Vampires Among Us [Vampires Among Us 1] (Siren Publishing Classic)

constricted in fear as she wondered what in the world was going on. Of all the days for Kevin not to be here with her, the thought kept oozing into her head that this had something to do with Shawn.
    Jennifer glanced over and saw the terror on Erica’s face, and knew she was going to have her hands full. She reached over and lightly squeezed Erica’s hand, and then whispered, “Everything is going to be okay, I just need to get you out of here.” She watched the instructor as he tried to maintain some order in the room, waited until he had turned his back to jump up and sneak out the exit door, towing Erica behind her. The intercom system in the halls was still going strong, chiming and announcing for everyone to stay calm and stay put. Everyone was instructed to remain inside the building and away from the windows.
    “What is going on?” Erica whispered in sheer panic as she was being dragged down the hall. Jennifer glanced behind her shoulder to see Erica’s face looking ghostly pale. She hoped she wouldn’t be carrying Erica out to her brother in a dead faint. That would be a load of fun to explain! On second thought, it would serve her brother right, the big jerk! He could have at least warned her this morning before they left for school! Obviously, he had known he would get an earful from her since he left his dirty work for Marshall to do in contacting her. “That’s okay, dear brother. You will have to face me sooner or later!” she muttered to herself. She took another glance back over her shoulder, where Erica seemed to be just hanging on.
    Jennifer sighed. She guessed she had better come up with something to tell Erica before the girl gave herself a heart attack. “Sir Lancelot and Prince Charming are making a major drug bust out in the parking lot,” she stated casually, but with a dark scowl on her otherwise beautiful face. They were heading towards the back of the school building where Jennifer had been requested to stash Erica until the action was over with.
    “Where are we going?” Erica found herself whimpering, cringing as even she realized she sounded like a lost child.
    “Sir Lancelot Kevin doesn’t want you so near the action, although for the life of me, I don’t know why he even allowed you to come today. Trust me I have all intentions of discussing that one with my brother later. For now, we are just going to wait things out in the back of the building. He will tell us when it is safe.”
     
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    As luck would have it, the drug runners (otherwise referred to as “the clowns” by the VCTF team) not only came with the drugs, but also with enough ammunition to start a small war. Even after all this time, Kevin still found it amusing to watch a human shoot one of his kind, knowing full well they hit their intended target, and have that target continue advancing towards them. He always found the famous “Oh crap, what do I do now” look priceless! The team had things under control in very short order. The only problem had been that the college security team decided to get in on the action when the gunfire started going off.
    Unfortunately, this was something that the team had not anticipated, and to say the security team caused more problems than good was a severe understatement. They should have expected this since they notified the office as to what was about to happen in the parking lot. The last thing they needed was for any students to stumble into the middle of their setup. The office had issued an immediate loudspeaker announcement informing all personnel and students to stay inside and away from windows.
    They also contacted campus security to inform them of the situation. After watching security in action, Kevin would have bet that they had very little, if any, practice shooting off their firearms. This came to light as soon as the security officers became involved in the situation. One security officer managed to hit one of the drug runners, although Kevin still wasn’t sure how that had happened. The drug runner was hit in the abdomen, and it didn’t look like the guy was going to make it very long.
    Kevin shook his head just thinking about the extensive paperwork that was going to make for back at the office. Too bad the guy wasn’t going to make it either. Kevin would have loved the chance to interrogate him.
    They had their own interrogation system, but at this point they would just have to settle for the other two that were now in their custody.