[Opening shot : the New City at night seen from across the river] [Cut to a darkened office building which Ashley is entering with a LRAD drawn and ready as she navigates though the office while lightening flashes outside] [Ashley walks past a plaque declaring the offices as those of Aubanel, Wood, Smith Attorneys at Law] [A disembodied voice sounds from out of the dark] VAMPIRE You think you can kill me? [Ashley pivots back and forth trying to determine her target's location] VAMPIRE Many have tried. None have lived [The LRAD powers up and Ashley fires only to have it not work] ASHLEY Damn [Ashley quickly looks at the sonic gun and the vampire has disappeared by the time she looks up] ASHLEY Why the monologueing if you're so bad? VAMPIRE Didn't your mother warn you about me? [The