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[hr][h3][color=crimson][b]ISSUE #1
GETTING THE PARTY STARTED[/b][/color][/h3][hr][color=crimson][b][u]Blade's unnamed shop; New York City, New York[/u][/b][/color][/center]
The phone was ringing. Here's hoping it's someone with the password. I need some action.

I stepped out of the bathroom and slid into my shirt, sitting down in the chair behind the desk. Grabbing a slice of pizza from the box I had just ordered, I took a bite before taking the phone. [color=crimson][b]"Yeah?"[/b][/color] I asked around a mouthful of pepperoni and cheese.

[b]"Are you the hunter known as Blade?"[/b] The voice was an older sounding guy, kinda creepy too.

Hm. Guy knows my name. Doesn't seem like I should hang up on him. Still, dude was missing something... [color=crimson][b]"Password?"[/b][/color]

[b]"I was told it was 'jackpot'."[/b]

I grinned. About damn time. [color=crimson][b]"Haha, finally! Last coupla weeks the only calls I've gotten were from people who didn't know the pas-"[/b][/color]

[b]"I'm going to drop off a gift for you."[/b]

I knitted my brow in confusion. [color=crimson][b]"A gift, eh?"[/b][/color]

[b]"A gift from the supernatural underworld of New York. We don't like hunters."[/b] The line went dead.

With a snort, I threw the phone back onto the receiver and stood up, finishing my pizza as I walked around to the front of the desk. [color=crimson][b]"Sounds like trouble. Man, it's always one thing after anot-"[/b][/color] Before I could finish my sentence, I felt a sharp pain through my back, as though something had stabbed me. A man walked around from behind, holding a blood coated dagger.

I needed to get to my sword. So, I promptly fell over as though defeated. [b]"Hmph. Thought this would be harder."[/b] It was the voice of the man on the phone, and I could see the unnatural yellow glint in his eyes.

[i]A vampire.[/i]

I sprung up to my feet and backflipped behind my desk, grabbing my sword off the wall. My body was already healing, the meat beneath my now ruined shirt knitting itself back together. The vampire paled. [b]"N-not possible! The blade is silver!"[/b]

I chuckled. [color=crimson][b]"Sorry, bro. Might have all the neat powers of a vampire, but I don't have a single one of their weaknesses."[/b][/color] Raising the sword, I pointed the blade at him with a grin. [color=crimson][b]"So come on, bloodsucker! [url=https://youtu.be/EH4qnO6k6Qk?t=10]Let's dance![/url]"[/b][/color]

His look of shock faded, and as it did he gave me a vicious grin, showing his sharp fangs. [b]"Very well then. Come and get it."[/b] I lunged forward with a stabbing motion, the vampire dodging out of the way of my attack and appearing by my side with blinding speed. [b]"Too slow."[/b] He swung his knife at my face with just as much speed, and I managed to easily duck out of the way. As I did, I threw a fist into his gut, sending him flying back and into my desk.

I gave a bark of laughter. [color=crimson][b]"C'mon, you can do it buddy! Come at me!"[/b][/color] He did, jumping up from the ruined desk and rushing me, and once again I dodged a slice without much effort. [color=crimson][b]"Oh, so close that time!"[/b][/color] He smirked slightly, before producing a second dagger from his coat and plunging it into my chest. Shaking his head and sighing, the vampire kicked me away while ripping the blade out. I landed right on my new pool table.

With a groan, I pulled myself up off the destroyed pool table and cracked my back. [color=crimson][b]"Okay, I'll give ya that one..."[/b][/color] I turned around and looked at what remained of the pool table, an idea sparking in my head. [color=crimson][b]"Man, I just got this thing! You're gonna be paying for this!"[/b][/color]

[b]"Come and get me then."[/b]

[color=crimson][b]"No, I mean literally paying for it. Shit ain't cheap, homie."[/b][/color]

He furrowed his brow in annoyance. [b]"You expect me to pay for this you little worm?"[/b]

I rolled my eyes. [color=crimson][b]"Uh, yeah? You break somethin', you gotta pay for it. You got three hundred bucks on ya by any chance?"[/b][/color] C'mon, get pissed, get pissed, get pissed...

The vampire gave a frustrated growl and lunged at me with a yell. There we go. He was telegraphing his moves now. I sidestepped his attack and swung my blade out at his neck, cutting his head clean off. The head rolled off of his body, and he slowly withered away into dust as soon as his corpse hit the ground. Sheathing my sword, I sighed. [color=crimson][b]"Hmph, is that it? Thought this would be more fun. Ah, whatever."[/b][/color] 

I noticed something that didn't burn away with his corpse: a wallet. Grinning, I picked it up and opened it, counting the money inside. [color=crimson][b]"Haha! Five hundred! Thanks, bud."[/b][/color] I pulled the cash out of the wallet and flung it away, burying the bills into my pocket. [color=crimson][b]"Gonna have to replace this shit tomorrow. Time to enjoy the rest of my night off in peace..."[/b][/color]

I must've spoke too soon because before I knew it my windows were broken, four vampires had leapt in, and I had four more blades in my body. I ignored the pain, pushing the vampires off of me and pulling the blades out two at a time before looking at the shattered windows. [color=crimson][b]"... Yeah, sure, okay! I don't mind, just break all my shit then! My one night off and you guys gotta ruin it!"[/b][/color]

The vampires hissed at me, bearing their fangs and scrambling to pick up their daggers and short swords. I huffed, walking over to the weapon rack on my wall and grabbing the two new pistols I had gotten. [color=crimson][b]"Been meaning to try these bad boys out. C'mon, let's get this over with."[/b][/color] Without even waiting, the four vampires rushed forward to stab at me with their daggers.

I jumped up and over them, hopping off of one's head as I went, and firing a few rounds into his back. He collapsed into ash on the spot. [color=crimson][b]"Ah, the wonders of silver bullets. You guys ain't scared, are ya?"[/b][/color] Just as I expected, they all backed up a bit, though still kept at the ready to attack at any moment. Silently, I beckoned for them to come at me.

The only one gutsy enough to actually follow up on my taunt was a female, leaping upward to slam her short sword onto my head. I simply holstered one pistol and unsheathed my own sword; bringing it up above my head, I blocked her attack, and the sudden stop sent her flying backwards. [color=crimson][b]"Put a bit more force into it next time, babe."[/b][/color] I raised the pistol I still had out and aimed at her head. [color=crimson][b]"Oh, wait. There ain't gonna be a next time."[/b][/color] I fired, and she evaporated in seconds.

While I was dealing with her, one more ran up behind me and stabbed me once again. Man, this shirt was definitely ruined. I simply rolled forward, the vampire coming with me and losing his grip on the sword, before landing on his back. I pulled the sword out of my chest and stuck it into his chest, before firing once into his head, and just like his buddies he evaporated into ash.

The last one didn't bother to attack, instead jumping out of one of my broken windows and running away. [color=crimson][b]"Yeah, I better not see your face around here again! ... Dick."[/b][/color] I sighed, tossing my pistols back onto the weapon rack and hanging my sword up behind my ruined desk. Gonna have to get a new one tomorrow. For now though? I was gonna take a well deserved sleep.

I headed up to my bedroom on the second floor and collapsed into bed without bothering to take my clothes off, falling asleep in seconds.
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