The Night Watch

NCU Stadium

Mandy Everett surveyed the west parking lot of NCU stadium, looking for any weaknesses in the fortifications. This was her last scan of the evening before hunkering down for the night -- the sun was setting, and the vampire hordes would be out en masse soon. The hordes usually consisted of male vampires, which tended to be feral and extremely single-minded in their thirst for blood. Her teammate, Melissa Jenkins, walked over to her, and also took a look down at the lot, looking for any movement. "Any sign of Rachel?" Melissa asked, eyeing the barricades.

"None whatsoever," Mandy responded. "Kay went out earlier to look for her. I just talked to her -- she couldn't find anything."

"Shit... the vampires must've gotten to her... I told her not to go too far," Mandy muttered, shaking her head. "She was too damn greedy for her own good..."

"You don't know that," Melissa protested. "We could send out a search party--"

"--We can't send out a search party now, that'd be suicide and you know it!" Mandy chided.

"What about tomorrow? We could send out a party then..." Melissa countered.

"What's the point? We both know how slim her chances of surviving out there for one night is, let alone two..." Mandy responded.

"Rachel's fine -- she's at my resistance group's hideout," a voice answered from behind them.

The two women turned and their eyes widened in shock -- there was Supergirl, landing in the parking lot in front of them. "Supergirl?!"

"Hi there," Kara greeted. "I'm here to see if your friends need any help. I met Rachel earlier -- I hope you don't mind that she's with my group."

"We don't mind at all," a relieved Mandy said. "If anything, I'm just glad she's not dead or a vampire... so you really came here to check on us?"

"I did," Kara answered.

"We're grateful that you'd do that, Supergirl," Melissa added. "I'm not gonna lie -- things haven't been easy for us."

"I'm sure they haven't. Even I've had some pretty nasty close calls with these bloodsuckers," Kara told her. "So, what can I do for you?"

"We're running a little low on ammo here. Rachel was supposed to go on a supply run, but, well, you know what happened there," Melissa explained.

"So you two need a little muscle for the night, huh?" Kara surmised. "I can help out with that."

"You'd do that for us?" Mandy asked. "We can send out someone to get ammo for us tomorrow, but if you're willing to help our night watch tonight, that would be great."

"I'd be glad to," Kara responded. "And, y'know, I could take you guys to our hideout tomorrow. We've got plenty of supplies and contacts -- I'm sure we could help each other out."

"Wow. This is amazing... you're amazing," Melissa gushed.

Kara smiled at the grateful woman. "Don't mention it. You guys need help, and I'm happy to provide it. Now, tell me about your night watch..."