Hello?" Mike forgot how much he'd missed Lucy's voice."Lucy?""Mike! It's you. What's going on?""It's ok Lucy, it's ok." It was then that he heard the sound he'd been waiting for, a sudden drop in sound quality. Too subtle for anyone but a vampire to notice, but he knew that the call was being tapped and traced. In his head, Mike slowly counted from sixty, knowing it would take a minute to locate the origin of his call. 60... 59... 58..."Lucy, listen carefully. The two vampire packs in this city are going to war tomorrow, the winners are going to massacre a dance club called The Crypt.... 51... 50... 49"Oh my god Mike! What're you going to do?""I'm going to stop them as best I can." ... 43... 42... 41..."Be careful Mike. I miss you.""I miss you too Lucy." ... 31... 30... 29... They'll have traced the city by now, better cut it short. "Lucy, I've got to go now. I'll call you again when, this blows over." ... 25... 24... 23..."Okay, Mike. Be careful.""I will Lucy, I will." He h
The give and take went on for mere seconds, but seemed to stretch for hours, until four taloned fingers sunk deep into Mike's shoulder. Fuck! Not fast enough! At least now I know exactly where he is. Lashing out at Alec's arm, Mike could feel the flesh and sinew being shredded and bones broken."Little bastard!" Alex screamed aloud and drove his other hand straight for Mike's face. With only a microsecond to react, Mike swung wide and not only deflected the blow, but took a chunk out of his opponent's throat. Aha! There you are! A flurry of razor-sharp claws tore away at Alec's neck until the talons in Mike's shoulder released their death-grip and Alec dropped dead on the ground.Gunfire. About fucking time. Despite the obvious use of silencers, short, controlled bursts of automatic fire echoed throughout the night. Sounds like they're actually finishing off the vamps. Good, I need to get out of here. Leaping a good five blocks away, Mike landed silently in a dark alley and shook the
About this time, the cell door swung open and in walked Arnold and Evelyn."So, how are we feeling today?" Damn, I thought I'd just imagined him being so insufferably chipper."Just fine, if you enjoy being zapped, starved and shackled.""Oh, so it has a sense of humor." Oh wow, definitely didn't imagine that attitude of hers either. She'd be kinda pretty without that sneer of her's."Well-" Mike tried to stand up, but suddenly found his limbs numb and rubbery. His train of thought was interrupted as he toppled into a heap on the ground."Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention, those wrist and ankle restraints will electrically override your muscles if they detect any sudden acceleration. That'll take some getting used to.""The shaped-charges in your collar will blow your head clear off if you step out of line too." Evelyn mentioned, not without a little glee.Very slowly, Mike pulled himself to his feet. "So, let me get this straight. I'm to be your marionette, and should I fail, the hand g
Well, Mike." Arnold started. "I'm afraid my hands are tied. As a vampire, you're a threat. We can't let you go. Best we can do is not kill you here and now." At least he's honest.Evelyn still hadn't recovered enough from Mike's statement to speak. She just nodded along with Arnold, with a confused look on her face."Alright, so I'm stuck here until you guys get bored with me. Then become a pile of dust and ash. Wonderful." Mike wasn't terribly pleased with this situation."Yes, well, I'm sure you'll get used to it. Or maybe your status will get changed." Arnold was trying desperately to improve Mike's mood."Whatever. I think I'll go back to my cell now." He said, walking out of the lab and back the way he came. Only two guards tried to stop him, before backing off from Mike's fanged sneer. A few minutes, Arnold and Evelyn caught up with him."Come on Mike, it's no so bad." Arnold was cut off by a klaxons and flashing red lights. "Oh no, an escape!" As if on cue, a dozen armed soldie
Get him... he's getting away... how'd he do that?... I've never seen one do it."Klaxons and alarms began to blare, while heavy doors began to slide into place. Going Cold gave him enough speed to slide past the first few doors, but soon he'd reach one that was already sealed. Luckily, the automatic doors would be hindering the soldiers as much as him.The ventilation duct!Obviously, the designer of this complex had thought that noone could crawl through a duct that was less than twenty centimeters in diameter. Obviously, they hadn't met a vampire like Mike. Ripping the grate off of the duct, Mike squeezed and squirmed himself in and pulled the grate back on behind him. Moving through the ductwork was more like slithering than crawling, but it could be done with considerable ease.After a while, Mike heard a familiar voice. "I don't know Evelyn, have any of the other specimens exhibited that ability?""Not a one. It's probably a very advanced ability, but then, that's his trademark,
No where in particular. I'm kind of on the run.""From who?" Mike motioned that they should start walking, in the direction she'd been heading before, while he told her his sordid little story (glazing over quite a few details about Lucy and Alice)."Wow. Tres cool. Well, I'm heading home to Toronto, care to join me?" She asked hopefully."Sure, far be it for me to turn down a lady's offer." They continued walking."So, how come you can be out during the day? Isn't that a vampire no-no?""Not really, while I'm Thawed, running on human metabolism, it's fine. When I'm Cold though, the sun really bugs me. Though I seem to be one of the few vamps who can stay thawed for long. Whether they can't stay that way for long or just won't, I don't know.""Oh, I see.""So, what about you? What do you do?" Mike said, wanting to change the topic from vampire lore."Not much. My grandmother left me enough that I'll never have to work. Every now and then I just go on a walk-about. Like now, I'm just co
Kayla had a lot of problems. I’ll admit that being turned into a vampire at 19 wasn’t her fault, but I’d come to learn over the last year that she was rather lacking in personal responsibility.In other words, she was a lazy ass slob.In the first few months we were together, I’d overlooked it out of guilt for what I’d done to her. She also had her own room so I just closed the door and ignored the huge piles of clothes everywhere. But, once she had moved full time into my room, that mess had come with her.Vampires didn’t eat a lot of ‘normal’ food, so there wasn’t a huge issue with dishes and other kitchen messes to deal with generally, but Kayla thought nothing of leaving glasses and empty blood donation bags laying around where ever she had been when she finished them.It’s not like she had a lot of chores or other daily activities to do. She spent most of her time watching TV or playing video games, so there was plenty of time to pick up and run laundry on occasion. She just seem
Looking a little down today boss.” Raven commented quietly as I bottomed the blood shot.“Just another day at the vampire bar.” I shrugged, dropping the glass on the bar and walking towards my office.The night was like most others and thankfully un eventful. I sent Aaron home early and Raven made quick work of cleaning up the bar area. I felt the weight of a million people on my shoulders as I locked the front door.“Why so glum, stud?” Came a voice behind me.A chill ran up and down my spine. It was a familiar feeling, but one that I’d not felt in a long time. I wasn’t in the mood, but at least I was ready.I spun around and cocked my fist back, preparing for the worst.As I suspected, Liz stood behind me, a cocky grin on her face. She glanced down at my fist and then back up at me.“You want to play rough already? Boy, you have changed.” She smirked.“What the fuck do you want?” I asked, slowly moving my hand down towards my belt. After our last encounter, I’d taken to wearing a kn