Chaos and Kalamity

[Kalamity (DELETED 5134)]

It had been the same for several months, late at night I would awaken on my small ranch to the sounds of cattle being disturbed, it meant another missing cow, more losses the farm could not handle, the hands were all but down to the bare minimum their wages behind, the cows were spooked the bull not mating the ranch would fail unless it stopped.

I jumped up grabbed my riffle and headed out the door, its wooden frame cracked and the cold winds of winters past had aged and warped it so badly, desperately in need of repairs the ranch was all that I had left. I heard the commotion down by the water hole, and skirted out along the fence line to catch the critter doing in my farm. Slowly I made my way down the hill following the stone fence, dipping in and out between the small pastures my keen eyes awake in the dark seeing detail. I was a farmer, rancher and the night was not new, I was at home on this land in the light or in the dark, this was home.

I was getting close I could see the outline of some of my cows in the darkness, I could see the figure there close to the lone tree next to the water, who was it, not one of the hands surely as they were still in the bunkhouse. I raised my riffle, my keen senses sharp as I narrowed in on the target its back to me. Then she turned, it was a woman!

Then the commotion, off to my left, it was my last bull, I could not afford to replace such an animal, I jumped the stone fence and hurried to the next pasture, running as quickly as possible, there in the field next to the stones was the bull laying torn to shreds. I knelt down to look and my heart sank why and what was doing this? I got up turned back to the tree but she was gone. Where had she gone? just disappeared? this made no sense, I cursed aloud and then heard the noises off to my right close bye I raised my rifle as I swung towards the sound....

It hit me hard from behind sent me head long into the stone fence my skull cracking and that was all that I remember except for the report of the single rifle shot........

[Mortll]

Mortll had been tracking the Rouge vampire It had been a hard one to track coming way out in the country like this was quite unusual, She had been on its trail for a week now. She paused and listened to the sounds of the night it was so nice to be out here instead of the constant noise of the city. Not that it was quiet the country had a whole different sound that she missed quite a lot the soft sounds of the breeze in the trees and all the various birds and animals that made up the night song.

A soft breeze rustled through the trees bringing a chill to her she pulled up the collar on her coat just as she heard the commotion of cattle. With her keen eyesight she spotted the vampire right away it was almost feral in nature it was attacking a large bull ripping its throat out She was almost mesmerized by the sight of the blood as the vampire fed sloppily. He ripped at the bull Mortll could smell the blood and that’s when she sensed the human she froze.

She stayed perfectly still hoping the shadows of the trees would conceal her but she knew it was too late she had been seen . She slowly moved back watching as the human rushed to toward the Rouge with his gun maybe he would scare it away so that she could finish the beast off. It was as if it all of a sudden started to happen in slow motion the guy rushed at the vampire shouting raising his gun and with a blur the vampire rushed him knocking him unconscious the sudden blast of the gun ringing through the still night air and the sound of a mass of hooves thundering through the night air the bellows of frightened cows as they stampeded the Rouge vampire caught off guard kneeling over the man didn’t have a chance as the first cow hit him and the rest crashed over each other moving in a mass .

Mortll watched as the heard rushed over the pair she could hear the grunts and screams of the Rouge and then nothing as the heard thinned and moved on. Well now a lucky break on catching that one easily Mortll rushed to the place she saw them disappear to. She jumped the stone fence to find the Rouge laying just beyond where the man had fallen it

The blade made a slick slicing noise in the air as it went neatly through the Rouges neck taking its head off The vampire flamed and dispersed in a heap of ash . Mortll turned and saw the man laying there on the ground he was moaning and gasping for breath blood poured from a huge gash on his forehead It sounded as if he had broken ribs and a punctured lung blood bubbled at the side of his mouth. Mortll knelt beside of him He was the rough sort this one you could tell he had worked hard all of his life . She caressed the side of one grizzled cheek . “I guess you got more than you bargained for old boy “ she didn’t know How he managed it but the guy somehow reached up grabbing her hand she gasped catching the feel of his aura . She still didn’t know what made her do it except that that aura was shocking and for how strong it was it was flickering soon to be extinguished forever.


Mortll raised her wrist to her mouth baring her fangs slicing across it deeply letting the blood flow as she raised the mans mouth to it. The thick dark blood flowed into his mouth she forced his head back so he would have to swallow then slicing her wrist again she did it again Suddenly the sound of rushing feet hit her ears and the sound of shouting voices as a couple of farm hands rushed out of the house They would be able to see her soon and he was in no condition to be moved . She bent her head close to his whispering in his ear “You remember this find Mortll in Harper Rock You must come to Harper Rock “ she slipped one of her business cards into the mans pocket and ran into the nearby trees as the sound of the men got closer .

[Kalamity (DELETED 5134)]

I do not remember waking up, but just the blank images of the path that I found myself upon. I was in bad shape, but getting better, as the time went by I was soon walking among the forests and hearing the details of creatures wolves, rabbits, and such that is when I saw the sign Welcome to Harper's Rock. I wondered blindly through the streets until he came upon the sign the Pentacle Tea House. I walked through the door and and stood there looking about lost in the commotion of the place.