[i]Such pompous pride. [/i]It disgusted Martin.[i] Why did the plan revolve around these foolish wastes of immortality?[/i] It was hard to fight the urge to shoot at him. Martin bit his lip as he saw Bedivere step into the pool. Just a single pull of the trigger would put a violent end to his unlife. But Martin's petty desires were nothing in the grand scheme of things. He sighed as he let it go. "Till we meet again, decrepit fool." He muttered under his breath when Bedivere was gone entirely. His stare darkened as Mithias ordered him to take his offer and leave. "No." He gestured around the room while he quickly made eye contact with everyone still there. "No more theatrics, mysterious talk or grand gestures then. It has become clear to me your minds have all long faded, so I'll be straight with you parasites. You will lose this war and you will lose badly. You are all going to die like chumps with surprised looks on your faces and deep down inside you know it. When I walked in here I expected noble immortals plotting a culling of the herd. What I found was a bunch of scared hasbeens out of touch with time. None of you seem to have a clue about the exponential advancement of technology. While you sit and hone your physical prowess and archaic weaponry, unchanged for eons, mortal influence has grown well beyond your control. The day they discover this is close and now you would do damn well to fear it." Many of them were offended, some moved closer but hesitated ever so slightly when he swiftly moved his hands on the strange gun on his hip. "It is my turn to give a show of human force!" He pointed the gun at the ground in front of him at a 45 degree angle and pulled the trigger. A pressured cloud of dull silver dust gushed out of the first barrel with a hissing sound creating an arc shaped wall between him and the vampires. His angered voice resounded from behind his concealment. "Watch as I display no skill at arms as I match you in destruction!" With a pull of the second trigger a sharp line of pressured holy water pierced trough the cloud and made a mark in the floor right before the first vampires feet. Immediately the airborne compound of Ammonium Nitrate and Zinc reacted violently to the water and ignited in a massive belch of bright green flame that lit up the room in pale brightness. When the flames died down enough to stare in Martin's furious eyes and down the barrels he spoke up again, allowing no chance to interrupt. "See? I'm not claiming I could kill all of you monsters before I am ripped to shreds. But I can take the first few of you with me, a lot closer than any mortal would have 50 years ago. And since all schematics to this baby and many more are to be automatically send to SOLDIER, Purge and many more upon my death. You'll all be gone in less than 50 more. Imagine Kami No Kage with an improved version of this little toy. Imagine an army with the military grade technology of the next era. How many are there of them, and how many of you? As technology marches forwards you and I have come to a point where we are of similar power and, more importantly, [b]life expectancy![/b]" He lowered the gun and let the stunned silence sink in. "Now use your damned vampiric senses to read my mind, voice and lips to confirm I speak only truths. Humanity will [b]annihilate you mercilessly[/b]. And then itself. If either of our species is to survive you must win the war, and as much as I despise [b]you worthless wastes of unlife[/b], I am here to help you."