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Ch.1 Into The Darkness

"Stop Thief!" Shouted the blue uniformed police officer at the thug he was chasing down the streets in a dark and stormy night.

The suspect was seen breaking into a catholic church and stealing an historical amulet that was hidden away in the archives. The authorities had just arrived to see the suspect sprint out of the churches front door with a golden object in hand. One officer leapt out of the car to pursue him on foot while the other followed in the squad car.

Officer David Perez was now following a maybe armed but the nevertheless dangerous criminal. It didn't matter if the criminal wasn't armed or not, he could still be deadly several years on the force and a trip to LA taught him that. The man he was now chasing was in his twenties perhaps; he wore a pitch-black hood with black jeans to match. Since it was raining hard seeing his face was ultimately impossible although David noticed that he would look behind him from time to time. The suspect was obviously in some short of gang for he wore a satanic star medallion and he had a black and blood red bandana on his forehead. David was cautious he knew very well that if this was in fact a gang member than his friends could be close by.

"Gang member or not, your going down!" He thought bitterly as he chased the subject down an intersection with speeding traffic. The suspect must have been insane for he ran right into the middle of the street. David stopped on the sidewalk and waited, he waited for a car to come and splatter him into the pavement. Much to his sheer shock the cars honked and missed him by inches, it was as though some invisible force was knocking the cars away from him. David gnashed his teeth together when the suspect made across the street unharmed.

Suddenly feeling bold he dove right into the speeding traffic like the suspect before him.

"If the son of a bitch could do it than so can I!" He shouted as cars narrowly missed him.

David nearly made it when all of a sudden a huge Toyota Matrix came speeding down the street towards him. "Oh no" were David's only thoughts as the huge vehicle slammed into him. David was immediately sent flying into the air and on top of the cars windshield.

The vehicle halted almost instantly and David rolled back off of the cars hood and fell on the street. Moaning he struggled to get to his feet, a young woman got out of the car and helped him to his feet. By that time all the traffic had halted, and everyone had stopped to see what was going on. The woman helped David get on his left leg, but when he tried to lift his left a sharp jolt of pain forced him back down on all fours. His fears were confirmed he had a broken leg. Reaching for his communicator he signaled his partner Gonzalez.

"Gonzalez you there?" He asked over the communicator.

Hearing his voice Gonzalez responded, "Yeah David I'm here what's going on?"

"I've broken my leg you'll have to continue on without me this is David over and out."

Gonzalez froze in his car seat he had never gone on a chase all a by himself before.

Shaking off the feeling Gonzalez continued after the suspect who had just entered "Demons Paradise" that tumbled down section of Jump City home to killers and Satanists. Gonzalez felt a chill run down his spine as he observed the evil population of this place; ragged children huddled in doorways trying to keep out of the rain. While adults of many nationalities and ages walked with a drunken sway. Tumbled down buildings and a maze of alleyways provided perfect cover for the fiend he was now stalking. Gonzalez slowed the car down to a halt as he went over every single pale face that he was passing. Most of the populace paid no attention to him but simply walked past he squad car as if he wasn't even there. Some however chose to glare at the officer; the desire to spill blood was visible in their eyes. Strangely Gonzalez found himself staring back at them.

And for several long seconds their eyes glared at one another before a ghost like figure leapt on top of the hood of the car and jumped off.

"Jesus!" Gonzalez screamed aloud as he observed the figure take off into the alleyway and realized that it was guy he was chasing earlier.

"Gonzalez," The communicator in the car started. "Gonzalez what the hell is going on?"

Picking it up Gonzalez responded, "David call for back up I got this asshole!"

Gonzalez then floored the car and took off after the suspect in the alley and after a few seconds Gonzalez found himself staring at a gothic styled cathedral. The suspect ran inside and slammed the doors; the element of surprise was his for the taking.

Gonzalez knew that he should wait for back up but the risk of the suspect getting away was far to great. Picking up his revolver he opened his car door and walked out, slamming the door he made sure his gun was loaded and working before climbing up the steps of the cathedral. He ignored the satanic symbol graffiti on the doorway and with a swift blow kicked it open. The door swung freely for a while before Gonzalez stepped inside, revolver in front of him. Gonzalez's heart stopped when he saw what was in front of him. A young woman wearing a blood red cloak was praying with candles lit in front of a statue of a demon. She kept on mumbling something over and over and she suddenly picked up a knife and held it to her wrist. Gonzalez frozen with terror could only watch as the woman slid the knife against her wrist, inflicting deep wounds.

The wounds soon began dripping with blood and the woman freely dripped it over the candles. She did this for a while before bringing her hand to her face and before Gonzalez could mutter a word began sucking on the wounds. Suddenly filled with a vomiting disgust Gonzalez turned towards the door to run out when it slammed shut. The thief was standing behind it grinning with his arms crossed. Gonzalez immediately picked up his revolver to fire but the thief was quick within moments he was upon Gonzalez and with one swift movement of his hand knocked away the weapon. Gonzalez gasped and took a step backwards when the thief suddenly picked him off of his feet with one hand. Gonzalez stared into the mans face he was about twenty, he had the most pale blue eyes, and his face was handsome and elegant like a seventeenth century portrait of a young lord. Suddenly the thief smiled, and Gonzalez let out a scream.

This was no man! His canines were considerably larger than that of a human, and Gonzalez frozen in terror watched as the mans handsome face twisted and contorted with sensations. His entire face seemed to change shape, his ears grew more pointed, his hair longer, and his fangs larger. When the transformation was complete Gonzalez had no time to scream as the creature bit down on Gonzalez's neck and slowly began draining him of life, his screams drowned out by the storms fury.