• The day passed by slowly. Everyone played chess (until Tony proved the best) and enjoyed the company of friends (even Rajid warmed up to Kevin) Near the end of the day, when Tony and Sam were finishing their twenty-third game of chess, in which she was winning, a loud scream came from outside the room, they looked at each other. "Rajid." they both said in unison (every time he lost on chess he would go out and break something.) They put the game on hold and went to see what was happening. It wasn't Rajid, in fact, it wasn't even alive, a tall zombie-like creature stood in the middle of the room, everyone was hiding behind the bar counter. The creature appeared to be searching for someone. It hobbled back and forth, throwing tables like they were pieces of driftwood and breaking chairs under it's fists. Tony and Sam stepped out from the hallway and faced the monstrosity. "What are you?" Sam asked, hoping it could talk. It groaned and one of it's eyes fell out, making one of the women behind the counter scream again. The monster hobbled over towards Sam. She took a step back, it kept coming. Tony ran up and punched it in the stomach. The zombie grunted, then grabbed Tony's collar, and threw him across the room with incredible strength. Taken by surprise, he crashed through the far wall and out into the street. Sam gasped, then the thing turned towards her, and began to run, and boy, could it run! It was at her before she even moved. She ducked and a fist whistled overhead, smashing the desk that was made of polished marble and it shattered underneath the blow. Sam put her foot out and tripped the creature, flipped into the air, and finished with a dropkick to the head. There was a satisfying "crunch!" and the zombie's skull split open. It let out one more groan, then lay still.Rajid, Robyn and Kevin ran over from the other room, "What is that thing?" asked Robyn, going pale. Sam shrugged, "no idea, but it was looking for someone." They heard groaning outside and found that several had surrounded Tony and he was fighting for his life, literally.He smashed his way through twenty-five of them and took his position at Robyn's side. She thought he winked at her, but couldn't make sure as several more of the creatures forced his eyes away.She and Kevin were behind the supernatural wall, and the creatures kept hitting them full force. Once, Sam got grabbed and was thrown back into the inn. One of the monsters began to advance upon Robyn, she fell back, unable to remember the words that would save her life, the thing raised it's fist, she closed her eyes and braced for the hit, but it never came. She heard a grunt and a loud moan, she opened her eyes to see Tony bleeding from a deep cut at his forehead, and the monster that had assaulted her dead at his feet. He glanced back and smiled, "you okay?" he asked, giving her a wink. Before she could answer, Tony was pulled out of the conversation and back into the fight. Sam saw that exchange, and was proud that Tony had helped someone without thinking about the consequences. She got up and tackled one of the zombies, crushing it's ribs underneath with her fist. Rajid was in werewolf form, and he was throwing the things around by the twos and threes. He had several scratches across his muscled wolf body, and several were clinging to his back, just where he couldn't reach. They were biting and clawing at any part of his body they could reach. He was tiring fast, and Sam threw the things across the field. It seemed that each time one of them died, two more would take it's place.There was a slight lull in the fighting, and the group took advantage of the quick reprieve to fall back into the inn. They creatures began to pound on the walls, hoping to bring the entire place down on top of them. Tony and Sam saw what they were planning to do, and they ran back outside to stop them.The things had been waiting for this exact thing to happen, and they began to pour into the inn like water into an urn. Robyn screamed, and Rajid threw himself into the door, blocking the entrance with his body. Kevin was holding them off as well as a human could.Tony and Sam were back to back, with no way to escape, they held their position, never stopping for a rest. The zombies kept coming, wave after wave of monsters as strong as the young vampires. Sam had a long scratch across her face, and Tony had a deep wound in his left arm.Finally the number of enemy's began to falter, heartened by the apparent loss of opponents, Tony and Sam fought all the harder. After five more minutes of frenzied fighting, the zombies formed a circle just out of reach of the vampires. An extremely large zombie stepped into the circle, and to the surprise of both vampires, began to talk. "We are the Infected Ones" it droned in a deep voice, indicating itself and it's smaller peers. "We search for the one called Robyn." Sam met Tony's eyes, he nodded, they were about to do what may very well be the last thing they did in their lives.Tony began to run towards the large Infected One, ducking underneath it's huge fist and slamming his own into it's face,sending it flying across the town to stop just outside of the last house in the town.He began to pant, and he fell to one knee, tired and defeated. Sam disappeared and a large group fell with their throats slashed, Tony smiled as the rest of the Infected Ones fell, dead to the ground. Sam reappeared at his side, and they both collapsed, exhausted.Kevin dispatched the last of the Infected Ones and Rajid, feeling no more scratches on his flank, moved so they could exit. They moved slowly, ready for anything until they saw Sam and Tony in the middle of the dead. Robyn ran to their sides, and she checked to make sure they were still alive. They were,and Sam opened her eyes, "Is it over?" she asked, her voice hoarse as if she had spent the whole day yelling at Tony and Rajid. Tony opened his eyes and nodded his head. "We killed them all." Robyn lifted his head and made him drink a liquid that smelled like sulfur. She did the same to Sam, and the two sat up, "feeling better?" Robyn asked with a smile. They nodded and Tony, not caring that they were watching, grabbed Robyn's arm and gave her a gruff hug. She turned bright red and pushed away. He smiled his evil-looking smile and whispered something to himself.