The explosion shot flames into the elevator, and I turned my back and hid my face as they raced up the shaft towards me. They receded just as quickly, and I jumped down through the open hatch. The stunned vampires in the elevator had no chance against me; my clawed hands sliced two heads off, then I lunged forward and grabbed the back of a fleeing vampire's neck with my teeth. My razor-sharp canines plunged through his neck before he could scream. Slamming my hands on his shoulders, his head popped off like a cork.

As I stepped into the devastated rooms, I didn't pause to let them recover from...