*She stands on the corner..one of the last few mortals that linger in the city of vampires. Her long raven black hair spills out from hood that she wears. Her flawless face flushed from running from the vampires she ran into earlier..luckly..she ecsapced. She glances around her pale green eyes scanning for any danger. She glances to other corner seeing a dark figure..already knowing what it is, vampire... She looks to the sky and feels a twinge of fear as the sun starts to set. She turns and starts to walk in a quickend pace. She glances around as she walked around. She raises a hand to her hair brushing it back behind her ear. She stops turning into a dark alley..her only way home. She lets her hand fall to the dagger that is strapped around her thigh her shorts covering it slightly.*

*She looks behind her seeing that the dark figure is very well following her and quickly starts to walk down the alley*

OOC:I'll join!

She watched the figure continue walking through the desolate existance of her world. The figure quickened...Damn she saw me She quickened her pace as well, her black cloak now swishing against the ground, she could feel her once blue eyes turning amethyst. She hadn't had a human in a long time...If only things were like the olden days... She saw the figure reach to her thigh.So she came prepared... Her time will come later... She spun on her heels and strode in the opposite direction.

*She exhales slowly seeing the figure leave. Her hand reached to the front of her cape, grasping it lightly. She walks through the alley and turns quickly heading up the metal stairs reaching her apartment. Her eyes fall below seeing a few shadows seemingly move and she mutters to herself fumbling with her keys*

OOC:: do you mind if I join as well? If you don't want me to I will leave.

"Heya!" The child bobs into view, up into the face of the human woman. The shout echoes all around the city, and can certainly be heard for miles around. The little girl giggles wildly, tilting back on her heels and tossing her shoulder length, curly blonde hair over one shoulder. "Whacha doin?" She leans forward, her sea colored eyes widening with childish interest. Instantly after speaking she dances back, worried of being struck again. This was the first other human she had seen in a long time. Maybe she was a blood doll too. "I'm Emily, but master calls me Emy!" The irrepressible giggle comes forth again. Even in this place of darkness and death, the child can still seem innocent.
maybe she found a friend.

*She jumps swirling around, staring at the the child*
Are you trying to give me a heart attack!!*Exhaling slowly, she rests her hand on her chest.*
I'm about to go in my home and keep it down! *She whispers sharply*
You certainly don't want to draw any attetion around here..

"ooo! Is it a sercret place? I'm real good at keeping secrets!" Emily jumps up and down, nearly giddy with excitment. "Can I go with you, please? Please??" She jumps forward, clinging to the woman's leg. "Pretty please?"

*She looks down at the child and bites her lip slightly in thinking*
~You must be quite or else they will find me..so please tell no one...~
*She turns back around turning the key,pushing the door back to reval a dark room. Her eyes look to the ground as she turns back around, looking to the child*
~Are you a vampire...~

"Nope," Emmy tells the woman, in a whisper filled with glee. "No, I'm only a blood doll." She giggles again. "Are You a blood doll too?"
Emy peeks around the woman at the house. She grins and tilts back on her heels, folding her arms behind her back. "What's your name?"

((OOC: sorry this is short. I'm on a time limit.))

OCC: Its alright

~No, I am no blood doll, whatever that may be. My name is Marline...and you?~
*She walks in the house gesturing for the child to follow. Her hands guide along the walls and she finds the switch, flicking the light on.*
*She smiles lightly, glad to be home*

She had followed the mortal to her house successfully without being seen. Her skills were sharpening with each new human she stalked. Yet she knew she was getting ahead of herself

You're doing good. Don't get too damn confident yet. You remember the last time when the child got away from you. Cool your jets. You'll have your blood and drink it too.

From atop the building across the street, she could see she had a little one with her. Blood dolls they called them. A regenerating source of life could only be fully appreciate while in the prime of their youth. Such things were not uncommon in the city. Seeing one escape it's master was a bit of an uncommon site, but she knew the child would never last long without being discovered and taken back to her master.

She knew her work tonight was not done to her own expectations but she could live with the accomplishment of finding where the human lived. She would stick around a bit longer to see if anything changed but wouldn't spend a great deal of time. She had other marks to stalk, other missions to complete.

OOC- Mind if I join in? I haven't done this before, but it looks like fun.

IC-

She clung to the side of the crumbling brick building, the child's piping voice rising into darkness below her. Something about a... blood doll?

Great, just what I need. Focus. Come on, focus.

She checked the sky again. Clear- or overcast, which was almost the same thing. When the moon was out, it was dangerous. But clouds- clouds were her friend. She didn't see very well in the dark, and They did... but she could hear them when she wasn't trying to pick her way thorugh confusing patches of moonlight and shadow.

"Damn," Elisse whispered, and muscled herself up over the top of the wall, curling and dropping down onto the roof. Rough pebbly stuff grated under her wounded shoulder. Walking around at night, do they have any sense? Keeping this part of the city clear isn't something I can do anymore. Not without Grange.

Oh, but it hurt to think of Grange.

She raised her head, sniffing cautiously. Nothing but the smell of her own blood on the air- and a sharp, feral tang.

Oh, shit, Elisse thought, rolling up into a crouch. Another one. Her shredded boots ground against the roof's surface as the night whistled and cackled around her.

With a little luck, she could delay whoever it was long enough to let the human on the street below get home.

OOC- Well? What do you think?

OOC: Yay! >:D


Ic:


*She waits for the young childs response, wanting to get inside. A ceature oddly, almost rare in the city, a small kitten pads to the door mewing softly. She leans down and picks the kitten up, glancing to the child once more*

~Well?~

OOC: OK, let's jazz things up a little here...

IC:

Elissa just barely made it to her feet before the creature's fingers closed around the scruff of her neck. Oh, great. Just my luck- She went limp, curling into a ball, the thing shook her and tossed her.

It was lucky. The thing tossed her off the roof, snarling. Elissa's instincts shifted into overdrive, the thin taste of copper adrenaline laid against her tongue. Pull the Power, don't let it pull you- Jinji's voice echoed inside her head.

She fell, a shimmer like moonlight beginning on her skin, aiming for the street. At the last second, Power spiked, and Elissa twisted just as the creature landed gracefully on the street before her, lips pulled back from fangs in a silent snarl.

Elissa's boots thudded into the cracked concrete. She whirled, the shorter of her two swords blurring out, and felt the satisfying crunch of blessed steel driven into creature flesh. A short howl of cheated agony slammed the night air.

"Go ahead," Elissa snarled. "Scream-"

She used the momentum of the strike to finish, black blood whipping free of the blade, spinning the hilt in her hand so she wouldn't stab herself as she grabbed the creature-

-and buried her face in its throat, warm black blood gushing over her chin.

OOC: Still playing around with this, not quite sure of what's happening. :) Anyone want to join in?

Serenity's attention shifted when a shimmer caught her eye. She turned her head and honed her eyes to see a fight in the streets.

Let's just watch this carefully before we go getting ourselves involved and taking our eyes off the mark

She watched as the creature picked up the girl and threw her. She thought to herself, 'Impressive. Not too shabby for the everyday vampire.'

She kept her eyes focused on the blades the girl carried with her. Hide them as much as she tried, Serenity found herself easily able to fix her turqouise eyes upon them. As the girl reached for a blade and penetrated the creature with whom she fought, Serenity had to give kudos to the girl

Not bad. Not bad at all. Young kids with skill...finally the world is evolving

She jumped down from the high rise building; her silver hair shimmering until her feet landed firmly on the concrete. She looked at the girl who seemed so enthralled with her new kill. She would stand there until she had her full attention before making any kind of approach. She pulled a cigarette from between her breasts and lit it.

OOC: Hey there, Serenity! Nice of you to drop by, :)

IC:

The tang of cigarette smoke would have warned her, if the sound hadn't. The other creature was making no attempt to hide itself, and it hadn't attacked yet. Elissa's fingers clenched as the one in her arms turned to dust, every last bit of life and power squeezed from it by the ka-tentacles of the feeding. Her swordhilt socked into her hand, and Elissa half-turned, catching a glimspe of silver hair as she shuffled back, her boots patting the cracked pavement.

The creature was indeed smoke a cigarette, and studying her intently. Elissa held the sword steady, bright blade slanting up, a slash of silver in the dark air.

"Who the hell are you?" she demanded. "And if you want to murder me, get it over with. I don't have all night.

This amused her.

"If I wanted you dead, I would have stopped that pile of dust from destroying you simply so I could."

She walked around the girl. She studied her, she absorbed her smell, her taste...her thoughts. She could tell she hadn't been around more than a century and considered it a safe bet that she would be opinionated and arrogant. She threw her cigarette down and noted her hand upon the blade.

"You see, that will do you no good. I see your hand on your weapon...I see the shimmer of it. Nothing wrong with being prepared to fight," She smirked; now looking into the girls eyes, "just don't be obvious."

She lost all expression in her face. Serenity looked deep into her eyes far enough to see her fear. Granted, there wasn't much of it, but there was enough to be sensed by even a human.

Make a descision now, Ser. Keep this one on board or eat her until her ashes are to thin to piss on.

She grabbed the girl by her collar and licked her neck. With a quick smirk she dropped the girl and cut her own wrist, extending it.

Ancients, Elisse thought with a purely mental sneer, seeing the woman had accepted her outward show. They see exactly what they want to see, don't bother with observing. She thinks I'm a young suckhead. Fine. Let her.

"I like being obvious," Elisse countered. "That way there's no misunderstanding."

"Here, drink." The woman's tone was just short of bored. "I have other things to do tonight, child. Take your medicine like a good girl."

The weight of the words cracked against the careful walls of Elisse's mind, trying to bear her down, force her to drop her eyes. She tightened her hand on her swordhilt and move the blade slightly, her free hand curling around a small wooden ball that dropped obediently from her ragged sleeve. Where are you when I need you, Grange? she thought, and moved her hilt again, testing. Turquoise eyes flicked over the hilt- the woman was paying attention to the sword, despite her disdain. "I answer to no-one," Elisse said, fixing her eyes on the dripping wound as if she was hungry. Black blood smoked in the night air.

"This is all most boring," the woman replied, her voice losing all trace of amusement. "Do what your mistress tells you to do, fledgling, or-"

Elisse's hand was already moving, tossing the small wooden ball. A shutterclick snap of flame exploded on the night air- not enough to harm the woman, but enough to dazzle night-hunting eyes. By the time the flame faded, Elisse was already gone, streaking across the city, silent laughter blooming in her chest. Point for me, she thought, at least I distracted her. Now, that trapdoor's around here somewhere...

OOC- I always did like playing hard to get. :) Hope you like it, SilverX!

*The girl grows a bit impaitent and mutters to herself stepping inside, the house lights dimming one a bit more*
~If you want to come in child, tap the door or my window, but it is too dangerous for a mortal like me to linger here in the darkness.~
*She steps behind the door and starts to slide it shut with a sigh*

OOC:: Sorry! I was camping...far far away from computers...meh.:

Emmy squeaks and rushes inside. "Emmy! I'm Emmy!" She teeters again. "Sorry, I was just...kinda sorta...drifting off." She 'heh-heh's uncomfortably. "You have a very strange mouse in here." She offers as an opening to conversation. Indeed it was a strange creature. She had never seen one of its like before. Her old master liked oddities, things that were one of a kind.
Emmy didn't like him much.

Mouse?*She raises a brow and looks around, her eyes scanning her room as she she bolts and locks the doors*
~I thought they would be all dead...~*She turns and looks out the window for a moment, seemingly staring off into the way the sun would come up*
~So emmy..~*She peels away from the window and starts to walk for the kitchen*
~What do you..eat and please tell me it something rational...~

Emmy ponders for a moment. "Anything really will do. I don't eat much at all." She stoops over the mouse thing, and gives it a little pat. It has much silkier fur than any rat she has ever seen. And cuter. Much cuter.
"Why do you live here?" Emmy asks with overflowing curiousity. "I mean, if you're not a vampire or Blood Doll...then it seems kinda dangerous."

*She pulls out a tea she had made earlier, then she walks to her cubboards searching for the glasses as she speaks*
~I do not stay at one place for too long, Im actually trying to find my way out of the city. So I move by daylight, I pack some of my things then move them to my new home, I go one way so I wont make any circles..thats why my house is not well furished~
*She finds two glasses and sets them on the bar starting to fill them up, the sound of glass clicking making a kitten, one rarely seen in her hallway come darting from the room*
~Ahh..I new you would come out of hiding sometime...

((OOC: hope you don't mind. Tell me to go if you don't want me to join.))

The humming of a motorbike broke the silence that surrounded the outer limits of the city. There was a flash of red and the rider in black roared passed on the red bike. The bike shot up empty streets after empty streets, suddenly out of no where three figures jumped out on the road in front of the bike. The ride applied the brakes hard, the bike spun and slipped out, leave the rider rolling across the road.

Jack Pope stood up, his clothes now tattered, luckily for him barely any blood has escape his body.

"Hey, are you guys stoned or stupid? You just destroyed my bike." Jack spoke walking right up to the three figures.

The three figures just laughed, and then barring their fangs, grabbed Jack.

"Great Vampires. What a surprise." Jack said in a boring tone.

Jack reached down with his right hand and grabbed his dagger and plunged it into the chest of the largest vamp, who released him as stood back in pain. Jack freed himself from the other two and jumped serval metre back.

Jack pulled his double curved magi sword from under his coat, the black blade reflected no light. This was more then the vampires expected, all three of them fled, in three directions. Jack sheathed his sword and chased after the largest one, who still had his dagger imbedded in its chest.

Jack reached what appeared to be an apartment block, he had followed the vampire to this area, but lost him. Slowly Jack walked around the street, the vampire was no where to be seen. Suddenly out of a dark alley came Jack’s Dagger, it spun through the air and struck Jack in the right arm, he fell against the nearby wall. A howling laughter sounded through the night.


((OOC: Well hope that's ok. It has been a while since i've came here. cheers))

*Marline turns , looking toward her window. She walks and hands the glasses to the girl and quickly brushes past her.*
~Hold this...~*She peers out the window and raises a brow at the dark streets. Unlocking the locks on the door, she pulls it open a tiny bit and glances around. She sees no one and steps out peering over the rail, her long black hair hiding her face*

Jack pulled the dagger from his arm grimacing with pain. Righting himself he began looking for a place to escape the street, he spotted a woman, peering over the railing in front of an apartment. Jack located the stairs leading up to her and began to climb, holding his dagger in his left hand, his right arm bleeding. When he was near the woman he spoke, as to not alarm her by sneaking up.

“Hello, if you are of mortal kind I could use some assistance, if you are not of mortal kind, please… I’m in no mood to kill you now.”

Jack staggered up the few remaining stairs and lent against the wall.

“Please, I am no vampire and only look for a place to rest.”

Emmy holds the glasses, staring out the window where the lady and a man were. Someone who hunted vampires!? Perposterous! Her master had never mentioned such things existed. Emmy blinks, trying to make sense of what was going on.
Maybe running away hadn't been such a good idea.

*She backs away a few stops before looking him over. Knowing now that he was not one of the undead, she focuses her attetion of things of more improtance*
~You're hurt...come...you don't want to attract any more of those creatures..~*She holds open her door and gestures for him to enter*
~You must be crazy to be out at this time...~

Jack smiled politely and entered the woman's house, "Thank you," Was all he said as he went inside.

Once inside Jack noticed what appeared to be a child, he turned his attention back to the woman, "I thank you again. My name is Jack Pope. I was out at this time because I only just arrived here. I heard that this place was over run with vampire, I came here to help any mortals stuck in this city."

Jack sheathed his dagger and began attending his wound, "Have you got anything I can wrap around this?" he asked.

~Surely..i will be right back..~*She rushes down the hallway entering her own bedroom, she reaches down under the bead and pulls out a long box filled with everything she had stolen from empty hosiptals.A soft mewing is heard, she owns an animal which is also rare to these parts, a kitten. She pats the kitten and drags the box out to the living room , the kitten racing after her.*
~Not now lady!~*She gently shoves the little white kitten over and it just hopsback up and chases after her feet*
~I hope this will do...the hospitals were empty...so I helped myself~*She prys open the box and picks up the white kitten*
~Hush you...~*She mutters lightly and sets the kitten back down watching it race after emmy*

“Thanks,” said Jack as he went through the box with his left hand. He found what he was looking for and proceeded to bandage his arm. When he had completed his spoke,

"So what are you still doing in this city?"

Jack looked to the child, "She yours?" he asked trying understand the situation better.

Jack moved to the window and peered out, all he could see was the darkness, with a few lights on here and there.

“What happened to this place?”

~No shes not mine, Shes a...a blooddoll~*She says with a shake of her head before sitting down on the sofa. She glances back at emmy and smiles a bit*
~ Everything happened, a vampire lord and his minons showed up one day or night you can say. He started turning everything he got his hands on trying to make army for what I have no idea. Now I hear he is trying to catch live humans, and use them to breed more for there feeding, but few of his own have gone nuts and trying to turning the world to vampires.~
*She mutters lightly and leans back on the sofa, her blue eyes staring out the window*
~So I move by day, I find an empty home and move there, some homes are furished. I'm trying to make my way out of the city, before anything can happen to me.~
*She looks down at the kitten sitting on her feet and smiles lightly picking her up*

Wench. I hate these arrogant little young ones. If I ever see her again...

Her thoughts trailed off as she heard a noise. Serenity saw him for the first time in years and wondered how in the world Jack Pope ended up in this little town of hers...and right outside the place of her mark.

Listen to yourself, Serenity. You can't afford to stir up dust with Jack now. There is a time and a place for everything. You've taken your eyes off the mark, gotten engaged with a half-wit vampire, and now Jack Pope arrives. Quit losing your focus. You have more than one night to kick your own ass...quit trying to make it happen quicker

She watched as Jack chased the biggest of the three vampires down the alley before getting his own knife to the arm

I hope it stings. Damn you, Jack. How many towns exist in the world? Bugger off and leave me to this one.

Then, of all the possible creatures to hear a noise and stick its curious head out the window, her long adorned mark looked out. Serenity could not risk being seen at this point. She jumped back and forth between the appartment complex buildings before she reached the top of the one her prize resided under.

She couldn't help but think 'I hate irony. The one thing I hate more than arrogant young bloods and overly confident mortals, is irony'

She sat silent...still...completely aware. Serenity knew this one was important but she just couldn't bring herself to leave yet. Every intuitive bone in her body begged her to leave before she was found, yet her curiousity would not let her go. This was to her what a car crash is to mortals...it became impossible to turn away.

She was aware of the blooddoll that resided in the apartment with the mortal. She thought nothing of it. She only became aware of her when she moved. As she watched Jack go inside, she was grinding her teeth with a bitter hatred.

Bastard. How dare you. Oh...oh how I long to listen to the melody of your breaking bones. How I would live to lick the shivers of your spine as you feel my teeth grate against your skin.

She layed down flat on the roof of the complex and closed her eyes. She focused every bit of her concentration on the conversation. All the thoughts left her mind and she could see the silhouettes of everyone inside. She pressed her hands against the cold cement of the proof and felt their heat.

Jack listened intensely as the woman spoke of all that had happened. He remained silent for a few minutes after she had finished. He looked at the Blood doll, then back to the woman.

“I think this little vampire empire needs to come crashing down. We take down the king pin, this vampire lord, and the rest will come crashing down.”

Jack looked around then his eyes rested on the woman, “What do you say?”

~I say that is a grand idea..I know of a abonadend military base oppsite of the city. I hear there are a ton of weapons there.~*She looks to emmy and sighs a bit*
~Emmy, where are you from...~

Emmy starts as she is awknowledged. Normally she let the Elders speak while she quietly sat in a corner until summoned.
"Me? O, I'm from-" She ponders a moment, then points in the general direction of downtown. "Down there."
There was something else in the back of her mind, a memory of a distant time with kind people. O well, who cared? Emmy stoops down and pets the 'kitten'.
"You kill vampires, Mr. Pope?" She looks up at him and smiles. "I like you. You're funny." Not elaborating, Emmy continues petting the kitten.

"I got all the weapons i need, but we should check the place out. It's properly under vampire control though." Jack said.

Jack smiled as Emmy said he was funny, "Why is that?" he asked curiously.

Then he turned to the woman, "I think we are going to have to take this one with us. Emmy may know where the master vampire is, for who else would have a blood doll."

Jack's face moved once more towards the window, "I know it will be dangerous, but i don't see any other way."

Serenity laughed. All she could do was to laugh at this point and wonder how in the world they planned to bring down a city that belonged to the very creatures that owned the night.

"Let them try. Once and for all, these mortals will learn that we have grown. Not only have we grown, we have begun"

She listened carefully and noted the child's playful tone

How lovely it is to hear the innocent laughter or a small child. One so taken advantage of that she can't possibly know the differance between right and wrong. How ironic it is to see her survive so far from her master...like a lone flower in the middle of a concrete garden. Never knowing the harsh lifestyle stuck right in front of her. Her ignorance is her only bliss

Serenity opened her eyes and resumed her concentration on the conversation below. Her daydreaming was swaying her from her focus...and her lack of focus got her into her supreme mess to begin with. She reached into a pocket deep within her jacket and pulled a out a cigarette and lighter. She sat up and lit the cigarette before blowing out a slate-blue cloud of smoke. She rubbed her eyes with her palms and decided that she needed to get going if she didn't want to end up as nothing more than a pile of silver ash and smoke.

*She stares at emmy for a moment, then stands*
~Excuse me for a moment~*She races down the hallway stopping partly in the middle. Raising her hands she pulled down a stair case and walked up. She walked in for a few moments and kneeled before a very very very old chest enlined with gold*
~Forgive me mother..but this will help in many ways...~*She swiftly punches the chest, as the lid pops open she removes dust covered book titled The Power of Light. She dusts off the book and heads back down the stairs closing them behind her, she walks to emmy and knees infront of*
~Distiranna miilion tristaions~*She whispers quietly as the books lock clicks open and she quickly pulls the book open*
~Emmy, have you ever heard you master, or any of the vampires talk about this place?~*She holds the book out showing a picture of place made entirely of light and gold.*
~Or do you know this place perhaps?~

She stopped.

What the hell did she just say?

Serenity had heard the words correctly but she couldn't believe it. Of all the mortals to be in possession of such knowledge, HER mark had to be the one. And to make matters worse, Jack Pope was residing in that apartment as well.

For the love of Christ. This is just TOO ironic. Too completely insane to be true. Jack sitting under the same roof as my mission. MY MISSION! GODDAMNIT!

Serenity was frustrated to the point where she could not formulate a rational thought. Her notorious level head was complete out of whack at this moment.

A city of light and gold. I only know of one of those. And I sure as hell know that it isn't out in the open for just an old person to find. Screw composure. Screw waiting. Screw taking time. I want action and I want it now. I won't stay long. I just want a few words and maybe a good scratch

Serenity flicked her cigarette away and jumped down the apartment complex. When she had landed firmly on her feet, she waited for her long silver hair to finish a fall all its own. She found the door that sheltered her mark and gave it a firm knock before kicking it down and grinning devilishly into the room.

*Hearing the door slam down she jumps and clutches the book close to her. She stares at the woman for a moment before speaking*
~Vampire!~

Once the door had kicked down, Jack jumped up, his sword appeared in his left hand. He moved infront of Emmy and the woman, pointing the end of his sword towards the vampire he spoke.

"Leave this place, your kind is not wanted here."

Jack could only see the vampire as a figure standing just outside the door in the darkness, he could not she that was Serenity, who he had meet before.

Chuckling, she moved forward one slow step at a time. She looked at the mortal, her mission for which she had surely blown and then shot her glance to Jack. She formed a grin for which she could not fight back.

"Well well well, Mr, Pope. Fancy meeting you here. Might I ask just what brought you to this lovely city of mine? And under the roof of my prey no less. Is this coincidence or do you really miss me that much?"

She looked at the blooddoll and winked at her. She was feeling evil and utterly too confident in herself. She knew it. But she could care less.

She turned her attention to the mortal once again and looked at what she was holding.

"And what's that you've got there, my dear? A book? I will be taking that from you soon enough."

She took a few more steps forward to where she was face to face with Jack. She stared straight into his eyes and smiled. Her glimmering fangs showed and she resisted the urge to pick him up and throw him. She enjoyed this strangely intimate moment before she narrowed her eyes and tightened her hand to a fist.

A look of shock crossed Jack's face. Then it returned to he battle hard face.

"Call me Jack. Serenity... I miss you alway," Jack said mockingly.

"If I remember correctly, when I last saw you, you were running for your after-life."

Jack turned his head slightly, but kept his eyes on Serenity, "Hope you got a back door cause you're going to need it. Take Emmy and head for the military base."

Jack returned his full attention back to Serenity, "We all know how this ends Serenity, we fight, I defeat you, you leave empty handed, do we really have go through all of that." Jack hoped that angering, would cause her to make a mistake in the fight to come.

He tightened his grip on his sword.

*She glances to the vampire for a moment and then takes hold of emmys hand*
~Do becareful Jack...~*She turns and pulls emmy along toward the kitchen, where a fire escape window as located.*
~Look emmy, if we are to make through the city, you will surly need to learn how to kill a vampire..here take this..~*She kneels down to a cuboard and picks out 4 daggers and special made holders. She hands one to emmy for the moment and slips the others in their holders then fasents it to her thigh.*
~Just aim for the heart, these are special daggers laced with silver and deadly poisons for any kind mortal or immortal, so dont cut yourself with it..Now I need you to tell me do you know where this place is? I have to find it before I get to the military base~
*She kneels down infront of emmy and whispers*
~I have been studying this place rightfully, and ifa pure heart sets foot, they will be given some sort of power, that of which I do not know, but what I do know, is that it will help me fight the vampires, so please emmy, do you know this pace? ~

OOC:I am back after a much needed vacation/my computer broke down. Is there a way i can start again?

OOC: I hope this is ok with everyone. I'm just trying to spice things up a little.

IC: Pierce Heddington is searching through the streets. Searching for the living targets he had been ordered to find by his vampiric master. "Find the blood doll and the woman, and bring them to me", he hears his masters voice in the back of his head. I will, master. I will, he thinks, as he keeps a close watch on his surrondings. He is dressed in regular clothings. Old jeans, a gray shirt, shoes and a jacket. He also looks completely normal. He is brownhaired and has blue eyes. His skin too looks humanlike. He has two knives consealed below his jacket.

Pierce loved his master. He had been attacked by a vampire, when this other vampire showed up and sneered at the attacker in a way most beastlike. The attacker had then backed down and fled the scene, but not before having inflicted Pierce enough lethal wounds that he was dying from them. He lay on the ground, feeling his life slipping away as his body was getting colder. With what voice he had left he implored the other vampire to show him a last mercy. The vampire, however, had kneeled down before him, talking to him in a calm voice. "You are dying, my friend. I can hear your heartbeats getting slower. However, if you want it, I can save you from this most undeserved fate". Pierce had looked at him with a schocked expression on his face. "NO! I don't want to be like you! I don't want that kind of existence. If I cannot live, at least allow me to die", he had answered, tears running down of his cheeks. The vampire just let out a small chuckle, before saying, "no, friend. That wasn't what I were about to suggest. A single sip of my blood can work miracles. And you will still be as alive, as ever before". Pierce watched him with suspicion but finally nodded.

The master hadn't lied, he thought to himself. As soon as he tasted the potent blood of the vampire, he felt the power rushing through his body. He drank some more, and then more after that. He was close to death know, and completely reacting on instinct, he used the powers in the new aquired blood to heal even the worst of his injuries in a matter of seconds. He was alive. He had cheated death, though he wasn't aware of at what a horrible price. He already felt a much greater trust and love for this vampire. And this was only the beginning. As this vampire over the next many nights continually fed him with his blood, he felt a more and more dedicated love for this being. Almost like they had a shared bond. A blood bond. Then came all the brain manipulating powers the vampire used on him. Soon, Pierce was nothing more than a mindless tool in the hands of a vampiric puppetmaster. Not much different from a zombie, except he's still alive, and do still retain some some few, shattered bits of his consciousness.

I must fint the targets for my master, he thinks again, moving forward. All the sudden he finds himself standing before an apartment block. I wonder....

"You sound so confident for a mortal, Jack. You remind me of all those years ago when I was forced to beat you down to the point where you nearly died. I ran to give you a chance. Had I stayed, you'd be nothing but a sweet meal remembered and a pile of sand. I took pity on you, and this is how you repay me?"

She formed a sarcastic smile across her beautifully shaped face. She noted that the girl had gone out the back with the child with her. There was nothing she could do about it until she had taken care of Jack. It was true, her last encounter with Jack had been unpleasant. More than unpleasant. But she found that dwelling on the past made her lose sight of the task at hand.

She ran her finger down Jack's face and felt every muscle in his body tighten with disgust. This was nothing more than an aggrivation to Serenity...one that she could not ignore.

She curled her lips as to show her mood. Her eyes narrowed and became dark. Her body radianted anger and she could not help but want to just snap Jack in two. She knew it wouldn't be that simple, she couldn't ignore how difficult this might get. She bit down on her bottom lip and resisted the temptation to sink her claws into his throat and yank as hard as she could. Instead, she would wait for him to make the first move.

*She sighs and grabs the childs hand, climbing out the window. She lifs the child out and proceeds to make her way down the fire escape*
~Come on emmy...dont worry I won't anything happen to you~*She calls to her and steps upon the ground sliding the book in the back she wore*

Pierce eyes the woman. I have found her! The master will be pleased, he thinks, as he walks up to her.

"Hello. I'm a mortal, and by the looks you seem to be the same. My name is Pierce. I've been hiding and running from the vampires for months, trying to find a way out of this hopeforsaken town. Perhaps we would have bigger chances of surviving together than on our own. There's safety in numbers, after all", he says, sounding desperate as a frightened child. He reaches out a hand to greet.

She'll buy it. She's too desperate not to, he reassures himself. Soon the masters plans will unfold, and then his power will be undeniable...

OOC: Sure shadow. Just pick a side or whatever XD

IC:

*Marline eyes the man for a moment, her pale green eyes exaiming him. She glances to emmy for a moment, a slight breeze starting to pick up.*
~Hmmm..~*She sighs lightly and glances back at the man who claimed to be a mortal, and ties the top of her backup slipping it on her back. She brushes her dark hair from her face and slipping the hood of her cape back*
~Alright..Pierce..I'm kind of busy at the moment~*She extends her hand to his, gripping his hand lightly.*