Dante kept running and jumping from building to building.  Below was the streets of the city and the people going about their daily routines.  He had to do something to get rid of the vampire behind him.  Get lost in the crowd some how., blend in, that is if he could escape the sight of the vampire for a brief moment.  So the only thing he could do was to descend to the street level.  He jumped down into an ally where the people could not see him land and then ran out into the crowded street.  But the SOB was hot on his heels and they began running through the crowded sidewalk,   It was nothing new to the people of the city.  Cops chased crooks, drug dealers and the like constantly.  He chuckled, at the thought, since he was a thief and was running from the vampire.  People probably thought he was a cop hot on the heels of a bad guy.<br/><br/>Traffic on the street was not bad at the time of night that it was, so he darted across the street to the other side and into a dark ally where he hoped the vampire would lose sight of him for that precious moment he needed to shift somewhere.  He loved the idea he could do it and didn't want many knowing he could do it.  It was something that had saved his hide many a time from the authorities of many countries.  He could only imagine the looks on their faces when they thought they had him cornered in a blind alley or somewhere where there was no escape, only to find no one when they moved in.	But the vampire must have been a marathon runner or something for he kept up with him and Dante swore like a drunken sailor.  To top things off the ally ended in a high brick wall.  "Crap."  Dante mumbled and jumped towards one of the walls on the side of the ally.  The Vampire did the same but on the opposite wall, trying to push off towards where Dante was trying to go.  Dante had to push off the wall in a different direction to escape.  Now a game of billards began as the two bounced from one wall to the other trying to anticipate the others move.<br/><br/>That is when he heard the roar of the engine of a motor cycle enter the ally.  As he took a quick look he saw a lovely woman in a very tight fitting, short dress that showed off a lot of her curves.  What the hell was a woman doing in the ally on a motorcycle?