Hours go by and I arrive in the area the boys gave the directions to, upon arriving I could tell something was off, no one was walking around and it was only 7 pm. Stores were closed and very few inns had their vacancy lights on. I step into the first in that I find and walk up to the counter. The clerk lady bows to me in respect.
"Hi! How many will be with you?"
I clear my throat before speaking.
"Just one."
She slightly nods and hands me a key.
"Great, that'll be $100"
I hand her the money without any hesitation and walk back out to find my room, upon finding it I unlock the door and go inside.
(It's not the nicest, but this will do for the night.)
I take off my wet clothes and change them into dry ones.
(It feels weird being alone, I wonder how everyone is doing?)
I thought as I lay in the bed slowly drifting off to sleep.
As my mind wanders in my dreams I feel a sense of doom rush over me which instantly wakes me up, as soon as I do though I'm thrown off the bed and onto the floor. I instantly stand back up and tackle a figure in front of me, we crash through the window and both fall into the snow outside which brought more light.
"Who are you!?"
I yell at the intruder as I stand up. He stands up as well and it was then that I saw the bright red eyes, but these eyes were different they had a slight purple I'm them and the person looked like a lunatic. His fangs were long and his hair was a mess. The clothes he wore are bloodstained and torn.
"Blood, I...want BLOOD!"
Before I could say anything he darts back at me but I easily dodge his rage-filled attacks this time and counter with my magic this time. I blast some ice darts that we're already formed from the wintery weather at him, they land accurately all over his body but he still rushes towards me, stunned I jump above him and grab ahold of his head in the process and slam him into the ground.
"Get ahold of yourself dude! I'm not your enemy!"
I jump back as he starts to get back up, he staggers but quickly regains his footing and looks directly Into my eyes.
"I...am E-I need...BLOOD!"
Just then I hear a bang and try to move but it was too late and I quickly feel a sharp pain in my side.
(A sniper?!)
The vampire then rushes me one more time but I clutch my wound and quickly use some of my own blood to cast a blood-ice dagger. As soon as he reaches me I stab it into his heart without thinking twice about it.
"I'm sorry, but I had no choice..."
As I say those words he goes limp and falls to the ground, Before I could react I hear another shot. It flys past me hitting the ground and I instantly jump through my broken window grabbing my backpack and throwing my jacket over me I quickly climb through the bathroom window to escape.
(I need to get out of here, I have no idea who I'm dealing with.)
I apply pressure to my wound as I rush through the winter night, after about 20 minutes of running I enter an ally way and lean up against the wall to check my wound.
Breathing heavily and feeling a bit weak from blood loss I sigh in relief seeing it was a through and through shot. Not a fatal one either so I grab one of the bandages from my bag and wrap it tightly around me before standing back up.
I look around and notice a blood trail leading my way and feel my heart drop.
(I'm not safe yet, I need to move.)
I take a deep breath and push myself to keep running. I don't stop till I've reached an abandoned shed. I climb into it and seal off all of the entrances before finally sitting down to catch my breath.
(This guy couldn't have followed me this far, right?)
I cough from the cold but quickly cover my mouth as I hear footsteps a few feet away, I stay silent as I hear them softly approaching.
(There's no way...How could he follow me this entire way?!)
I try to steady my breathing as they get closer but realize they weren't just getting closer, they were directly next to me. I hear a chuckle come from the wall I was leaning up against.
"Haha, do you really think you could escape me?"
I instantly stand up but before I could react the entire wall is shattered and I feel a hand around my throat as the peaces of the wall fall to the ground around us.
A tall man wearing a black snow suit with red eyes and short black hair stood before me
"I don't know where you were hiding all of this time but the moment you stepped foot into this town I smelled you, you're the one Rodes has been looking for right?"
(This is bad, I can't believe I'm caught in just a mere 24 hours?!)
I gulp but dare not say a single thing to the man before me.
"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue? Here let me help you!"
He grins as he used his free hand to raise my shirt to reveal my bandaged wound.
"Stop!"
I scream at him and try to wiggle away, as I try to use my magic he stabs his fingers into my wound and I scream out in pain.
"Ahh!"
(Damn this guy!)
I try my best to ignore the pain and lift my leg up as fast and hard as I quickly could kicking him square in his private parts, he instantly throws me to the ground and groans in pain.
"Why you little-"
Before he could regain his composure I had already stood up and kicked him in the face sending him flying into a tree, I then run as fast as I could till I reach a water system that I instantly jump in.
(He said he could smell me, so maybe this will take him off my trail.)
I keep swimming for about 10 minutes till I can't take the cold anymore and get out. I sigh in a bit of relief seeing that it was starting to be light out. I look around me and my heart drops as I see the same man from before.
"Little lady, there's no use in running away from me, this is just a game I'm too good at. Normally it's a very easy game but this time you made it fun for me, but now I think the fun needs to come to an end."
(This guy is on a whole new level, I can't run anymore and I don't know how much fight I have in me after this...but I can't give up!)
I quickly make a few hand signs and a blue light appears around my hands.
" I was going to save this for later but...desperate times call for desperate measures!"
I could feel the electricity in the air and the weather getting colder as I finish the final hand sign.
"Little girl, it's time to stop playing let's finish this!!"
He darts towards me as I smirk and prepare for him.
(That's right, come at me. Get closer!)