The Zompire (12 page)

At twelve o'clock they took off traveling by road as there was no airport around that city and it would take one too many helicopters to lift the entire troop. The journey being a four hour one was indeed long but smooth. By a few minutes past four they had arrived in the town but still drove a few minutes to the nearest State security service camp where they settled and prepared for the possible battle at night should they come in contact with the vampire clan.

While the SSS and VCA squad briefed and prepared themselves, the Zompire couldn't wait till nightfall to continue his search for his former group, the vampire clan.  In no time the skies turned dark so both the Zompire and the SSS and VCA squad headed out vampire hunting. They both had different approach towards the hunt as the Zompire preferred searching the streets while the SSS and VCA choose the house to house surveillance.

The Zompire, on its own part was roaming the streets in a frenzy, seeking the scent of vampires.

The SSS and VCA personnel went knocking on suspicious looking houses showing their identity cards and going on to search the property.  This they carried on without success till about nine p.m when they came up to an old house which looked abandoned and had all its lights turned off. This time they did not walk up to the door to knock instead they went in through the side, over the fence. Not all men went in, some still stood close to the door while others went on to check other houses. O
ne of the men who went over was inspecting the vicinity while the other broke into the house through the back door. He went in with his rifle in one hand and a torch light in the other.  He breezed through the house and found no one. It didn’t look like a house evacuated for quite a long time as would be expected that the apartment would be filled with spider webs but that was not the case. His suspicions even heightened when he found a book on the table which was opened and faced downward. On touching the book, it was clean. No visible trace of dust was found on it.

"I knew it!" he exclaimed.

"This house just feels so creepy, someone is probably using this property for some shady business" He thought to himself, but before he finished that thought he heard a loud shout from downstairs coming from another member of his troop. He quickly rushed down wondering what the problem might be. His first guess was that the occupants of the house had just arrived. On getting out of the building through the same route he got in from, the back door; he saw his colleague pointing his torch light into a well. He then leaned over taking a look into the well and on sighting the pile of dead bodies, he shouted out

"Jesus Christ…..this must be their hide out" he said to the second man, "we are definitely on course."

"What do we do now?" the second man asked.

I suggest we leave the building for a start, radio the chief over then he would give us the next order. "

"Very thoughtful" replied the other man.

They both left the building, hanging around for a while to place a radio call to the chief who in turn contacted the rest of the troop and they all converged at a distance not so far away from the building.

He spoke to them this time in a low tone so as not to
attract attention from neighbors.

"This is it people…..we’re at the mouth of the snake's hole. Whatever we do now will determine our fate and that of others, will determine whether we will succeed in catching the snake or succeed in scaring the bastard away. We shall mount guard around this house.”

"Three of you" he said pointing to three officers, you go inside the house and hide in strategic points preferably closets. Not to worry the attack would start from outside so they might not even get inside and anyone who steps in gun the fucker down!"

"Four of you" pointing to another four …. "Position yourselves around the house two at the back and one at each side.”

"Both of you hide amidst the flowers at both sides of the entrance. Once you spot the last vampire going in you start shooting. The rest of you shall act as passers by on this street and neighboring streets. Let us get to work people! Take your positions.”

While the VCA and SSS officers took their positions the Zompire still roamed the town in search of his enemies the vampires. Having gone though various streets fruitlessly he decided to search through another street which he hadn't gone by in his previous searches. While he contemplated this he felt something move swiftly past him. Only a vampire can move this fast he thought. Its destination can not be so far. So he continued in that street at a fast pace so as not to get noticed.

While the Zompire was at this, the vampire had sped into their residence without any of the officers on guard noticing his entry, and he didn't even notice their presence either. He dropped the body of the prey in the well and went upstairs. At the point of dropping the body the officers at the back noticed someone had passed. In the stair way the vampire slowed down and walked gently up as though he was counting his steps …... very carefully.

As he entered the sitting room he could sense something was wrong but as he turned around to observe his environment the officer hiding beside the refrigerator out of fear that he has been noticed shot the vampire in the leg. The serum started spreading through his body making him weaker with each passing second until it eventually died. The officers then alerted the chief on this situation before dragging his body down to the well to be dumped. After the vampire's body had been dropped in the well, the chief ordered all the officers inside to leave their present position urging them to stay round the house with their colleagues who were already there making the security around the house tighter.

Not so long afterwards, the other members of the vampire clan started strolling in, and after a brief contemplation between the chief and his officers he ordered that they launch attack immediately.

Just as soon as the officers were about to attack they were graced by the greatest surprise of the century, the
Zompire!

The Zompire who was tracing the scent of the vampires came to a halt when he got in front of that house as the vampire scent was now much considering the fact that all the vampires were now in.

The Zompire without further thought went over the fence and into the side of the building where he found four officers whom he pounced on without delay. While on the first officer who fought fiercely but to no avail, the other officers took a good stance and shot at him.

Aware of the noise going on downstairs and the absence of one member of their clan, one of them volunteered to go down and check what the heck all that gunfire was for. He went down through the regular entrance, the back door and on going round the corner his eyes and those of the Zompire met, becoming four and sending extreme chills down his spine. Without hesitation he ran back in this time locking every door behind him. On getting to the room where the other vampires were gathered, he kept uttering the words

"He is here …he’s here….he’s fucking here!" repeatedly. The vampires now on their feet asked

"Who?" "who is here?" … “Who the hell is here mannn!”

"That fucking creature
…. beast ….. Zompire or whatever they fricking call it!" he replied rather frighteningly as though he’d just saw a ghost or something.

Almost immediately the doors came crashing down, the Zompire was now headed inside with one aim and mission which was same with that of the SSS and VCA officers …. 
to kill !!!.

Two of the VCA and SSS officers have already been killed by the Zompire while one was just bitten by him. The chief and a number of his men made way into the house behind the Zompire, guards up while a couple carried  the man who was bitten to unconsciousness by the Zompire to their vehicle.

The Zompire who was now done breaking down all doors restricting his access into the house stepped into the sitting room to find the vampire clan, each man with a weapon in hand ready to attack in self defense. The Zompire wanting to say something but his words were inaudible.  They waited for the Zompire to attack first and he sure did, grabbing one vampire about to bite into his neck when another struck the back of his head with a heavy baton. This blow hit him hard but rather than phase him, it only made him angrier.

The battle was a very tough one as both parties refused to give up and both possessing healing powers, although the Zompire had a quicker healing rate to his injuries. None of the vampires dared make the mistake earlier made by the female vampire who tried biting and attempting to suck the body fluid of the monstrosity.

Outside the building the officer bitten by the Zompire had now arisen with his eyes red and a weird look on his face. The Chief was notified of this over the radio and he ordered that he be put to death with the serum as he suspected that he has now become a vampire. One of the officers fired a single bullet into his head. The Chief then began to speak to his men once again.

Over the radio, the chief called that all units fall back to the entrances into the house.

"There is going to be a change of plans, he continued addressing them, everyone now at a safe distance. We will first allow this battle going on in there between them. Apparently three of us meaning the Zompire, Vampire clan and ourselves are enemies. And as the saying goes your enemy's enemy is your friend. So I suggest we pitch tents with one of our enemies preferably the Vampire clan as they pose a much lesser threat compared to the Zompire. This stays between us as a team, he added. Understood?"

"Yes sir" they chorused.

"Good. But one more thing we shall stick around while I radio the headquarters to bring down our Zompire fighting rifles as these weapons with us at the moment would have no effect on the Zompire."

The Chief placed a call to the VCA headquarters. He didn't want to disclose the news to just anyone so as not to cause unprecedented panic. He therefore asked that the phone be handed to either Dr. Lenzo or Dr. Fisher who were both in the lab at that time working on their previous experiment of making an antidote to the cell's regeneration serum before the second call from the Governor came in. They were once again cut short from what they were concentrating on by
yet another call only this time, it wasn't from the Governor but rather from the SSS chief.

"Hello chief! I hope there is no problem?" the doctor said.

"If there was no problem I wouldn't be calling you doctor." replied the Chief.

"We have a really fucked up situation on our hands here. The Zompire has shown his ass back in this part of the state. Apparently he never died but only relocated to this town. We are going to need those weapons you formulated which helped in chasing the Zompire in the last attack.  How fast can you get this weapon to us, we are on road 302 in Trinton town you can fly the weapons in a helicopter then lower it once you germ to the street as it is an emergency and we can't leave here to return to camp".

"Okay Chief we will get to it immediately, expect it in about forty five minutes by helicopter."

"Very well doctor. I would appreciate if it can be brought quicker than that but all the same we are waiting."

"We are on it Chief," the doctor replied before the line went dead.

The doctor moved out of the lab and called on a few VCA staff and together they headed to the armory. The stuffed the arms as they could into six extra-large sacks. From the armory the
y drove to the helicopter harbor and together they lifted all three sacks placing one sack in each helicopter to prevent overloading. The pilots were given the location and with their GPS they derived the longitude and latitude of the street and then took off.

While the helicopters carrying the weapons were on the way, the battle between the Zompire and Vampire clan in the building seemed non-ending as growls were heard from both parties so it was presently impossible to know who was winning or losing.  The SSS and VCA troop outside felt the urge to  go in but that would be detrimental to them.  The SSS chief searched for a means to broker peace between themselves and the vampire clan so they can jointly fight the Zompire. He then remembered that the zombies cannot speak English neither can they understand it so he guessed the Zompire would also not be able to understand English. He then dashed to his truck parked a few streets off reaching for his megaphone. He then rushed back to the front of the building, turned on his megaphone, and started speaking;

"Attention to you in there. This is the SSS speaking. Do not be afraid, for we do not come to hurt you rather we came to help you defeat your enemy the Zompire. We promise to let you go if you work with us. "