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Continuation of Vamp Pyres:

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Hours flew by without being noticed. A mysterious man unlocks the door and steps inside.
"Hey, are you hurt?" spoke the man in an Russian accent.
"Yeah, a bit, I guess. Vladimir kicked me in the face." I answered.

There was an explosion.

"Gerard, we've got to get out of here."
"Um.. sure."
The man unties Gerard within seconds and we started heading off.
I noticed that the next room was empty.
"Hey, what happened here? I thought they were.."
"Shut up and keep running."

The metal gate was about to lock down.
The man quickly knocks a glass window from beside him.
"Hold tight." says the man.
"What's going-" I say as the man grabs me and jumps off the window.
I cannot estimate how far we are from the ground. I could say it is about five hundred metres from here.
"What are you going to do?!" I shout as I panic, the grip on the man loosening.
"I said, hold tight!" says the man as he swiftly pulls something from his backpack.

A parachute appeared from the bag.
"Looks like we're going to Juke." says the man like he has come into a conclusion."
He lands on a railing. He lets me go.
"Hey! What's your name?" I ask.
"You call me Eagle. You are to head to the factory about 500 metres from here in 30 minutes. If you don't, you will get killed."
"But wait! I got a lot of.." I ask when Eagle drops from the railing into the cold and chilly sea.

I walk but it seems like hours before I reach the factory. I see a guard holding a rifle.
"Freeze! Identify yourself!"
"I-I'm Gerard! Please don't shoot me!"
He lowers his rifle.
"Gerard, 16 years old? Sir Eagle had said you'd come here in 30 minutes. It seems that you are on time. Get in."
I enter the factory.
I was dazed at how the interior is. There's about a hundred soldiers training using their Crossrifle.

A year ago, I myself was using the Crossrifle. It's cool. It's a hunting tool to hunt vampires in the woods.
"Mom! I'm going out!"
"Okay, honey."
I grabbed my Crossrifle and headed out. It was a sunny day, a good day because vampires are much weakened. I reached the woods, got ready and started searching. I knew the parts of the jungle very well. Since I was 13, I've been hunting vampires. It's a hobby and a lot of people loved it, until law 561 and 562 came.
But, I still had to hunt vampires, right?
For a few years, I've been hunting vampires. It was my life. It was the only thing I had to do.
"A vampire.." I said to myself.
It was eating on a dead animal. I pulled the trigger of my Crossrifle and the vampire was sent back knocking into a tree.
Then, I wished I'd stop sooner.
"Crossrifle shot came from my left! Go! Go! Go!" shouted a police officer.
A policeman ran to me and held his pistol and aimed at my head.
"Don't move! You are under arrest for violation of law 561 and 562! Drop the weapon and put your hands in the air!" The police shouted as he knocked me down with his knee.
'Tick!'
That was the handcuffs interlocking together.

I sigh, remembering the moments I had, blasting the vampire's head.
A soldier to what he seems like a general approaches me.
"Gerard. Please, follow me."

As we walk in the corridor, the general talks about vampires.
"WHAT?! VAMPIRES HAVE MINDS?!"
"Yes, but the vampires at your town are less.. brilliant."
"This.. This is ridiculous! How? But they eat like animals!"
"It's shocking, but it's true, Gerard. Yes, we've reached our destination."
The sign at the gate reads, 'Meeting Room'.
"Why are we here for?"
"You'll see."

We barge in, interrupting the conversation between Eagle and a soldier.
"Eagle? What are you doing here? I thought you were off doing something else?"
"I did."
"General Hawk, good to see you-"
"Stop it, Eagle. It's getting really annoying." interrupts Hawk.
"Let us start the briefing." says Hawk.
A screen lowers fully.
"Today, we have a.. minor crisis. Vampires went crazy after accidentally inhaling this toxin called, 'Lupin'. This toxin is highly dangerous to human beings and it may kill people who are weak. But for vampires, well, let's say, it gives them smarty pants and stronger muscles. We have three possible places which are producing these Lupins. Eagle will head to the building here, located in 7th Street, Constan-"
"What? Constan, again? I don't wanna-"
"Shut up, Eagle! Orders are orders! And besides, you're the right man for the building. It contains the most vampires of the three buildings, what you like, right? Breaking law 562 more. Moving on."
He takes a deep breath.
"Privates Jordan, Anthony and Pete will cover this building here, located in this town. Your radars marked that area, so don't worry about trying to find it. As for the last building, Gerard and me will cover that."
"What? Me?"
"I have been observing your hunting, Gerard. You have been hunting even with more proficiency since the starting of law 562."
"Yeeaah.. Kinda angry since then."
"Okay. The mission will commence in 3 hours. Get some rest, do whatever. Dismissed."
Everyone left, except for General Hawk.
"You, come with me."

"You want me to try the Crossrifle out? No problem! I've been using this for 3 years now!"
I pulls the trigger, but nothing comes out.
"What the?"
"This Crossrifle has a special kind of device set here, so no other people in the world will use it except for us."
"So, how do you do this again?"
"You will find out soon enough."
"But we only have two and a half hours left."
I kept on pulling the trigger, yet nothing comes out. I smash the stupid thing on the ground. It's not damaged.
"What? This.. This is a special kind of metal."
I pick it up and let my last hopes fill into this shot. I fire.
'Boom!'
The shot broke the concrete wall.
"What the?"
"The password is 'This is a special kind of metal'. You've guessed it right."
"The people who wanted to be recruited can't even get through this trial. Yes, one more thing. The password will have to be said again once you release the rifle."
"Cool."

As I walked into the next room, I see vampires on the loose.
"GAH!!!!!"
I was so scared, I just shot and my Crossrifle's shots went into the walls instead. Then, I got my mind calmed down.
"Alright, I'm a pro. Vampires are stupid. Don't worry-"
I shoot them down. The heads explode on impact. A vampire from behind claws my back. I fall forwards. But, I recovered quickly and fired at the vampire. Its body sticks on the wall and explodes.
I wipe off my sweat.
"Oh c'mon, General Hawk. You didn't tell me."
"You must be ready for anything." says Hawk while laughing.

"30 minutes until the mission starts. I wonder if Mom is okay or not."
I check my pockets but there's nothing except my pencil.
"Oh right. Vladimir."
I look at the poster in my so-called room.
'Vamp Pyres'
My face becomes red. I punch the bed I'm sitting on. Vladimir caused every thing bad. First with the capture, then the tortures.

Vladimir came to my face and said in an annoying German accent, "Nice to meet you. My name is Vladimir."
I cast a snarl on my face.
"Why are you hunting vampires?"
I didn't answer.
He punched me in the face.
"Answer me, you idiot!"
He punched me again.
"No answer? Okay."
The chains' grip on my wrists were gone. I was taken away to an unknown place. Vladimir said it started with a 'C' and ends with 'N'.

I get my Crossrifle ready.
"This is a special kind of metal."
The Crossrifle unlocks, the blockage giving way to the barrel.

We assemble at the heliport.
"Okay, soldiers. Remember what I briefed you on about. Let's go!"
Eagle jumps off the cliff and flies off using his glider.
"Is he always like that?" I ask.
"Yeah, he likes doing that. All the time." Private Jordan explains.
"Shut up, and get to your stations!"
"Yes, sir!"
The trio enters the helicopter and flies off.
General Hawk hands me three grenades.
"You might need these."
"Uh.. Sure, thanks, general."

Eagle takes out his two modified Crossrifles, apparently they became Crosspistols.
"This is a special kind of metal." whispers Eagle.
They unlock.
"Let's rock and roll!"
He kicks the door open. His mind is already worked up. He recognizes a vampire. He hides in the dark. Taking out his knife, he walks silently up to the vampire and stick it in the throat.
The vampire had time to scream and alert every vampire in this building.
"Now it's time to rock and roll!"
He quickly tosses his two Crosspistols up and slices the vampire again. He catches them through both his index fingers. The first vampire blurred to him.
"What is that?" says Eagle so arrogantly as he aims his Crosspistol at the vampire who stopped beside him.
"RAAAGH?" shouts the vampire.
He shoots the vampire off without even looking at the vampire. He spins his other Crosspistol with his finger and aims at the charging she-vampire. He pulls the trigger.

'BAM'

The she-vampire was blasted off and stuck on the wall. Her head fell off on the way there. Almost all the vampires run away. One vampire stood there.
"Why are you still there?"
He blurs.
"Oh, please."
He aims his left Crosspistol at the back of himself and fires at nothing. But it actually hits the vampire.
"Headshot!"
He goes further in the building while the vampire's head falls off.

"Okay! Anderson, lead the way!" says Pete.
Anderson opens the door and points his Crossrifle while crouching. Jordan looks around from atop.
Pete checks their backs.
"All clear!"
They enter the building. They see a large vampire.
Pete does some hand signs. The trio moves the next second.
Anderson sets a C4 when he climbs up a bridge.
The other two does the same.
"Fire!"
The large vampire flinches and the C4s explode.
The explosion cut off the cables that lead to a giant platform. It crushes the vampire. Blood slowly flows out from the platform.
"Yeah! High five!"
"Here ya' go!"
They high five'd each other.
Vampires enter the scene.
"FIRE!"

I throw a grenade inside the building. I hear a scream.
"It's filled with the substance the Crossrifle uses. But, it's much stronger compared to the rifle."
General Hawk comes in and scans the area.
I follow him in.
"To your left!" shouts Hawk as he spins to his right and starts slaying vampires.
I quickly turn left and see a vampire about to claw me down. I knock it away with my elbow and quickly shot it back.
My radar pings. I turn to my right, looking at the front now. I pull the bolt of my Crossrifle and shot again. This time, a few vampires went flying. I am happy now. I am finally able to hunt vampires again. I missed all those decapitations. I really do-
I take out my knife and hack away at the vampire in front of me. It dies from bleeding.
"It seems that I have miscalculated the number of vampires here. This has the most. We need to finish up before they take the Lupins away!"
explains Hawk loudly.
I hesitate, "Y-Yes, sir!"
Instead of staying back like a coward, I rush forwards.
"RAAAAGH!" I shout loudly.

As an author by myself, I have decided to take the time comment here, seeing that no one else has.
I think you are very creative, Rapyion. I like the way your story is going. Please keep writing. I'm curious to see what else you will turn out.

Okay, Murasaki. Thanks for reading and commenting on my writing thread, good or bad.

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In my mind, I thought, "I am the best vampire hunter in the world."
But I was wrong. I have seen such skill in General Hawk. No wonder he's General. And I thought colonels were better than generals.

1 hour and 30 minutes ago

"Colonel Adams!" shouts Hawk as he salutes the colonel.
"Colonel, this is Gerard, a new recruit-"
"Wait, did I say I would join this.. Vamp Pyre faction?"
"Well, where would you go? You can't go home, right? Police are looking for you-"
"Keep your mouths shut, people." interrupts Adams loudly.
Hawk returns to his original position, not saluting is the only difference.
"Gerard, you have no where else to go-"
"Yeah, obviously."
Adams grunts softly.
"And we will get you home safely, without the police catching you-"
"REALLY?!"
"Yes, quiet down. We're sure. So, please. Help us to help yourself."

"General! To your left!" I say as I pull my Crossrifle's bolt.
He lifts his Crossrifle and 'quickshoots' the vampire back to where it belongs.
I look in front.
"VLADIMIR!!!!"
I pull up my Crossrifle as he aims his Desert Eagle at me.
General Hawk does the same to Vladimir.
"Vladimir? Why are you here?!" says Hawk.
"Well, I was just strolling by when my brother came and asked for help-"
"WAIT! You're a vampire?"
"I don't know about you, but I love vampires."
"Grrr!!"
I pull the trigger.
Vladimir blurs and dodges the shot.
"VAMPIRE!!"
He appears behind me. I was too unprepared for that.
I am blasted back and I knocked a wall. I fall and hit the floor.
The general looks prepared. As soon as I was knocked away, he shot.
The shell hits Vladimir and explodes him.
Vladimir's in a pool of blood.
"Hmph. Wasn't pain at all." mocks Vladimir as he gets up.
Another shot hit him. It was me. But Vladimir disappeared.
"The Lupins!"
General Hawk gets into the production area, but the Lupins are gone.
"VLADIMIR!!"

Colonel Adams got enraged for failing the mission.
"Privates Jordan, Anderson and Pete completed the mission, not to mention Eagle, who did it ALONE! Ugh, I can't believe this."
"Sir, Vladimir, our top most prioritized target was interfering-"
"I don't care! You get the Lupins before killing Vladimir!"
"Yes, sir!"
I follow him a second later.
"Dismissed." says Adams while waving his hand like he doesn't want it.

I lay on my bed. I am so tired, trying to work my mind out. I wonder what's happening to my mom.
"Hey, there's a computer here."
I turn it on and head to Armor Games.
"So many games in a few days? This is my chance!"
And he dominated the games, including The Last Stand: Union City.

"Good. Kill him." says Vladimir.
Vladimir walks down to the victim.
"Goodbye, Victor."
"WAIT! WHY DID I-"
His head falls into a basket.
There was about 40 heads in the basket.
Vladimir says to himself, "Good. After 100 heads, we'll commence our plan."
Vladimir speaks to his right-hand man, Swaylor.
"Swaylor, go to Yharg and eliminate this target for me." says Vladimir while showing a picture of a man.
Vladimir smiles with an evil curl.
"His name is Gerard."

I sigh to myself.
"HEY!! YOU GET BACK HERE OR I KILL YOU MYSELF!" I shout.
My squad member immediately returns from the thrashing fight.
"We let them fight, we don't join, we snipe them."

I was in Vamp Pyres for four years, killing and slaughtering vampires under Colonel Adams' orders. So, I'm 20 now. It was fun. Of course, I went to Armor Games too. Year after year, my rank increases because of loyalty and skill. By the time I was a sergeant, I am assigned to a squad, Squad Alpha. It was a common squad name. In the third year, I was leader of the squad, a battle commander, so would I say. Sergeant Cal and Corporal Soon joined my squad. Some months ago, I became the youngest colonel in Vamp Pyres, a rank even higher than General Hawk. But I still respect him, he's a good man. Vamp Pyres became notorious and popular because of me. I'd saved a huge number of people from vampires. Thanks to Eagle, my reflex is almost matchable against his. But, Eagle has beaten me down every time. Maybe tomorrow I'll beat him. Privates Anderson, Pete and Jordan left Vamp Pyres because the rules in Vamp Pyres restricted them from freely killing vampires. But they are successful even without Vamp Pyres, but they never stood a chance against Vladimir. Colonel Adams retired and went home. He left me in charge of Vamp Pyres. It was big. Every soldier respects me now. That's something. I wouldn't go back to my mom because I'm still wanted in there. I called my mom and she was totally fine. That's good. But I always seem to wonder. Where is Vladimir?

I prepare my Cross sniper rifle from a briefcase and aim at the main target, Garthnor.
He a is notorious bounty hunter, but more sided with the vampires, we heard that he was a vampire himself.
I shake my head and get back to action.
I aim at him with my scope.

"Don't need to panic. When he comes to my cursor, I will pull the trigger. Just pulling the-"
I fire the thing. The bullet went through Garthnor's head and-
"BOOM! HEADSHOT!!"
Sergeant Cal shakes his head and sighs. Cal thinks I'm childish, but I'm not. I just like to hunt vampires, that's all.
Sergeant Cal reports in, "Colonel Gerard. We are ready to leave."
"Wait, I'll examine his body first."
"Yes, sir."
I get off the building, in time for an unknown vampire to knock me out.

I like it. Don't usually like things with vampires in them, but as a writer myself, I am liking this very much. It's much different than I was expecting.

"Hey, Kelvin!" Johny shouts.
Johny's my childhood friend, or at least 'was'. There were rumours that Johny was killed by a vampire named Kelvin.
Kelvin turns around and looks at Johny with cold eyes.
"Hey.. Is there something wrong? You don't look so good. You sick?"
Kelvin opens his mouth, in time for Johny to see the vampire teeth.
Johny curses and runs back to his house.
He slams the door shut and grabs the Crossrifle from across the living room.
Kelvin bursts the door open and snarls at Johny.
Johny shoots, but it completely missed.

And that's when he strikes Johny.

Sergeant Cal was going up the building I was in until he heard me shouted.
"Colonel Gerard! Colonel Gerard! Report!"
Cal frowns and grunts. He runs up the stairs and only found a Cross sniper rifle.
He curses.
"Well, Soon. Colonel Gerard is lost."
"Sergeant Cal, what happened?"
"I didn't notice what happened back there when the colonel shouted. He's gone by the time I reached him. I don't see any blood that proves the colonel's death. That's good."
"Maybe he isn't far. Sergeant, you could use the Cross sniper rifle to scout the area behind the building. The kidnapper will most likely be running there because he'll collide with us if he changes direction."
"Good thinking, Soon."
He runs up one more flight of stairs and grabs the Cross sniper rifle.
"Wow, never knew it was lighter than any Crossrifles at all!"
"I copy you, Sergeant."
"Oh, you heard that?"
He sets up at the window behind him and look through the scope.
"Argh! This isn't night scope! How does the colonel use it anyways?"
He scans the huge landscape from out here. There were no cars out on the roads and abandoned buildings are left for dead. Cal turns the Cross sniper rifle to the left and looks at the scope again.
"Soon, I'm picking up something."
"Copy that. Can you see what it is?"
"He looks like a.. Vamp Pyre soldier?"
"Oh, wait. That's me."
"You run that fast?"
Cal notices a weird silhouette. It looks like it's limping with a body-
"SOON! 400 METRES FROM YOURSELF, I SPOTTED THE COLONEL AND THE VAMPIRE!!"
Soon's quick lightning reaction reacted and turns around to see the distance with the binoculars.
"Okay, got it."
He puts down his backpack and messes the insides of it.
He got his 'floating skateboard' out and said, "This is a special kind of metal."
The skateboard unlocks itself.
Cal has a knack for inventing. All the formulas for his inventions were too hard to get, so Cal usually shuts him up when he's explaining too much. I'd even heard that Soon is a mechanical scientist. Maybe it's just a rumour. Some of his inventions like the strength booster which is used like a booster if someone wants to punch or kick is not completed, because it was in prototype stage. It could be attached at the elbow or the back of the foot. It's confusing, but it can be tolerated. The floating skateboard is a prototype too. And now, he can make this thing into a real one and mass produce it.
He jumps onto it and boosts after the vampire.
"Okay, nice. Going 100 kilometres per hour! Woohoo!!"
But the skateboard went out of control. It started looping around.
Then it stops and just floats there. Soon drops.
"Aargh!"
"Soon, you alright?"
"Yeah, my butt's gonna be okay."
He grunts as he gets up.
"Soon, run after him!"
"Nope, it'll be too late now. The vampire is out of sight."

"Hey, Adams. So nice to meet you again!"
Vladimir shuts the door behind him.
"Vladimir? What are you doing here?!"
"Getting revenge on someone that 'shot' me. No one has ever shot me before. Ever!"
"It was not me that shot-"
"THEN WHO DID?! A GHOST?!" interrupts Vladimir loudly.
"When I get my hands on your neck, I will squish it so tightly that your head will come bursting out with blood covering the whole house."
"You wouldn't dare!"
Adams quickly flips back from Vladimir and steps on a platform.
It rises up fast and launches Adams into his secret weapons base.
He grabs his Cross grenades.
"Which gun? Which gun?"
His armoury of weapons is about a mansion's size. It has the latest technology and strongest wall.

But Vladimir broke through it.

Adams quickly recovered his old and trusty Crossrifle and take a 180 degrees turn and shot at Vladimir's head.
Talk about 360-no-scope shots.
Vladimir falls off through the hole he made and crashes through the soil underneath the floors.
"What happened?"
Vladimir's mind went groggy and started to stagger to a door.
A child holding a Crosspistol aims at Vladimir's head.
He smiles and pulls the trigger.

"BAM!"

I open my eyes, then suddenly scanning the room I'm in.
But it's too dark to see here.
Until I spotted a light source coming from my right.
"Hello, Colonel Gerard. I'm Swaylor. You might know me."
"Hmm.." I make a guessing hum as the vampire slaps my face.
"Aaaargh!!"
"You know me?" asks Swaylor.
"Umm.. Jaggersticks?"
He slaps me a second time, but harder.
Blood mixes with my saliva. I spit it at the vampire.
He staggers back as I break the badly tied rope. I quickly elbow his face and kick him in the stomach.
"Oof!"
He drops to the ground, holding on with the pain I inflicted him.
I run to the light source and see my Crosspistol and Crossknife.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!!!!!!"
The vampire blurs with an amazing speed.
But that didn't stop me. I swipe my Crossknife from the table and stuck it in his chest.
He staggers back, noticing that it was my Crossknife.
I cruelly grin.
The vampire explodes. I kneel down and pick my Crossknife up.
I spot a broken walkie-talkie.
I sigh with disbelief and take my Crosspistol.
I also stole a pistol just in case vampire acolytes came.
"General Hawks.. Wish you were here, man."
I was going to move towards the door when I found a note on a shelf beside me.
I take a look at it.
"Swaylor, you are to get me the head of Gerard. If not, your head will be replaced by Gerard's."
My stomach drops.
"Vladimir." I say in a cold voice.
I take the note with me and run outside, prepared to take on fights with my Crosspistol.
"I'M BACK!! I'M-"
Then I noticed no one is here but the forest.
"Great.."

Sergeant Cal and Corporal Soon returns to headquarters and finds themselves being punished by General Hawk.
"What do you mean you can't find the colonel? Your eyes something wrong?!"
"Sir! Soon was chasing the kidnapper with his flying board!" exclaims Cal.
Soon whispers, "Don't say that.."
"Great. You knew the colonel was kidnapped and you still use your little stupid tools even if it's the top priority to get him!"
"Sorry, sir!" shouts both of them.
"Don't gimme that 'Sorry, sir' line. Drop and give me a thousand."
"What?!" shouts Soon.
"That's an order!"
Cal was already on it when Soon goes down.
Soon sighs.

Vladimir wakes up from a deep slumber.
"Hey, Vlad." says the kid.
"A kid? Keeping me prisoner?!" thought Vladimir.
"Don't try to escape. I've got the doors and walls with sunlight."
"What are you trying to do, kid?"
"If you kill me, you might not be able to break out."
Vladimir snarls at the kid, who was laughing at him, mocking him.
Vladimir blurs around the kid.
The kid frowns and aim to his left and immediately shoots his Crosspistol.
It shot Vladimir in the stomach.
Vladimir was blasted back to the wall.
He reminded himself that it was lit with sunlight. It melted Vladimir's hair and head off.
"Aaaah!!!"
He blurs, but went rolling afterwards.
His eyes went red, violent and rigid.
His eyes met the kid's.
He was still laughing at everything.
"Okay, that was fun! Do it again!"
"Is this kid a small version of Gerard?!" thought Vladimir when the kid vanished into thin air.

3 years ago

Anderson, Pete and Jordan were in a bar, drinking some beer.
"Stupid Vamp Pyre. Never letting us kill vampires." says Jordan.
"Don't worry, man. We can kill all we want now! Just.. avoid the police."
Vladimir steps into the bar.
Anderson looks at the entrance and slowly turns back with a horrific face.
"It's Vladimir.."
"What?!" shouts both Pete and Jordan.
"Okay, stay calm. We just need to land a few shots in his head, then he'll be dead as soon as possible. I'm sure. We're a team! We don't need to be afraid!" encourages Anderson.
Vladimir turns to his left and looks at the trio talking to each other.
Then, he notices the Crossrifles they have.
He blurs to the back of Anderson and rams his head on the table with immense strength.
This strike killed off Anderson quickly.
Pete and Jordan didn't have time to react as Vladimir blurred to the second floor.
Pete quickly checks Anderson.
"He's.. dead. DEAD!!"
He takes up his Crossrifle and says, "This is a special kind of metal."
"You're still keeping the Vamp Pyre's Crossrifles? Sheesh." says Jordan while he prepares for Vladimir's return.
Vladimir sneaks up on Pete and Jordan and kicks them both to the ground.
Both of them glimpsed the last of Vladimir's bloody grin as he slams their faces into oblivion.

Vladimir wakes up from an explosion behind him. Vladimir didn't make out who caused the explosion when he was grabbed by someone. He was chucked into a car.
The car engine bursts into life and started moving as quickly as possible.
"Who are you?" asks Vladimir
"I.. I'm an acolyte. A follower. I heard you were captured-"
"Everyone knew? This.."
He slaps himself.
"What was that sound?"
"Nothing, really. Get to Constan. I've got work there."
"Yes, sir."
"No. You call me by Sir Vladimir."
"Yes, Sir Vladimir."

"Have been here for a day. I cannot find food, but only water. A big pool of it. No fish, no animals, no fruits, not one piece of vegetable. Leaves can't be eaten."
"Ouw..."
I have been in the forest for one day now. No rescue teams have come. All hope has been lost.
"What did I do to deserve this?"
I flail my arms for no reason.
"What am I doing..?"
I turn around as I hear a booming sound.
"What's that?"
I quickly head over to where the sound was produced.
I spot a bunch of vampires eating on a soldier A Vamp Pyre soldier.
"Oh, come on! Wait, why is-" I thought.
"Lance Corporal Havard here..?
I sneak up on a vampire and stab him in his back.
He rolls back and explodes.
As the other vampires turn to see me, I quickly hold out my Crosspistol and pistol and start firing.
The bullets from the Crosspistol rams into three vampires and killed them off. The other pistol was just to disrupt their amazing speed.
When I run out of ammo, I quickly run towards what's left of the stabbed vampire and grab the Crossknife.
Now, it's between me and the last vampire.
Well, she-vampire anyways.
She starts blurring as I made a slight movement.
I move my Crossknife to above my head and the vampire exploded off the air.
She lands on a large branch, only to be impaled by it.
Then, my arm started to hurt.
"Ow. How long was I out?"
I was flexing my arm when I see a black car with tinted glass.
A vampire steps out of the car.
He looks familiar.
"Hello, Colonel Gerard. I am fully aware of your skillfulness and loyalty to.. Vamp Pyres, am I wrong? Did you change your faction's name?
"No, I respect Colonel Adams. Who are you, by the way? You're smarter than the usual vampires, since you can talk."
"Oh, I was at Constan with you-"
I run forwards, because I knew he was Vladimir.
By a few metres distance, he blurred.
"Always like this, eh?"
I flip back, catching Vladimir by the nose.
He was sent off, blood flying in the air.
Even before he crashed into the ground, I ran with pure instinct and stabbed his chest.
He went, exploded further.
I feel air rushing through me and see a human.
"What the?"
The human sends a swift punch at my stomach.
I stagger back, as it wasn't that strong.
"Hey, what are you doing? You've got to-"
I realized that he was a vampire acolyte.
"Great."
Only having a Crossknife, my fists and feet are my only weapon for him.
A two-on-one battle is not fair, but I'm ready.
As the vampire acolyte ran towards me, so did Vladimir, but blurring.
I quickly process their movements.
I run towards the man and launched myself in the air.
While I am suspended in the air, I send my foot right to the man's face.
His face bled everywhere.
I allow the momentum from the kick launch me to Vladimir, who was in the air.
I splayed my arm with the Crossknife, intending to hit anywhere but the air.
But Vladimir had a plan.
He dodges the Crossknife by moving in the air like you're in space.
I didn't have time to react as he sends a massive and heavy punch to my back.
I slammed a tree down.
My face is so wrecked. I wonder how General Hawks would see me like this-
Am I crazy for even thinking about this..?
I slide off the tree trunk and lay on the ground, my back to the ground.
I see Vladimir walk towards me and I see a flash taking Vladimir away from my sight.

10 minutes ago

"Hawk. Good to see ya'!"
General Eagle was in the lobby when Hawk walks into it.
"Eagle. There's something urgent I have to say."
"Hmm? What is it? Oh, Gerard's fine. He'll come back with the rescue team-"
"No. I picked up the colonel's location. He is at Constan, trapped in a forest."
"What? I thought the rescue team was already on its way there."
"No. They didn't report since yesterday. One is being eaten by vampires, I bet."
"And you want me to go there?"
"Yes. One more thing. I picked up a moving vehicle heading towards the forest."
"Is it a car? A van?"
"It's a car. A black one."
"That car might contain Vladimir-"
"How do you know?" interrupts Eagle.
"We scanned the car and spotted two life forms. One human and one vampire. They seem to be talking to each other."
"Interesting. A stupid follower. Okay, gotta go."
He opens a window in the lobby and jumps off.
Hawk shakes his head disapprovingly.
"Eagle, always jumping off."

Eagle lands on Vladimir as he was about to ram my head and ruin my face.
Eagle, who already had a Crossknife out, stabs Vladimir in the eye.
Vladimir went off exploded again.
"In my whole one thousand years of living as a vampire, this generation had me exploded the most." explains Vladimir.
Even a big explosion wasn't enough to kill Vladimir.
"Oh, Vladimir. How I wished I'd killed you back in the year 1012 when you were born."
"Yeah, the only thing is, you weren't there."
"Really? I'd liked to see where this was going."
"Brother, even if you tried to kill me over the years, you wouldn't, because you ARE my brother."
Eagle's eyes went cold.
"Don't.. Call.. Me.. That."
"C'mon, brother! I'd like to see you try to kill me. I haven't died, you know.. Brother."
Eagle's face went blank. He blurs with a speed even faster than Vladimir's to the vampire follower.
With the potential energy he harboured, he punched the man out to space, not literally. But he died from the blast.
"Now, let's fight." says Eagle.
He cracks his knuckles and neck and tensed his shoulder.

Vladimir starts by blurring to Eagle and shifting his weight to his palm, driving energy to it. He thought he landed the attack on Eagle, but Eagle's reaction was far too massive for Vladimir.
He turns his head around and see Eagle kicking him. More like stabbing him.
His shoes are attached with Crossknives. For now.
Vladimir was sent forwards, ramming into a tree trunk. It toppled over too.
Eagle leans back and sends himself up into the air.
He positions his feet, the Crosspistols he holds at Vladimir.
He lands on Vladimir, the Crossknife slicing through the flesh and bone and the Crosspistols' bullets ripping the body apart.
Vladimir looks up and smiles.
"You know this won't work!"
He kicks Eagle with immense strength that Eagle touched the clouds.
I wake up from the dreamless sleep.
Then, I see Eagle in the sky, going to crash.
"Eagle..?"
Eagle uses his glider and directs himself down to Vladimir.
"That's old tactics! This! This is a new one!"
He takes out a phial and inserts it into a grenade with little gunpowder in it. He throws it down to Vladimir.
"A gift for you!"
The grenade traveled fast and exploded near Vladimir.
He begins to sneeze.
"What is this blasphemy?!"
"Oh? It's something the colonel's friend made. I don't know the effects. Can't wait to test it out on a vampire like you!"
Eagle lands beside me.
"Colonel, I've sent a rescue team for you. Just let me kill Vladimir. You can slack off."
He smiles broadly and runs towards Vladimir.
Vladimir was about to sneeze when Eagle attempts to cut his throat out.
Blood leaks from the small cut. Then, a second later, the wound healed.
"What have you done, Vladimir?!"
Vladimir sneezes and the saliva smears Eagle's face.
"Aargh!"
He steps back, only to discover that Vladimir has escaped.
He curses as he walks to me.
"The rescue team's not here yet?! Sheesh, what nonsense!"
"Okay. Keep me this secret."
He grabs me and takes the glider. He blurs and jumps.
"Eagle! You're a vampire?!"
"Yes. In fact, Vladimir is my brother. My fool to take care of."
"Wait, if you're a vampire, how come you can hold the Crosspistols, or even equip the Crossknives?"
"I took a drug. It's not Lupin, don't worry. It was unnamed. The side effects are that I move faster than oldest vampire, Vladimir, and I react much faster than any humans. But, I cannot sleep, even if I want to. So, when you guys are sleeping, I just fly around Constan and Juke. The breeze is nice."
"Wait. You, a brother of Vladimir, was in Vamp Pyre for about, I don't know, 6 years and you're still uncovered?"
"I don't eat human flesh. No way. Vladimir's my brother. If he can think straight, so can I."
"I've heard you haven't visited your mom in 4 years."

It's really good. Long, but good.