Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Page #4

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it'd be work for Jefferson.

Mind if I take a look?

I'm afraid so.

Who are they?

That's Shane Dennis.

- He's the designer of the blood plant.

- The what?

He was human when he got here.

You mean that he's also a...

It was the first try at integrating

people into Purgatory.

It failed.

When he found out, he panicked.

So they turned him into a...

They needed him.

- So how many...

- What?

- Of you...

- Vampires?

Yes, vampires, are there?

The whole town.

Apart from the Harrisons.

And the two in jail.

Now, look, rookie.

If it's a test of strength

you want, you lose.

I have been a vampire 135 years.

I guess you're stronger

and faster than I am.

You're still not gonna see in those crates.

You're a child, man.

You cannot stop me.

You're gonna be in big trouble now, Shane.

Mr. Jefferson, I'm glad you arrived.

Shane here is giving me a lot of trouble.

Do they work?

Just about to find out.

What you gonna do with that?

Shoot me a Rasta vampire.

They work.

Fortified wood.

Splinters on impact.

Shane, you are a genius.

And tonight a hundred more

domesticated abominations will die.

The revolution.

I have to warn the others.

The count!

Good idea.

Let's go visit the count.

You don't understand.

Things have changed.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jefferson sure as hell turned me on.

You can practically

smell the blood from here.

Mardulak's wrong.

Humans and vampires

ain't never gonna coexist.

He told you.

David, look, you were in med school.

I never saw you.

Shane called me and asked me

to dinner one night.

It was one time, David.

One night.

And Juliet.

Is she mine?

David, I don't know.

I think she is.

Why can't you just lie to me?

Just swear that you love me

and that it never happened.

I mean, it's bad enough

that you ever slept with him, but...

for you to do it after we were married.

And the way he lords over me.

Sh*t.

I'm not staying.

It's to hell with it.

The hell with the house,

the hell with the plant,

the hell with everything.

How far to this mansion?

Look out.

Hi.

Hi.

Bye.

Bye.

He was the one in my dream...

the vampire with Mommy.

Come, child.

Tell us about the dream.

Damn, I can taste that

fresh young blood already.

If I got started, I couldn't stop.

Hey, Mort, save some for us!

Know what's going on, don't ya?

Lynch mob?

In a way.

What you're looking at

is a crowd of hungry vampires.

That's right.

Purgatory's a town full of them.

I'm one.

You two ain't.

And that's the problem.

The problem is you're

some kind of psychotic nut.

Alice.

Didn't get these in 7-Eleven.

The problem is there's only two things

can happen to you in Purgatory.

They can kill you,

or they can turn you into a vampire,

like me, like all of us.

Make sure there's enough

to go around, Mort!

Letting us go.

Ain't in the cards.

Don't drain 'em dry, Mort.

Tired of hunting, you said.

Tired of killing.

Tired of the life of a vampire.

Tired, you said.

Each one of you.

You, where were you

when I first asked you to join me?

You were crying in the Pyrenees

after having killed a ten-year-old boy.

Mardulak, I...

You, you made your home in the sewers.

You killed winos.

You, farmers' children.

Our lives were full of murder.

That's why I put so much

money into Purgatory.

That's why I invested

in the synthesizing of blood.

A new life, a chance for serenity,

a faint hope that we might finally

make peace with our maker.

I know, it's not going to be easy

to live with mortals.

Not easy to hide our ways from them.

But we must learn to coexist.

We must treat them as equals.

We need them.

And when we have finally got our factory

into mass production, they will need us.

For those of you who wish to defy me,

remember...

I am the greatest of our kind.

If you cannot obey me...

Now go!

Well, I'm convinced.

Let's go, honey.

It was a bad idea to come here

in the first place.

Let's get the girls and let's go home.

We can work it out, but...

not here, not now.

Please?

I love you, Sarah.

I love you, too.

I'm sorry, Mardulak,

but I lost my temper.

I should kill you,

but I'm tired of killing.

Then what?

I can't send you anywhere.

We all have to stay here near the plant

or all this, this town,

my dream of the future,

will mean nothing.

The only punishment is death.

No, I think you should stay here

in jail one more night

and then, tomorrow, you can go home.

But if you ever do anything

without my permission again...

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

All right. That's enough, Mort.

What about them?

Mardulak, come quick.

The Harrison girls.

One of them had a dream.

You must speak with her.

Are you sure the girls went into town?

Yeah, I think so.

Turn around.

They're in that car!

Hold it.

Okay.

There's our way up.

Now, no bat stuff

or anything like that, you hear me?

You know, you're very cute.

No, that would never work.

All right, come on. Come on.

We got work to do.

Up you go.

If I can... just get a...

Okay.

Well...

that wasn't so bad.

What are you gonna do now?

Wait till they get back.

Sorry, I forgot.

Okay. It's okay.

Then, down through the skylight.

And pop!

End to the count's vile reign.

But you don't understand.

Times are changing.

Now don't start all over again with that.

Once a bloodsucker,

always a bloodsucker.

You just don't want to listen, do you?

Let go of my daughters.

Hello again.

You know this... this kidnapper?

Of course, darling.

That's our host, Count Mardulak.

He is, is he? You are?

Well, what are you doing

with my daughters?

Dad, he just wanted to talk to Julie.

About her dreams.

But come, let's not waste time out here.

I want to hear more.

Really, honey.

And remember,

don't take on bat form

unless you have to.

Our strength is in these.

If we get into hand-to-hand combat,

we don't stand a chance.

And aim carefully.

I want the Harrison woman

and the blonde child taken alive.

Some of us will die this night,

but the world of vampires

will remember us as gods,

fighting for the right to hunt humans

as it was always meant to be.

And we will kill for that right.

Death to Mardulak and his traitors.

Anyone care for a drink?

A bourbon perhaps?

- No, thanks.

- Maybe something stronger?

No, thank you.

Sit here, please.

Now, Juliet, tell us about your dream.

It was about a war,

a terrible war between vampires.

And many were killed.

Julie, please.

Mr. Harrison, this is not a joke.

There was a man,

slicked back hair and sideburns.

He was in charge.

- Shane.

- Are we being serious here?

David, can you just listen, please?

He had another man with him.

Grey hair and a white beard.

Jefferson.

There were lots of vampires.

They carried guns.

Guns?

Count Mardulak.

What's the matter?

You afraid to tell them your real name?

Do I know you?

Me? No.

But you may remember

my great grandfather,

Van Helsing... Senior.

You mean to tell me that

that sweet, misguided idiot

was your great grandfather?

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