DNA

Vulnerable

Jade took a moment to scent the air, easily detecting the handful of vampires inside the broken down building. Scouting missions told them their numbers were growing. It was a good place to hide, close, so that they could attack then hide again should they fight back until the sun rose. It provided good shelter so that they could try another attack. She and Tori were sent to clear them out of the building. It wasn't a big group but it wasn't small either. To avoid placing any human in danger, they wanted to try out a tag team between hybrid and vampire to see how they worked together. After the display the day they found Tori, it was a possibility they would work well together. From how they interacted during training Tori felt that their enemies would be hard pressed to ever win a fight against them. Jade was reluctant to agree but it was too apparent not to see.

"Do you want to just bust in and kick ass or do you have a plan?" Tori questioned. Jade quirked a brow at Tori's use of a curse word and smirked.

"Just plain old ass kicking," she replied. Tori cracked her knuckles and then let her teeth as well as nails sharpen. Her eyes flashed gold in the dark.

"Show off," Jade remarked yet couldn't hold back a half smile. Tori took the lead and kicked in the crooked door, sending the pieces flying across the floor. Her nose rose to the air and tracked down their targets further in. Jade followed close behind, watching the hybrid's back for any sign of movement. There were no signs of a threat until they had advanced three rooms deep. The building looked like it could have been a type of restaurant/bar but she wasn't sure. A snarl made both of them tense, back to back. A shiver ran down Tori's spine when she came in contact with Jade's cool body. Whether it was a negative or positive reaction she wasn't sure. It took a back seat to the sudden appearance of their enemies surrounding them. She growled and Jade hissed when a vampire got too close. Another lunged at Jade but Tori was quick to send it flying through a wall. Jade quickly took down another going for Tori's back with a shot to the head and then all hell broke loose when the rest descended on them.

"We need a plan!" Jade screamed over a vampire's shriek when she broke in a leg and then kicked it away. Tori nodded.

"Follow me!" she shouted, knocking another back and then darting out of the room they were in. The ten vampires left were hot on their tails. Jade had no idea where Tori was going or what she had planned but trusted her enough to know what she was doing. Tori skid into a hallway that looked to be an exit out the back of the building but it was blocked when she pushed on it.

"That was your daring plan?!" Jade shouted at her.

"No, just hold on!" Tori demanded, checking the two other doors on either side of them that looked to be bathrooms.

"Tori..." Jade intoned gravely, looking to the group of vampires advancing on them. Tori tossed something down the hall towards them and then tackled Jade into one of the bathrooms. She fell through the door, which swung shut, and stumbled back to hit the counter of the sink with her back. Tori fell against her, hands braced on the counter on either side of her, their noses brushing. Her breath caught and Jade's eyes locked with hers. The moment would have been awkward if it hadn't been for the massive explosion outside that shook the unstable structure. Tori yanked Jade against her to shield her against the pieces of debris falling from the ceiling.

"Fuck Vega, what did you do?" Jade inquired, too busy questioning Tori to fight her protective hold on her.

"I had to test out the new grenades Robbie made," she answered. Jade pushed her away and walked over to peek out the door. The room full of vampires was now a bloody mess of shrapnel impaled, blown apart, bodies.

"You can tell him it was highly effective," she mentioned, moving so that Tori could see.

"Whoa," she gasped. Jade glanced at her, wanting to question her actions now that the danger had passed, but Tori must have sensed her curiosity because she quickly looked for some way to escape the moment. She didn't know why she did it, just that she did. She sized up the blocked exit before taking a deep breath then throwing herself against it, her small frame busting it open. Wood splintered and flew. It had been boarded shut from the outside.