Descending the hill from Hoss' place his night sentry studies the man laying at the intersection. With no movement of the chest noticed he gets close enough to ascertain a bullet to the head killed the man. Prompting the sentry's pace to pick up racing to the nearest occupied home.
Rushing into the house to wake the resident the sentry leaves the door open, calling his name.
Easing around the north edge of the village Ella's focused on reaching Hoss' property.
Working the dark, quiet back streets Filomena happens upon the dairy cows; Penned behind tall, chain-link fence of the local public school's sports field. The bovine only moving to breath suggests to Fil they're still sleeping. Vexed some, unable to locate Vlad, Filomena considers never being able to taste the cows again. Seeming quiet she dares to pause for a snack.
Remaining on the roof Vladimir vigilantly scans the surroundings. Where are you Ella? Is there anyone else out tonight? I'm sure there's one less out tonight.
The hilltop security male exits the house jogging back to Hoss' place. Ella and Vladimir both hear the man's hard soles on the pavement.
The awoken resident leaves his place with long gun in hand. He's hurrying up the road to an old brick Victorian house to begin waking others.
Hearing a second set of footfalls moving away from the first Vladimir's sure the town will be up and on alert within minutes. With over an hour until sunrise, he considers choices at hand. Stealthily slipping east Vlad wants to investigate the origins of the two men.
From the treeline Ella glimpses the male running back to Hoss' place and decides to snipe him out. Resting the rifle barrel on a sturdy branch Ella sights up the moving target.
Inhaling deeply she tracks his movement. Keeping the cross-hairs on his shoulders she slows to allow the man to reach the middle. BANG!
Her fired round hits the man in the face taking him down. However the man is not dead as the bullet traveled through his cheeks taking a few teeth with it.
The second shot has alerted many of Hoss' men from slumber. Vladimir is certain to Ella's location and alters his course proceeding that way.
Hearing the shot Filomena jerks tightening up and disturbing the early morning snack into mooing.
About to relocate, Ella realizes from moaning her target is not dead. She has to make a rash decision to end the man's life. Shoot him from here? Or run over and quietly end it? Seeing the man pull out a two-way radio Ella decides shoot.
Quickly sighting him up Ella takes a moment to steady the nerves and be sure of the shot.
The man can be heard muttering when Ella pulls the trigger. BANG! The bullet hits the mark, ending the man and call. The distinct thundering sound alerts the village.
Shit! Don't matter if he contacted anyone they'll all have heard that shot. Damn it Ella. Carefully she doubles back to find a new position.
The call was headed for Hoss' house. Not getting a reply Hoss is notified of possible problems.
Making it half way back Ella feels watched. On the streets men can be heard. She pauses alongside of a tree. Scanning towards the village center then back to her left glimpses a demon like silhouette several strides behind. Gasping Ella twists around ready to fire a round from the hip, "holy shit Vlad! Sorry about the racket so soon. I got two though."
Both their attention is drawn to a few men running to the intersection of her first kill of the morning.
Annoyed Vlad squeaks, "Ella, way too soon. Back off let things cool down."
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Ella & Vlad at the end
ActionA super-virus contaminating blood sources concerns Ella, a werewolf by day, to contemplate a blood transfusion to be normalized, surviving into one more century, as a vegan. Vladimir, an eagle sized vampire bat by night, has shared life together for...
