Jess laid her cards spread down, facing up, and the corner of lips turned up. Her other hand reached out and pulled the cash toward her. 249 bucks, a silver cross necklace, and bottle of red nail-polish contributed by the 19 year old arm candy of a hunter Jess knew as Rob. The girl was sweet, but rubbish at poker and at an immediate glance obviously not cut out for this life. She'd be gone in a week, one way or the other. There was the clink of a glass and a frustrated groan from one of the other hunters as Jess stood and folded her money, giving the others a two fingered salute and dropping a 20 on the bar counter before exiting. She would make it there just as the others would. No one else like driving through the night, but Jess was always a night owl, so she'd be several hours ahead, and make up for it by stopping for her alone time.
The piece of crap 1971 Chevy Nova Ss parked terribly tilted out front of the highway bar was Q, her lovely little light blue junkyard car. It used to be a classic Buick, Gatsby, her trusty steed since a nasty nest of vamps was taken down off I90 in Colorado, and one of them left it behind. Her first kill with the group. But a nasty car accident a few months back had Jess resorting to snatching an old car from a junkyard. It was Natalie's idea to name him Q. Nat had said in her letter that Jess and her new car's meeting was an 'encounter of the quirky kind', a show Natalie had seen with her.. their parents. So frumpy little sky blue Chevy was Q. Stick shift with a sticky 3rd gear and a trippy brake light; the trunk was terribly cramped as well.
The road was mostly empty, and her only notice that she was nearly there was the broken down house she'd taken on a ghoul in years earlier, and several blocks later, sure enough, two familiar heads came into sights. The car slid lightly on the gravel as it came to a stop, and Jess pulled out the keys and stepped out of the car, rocks crunching beneath her boot. Just as she was pulling up, Connor and Rand were just about to head inside the large abandoned building.
"Hey Randy, got that 20 I owe you," she said, as she rounded the car and popped the trunk to bulk up.
Beretta fully loaded in hand, dagger in her boot, and an extra automatic handgun in her waistband. Whatever shit is was that this place was holding, she was as ready as she'd ever be for it. So she figured.