The Vampire Council: Case File:1 (20 page)

‘Yeah I’m good.’ Will replies keeping his vision fixated down the corridor. Jeff runs up behind him.

              The end of the corridor cuts off into a T-junction. ‘Left or right?’ Will asks.

‘Whichever way there’s more dickheads to kill.’ Jeff replies with venom.

‘… Ok then.’ Will looks at him funny due to way he just answered his question.

Will stands as they both head off toward the end of the corridor. Will enters the T-junction first, and in the right side of his vision he clocks onto more vampires. He quickly turns managing to fire off a few shots before a barrage of bullets hit him in the chest sending him flying backward to the ground. Jeff grabs him by his right leg and pulls him quickly and effortlessly back into the corridor to shield him from more bullets flying toward them. ‘Will?’ Jeff shouts over the sound of shots and bullets breaking into concrete. No reply. ‘Answer me?’ He shouts once more. Rage takes over. Suddenly silence. The vampire’s footsteps are heard running toward them as they reload their guns.
Fuck them all!
Jeff slides out into the junction grabbing one of Will’s pistols in his left hand whilst he fires his own toward the vampires. Now with two pistols he quickly jumps to his feet firing both at the oncoming onslaught of five vampires. Within seconds all five fall to the floor. As the ringing of the shots fired dies down silence once again fills the air. Jeff stands facing the pile of dead bodies he just created. ‘Will? You better fucking answer me?’ His tone a lot lower and menacing than usual.

‘I’m good.’ Will answer through coughs of pain. Jeff sighs in relief as he turns back to help Will to his feet. ‘Thank fuck for bullet proof vests otherwise that would’ve hurt like a bitch.’ Will
chuckles still through coughs as he gets to his feet with help from Jeff.

‘I’m guessing we just follow wherever they’re coming from’ Jeff points down the direction of the dead bodies.

‘Sounds good to me.’ Will spots Jeff with his gun. ‘Give me that.’ He snatches it from his hand. ‘You have a shotgun, use that.’ Will releases the magazine and puts in a fresh one, before picking up his other pistol and doing the same. Jeff also does this to his pistol before placing it back in his holster and pulling his shotgun from off this back and cocking it ready for action. They both tread over the dead bodies and make their way through another set of doors.

             
They continue to head through a maze of corridors, stairs and doorways with no hassle. ‘Wait, look.’ Will points at a sign giving directions on the wall. He points at the arrow pointing toward the manager’s office. ‘If there’s going to be anything incriminating to be found, surely it’ll be in there.’ He states looking for approval from Jeff.

‘You might be on to something. So let’s head down here then make a right and we should be there.’ Jeff replies.

‘Sounds good. Let’s do this and get the fuck…’ Will is quickly interrupted as a vampire comes bursting through the ceiling on top of Will sending him to the ground knocking both his guns from his hands. Jeff lifts his shotgun to aim but as he fires the vampire punching the gun upwards sending the shotgun shell into the ceiling. Jeff gets a punch to the face forcing him to drop his shotgun. The vampire pushes Jeff to the wall with force as he picks Will up by his bullet proof vest and throws him down the corridor. Will smacks his head on the floor sending him into a daze. Jeff punches the vampire in the stomach making him hunch over in pain before then kneeing him in the face. The vampire stumbles back and looks up at Jeff with his black eyes and now blooded broken nose. He wipes the blood from under his nose and licks his hand before running back into Jeff rugby tackling him to the ground. The vampire sits on Jeff’s stomach punching him repeatedly in the face as Jeff tries to defend himself landing a few punches himself. Will uses his vampire speed to rush back over to the both of them, tackling the vampire to the ground as they begin to wrestle. They roll around on the floor, the vampire once again gets on top punching Will in the face. Will manages to grab hold of one of the vampire’s arms and chokes him with his other hand. The vampire grabs hold of the wrist of the hand choking him trying to pull it off but to no luck, Will keeps his grip. ‘Will!’ Jeff shouts. During their little wrestling match Jeff had gotten himself up and picked up his shotgun. Standing a few feet away from their heads he aims the shotgun toward them.

Will tilts his head backwards notices Jeff’s stance and with all his strength pulls in his legs and with
his feet propels the vampire into the air. Jeff takes his aim and shots while the vampire is in the air. Direct hit. The vampires head explodes into pieces sending a shower of blood over Jeff and all over Will as the body falls back onto him.

‘Oh for fuck sake!’ Will shouts in disgust as he pushes the body off him. He gets to his feet and begins to wipe the blood from his face with his hands.

‘You ok?’ Jeff asks as he walks past Will and heads towards the manager’s office.

‘Do I look ok?!’ Will shouts in anger. In a huff Will picks up his two pistols and follows Jeff to the office.

              They stand outside the manager’s office, collecting themselves before they open the door. Jeff quietly and slowly pulls down the handle and pushes the door open with one hand as he points his shotgun through the door first just in case. He fully opens the door and both him and Will stand in shock at what lays before them. A single lamp shines toward the back of the office illuminating a hanging naked male body. The floor around the body lay a pool of blood. The blood had dripped from the various deep cuts to the body. Slashes covered the legs. The man’s genitals had been cut off. His stomach sliced open just not deep enough for anything to have fallen out. His nipples had both been cut open. His neck slashed and finally his eyes both ripped out from their sockets. Will begins to cough as he holds down sick from the sight and smell. ‘I can’t look anymore.’ Will turns away and heads out the door slowly. Jeff heads closer to the body as it swings around. With a single finger Jeff pushes the body one hundred and eighty degrees. As the man’s back becomes illuminated Jeff spots the words FUCK YOU cut into the skin. Jeff stares at this for a moment as he contemplates what it means. ‘They definitely knew we were coming.’ He shouts back at Will with no emotion in his voice.

‘No fucking shit!’ Will sounding upset.

Jeff punches the lamp to the floor smashing the bulb, even he couldn’t stomach the sight any longer. He slams the door behind him as he exits the office. He stands for a moment staring at the floor. His breathing becomes heavy.

‘What the fuck Jeff? What the actual fuck?’ Will becoming hysterical at the situation.

‘Calm down.’ Jeff states still looking toward the floor.

‘Calm down? You’re seriously suggesting I calm down after seeing that shit!’

‘Yes! Calm the fuck down Will!’ Jeff shouts as he lifts his head to face Will.

Will stares back at him in anger as he lets out a scream and punches the wall behind him. Jeff reaches into his trouser pocket and pulls out his mobile. ‘I’m phoning Vaelen.’

‘Yes, do it. Maybe he can explain what the fuck has happened.’ Will pants.

Ring ring. Ring ring. Ring ring.

‘Hello Jeff.’ A mysterious voice answers.

‘Vaelen?’ Jeff queries.

‘Oh no you’re mistaken. Vaelen’s a little busy at the moment. Would you like to leave a message?’ The voice then laughs menacingly.

‘Who the fuck is this?!’ Jeff shouts down the phone as Will stares at him in confusion wondering what is being said.

‘You’ll find out soon enough. By the way I hope you liked my little present, I wanted to get you a nice woman, but every time I did I just kept eating them, so a man just had to do.  Anyway time is precious. So I’ll make this quick. You and your little bum chum better make your way back to the Ruby pretty soon. Or you can kiss Vaelen goodbye.’

‘The Ruby?’ Jeff freezes in fear.

‘Yes Jeff, clean out your ears. Oh and if that isn’t enough to persuade you to hurry, I’ve got a gorgeous blonde I’ve been dying to eat. The little girl will be my dessert. Haha.’ The voice becomes a howling cackle as Jeff throws his phone against the wall in anger.

‘They have my family.’ Jeff states through gritting teeth.

‘Who do?’ Will asks.

Jeff pushes past him, ‘whoever the fuck did this.’

CHAPTER 24:

REIGN OVER RUBY

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eff speeds the van with little regard to other motorists on the road. Sharply turning a corner the van clips the bumper of a parked car. Will clutches onto the dashboard. ‘Mate, slow the fuck down!’ Will shouts at Jeff. Jeff’s stare remains forward on the road ahead of them. ‘Jeff!’ Jeff slams his foot down on the accelerator, speeding through a red light causing another car on the road to swerve him and lose control crashing into a lamppost. ‘For fuck sake.’ Will exhales slumping back into the passenger seat realising he can’t get through to Jeff.

‘I need to save them.’ Jeff quietly speaks as he continues to drive recklessly.

‘Well good luck trying to when you crash this thing killing us both. Or getting us arrested.’ Will retorts with sharpness to his voice.

‘I couldn’t give a shit about the police right now.’ Jeff makes another sharp turn.

‘Fine! But think of Jade and Lisa.’ Snaps Will.

             
Jeff grips the steering wheel tighter at the mention of their names. ‘They are all I am thinking about.’

‘Then keep us alive so we can save them.’

‘We?’ Jeff frowns with slight confusion.

‘Yes we! You had my back earlier… and now I have yours.’ Will lets go of the dashboard and pulls out his pistol checking how much ammo is left.

Jeff pauses for a moment. ‘Thank you.’ He says quietly.

‘It’s ok. Now let’s calm down slightly, get to Ruby in one piece and kill some dicks.’ Will smirks at his own plan. Jeff looks over to him and spots the smirk. A smile appears on his face knowing that Will is just as determined as he is. He slows the van to the speed limit as they draw closer to the Ruby.

‘So what’s the plan?’ Jeff asks.

‘As much as I would like to suggest running in guns blazing, I don’t feel like getting shot again, so our best bet is to just casually walk through the front door. That way we attract no unwanted attention.’

Something suddenly twigs in Jeff’s mind as he adjusts his side mirror revealing a police car. ‘I thought so.’

‘What?’ Will suddenly spooked looking around.

‘It didn’t clock until now, but that police car behind us has been there the whole time.’

Will looks in his side mirror and also spots the police car. ‘Are you fucking kidding me? Why hasn’t he pulled us over?’ Pause whilst Will thinks. ‘Fucking vampires!’

Jeff makes the final right turn into the road that houses the Ruby and brakes. The police car suddenly veers and makes a left turn to avoid suspicion unaware Jeff and Will have clocked on.

             
‘What’s our gun situation like?’ Jeff asks.

‘Same as earlier… just with a lot less ammo. My guess we’ll run out within a minute. Then all we have left is our vampire forms.’

‘Ok.’ Jeff puts his head in his hands and begins to formulate a plan. ‘What was your idea again?’

‘Just casually walk through the front door. Let them make the first move. Why? Do you have a better idea?’ Will awaits eagerly for an answer. Jeff just stares ahead. He releases the handbrake and slams his foot down on the accelerator.

‘When I say duck you duck!’ Jeff pulls the van to the right hand side of the road barely missing a car headed toward them, then suddenly spins the steering wheel to the left, sending the van straight through the large glass doors of the Ruby. ‘Duck!’ Jeff shouts. Will launches himself into the back of the van. Jeff pulls up the handbrake and quickly follows Will as the van begins to be riddled with holes from gunfire.

             
Ten men with assault rifles open fire on the van in shock as this was not expected from any of them. ‘Hold your fire!’ Max screams over the barrage of sound filling the lobby. The shooting continues. ‘Hold your fire!’ again no one stops after his command. Losing patience Max pulls out a pistol from the inside of his jacket and casually walks over to one of the men shooting at the van. He flicks the safety switch off, aims, and proceeds to blow a hole into the man’s head sending his body crashing to the floor. The other men notice this and one by one they stop shooting and lower their guns. ‘Thank you.’ He states sarcastically. ‘You there!’ He shouts at one of the men standing opposite to him. ‘Go check the driver side. You!’ Pointing to another man, ‘the passenger side. And finally, you.’ Pointing at a third man, ‘check the backdoors.’ The three men do as they are instructed. The two men at the front of the van give an all clear. As the third man swings open the back door of the van, Max quickly places himself behind the open door as a shotgun blast disintegrates his henchman’s head into nothing. As his body flies backward to the floor. Jeff jumps out only to have Max ready and waiting with his pistol aimed straight at Jeff’s head. ‘Drop your gun.’ Max states calmly. ‘Both of you.’

Jeff turns his head so Max’s pistol is now aimed at his face. ‘What if we don’t?’