Under a blood red sky

It was a quiet night, so Murphy took the opportunity to go for a job. She was getting restless given the lack of action that had occurred over the past few weeks. Not that she wanted things to explode, but she knew they would at the worst possible moment. She was ready to close the book on both of her cases. It was extremely frustrating to know exactly what the culprit was and to be unable to find them-or find a way to kill them.

She caught sight of a flash of red in a tree and slowed her pace. She pulled out her gun, ready for anything, as she slowly approached the tree.

There was a bit of a sense of letdown as she recognized what the little bit of red was. It was a pair lace panties that...

Murphy moved a little closer. She didn't reach up to touch them, but she sure as hell recognized them. She'd bought them just before Hawaii and hadn't been able to find them anywhere after she'd gotten back. She had her suspicions about where they'd ended up, but that didn't exactly explain why they were now in a tree here.

Of course, it could be coincidence and could just be a pair belonging to someone else who shopped at Victoria's Secret, but Murphy didn't believe in coincidence.

There was a nest of vampires on the outskirts of town. Jo knew this because people had started to go missing. Some of them turned up, drained of blood. That, and there were a lot of nasty rumors flying around.

She wanted to find Ellen. Wanted to talk to her, but she was still working up the nerve to do so. How did you say to someone "Hey, I just found out that I'm your Mom."

For that matter, what did you say to someone when in that situation?

So, hunting vampires. Great distraction. Jo had already gotten some dead man's blood from the funeral home. The syringes were capped and in her pocket ready to go. She also had a rifle and her silver knife. Neither would do a whole lot of good beyond slowing them down, but they were both sort of her security blanket.

Armed and ready for a fight, she slipped up to the warehouse where she suspected the vampires were hiding out and keeping their victims.