Victor spun around and swung up with one of his axes. Deflecting one of the orange spikes. Then blocked another strike as he brought up his other axe. This creature was aiming to cripple him, not kill him. But everywhere he went reality was strange.
It was like everything was frozen. Even he felt sluggish as he moved around. He was still making slow progress as the creature attacked him.
{How are you doing this? You are just a shadow.} The creature screeched out in anger.
A shadow? That was not possible. Unless, when the ship started jumping through a wormhole his abilities activated. Not all of his abilities. But the vampire's natural ability to transfer between two spots.
