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Within minutes of leaving the chapterhouse, Tokeru had arrived in the middle of downtown.

I know you're here somewhere Draegan. Show yourself

Almost as if that was some hidden cue, the vampire did appear. The choking aura once again attempting to capture Tokeru and stop him in his tracks, but Draegan was not alone, there were 3 other people with him, and what was worse, they looked exactly like him, minus the black wings and red hair. They had pristine white wings and blond hair, just like he once had.

"Draegan, I don't know why you decided to make more versions of me, but I guess you havn't heard the news, I am no longer the white angel of death you made me, I am a fallen angel now. Why did you even think you could copy me?"

Draegan chuckled and motioned towards the Tokeru copies. "Why my dear child, you are my ultimate creation. You are unstoppable, you are invincible, and I wanted to recreate you, but..... I can never do to them what I have done to you, most of the grafts fail, even the nano-bots do not take to them. What makes you so different? What makes you my only successful experiment? Why are you so unique? Those are the questions i want answered."

"Well Draegan, You will never find out. I will kill you, right here, right now. This is your last day on this planet."

Draegan laughed, a dark menacing tone to it."My dear Tokeru, I may not have been able to replicate you, but I have surpassed you. They are stronger, faster and more agile than you ever were. They are the future, and they will rule the world for me. Their skin is as hard as mine, and what's better, they can walk in daylight. They will rule for me. Now, KILL HIM"

Tokeru barely had time to draw his scimitars, before the rush began, and it was a rush. They were fast, faster than him, and yet he still managed to hold them off, barely. While they were faster and stronger, he had experience, while they were new to their speed and strength. His movements were perfect, and Tokeru knew that the slightest mistake could cost him, so he made sure he made no mistakes, and yet, even with all his skill and expertise, he could not do a counter attack.

I need to do something, If i don't take one of them down, I will tire out before them, and they'll be able to take me alive, and Draegan will never succeed in that again.

He decided he needed to take a risk, and it was the greatest mistake he made. He had temporarily forgot that they had a speed advantage on him, and so when he tried to dance aside one of them to strike them in the back, he found himself swinging at thin air, with a blade slamming into his back, blasting the breath out of him, and throwing him 6 feet in the air, to slam into a brick wall.

Tokeru's vision wavered as he struggled to hold himself conscious, his vision blurring in and out. He forced himself to a sitting position, and held both his scimitars, somehow still in his hands, ready to continue fighting.

Tokeru struggled to stand up as he saw Edith, his love, being attacked. Draegan had equipped the weapons with something to stop the nano-bots from repairing his wound, and as a result, he was bleeding all over the ground. He feebly told her to run, only to have it covered by the sound of battle.

He lurched to his feet, just as Edith was hit with the scimitar in the abdomen, and again in the head. He shuddered, and tried to yell out. "No, EDITH."

He only succeeded in drawing the attention of the other two modified versions of him, and they attacked him again. He feebly tried to defend, only to get his swords knocked out of his hands, then the clones took their scimitars and drove them through his hands, and thighs, pinning him to the ground.

The tallest one walked over to Edith, and picked up her axe, returning to kill Tokeru with it. He saw the axe blow descending, he struggled to free his limbs, to no avail, and then he shut his eyes as the axe screamed towards his face.

Embrace the power within you, use the rage, use the hate. Make it flow through you and kill. Kill, KILL. I NERGAL, GOD OF DEATH, COMMAND IT. KILL THEM MY FALLEN ANGEL, DESTROY THEM ALL.

Tokeru heard the voice, and an instant before the axe connected, his eyes snapped open, a blazing red. The axe continued it's descent, only to slam into the other clone, Tokeru standing behind the axe wielding one.

"You have awoken the slumbering beast, you must repent for your sins. The verdict for that, is death."

With the weapons still gone, Tokeru found he needed none, his wounds had healed completly, he was no longer bleeding.

The clone barely had time to turn around, before Tokeru's fist snapped forwards, and sheared the head off.

Draegan started in surprise. "Who are you? WHo are you to have defeated them, they were stronger, they were better than you. HOW?

The elder vampire, with speed denying his form, rushed towards Tokeru, cane held high, snapping down with the strength only a vampire elder can possess.

"I am Nergal, and I say who dies and who lives. And I see your death in the future, the very near future."

Making no attempt to move, Tokeru stood there, waiting as the cane descended. The cane whistled down, with enough force to pulverize the building they were standing on, and stopped.

A black force had emerged from Tokeru, and had grabbed the cane. The black force snapped the cane in half, and with arms of darkness, reached for Draegan.

"You, you are a demon. That's impossible. I CREATED YOU. I AM YOUR MASTER AND YOU WILL DIE" The vampire rushed forwards and snapped his fist towards Tokeru's still form, only to connect with the black aura, with Tokeru no longer inside it.

Tokeru had reappeared behind the vampire, and thrust his elbow in the Vampire's back. Since Draegan had been modified and his skin and bones were stronger than a titanium plate, the thrust would have had no effect, but somehow, it managed to shear through the skin, like a sword thrusting through a deer's chest. A hole appeared in Draegan's body, beginning from where the elbow connected, and ending on the other side.

The vampire elder was thrown forwards, flying 20 feet through the air, to slam into a wall, with Tokeru following completly behind. The feeling of murderous rage was thick and tangible in the air, and was originating completly from Tokeru.

The being that was once Tokeru, grimly followed Draegan, following him from behind, grimly stalking the vampire as he tried to escape. Finally, Draegan had run out of room to run, and was cornered.

"Tokeru, Nergal, whoever you are. You cannot do this, you don't want to do this. You cannot kill me, I created you."
"It's time for you to learn, that only god's can create and destroy life, and I am the god of death. I AM NERGAL. And now is your death, I have seen it in the future, you will die now."

"Fool, I am already dead, what you have seen is the death of his beloved love. His vampiress that he has fallen for."

Tokeru looked back, to see Edith lying in a pool of her own blood, and not moving at all. Nergal, however, was not finished. He forced Tokeru to return his attention to Draegan, and Tokeru forced it away again.

We must kill him. Finish him off. He will die if you just strike. STRIKE, STRIKE HIM NOW

And Tokeru almost did. No, I love her, and will never forgive myself if I let her die. Killing Draegan will mean nothing if she dies. I don't know who you are or where you have come from, but you are not the boss of me. I dictate my own fate, and I am the one that decides who will live and who will die, NOT YOU.

Draegan, seizing advantage of this, shoved Tokeru back with explosive force, sending him flying to where Edith lay, and then took off running, dripping a steady flow of blood behind him.

Tokeru didn't even feel the blow, he just knew he was flying towards his dying love, and that was fine with him. He landed a few feet short, and rolled towards her, gently picking her up and cradling her head in his lap.

"Edith, Edith. Please, don't die. Please don't die. You can't die."

If he would have had a weapon, he would have grabbed it and cut himself, but all he saw was the scimitar one of his clones had carried. Even though he knew those blades were covered in something that stopped the nano-bots from repairing his cells, he grabbed it anyway.

Raising his arm above Edith's mouth, he stabbed the scimitar into his arm, exploding it into a fountain of blood.

The blood flow continued unabated, and as he saw Edith's eyes open, he smiled, and collapsed.

Bridget heard the creak also.... she spun switching her assault rifle to semi-automatic instinctively and picked a target as was Reno. There was two puffs from thier weapons thanks to the silencers and two of the people
became ashes. The third ran back out the door but was cut down by Sanchez with his sniper rifle.

Sanchez commed that the street was clear at present. "First blood to us."
thought Bridget as she spun around again checking the stairs going up...
they were clear. She was impressed by Reno's response and composure
so far and could see he was a professional by his body language.

There was six apartments per floor and the building was six stories high
not including the basement. Both Bridget and Reno silently moved as death itself to the door of the first apartment and entered. Inside they found four children watching TV without hesitation Bridget fired twice
catching both in the head. Reno was a second behind Bridget in firing but his shots were no less lethal and when they move back out of the apartment there was four small piles of ashes.

Bridget and Reno swept the second apartment and it was empty.. it appeared it hadn't been used for quite some time. They moved silently to the third apartment and could hear music coming from there... it was new
pop and most likely coming from a radio because she picked up a commerical when the music stopped. Her enhanced hearing picked up movement...approximately three by the difference in the footsteps.

Bridget signaled Reno that there was three people in the apartment and get ready. She she secured the assault rifle and pulled out a Gloc 9r mm
from her shoulder holster. She counted to three then opened the door and
rapidly entered the aprtment... There was one in the living room which she tagged first and Reno found the other two in the bathroom taking a shower together(how romantic) then thier ashes hit by the water washed down the drain.

The apartments 4and 5 were empty with no sign of occupancy for quite some time. Apartment six Reno and Bridget heard the sound of many people talking well more than six... to many to take on without causing noise that would alert the rest of the vampires in the nest; that meant they would have to use a UV grenade.