Crimson Vampire Night

by Zac Zara

  "Stay to gherter now and don't break from the group! It seems we have underestimated our enemy. They have use where they wnat us!" Uthyxeth said.

  "Damn it! Just great!" Desmond said. "Hello, units 3 & 6 respond!" But all he got was static. "This is quite a well organized plan and it seems the wolves are part of as well." Uthyxeth said. The that same mist started to surround them. Uthyxeth and his knights stood their ground. From the mist there came hulking beast, Crimson Hounds under the songs spell. Their eyes were glowing blue. Not only that they all had the look of ravagous monsters ready to kill.

  "You to to be kidding me! The crimson Houses! What are they doing?" Desmond said. "Remember, non-lethal moves, only kill if absolutely necessary. Remember!" Uthyxeth said. Their actions are not theirs. Now I see their play!" Uthyxeth said. Then the wolves leaped at the knights with crazed rage.

  Meanwhile, Deacon and Weldon were riding on the motorcycle down the interstate back to St. Charles. They drove 90 miles per hour and didn't care about the police. They had to get back to the city and their friends or else. But as they drove like hell, this massive semi truck caem racing down from a exit and barreling right for them. Weldon saw the truck and drove out of the way in time. The semi truck plowed into a jeep and caused to not crash into the ditch to the right. But it didn't seem that bad and it had only minor damage.

  "Just what we need! More assholes and now reenacting Dual!" Weldon said. The semi truck kept circling over back and forth trying to run them down but Weldon was a master on the bike, dodging through cars and other drivers to keep away from the semi truck. But the truck was persistent.

  "We don't have time for this!" Deacon said. The vampire pulled out his claymore. "get me close!" Weldon backed up right down next to the semi truck. the semi truck was about to run them over but Deacon ran his claymore through the engine, left tires and the back tires. The semi truck started to drive uncontrollable as the engine exploded into flames. Then the semi truck went flying into the pillar of one fo the over passes. The truck collided then burst into a giant fireball with the two leaving the burning inferno in their dust.

  “Maximum Overdrive straight to hell you bastard!” Weldon said.

  They both finally reached the St. Charles city where they found large smoke comes rising from different places. "It already begun!" Deacon said. The motorcycle pulled over into the mall next to bass Pro Shops.

  "Damn it Larry! What the hell is happening?" Weldon said. "Let's stick together! there's no telling what is happening!" Deacon told Weldon. "Yeah! I was going to say the same thing. What a mess this is turning into!" Weldon said. He grabbed Deacon and hugged him tight. "No matter what, we're going to beat this and you got me! Ok!? Weldon said to Deacon .

  "I know! You got me too! So let's end this together!" Deacon told Weldon .

  "You got it!" The two took off down the back streets to the burning spots in the city. They were getting worse by the second. "How do we find them to begin with. This city is huge!" Deacon asid.

  "Follow the screams!" Weldon said. It didn't take them long to hear them. The two first went to the apartments by the old hotel by the overpass. It was the coloset location. The boys were there long and they could tell something horrible happened. There were apartment with entire walls and doors ripped open. They found bloody drag marks from when people were dragged out of their homes. The massive claw marks on the walls and cars were clearly werewolf claws. Weldon and Deacon looked around but the same same was everywhere. Weldon looked horrified and stunned. He smelt the doors and evidence on the cars. He had a look of disbelief.

  "What's wrong Weldon? Tell me!" Deacon said. "It can't be! This was all done by were....werewolves, Crimson Hounds! that can't be! We don't kill people! that's the rules! My dad made that very clear for 30 years! It can't be right!" Weldon said.

  "Maybe it's some kind of trick! Come on! Let's keep looking.” The two looked around only to find more homes and the remains of it's residence. It's best not to say what they look like after the wolves were done. Weldon wasn't handling it very well. But who would given the carnage they were see and the evidence suggest it was done by his pack.

  Deacon examined the blood on the ground. He tasted the blood, gaining knowledge of what happened from earlier. He got knowledge of the victims in their apartments, watching TV when the werewolves bursting into their homes. They were coming in from the windows and doors. The victims saw the glowing blue eyes of the beast before they rushed at them. The blood memory broke after that. Weldon bent down to Deacon.

  “What did you see?” The werewolf asked him. Deacon gave hima serious look, telling Weldon everything he needed to know.

  Weldon was trying to caught a scent when he found a familiar one. It was Luther! He knew it anywhere like it was second nature. It was the combination of pizza, foot odor, and AXE body spray rolled into one.

  "Luther!" Weldon got Deacon and the two went running down through the apartments on the rail of his friend. It didn't take the vampire long to know how important Luther was to Weldon.

  "Luther was with the group when they said they were going hunting in St. Charles!" Weldon said. " We have to find him."

  "Ok! Just point me where and I'll follow!" Deacon said. Weldon caught the scent going down the way to the hotel." "What about your clan! Don't they need help?" "Don't worry! Uthyxeth and Desmond can help themselves. Uthyxeth is too stubborn to die! Desmond is a better warrior than me! But let's find your friend first!" Deacon said.

  "Thank you!" Weldon replied. The two went on! While they were walking, they came across the blue mist. The mist was moving around them just like the others. Both of them remained caustous. Then they started to hear the tune. It was like a quiet whisper like from before then it slowly grew louder.

  "You hear that Weldon? Is that music?" Deacon asked Weldon.

  "Yep! I hear it!" Then they heard the words sing. "Here's lies, all your fears. but all I see is you drowned in all your tears. But now I have com to relieve you so that all the hope i have, you will believe. This night, I love you, but you have never knew what true love truly means but this night will be your turn. " But for some reason, they were unaffected by the music. It was just music to them.

  "It's pretty music!" Deacon said.

  "Something isn't right about it to me!" The tune's humming was all around them. It was a creepy feeling for sure but the two went on to searching. Then the two boys came across the sound of loud heavy breathing. Ther in the corner of the parking lot, they saw a werewolf huddled over by a car. Weldon took one looked and knew who he was.

  "Roach! What are you doing out here on your own? You're supposed to be with the pack and Larry during a hunt....." Then Weldon saw the was eating something. The werewolf roach revealed his glowing blue eyes and that he was eating a human janitor. Weldon saw the guy and was shocked. His fears were realized. The damage was all done by his clan.

  "Roach! What the hell are you doing? We don't kill people!" Weldon said. The werewolf wasn’t responding. It was like talking at a wild animal to seems. It just stood there twitching and growling uncontrollably. But then Deacon noticed some about the eyes. They were the same as the mist. He wondered if it had something to do with that.

  “Roach! You don’t want to do this! Stand down!” Weldon commanded. But the other werewolf had no intention of doing so. Weldon threw off his clothes, ready to transform. Roach roared then charge at him. But Weldon just grabbed his right claw then threw a power haymaker to the face. The werewolf flew backwards and toppled over. It stumbled a bit till finally getting back up. But this time his eyes turned back to its normal yellow glow. He was a bit disoriented.

  “Wait! What….happened….Weldon…..Is that you?” Roach said. Weldon went over to him.

  “Hey man You're finally back! I was afraid we’d have to duke it out! How you feeling?” Weldon said. “I don’t know man! When were al with Luther and at the hotel then this blue mist caem….” Then the werewolf noticed the blood on his claws and body. He look
ed around and saw the carnage. The werewolf started to become restless and freaked out.

  “Oh GOD. What happened? Did I do this? Oh god! I didn't mean too….Did I?” Roach said.

  “Cam down, Listen to me.” Weldon said.

  Deacon heard the singing get louder. It was then He knew what it was and what was happening! "Cover your ears Roach! Don't listen to the singing. Quick!" Deacon said. Weldon covered his ears along with Roach to keep roach from hearing the sound.

  "You don't have to cover your ears Weldon! You and me are safe!" Deacon said.

  "Oh! Ok! Why is that?" Weldon said.

  "The singing I know what it is! It's a siren song sung by a siren." Deacon said. "Siren? What you mean those island woman from greek mythology about when that sing to sailors and lure their ships into rocky shores. Yeah! From that story called the odyssey. It was the only thing I remember from high school. That and sex ed!" Weldon said.

  "Uthyxeth taught me about them. Just like vampires, their immortal creature that grow stronger the older they get, plus there's more. They take the form of women you already know ut instead of luring people to rocky shores they get them to kill innocent people then take the souls of those people and the ones they control by forcing them to kill themselves." Deacon said.

  "So there's so evil sea bitch around here controlling my patch into killing people so she can eat their souls? She's fucking dead!"

  "But I think something else is going on here to! I think she's up to something. The siren must be in league with Welington I'm sure! That bastard is up to something! But we're worry about that later! We to help the others. They all must be under her spell!"

  "Damn it! Larry and the others! Ok!" Then Weldon turned to his werewolf friend. "YOu going to be alright here Roach. We're going to help out in the city!"

  "Yeah! I'm going to find some others too! Go on without me! Help Larry!" The werewolf ran off to the city while Deecon and Weldon talked with each other.

  "There's a chance that your clan's knights are probably under her spell." Weldon said. "What are we going to do?" "Well, I know Desmond and Uthyxeth are probably fine! They most definitely know a siren song when they hear one. They and the knights with they should be ok but The other knights could be just like Roach was. Hitting them in the head seems to knock them out of her trance but they can easily be turned back if they hear her again so you can definitely say we're in completely shit right now!" Deacons commented

  "We can't just hit all of them in the head, especially when they are in large numbers!" "Not without or hurting them severely or killing them. We need to find the others first then maybe we might come up with a plan on the way." Deacon sid.

  "Got it Good work with Roach back there! I should thank this Uthyxeth guy for training such a badass handsome warrior!" Weldon said. "So why are we immune to the song!"

  "It don't work on gay men!" Deacon replied.

  "Oh! Cool!" Weldon said.

  "Be careful too! She has another form too. The pretty woman look is just a disguise." Deacon said. The two took off around the helte. They both found what was left of the couple from before. There were several other bodies too. The whole streets and parking lot looked like a war zone. Weldon was shaking his head in defect and despair.

  "Everything my dad, my mom, the Crimson Houses have worked for. Trying to keep peace with the human and NIghtworth Legion. It's all gone now.There's no going back." Weldon said. Deacon came over ot to Weldon and put his had on his shoulder.

  Not if my dad knows the truth. What happened here is not your or their faults. WE're figure this out! I promise! But right now we need to stop this before it gets worse." Deacon said.

  "You're' right!" Then The two heard fighting further away from them. It was coming from over the overpass. They heard it clear as day. Both of them quickly ran to the otherside. They found it coming from a rec center over by the cemetery. Deacon and Weldon found this Night worth Obsidian knight fighting other Obsidian knights. By the armor she was wearing , they could till she was a woman. The female knight was partying two swordsmen at once but not doing a bad job of it either. She knocked one of the swords away form the knights then sweep kicked him to the ground while while dodging around the second. She elbowed im in the back of the head then headbutt him in the face. Deacon could tell who it was by the posure and the fighting moves. The female knight saw him then she took off her helmet. There, Sonja was with a concerned looked on her face. She quickly ran over to deacon and greeted him with a playful punch to the shoulder.

  "Deacon! thank god you're ok! What a real shit show we're all in!" Sonja said. "It good to see you too Sonja!" Deacon said. then she saw saw Weldon and knew right away he was a werewolf. Deacon stepped in front of oher and guarded Weldon.

  "Relax! He's on our side! Be cool Sonja!" Deacon said. She took a look at his face and looked back at Deacon.

  "Ok! Damn what a shit show!" Sonja told Deacon. "What happened with your group. These guys?" Deacon said. "Oh, Mason and Slickman! When they heard that damn song, they went crazy and just attacked me! Lucky for them I'm awesome enough to not kill them." Sonja said.

  "Yeah! they should be fine now but make sure they plug their ears when they wake up. It's a siren we're dealing with. "Make sense given I'm the the only one who didn't turn into a drolloing sap was the one without a penis and the one ones who like penises!" Sonja sai. Then the two others got up. It was Mason and Slickman who were back to normal.

  "Man! What a rush!" Slickman said. "Feel like someone was controlling my brain.Making me love sick! It not right!" Slickman was rubbing his eyes.

  "Dude! Sorry! Sonja! Thanks!" Mason said.

  "You two owe me big time!" Sonja said.

  "Hey Deacon Good to see you nt lost like the rest of us!" Slickman commented. "We gotta go! You good Sonja?" Deacon asked Sonja. "We got it from here! Go! Ok?' Sonja reassured Deacon.

  "You go on brother! We find the rest for you1" Slick man told deacon.

  "Ok!" Deacon said. Weldon took off with Dacon coming with.

  "So he's the one huh? From that night? Weldon is his name!" Onja said.

  "Yeah!" "Werewolf huh Deacon? Not my first choice but you go our own path. Seems like a good match for you anyhow so go on and don't' let him get away Deacon!" Slickman said. Deacon nodded then took off with the werewolf.

  The two boys were running through the streets when Deacon saw the speakers next to him on the street light poles. He saws one on each block. They must play music for the streetwalkers and mall shoppers. There were ones all over the city. Then Deacon saw a massive radio tower tha where it broadcast music everywhere, even though those speakers. Deacon had an idea or a plan that came to mind.

  "Hey Weldon I have the craziest idea. You up for it!" Deacon asked Weldon.

  "I like crazy ideas! What do you have in mind?" Deacon had the smile of a trouble maker, which Weldon liked. The two boys made it to the radio tower where they were going to put their plan in motion. Weldon kicked down the door to the station which was empty. They went over to the console. Deacon was messing around with the controls.

  "You have any idea what you're doing?" Weldon said. The vampire took a long breath. "Well, no but I'll figure it out!" Deacon saw that there were controls for the different speakers all over St Charles. There even was some for the Historic parts of St. Charles. Deacon turned the volume for those speakers all the way up and to full blast.

  "Now time for a new song for the night! Good thing my phone also has the Nightworth radio channel too!" Deacon connected his phone with the station.

  "Now let's drown that bitch's voice out! You got a song for the moment." Weldon said. "Oh yes! The perfect one! Something loud, awesome and has mellow lovely about it." Deacon played he song. Nearly all the speaker came on. While Uthyxeth was fighting the controlled werewolves, his comms started to play this song. It was Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun. The song was loud and in your face, overplaying the siren's song. Not just overplayed it but overpowered it to the point to where you
couldn't hear it anymore outside. The lyrics blasted through the sky.

  "In my eyes, indisposed. In disguises no one knows. Hides the face, lies the snake. The sun in my disgrace." While the siren was singing her tune on top of the hotel's top floor, she heard that song play around her. She was not happy about it either. She could no longer project her voice. She felt her song fade away then shattered to pieces by the awesomeness of Soundgarden.

  "What is that horrible sound? Such a terrible ear numbing tune!" The siren said. "Who would dare ruin my medley!" Then as the song played, the song was going into the minds of the controlled wolves and vampires of his clans in the city. The song was washing out the song from their heads.

  "Boiling heat, summer stench. 'Neath the black the sky looks dead. Call my name through the cream. And I'll hear you scream again."

  Then the wolves and vampires fell over and collapsed to the ground. They took a few seconds to come back to their normal senses. Uthyxeth and Desmond heard the song playing in their comms. Both of them knew who played it. It was a commonly played song in the Nightworth Manor.

  “Black Hole Sun, won’t you come, to wash away the rain! Black hole sun, won’t you come! Won’t you come!” "Deacon!" Both Uthyxeth and Desmond said. They went over to the wolves and gave them a hand. The boys were still at the station when they heard the voice over the Nightworth comms.

  "Thank you Deacon! Great work! Everyone here is returning to normal." The boys five high-fived each other in victory. They were proud of themselves But it wasn't over yet. The two exited the station only to see something interesting. The hotel near the Overpass had that strange blue mist coming from the top floor. that was when the both of them knew she was up there.

  "I think that bitch has sung her last song!" Weldon said. "Hell yeah she has!" Deacon repl;eid.

  The two of them went racing back to the tower of the hotel where their prey was waiting for them. The screams in the city had stopped and the emergency sirens were filling the air around them. There was no telling how much damage was done. But as the boy s were getting close, they witness some of the horror it caused.;