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Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved
Benjamin R. Long
Audra Lightning
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GenesisChapter 1
Bloody Preacher
Beer invites blood. Two rowdy drunks began their
journey in a pile of pizza boxes. They sat there, controllers
in hands, blasting the shit out of zombies. Slater, the
obnoxious frat boy, manages a coherent, all be it
remarkably stupid sentence, Let's go kill vampires!
The unfortunate named Jethro replied, What?
His boisterous companion begins orating as only a
drunken frat boy can, Dude! Think about it! You know
there have been some weird murders, right? Ya know
those people with the blood drained out of 'em, right? I
mean, completely drained, right? So some people havebeen talking about vampires!
Jethro struggles to keep his little man alive, but he
was swarmed by a pack of ravenous zombies. Shit! I
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didn't save the game! He then turns his round face to his
fearless leader, Vamp-
Yeah, vampires! Slater exclaims. Dude, we'll
dress in all black, and I have a trench coat, and you can dig
out that tan colored one-
The husky Jethro stands up with the help of a huge
wooden spool that was supposed to pass for an inn table,
Vampires? You want to go out vampire hunting? Are you
on crack? He then staggered a couple steps and allowed
himself to flop backwards on a hideously stained burgundy
sofa. Are you sure?
Yeah yeah yeah the wiry dark haired self-
appointed general insists. He then directs his comrade in
insanity to a storage closet that happens to contain loose
pieces of plywood. Here, Bob didn't want his loft
anymore, so we decided to dismantle it, so he could storeit, but he never got around to selling it.
Motivated by spirits and adventure, the two begin
the task of sawing and sanding the planks into wooden
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stakes. Over a late night snack of cold pizza, the two muse
over their strategy. Naturally, they'd have to steal some
holy water from a church and buy some garlic from the
grocery store and acquire some sledgehammers at the
local hardware store.
The next afternoon sees the pair avoiding their
housemates. Around three 'o' clock, Jethro tips into
Slater's bare room. A mess of scraggly slick black hair
protruded from the giant lump under and off white sheet.
Jethro grins and then tip toes over to the hung-over lump
and roared as loud as he could. After the expected bout of
wrestling, Jethro asked, Still up for vampire hunting?
Slater's skinny face contorted into a dim wide mouthed
expression, I... Sure. Why not. You get the
sledgehammers and garlic. I'll pay half. Tomorrow, I have
to put up with my baby cousin's baptism. I can try to go
early and put some holy water in spray bottles. Now leave
me the fuck alone!
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Oh! the walking tank exclaims, Steal a cross to
maybe!
Fine. Whatever, just get out of here.
We'll take my truck. Jethro said as he threw on a
bright orange cap. As soldiers, they marked out to a dusty
red pickup truck with steaks, mini sledgehammers, and
holy water and garlic bandoleers in tow. Upon dropping
their load in the back, Jethro informed his buddy that the
passenger door had to be opened from the inside. Once
inside, the black clad soldiers of the living began to have
second thoughts. Slater attempted to reassure command,
This is retarded. Let's do something else. Jethro agreed
and opted to drive to a local sports bar.
They eat and drink into the night. Most of the
discussion revolved around girls, sports and imported
beers. After enough drinking, the two would be soldiers of
light began strategically thinking under the glow of neon
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beer signs. So what are we going to do? the fat one
asked.
Easy! came Slater's instant response. We just do
it like in the movies. We'll have our spray bottles of holly
water, right? Therefore, you can spray them with hollywater, and then I can come up behind you with a steak
and hammer it into one of their chests, right? I mean, it's
obvious!
Jethro nods in agreement and adds, Yeah, we'll
have backpacks full of stakes like clips full of ammo.
Exactly
Once again, the duo set out to slay legions of the
undead. They drive on a black wet ribbon of highway that
took them past all the little ships and right out town. Snow
banks hug the trunks of bear trees, and in some cases,
nearly reached the branches. Away from the amber glow
of streetlights, they drive and into a landscape lit by a
ghostly moon. They began fighting over the phase of it and
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what causes moon phases until Slater asked, Where are
we going?
To the cemetery! was the drivers excited
response. Vampires sleep in coffins, so they're gonna bit
in the cemetery!
Yeah! Let's listen to something cool.
Can't. Speakers are broken. Jethro shrugged.
Dammit! Bad asses like us are supposed to have a
soundtrack! insists Slater as though anything could
actually change.
It's snowing again., the driver observes. I hate
driving in crappy weather. and then added, I think you're
right. The moon is waning.
The rickety old pickup truck creaks its way toward
and old rough iron gate. It seemed as though it was there
to make the placed look more solemn and sacred that it
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actually was. Interestingly, it was unlocked and cracked
open as if to allow for late night shenanigans. Jethro
chuckled, Some old geezer security guard needs some
coffee or something.
Whisper, you idiot! shoutedSlater.
Oh, right. Sorry. came the reply.
Finally, they'd round a few winding curves and
found a parking lot where Jethro carefully maneuvers the
ruck into only two parking places and manages to only
scrape the curve once. As soon as the pair exits the
vehicle, the cold of the wee hours bit them hard. They
took a few minutes fumbling with their trench coats to get
them buttoned and arguing the important issue of
weather gloves would make it more difficult to kill
vampires. Luckily for the great crusaders, they had a case
of beer in the back, so they went to drink more to warmthemselves, but it had frozen. Next, they suit up with back
packs full of make shift wooden stakes, a mini sledge
hammer in the hand of the taller, and two spray bottles of
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holy water in the hands of the shorter fellow. They are
ready for war.
After their minor ruckus, the pair stopped to notice
how utterly silent the graveyard was. Without the
whipping winter winds and bungling frat boys, theatmosphere would be pristine. Any sense of peace,
however, was rendered null and void by Slater sliding a
steak from out of his open backpack and saying, in a
forced tone, Bring 'em on! They then crunched their way
aimlessly through the graveyard practically falling over
themselves trying to stalk.
That's when a twig snaps behind them and they
turn to see the scariest bunny rabbit they'd ever laid eyes
upon. Quickly, Slater grips his steak at the tapered end and
swung it a baseball bat screaming Die, vampire rabbit! It
easily dodged the drunkards attack and hops away.
Four pail figures easily assail the jokers and bare
their fangs. Two beastly powerful arms hold Jethro's arms
behind his back while another pair restrains his feet. Slater
is pinned to the ground by a ghastly shrieking female
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shape and a hulking Frankenstein monster. After the
immediate weakening drain, the predators dropped their
prey like two sacks of potatoes.
The frightened frat boys crawl in separate
directions both pleading for their lives. The pail lady kicksSlater in in long skinny face pushing over sideways. Lay on
your back. She orders. When he attempts to right himself,
she kicks him again and repeated her command and
added, If you're good, we might let you go.
Petrified, he flops over belly up. Meanwhile, Jethro
is already being drained by the other three. Your friend is
dead. Looks like you're alone. the woman mused clearly
enjoying her role of villain. She then straddles the
hyperventilating mess and lowered her head so her face
was an inch from his. Your tears will freeze.
Her breath is nothing less than acrid. It reeks withthe vile stench of blood and rot. Her hair is blonde but so
fair as to look inhuman. Her skin was a ghostly blue- white
under the pallid moon, and her eyes are ice blue.
Wooded steaks don't work. Neither does garlic, holly
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water, crosses, silver bullets or... She pauses
remembering other attempts at her life, Neither does
magical spells, water from a sacred river, holy symbols,
reciting god names....
Please... was theonly word the shivering prey
could manage as the other three figures now loomed over
him.
No. she answers flatly and sank her fangs into his
juicy warm living neck.
Reverend Michael Flowers strides away from
behind a wide white gold trimmed pulpit announcing
every syllable of his sermon, Did you know that God love
you? It's something we say, but isn't something we really
understand? Did you know that Jesus died for you, not just
a select few people, but you personally!
The fair-skinned auburn haired preacher sports a
tan suit, white shirt and shoes and a gold silk tie. A small
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gray microphone is attached to his lapel allowed him to
open or clasp his hand, sweep his arm over the
congregation or slap the podium to emphasize a key point.
His brown eyes worked to finish off this looks of harmless
warmth.
Reverend Flowers, with each step, continues the
words of Sunday's sermon, Did you know that God
created the very Earth for us, for you, for me? Yes, friends,
God created the Earth for us, for each and every one of his
children. He changes directions and strides in front of the
pulpit, My friends, brothers and sisters, did you know that
God had you in his mind even before you were born?
Always remember that you are special, that God loves you
and that Jesus died for you on the cross at Calvary.
The carpet, cushions and candles are all a gentle
rose, Even the choir robes are rose with white on top. The
pews themselves and the choir stand are white. Behind
the orating preacher sat a row of lovely bouquets as if
attempting to inject the name Flowers into the
memories of the audience, both at the church and at
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home. The parishioners don their Sunday best and did
exactly as they were told. They pray when invited to,
opened Bibles when instructed and applauded when cued
by the flashing sign just out of view of the cameras.
Reverend Michael Flowers was a famoustelevangelist, a true rising star, and rumors had him in the
process of moving down to Ohio from the state of
Michigan. By this time in his career, he had loyal longtime
fans that were already eating out of the palm of his hand.
A master of the spoken word, he'd embrace his listeners
with a honeyed tongue, carry them to heavenly heights,
drag them through the pits of hell and bring them back
again. Another Sunday was just another journey, and now
he approached the gates of hell. Brothers and sisters, Did
you know that, last Friday night, just two days ago, in the
sleepy little town of Brunswick Ohio, there was a murder?
The audience gasped, prompted by a white flashing
sign overhead. The passionate reverend told a terrible tale
of foul creatures gorging themselves upon the blood of the
living. Of course, these creatures were not vampires
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because everyone knew vampires didn't exist. Rather, it
must have been a Satanic cult, for the corpses of two
innocent fraternity brothers had been found in the
cemetery drained of their blood. This was the perfect lead
into an equally horrific description of eternal damnation.
But there is a light, one eternal light that loves
you, for Jesus is our only hope in a fallen world. The blood
of the lamb is our only and eternal salvation, for the things
of this world are finite, but God is infinite! The love of this
world is tainted by sin, but the love of Jesus is
unconditional.
As the good reverend cradled the hearts of his
audience, soft piano music began an old-fashioned hymn,
and the choir began to sing sweetly, Amazing grace, How
sweat the sound...
Meanwhile, Reverent Flowers invited all theunsaved forward to kneel down on the steps before him
and give their hearts to Jesus, Yes, friends, by grace we
are saved, grace! We all fall short of the glory! It is by the
blood of Jesus alone that we our saved! Repent of your
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sins, and Jesus will forgive you, cover you in his righteous
blood. It is by His grace we are saved from the fires of Hell.
Please come forward and give your heart to Jesus, make
him your Lord and Savior! His pleading with the
congregation continued until the flock was abasing
themselves before their Lord, weeping or holding
someone who was weeping.
Do you trust in the power of God? Has he blessed
you today? Open arms and palms skyward, Reverent
Flowers began a slightly different refrain, Every sing day,
God blesses us. He forgives us of our sins and washes us
clean as virgin snow. He clasped his hands in front of his
heart saying, Little miracles, miracles we never even
notice because we are too caught up in our daily lives. God
does so much for you. Can you have enough faith to give
back just a little. Ya know, God tells us in his word that,
with the faith of a mustard seed, we can do anything. A
mustard seed, ladies and gentlemen, only a mustard seed!
Can you plant that tiny seed of faith today so God can
make it grow? Brother Jones and Smith will be carried the
collection plates. Give as you feel so moved.
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There are two figures that enter the service from
the door in the rear. They take some seats in the back of
the chapel, out of the view of the cameras. A flower
notices them but in one swift motion continues with the
flow of the evangelizing. A master of words, and a hard
lined sense of knowing what is what. Flowers knew who
they were before they had even entered. These people
have a sense for noticing when one of their own kind is
around. Some call it a psychic link others call it intuition.
However, this link helps them to identify one another.
Therefore, it is physically impossible for someone
fraudulently to try to blend with them since it is impossible
to duplicate this psychic connection. Flowers sense it as a
noise in his head. It radiates from the back and makes
noise whenever one of them is present. It is kind of like
the feeling you get when you know something is there. At
any rate, Flowers could sense them as one of their own
from off the bat. He briefly looked at them, and as a
master of reading people, he could tell that they bared
bad news. He quickly finished up the sermon and
dismissed the people at the nightly service with, You
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know that God loves you and he loves you more when you
are charitable to this ministry. Don't forget the donation
box on your way out.
Flowers motions towards the two pallid figures.
They look more like thugs than men that a man of Godwould associate with. They were dirty from life on the
street and dealing with the under worldly. However,
Michael Flowers was a man of practicality. He knew when
you had to associate with some disagreeable figures to
achieve his goals. These men were no exception to that
policy. They followed Flowers through a door behind the
pulpit and into an office, which was lain out in Federal
decor. The place had an aura of a courtroom in the office
with expensive furniture and one of kind paintings that
would sell at an auction for thousands of dollars. Flowers
was a man of taste, however the era of the dcor was set
around the time period of World War 1. There were
images of famous German heroes and soldiers that were
reminiscent of the Central Powers in the war itself. The
detail of the historical replication was exact, and either he
was an avid collector of World War 1 memorabilia, or he
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had lived through the time period. Even though he looked
no older than thirty years old.
The men that followed him into the room tracked
in dirt, which he looked at sharply, then dismissed. Flowers
looked at them and sweetly said, What donations do you
bring my church this day?
We are sorry, but someone intervened, it was not
one of us, it was a living person that interfered with our
activity, one of the miscreants says to Flowers.
You know it is not wise to displease the Lord your
God, have I not given you everything? Flowers sais in a
cunning manner.
It was a mistake, we were not expecting someone
to interfere with our shipments, he protests.
Flowers motions for him to stop talking by simply
waving his hand. Then he says, It is not your place to fail
me lest the Lord your God judgeth you, I feel it is in your
best interest not to taste the wrath of God's judgment,
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don't you think, Flowers says as he walks across the room
and puts an old LP on the player. He adjusts the needle
and it starts playing some big band music that was popular
in the 20's.
We can't keep working if those people keep on
interfering, the man says openly.
Surely you can, what do we do when people cause
us problems? Flowers retorts.
They seemed to know about us, they beheaded
three of us, he says.
My, my; your excuses tend to bore me; you are
telling me that five vampires could not overcome some
silly humans; surely you are not that weak, Flowers says
as he walks up to an Amour that looks like it could fit some
rifles. He opens the cabinet and displayed are some
elegant bayonets and Calvary swords from the German
World War One period. He takes one of the swords from
the cabinet and unsheathes it and swiftly with a skilled
hand puts it into the rest position at his side.
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The other person looks at him and starts to panic.
He says, Surely we can recover the lost assets.
The time is passed, we can recover nothing; What
more can you offer besides your tired excuses?
There has to be another way, maybe we can make
it up in another way, the man pleads.
That would be a filthy lie, and we all know how
the good Lord deals with those that lie and defile his holy
name, Flowers says as he brings the sword to eye level,
pointing it at the man.
I thought you said Jesus teaches forgiveness,
please! the man says beside himself.
Forgiveness belongs to Jesus, Wrath belongs to
the good Lord, Flowers says as he motions for the
underling to get onto his knees with the blade of the
sword.
I will do anything, just tell me! the man says as he
gets onto his knees.
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I want to you to choke as Satan rains hot acid
down your throat and dissolves your testicles for your
failure, Flowers says as he slices with the Saber as cleanly
removes the man's head. He looks at the man and says,
Thank you for you collection in my donation plate today.
With that, the other man looks at Flowers in terror, but
realizes that he is going to be spared because Flowers has
turned around and put the saber back into his cabinet. He
looks at Flowers, paralyzed in fear, but resilient to the
point where he is not trying to show weakness, lest
Flowers be justified in taking his head too.
Flowers then goes over to the desk of the table and
get a chalice out of the closet. With a gloved had he takes
the chalice out carefully and walks over to the body. He
collects up some of the spilled blood gushing out of the
wound and collects it in the chalice. The other man looks
at him in terror and tries not to disturb him during this
ritual. Flowers then proceeds to collect the blood in the
chalice and then begin to drink it. Spilling a little bit on his
cheek as he consumes it.
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You know that all men are consumed in the great
wrath of Magra, there is no one that escapes his wrath.
You have been a testament to that, yet should you speak
to others of what you have witnessed here than your head
would surely roll like his, Flowers said.
What should I do? The man says to Flowers.
You should carry on like nothing has happened,
there will be other shipments. After all, we have not been
set back too far. Those hunters are becoming a nuisance.
We are going to have to do something about them soon. It
is not like those stupid kids that tried to go out hunting in
the cemetery to find more than they could handle. These
people are trained professionals that are assaulting us. We
need to learn more about them. However, as for your
duties, take on the responsibilities of your headless
partner here. Remember, you fail and your head rolls in a
basket, Flowers concludes.
The man looks at Flowers and gets the feeling that
he should leave before Flowers pulls out his Calvary sword
again. He turns and exits out the door leading to the front
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of the chapel. Flowers sits there and calls to his personal
attendant. A young looking female enters the room. She is
dressed in a conservative outfit and looks to be about 35
years old. There is no mistaking her attractive looks
masked by a pallid complexion that makes her look almost
artificial in appearance. More akin to being that of a
mannequin. If she held, still one could almost mistake her
for being a doll or a mannequin.
Hello Vicki, there is a mess here that I need for
you to clean up, flowers says, Take him to the
incinerator.
As you wish Mr. Flowers, I have arranged for you
to be at the mayors office tomorrow night. He keeps
insisting that you meet during the day, but I have to keep
reminding him that you cannot make appearances during
the day, Vicki says.
You are as blessed as ever Vicki, what would I do
without you? Flowers says.
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I just remember what you did for me 80 years ago.
I cannot forget the benevolence that you showed me,
Vicki says as she places the head into a plastic bag.
Remember to clean up the blood off of the carpet,
I paid a small fortune for the decorating in this office,
Flowers says.
Shall I schedule the Mayor for 6:00 tomorrow
night? It should be dark that time of night during the
winter, she says.
I want to meet in the park. I public venue would
be the best place to meet up and tell the homeboys
roaming the streets tomorrow to stay the hell away from
the park, or else they will taste the wrath of the Lord, he
says.
Good then you will be able to pay him for your
operations in this city, after all, once you curry the mayor's
favor you will be able to act with impunity in the city, She
says.
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It seems that if we take the human law
enforcement out of the equation things will operate far
more smoother for us than those goodie-goodies in the
fellowship that think that they can use diplomacy to
achieve their ends, Flowers says.
Also, they will be able to turn you onto a greater
revenue source if you get favor with the mayor and the
council members. In fact you would be able to get your
operations legitimatized in the city, She says.
I like the way that you think sister, we will have
this city and we will purge the scum from our mist. I have
been working against Albert for so long that it nauseates
me. How can such a man be so pretentious and think that
we can work with humans? Humans are to be herded like
sheep and then fleeced. I feel almost dirty every time I go
on one of those sermons. After all the great blood, God is
the one that will bring us salvation. The more I have given
him, the greater of victory I have seen. When I first died on
that battlefield, I rose not knowing what gave me life. I
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know it is that great blood god that had given life beyond
life, Flowers says.
We all need to sacrifice to the almighty blood god,
he is the reason that we exist. Though the purity of power
and strength we are made strong through the libation ofblood, Vicki says.
You will learn the mysteries eventually Vicki, but
remember, passion sets us free. We must set our strength
in our passion. My mentor was a great man and taught me
everything I know. Perhaps he was too smart because that
knowledge eventually led to his downfall. That is the saga
of what happens when the student surpasses the teacher.
The teacher must always know more than the student lest
he die by the student's hand, Flowers says.
How would I possibly ever do that? I could never
surpass you Mr. Flowers, you are the greatest man I haveknown. How would I know when enough is enough for
learning, Vicki looks at him with a sly demeanor. She
knew in her heart that one day that she would have his
head. She just was not strong enough at the current time
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to do it. She was bent on unbridled power and she knew
that she would one day have it. She was an initiate. A
person on the road to becoming an elder. However, the
elders usually consume each other and kill one another to
claim their victory. Therefore, there is always the same
amount of elders, just simply those that replace the
masters.
Vicki was a cold-hearted woman. Flowers found
her shortly after World War 2 when the Gestapo was going
to behead her for betraying the fatherland. Flowers
intervened with the execution and she owes him her life.
They have been on the road during the 20th
century
scamming people out of their money and running religious
scams to generate funds for themselves. After a while,
they got the knack of the trade in ministry and realized
that they could generate far more money out of people's
faith than what they could dream. When the Humanism
trend began in the United States they worked on
condemning the humanists and non-believers into agents
of Satan and got people to donate hefty sums as being the
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solution to the problem that they were conjuring out of
thin air.
These two are as corrupt as they come, and the
true nature of Flowers is anything but Christian. Rumors
have it that during the Cold War he visited Haiti for a whileand picked up some local folk traditions and some ritual
magic that he is rumored to practice in private. While no
one has ever seen the interior of Flowers, he still remains a
monster to the core. He grew up through the ravages of
World War 1 and lived and died on the battlefield. There
are many people that are like him. However, none of them
are as old as he is. Nobody knows how old people like
Flowers can live for. Yet one thing remains the same. It is a
new era in the understanding of human evolution...