Sunnydale City Hall:

All the way at the other end of the long table, sits the mayor of Sunnydale. He looks to be 40 to 50 years old, brown hair, and appears to be totally non-hostile.

"Well, hello.  I'm Patrick Rugby, mayor of Sunnydale.  You can just call me Bubba, everyone does." he says with a southern accent, possibly Georgian.

"You'll no longer need those." From the opposite side of the room, the mayor waves his hand.  All three of you hear a click sound as all three of your handcuffs unlock by themselves and drop to the floor.

"Now why don't you all have a seat." the mayor says.

Sunnydale tunnels:

Mike and Aaron suddenly hear a motor running overhead and the few rays of sun are blocked out.  Mike's vamp hearing picks the faint sound of a police radio overhead.  There's a car parked over the manhole above you and it's definitely not a tourist.  One minute later it moves on.  The Sunnydale vamp police are on the hunt for you two now that sunlight isn't a problem.  You're safe for now.  But for how long?

Annabelle sits down at the nearest seat at the opposite end of the conference table.  That wasn't peachy at all.  What kind of power does he possess? she thought after his demonstration with their handcuffs. She managed to maintain her composure as she sat down.

"Thank you Mr. Mayor.  I don't suppose we'll be having tea as well?"

In reply to Director (msg # 1):

Mike frowned.

"Better keep moving."

Lance looks at the unreal situation playing out before him. As usual his hard headed attitude prevents him from taking a seat.

Rubbing his wrists to be dramatic more than anything else "I'll stand thank you." he states matter of factly while eyeing the mayor.

In reply to Michael Smith (msg # 3):

Aaron nods in agreement a grim look on his face before he follows Michael into the now even deeper darkness.

City Hall:

"As you wish m'boy." the mayor says to Lance as he hits the button on his intercom.  "Doris, bring us some tea please.  The good British stuff."

The mayor switches off the intercom then looks back and forth between Annabelle and Lance.  And then he morphs into vamp vace. "We have a lot to talk about. I'll start by telling you about myself.  I'm a vampire. So's the chief and all his officers. Now your turn, why don't you start with telling me how many more of your friends are running around Sunndyale." the mayor says as he morphs back to human face.
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Annabelle leans back in her chair nonchalantly.

"Quite a bit actually." she says turning to Lance.  "How many Initiative troops did you say came back with you Lance? Seventy?  Eighty?"

Lance catches on quickly, "Now you know that is classified information. Let's just say though that we were the first wave, the recon if you will, myself and the others you met. John and Harley have already reported back to HQ so the rest of the big boys will be following shortly and then our mission will be complete." He smiles knowingly at the mayor hoping he bought that line of bull.

Underground:

Michael and Aaron continue walking for several minutes, then come to a stop.  Mike picks up something coming their way with his vamp hearing.  He can make out some talking and the sound of a police radio responding.  Vamp cops are coming their way.  At least two.  Maybe more.

You both notice you're standing next to a ladder leading to a manhole cover.  Still no sunlight showing, cloud cover remains.

OCC: You two have three options; keep moving forward and engage the vamp cops, go back the other way down the tunnels and hope you don't run into something else, or climb up the ladder and get above ground.
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City Hall:

The mayor raises an eyebrow.  "So, there's another underground Initiative base in Sunnydale?  How interesting. We took great effort to neutralize all military threats both above and below ground didn't we chief?

Just then, the door opens and Doris, the mayor's assistant enters.  She appears to be about fifty-something, not very threatning, and carrying a tray with a tea pot and cups.

"Thank you Doris, I'll have mine the usual way.  Who else wants tea?"

"Right here.  No milk or sugar please." Annabelle says raising her hand.

"Lance, sit down.  Have some tea. It will make you feel better." she says to the Initiative agent before turning her attention back to the mayor.

"So you see Mr. Mayor, you are hopelessly outnumbered by the Initiative forces. Perhaps the wisest thing to do is retreat." 

In reply to Director (msg # 10):

Mike smirks.

"We'll ambush 'em. Take cover. When they're down, we'll have a radio and can follow their movements."

Mike heads for the shadows. And will soon be a most unpleasant surprise.

A minute later, the vamp cop team comes into view of Michael and Aaron from their hiding spots.

There are three of them, one SWAT vamp with armored vest and helmet, about 6 foot, 6 inches tall. He's carrying an Initiative taser rifle in his hands.

The other two are regular cops carrying regular pistols. They're about two seconds away from spotting Mike and Aaron.


OCC: I'm presuming you'll want to ambush them now.  To the combat thread then.

City Hall:

"Hopelessly outnumbered are we?" The mayor walks to the other side of the room and approaches Lance.

He makes eye contact with Lance and waves his hand across Lance's eyes.

"Now then m'boy.  Why don't you tell me the truth about the size of your forces?"

Aaron quickly appraises their three foes. He didn't recognise what kind of weapon it is, but he judged the vampire with the rifle to be the biggest threat. Couching low he sends two arrows past Micheal, aiming for the vampire's crotch and hoping that the armour stopped at the waist.

"AAAAHH!!! AAAAAHHH!!!! What the **** was that ****??!!" Aaron's arrows find their marks as the big lead vamp drops to his knees, clutching his groin in pain.

Mike, attacking from stealth, was a thing of beauty. First, he stakes the two support vampires in the back, with effortless grace.  THOK! FOOM! THOK! FOOM!  Both quickly explode to dust.

Then, he grapples with the vampire that just got shot in the nuts twice, grabbing his neck from behind. An easy task since the vampire is on his knees clutching his groin in pain. Armor is powerful, but it doesn't save you from having your neck broken. Moreover, heavy armor will slow him down, making it more difficult for him to attack and defend, or break Mike's grapple. Taser Rifles aren't meant for behind the back shots to begin with.

The remaining vamp has dropped his rife, which you can now see is an Initiative taser rifle.  He has both hands on his wounded groin area.

OCC: Back to the combat thread. You can try to finish the last vamp off.  Or you can interrogate him for info (and should probably make an intimidation roll which would be willpower plus influence). If you want to take his police radio, make sure you do it before you dust him, otherwise it's dust too.

In reply to Director (msg # 15):

Lance watches the mayor approach and start moving his hand towards his eyes, The ole Jedi mind trick eh?  Luckily Lance was trained against such intrusions in his time in basic as that was standard operating procedure for many demons.

"Come on Mayor you should know that secret military groups never just up and disappear.

We have connections from coast to coast and across the world.  Did you think that the town of Sunnydale in its current state would slip past the powers that be and you would be free to run wild?

Yes, the Initiative under the guidance of Dr. Walsh is not how you know it anymore but that does not mean the research and testing went for nothing.

The government is very good at keeping secrets especially when they find a new weapon that works. Even someone as myself does not know much as we are on a need to know basis only.

However when the tests commence you will be the first to know."

Lance lets a a loud breath "You got a cig there chief?" he looks to the vamp cop.
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The chief is amazed at Lance's ability to resist the mayor, but quickly recovers his balance.

"I don't smoke son.  It's an unhealthy habit you should really think about quitting."

The mayor steps away from Lance, also impressed. He gives no indication whether or not he believes Lance's story.

"Very good m'boy.  You've got more resistance than I would have thought. Are you sure you won't have some tea?" the mayor says as his assistant sits a cup in front of Annabelle.

Underground


Mike wasn't especially intimidating, and knew it, so he threw the radio away from the vamp so it wouldn't dust, and then snapped his neck. CRACK!  The vamp remained solid.  CRACK! That did it as the vamp exploded to dust in Mike's hands. Fortunately, he already dropped his taser rifle should Aaron decide to acquire it.

Two seconds later, you hear a message from the SWAT vamp's radio that Micheal removed before the vamp dusted.

"Team 3, this is Team 1, come in." Three second pause.  "Team 2, this is Team 1.  Team 3 is not responding, move to their last reported position. You come in from the one side, we're coming from the other."

Another voice comes over the radio.  "Roger that Team 1, we're on the way.  I hope the enemy is in the mode for a vamp cop sandwich for lunch."


OCC: All present vamps dusted. But more on the way.  If you two are feeling lucky, you can take on six vamp cops (three coming from each side and will arrive at the same time). If you want to retreat, you can climb the ladder to the manhole cover and get above ground to avoid a fight. Still cloudy, no sunlight threat for Mike.

"That doesn't sound too healthy for us. Maybe in this case discretion is the better part of valour?" Aaron indicates their only way out. Not that things will necessarily be safer above ground.

City Hall

Annabelle picks up her tea cup and pauses before drinking.  I'm sure it's safe to drink.  Anyone with the mayor's kind of power wouldn't have to resort to poison tea.

Annabelle takes a sip, then sits her cup down while glancing over at Lance.  From what her watcher told her, vampires with hypnosis were difficult to resist, especially for normal humans. Lance was either strong willed, had a secret ability, or just got lucky on that attempt.

"That is good tea. So Mr. Mayor, would you like to look into my eyes" Annabelle said in a challenging tone.  With his failure to get what he wanted from Lance, he would surely try it on her next.  Best to get on with it.

"Take his taser. You might make use of it."

Mike took the radio, and headed for the surface. Fortunately, the enemy was vampires, so there's no bodies for them to find. They won't even find dust, since it's mostly indistinguishable.

Aaron picks up the taser and uses it's strap to hold it over his shoulder. "I may not be as old fashioned as many of my order, but I will never understand the American obsession with guns." He might not have much experience with weapons of this type, but Michael is right that it shouldn't be left for the enemy to find. And the soldier, Lance? Might know what to do with it, if they managed to rescue him and the others.

City Hall

The mayor looks over at Annabelle.  "I don't think so.  I doubt I'd have much luck with the Slayer." he replies taking his seat.

"Now let's talk about your futures.  Annabelle, I hope you like Sunnydale, because you're going to be staying with us indefinitely."

He lets that sink in before turning to Lance.  "Lance, your future depends on you.  We could use a man like you on the new Sunnydale PD.  And it you're not interested in being a vampire cop........well, we do have blood shortage in Sunnydale."

Streets of Sunnydale:

About two minutes after Mike and Aaron get above ground, a message comes over their police radio:

"Come in chief.  This this team 1 and team 2 underground.  Team 3 has disappeared.  Not sure if it was the fugitives or random demons.  What are your instructions?"



"This is the chief. Keep looking underground.  I'm sure it was the remaining fugitives.  Everything is fine here.  I'm at city hall, the mayor is meeting our prisoners right now."

"Roger that chief.  We'll keep looking underground."

"Well at least we know where to look now." Aaron frowns, looking concerned. "But why would the mayor be meeting with them? And how do we go about getting them back? If the mayor and the police chief are both there then security is likely to be more significant than we can deal with on our own."

In reply to Aaron James (msg # 28):

"That's probably the point. They're hoping to either find us, or have us find them. Either way, numbers aren't with us. Still, let's scout out the Mayor's. If he's got a lot of people looking for us, he might not have as much on defense as he could have."

City Hall

"What's all this about me staying here indefinitely?!  Good sodding luck with that plan! My parents are probably looking for me already, I've been missing since December you know.  You people are off your trolley if you think you can get away with it."
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Outside City Hall

Several minutes later, Aaron and Michael have circled City Hall from a safe distance.  The only police vehicle is a SWAT van parked at the back entrance.  Only other vehicles are two regular cars parked at the front of the building.  No sign of any vamp cops guarding the outside.

The building has four visible entrances, front, back, and one on each side.

Inside City Hall

"We'll send a forged letter to your parents telling them you've been relocated to California under the training of a new watcher.  Then you can either stay in a cell all day or help us control the demon population in Sunnydale.  Your choice young lady."

The mayor turns his attention back to Lance.  "And what about you m'boy?  I see a bright future for you on the Sunnydale police department."

Mike looks for the entrance that'll take the least effort to sneak into.

"Best hurry. If they find nothing better to do with Annabelle, they'll probably feed her to somebody."

In reply to Director (msg # 32):

"Well, you see Mayor the thought of giving up this life for eternal life doesn't sound that appealing to me. Don't plan on sticking around to long here. I live to be a thorn in the side of authority, my own unit included. You sound an awful lot like the recruiter that volunteered me for my military career. He's dead now. One of my slight indiscretions you see. No as for me, I plan to cause as much chaos as I humanly can to those who oppress me. Won't take long as either you or my past will help me get out of this flesh suit and let my spirit haunt my enemies for eternity." he chuckles out load "That or get a pizza, a six pack and sit back and watch the ORIGINAL Drunken Master while I enjoy a cigar."

Outside City Hall

Michael and Aaron head for the East side entrance which appears safest to sneak in. They find the door unlocked and can enter the building with no difficulty.



Inside City Hall:

"Sorry to hear that m'boy. And I'm also sorry you didn't succumb to my powers of persuasion.  Now we'll have to do things the hard way.  Chief?

The chief points at two of the SWAT cops (the two not holding a large weapon, the other two are holding Initiative taser rifles).  "You two take this joker into the next room and have a nice quiet talk with him about what he knows about any other Initiative troops or weapons in Sunnydale."

The two tall SWAT vamps approach Lance.

OCC: The two SWAT vamps look like they are going to grab Lance and drag him out of the room.  Does he want to let them or start a fight?

Mike swiftly headed in. He'd have to rely on his vamp hearing to guide the way.

(I'm not sure whether I should spend a DP for a plot twist to make it in time, or Lance should. But somebody needs to.)

Aaron follows quietly, bow ready and with a grim expression on his face. This mission could easily be the end of all of them.

In the conference room

"Wait!" Annabelle shouts standing up from her chair.

"Leave him alone!  We all know what this is about, you're going to drag Lance into the next room and beat on him until either he's dead or tells you what you want to know.  Well, let me tell you he won't last long.  He's been smoking non-stop since I met him just a few hours ago.  He'll probably keel over from lung cancer any second now.  Take me instead.  I'm the Slayer.  And a non-smoking vegetarian.  I'll last a lot longer.  You don't want things too easy do you?  Where's the fun in that?"

16:55, Today: Michael Smith rolled 11 using 1d10+8. Vamp hearing is go?

Mike needs to spend more time being aware of the world, perhaps, but vampire senses remain a blessing.

Lance sees the guards approaching and figures now is probably the best chance he may get to strike.  His instincts tell him to fight, but his mind says to keep bluffing to buy more time.

More time for what though?

Just as he was about to swing Annabelle jumped up causing a distraction so he holds up a bit to see the Mayor's reaction all the while trying to come up with another bluff to keep the vamps guessing.

Aaron creeps through the building trying to listen for signs of incoming trouble.

OOC: 18:07, Today: Aaron James rolled 10 using 1d10+7. Perception + Notice.

In the hallway:

Mike's vamp hearing picks up a faint whisper, not enought to pinpoint the location, but enough to get closer to the source.

He leads Aaron down the hallway in the direction of the whisper.  So far, no enemies have sprung from hiding for the duo to battle.

Conference Room:


"How noble of you my dear.  We'll be happy to oblige you.  Take the Slayer in the next room boys." the mayor says as the two SWAT vamps shift their attention from Lance to Annabelle and move to grab her.

Mike continues to track the noise...hopefully, it'd get louder as he got closer...

"Yes, by all means.  Let's go in the next room." Annabelle says, making no move to resist the two SWAT vamps.

"Come on kid." one SWAT vamp as both take one of Annabelle's arms and lead her down the hall into the next room.

One maintains his hold on her left arm, while the other stands directly in front of her.  "Do us a favor girl, don't cave in too quickly.  We haven't had any fun lately. the SWAT vamp says, rearing back his right fist as he takes aim at the Slayer's mid-section.

Lance takes the Slayer's distraction to his full advantage.  As soon as they reach for Anabelle, Lance unleashes his building fury.

"I promise you there will be fun." Annabelle said as she reached out with her right leg, aiming for the attacking cop's groin.

CRACK! AAAAAHHHH!!!!! the SWAT vamp screamed so loud it echoed down the hallways.


"Scum sucking demon spawn!" Lance unleashes a kick to the nearest vamp while he is going after Annabelle.  Lance's kick connects, the vamp is an easy target as he releases his hold on Annabelle, stunned by the audacity of her attack, he didn't even notice Lance coming at him.


Down the hall

Mike and Aaron hear a scream echoing down the hall, and immediately run towards the sound.


OCC: New combat round. Lance and Annabelle can either stay and fight or run for it (same with Buffybot).  THE BAD GUYS HAVE INITIATIVE.  So if you choose to run, they'll get to attack before you can get out of the room, so a defense roll will be needed in either case.

Aaron and Michael are now headed towards the direction of the scream.

Aaron hears the scream from the direction they were headed and now no longer needs to follow Michael's superior senses. He begins moving more quickly, ready to shoot the first cop he sees.

While Mike could run faster then Aaron, he opts to match pace instead. As much as it'd be good if he found the other 3, leaving Aaron by himself is a very bad idea. Still, he'd arrive about when Aaron does.

"Thanks Lance.  Now let's get the bloody hell out of here!" Annabelle shouts as she makes a run for the exit while trying not to get hit.

But the big SWAT vamp next to her had other ideas as he reaches out and grabs her right arm.  "Where do you think you're going kid?" he says as he tries for a punch to her stomach, but the Slayer manages to dodge that attack.

Lance follows the slayers lead, "Right behind you!"

Lance however makes it out the door.  One of the vamps with a taser takes aim, then hesitates, apparently not chancing a hit on his fellow vamp that currently has Annabelle.


"Let him go!  Keeping the Slayer is priority!" the mayor shouts.

Lance goes barrelling down the hallway, turns the corner, and comes to a halt as Aaron and Michael rush up to meet him.



"I got it...." She dashes towards the vamp now holding Annabelle. But she never makes it as the second SWAT vamp holding a taser rifle blasts her in the chest.
But the robot absorbs the blast and keeps coming.



 Hopefully this will buy everyone else time. "I know a couple of people that need to work on diplomacy skills." The SWAT vamp dodged her takedown attempt as he maintained his hold on the slayer.

"You two watch the entrance.  I think we're going to have company soon." the chief shouts at the two vamp with taser rifles.


OCC:Combat thread time for everybody. THE BAD GUYS HAVE INITIATIVE. Mayor, Chief, and three SWAT vamps ready for action, one of which has Annabelle by the right arm. One SWAT vamp on the floor holding his groin.
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Lance sees the the guys ahead of him as he rushed forward.  After two or three steps he realizes the others didn't follow.  He wonders if he should keep going then he notices the rifle that Aaron has and keeps going. "Mind if I borrow that Aaron?"


"We're going in. Yeah, Aaron, give him the taser. Lance, aim for where the armor isn't, or you'll waste the shot.

In case you're wondering why we have to go back, vampires get much, much stronger for feeding off the blood of a Slayer. We probably shouldn't give them the opportunity.

And we can't forsake Annabelle in any event."

He's less worried about the bot, but he's gotta get Annabelle out of there.


Aaron quickly pulls the sling over his shoulder and tosses the taser rifle to Lance. "Take it. No good to me." Then his hand is back on the sting of his bow ready to take his shot.


"And now for my Walker, Texas Ranger impression" said the SWAT vamp holding Annabelle.  He aimed an impressive high kick at Buffybot and missed due to the robot's near flawless dodge.


"I'll be leaving now, if I may just borrow this." Annabelle said, reaching with her free arm to grab the baton off the SWAT vamp's belt but failed as he avoided her grab attempt.  "You don't want to do that kid, taking an officer's equipment is a jailable offense."

Mike ran in...alert to possible attacks, which was good because one of the SWAT vamps was waiting by the door and tried to club Mike with butt of his taser rifle as he ran in.  Mike avoid the attack...barely, he felt a breeze from the swing.

He then grabbed for the SWAT vamp pestering Annabelle and successfully tossed him into the wild blue yonder or rather the other side of the room (freeing Annabelle from his grasp in the process) as he crashed into the book case and hit the floor.

"Annabelle, MOVE!"

He could tell these guys were very old and strong for lieutenants. In other places, they probably would've been the masters.

Lance rushed in as well taking aim with the taser at the Chief's two legs where the swat armor would be of no use. "Hey Chief, next time I ask for a smoke I expect you to comply!"

But the Initiative agent never made it as one the other SWAT vamps by the door, dropped his own taser rifle and nailed Lance with a slam tackle.  Lance doesn't think he's ever been hit that hard as he hits the floor (but stil manages to grip his taser rifle).

Meanwhile, the SWAT vamp who was kicked in the groin by Annabelle climbs back to his feet.  "I think I'm okay now guys, and ready for some payback."

The mayor remains seated so far, with the chief standing next to him.  That haven't gotten involved.  Yet.

The chief shouts at Lance " Thanks kid! We let you go so you could lead your friends back to us, that's fast service! Get them boys! Don't let anyone escape!"

The chief adds "And boys, no snacking!  Especially on the Slayer!"

OCC: Back to the combat thread.  Bad guys have initiative again.  Lance takes 21 points of damage from the slam tackle and will begin the round on the floor at-4 penalty on defense, but he still has a hold on his taser rifle. Aaron didn't make an atack this round, we'll say he was two steps behind Mike and Lance and just made it into the room and will attack this round.

Mike accurately assesses the information of the encounter, and decides now isn't a good time for a showdown.

"Sorry we can't stay. You should RSVP first next time."

Mike pulls out some smokebombs. While most of the people in the room aren't going to cough, it is going to obscure vision. He ushers the other heroes out the door, then throws the book case down between them and the bad guys. He sets it on fire, creating even more smoke, and adds some holy water in case the bad guys try to climb over.

"Let's go!"

Time to get out of dodge.

(One DP paid for Plot Twist)

You don't have to tell me twice! Annabelle shouted as she ran towards the exit, pausing just long enough to help Lance up from his prone position.

"Follow me!" she shouted, planning to lead everyone out the way she was brought in, where hopefully they would still find the SWAT van with the keys in the ignition.

Buffybot assists Annabelle with Lance and covers the escape. But she gives a parting shot. "sorry 'mayor' but we other arrangements. We'll chat soon."

Aaron doesn't even have a chance to step into the room before Mike is almost literally dragging the others out and blocking the path through the door. He keeps pace with the others as they move towards the exit a wary eye on the corridor behind them in case of pursuit. "I do so love it when we improvise." His tone dry as the desert, it is impossible to tell whether the Watcher has actually made a joke or not.

Lance is more embarrassed than anything that his shot didn't even get a chance but realizes his snarky one liners and fighting spirit will have to wait for another day.  "Thanks." he says sheepishly to the ladies as they help him up.

"Damn them all!  Call the fire department before City Hall burns down!"
shouts the mayor.

The chief screams after the departing heroes; "You think you can escape the Sunnydale police?!
We still outnumber you 22 to 5!!!  You can't win!!"


Out in the hallways:

The heroes successfully make it out the back entrance and find the SWAT van still parked in the back with the keys in the ignition.



OCC: You've got your getaway vehicle, now who's driving?

"I think I'll drive this time if you don't mind Miss Berkshire." So saying Aaron pulls himself into the drivers seat of the SWAT van and turns the key in the ignition to get it started.

"No objections at all." Annabelle says as she climbs in to the front seat next to Aaron.



"I'll ride up here with you or as they say on this side of the water; 'I call shotgun.'"

Realizing this IS a Swat vehicle...

"That's fine. Lance, come on back here. SWAT vehicles are named such cause they have toys in back. Many such toys go boom."
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Lance smiles "Indeed!" he follows to the back.

Once Buffybot got in and the mention of toys. She was grinning as well. "I don't know who's more annoying the chief or the that fake mayor. They'll get theirs bet on it. Now the. What toys did they leave behind." She grins at the others.

Aaron hits the gas pedal and takes off in the SWAT van.

Two minutes later, the SWAT van passes three fire trucks on the road, going the opposite way towards city hall, but no other police vehicles on the road so far.

Meanwhile the threesome in back of the van finds a rack full of police riles (16 points bullet damage), police pistols (12 points of bullet damage) and police batons (mini-club does 3 X strength damage, made of wood, can be carved into a stake).

In back of The Fish Tank:

Aaron hits the brakes as he parks the SWAT van behind The Fish Tank, next to the police cruiser and the military vehicle.  The group managed to make it back to their hideout before the vamps cops could get on their trail.

Annabelle climbs out of the passenger seat and heads for the back of the SWAT van.

Stepping inside with the three in the back, she looks over the weapons to choose from.

She turns her nose up at the pistols and rifles, but grabs two batons.  "These will come in handy for vamp fighting, especially armored SWAT vamps."

Moments later, everyone heads back inside through the back entrance of The Fish Tank, carrying whatever weapons they wished to grab from the SWAT van.

You make it to the main room when you realize you're not alone.  Three Turok-Hans are there, having wandered in during your absence.  They were no doubt attracted by the lingering scent of human blood in the room and now they've found some fresh nourishment.

The three Turoks rush forward.



To be continued