As much as I love playing with my food dear, it's time to end this game." The vampire sneered. He must be the Alpha, the others are hanging back. Well, now or never. With a surge of his blood-fueled metabolism, Mike threw himself at the Alpha with all of his might.A fraction of a second later, both of his taloned hands gripped the predator's face and continued his trajectory into the opposite wall. Even the toughened vampiric skull collapsed under the force, though not without leaving a significant dent in the masonry. Already on the move, Mike performed a backflip that left him in the middle of the alley, ready for the deadman's cohorts.He didn't wait long. Two shadows stepped out from either side of the alley and approached him. These guys are better than Mark and Syn. Fan-bloody-tastic. Crouching in a defensive stance, Mike quickly reached into his mind and released his feral side - his instinct-reflexes tensed like coiled springs, waiting to be unleashed.The approach of the vam

Howdy gents, welcome to The Crypt." He said, eying the three. Why do they always travel in threes?The one on the left, obviously the Alpha, chuckled. "Well now, I've never seen you around. Recently changed, or just new to town?" Mike could tell this one was pretty powerful, just by the utter lack of effort in his actions and fluidity of motion."Both. Just came in last night." The others quickly looked to their boss, with some degree of panic on their faces. The Alpha however, remained very calm."So you're one who took out Alec and his boys. My name is Jerek, and you've done me a favor. There's a sort of gang-war going on in this town, between my little cabal and another run by a bitch named Lily. Alec worked for Lily. It's all going to end tomorrow though, total Armageddon. Then we can do whatever we like, suck the herd dry and move on to the next town. Sounds great huh?""Yeah, great.""Feel like joining the winning side?""Sure, I'll fight on your side." This is BAD!!! "When's th

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

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

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