Gazillions of Reptilians by Ward Parker

Author:Ward Parker [Parker, Ward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mad Mangrove Media
Published: 2021-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

The guard at the Alligator Hammock gatehouse didn't ask Missy which resident she was visiting. He opened the gate as soon as the van pulled up, since it was one of dozens of such trucks that had arrived during the day to deliver the vampire residents’ voluminous internet purchases.

Missy still had to kill time before nightfall, so she found the community’s clubhouse, an enormous facility compared to the public space at Squid Tower. She backed into the loading dock behind the building, where they could safely wait.

“What spells are you going to use?” Matt asked her.

“Mostly defensive ones. My sleep spell doesn’t work on vampires, so I’ll try an immobility spell I learned from a voodoo priestess, if I get the chance. But first, I’m going to place a protection spell around our vampires and the baby, Elantha, once we find her.”

“What am I supposed to do?” Matt asked. “Maybe vampires can get away with killing other vampires, and humans, too, but I can’t kill anyone, or I’ll go to jail.”

“We discussed this already.” She pointed to a stack of sharpened rebar on the floor of the van. “You and I will rescue Elantha. Stake any vampire who gets in your way. You won’t go to jail for that. While the others are fighting, we’ll head directly for the dragon. I’ll tell you where she is as soon as I sense her.”

As the afternoon shadows lengthened, the two humans sat in tense silence, staring out the windows. Alligator Hammock looked like every other newish fifty-five-plus retirement community. A fountain had greeted them when they entered. Street after identical street with nearly identical homes ended in cul-de-sacs. Carefully manicured lawns. Immature palm trees. No cars parked on the street junking up the scene, as all were properly sitting in driveways or stowed in garages.

It all looked so typical except for one thing: no one was around. The place was, as they say, dead. All the undead residents were inside.

When darkness finally came, and sounds of movement and muttering drifted into the cab from the rear of the van, the neighborhood around them also came to life. So to speak.

Elderly vampire couples strutted along the streets exercising. Seniors rode by on bicycles. Two women carrying beach bags strolled past the van on their way to the swimming pool beside the clubhouse.

It was another evening in Vampire Town, USA.

The door connecting the cab to the cargo compartment slid open.

“It is time,” Oleg said. “I can’t stand another minute stuck back here with Louis, who smells like mothballs.”

“Okay,” Missy said. She started up the van, rolled slowly past a race-walking vampire, and turned onto Green Heron Drive. She parked two doors down from Number 16, a single-story home in the vaguely Mediterranean style so popular in Florida.

Bill’s 1970s sedan sat in the driveway, creating a large oil stain on the concrete. Missy hoped no human militia members were in the house.

“Remember,” she said to Oleg. “You and Sol are here for a social visit. Act friendly and relaxed.

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