Carson then took up the opposite side and took out two more of their unit, leaving a couple of them behind once the smoke dissipated.
Now, it was my turn. With my goggles down and my mask covering my face, I stealthily made my way toward the remaining group.
But it seemed, as usual, luck was not on my side as something inhuman cut me off and took down the remaining two soldiers.
“Shit.”
“Bloodsuckers!” Carson called out.
But it was too late. Our human versus human battle quickly turned into something else as vampires landing blows and threw our bodies against nearby trees.
One of the timed bombs went off, filling the area once more with smoke and debris as rocks and dirt went flying every which way.
“Seems we made it just in time, James. Looks like a buffet spread. Smell the delicious scent of blood in the air,” one of the bloodsuckers taunted.
“Those asshole Disaris think they can get the step on us? It’s a good thing some of their humans from their alliance are double crossing bastards.”
Gunshots fired off from a different direction and I rolled on the ground behind some of the dead bodies and aimed my rifle at them.
“Take those bloodsuckers down!” one of the residents of Black Hollow cried out.
“All this fucking smoke and bombing are catching the wrong attention,” another one answered as he threw his blade and missed. The closest vampire leaped and landed on top of him, quickly tearing out his throat.
I took advantage of the distraction and let off a shot, hitting the vampire right in the neck, knocking him aside with a hiss.
“You want to fucking play, human? Then let’s fucking play!” I crawled away toward the tree line but he cut me off, landing right in front of me and grabbing me by the back of the shirt. Before I knew it, I was thrown into the air and landed on my back on top of some of the corpses lying on the ground.
An arrow flew in the air and hit him straight in the heart, knocking him backward as Carson ran over and pulled me away from view by the underarms. I quickly turned and got to my feet, following right behind him as we dove for cover behind one of the nearby bushes.
“What the fuck? You can’t take a few simple humans down? This is exactly why Clan Shaye is dying and why you need us from Clan Letos to watch your fucking back.”
“Keep your mouth shut, you redheaded scum!”
“It’s not what your Governor Duradel said last night when his dick was in my mouth” the redhead vampire said with snark.
When did the vampires start creating alliances? And from what they said, humans were in on it too.
Fuck. Otis.
“Fuck, let’s just pick these roaches so we can go back. There’s nothing worth salvaging here. They’re all pretty much blown up and worthless.”
“We were assigned to bring one back, you idiots,” the redhead barked out.
A bolt shot out from an unknown direction and it sliced straight threw the back of her neck, protruding out her front. She gurgled as she fell to her knees.
“Fuck!” the other bloodsucker shouted as he quickly ran in the direction where the shot came from.
“We attack him from both sides. You flank the left and I’ll flank his right. On two,” I told him, using my fingers as our counter.
“I hear you assholes closing in!” the bloodsucker yelled out as he twisted around right as another one appeared behind me, tackling me into the ground. Without warning, an unknown bomb went off beside us ringing our skulls as we all slammed our heads on the ground from the force of the impact.
The smell of smoke and dust coated my nose, eliminating one of my senses as I crawled across the burnt ground. Everything in the vicinity was taken out by the blast, embers and flames lingering on some of the dead grass.
Bodies were strewn across the landscape, blood soaked into the dirt creating crimson mud pockets from pools of blood collected by the dead bodies, decimated from the explosion.
My head was pounding, my ears were still ringing as I forced myself to move and dragged myself further across the ground. I climbed over nearby corpses as I surveyed the area looking for her. I didn’t know how far the blast impacted. We had stashed away Vanessa and Inés beyond back at the hidden shack. At this point, since they knew about our attack, I had to assume they knew about the women.
They had her. I was going to eliminate them all, even if it killed me in the process.
