Path of the Necromancer - FACTION WARS

Chapter 2.2 - Ian

By the time they arrived at the building - a front the Leech's had set up to gather fresh prey - they stood amidst a small army of Kin members. Rose's sister was waiting in a black Mercedes and Ian waved at her cheerfully as he walked by. She nearly spit the water she was drinking as she saw him walk right up to the solid oak front door without a care in the world.

"Wait!" She cried in a strained whisper. "What are you- Oh fuck!"

Ian, not stopping, put a hand on Scraps shoulder and said, "Play time..."

The Revenant blurred forward and hit the entranceway shoulder-first, blowing through the door with ease and spraying wood fragments in all directions which Ian helpfully shielded those behind him from. Ian saw the receptionist immediately kick her sizable desk in the air towards them, casually pulling out a sawed-off shotgun like she dealt with intruders every day.

Unfortunately for her, she wasn't nearly prepared enough for Scraps who hadn't stopped when he'd gone 'through' the door. The gun was still swivelling towards them when his form solidified before her and put a fist through her neck. Quiet fell over them as the Vampire's body collapsed to the floor, her tainted blood dripping from the flesh golem's hand.

The sound of thousands of nails scraping over a chalkboard vibrated the air as the building around them came alive. "Incoming!" Grim shouted.

From the far ends of the two adjoining hallways came a rush of Vampires crawling on the floor, walls and even upside-down along the ceiling They moved with frightening speed, their limbs seeming to defy the limits of human biology.

Scraps and Ember took the lead while Ian plucked those from the ceiling and Willed them into the thresher the pair was creating. The Kin opened fire from behind the trio. Most of their shots were ignored however until Rose shouted, "Aim for their heads."

One of the sisters had animated the receptionist's desk, turning it into a lanky wooden monster that drove the stakes for arms through Vampires like a grotesque shish kabob.

A scream from behind them whipped heads back just in time to see one of the Kin members plucked from his feet and dragged towards the door as Vampires flooded the entryway. Dani calmly raised her Beretta and shot the head off the Vampire that held the gunman. The group shifted then, to form a circle as the bloodsuckers hit them from three separate angles.

Those in front slammed into the shield Ian had created and he winced at the effort of keeping them back. 'These fuckers are strong,' He grunted.

Ember stepped up and cleared away their pressure. A rolling wave of Hellfire that consumed the corridor, racing down the concrete hallway with the hacked hissing of infuriated blood suckers receding into the darkness. The momentum was broken and spooked the rest of them as they abruptly began to retreat. Those Kin who'd followed them were breathing hard. Lily went around checking wounds, occasionally slapping a hand on a cut received from shrapnel and muttering a chant to heal the wound or dull the pain.

She got to the man who'd been grabbed and applied herbs to the rents in his shoulder. She looked to Rose and said, "He's safe from infection, but he's done for the day."

The champion nodded her head, expecting the answer, and had him carried out to one of the cars. She shot a grateful look at Lily, finding it useful to have a healer along.

The rest of the building, which appeared to have offices in the upper levels and bedrooms in the lower ones, only turned up five more Vampires. They reached the basement level and were met with a large hole in the concrete that led..., somewhere.

"Wow," Grim commented. "That's pretty ominous. I'm glad I don't have to worry about dying or anything."

'Not exactly helpful,' Ian sighed and told the group, "Stay close." Turning to Ember, he warned, "No large combustions or waves of fire while we're underground." She shot him a playful pout that created all sorts of lewd images. When he swallowed, she laughed musically.