text: You open your eyes. Pain shoots through your body, from where you had been shot, but it feels more like a non-lethal stun weapon than a bullet or laser wound. Glancing about, you realise you are strapped to an interrogation chair, sort of like a folding bed, put into an upright sitting position.
  
  > try to break free of the leather straps binding you to the interrogation chair.
  You flex your muscles, and strain at the straps, but they don't move an inch. You pull harder and harder, but you just cause your body to ache even more. Then you hear the sound of a door slide open, and footsteps approach from behind you.
  "Ah, he has awoken," says Nasal Voice.
  
  "We must find out where the rebels are hiding," says Rough Voice.
  
  "Do not worry, I can make anyone talk," Nasal Voice replies with a soft chuckle.
  
  > say "I won't tell you anything!"
  "You will tell us everything, and more," Nasal Voice promises you ominously.
  
  "Tell me when you get anything useful," Gruff Voice says, and you hear footsteps retreating behind you. You hear the door slide open again, and then close as he leaves.
  
  "Subject Two, tell me where the rebels are hiding," Nasal Voice demands softly.
  
  You flex your muscles, and strain at the straps, but they don't move an inch. You pull harder and harder, but you just cause your body to ache even more. Then you hear the sound of a door slide open, and footsteps approach from behind you.
  "Ah, he has awoken," says Nasal Voice.
  
  "We must find out where the rebels are hiding," says Rough Voice.
  
  "Do not worry, I can make anyone talk," Nasal Voice replies with a soft chuckle.
  
  > Don't say a word.
  "Tell me when you get anything useful," Gruff Voice says, and you hear footsteps retreating behind you. You hear the door slide open again, and then close as he leaves.
  
  "Subject Two, tell me where the rebels are hiding," Nasal Voice demands softly. "There's no point in staying silent, I will get it all out of you eventually."
  
  > Don't say a word.
  "Well," Nasal Voice says sadly, "We have ways of making you talk."
  
  A metal robotic arm whines as it moves out in front of your body from off to one side of the chair. Instead of a hand, there is a spherical object, with needles protruding from it. Your eyes open wide as the metal arm suddely thrusts at your chest, impaling you on the small needles. You feel liquids rushing into you, and suddenly a wave of dizziness comes over you. You black out.
  
  Some time later, you wake up, feeling achey and stiff all over. You are still strapped to the interrogation chair, bright lights shining around you. You listen for a few moments, but can not hear anyone else in the room with you. Of course, not being able to see behind you, Nasal Voice could still be there.
  
  Looking down at your arms, you wonder if you could pull free of the leather straps that bind you to the chair.
  
  "Tell me when you get anything useful," Gruff Voice says, and you hear footsteps retreating behind you. You hear the door slide open again, and then close as he leaves.
  
  "Subject Two, tell me where the rebels are hiding," Nasal Voice demands softly. "There's no point in staying silent, I will get it all out of you eventually."
  
  > give him false information
  "Okay, okay... Don't hurt me," you say. "You can find the rebels hiding by the waterfront, in Warehouse Seven."
  
  "Good," Nasal Voice says. "Very good. We will check out that location for your rebel friends. However, we know there is more than one group in hiding. Let's speed things up again with my friendly little helper. Don't worry, this will only hurt a lot."
  
  A robotic arm extends from off to one side of you. The end of the metal arm is a collection of wicked looking injections. You flinch as the arm thrusts against your chest, impaling you on the injections, and you feel chemicals flooding into your body. Dizziness follows, and you black out.
  
  You awake some time later, and then Nasal Voice whispers into your ear from behind you.
  
  "Are you ready to continue our conversation? I so enjoyed our last couple talks. We have moved on Cell Four's hiding place and your rebel friends there have been eliminated. Now, would you like to tell me where the other Cells are hiding?"
  
  Cell four? Eliminated? That's not possible, you think. You told them nothing! Another wave of dizziness comes over you, and your head droops for a moment before clearing.
  
  "Come now, you don't want another dose of medicine, do you?" Nasal Voice asks. "Tell me where the rest of your rebel friends are hiding, and you will spend the rest of this war in comfort."[Themes: modern, war, dystopia, humor]
  
  Wednesday, 15 May 2015
  
  Leo
  
  The black Audi sedan races through the night. It charges along the road at a decent speed, before turning into a parking lot beside a two-story building. It parks at an empty space and stops.
  
  With gloved hands, the driver opens the car door and disembarks. He is a tall handsome man in his late twenties in a black jacket on top of his shirt. He has medium-length brown hair with long bangs, brown eyes, and fair complexion. The man closes the car door and heads into the trunk of his car. He opens it to reveal a stash. The stash appears to be a weapon case. He opens it and he sees the glint of the black finishing of his handguns -- a pair of USPs. His pistols are equipped with silencers and flashlights. There are also a plenty amount of magazines and cross-shoulder holsters for his handguns. He gears up, before closing the trunk and locks his car.
  
  This twenty seven-year-old young man's name is Leo -- a former LAPD police officer who turned into a bounty hunter, mercenary, and vigilante since he discovered that he had some vampiric blood in him. People think that vampires are fantasy, but the fact is... There is a few of them lurking around in Velcro City. As a human-vampire hybrid, he's here to hunt them down and ensures them all dead.
  
  This city is known for its ferocious criminals and many underworld gangs. Many criminal organizations established their business here -- especially the Russian Mafia, Italian Mafia, Yakuza, and Triads. But the most interesting and dangerous of them all? Inner Circle.
  
  The Inner Circle is a crime organization who has been in Velcro City since 1984. It grew really fast like a disease spreading. Local police force is still trying to find out more about the organization, but they keep killing their undercovers.
  
  Leo knows that Inner Circle has connections to vampires. Their leaders are vampires, and with their special abilities, they can make their organization greater and greater. Hell, they can even afford to hire mercenaries and purchase military-grade equipment. He can't afford the organization to thrive even more.
  
  With weapons hidden beneath his apparel, he casually walks into the entrance of the building.
  
  > Time for some action
  The entrance door is guarded by two guards. The right one is a tall bald Caucasian male while his buddy on his left is a bit shorter African-American male with dreadlocks-styled hair.
  
  The two goons focus on Leo as he approaches them. One of them warns him once Leo is close enough.
  
  "Back off! We're not accepting any visitors!" The bald white male barks.
  
  They both glance at Leo like if they're going to murder him. But little do they know that they are still far away from his level.
  
  Leo quickly determines how to deal with these guys. Quick and silent.
  
  > Gun
  Leo pulls out his USP out from his jacket swiftly and shoots the bald man first in the head. The forty-five pierces through his skull, straight to the brain. Seeing his buddy killed, the Dreadlocks pulls out his pistol, but he's too slow. He meets his demise with a gunshot into his head just like the bald man. Dreadlocks drops into the ground, letting go of his Glock pistol.
  
  The house occupants didn't hear the gunshots. Leo's pistols are equipped with silencers. They dampen the sound enough for them to not notice.
  
  Leo grabs the door key from the Dreadlocks' corpse. With the entrance guards dead, he can proceed into the house.
  
  > enter the house
  Leo unlocks the door and gets in. He is soon blinded temporarily by flashes of bright lights. As he opens his eyes, He sees furniture around the room. It appears that he is in the guest room. There is nobody here, but he can hear the voices of people talking in a room nearby.
  
  he hides in a corner and peeks to see them. He sees people rounding up on a big dining table, having a night feast with steaks.
  
  "Bring us more beers, sweetie!" One of them calls out.
  
  A young woman clothed in tank top and jeans comes in from the kitchen to bring in more bottles of beers before she continues doing her job in the kitchen.
  
  Looks like a some sort of meeting has taken place in here, and now they're having a dinner. Unfortunate for them, it will all over soon... with bloodshed.
  
  > Show time
  The lights suddenly turn off. Everyone gets worried and yell out. They call out who turned off the lights and what the hell is happening. The girl screams a little, somewhat scared. The men demand who turned off the lights, and if they get no answer, one of them will stand up from his chair and turn them back on. But they will never get their answer since their life will end here.
  
  Someone finally stands up and turns the lights back on. But just after the lights are on, they see a figure standing on the table. Yes, that's right -- it's Leo.
  
  Leo pulls out his throwing knifes and throw them one by one into them, killing a few. He proceeds by kicking some plates into their faces before pulling out his H&K pistols and give each of them a shot to their heads. One of them pulls out his gun, but Leo stomps his hand and shoots his chest three times. The remaining two take kitchen knifes and charge at Leo. He shoots the first guy and ties the second one into a joint lock, before throwing him into the wall and shoots him in the back of his head.
  
  Three more men come down from upstairs. They wield automatic weapons, and are ready to gun Leo down in any second.
  
  > take cover behind a wall
  He climbs over the dining table and slides into nearby wall for cover. The gunmen aim at him and spit out bursts of gunfires. Round after round they hit nothing but the wall, but they keep Leo pinned down until they're close enough to hit him. Leo looks around as he tries to find out how to deal with these guys.
  
  He decides to move into a doorway beside him, moving away from his position and circles them to get a clear shot. The gunmen get close enough and peek through. They see nothing but a dead gang member, which has been previously killed during the onslaught on the dining room.
  
  They hear footsteps behind them. They turn around only for Leo to shoot their heads. The men drop their assault rifles as the bullets knock them to the ground.
  
  'M4 carbines... automatic guns are mostly illegal. They must have gotten them from illegal dealers and black markets, both the rifles and AR-15 full-auto conversion kits. And these guys know how to shoot well,' a thought races in his mind.
  
  Leo turns his interest into the girl in the kitchen who served them beers. She is leaning against the wall. She shudders at horror on how deadly and quick Leo took out the henchmen. Leo is not a criminal, but he can't let a witness to see all this mess. So he has no choice but to shoot her in the face. He does it with no hesitation. Sometimes, he needs to be a bad guy for necessary reasons.
  
  He heads into the second floor, stepping over the corpses and blood-painted floor.
  
  > Up the stairs
  Leo takes the stairwell and goes up the stairs, his guns trained on the corners. A man comes out from the door with a shotgun, only to be shot twice with his twin pistols before the man falls down the stairs. He evades the falling man and walks up into the door, reloading his guns with fresh magazines. He hears the sound of shotguns being racked. It sounds like they're ready for him.
  
  The second floor doesn't have much rooms. The remaining goons are inside a room, and there is a balcony beside Leo.
  
  > try another way
  Leo checks the balcony. He sees the windows beside him lining up all the way to the room they're holded up. He can't approach the front door. It's too risky. So he decides to hangs on the windows and climbs across the building and gets to the window on the room.
  
  He climbs across the windows into the window on the room they're in. From there, he can get a clear observation of them. He sees four men pointing their guns at the door while hiding behind knocked tables and chairs. Two AR-15s and two shotguns. A bearded man is among them with a Glock drawn, crouching behind a table. He wears a brown leather jacket and black pants.
  
  He settles the problem with a flashbang being thrown over the window. It explodes in front of their eyes, causing their eyes to be blinded and ringing their ears. Having the upper advantage, Leo climbs up and stabs the shotgunners with a pair of knifes. Then, he cuts the throats of the guys with assault rifles.
  
  Leo grabs the bearded man with the pistol by his throat. He presses him against the wall before interrogating him.
  
  > Interrogation
  "People said that you know more things about the organization. I heard you're one of their lieutenants, so I'll ask some questions. How did you get all the military-grade equipment?" Leo demands with a hard tone.
  
  "Agh... we have a client for that. We give him the dollars, they give us the toys," answers the man.
  
  "I need his identity and his whereabout."
  
  "I don't know, man! I swear!" answers the man again, with an even louder voice.
  
  Not satisfied with his answer, Leo slams him into the ground and pulls out his gun and puts it at his head.
  
  "I don't have time for bullshit, so you'd better tell me where the fuck they are... or I'm going to blow your brain off!" Leo threatens with a louder, angered tone.
  
  "I said that I don't fuckin' know! Craig's the guy who handles that!"
  
  "Who's Craig?"
  
  "Tommy Craig -- he's one of our lieutenants. I don't know much about the client, but he knows him. I can tell you him."
  
  "Thanks."
  
  He holds his gun by the barrel and clubs his head with the butt, knocking him out of cold. Leo carries the man all the way back to his car and burns the house with oils and fire. He takes a drag of his cigar before putting the man in the trunk and drives away in his sedan from the house before the police arrives.
  
  Leo knew it. There must be people who supplied them with all the cool toys, but he needs proof and further details. The man he captured is the answer to them all.
  
  It's been three years since he's out from the LAPD. He killed a total of nine criminals and captured four when he was a SWAT officer in a hostage situation. He got shot twice by someone, but his ballistic vest protected his chest. He was lucky to made it out alive at that time since three of his teammates were all dead. Months after he received a medal for his bravery and actions, he got dishonorably discharged. Since then, he works as a contract killer and hitman.
  
  An attractive young woman came to him and told him all the truth. From her, he discovered his true self. He's a human-vampire hybrid. His father was a vampire while his mother was a human. In the vampire's rules of living, it's forbidden for a vampire to marry a human. But love was powerful so that his father betrayed the Inner Circle and left for a normal life with his wife. But Inner Circle members ruined his happy childhood by killing his parents. Since that moment, he hated criminals. But now, he isn't sure if he's a lifesaver or not... he feels like he's a dirty hunter rather than a good vigilante.
  
  Either way, Leo has captured the target. He's heading to a place where his friends are waiting. Also, he needs a new clean apparel...
  
  > continue to next chapter
  Thursday, 16 May 2015
  
  Sharon
  
  Last night, Leo drove to the safe-house with the Inner Circle lieutenant in the back of his car. He unloaded his hostage and brought him in. Sharon and several other men were waiting inside. The men around Sharon were private military contractors who were mostly composed of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Among them is also a former Soviet airborne of the 103rd Guards Airborne Division during the Soviet-Afghan war. Leo let go of the lieutenant and let the contractors handle the man.
  
  Sharon gave the lieutenant several punches to his face, breaking his nose. Her jabs were extremely hard so that the lieutenant was almost unconscious. She barked at him like a mad tiger as she used a lot of dirty words. He still refused to give answers, telling her and the others that he would be executed for leaking their secret. Sharon told him that she'll pluck his eyeballs off and kill him slowly if he doesn't want to answer. The lieutenant thought that he rather gives the young woman answers rather than getting executed by his associates, so he told her everything he knew about Tommy Craig.
  
  They'll make him talk more if he's lying. So he told them the truth. Sharon was tasked with finding the client by tomorrow while others do their jobs.
  
  Sharon is an attractive twenty two-year-old woman with shoulder-length black hair and ice blue eyes. She is quite tall, standing at six feet one inch while Leo is slightly taller than her. She has a pale white skin and fairly muscular body. She often wears long, two-tailed red coat, black pants with a black leather belt, black finger-less gloves, and military-styled boots.
  
  Not many people know about her background. Just like Leo, she is a human-vampire hybrid. But unlike Leo, she knew that when she was little. Her mother told her that, but Sharon promised to not tell that fact to anyone. She was born and raised in Chicago alongside her younger sister. Her mother was a vampire, and she fell in love with a human. Her mother didn't want Inner Circle to turn the world into 'their' world, so she went rogue. By the age of eight, her father and mother were murdered by an Inner Circle death squad sent to wipe out her parents and capture Sharon and her sister. Her younger sibling was captured, but she was saved when the local police officers came to the rescue just in time. The death squad managed to escape nonetheless.
  
  With her parents and sister faded away from her grasp, Sharon became an orphan until someone adopted her. The man who adopted her was the police officer who saved her life. He told her that he used to be her mother's boyfriend, and he knew all the vampire stuff but kept it a secret. When she was old enough, she joined the Chicago Police Department as a police officer and became a SWAT sharpshooter.
  
  Just like Leo, the same young woman came to him and told her everything. Sharon knew that she's a human-vampire hybrid, but she barely knew anything about Inner Circle. So she dropped from the police force and joined the young woman and met Leo.
  
  Now, it's her turn to take the job.
  
  > find Tommy Craig
  It is midnight. Sharon drives a white Mercedez Benz into the appointed location. She looks on the mirror occasionally just to ensure if someone is tailing her. So far nobody is tailing her, and that's a good thing. She hits the gas until she arrives on the station. She parks her car and gets out, observing around.
  
  The station is very quiet. There is barely anyone in vicinity. There isn't any tram nearby. The only interest for her is the building beside the parking area. Tommy Craig must be inside, so she goes up the front. She knocks on the door, waiting for someone to open it.
  
  A man soon opens it, dressed in a station worker uniform. He looks at the woman who is taller than him before she talks to him.
  
  "I'm one of Craig's girls, and I need to meet him," Sharon says, actually lying. She lets off a smile at him, making him to blush somewhat.
  
  The lieutenant said that Craig has several lovers, and most of them are a part of the organization. They sometimes join him as assistant of some sort. Some are well-trained fighters, so they are not to be messed with. Sharon's idea is to pretend that she's one of his personal girl assassin.
  
  The henchman disguised as a station worker doesn't know that the tall woman standing in front of him is actually an enemy. So he lets Sharon to get inside. The cute face he sees currently is actually hiding a ferocious intend. Sadly, he's not aware of that even for a bit.
  
  Sharon and the guard goes inside a room full of weeds. "Boss, one of your girls is here," says the disguised guard. In there, lies Tommy Craig and two henchmen on the stacks of illegal products. Beside the stacks are corpses of station workers piling up, their bloods painting the floor crimson. The man with short dark brown hair, slightly tan skin, and green eyes glance at Sharon, examining her from head to toe. Sure, she's pretty, but he doesn't remember meeting her before.
  
  "I... don't think I've seen you before," Craig says with confusion.
  
  Sharon chuckles in response.
  
  "What the fuck are you laughing at?"
  
  Craig and his henchmen burst into doubts. He has a bad feeling about this. Oh wait... she isn't an Inner Circle member. Goddamn it, he should have noticed this earlier, but it's too late for him.
  
  > Bullet storm
  Sharon pulls out her knife and stabs the disguised guard straight at his heart. Craig and his guys pull out their submachine guns in response. He should have brought more men into here, but he didn't expect this shit to happen. Th