"Bloodlust 12" (vamp) [12/13] Our story thus far: As the title suggested, things got a little bloody in the last chapter. Daniel escaped police custody and ended up slaughtering quite a few innocent people in the process. Then he set his sights on Chris’ daughter, Amy, and was about to attack right when we broke off. By now you’re sick of me asking for comments, but I’m the writer so I’m going to say it again. Please send comments if you have any type of reaction to what you’re about to read. Send all comments to KMB_76@yahoo.com There’s no sex here again, I promise next chapter will have some sex in it I swear, but there is another type of warning here. Some well known celebrities make an appearance in this chapter and by looking at the title of this chapter, I believe you can guess who they are. There is a strong love/ hate division on them and as you will be able to perceive from what I’ve written I have a great deal of fondness for them. So I must warn you of their presence because I know many people out there just wish they would spontaneously combust. But I like them so here they are, end of discussion. Only one more chapter to go so this is all leading up to the final battle, to be seen tomorrow. Enjoy the next to last part of our saga: CHAPTER 12: SOME GIRL POWER IS THROWN IN THE MIX Amy tried to run, but Daniel quickly threw himself in front of her. “Your father hurt me today,” Daniel hissed, scars covering his face as a result of the holy water burns, “He killed one of my girls and it was like he killed a little bit of me. I kind of figure he owes me.” Daniel pinned Amy against the wall and his fangs extended as he stared at his thirteen year old prisoner. “What the hell are you?” Amy cried. “You’ll soon know,” Daniel sighed, “Give yourself to me, Amy!” Amy responded to this request by screaming at the top of her lungs, before Daniel muffled her cries for help. “Don’t do that!” he commanded, “Look at me, Amy!” Daniel stared at her intently as he waited for his eyes to do their magic. When he sensed her body relax, he took his hand away from her mouth and leaned in for a taste. However, Amy wasn’t about to let herself go easily, and when Daniel leaned in the teenager kneed him in the balls as hard as she could. As the vampire doubled over in pain, Amy took the opportunity to run for the door as she again screamed for help. But Daniel quickly recovered and grabbed Amy before she could get out of the door. “YOU BITCH!!!” Daniel screamed, “YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!!!!” Daniel then tossed Amy as if she were as light as a nerf ball. She was propelled into the kitchen where she smashed into a cabinet and knocked down a bunch of dishes. They shattered all around her, but Amy was too woozy from shock and pain to notice. “I was going to make it nice for you, bitch,” Daniel spat at Amy as he approached her, “But now it’s going to hurt you!” All of a sudden Eddie O’Bannon, another resident on the floor came rushing into the apartment. He’d been walking out when he heard Amy’s screams and he’d immediately rushed to investigate. “What the hell is...” he began to ask when he looked inside the apartment, but that was all he got out before Daniel balled up his fist and crushed it right through the man’s skull. Daniel hit with such brute force that his fist went completely through Eddie’s head and out the other side. “Mind your own business, next time,” Daniel said as he pulled his fist out and let Eddie’s corpse hit the ground. Daniel licked the blood, brains, and skull residue that was on his hand and then turned his attention back to the dazed and immobile Amy. “Now back to you,” he said as his eyes flared a deep shade of crimson. --------------- At the sound of Amy’s first scream, Carol was pulled from her sleep. She’d just completed a ten hour shift on her feet and she was exhausted. After she’d gotten back from the hospital she just threw herself down on her bed, not even bothering to undo one button of her clothes. She’d immediately drifted off to sleep, but she awoke with a start when she heard the scream. At first she thought it must have been her imagination, and when silence prevailed for the next few seconds, she decided to go back to sleep. But Amy’s second scream then pierced through her apartment walls and when it was followed by a tremendous crashing sound, Carol knew that something was very wrong. Carol ran out of her apartment to investigate the noise and when she saw that, as she had feared, it was indeed coming from Chris’ apartment. She got across the hall as quickly as she could. When she looked inside she saw a man’s corpse on the floor and an unmoving Amy Foster laying against a cabinet in the kitchen as another man approached. “Get away from her!!!!” Carol shouted as she ran toward Amy and pulled her attacker away. Carol almost fainted when Daniel turned around and faced her. His face was like that of a wild demon, his eyes burned red, and Carol could immediately tell that he had murder on his mind. “Oh my God!” she gasped as Daniel’s faced morphed back to normal. She suddenly remembered all those endless warnings Gordon would say to her about vampires all those years ago. She knew what Daniel was and she was terrified. “Ahhh, the girlfriend,” Daniel said, “This is getting better and better.” He considered his options for a few minutes before walking toward Carol. “Please don’t hurt her,” Carol begged, “Take me instead.” “I have a better idea in mind,” Daniel said as his fangs extended once again, “I think I’ll have both of you.” Carol reasoned that if she was able to occupy the vampire’s attention, then maybe Amy would have a chance to escape. As Daniel approached her, Carol began to mentally run through every prayer she had ever learned, as she assumed her death was inevitable. “God help me,” Carol sighed in sadness as Daniel grasped her. “There’s no need to bring him into it,” Daniel said as he began stroking Carol’s hair, “I just had this discussion the other day.” “Just do it,” Carol said as she tilted her neck for Daniel. She struggled to hold back any tears she might have, she was not going to go out begging and crying. Of all the ways she’d imagined dying, this had never occurred to her. Carol watched as Amy began to stir from her position in the kitchen. Carol mouthed the word, “Run,” to the teenager but just as Amy was about to get up and run toward the window with the fire escape, she stopped and pointed at something. However, Carol was too distracted by Daniel’s fangs growing closer to her neck to notice. “A direct woman, I like that,” Daniel said as he opened his mouth and prepared to feast on Carol. But before he could, the vampire felt a force pushing him away and knocking him to the ground. He looked up and saw that it was Chris. “RUN!” Chris screamed at Carol and Amy as Daniel got up, slammed Chris against the wall, grasped the Detective by his neck and began to squeeze. “I WON’T LEAVE YOU!!!” Amy screamed to her father as she rushed toward Daniel. “Go...” Chris croaked as Daniel continued to cut off oxygen. Carol ran and grabbed the teenager before she got to the vampire and pulled her to safety. “Let him go!” Carol pleaded as she held Amy tightly. “You’ve fucked with me for the last time!” Daniel said as he choked the life out of Chris. “I’m going to make you die slow!” Chris’ world began to spin as he started to black out. “Get out of here...” the Detective said softly to Carol and Amy. But once again Daniel was to be rudely interrupted, this time by Pete and Gordon. Before anyone could speak, Gordon threw an entire vial of holy water at the wall where Daniel had Chris pinned. The glass shattered and the holy water splashed across the vampire, causing him to scream out in pure pain. Flames licked at his face as he staggered across the room. Gordon withdrew his dagger again and attacked Daniel. The vampire’s face was now covered in burns and he was visibly weakened. Pete ran to his brother who was gasping for breath as Gordon and Daniel struggled. Gordon managed to stab Daniel, but he missed his mark, instead hitting the vampire in his stomach. Daniel screamed again, but he still had enough strength to knock Gordon down to the ground as he ran for the door. Pete tried to stop him, but he too was unsuccessful and Daniel eluded his grasp easily. Gordon quickly picked himself up and ran after Daniel, but by then the vampire had gotten outside and had taken flight , disappearing into the night sky. “Are you okay?” Chris gasped to Amy as he struggled to catch his breath. “I’m fine,” the teenager said as she hugged her father tightly, “Just a few cuts. I was so scared Daddy!” “It’s okay...” Chris replied as he kissed her head. “He just burst in here and I thought he was going to....” Amy said before her voice trailed off, “Carol saved me.” “Thank you,” Chris said to Carol, “I can never thank you enough.” “You can owe me,” Carol replied. “What was he?” Amy asked. “You don’t want to know,” Pete answered. “What now?” Chris asked as he got up. “He has to feed soon,” Gordon answered, “He’s wounded now, but fresh blood will reenergize him. This is our best chance. We have to find him!” “That’s impossible,” Pete said, “He could be anywhere in the city! He could just pick some girl off the street!” “No not our boy,” Gordon replied, “He’s after big game and he’s not going to let this setback affect his plan!” “But what is his plan?” Chris asked. “He seems to like celebrities,” Pete offered. “Female celebrities,” Gordon added. “Attractive female celebrities,” Chris chimed in. The three men then looked at each other before all coming to the same conclusion. “The Spice Girls concert...’” they all said at once. “What?” Carol and Amy asked. “Don’t ask,” Pete said as he ran for the phone, “You really don’t want to know.” Chris then went over to Amy who was still shaking from her ordeal. “I have to go now, sweetheart,” he said as he hugged Amy. “Don’t go, don’t go,” the teenager plead, “Please don’t go!” “I have to,” Chris replied, “None of us are going to be safe until he’s gone! Carol will take care of you, okay?” “No,” Amy protested as she began to cry, “He’ll kill you! Don’t go!” “I don’t have a choice,” Chris gently said as he hugged Amy as tight as he ever had before, “I’ll be back here soon, I promise.” “No you won’t,” Amy wailed. “I will,” Chris reassured his daughter, “I don’t feel like dying tonight.” “Let’s go!” Pete said as he hung up the phone, “They’re going to meet us at RFK!” “I’ve got to go now,” Chris said as he pulled away from his daughter. “Don’t worry about him,” Pete assured Amy, “I’ve been protecting him all his life and I haven’t screwed up yet. So I’ll make sure we both get back.” Amy responded to this by running to her room and slamming her door. “Teenagers, what’cha gonna do?” Chris asked with a nervous smile. “I’ll make sure she’s all right,” Carol said as she came up to Chris, “But you make sure you’re careful, Amy’s not the only one who doesn’t want to lose you.” “I love you,” Chris said as he leaned in for a kiss. “I bet you say that to all the girls who save your kid’s life,” Carol replied after breaking the kiss off. “C’mon,” Pete said as he pulled Chris to the door, “There will be time for lovey dovey stuff later.” “I love you too,” Carol said to Chris just as the door was about to close behind him. ----------- “They want to meet us where?” Carly asked, disbelief filling her voice. “At the Spice Girls concert,” Arnie repeated, “They say that’s where he’s headed.” “And how do they know that?” Carly asked. “I don’t know,” Arnie replied, “They just do. Maybe their psychic friends told them. All I know is that I just got off the phone with Pete and he says we have to meet him at the Spice Girls concert.” “But I hate the Spice Girls,” Carly protested. “What’s wrong with the Spice Girls?” Steve asked. “You probably love them don’t you,” Carly said to her partner. “They are not without their good points,” Steve contended, “They happen to be very entertaining.” “Is it possible I’m losing even more respect for you?” Carly asked. “Well it’s common knowledge that all Spice Girl bashers are jealous,” Steve shot back. “Excuse me?” Carly replied. “Most people who bash the Spice Girls are women who secretly want to be Spice Girls and since they can’t , they mask their jealousy under a thick veil of hatred,” Steve explained. “I want a new partner,” Carly announced, “My old one’s broken.” “Look people can we focus here,” Lieutenant Smith interjected, “We are in the aftermath of one of the biggest law enforcement disasters in history and we have to catch this guy. Now if Pete has reason to believe that this guy is headed to this concert then that’s where you’re going to go. It fits in with his m.o. to go after these women and this is the best lead we have right now. I’m going to have backup teams ready to go on a moments notice, so if anyone spots him let us know.” Smith paused for a moment to look at his gathered Detectives, “Now we all lost friends today, so I know what you’re going through. But this has to be handled by the book, I want an arrest not a revenge killing. Daniel Rooker is to be brought in alive! Do I make myself clear!” Steve, Carly, and Arnie nodded their acceptance, but Tom, who had been sitting in silence, spoke up. “I don’t promise anything,” he said. “What the hell does that mean, Tom?” Smith asked. “You know what it means,” Tom replied, “I’m not sure what this guy is, but he’s going to pay for what he did to Stacy.” “I don’t want to hear this from you, Tom,” Smith stated, “We’re law enforcement officials, not vigilantes. I can’t let you out in the street with a weapon if I believe you’re just going to kill him.” “Lieutenant, this guy is not a human being!” Tom shouted, “Was I the only one paying attention when he was ripping people’s heads off?” “Maybe you should stay behind Tom,” Smith suggested. “I’m going,” Tom flatly replied. “If you’re going, then you go as a police officer,” Smith explained, “You don’t go as an avenging boyfriend. Now I can’t explain what the hell happened here tonight, but I know that he have to catch this guy. We have to play it by the book. I know what you’re going through Tom, but you can’t ignore the code that comes with this job.” “All right,” Tom said, “But if he attacks and puts our lives at risk, then so help me God, I’ll kill him with my bare hands.” “Just be careful,” Smith said as his Detectives walked out the door. ----------------- “So who is this Daniel guy?” Pete asked as he drove toward RFK. “I don’t know,” Gordon answered. “What do you mean you don’t know?” Chris asked, “I thought you were the world’s foremost expert on vampires.” “I mean I don’t know where he came from,” Gordon replied, “He has the powers of a master vampire, but I have never seen him or heard of him before.” “What’s a master vampire?” Pete asked. “A master vampire is like a king or a tribal chief,” Gordon answered, “There are only a few left out there. They are stronger than slave vampires, their minds are stronger, and they can withstand a limited amount of daylight. You can only get master vampire powers through two ways. They can be granted to a slave vampire by their Master or you can kill a master vampire and eat their heart.” “Ewwww,” Chris replied. “Our boy strikes me as the type to use the second method,” Gordon stated, “There was one close to this area, a man named Telemasco, and I’ll bet Daniel stole his powers.” “How do you know so much about this?” Pete asked. “I’ve hunted them almost all my life,” Gordon said, “Don’t fool yourselves, there are vampires out there. They’ve just gotten good at hiding themselves. Daniel could just be the first shot in a war against humanity. There are so many questions here that I just don’t have the answer to.” “What are you saying?” Chris asked, “That Daniel is part of some great vampire conspiracy?” “I don’t know,” Gordon answered as he began to think out loud, “Maybe he is. I’ll have to talk to Eli, he’d know.” “Okay, hold up for a second,” Pete said, “Who the hell is Eli?” “I can’t get into it now,” Gordon replied, “There are some things that you shouldn’t know Detective. You’d be better off that way.” “Well I think we’ve earned the right to the whole story,” Chris pointed out. “Detective, if I were to tell you the whole story, then you’d be too afraid to get out of bed the next day,” Gordon stated, “Now we must focus, we can’t get bogged down in all this other stuff, Daniel is our chief concern here. We have to kill him.” “No!” Pete said as he slammed on the brakes of the car, “I want to know god damn it! What the hell is going on here!” “Detective! We don’t have time for this!” Gordon shouted, “All information will be given out if and when you need to know it. The only important thing is killing Daniel!” “Let’s go Pete,” Chris urged and Pete then continued the journey toward the stadium. “How come all the people who got bit today didn’t turn into vampires?” Chris then asked. “To turn into a vampire,” Gordon answered, “You must drink their blood. Otherwise you’re just dead.” “That would make sense,” Chris replied before burying his head in his hands in disbelief of what he was discussing. “Now as for killing vampires, there’s nothing wrong with the old stake through the heart routine,” Gordon said, “Holy water, crosses, and light all can kill slave vampires. Decapitations work and so do removing their hearts. Fire can wound them and in some cases kill, but for master vampires this is the key here.” With that Gordon withdrew his dagger from his bag, “This dagger can kill any vampire. Some master vampires are too strong for conventional methods, but this baby never fails. If I can get it right through Daniel’s heart then he’ll be finished.” “As much as I’m enjoying Vampires 101, can I just say that we don’t have any of these weapons,” Chris pointed out. “Don’t worry Detective,” Gordon said as he dumped out his bag. Stakes, vials of water, and crosses fell out, “I brought enough for everyone to play.” “We’re here,” Pete pointed out as he pulled into the parking lot of RFK Stadium. A few minutes later Carly, Steve, Arnie, and Tom arrived, with three units of officers behind them. After having Gordon brief them on the proper methods for killing vampires, Pete presented the plan. “All right, I want an officer at every exit, Carly and Steve you monitor efforts out here,” Pete instructed, “The rest of us are going in and if Daniel’s here then we’re going to find him. Any questions?” There were none. “All right let’s do this. If anyone spots him, get on the radio,” Pete said. “We never had to learn this in the academy,” Arnie remarked. ---------------- Pete, Chris, Arnie, Tom, and Gordon easily made their way past the guards, even though it was thought best by all involved that the guards not know the whole story about what they were looking for. The stadium, usually filled with throngs of insane football fans screaming for the Redskins, was now filled mostly with teenage girls. The occasional parent or horny teenage boy was spotted, but for the most part the usual Spice Girl fan base was there screaming in joy as the British quintet ran through “Spice Up Your Life” onstage. “Okay, we’ve got a lot of places to look,” Chris said over the noise of the crowd, “I suggest we split up we can cover more ground that way. We’ll meet back here in an hour if we still haven’t found anything.” The four others agreed and split up, with Tom and Arnie taking the left, Chris and Pete going down center, and Gordon taking the right. Before he left, Pete handed a radio to Gordon. “Call us if you see him,” Pete ordered before turning to his brother. “He could be anywhere,” Pete remarked, “We might never find him.” But Pete received no answer as Chris appeared to be distracted. Pete leaned in closer to his brother and thought he could hear him muttering something. “Are you singing along?” Pete demanded. “Absolutely not,” Chris immediately answered. “Yes you were,” Pete contended, “You were singing along to a Spice Girls song!” “Oh fuck you,” Chris replied, “I like them. They’re good.” “Great after this maybe you can join the group,” Pete suggested, “They can call you Retard Spice. C’mon we gotta work.” ------------- Meanwhile, Arnie and Tom were working their way through the crowd as they searched for any sign of Daniel. “How’s your arm?” Tom asked. “It’s still there,” Arnie replied, “I can see just as well with one useful arm as I can with two. Say, did you mean what you said earlier?” “I’m not sure,” Tom answered. “What does that mean?” “It means I’m not sure what I’m going to do when I see him again,” Tom replied, “I just can’t believe this is happening, that he’s real, that what he did to Stacy was real. I just don’t know, Arnie.” “What are you going to do if you see her again, I mean now that she’s...changed into one of those things?” Arnie asked his partner. “I’m just going to hope that that doesn’t happen,” Tom replied before he resumed his search through the audience. “We’re not going to be able to arrest this guy if he is what we all think he is,” Arnie sighed. “I know,” Tom stated, “We are going to have to kill him if we see him.” “I just hope we get him before he gets us,” Arnie thought aloud. ------------ Gordon walked over through the audience. There was no sign of Daniel anywhere. Gordon silently cursed himself for saying anything at all to Chris and Pete in the car. He should have just instructed them in how to kill the vampires and not gotten into all that stuff that they didn’t need to know. He’d messed up again, but hopefully the damage could be repaired this time. Not like what had happened fifteen years ago. He’d never be able to forgive himself for not being there that night. He was supposed to have been there, but the search for the vampire who had gotten his sister was consuming him and as a result his friends were tapped and captured. The police and the papers had called it a terrorist bombing. The Orange County Bombing was what it was referred to. It had all been a set up from day one and maybe Gordon would have been able to spot the trap. Eli had always been too trusting, but Gordon wasn’t there that night and innocent people had been killed. He could never right that wrong, but maybe by making a stand here and stopping Daniel before it was too late, then maybe he could pay part of his penance. These were dangerous waters he was leading these Detectives into, but Gordon couldn’t act alone anymore and there wasn’t time to appeal for help from the West Coast. Daniel had to be stopped and he had to be stopped here, before others decided to follow his example. Gordon stopped for a second, he had to calm down he told himself. All around him people were cheering and yelling, but for Gordon the tension inside the stadium was so thick he was practically choking on it. He could sense that Daniel was indeed here, laying in wait for the chance to snatch his prey. ---------- Blissfully unaware of the search that was currently underway amid the audience, the Spice Girls continued to perform with their trademark high energy levels. Each of the girls reveled in the fact that unless a person had been living in a cave for the past year, they knew who the Spice Girls were. They were completely overexposed and they were loving every minute of it. Their names, personalities, and choice of outfits was forever burned into the brains of every person who had ever heard “Wannabe.” Geri Halliwell (aka Ginger Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), and Victoria Aadams (Posh Spice) were better known than most world leaders, and certainly better liked. Of course the backlash against them was still present and it was more viscous than ever before. But none of that mattered when they were onstage. All petty fights between the girls and all the mean press predicting their imminent demise as a group were forgotten and they became one unit with the sole purpose to entertain. Some people liked being on stage, but the Spice Girls loved it. They were currently in the middle of their world tour and after playing here again tomorrow night, they would be zipping down to Miami for a show there. It was exhausting to be a Spice Girl, but not one of the five would trade in their lives at that moment, not for all the money in the world. The audience was living it up, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. Except for this one man who caught Geri’s eye. He was just wandering around the audience, close to the stage as if he were looking for someone. “Look at that bloke there,” Geri whispered to Mel C. when they were in between songs as she pointed at Gordon, “He doesn’t look like he’s having fun. What do ya suppose he’s doing here?” “Maybe he lost his kid,” Mel C. suggested. “I guess,” Geri replied, “He just seems out of place.” “Maybe he’s a dirty ol’ man who likes looking at your cleavage, Geri,” Mel B. chimed into the discussion. “That seems more likely,” Victoria cracked. “C’mon!” Emma shouted to them, “We gotta get going on the next song! What are ya just standing around for!” They did just that, but even as Geri sang, she couldn’t shake the feeling she first got when she noticed Gordon, there was something wrong. ------------- Pete and Chris had managed to make their way backstage. Their search down the center of the audience had been fruitless and had only turned up a teenager sneaking in a six pack of beer. Chris and Pete had of course confiscated the material and planned to turn it into evidence control at the end of the night. “I still think we should drink it now,” Pete suggested. “What and spoil the pain of being a loser while sober,” Chris replied, “I think not. It will work much better at the end of the night after we’ve officially not found him. He’s not here. He’s hiding, who’d be dumb enough to go to a public place after killing over a dozen cops? Besides he knows we’re on to him.” “Patience, little brother,” Pete said, “We still have places to check back here. This is the best spot for him to hide out at.” Guards tried to block entrance to the brothers, but one quick flash of their badges removed all obstacles. “What if we can’t find him, Pete?” Chris asked. “We will,” Pete replied, not wanting to consider the alternative, “That son of a bitch is here, I know it.” Pete and Chris proceeded to comb every inch of the backstage. They checked every person and even shone a light up into the rafters to check for an aerial assault, but their search produced nothing. “God damn it!” Pete said, “I know he’s here somewhere!” “Let’s stay back here for a bit,” Chris suggested, “We can get a pretty good view of the audience right up front and if he wants to grab one of the girls then that’s where he has to be.” “Good idea,” Pete said, “There’s only one way to get to them and that’s by going onstage.” “Should we warn the girls?” Chris asked. “No, we’ll just keep an eye on them from here,” Pete answered, “If he’s here, I certainly don’t want to tip him off. If we pull the plug on the show, then he’ll know for sure. We can’t blow this chance.” ----------------- Arnie and Tom also continued their search as they weaved in from the back of the stadium to the front. “Any movement out there, Carly?” Tom asked into his radio. “Negative, Tom,” Carly answered, “Every position checks in clear. If he’s gotten in while we’ve been here, he would have to have dropped in from the sky. You would have noticed if a man had come flying into the stadium, wouldn’t you have, Tom?” “Yes, we would have noticed that,” Tom testily replied. “Still nothing,” Arnie said as he finished scanning the people around him. “He could be anywhere in here,” Tom sighed, “It’s a needle in a haystack.” “He’s a little easier to notice than a needle,” Arnie replied as he continued to look. He jumped on top of a piece of sound equipment, to get a better vantage point and he craned his neck to see as much as he could. He moved slowly from person to person, finding only teenage girls. But then he froze and turned back, something had caught the corner of his eye! Arnie stared intently into the ground until he noticed it again, the burning red eyes! “TOM! I SEE HIM!!!” Arnie shouted, and when Tom whirled around again he did too. Daniel was indeed there and only a mere twenty feet away. By the looks of his eyes and the fangs that were extending from his mouth he looked ready to feed. The vampire then broke into a sprint toward the stage. “CHRIS! PETE! WE SPOTTED HIM!” Tom shouted into his radio, “HE’S HEADED TOWARD THE STAGE!!!” -------------- “ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY LET ME HEAR YOU SHOUT ‘GIRL POWER!!!’” Geri shouted into her microphone. The audience responded as instructed. “I WANT TO HEAR IT LOUDER!!!” Geri said, “GIRL POWER!!!” The audience again responded enthusiastically, bringing a smile to the redhead’s face. But then she saw coming from the left, two men running toward them, waving their arms and screaming for them to get off the stage. At that moment Daniel also leapt on the stage, in full vampire form bringing out gasps and screams from the girls. His face was burned terribly, taking away the attractiveness he once had. Immediately sensing that this was not supposed to be part of the show, the audience began to panic and move about frantically. “Get out of the way!” Pete shouted at the girls as he and Chris rushed toward Daniel. They both had stakes in their hands, and even though they both felt kind of silly, they had Daniel’s heart as their target. “YOU WON’T STOP ME NOW!!!” Daniel screamed as soon as he noticed the detectives. The vampire then leapt up high into the sky and brought down a row of lights. The structure crashed down onto the stage, glass and sparks flying everywhere. Mini explosions began taking out the rest of the lights as a chain reaction had been set off. By now the crowds of people were all rushing toward whichever exit they could find. Daniel seized the opportunity this moment of confusion had set off to grab the first Spice Girl he could find. It happened to be Emma, and Daniel snatched the young blonde. “EMMA!” Mel B. screamed as the girl struggled against Daniel’s grip. It was no use and the vampire held her tight. Tom and Arnie had managed to get on the stage and Gordon was right behind them, but it was too late and Daniel grinned deeply. “Gotta fly,” he said through a smirk as he took off into the night sky with Emma still in his arms. “NO!!!” Victoria screamed before turning to the Detectives, “DO SOMETHING!!!!” “Carly!” Pete shouted into his radio, “He’s getting away through the top, do you see him?” “Yeah, we got him!” Carly shouted, “Holy shit! He’s flying!” “Follow him! God damn it! Follow him!” Pete ordered, “Go after him and let us know the location and we’ll meet you there!” “Who the hell was that? What’s he done with Emma?” Mel C. demanded as she grabbed Chris’ shirt. “There’s no time to explain,” Chris stated, “We’ve got to go after him.” “Fuck explaining,” Mel B. spat out, “We’re going with you!” “The hell you are!” Pete said, “This is a police matter!” “She’s our mate!” Mel B. protested. “Take us with you!” Geri demanded. “We can’t just abandon her!” ‘We’re the police, let us handle this!” Tom ordered. “We don’t have time for this!” Gordon cried out, “He’s getting away!” “Who the fuck are you?” Mel C. demanded. “I kill vampires,” Gordon replied. “What are you saying?” Victoria asked, “That that guy was a...” “Vampire,” Gordon said, finishing her thought, “Yes he is.” “They aren’t real,” Victoria protested. “Time’s a wasting!” Arnie pointed out. “Let’s go!” Geri shouted, ‘We’ve got to save Em!” “You are not going!” Pete declared. Chris, Pete, Arnie, Tom, and Gordon then ran off, leaving the four remaining Spice Girls behind. “What are we going to do?” Victoria cried. “We follow them!” Geri declared. “They said we couldn’t,” Victoria contended. “Fuck them,” Geri said, “Those morons couldn’t save Emma when that guy grabbed her, what makes you think they could do it now? Now lets go, before they get too far off!” “We don’t have a car,” Mel C. pointed out. “We’ll have to find one fast,” Mel. B replied. ------------------ “We’re not going to be able to save her, are we?” Chris sighed as Pete drove on, following the directions Carly gave him. “Probably not,” Pete replied, “Daniel’s got a big head start on us.” “We might be able to,” Gordon suddenly said, causing the detectives to jerk their heads back. “How?” Arnie asked, “We haven’t been able to save any of the other girls yet.” “Well there is a possibility we can do it here,” Gordon speculated, “There’s a slim chance that if the change is a quick one, which they’ve been lately, then the victim can change back.” This perked up Tom’s attention. “What do you mean?” Tom demanded. “Usually there is an incubation period before a change to vampirism is complete,” Gordon explained, “But Daniel is so strong that this incubation is being skipped. So theoretically, if we kill him to break the mental hold on a new convert and then transfuse his blood out of the person’s system then they might be able to become human again. Of course this is all theory.” “We can save Stacy!” Tom exclaimed, hope popping into his thoughts for the first time in hours. “Don’t get your hopes up partner,” Arnie said. “Your friend is right,” Gordon said, “You’re going to have to prepare yourself to kill this woman if necessary.” “I can’t,” Tom contended. “You must be able to!” Gordon stated strongly, “She will kill you if she has the chance. Now if we go in I need one hundred percent commitment from each of you! There can never be any hesitation when trying to kill a vampire. One split second could give them the opportunity to attack. Remember Daniel and those girls are not human anymore, they’re predators and their senses are all razor sharp.” The ride continued in silence, until the radio squawked back to life. “Pete, he’s stopping!” Carly said excitedly, “He’s going into an old factory or something. We can’t quite see yet. Oh God, he’s carrying someone.” “We know all about that,” Pete sighed, “What’s your location, Carly?” The location was given and Pete turned the car around to head in that direction. “Okay now stay outside for us. Do not go in without us!” Pete then ordered. “This is a trap, isn’t it?” Chris asked. “He’s leading us right into a trap!” “Perhaps,” Gordon admitted, “But if we want to stop him, then it’s one we have to walk into.” ----------- Meanwhile, they Detectives were unaware that as they followed Daniel, they were being followed themselves. “Go faster!” Mel B. urged. “I can’t go any faster!” Geri said as she drove the car they borrowed from a roadie, “If I go any faster I’ll ram right into them and then they’ll know we’re here. This is the only way we can get to Emma!” “That man’s going to kill her, isn’t he?” Victoria asked. “Don’t say that!” Mel B. angrily shouted, “Don’t you ever say that!” “What if what that man said was right?” Victoria asked. “About vampires? That’s bullshit,” Mel C. answered, “There’s no such thing.” “He just flew off with her,” Mel B. pointed out. “Look I don’t care what he is!” Geri said as she brought an end to the discussion by slamming her fist on the steering wheel. “We have to save Emma and I don’t care what we have to do to make that happen!” ------------- Ten minutes later, Pete reached their destination and stopped the car. “He’s inside,” Steve said as he and Carly rejoined their colleagues. “He went inside and we haven’t heard one peep since.” “Let’s do this,” Gordon said as he began handing out weapons to Carly and Steve. “I can’t believe we’re doing this,” Carly said in an voice that slightly rose above a whisper. “Anyone who wants to back out, can back out now!” Gordon declared. He was met with silence and he nodded his head in approval, “Let’s go!” But before, the group could head to the door, another car came screaming into the front of the factory and The Spice Girls piled out. “Oh I do not believe this shit!” Pete sighed. “What’s going on?” Carly asked. “Oh my God! It’s the Spice Girls!” Steve exclaimed. “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Pete cried as the girls drew near, “What the hell are you doing here? You girls are not going in with us!” “The hell we’re not!” Geri said, “We’ve got to rescue her!” “I’m not going to let unarmed civilians in to what could be a death trap!” Pete said. “You’re letting him in,” Mel B. said as she pointed to Gordon. “He’s the only one who knows how to kill these fucking things,” Chris replied. “Look, Detective,” Geri declared, “We are going in and getting Emma out, whether you say we can or not! So step aside!” “We could use the extra help,” Gordon pointed out. “No!” Pete declared. “What the hell are they doing here?” Carly demanded. “They want to go in with us,” Chris reported. “What on Earth for?” Carly demanded. “Emma’s inside!” Mel C. declared. “Who?” Carly asked. “Daniel grabbed the blonde one,” Tom said. “I will not let you get involved in this!” Pete stated. “Tough luck,” Mel B. said defiantly, “We are involved already!” “Yeah and it stops here!” Pete replied as he headed toward Arnie. “Arnie,” Pete said as he approached the injured cop, “I need you to stay out here and watch them.. Make sure they don’t go in. Give us an hour in there and if we don’t get out, call the Lieutenant and have the place destroyed or whatever. Just stay out here and watch them.” “Why me,” Arnie protested. “I’m not just going to stand out here and babysit, while you guys are in danger.” “Arnie, your arm is fucked up to hell,” Chris pointed out as he joined the discussion, “You’d be a sitting duck in there!” Arnie’s face showed that he knew this too. “I’m just not going to sit out here,” he repeated. “You’ve got to,” Chris said, “There could be a bloodbath in there and I don’t want any more casualties then there have to be. You keep them and any other people from going in. Let us handle it and we’ll take it from there.” “We’d better go now,” Pete declared before he turned to face the Spice Girls. “You stay out here with Detective Nash, here. If you go in with us, so help me God, I will arrest you or shoot you or whatever it takes to stop you from adding your names to the body count.” “She’s our friend!” Geri cried. “Then be her friend and let us do our job,” Chris stated “If we’re in there covering your asses then we can’t save her!” This reply caused defeat to cross the faces of the girls and they gave up their efforts to enter the building. “We better go, little brother,” Pete said as he put his hand on Chris’ shoulder. “Yeah,” Chris sighed. “Be careful in there,” Arnie said as he kept sight on the girls. The detectives and their civilian companion stared at the abandoned factory before they entered. “Ominous looking fucker, isn’t it,” Steve remarked. “Are we going to die?” Carly asked. “Probably,” Tom answered. “Oh well, guess I won’t have to worry about making my car payments anymore,” Carly nervously joked. “We’re not going to die,” Gordon declared, “He is.” “Let’s quit stalling,” Tom said impatiently, “Who knows what he’s doing to Stacy in there?” “Time to go, Chris,” Pete said. “Pete?” Chris queried. “Yeah Chris.” “Next time I say not to answer the phone,” Chris stated, “Don’t make me answer the phone.” With that they all walked toward the building entrance.