Dawn Of a New Age

[Miss Gates]

Imagine this: The world is going through an Ice Age, but all the creatures that were believed to be myths are real. This is sort of like The Day After Tomorrow, only with other creatures. Have fun!

Ginger Riles walked in the freezing cold. Half of Creep was covered in snow. And she was walking in it. Why she was walking in it, she had no idea. Oh yeah, she thought, hunger. Ginger hadn't eaten in three days. For a vampire, that was not good. Her teeth chattered like crazy, but not from the cold...From lack of blood and hunting. Her throat burned and her stomach twisted in pain.

Ginger hissed, "Damn it," she cursed. "If there was only one human out...I could live with that...Just one human...Please..."

Who was she supposed to pray to? God, certainly not God. As far as Ginger knew or anyone else that matter, she was already damned and God would not answer her prayers. Those were her beliefs anyway.

She was thankful for the Ice Age though. Her sire, the one who made her, was after her and attempting to kill her. Ginger escaped only because of the snow. He couldn't track her as easily.

Snickering to herself, Ginger turned down another vacant street. She sighed heavily.

(feel free to jump in anywhere!!)

[vexfox]

Unbeknown-st to Ms. Riles, there was one more shadow being cast inside the road other than the massive clouds above.

This shadow had been stalking her for awhile, too hungry since the beginning of the snowfall to think straight and was looking for just the right moment to strike.

It seemed like forever to him for her to leave herself open, it wasn't until she turned down a vacant street that he saw his chance. He lunged forwards to try and get her...

[Miss Gates]

Vampire senses going off like Spiderman in a comic, Ginger whirls around and faces her unknown attacker. She dodges the attack gracefully and is behind him, holding him in a choke hold.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Ginger demanded.

Had she really let her guard down? Had he been following her this whole time and she not know it? Wow, Ginger thought, she must be REALLY hungry.

[vexfox]

The shadow, gripped by the throat, snapped at Riles. Thrashing inside her grip for a small amount of time trying to harm her and escape.

Once he finally calmed down enough to smell he noted she wasn't worth eating on his diet. As soon as his mind registered this the shadow seemed to disappear and show a now almost pitch black werewolf, that is if it weren't snowing making his coat a bit white too.

"Greeph. You know it's impolite not to say your name first." He Growled out to her as he attempted to unhing her grip on his throat.

[Miss Gates]

Ginger let go, surprised. She blinked, dumbfounded.

"How...did...you...what..." she stuttered and then blinked again.

"IMPOLITE?!!! You were STALKING ME!!!" Ginger screeched at him.

She didn't exactly know if he was stalking her, but she had a feeling.

[vexfox]

Choosing to ignore her sputtering and focus on his butt where he landed. He got up and dusted himself off. He sniffed the air and caught a sent that seemed appealing to him.

Rather than argue with a vampire he chose to walk across the frozen street and break a window an look inside for the source of the smell.

He appeared to smile when he found it was and howled a bone chilling howl of pleasure. He looked over to the vampire for a moment before jumping inside for his prize.

[Miss Gates]

Ginger looked at him oddly and followed him. She jumped into the building.

"What are you so happy about?" she asked, curious.

[vexfox]

As she entered he had been tearing a piece of meat off a slab, right by a terrified store owner who had only survived due to his stove being turned on the entire time cooking meat.

He turned to her and just grinned. Greeph never was one who talked much but when he did it was just to insult somebody.

"Why are you following me, shedevil?" Greeph managed through his full mouth.

[Miss Gates]

Ginger glared at him. "You followed me first," she said and grabbed a big peice of meat.

She ignored the 'shedevil' and devoured the meat hungrily. Granted she would have prefered blood....

Ginger looked at the onwer and licked her lips. What about him? She wondered. Why not...

Looking at him with hungry, tinted-red eyes, Ginger walked towards him.

"What do you want miss?" he asked terrified. "Do you want more food?"

"Food," Ginger paused. "Yes, yes I do, but not the food that you're talking about."

[vexfox]

Greeph, too busy eating all the meat to his hearts delight, didn't notice the storeowner about to be mauled by the woman.

After a few minutes his stomach started to feel a bit better and so he turned to Riles and wrinkled his nose in disgust as he turned once more to the window from wence he came as he had finished everything inside the store aside from the owner himself. Getting to the window he made some sort of grunting sound and left to find another place to eat.

Some may call it luck but he just happened to notice all the buildings on this street were food stores of some sort, so with a feral grin he moved to the next building with any sign of warmth to it.

He didn't bother looking back to see if the vampire was after him, after all she probably didn't like his blood type, O positive with a hint of furry.

[Miss Gates]

After silencing the store owner, Ginger drained him of all his blood. She was finally satisfied with great delight. Her green eyes were back to 'normal' and she looked at the window bored.

Greeph was the first person she come in contact with since the storm began. Which had been months ago. She sighed out of boredom and jumped out of the window.

Ginger followed Greeph's disgusting scent into another store.

"I believe we got off on the wrong foot," she told him. "My name is Ginger Riles. What's yours?"

[vexfox]

"I already told you, my name is Greeph, Go'od Greeph," He hadn't even bothered to look up to see her as he smashed a display case holding Gingerbread cookies.

He held one out patronizingly,"Ginger huh? Would you like some Gingerbread?"

So he decided after eating the cookie he patronized her with to be a bit more serious."Why you following me 'bread?"

[Miss Gates]

Ginger tightened her jaw. "Don't call me that," she growled. "And you're one to talk--Greeph?" she smirked.

Walking over to the counter she looked at the cookies in disgust, ignoring his question.

"I don't understand how you can eat this shitt." she said.

[vexfox]

"A starving man will eat anything. Taste is something that can be blocked out for the good of the body." Greeph growled out.

Greeph just continued to eat although he was still waiting for her to answer his question on why she was following him.

If luck or fate played any part in what had taken place that day it intervened once more on the radio that somehow was still on at this time. "Help.......Stuc......Tower..." was all it pumped out.

And although Greeph was indeed an ass he was also one who never let somebody die alone....'maybe his meat would be worth the walk over to the radio tower' he thought maliciously as he grinned again.

He winked at Ginger and started to leave, before turning around and saying the most patronizing thing he could to her. "Adios bread," With that he left the shop towards the radio tower.

[Miss Gates]

Annoyed with Greeph, Ginger stalked him out the door.

"I'm coming with you," she told him.

If anything, Ginger hated to be alone and if her sire was still after her, two was better than one. Especially in these conditions.