Firebite

Fuck, they're already here.

- Tyson! -

- -Get the old man!

I don't wanna die!

Ahhh!

Argh!

Bam!

Argh!

Anybody there?

The last blood hunter!

Big bastard.

Yeah, what next, old man?

Oh, he did it that way.

Dropped him.

Oh, that was a stupid move. That uppered you up.

Argh!

Dropped him.

Yeah, that one. Yes, come on.

OK. Boom-boom.

You nearly had him, old man.

Silly old blood hunter.

What, you digging for China?

You won't need that big a hole. There's not much left of him.

Here.

I found that. Thought you might want it.

You wanna talk about it?

Nah.

Fine. We'll clean up, we'll bury him, then we'll take off.

Why?

Well, because if you look around, little girl,

someone gave our location away.

I'm not a little girl. And I'm not going with you.

-Why not? -Because.

I got no time for this teenage crap, Shanika.

You know I can tell when you lie to me.

Don't be stupid.

Is Mum dead?

-Look, we got no time... -Is she dead?

We gotta pack up and get outta here.

Tyson, I'm asking you a question!

I don't know, alright? I didn't see her die. There! OK?

Is she a bleeder? Who knows?

Yeah.

Now, are we good?

We good? Ssst!

Ohh! Oh-ho! Fuck!

Ahh!

Fuck!

Smokey!

Hey! What happened?

Stay here. I'll get you some water, OK?

Smokey said bad spirits did this.

Well, rum is a particularly bad spirit.

-It's made me do awful things. -What the fuck did you just say?

Ma'am, this is a crime scene.

Then do your job instead of being a racist dickhead.

I need you to leave.

Where's the dialysis machine?

Ma'am, please

Let's get you home.

I hope it was all worth it, old man.

Ah, shit.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

That's a waste of good booze there.

I know you're a deadly shot,

but you gotta be smart about this, Neeks.

You mean smart like you?

Did you even pass first grade?

Oh. Big woman, big mouth now, huh?

I gotta know if Mum's down there!

We don't go down there, bub. Look where it got Jalingbirri.

At least he tried. What are you? A failed blood hunter?

Oi!

Big rain comin' there. Look.

Yeah, that thunder gonna shake that country, and you watch...

..all those goannas that live underground there,

they're gonna wake up, they're gonna get real excited...

..'cause that rain has made the land come alive again.

Plenty to eat.

Ahhh.

Big rain comin'.

You know, Jalingbirri taught me that yarn.

You think it's easy buryin' someone you know?

Wouldn't know.

Jalingbirri taught me not to bottle that shit up.

Alright, this is the truth, Neeks.

There's a King Vampire here in town

and we are sittin' ducks 'cause now they know where we live.

How do they know where we live?

I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.

And I need your help.

For what?

We're gonna catch a vampire, we're gonna ask him.

While we're at it, we'll see where they keep their bleeders,

if they got any, 'cause if you wanna go down there,

you gotta be sure.

Sorry about, um...

Oh, no, no, no, no. You're right, bub.

We're gonna need more weapons, though.

I'm sorry, Smokey.

Sorry's not gonna bring Coralee back.

It's not gonna bring my brother back.

I was always told not to tell.

I made up stories to keep the kids safe.

Worked for years, but...

No, don't. Don't give me that sacred story bullshit.

I seen it last night at the clinic.

In full fucking close-up.

Spirits or whatever.

They killed Coralee and they took her.

We've got no chance with these things, you know?

We'd best pack up now.

I'm leavin'.

Might as well say our goodbyes.

No. No, you can't go, Smokey.

We're gonna need fighters.

Blokes like you who are not afraid.

The right way or wrong way,

we've fought for too many years to save this country.

I'll be buggered if I'm giving up now.

I'm gonna go down swingin', my old friend,

and we need your help!

I don't care if I'm the first or the last.

I'm gonna stand up and fight them.

Alright, so you tilt the glass, you pull on the tap

and not too much head.

Yep. Easy.

Most of 'em have just spent 12 hours mining,

so they'll down them quick, and the more beers you give them,

the less they care about the head, so...

-That's a first. -Oh.

Miners?

Write that down, OK?

Yeah, yeah, I got it.

It's showtime.

Give you a tenner.

-Give a tenner back. - Yep.

- - Too easy.

- -Got it!

Lines are down.

I'm on it.

Carly, you're up.

Hey. What can I get you?

Lemon, lime and bitters, thanks, love.

$3.50.

Put it on my tab.

Ahh.

Ugh!

Ahhh.

Yeah, look.

The roo meat's just his cover.

The Bat Cave will be in there.

No way the cops would have found this.

Whoa!

Well, he's got it all worked out.

Hmm.

Neeks, look here.

Look at it all.

There's no way we'll fit all this in the Subaru.

No-one's gonna find us here, not man or beast.

What are these?

Magnesium,

and an oxidiser of potassium perchlorate and phosphorus.

How you know? You can't even read big words.

Rude. It's a daylight emitting grenade.

This'll blind the suckers a little bit.

-Cool. -Could've made this shit myself.

-But you never. -Ruder.

Neeks, look here. Neeks.

Hey, blood hunter.

Neeks, Neeks.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Careful. Give me that.

He taught me to fight with this. Proper weapon.

Yeah. Most of the stuff looks better than it would work.

That's a chopstick gun.

It's a toy.

Whoa-ho-ho!

Deadly toy.

Neeks, how do I look?

Did you know that in vampire lore,

a King is the only one allowed to create new vampires?

I didn't know that about suckers.

I reckon a few of them would break the lore, though. I would.

These blood hunters are deadly.

I don't get it. Why'd you leave?

They're full of shit, that's why.

Don't look full of shit to me.

Yeah, well. Come on, let's get some sleep.

Why?

'Cause if we're gonna catch a vampire tomorrow,

we need to be on top of our game.

That blood hunter nonsense is a waste of time.

So, it'll give us enough power to run the blood machine.

It'll do for now.

Survivors of the wars will be coming from all over the country

to build our colony - we're gonna need more tunnels.

We can get one of our contacts above ground

to arrange some earth movers.

Gonna need a pit for the young ones.

New vampires?