about.’ Jeff slightly shouts as he points behind Dirk. Tessa punches Dirk square in the face, darkness covers her eyes. Dirk falls to the floor and drops his gun. Tessa walks over to it, picks it up, cocks it and aims it at a now empty patch of ground where a beaten Dirk once laid not moments ago. Tessa looks round trying to sense where Dirk has gone, Jeff fails to notice Dirk suddenly appear behind him, dark eyed, pulls out a knife and rams the steel blade deep in Jeff’s back. Tessa quickly turns and points the gun at Dirk. ‘Oh look what I’ve done. I’m a bad vampire killing my own kind.’ ‘You’re not going to get away with this Dirk.’ The gun now shaking in her hands. ‘What do you mean going I’ve already gotten away with it. Ana is the perfect plan. All these random killings like this poor guy here will just be shrugged off as either a rogue vampire killing, a mercenary killing or a vampire hunter killing, no one will suspect a rank A vampire like myself to be behind any of this, including the final conclusion.’ ‘I’ll tell the council.’ ‘Tell them what Tess? They won’t take notice, I’ve already been trialled and got a not guilty verdict they’re not going to waste their time going through all that again, besides they wouldn’t believe a rogue vampire anyway.’ ‘You know why I chose to be rogue.’ ‘Because you didn’t want to be under the council’s strict ruling, and also chose not to be part of the Ana programme.’ ‘I intend to take you and your programme down.’ ‘Then why haven’t you. All this time we’ve been standing here chatting and you’re pointing a gun at me and not once has your finger even slightly twitched on that trigger. Here’s what I suggest, you put the gun down and I walk out of here, whilst you save this dying vampire at my feet.’ Tessa stares into Dirks eyes for a moment, lets out a sigh as she lowers the gun towards the ground. Dirk straightens out his tie and walks off down the street not once looking back. ‘Can you hear me?’ Tessa speaks softly as she holds Jeff up under her arm. Jeff makes mErmuring noises to indicate he is still alive, but only just. Tessa pulls the knife out of Jeff’s back, blood covers the gravel around his body, the knife and his clothes. Tessa takes the knife, rolls up a sleeve and proceeds to slowly dig the knife into her wrist cutting along the veins until blood begins to poor out. She throws the knife behind her as she rubs her fresh bleeding cut on Jeff’s mouth. First there is no reaction out of Jeff until his eyes slowly open once again showing empty darkness. He begins to suck on that cut the blood only making him stronger and stronger. He grabs Tessa’s arm holding it close to his mouth as he continues to suck her blood. ‘That’s enough now.’ Tessa worryingly states. Jeff’s grip now only getting tighter and tighter on her arm. ‘Shit. This is your first time feeding isn’t it?’ Asks Tessa knowing full well she wasn’t going to get an answer. Tessa quickly changes into a vampire and punches Jeff repeatedly in the head until he lets go. Jeff now hungrier than ever, slowly gets up and takes in a deep breath. The knife wound on his back is starting to repair itself. ‘I need more.’ Jeff mutters under his breath. ‘No you don’t, you just think you do cause you’re injured. Control the thirst.’ Tessa chimes in with tips. ‘You don’t understand, I need more blood. I can’t survive without more blood.’ Jeff sharply turns facing back into the street when he spots an old man slowly hobbling down the road. Jeff begins a sprint but before he makes it out of the alleyway Tessa grabs him by his collar and throws him with ease down the other end of the alley. ‘Fight it!’ Tessa screams. Jeff runs at Tessa landing a punch to her face, she blocks the next punch heading towards her stomach. Tessa kicks the back of Jeff’s knees sending him to the ground,