Who: Maria Hill & Hannibal King NPCs: Vampires! When: May 5, 2013, Late Night Where: New York City, NY What: Maria gets ambushed by vampires and gets help from Hannibal. Rating: S, for staking and lots of it
Contrary to popular belief, Maria didn't live on the Hellicarrier. Though she did go there often, she did have a residence within the city itself and she stayed there regularly. She'd gone grocery shopping to pick up some needed items like bread, milk, eggs, and a six pack of beer and made her walk home. While Maria always carried a weapon on her, it wasn't like she lived in a bad neighborhood, but she wasn't living in the Upper East Side or anything either. Muggers were a rarity in this area.
The grocery run was so late because she'd gotten back late. And she didn't like putting things off. Maria was not a procrastinator. She hadn't even gotten to her apartment yet when she went to the store and by now she was ready to go home, drink a bottle of beer, go through some files and then crash for the night. Those were her plans, but the evening had other ideas for her.
Maria was also naturally paranoid so when she glanced over her shoulder and saw someone walking behind her, she was a little surprised. It was only habit she did that, but there was no indication that anyone was there. No sound of shoes on pavement, specifically. She walked a little faster, out of habit, and then decided to take a short-cut home. As she turned into the alley, that's when things went wrong.
She was hit from behind, a force rather strong she wasn't expecting and her back pushed against a brick wall. The groceries were dropped and a hand pushing hard into her shoulder. It was a man and he was smiling, white teeth practically glowing and...pointed canines.