Bitemarks 5.1

Yes, 5.1. I realise section 4 was small but sometimes that's how it happens.

Bitemarks 5.1

With little choice left Ed had returned to the Bureau. He was still reeling slightly from the shock of seeing Skarletta leap from one helicopter to the other. Not to mention being temporarily face to face with her for the first time. Twice now they'd met. The score stood at one all. Ed had a feeling only one of them would survive their third meeting.
"Ed? Back already?"
It was Alf.
"I lost her." said Ed, "She fell into the ocean after I zapped her. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she turns up again real soon."
"I'll have everyone looking out."
"You know, she didn't seem too fazed by this thing." said Ed, holding up the stun gun. "But when I zapped her with it, just for a second, it was like she lost control of all her muscles, went limp."
"That's the general principle as I understand it, Ed."
Ed held up the modified crossbow bolt in his other hand.
"I'm thinking... anti-pacemaker."
"You mean... if we...?"
Ed nodded.
"See if RnD can find a way to combine the two technologies... quickly. If I can lodge one of these bolts inside her and it can repeatedly zap her. Maybe it'll only slow her down, maybe it will incapacitate her, who knows but I'm keen to end this. You said all the vampires in the cull were killed by decapitation?"
"That's right."
"Then I'm going to need a sword as well."


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Skarletta pulled herself ashore and lay panting. She wasn't easily tired but the electric shocks, the fall from the chopper and swimming through the strong oceanic currents had been hard work even for her. She lay on her back for a moment and looked up at the sky. Night was falling already and she could see Polaris shining. She'd swum due east after her fall and that meant she now lay on the west coast of Iceland. Iceland. She smiled. A perfect place to put her final plan into action. Iceland had no military of its own and by the time another country sent in re-enforcements to stop her it would all be too late. But she needed access to some technological equipment. Keflavik would be perfect for her needs. The radar complex had been closed down recently but the equipment had yet to be relocated and would suit her needs. The only real difficulty would be defending the main complex whilst putting her plan into action. Pity she hadn't had the foresight to bring David along. He would have been useful fodder...