from civilians as possible." she panted breathlessly, her eyes narrowing in concentration as I practically heard the gears humming in her head.
"The roofs?" I asked, and she squinted, and then grinned. "Good idea. Hold on." she said abruptly, flinging her arm up as the faint glow of the wires flickered upwards, and I barely had time to grab onto her shirt before we were in the air, and I felt the titles of the roof slam into my legs as I wobbled a little, then stood firm and started running with her, feeling the cursed sun sear into the back of my neck and make my clothes damp and sweaty as I ran faster. But that was good. Sunlight was our best friend now. The ghouls could operate in it, but they were even slower and stupider, barely conscious, and vampires had no way to access up here, where the sun shone bright and strong, sunbeams radiating around us.
A gutter sank a little under my foot with an alarming creak as I landed on a new roof, and I barely managed to grab Jay's hand before it gave out completely, dragging her down beside me as I nearly fell to the street, both our screams echoing across the sky like a signal as I held on, my hand and her wrist slick with sweat, nearly slipping from each other. She growled, grabbing my other wrist and hauling with all her might, managing to pull me up until I was able to grip the roof again, climbing upward as she stood and let go. "WATCH OUT!" I screamed as a shadow moved behind her, and she instantly turned, the blue glow of the wires coming up in a defensive shield. It was too late to stop the bullet, and we both screamed again as a spurt of red splashed up into the clear blue sky above my head, and she tumbled down on top of me, sending us both down to the streets with yet another scream.
Luckily we both landed without breaking anything, and I grabbed her under the arms as she groaned with pain, her side wet and dark as I dragged her behind a dumpster, the ground around us being peppered with bullets. "Are you okay?!" I whispered frantically, and she spared me a pained grin, unbuttoning her vest with shaking fingers. "A-are you kidding? Barely s-scratched me…" she whispered, lifting the now bloody shirt to show her bleeding side, the bullet having punched into her ribs, just barely grazing her side and blasting out without even doing much damage. Well, lasting damage. She was still bleeding like a dying vampire. The thought brought tears to my eyes as I remembered Alucard, and she grunted, making me shake myself and come back to reality to see her ripping up her left sleeve, tying the strips of fabric across her side in a rough bandage as she buttoned up her vest again.
"C'mon. Bleeding like I am right now, I'm an all-you-can-eat beacon for ghouls and that creepy vamp." she grunted, scooting around the edge of the dumpster and raising a hand, biting her wires as I heard a pained cry, and she quickly stood as I cautiously followed, seeing a young man with scruffy hair sprawled on the ground a little ways away. He wasn't moving, and a machine gun was inches from his hand. Jay knelt, lightly touching his neck and then standing. "Human. Let's go." She said softly, and I nodded, following her silently as she started to run again. She stopped, flinging her hand up and letting me grab on as we shot up to the roof, running across them like the ninjas in the movies, counting the precious seconds of sunlight worriedly. What time is it? Midafternoon? Later? Or am I just being paranoid? I wish I had a watch…
"AMMMEEENNN!" I nearly sobbed in relief at the familiar cry, and Jay grinned, nodding at the street below us as we stopped, looking down to see Anderson busily chopping up the undead, bible pages and vampire dust flying through the air as Jay made a face and coughed, waving a errant scrap of paper away and sneezing as the dust –which reeked of blood and mildew– got in her nose. The sneeze alerted Anderson, and he looked up at us, the light reflecting from his glasses so we couldn't see his eyes, his expression impassive. Jay dropped down as I followed, and I saw his hand move imperceptibly, sheathing the bayonets and recalling the pages to him. "So…Anderson, isn't it?" Jay asked brusquely, and he nodded once. "Right priest-boy, I have a leader who is in need of shelter, so let's get on to wherever you guys stashed your wounded. C'mon, chop chop." She barked, and he titled his head down a little to stare at her.
I winced. Sometimes Jay's quirky dislikes were really inconvenient, and right now Anderson was three of them. One, he was taller than her. Two, he was a Catholic priest. Three, he was a fanatical Catholic priest. "An' just why would I be doin' that?" he rumbled, slowly folding his arms, and she glared at him, a scowl on her face. "Because certain vampires, which neither of us know, have personally dictated this attack solely to get their mitts on her." She pointed to me. "Got it? So unless you think we're gonna get out of this city and to a place where Mrs. Integra and her lot can come in and save us alone, I suggest you do the nice thing and ruin the plans of the big bad vampires." she said sweetly, narrowing her eyes in a dangerous way that made me gulp and instinctively look for a place to hide, remembering all too well the times when that look was turned on me. Even Anderson did not remain unruffled. "Er…I can' just ignore protocol, she's an enemy-" he began, but was choked off as Jay seized his cross and jerked his face down to her own.
"You want it simple buddy? This girl right behind me is Alucard's mate. You know Alucard? Big bad vampire, red duster, likes to play shoot-me-slash-me games with you on missions. That one. He cares about my boss, and I know you think that's impossible, but hey, I thought vampires were impossible until I came to visit her. My guess is the vampires want her because of him, and what do you think will happen when he finds out they caught her? Huh?" Anderson didn't reply, and I saw the cross chain twitch as he tried to jerk his head back up. Jay's hand tightened on the T-shaped metal and she twisted it, the chain biting into the priest's neck, dragging him back down to her level.
"Hold up buddy, I ain't done yet. He's gonna be pissed, that's what's gonna happen. He's going to come and slaughter anyone that may have even remotely had anything to do with the people that stole her, and probably myself, if I'm still alive, since I let them take her. How mad do you think he's gonna be at you when he finds out we asked you for help and you turned us away? Hmm?" she asked dangerously, her face inches from his, and he growled, roughly shoving her away as she let go of his cross, standing straight and quickly righting the holy symbol as he avoided our eyes, his own glinting with righteous anger. Jay folded her arms, tapping her foot slowly as Anderson let out a long breath, and I trembled, feeling our lives hang in the balance as he weighed survival and civilian obligation against religion and hatred of Protestants. He sighed deeply, rubbing under his glasses, and opened his eyes, looking directly at both of us. "Fine. Ye two can come with me." He snarled finally, and Jay nodded grimly, starting to limp after him as he turned and began stalking rigidly down the street, anger in every stubborn inch of his body.