Elara's plan, surprise the Vampire

You wake up in the darkness of night calmer than you thought you would be. It's surprisingly reassuring knowing that you have a cleric for an ally. After all what did you really know about fighting vampires? Elara says she's been training to vanquish the undead since she was younger than you maybe you should give her the benefit of the doubt after the spider incident. You get up and turn to stoke the fire back to life when you see that Elara has beaten you to it.

She patiently watches you start to equip yourself before you turn your attention to her. She starts quietly, "Sorry about last night, I've just never been good with bugs - but my plan is solid. I can create light that has the same properties as the sun from my rosary. I have also brought some holy oil that I can anoint your blades with; it should let you do more damage to the vampire. After I create this light I can also blast it with holy energy until we've hurt it enough for me to turn it with my holy symbol. How does that sound Ty?"

You're shocked by how well Elara has thought this through. You smile at her as you cinch the last belt securing your armor and say, "It sounds like we're ready to kill a vampire"

You trek into the cemetery by torchlight, letting Elara's sensitive eyes lead the way. You track down the vampire's hideout with relative ease, the whole cemetery is dilapidated with the exception of one looming mausoleum that is in pristine condition. You both gather yourselves outside, taking a moment to prepare for the fight. Elara reaches into her pouch a procures a silvery oil which she slathers onto both of your dual shortsword blades and chants a short mantra twice. She then returns to her pouch and retrieves a colorful band of beads with some apparently holy symbols dangling from the edges. She gives you a silent nod and you douse the torch and turn to face the door of the mausoleum. You are able to muscle it open without much effort, making you more confident that this really is the vampire's lair. Once again Elara leads the way as you train your ears onto her footsteps completely blinded in the depths of the tomb. The lair isn't deep however and you quickly reach your destination. You hear Elara pause and whisper, "Hmm, something isn't right, the casket is empty."

As you tighten your grip on your blades you hear a voice from behind you, "Oh no its exactly right, you've fallen into my trap." No sooner does Elara hear these words than she turns around casting her Daylight spell, filling the room with an almost blinding light. You are momentarily stunned by the glare but you refocus in time to see a beautiful, tall, blonde, busty, woman with claws for hands a foot away from you both, clearly stopped seconds before she struck you down. The vampire is painfully shrieking and using one hand to cover her eyes. You realize that this is your chance as you lunge at her with both blades. The first sinks deeply into her thigh creating a hissing sound like stabbing a hot knife into a stick of butter. Reacting to the attack the vampire manages to dodge your second strike and uses her free hand to dislodge your blade to escape. She quickly turns and darts at Elara who ends the daylight spell with a cry of fear. Thankfully your mental picture is clear as you sprint forward and manage to beat the crippled vampire to Elara and putting yourself between the elf and the monster. The vampire's claws cruelly slash down your back, making your vision go white in the total darkness. Elara's screams snap you out of your stupor as you hop to your feet just in time to deflect another powerful claw. Suddenly a bright streak of light flashes under your arm and slams into the vampire's other leg, creating an ugly burn. Strangely the vampire starts to glow white and seeing this outline clearly you make another strike. The beautiful monster moves to block you but fails as you cleave her arm cleanly off. Elara rushes forward and lifts her holy symbol forward and starts chanting in an unknown language. The still glowing vampire shrieks once again and attempts to flee towards the door. She is no match for your speed and you're easily able to cut her off and decapitate her with once last swing of your blade.

Elara rushes into your arms with tears running down her cheeks. You return the hug in shock, still in your disbelief of what you two just did. You throw a rag over the vampire's head and as you stoop down to pick it up the adrenalin wears off and the wound on your back rankles you with such **** pain that you pass out.