The P.O.E. & a Gateway in the Basement

Chapter Four

Outside an old abandoned building in the heart of San Francisco, California; Rebecca is seated in the passenger seat of her fiancé's Green Jeep Cherokee.

"Are we all locked and loaded?" Rebecca asks in her radio to the rest of the team.

"Yes ma'am just waiting on your orders." The walkie-talkie she has held in her left hand speaks back.

"Damn it Becky! This is my team of vampire slayers so shouldn't I be the person to give the orders?" Carl is sitting in the driver's seat loading his shotgun.

"Sorry, it's habit. I mean I am a higher ranking field agent."

"You will never let me forget." They both exit the vehicle. "Is everybody ready to kill some vampires?" Carl motivates his team. The sun is at its highest peak of the day so the vampires should be sleeping.

"We are locked and loaded, sir."

Carl runs towards the building screaming like a madman; with his entire team following his advance in the same manner. Rebecca takes the rear to make sure that nothing sneaks up behind them. Once they all get inside the very dark interior makes them realize that all of their prey is in fact in slumber. So knowing that this is the perfect time to strike; that is exactly what they do. Carl grabs the handle of his sword and points the tip of the blade towards the vampire's chest. After a couple of his teammates do the same thing. The still moving vampires are now awake and they realize that they are under attack. SO they get up out of their lying positions and begin to fight back.

For awhile the vampire slayers stand their ground and kill most of the vampires. But while one of the slayers is slicing through one vampire's chest; another vampires creeps up behind him without him noticing and bites off a huge chunk of the slayers neck. Rebecca notices a couple of her fiancée's team members are getting bit so she quickly makes a move on the vampire she is fighting and takes his heart. Then, without any hesitation she stabs through her now turned friends' right in the chest so her sword takes out both of their hearts' with only one slice. It discomforts her to take her friends' lives. But she does not want them to turn into a vampire and try to bite her even less. With the room now completely empty of the undead; Carl & Rebecca walk out of the building with what's left of their team behind them.

"Is it just me or was that way too easy?" Rebecca asks as they exit the deserted building completely.

"It was too easy. I guess it's because there wasn't a master vampire in there like I was told. Now that bothers me more than anything." Carl enters the driver's seat of his Jeep Cherokee; as Rebecca enters the passenger's side. With their mission now complete they begin to drive back to their hideout.

Once parked Rebecca gets out of the vehicle first as she is walking towards the building, she checks her phone and realizes that her grandfather has been trying to get a hold of her. It must be important because he never calls her just to chit-chat. So she calls him back to see what the emergency is about. Without telling or asking anybody she enters her and Carl's shared bedroom so she can get some privacy. Field agents tend to get rowdy when they accomplish a mission; big or small it does not matter.

"Hello headmaster. How is the east coast treating you?"

"We are having trouble with a new powerful master demon. I'm not sure if your brother can handle it by himself."

"How powerful is this master demon? A lot of things are going on around here. We are getting pretty knee deep in vamps and they could use my assistance."

"I am confident that Carl and his team can handle things just fine by themselves. They are well trained after all. Nick however is by himself and could use your help a lot more."