Luna For Hire

Chapter 2 Your teeth don't scare me

　　The vampire hissed loudly and the fangs on both sides of his jaw became prominent. With one swipe of his left hand, Ava went skittering down the short flight of stairs to the gravel floor below.

　　She groaned as she rolled to her side realizing not for the first time that she was going to have to change her method of approach. She should screw being polite and understanding. The rogues she was sent after were usually never agreeable.

　　She flung herself on her feet using her hands as a propeller. She headed for the door again. The vampire stood at the porch watching her.

　　"Go now and I won't hurt you any more than I have," the vampire said.

　　"You teeth don't scare me," Ava said and dove right for the vampire. They crashed right through the door and into the house.

　　Ava got up slowly, noticing how luxurious the inside of the building was.

　　Nice, she thought again when a blow snapped her head to the side and the rest of her body went in the direction her head faced.

　　She cursed under her breath as she massaged her head and got up. She had let distraction get the better of her again, she thought.

　　The vampire looked at her, wondering why she was not dead or in critical condition already.

　　Ava smiled.

　　Quick as lightening, she tackled him to the ground and punched him senseless. He pushed her from him and went upstairs where she heard a door slam.

　　'I don't have time for this'...Ava thought, mildly annoyed.

　　She took one look at the house almost sorry it would be destroyed soon. She stood at the short flight of stairs that led to the room the vampire had gone to lock himself inside.

　　She held the wood support and her blue eyes seemed to glow slightly; become brighter. She felt heat under her hand and watched the fire snake from the stairs support to the room door.

　　She gave it a minute and then the vampire came crashing through the door. The inside of the room was flaming by now and were there combustible materials inside! A four poster bed with rolls and rolls of pristine white sheets, plush rugs and drapery, a finely carved wardrobe set made the room up.

　　"Hmmm. Apparently, vampires hate fire as much as humans do. Interesting..."

　　Ava took out a small gun from her waist pouch. She aimed and a shot at the vampire. He went down instantly.

　　He was not dead of course- there were only a few things known to actually kill them, and killing the vampire had never been the aim despite Ava's methods- but the pin that reached the vampire was made of strong tranquilizers which was designed to make said vampires weaker and weaker until they were knocked out cold.

　　They passed out long enough for them to be transported to the Agency where they were immobilized and locked up. Ava pulled the drowsy vampire towards her car which she had parked just close to the house. She loaded the vampire into the car and was on her way.

　　An hour later, she was back home and parked her small truck in front of her apartment building. Many of the lights from the apartment facing the street were on. Of course.

　　Most people who were back from their day jobs were finishing with their dinner and getting ready for bed.

　　On the other hand, Ava had only just started her night job three hours ago and was done now. She craved her bed.

　　She reached the lobby and took the elevator upstairs for the floor where her apartment was located. She had had this apartment since she decided to move out of her guardian's home.

　　Nathan Elmsworth, the man who had saved her years ago, lived on the other side of the city and was a representative member of the Council. The Council had representatives from each faction and Nathan was one of the human representatives and had held that position for a while now. It was through his influence that Ava had gotten her job at the RCA, a kid as she was then. Nathan had made sure to train Ava so well that at the end of the day, the adjudicators at the RCA had to acquiesce to her skill and could not let go of such an asset as she was.

　　Because of Ava's age, an arrangement was made for her. She would finish high-school while she worked for the RCA, undercover of course. When she graduated from high school, she had undergone a three year course which currently got her the day job she had at a marketing firm presently.

　　There was no way she would leave the RCA. She enjoyed her job there. Yes, she hardly associated with the supernaturals, but she would rather still see them. They were a smaller world within the larger sphere and she loved the thrill of what she did. It awoke a sense of being that she had not experienced since before she lay unconscious in the woods that fateful day that Nathan Elmsworth had taken her in and changed her life.

　　There was no going back to her former life. She still remembered though, and it was what she did for the RCA that made her stand above those memories; gave her a sort of closure.