The body
drifted bobbing up and down on the surface of the water it had been dumped
there like old trash the person that had done it was sad and felt bad
for what he had done it wasn't his fault she wouldn't play with him He
just wanted a friend none of the others would play with him either
they all screamed when he touched their hair it was not their necks
snapped like twigs MoMA said he must be crazy to play with such weak
pets
The
Vampire LATHEN stooped on a ledge overlooking the city he could hear
everything from the Hooker on the corners raspy breathing to the punk
kids in the ally way throwing dice for chump change
He
was waiting for someone, no not to kill which he failed at the very
thought after hundreds of years that sort of thing became a necessity
than a sport that he had once enjoyed
No
the person he was waiting for was a cop not the run of the mill
police officer however a badass beat detective who had been around the
block a few times one that knew and respected the Dark side of things
The
Vampire Lathen's nostrils flared as he smelt the unstable odor of old
colon and gallons of Blood he swooped up wared in a fliping movent
off the ledge and landed on the upper rooftop light as a feather
Ray
strait was surprised to see him Dam I hate it when you do that
Lathen I was just about to call you However I guess there is no need
The
Vapire lathens Lip moved up revealing Pointed fangs in a slight smile
Is
that for me the vampire asked pointing at the four milk jugs Detective
strait had at his feet
Yea
four blood banks and you get for galleons of Type A + and let me tell
you the shit I had to go through to sneak these things out as well
The
vampire Lathen replied color me impressed at your tragedy However you
know the Red chalice society Rules we don't work for you unless the
price is met
Yea
well you will want this case LG the creeper is operating on your
grounds and I hear tell you guys are like real protetive of your
hunting grounds
The
vampire hated that detective strait was hitting a nerve
But
he was very right if anything a Vampire did it was protecting his feeding
ground it was the one sanction The Red Chalice society looked the
other way on
So
what the deal why haven't your cops hunted down this person
Detective
Strait shook his head They are looking for a man Their not looking
for a monster
The
Vampire Lathan laughed what makes you think its one of our kind off
the path Detective strait opened a folder and laid it on the jugs of
blood its all in there this one you might want to be careful with LG I
haven't seen this before The Vampire Lathen
Looked
down at the folder Before Detective Strait could say anything else
The four jugs were emptied clean as a whistle and the folder was gone
along with the Vampire
The
Vampire Lathen sat on his thrown in his cave paging the contents of
the folder he now knew why Detective Strait didn't believe it was a
man the heads of the victims were completely twisted backward the
limbs snapped like twigs
One
victim spine was crushed these injuries were more Like high
impacted the force alone for someone to do this kind of damage
would be supernatural strength
As
he looked at the photos He started to remember
1656
The
girl was very desirable she had many gentlemen callers but one
interloper was a soldier by the name of Major Marshal he was a Navy man
who had been cursed by a sea witch who he had crossed over of all
things love his body was changed into a humungous that's the best way
to describe Him forever making anyone he Crossed paths with fear him
his mind became feeble The only thing he could remember was the girl
and how he wanted to play with her
One
night the humongous Major Marshal broke through the poor girl's room
and grabbed her lifting her off the bed by her face saying in
unintelligible words be my friend and play with me
The
girl kicked her dangling feet franticly then she went limp as the
life went out of here humongous had crushed her skull
For
days the townspeople Including The Vampire LG in the despise of a
human hunted the Humongous Major Marshel into the deep swamps where
it was assumed he sank into the bog because he was never seen again
2020
The
Vampire LG Thoughts came to the present moments
Could
the humongous return after all these years The thought as to this
made
him think of the swamp something had to have happened to the swamp
where he lived
The
Humongous watched with interest as the men in the funny clothing and
white hats shouted they had lowed things like sharks that cut down
his trees He had hidden in these wooded swamps with mother for a long
time father was like him But one day mother and father didn't wake up
he just tried to hug them but they were like everything else they
broke and didn't wake up so being alone and only 100 years old he was
sad and lonely the people he was going to say hello to screamed
all he did was smake one on the head to get it to be quiet it wasn't
his fault that the thing's body sucked the head into its shoulder like
a turtle People were so weak
The
Vampire LG moved over the wooded swamp Till he came to a small
rundown house he noted that it was only four miles from the new
highway at one time it would have been Fifty Miles into Uncharted
swampland there was the smell of old death in the air death that
only a vampire-like himself could smell
The
dead things around were everywhere as Lathan the vampire entered the
house he stopped there in front of him was a 12-foot scalation and a
nine-foot one it was that of a woman and there was a huge baby crib
that was six feet long So this is what became of you Major Marshal
your offspring killed you Now to figure out where he or she is if
its mind is anything like yours No one is safe not to mention its
probably much larger than you judging from that crib
Detective Strait
sat at his desk looking at the phone his captain came up Hey Strait
you know a watched pot never boils
Strait
looked up saying ya
The
captain said so your still waiting for that mystery informant on the
Bone Breaker case don't worry he or she will call go home get some
sleep and for God sake shower that colon your wearing isn't masking
the fact you have been here three days none stop do me a favor get a
life will ya that's an order when you get back the Bone Breaker case
will still be here sadly
It
was going on midnight and Terry Marlon had been on the job all day he
was muttering to himself about one last ride when someone ran past
his cab the man that ran was terrified he had come from the ally
behind him
Terry's
first thought was the man was just in a bad drug deal or he was a
homeless guy who just got spooked by some random noise Whatever it
was the Rats that were staying out of the ally didn't much like it
either
Terry's
curiosity took over and he got the nerve to turn his lights on and
flash them in the darkened ally to light it up
A
huge thing about 15 feet tall illuminated raising a huge arm to cover
its grotesque features and it shouted in a jumbled word lights hurt
Toby just for a split second the humongous was still and then as if
braking the moment it roared and slammed huge fists down on the hood
of the cab with crushing boom steel and tires exploded Terry
screamed Holy shit and turned to run But with one stride the
Humongous was on him swinging out its hands grabbing terry up like a
child grabs a toy doll shouting bad little man hurt Toby Now Toby
hurt man Terry's screamed one last time as his arms legs and torsal
were ripped apart The humongous shook what was left and said Toby not
mad no more little man you punished enough and then he through the
pieces down and could hear dis-tent sounds and flashing lights coming
He turned back in the ally and like agile monkey went up the side of
the building and got lost on the shadowy rooftops
Detective
strait sat on the edge of his bed the clock on his nightstand was
flashing 1235 pm strait reached for a cigarette lite it and sucked in
deep setting off a fit of coughing Dam he cussed these things are
going to kill me
A
voice at his window replied they may do that but don't worry dying
isn't all bad I've been shot and burned at the stake even hung
Strait
looked up to see The Vampire La then Said I was waiting for your
call
The
Vampire night Drinker growled you humans and Phones I per-fer face to
face you cant know if the person on the other end is lying However
look a man in the eyes and his soul cant hide the truth as to his
thoughts and true nature
Detective
Strait shook his head saying that's why they have lie detectors
The
vampire Night Drinker said found out what you're dealing with and It's
not good You have a humungous living somewhere in the city
Detective
strait looked puzzled The Vampire Night Drinker continued it's like a
troll but all the bad things a troll has to worry about like sunlight turning it to stone this thing doesn't its skin, however, is rock
hard so bullets won't affect it The fact is the only way to take one
of these things out is to crush it These Humungous are very dim-witted
and act on hunger and above all play
Detective
strait asked what do you mean play
The
vampire said they see anything living as a toy people
in operatically they have a fondness for soft things and their utter
strength tears the soft things apart that's why some of you
victimize limbs where crushed or torn apart
Can
you track this Humongous Detective strait asked
No, we Vampires can usually Track anything with blood However these
things skin is so thick it masks the smells Truth be known these dam
things even scare our Kind
I
dealt with one of the first of these things a long time ago
So
how did you kill it and where did it come from Detective strait asked
Well
it was be-leaved to be a curse on a man named Major Marshal the story
goes he fell in love with a sea witch however when he found out the
true form he turned away from her in search of other love well its
here in our story where the sea witch gets so angry she casts a most
powerful spell on Major Marshal turning him into a humungous and any
of his offspring
How
did you kill this Major Marshal please tell me you did reply
Detective strait
I
wish we could say that we chased it to the swamps back then and lost
it sense it never came back time last and people went along with
their lives and forgot about the Humugus some say it drowned In the
swamps
Detective
Strait puffed on his cigarette it didn't the Dam thing is back why
now
The
vampire Lathan replied a day ago I flew to a place in the swamp and
found a house inside was two skeletons both crushed one was no doubt
the remains of Major Marshal huge grotesque
So
if he's dead how in the hell is he in downtown killing people
and
what killed him
Vampire
Lathen replied it's his offspring there was a baby crib in that house
and the bad part is after it killed its parents it started killing
every living thing around the house in a four-mile area or should I
say playing with things
Detective
Strait asked what made this thing come out of the swamp
They
are building a new housing settlement and roads back there right over
its hunting grounds Replied Lathen the Vampire
Christ
strait said so the dam thing is forced out right here in the city
Your City
Vampire
Lathen looked out at the lights This thing can't hide forever its
about 12 to 15 feet tall with the intelligence of a pea and the
strength of a bull dosser sooner or later it has to come out to play
Detective
strait was about to reply but he would have been talking to himself
The Vampire Lathen was gone
It
was straits phone that shocked him back to reality
Detective
strait grabbed the phone
The
voice on the other end was cold Mr. Strait The Red Chalice society is
Requesting you presents Miss White will be downstairs in the company
car awaiting you promptly at 2am
Before
Detective strait could respond the Phone went dead
The
Red Chalice was not something strait liked to be called to quit
frankly those that were on the board of directors gave Detective
strait the creeps not in the same way as LATHEN THE VAMPIRE but in a
way like they looked at him as the main cores a few things on the
board where definitely flesh eaters and Werewolves, In fact, Miss white
was one a where wolf that is she was turned willingly The offer of a
high position on the Red Chalice Society was a lure to good to pass
up not to mention her husband is a founding member Don t ask how she
was turned lets just say its a messy bloody painful experience some
don't live through the bite and the first Transformation its akin to
shedding ones skin to release the beast inside
Detective
Strait stood on the corner when the company car pulled up it was a
black limo with a Red Chalice on its door the driver got out and
opened the back door for Detective Strait
Strait
noticed the man didn't have a face he was either a slender man or a
boogeyman a smooth seductive voice from inside said Detective Strait
please get in
Lathan
the vampire flew across the rooftops looking in every place he
thought the Humongous maybe It was this when he saw a gang of Black
snakes pushing around women and a man he was going to let it go but
his hunger said otherwise
Hey
lady what in the purse shouted one as he grabbed at the women's the
other two black snakes were going at the man
The
Vampire Night Drinker was about to attack when the Lady pulled a
huge gun out of her purse and shot the guy who was grabbing at her
right in the face sending a spay of brains and blood exploding out
the back of his head
The
two that were pushing the guy suddenly turned and shouted The lady
pointed the gun and pulled the trigger once more shooting another in
the butt yelling you sons a bitches Ill kill every other fucking
one ya
The
two Black Snakes started running they ut down an ally way the Vampire
Night Drinker flew overhead the Blood trail was fresh his nostrils
flared
Tony, the one that was shot said I gotta stop man that bitch got me good I
cant walk Tony turned to see the Vampire Night Drinker land behind
them Oh shit he yelled It sucks to be you man
Tony
turned and ran Tony where you going don't leave me dude
The
Vampire Night Dinker laughed as the kid turned to see him
Tony
was running around another corner when he heard the scream of joey He
ran in two of his gang's hideout shouting Greg got waisted and that
thing got joey The gang members started to laugh at Toneys high man
Know
really Toney shouted that thing got joey What thing and wheres Greg
just then The skylight crashed down on top of them as a body was
dropped through it the girls started to scream as one yelled what the
hell
The
Vampire Night Drinker dropped down and Grabbed the first person closest
to him and sunk his fangs deep into the guys neck the body shriveled
up to husk this sent everyone running to the door shouting in fear and
horror
The
Vampire night Drinker turned to mist and shot through the crowd of
people trying to reach the door anyone that was touched by the mist
was drained of blood and dropped to the floor within seconds 29
bodies were piled up on the floor the Vampire Night Drinker was quite
Satisfied as he turned solid again that's when Toney came running up
behind him with a pool stick and jammed it into the Vampires back
Yelling die Vampire Die
The
Vampire Lathen reached down and pulled out the stick Saying Oh Toney
you idiot I was going to let you live
Detective
strait sat down in the limo Hello Mis White said let's get to it you
have a problem You have been speaking to people about monsters
Detective
You know if people start believing monsters are running around the
city we will have a panic on our hands
Ya
well Monsters are real and we have one running around killing people
Detective Strait replied I thought the Red Chalice had made some sort
of deal with the supernatural beings only to hunt bad guys
Miss
White leaned forward adjusting her seat the limo started to drive Yes
this is true normally However there are exceptions to the rules
Detective
strait said let me guess creatures too stupid to understand like this
Humungous Monster we are dealing with
Miss
white shifted in her seat again saying Yes that being said we have
some wolves on its sent so we need you to back off just let things go
as they are let the police keep chasing this bone breaker man trust
the Red Chalice we can handle this thing
Detective
strait replies well my man thinks different
You
referring to The vampire Night Drinker well he is off the reservation
don't work well with others He has been a thorn in the Red Chalies
side
The
limo stopped and the door opened
Detective
Strait let it go best not to waves Miss white gestured for Detective
strait to get out
WOLF
HUNT
Four
young werewolves from the Red Chalice society were on the trail of
the humungous they had cornered it in an empty warehouse disliked
The
Humungous Toby was tired he knew that he was being chased to hi it was
a game and good play However in his mind the play had gone on long
enough he liked to hide and seek Mama used to play it with him but she
always let him win These dog men didn't know he was supposed to win
they were not playing right so Humungous Toby would tell them The
young werewolves move very fast throw the buildings
They
had a good scent trail on the Humungous every once in a while they
would stop and listen sniffing the air
The
Humungous Toby was watching them To a man they would have been large
scary monsters huge six-foot muscular beasts
To
the humongous Toby toys to brake
The
four werewolves were surprised and shocked when Toby jumped out from
behind some smashed cars and yelled found you
The
Red Chalice society was waiting to hear from the four werewolves it
had been three days with no word That was unusual
Miss
White had been specific as to those wolves to track down the Humungous
and report back to her
Now
the board founders wanted answers
Mister
Groves the VP of the Red Chalice society sat behind his desk going
over papers when his intercom Buzzed
Mister
Groves Mis white is here the secretary said
Ok
send her in
Mis
white was nervous she had only been to see Mister Groves one other
Time and that was to Talk about allowing Detective strait to join the
Red chalice she convinced mister Groves it would be a good thing to
have a detective on their side
Mister
Groves did not look up when Miss White entered his office
Please
take a seat Miss White
It
has come to our attention that four werewolves were found torn to
pieces
Miss
White slumped back in her chair saying I didn't know
Mister
Groves looked up saying But it was your seton that sent those young
boys out after that monstrosity
Miss
white shook her head It was my section yes however we gave specific
orders not to engage
Well
is White they engaged all right one's head was twisted all the way
around the other three were in much worse shape who the hell
authorized you to send those wolves out on a suicide mission
Miss
white replied I have it on good authority That the vampire Night
Drinker is working with detective strait
Mister
Groves seemed to look less angry Well that is a hell of a thing why
didn't you just let the Night drinker and the detective handle this one
Miss
white answered we thought it best not to trust the vampire Night
Drinker he had chased one of these creatures before and let the dam
thing go
Mister
Groves replied perhaps so However he does know more about these beasts than we do
I
want you to seek out The night Drinker and pay his price Let him know
that this is a job with no sanctions if anyone or thing gets in the
way He has the backing of the red chalice to dispatch of them in any way necessary to Kill this Humungous before it draws any more unwanted attention on the supernatural beings
Before
Miss white could reply Mister Groves said that will be all I believe
you can find your way out good day Miss white
The
Night was a bit chilly Ricky the local new Orleans haunted Tour guide
was doing his thing
Look
here he shouted this is the Building where sping heeled jack attacked
leasa Arson and strangled her to near death before the police shot
him five times But no my friends he did not die
He
just Jumped over their heads and sprang quickly as a wink right up the
side of this building the police never found him or figured out where
he went
A
lady in the tour group interrupted Ricky saying as she pointed Their on
the roof Their he is Ricky turned to see a huge figure jumping down
to the ground it grabbed the lady in one huge hand and scaled the
adjoining building the lady screaming for help Others in the tour
group started to run in every direction shouting sping healed jack took
Rosey
The
Humugus moved over the rooftops very fast the woman he held had passed
out and stopped screaming that was ok by him this plaything was very
noisy Perhaps passing out saved her life for the time being
Detective
Strait sat at his office desk he was going over some things in his
head miss white must be very worried that the red chalice founders
will find out that a monster got away and was not under their thumbs
For her to go to such details as to not wanting it to be
captured by the police He supposed that the jig would be up if the
main newspapers splashed all over the front page real monster
running loose in the city of New Orleans
It was bad enough that they were
saying the bone breaker was loose
a
young-looking Detective wearing a blue shirt and Coffee colored tie
interrupted Detective Straits thoughts Hey Ray he said we got a
witness as to the bone Breaker Case The guys a local haunted tore
guid Names Ricky Sims
Yea
I heard that name before replied Detective Strait he scams tourists
with fake legions of New Orleans monsters for money
Well
Detective Patterson Laughed Ricky said this one was 15 feet tall had
huge hands and limed buildings like king kong
Supposedly
snatched a women Right out of the tore group
Detective
Strait started to laugh look Paterson we are looking for a monster
True But a 15-foot jack in the bean stock giant, please
Yea
I know replied Detective Paterson But people in the tore group said
they saw spring Heald Jack it's crazy I know But its the only lead we
have so far on the bone breaker
Detective
strait knew everything that was said was true but he could not let on
that he believed any of it
You
go follow that false lead peter and you will end up back as a beat
cop
Detective
Patterson replied What happen to you Strait I remember a time you
believed the city was chock-full of monsters
Yea
and look where it got me three psycho evaluations last month alone I
woke up so should you
Vampire
Lathen had gotten the call from Miss white He guessed the top brass
had something to say that meant they wanted him and detective straits
help after all
Miss
White was afraid of him she knew he could control werewolves with
but a thought It was within the Vampire Night Drinkers power In the
old days they called the werewolves Dog Men or Hell Hounds they were
created to watch over Vampitrs well they slept during the day Or so
it was said The truth is Vampires are just as comfortable in daylight
as in the night although not at their full power The fact is there
was a lot of false beliefs about vampire legion
The
Vampire night Drinker sat watching Miss white move nervously down
below in the ally way she passed like a dog trapped in a cadge No doubt
she had already smelt the air and knew he had arrived
I
know your here ND she said why the game The Vampire night Drinker
flew down and landed softly saying But my dear Miss white what fun is
the afterlife without the Game
Miss
white shivered at the Vampires cold demeanor I here at the bequest of
the Red Chalice board they want you to hunt down the Humungous and
kill it with any means peasantry you and Detective strait will be paid
full price on completion
Vampire Lathan started to laugh You messed up didn't you he said
Miss
white look horrified what do you mean LG
Come
on Miss white I read your mind You sent a couple of dogs and they
failed I can smell their blood sent in the air
You
tell your Mr greeves Ill kill the beast However It's double the blood
This thing cant just be drained or controlled its to stupid and
shooting it is a no go
It
has to be trick lead it someplace where it can do no harm
The
hour was late Detective strait found himself driving down the streets
looking in alleyways and watching rooftops In hopes of seeing the
Humongous
He
didn't know that the Humongous had found its way into the addict
space of the old museum the Humongous was scared and tired its
feeble mind confused desperately wanting to go back to the swamps where
he was free to play with his soft toy animals
he
had friends the huge black bear father said was for food after Toby
pulled its spine out after it tried to play scratch and bite him
Toby was sad but mother cooked it and Toby stomach was full That made
him happy There were plenty more friend animals in the swamp The
Humungous started to get angry it was the little men's fault he was
lost His feeble mind snapped he would play with them now
Lathan
the Vampire was confused he thought he was on the Humongous trail
following the scent of dead things and blood it had left behind
But for some
reason, the Humongous had stopped killing and seemed to just vanish
The last kill
was an unlucky taxi driver There was also reports of the abduction of
some lady on a tore group Lathan the Vampire checked that out however
the killing pattern didn't fit the woman surely would have been found
dead by now But she wasn't Lathan the vampire's stomach turned he hated
the fact that this thing was loose in his hunting ground he had made
dumb sure he cleaned up after himself when he fed The police called
him the night drinker Vampire killer in the papers he liked being on
the front pages But now it was like the news had forgotten him
Everything was the Bone crusher or bone breaker whatever nickname
they gave the humongous to sell papers Some idiot sent in a grainy
picture of the Humongous and every paper ran a headline saying Giant
loose in the City
Detective
Strait sat in a half baked dinner lost in thought drinking cold coffee
watching a cockroach scurry across the table dragging a sweet and low
packet When a fist slammed down on it smashing startling Detective
strait out of his trance There was a big man standing there with a
stuffy face and long black hair dressed in Jeans and a black T-shirt
with a target symbol in the center The man said Dumb I hate those
things they give me the creep then he slides in the other side of the
booth next to Detective Strait Saying I know you were expecting Master
Lathan But he's busy Doing your job
Detective
Strait said Well Jim if he would have sent you that means he is
having his lackeys do his
Jim Growled
saying Tooshay perhaps we are his lackeys You more than I
Just then the
two men were interrupted by the Diner waitress saying Detective Can I
get your friend something Jim smiled showing his pointed teeth Saying
How bought you tussal me up a very rare stake
Detective
Strait reach across the table showing his gun Jim looked down and
sniffed he could smell the silver nitrate bullets in it
Dumb Strait I
was just funing Said Jim
Detective
strait replied I wasn't
Now tell
Lathan the vampire we think the Humongous went underground
Ok if you
don't mind I'll get my stake to go suddenly I hear the call Talk at you
later
Jim moved
supernaturally fast out of the booth
Detective
Strait eased his gun back in its hoster looking out the window as he
saw a huge black wolf-like shadow dart up a nearby wooded hill pass
in between buildings
Detective
Strait New he was talking toa werewolf But had no idea he was
talking to the master werewolf smoking Jim