Inside the Mine
The fight erupts.
Vampires dive in like a storm.
The first one charges Connor—blurring toward him at impossible speed.
But Connor drops low…
and drives his iron claws straight into its chest, shredding bone and ribs like paper.
The vampire screams, voice cracked and distorted…
Connor flashes a terrifying grin.
"Good… I needed something hotter than this damn mine."
He kicks the vampire with his scale-covered foot—launching it into the stone wall.
Connor: "Alright… come to daddy."
He leaps at four more vampires rushing him, shadows flickering, batlike screeches echoing through the mine.
Khaled locks onto two others.
Two vampires rush him from both sides.
Khaled raises his axe… tears one open from the stomach before it can land on him.
The vampire squeals like a dying boar.
Khaled spins, kicks the second one in the chest, sending it crashing into five more that were sprinting toward him.
Then Khaled slams the ground.
A yellow radioactive shockwave bursts out in a circle—throwing the group back like scattered wood.
One tries to stand…
Khaled steps forward and buries his axe into its chest.
The rock behind it melts from the radiation.
Chris attacks next.
A vampire vaults over Khaled, aiming for his neck.
But Chris snatches it mid-air.
His fur-covered jaws clamp onto the vampire's shoulder… and sink deep.
The vampire screams…
Chris slams it down with brutal force, snapping its spine.
Chris turns toward Connor—finding him drowning in a fight with four vampires.
Connor struggles to land hits because they move like flickering shadows.
Chris bolts forward, charging on all fours.
He joins Connor, but the number of vampires swells to ten.
The place turns into a bloodbath.
Chris is bitten and slashed as he tears through them.
Connor slices off one head, lunges at another—only to get smashed in the back by a hammer blow that knocks him to the ground.
Connor on all fours, face splattered with blood, serrated teeth bared in a savage grin:
"Oh, you bastard… that's a tool for work, not fighting."
Before the vampire can swing again, it's suddenly tackled—
Chris drops onto it like a hunting beast, ripping it apart, chunks and blood flying everywhere.
Connor, grinning with blood-stained serrated teeth:
"I like this wolf. He's just like me."
Khaled spots the one in charge escaping among the chaos.
He raises his axe with both hands, channeling radioactive energy—
and fires a glowing yellow ring toward the fleeing vampire.
The blast slices through metal pipes, pillars, even a set of stairs—
then detonates, sealing the passage with a roaring explosion.
The walls crack.
Radioactive dust rains from the ceiling.
Khaled (lifting his head):
"The ceiling… it's collapsing!"
Connor (sarcastic, despite the danger):
"Great… first time fighting vampires and the whole roof decides to kill us. Perfect!"
Chris shouts:
"RUN!!!"
A deeper explosion erupts behind them…
A huge pillar snaps…
The ceiling starts crashing down.
The trapped vampires scatter in panic, their monstrous screams bouncing everywhere.
The three sprint through the dark corridor.
A boulder falls on a vampire beside them—crushing it instantly.
More rocks chase them like a storm.
Khaled: "We're trapped! The exit is blocked!!!"
They stop, confused, looking around.
Connor (laughing crazily in the worst moment):
"Game over!"
Chris drops to his instincts. He sniffs the air.
Connor (with a psychopathic smile):
"What are you smelling?! Their crap?!"
Suddenly Chris spins and rushes toward the iron rail tracks.
Khaled yells:
"Where are you going?!"
Chris:
"Follow me! Now! We'll escape through a pipe!"
The three run across collapsing debris.
Before everything caves in, they manage to crawl into a metal tube used for moving crates.
Chris goes first.
Khaled behind him.
Connor last.
Khaled (struggling):
"It's way too tight in here!"
Connor (gasping):
"Hurry, turtle! You're blocking all the air!"
After a long crawl, Chris sees sunlight at the far end.
Chris:
"We're here!"
They burst out of the mine's opening.
The moment they roll out—
the entrance collapses behind them, burying the mine under tons of dirt and rock.
They sit on the ground, panting.
Dust everywhere.
But… alive.
Connor looks at Chris.
"Well… not the best way to get to know each other."
"But I'd say we made one hell of a team."
Chris growls softly.
Khaled puts the axe on his shoulder:
"This… was only the beginning."
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Outside the Mine – Minutes After the Collapse
Dust still blows from the broken opening.
Rocks continue falling deep inside, echoing like a distant war.
Khaled stands, wiping gray dust and sweat from his forehead.
He looks at Connor, who's slipping his jacket back on after shifting human again.
Khaled (angry, voice raised):
"Connor! What the hell were you doing in there?! Why did you follow me into the forest?! Damn it— you almost got us killed!"
Connor raises an eyebrow, smirking sideways.
"Oh, sorry for following you into a cave full of insane vampires."
He lifts both hands mockingly:
"And I'm the one carrying a radioactive axe that blew up the whole mine and almost killed us?!"
Khaled waves him off, annoyed:
"It's not funny, Connor… we saw something we weren't prepared for."
Connor taps his chest:
"And honestly? I couldn't ignore your werewolf buddy sniffing me like I'm some lost, delicious deer."
Chris narrows his eyes but stays silent, shoulders heaving slowly, his body still bleeding as he shifts back to human.
Connor steps closer to Khaled , face turning serious—like another person taking over.
Connor (low voice):
"I saw them… how they were gathering those rocks. Those weren't normal stones."
Khaled mutters:
"Uranium… Chris told me they're enriching it."
Connor whistles softly:
"Great. Vampires with uranium. What's next? Latte art?"
Khaled shoots him a sharp glare:
"Connor… this is serious."
Chris stands, wounded, gripping his left arm. His eyes darken.
Both turn to him.
Chris (sniffing):
"The smell… it's not natural. Trucks. Machinery."
He walks past them.
Connor and Khaled exchange a look.
Khaled: "Where are you going?"
Connor: "Wait—hasn't today's episode ended yet?!"
They follow Chris through a side tunnel…
until a faint gray light opens ahead.
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New Location – The Abandoned Truck Station
The sky is overcast.
Between the trees lies a cracked asphalt lot, faded yellow lines cutting through it.
An abandoned truck depot.
Rusty trucks lined along the sides.
Some flipped.
Some with doors hanging open.
Faded nuclear warning symbols on their frames.
A small café sits in front of them, boarded windows, burnt wood.
Khaled scans the area:
"This place… was used to move shipments from the mine."
Connor climbs into one of the trucks, checking it:
"This thing hasn't worked in ages."
Chris steps closer, sniffing the air.
Chris:
"No… the scent is fresh. They were here."
Connor:
"So they've got working trucks somewhere else… left the junk behind."
Khaled:
"So they were transporting uranium… properly."
Connor's tone shifts, darker:
"And the real question is…
Where?
And why the hell do vampires need nuclear material?"
Khaled:
"All I know is they need it to strengthen themselves… or maybe for a weapon. But where it's going? I don't know."
Connor:
"Strengthen themselves?! Who told you that?"
Khaled:
"Chris."
They both look around for him…
A heavy silence.
Connor:
"Where's your buddy?!"
Khaled glances at the café door left ajar:
"Maybe inside."
A cold wind blows across the lot, whistling through the empty trucks.
Connor and Khaled approach the café.
They push the rusty door open.
Chaos inside—dusty tables, broken chairs, a sagging ceiling.
Behind the back corner—Chris sits, catching his breath, wincing from his wounds.
Khaled:
"Trying to run away, as usual?,You're hurt. You're coming with us back to the village."
Connor (confused by Chris's behavior):
"Why was your friend trying to leave without saying goodbye?"
Khaled lifts Chris's arm over his own shoulder to help him up:
"He always does this after every Meeting."
The three exit through the back door, heading into the depths of the forest as the sun sets.
Connor to Chris:
"I thought you were tougher than this , Wolf."
Khaled:
"Enough, Connor."
Chris smiles weakly:
"You don't know my strength yet, kid. The problem is—one of those vampires had poison on his claws before he attacked me."
Connor scoffs:
"Yeah… make excuses."
Khaled sinks into thought.
They hadn't uncovered a small secret…
They had stepped into the beginning of something very dark.
"Tell me in the comments—who did you think was the most awesome in the fight?🦈🐺🪓💥 And will Chris be comfortable going to the village for treatment?"🤔