took his first look at the master vampire. Nevindoss stood about fifteen feet in front of him.

"This must be my lucky night. First time out and I run into you," Flanagan said.

"Aaah. Fresh meat. It must have been your fear I smelled through that hole in the roof." He looked at the machine gun being pointing at him. "Don't they tell you new guys that bullets don't work?"

"Yeah, but I want to see for myself."

"As you wis.."

Flanagan started firing before Nevindoss could finish. One shot from the rapid burst hit Nevindoss in his side before he had his vice-like grip around the officer's throat.

"Well, that's the last thing you'll ever see. Was it worth it?"

Flanagan, barely able to speak with his throat being crushed, answered, "We'll see in a minute."

"No. You won't," the vampire said as he leaned in to bite Flanagan's throat.

Nevindoss suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side. He smashed the officer's head against the wall and dropped him to the ground unconscious. When he lifted his shirt he saw that the tissue around the bullet hole was quickly being eaten away. The bullet contained nanobots designed to devour dead flesh and they were quickly eating their way through him. He immediately pulled his sword from under his coat and carved a chunk of meat surrounding 

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