(ooc: Ah, story lines about arrivals... hmmm. Film noir, 1930s, sort of...)
It was a cold December night. Friday, about 10 PM.
An earlier encounter broke my watch, so cannot take notes on the time. Lost my pencil and notepad anyway.
It had been raining off and on all day, then the sleet started up. And me with my trench coat in hock.
Well, I couldn't have gotten too defensive with Rocco's boys, if my gun was in hock.
So, put my coat in, and hope the weather stays warm.
yeah right, in December, warm weather, in Chicago. Thats a laugh.
It would heat up, if Rocco's boys saw me without a gun. Yeah, them 'Chicago pianos' they had, and me down to my last box of 38 specials.
Only, it was empty. So that bum musta been a mugger, or working for Rocco.
Now all I gots are the 5 bullets in my gun, no reloads.
Yeah, detective work don't pay much, now that Rocco has taken over the city.
Heard the news kid, talking about flashes of blue lightning. Probably some new rotgut, pretending to be real booze.
arrival of the lone detective
I could go over to my fave restaurant, get a bowl of noodles.
Yeah, and Rocco probably knows that.
I would hate for friends to get killed, just 'cause I'm hungry.
Pull my belt tighter, keep to the alleyways.
Watch for Rocco's boys.
Try to stay alive.
What was that blue flash of light ?
Couldn't be a cop car...
too high up in the air.
And cop helicopters don't have blue lights.
Certainly not that bright, nor phospherescent ablue.
[gun shot]
Yeah, and Rocco probably knows that.
I would hate for friends to get killed, just 'cause I'm hungry.
Pull my belt tighter, keep to the alleyways.
Watch for Rocco's boys.
Try to stay alive.
What was that blue flash of light ?
Couldn't be a cop car...
too high up in the air.
And cop helicopters don't have blue lights.
Certainly not that bright, nor phospherescent ablue.
[gun shot]
[crack !]
Darkness engulfs me.
I feel a pain in my head and a wound in my shoulder.
Blungeoned and shot ?
I guess they wanted to make sure the last Von Helsing was dead.
Yeah, like the rest of the family cared if I lived or died.
A werewolf who is a detective and a Von Helsing.
They must be spinning in their graves,
that I'm the last of the family living,
now killed.
My family considered me the black sheep of the family,
like a werewolf ate non-humans or something.
My last glimpse of the sky, is of Earth's two moons,
and Rocco and one of his boys leaning over me.
The vampires that have taken over Earth.
Blue sparks, then blue fire, then blue lightning surrounds me.
I feel the agony of accelerated healing in my shoulder and skull.
If the spinning would slow down, they would be great.
The air slowly clears, the pain doesn't lessen much.
I see below me a clear area, a strange loading zone type area.
Unknown creatures and what looks like humans and not-humans.
Ah, one looks like an elf. Old folk tales from my childhood.
Interesting.
I listen to their talks.
I'll go with...
well, wouldn't do to tell them I'm a werewolf.
[exit]
Darkness engulfs me.
I feel a pain in my head and a wound in my shoulder.
Blungeoned and shot ?
I guess they wanted to make sure the last Von Helsing was dead.
Yeah, like the rest of the family cared if I lived or died.
A werewolf who is a detective and a Von Helsing.
They must be spinning in their graves,
that I'm the last of the family living,
now killed.
My family considered me the black sheep of the family,
like a werewolf ate non-humans or something.
My last glimpse of the sky, is of Earth's two moons,
and Rocco and one of his boys leaning over me.
The vampires that have taken over Earth.
Blue sparks, then blue fire, then blue lightning surrounds me.
I feel the agony of accelerated healing in my shoulder and skull.
If the spinning would slow down, they would be great.
The air slowly clears, the pain doesn't lessen much.
I see below me a clear area, a strange loading zone type area.
Unknown creatures and what looks like humans and not-humans.
Ah, one looks like an elf. Old folk tales from my childhood.
Interesting.
I listen to their talks.
I'll go with...
well, wouldn't do to tell them I'm a werewolf.
[exit]