When they reached the cabin the next night, David couldn't help but worry. Through his mind ran visions of vampire attacks, of Megan and Jeff carried off or killed, but Megan greeted him at the doorway with a hug, and Jeff waved cheerfully from where he sat in the kitchen, reading a book.

"How did it go?"

Mack grinned hugely. "David got four of them. Then a bigger group nearly got both of us, but we managed to get away."

Jeff chuckled. "And from the grin I take it you found all this exciting?"

"Hell yeah! It was great. I haven't had that much excitement in years!"

David turned to him. "Does that mean you want to do it, to become a vampire, and really be able to hunt them?"

Mack turned sober. "Yeah, I guess it does. I can see now why you did it in the first place. Standing around, not being able to do anything about them... No, that's not for me. If there's a fight on, I want to be out there fighting! So... yes."

David smiled. "Thank you. This is going to make a really big difference. There's so much more we can do with two of us."

"So... do we do it now then?"

David shook his head. "I don't want to delay too long, but I've kind of regretted I didn't take one more day, do all the daylight, human things I hadn't gotten around to doing, or even to do all the ordinary everyday ones just one more time. You gain a lot by becoming a vampire, but you're never going to see the sun again, or taste food. You'll never hear the sound of your own heartbeat again, and you never think that you would miss something like that, but you do. Take a few days, make sure you won't have any regrets."

Mack nodded. "I've mostly done the things I wanted to do as I wanted 'em, I don't think there's much I'd regret, but I think I see what you mean. I've lived hard, and I figured I'd probably die young. I guess I was right! But yeah, a few more days will be good."

"A few more days. And then..." David grinned again. "Then there will be two Hunters, and the vampires will all be quaking in their shoes when they find out."

Mack laughed. "Hell yeah."

End Part 3.