Bravo peeled down the street of the restricted zone in the SUV driving as fast as possible. The team was no longer concealing their presence. Both Dasher and Charlie sat in the middle row while Alpha stood through the hatch in the rear of the vehicle.
*DongDongDongDongDongDongDong*
They drove straight into the oncoming swarm of vampire spawns as they drove closer to the heart of the restricted zone. Charlie and Dasher saved their ammo while Alpha unleashed the fifty-caliber machinegun.
The engine revved as Bravo drove straight into the crowd. The brute of a vehicle barely slowed as it mowed down those who didn't get out of the way.
*DongDongDongDongDongDongDong*
Bursting through the crowd, they left the spawns behind, but they quickly turned and changed directions to chase them.
Up ahead, Bravo could see even more coming out of a subway tunnel.
With a flick and a press, the second missile was launched from the grill
*Boom*
A hole was blown through the horde, but thousands poured out from the nearby buildings and rooftops, they came from the sewers, under cars, and even ripped through wall to appear on the street.
"Looks like we are in the right place!" Bravo hollered.
Dasher was tapping on his phone. "It looks like most of them came from underground. We need to get into that subway tunnel."
"Don't worry, I will pull them off the trail." Bravo said without hesitation.
"Don't worry, we will complete the mission."
*DongDongDongtingtingtingting*
The fifty-caliber machinegun had finally run out of bullets. Alpha ducked back into the car after closing the hatch.
"Get ready, I will give you an opening." Bravo suddenly slammed on the brakes and cranked the wheel.
The SUV spun in a long drift that appeared to be too wide.
*Bang*
The side of the vehicle slammed into a plaster wall, shattering it to pieces and stopping for a moment while the tires spun and tried to gain traction. Once there was grip, the SUV took off again, driving straight through the horde.
Inside the building, Charlie had a hand on the shoulder of Alpha and Dasher as the three stood still. The spawns ignored them and turned to keep chasing the SUV. With a squeal the vehicle turned a corner and was out of sight. Charlie released her grip.
"Damn, that stealth ability is pretty impressive." Alpha remarked.
"Let's move." She said, in no mood to talk since she knew what Bravo was going to do.
The three ran towards the subway tunnel that was now unguarded.
Bravo kept driving and ran over any spawns that blocked his path as he drove further away from the subway entrance. As he made a turn, hundreds of vampire spawns leapt at once from a rooftop and landed in front of him.
*Crash*
The SUV came to a violent halt. An acolyte stood in the center of the road, unmoving.
"REEEE!!!!"
The spawns screeched as they threw themselves on the vehicle from every angle and began to rip and bash, trying to force their way in.
Bravo groaned as he unbuckled his seat belt. He picked up the submachinegun from beside his seat and moved to the center row while look around.
*Wham* *Bash* *Crunch*
Spiderwebs of fractures appeared on all the windows, blocking his view. The windshield was the first to break.
*BapBapBapBapBapBap*
Bravo held the trigger and bounced from head to the head.
*Crash*
A window on the side was broken into. Bravo turned his gun and emptied his magazine before reloading.
Suddenly the spawns that were coming from the front retreated as they made way for the acolyte. Bravo emptied an entire magazine but only left the man with flesh wounds.
The acolyte smirked when the gun ran dry. When his feeble pray tried to throw a pointed weapon at him, he leisurely caught it. But then he felt the electricity flow throw his body. His eyes lowered to see that the man he was pursuing was kneeling on a large crate and there were explosives spilling out onto it from the side.
The acolyte panicked as he didn't even have the ability to retreat. Claws reached in from the side and dug into Bravo's shoulder. Suddenly there was a faint mechanical whine coming from his chest. And then…
*Kaboom*
The explosion leveled the entire block. Everything withing ten meters was vaporized. Everything within a hundred meter was bashed by the shockwave. And everything within three hundred meters was pierced by shrapnel that was sent flying.
***
Dasher and the others quietly moved further into the subway station. Their was no signs of human presence but their was a lot of tracks showing that those things were coming and going often.
A series of subway cars were stopped at the station with the doors opened. The group looked to the left and the right. The tracks were moving through the car to the left. They followed. At the end of the car a hole was ripped open. They dropped down to the track and moved forward.
"REEEEE!!!!!"
Screeches could be heard coming from the dark tunnel ahead.
"Looks like the elder saw that Bravo was alone." Dasher muttered.
"You two stay off to the side and press forward. I will deal with them."
Dasher and Charlie nodded. Charlie placed her hand on Dasher shoulder and activated her ability.
"Come on girl, it's your turn to take the stage." Alpha muttered as he opened the latch on his briefcase.
The handle remained but the case flipped up with a mechanical whirl as a four foot minigun took its place.
"REEEEE!!!!!"
Vampires spawns crawled across the ceilings and walls while others ran across the tracks.
Alpha stroked the barrel of the gun and muttered. "Don't be shy now, let them hear you sing." He pull the trigger halfway and the multiple barrels of the gun started to rotate.
*TicTicTicTicTicTicTic*
He then pulled the trigger the rest of the way.
*DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa*
Bullets flew from the minigun that Alpha held with one hand. Spawns fell and crumpled while the ones behind continued to advance. With his free hand, Alpha pulled an incendiary grenade's pin with his teeth and then chucked it into the center of the group.
*DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa*
Alpha kept backing up while shooting. The spawns kept falling but their were just too many and he couldn't stop them all.
*Wham* *Crash*
Alpha was launched through the air and slammed into the side of the tunnel. It felt like he was hit by a truck. He aimed the barrel down the tunnel and kept firing while he wheezed and struggled back to his feet.
Where he previously stood was an acolyte. Alpha grimaced when he saw him. The vampire acolyte moved in a flash. A fist was pummeling straight towards Alpha's face.
*Crack*
The acolyte was surprised to see his fist stopped. Alpha had caught it in his left hand and remained standing, even if his arm was broken. Before he could make his next move, Alpha's head came dashing forward.
*Slam*
He headbutted straight into the acolytes face, breaking his own nose in the process. The acolyte buckled under the strength and fell backwards.
Alpha took a step forward and swung his gun towards the man's face.
*DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa*
He didn't stop as the spawns claws ripped into his legs. He remained unmoving like a rock weathering a storm when their hands dug into his back. Claws ripped at his face as his face and limbs, but he kept the trigger pressed until only a pile of mush remained where the acolytes head had been.
Suddenly there was a faint mechanical whine coming from his chest. And then…
*Boom*
The spawns were blown to bits and cracks appeared on the tunnel walls and ceilings. A moment later, they gave way and the passage collapsed.
***
Charlie and Dasher heard the tunnel collapse behind them but didn't look back. Up ahead was an underground service station where subway cars were swapped out. The slowly moved their way in. Once they came to the edge of the service station, Dasher moved in while Charlie slunk into the shadows.
Dasher looked around; the subway cars looked like they formed a barricade with a dead spot in the center.
The General jumped up through the open doors of a car and looked around. The power system to the subway car was still on but the lights were flickering. He slowly stepped forward with his gun drawn. He moved towards the opposite end of the car and looked into the hollow space created by the surrounding cars. Right when he was about to step down he heard a voice behind.
"Do you really think your guns can hurt us?"
He spun around and saw an acolyte standing behind him.
"Let's find out."
*Bang*
The shotgun fired and flames flew from the barrel as white hot flaming metal was projected forward. The acolyte was too close and the magnesium, that caught fire when exposed to air, embedded itself in the man's face.
"AHHH!"
*Chic-Cha* *Bang* *Chic-Cha* *Bang*
Two more loads were fired after he racked in a new shell. The fire burned straight through flesh and bone. The acolyte screamed before he fell and stopped moving.
Dasher quickly spun around and aimed his shotgun.
*Chic-Cha*
In the hollow space that was previously empty stood an elder vampire.
*Bang*
The elder locked at his chest where the flaming metal caused his skin to itch. He used his hand to wipe it off.
*Chic-Cha*
The vampire appeared in a flash a foot before Dasher. A blood red axe chopped straight through the shotgun and took one of Dasher's hand's with it.
*Slice*
The vampire's empty hand plunged straight through Dasher's chest and pierce him through his chest. Dasher's heart was no more. The strike obliterated it. The man went limp and didn't struggle.
*Woosh*
The elder dropped his axe and plucked the arrow from the air. He then turned towards the shadows and spoke. "Your stealth may impress the mundane, but your beating heart betrayed you." He then flung Dashers body to the side where he crashed through the window of another subway car.
The elder flicked the arrow back into the shadow, but only the sound of an arrow striking stone rang through the area.
In response two grenades landed at the vampire's feet.
*Bang* *Bang*
A flash of light, a deafening boom, and fire was thrown into the air.
The vampire was a step quicker and turned to mist before materializing on the other side of the hollow area between cars.
"Amateur." The elder remarked. "I was honestly expecting more."
He stretched out his hand, and the axe made of blood flew to his hand, with a flick of his wrist, the axe was launched straight up.
*Puhh*
Charlie was impaled through her stomach as the axe held her to the ceiling. The vampire raised his hand, and the axe began to come towards him with the woman still attached to it. Suddenly there was a faint mechanical whine coming from her chest. And then…
*Boom*
The vampire vanished and appeared in front of a different subway car. He detected the explosion with only a moment to spare.
"Hmpf, looks like you had a few tricks. Doesn't matter now though."
*Stab*
A high-voltage splicer pick stabbed into the vampires back. Dasher had reached through the broken window after he pulled himself up onto the bench.
"We all got tricks." He wheezed out.
Suddenly there was a faint mechanical whine coming from his chest. And then…
*Boom*
The elder vampire was blown to pieces.