“I don't want to discredit your skills or mine, but how about we call for some backup?” Ezekiel asked.

Blade raised an eyebrow as he asked, “And where are you gonna find backup to fight vampires?”

Ezekiel smiled as he said, “Give me half an hour.”

“Fine. But I'll start picking them off if you don’t have backup by then.” Blade said.

Ezekiel cast a spell around them, then used his seal and pulled out his tablet before he started to type on it. A few messages were sent off as he asked, “Do you have extra ammo and cold weapons to fight vampires with at your hideout?”

“We have silver stakes, a couple knives and a few hundred rounds for forty-five caliber guns. Why?”

Ezekiel quickly opened a portal up to Blade's hideout as he said, “Go get it, the backup will need it.”

Blade glanced at Ezekiel's tablet for a moment before he left through the portal. About five minutes later he came out with a large backpack on and carried a large ammo case in his arms. As he set everything down he said, “That's all our current supplies.”

Ezekiel nodded and closed the portal before he said, “It should be enough for everyone… Let me call someone really fast.

Ezekiel then typed on his tablet and a few moments later a click was heard in their com unit as he asked, “Master, would any of the sorcerer's be interested in hunting some vampires?”

Blade heard a young woman's voice over his ear piece as she asked, “You found vampires?”

“Kinda. I found someone who hunts them and I am helping them out with a large nest.” Ezekiel said.

“How large of a nest?” The voice asked.

“A few hundred, maybe more.”

There was a pause before the voice said, “That's a lot more than a large nest, that might be a vampire lord… Contact Mordo and Kaecilius, tell them to bring a sealing team.”

Blade glanced at Ezekiel as he asked, “What's a sealing team?”

The voice said, “They’re a group of sorcerers who specialize in sealing off areas so demons can’t escape. With them containing the vampires, it should lower human casualties to a minimum.”

“Wait, demons are real?” Blade asked.

Blade heard a light chuckle before the voice asked, “You hunt vampires and don’t know about demons? What are you, some kinda amateur?”

Blade scowled as he said, “I’m no amateur, I’ve hunted vampires for over twenty years.”

“Still an amateur.” The voice said.

Before Blade could reply Ezekiel said, “Thanks for the help master.” before he hung up the call.

Blade gritted his teeth for a moment before he asked, “Who was that?”

Ezekiel shook his head and his whole body shivered a little as he said, “That was my master and she is someone you don’t want to piss off… Trust me.”

“I don’t wanna piss her off? She called me an amateur at hunting vampires!” Blade said with a snarl.

Ezekiel nodded his head as he said, “Well she’s closing in on nine hundred years old, so you’re an amateur compared to her. Or a baby if we’re being honest.”

“No one lives that long… Is she even human?” Blade asked as Ezekiel sent out more messages on his tablet.

Once finished Ezekiel looked up at Blade and said, “She’s human and she’s been alive this long because of magic.”

“Maybe I should learn magic…” Blade said.

Ezekiel nodded as he said, “It takes a lot of study, practice and skill. But it’s worth it just for the portals alone.”

Ezekiel’s tablet pinged a few times which made him look down at it before he raised a hand and made a portal. After the portal fully opened, a group of armored women with swords stepped out of the portal, followed by a couple other people in tactical gear. Ezekiel smiled as he said, “Glad you accepted the invite.”

Sanhildr reached out and gripped Ezekiel’s arm in a viking style handshake as she said, “It’s been a while since I’ve had a good fight.”

“Well hopefully vampires give you a challenge.” Ezekiel said as they stopped shaking hands.

Ezekiel glanced at the people in tactical gear as he said, “I’m surprised you wanted to join in on this.”

Alexei smiled as he said, “Melina wanted to see what a vampire looked like in person.”

Melina slapped Alexei’s arm who smiled wider as he said, “I forgot she didn’t want me to tell you that hahaha.”

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Ezekiel shook his head before he looked at the last person and said, “Tired of cooking?”

Jarvis nodded as he said, “It’s been a while since I went on a mission and this sounded fun.”

Blade glanced over the new people as they talked to Ezekiel before he said, “I hope you're enhanced like Ezekiel, otherwise fighting vampires will be anything but fun.”

Ezekiel smirked as he said, “Don’t worry, everyone I invited should be able to match a vampire in strength and speed… Maybe. By the way, this is Blade. Blade this is Melina and her husband Alexei.”

“This is Jarvis, while those lovely ladies are valkyries and that is Sanhildr their leader.” Ezekiel said as he pointed to each person.

Ezekiel pointed to the backpack and ammo crate on the ground as he said, “Blade was nice enough to supply us with weapons and ammo to fight vampires. So make sure you collect some while we wait on the others.”

Jarvis, Melina and Alexei all moved to the ammo crate and started to load up the magazines they brought for their weapons. Since Blade only brought forty-five caliber ammo, Ezekiel made sure everyone only brought guns that fired that type of round. Each of them had at least one handgun and a KRISS Vector for their main weapon. Well Alexei also had a collapsible shield and Melina had at least six knives strapped to her body that Ezekiel could see.

As they worked on loading their weapons Ezekiel glanced at Sanhildr and said, “I know you don’t like guns, but you should grab some silver weapons.”

Sanhildr shook her head and said, “Our swords will be enough.”

“Vampires can only be hurt by silver and sunlight. Garlic will also hurt them, but only if it enters their body, so I don't use it most of the time.” Blade said.

Sanhildr pulled out her sword and showed it to Blade as she said, “This sword is made of Uru and blessed with Asgardian magic. It should have no issue killing a lowly vampire, when it’s been used to slay gods.”

Blade glanced between the sword, Sanhildr and then Ezekiel before he asked, “That’s a joke right?”

Ezekiel shook his head as he said, “Nope. Sanhildr and the other valkyries never lie, it’s a sacred honor based thing for them.”

“That being said, she was talking about a god with maybe only the G capitalized.” Ezekiel said as he shrugged.

Blade looked like he was about to say something before he shook his head, he didn’t care to argue about a god still being a god... Ezekiel smirked before he checked his tablet again and typed some more on it. After that everyone just double checked their gear as they waited for Mordo’s group to arrive. It was close to the thirty minute deadline Ezekiel set when a portal opened next to them and out stepped Mordo, Kaecilius, Wong and nine other sorcerers.

Ezekiel smiled and turned to Blade as he said, “Blade, this is Mordo, Kaecilius and Wong.”

Ezekiel glanced at the other sorcerers as he said, “We haven’t met yet, Im Ezekiel.”

It took about a minute for everyone to introduce themselves to each other before Mordo glanced at Ezekiel and asked, “Where’s the nest at?”

Ezekiel pointed towards the south as he said, “Two blocks that way with the blacked out windows. There’s also fifty plus vampires spread out around a two block area that are keeping watch.”

Ezekiel casted the viewing spell again and set it up so everyone could see all the vampires currently outside of the building. After examining it for a few minutes Mordo said, “We’ll need to take out all the sentries before Wong and his sealing team can lock down that building.”

As Ezekiel and the others discussed a plan to take out the guards, Blade watched quietly. At first he was upset at Ezekiel taking the lead, but his better judgment and the fact Ezekiel’s people were helping Whistler stopped him from speaking up. He was also surprised as he listened to them come up with a simple plan to dispatch all the guards. As they finished up Ezekiel glanced at Blade as he asked, “What do you think?”

Blade was surprised again since he didn’t think Ezekiel would ask for his opinion on the matter. After a few moments Blade said, “I'm not completely sure if it will work like you said, but we can give it a try.”

Ezekiel then turned to Mordo and asked, “Where do you want to set it up?”

“You've already placed a concealment spell here, so we'll just do it here.” Mordo said before he started to set up all the other sorcerers. Each one stood a few feet apart in a line. Next Sanhildr and the valkyries lined up across from them with their swords drawn. It left a six foot gap in the middle of where they stood.

After that Mordo used a spell to highlight all the different vampires on Ezekiel's viewing spell. All the vampires were marked which gave every sorcerer at least five targets. Once everything was set Mordo said, “Target the outer groups first.”

Ezekiel and the others tensed up slightly in case something went wrong as the sorcerers all made a portal at the same time. The portal wasn't normal though and opened up horizontally above them, right between where they stood with the valkyries.

As soon as the portals opened, ten vampires dropped through the portal. Before they even knew what happened, the valkyries all cleaved through their necks. In one swift and efficient motion their heads were detached before they burst into flames dissolving into ash and bone fragments.

Before the first group of vampires were completely gone, another portal opened up and another group of vampires dropped down into the remains of the last. With another fluid motion the valkyries dispatched the next set of vampires and within less than a minute all of the outside guards were destroyed.

Ezekiel couldn't help but smile, Mordo's plan worked perfectly. He turned to see Blade give Mordo a nod of respect before Mordo said, “Alright, let's move to stage two.”

Mordo, Kaecilius, Wong and the other sorcerers nodded as they each made a portal to the building that acted as a vampire's nest. Ezekiel made his own portal and let everyone through it as he stored away the backpack and ammo case Blade brought over into his storage seal. Before he stepped through the portal and it snapped closed behind him.

On the roof Wong and the other sorcerers quickly set up a shielding array before they sat in the middle of it. Once inside they channeled some universal energy into the array which created an orange shield around the group. After that Wong started a chant and one person would join in on the chant after the first chant was finished.

It seemed to not work at first, but Ezekiel could feel the magic as it pulsated from the group. As each new person joined the chant it became more powerful. Just before the last person joined in on the chanting, Blade and the others not gifted in magic could feel the power as it pulsated from the spell.

A moment later the roof access door flung open as a couple of vampires came out to see what was going on as even they could feel the pulse of magic. A couple of them hissed at the group gathered on the roof before one of them noticed Blade and yelled out, “Daywalker!”

The next second the area around them seemed to be sucked towards the barrier Wong and his group were chanting inside, before the area around the whole building seemed to break like glass.

Everyone not used to entering the mirror dimension including the vampires stared at the weird sight for a moment in shock before a gun shot rang out. Everyone turned to see Ezekiel with a gun in his hand in front of the vampire who just yelled out. As the vampire burst into flames Ezekiel said, “I came to kick ass and chew bubble gum… And I’m all out of bubble gum.” Before he shot the other two vampires in the heart.