There's no chance to react to the unexpected move. He falls back onto the pavement, his head cracking hard. That stuns him for a few moments as he tries to recover his breath. Blinking the stars out of his eyes, the vampire brings up the gun, trying to whack Alex with it. His movements are slowing down now, his injuries catching up to him. Bullets can be just as bad to a vampire as to a human when he can't heal from them.

He's trying to struggle back to his feet and doesn't quite make it. "Is that all you got? My grandmum had more fight in her." Yes, because taunting the girl with the upper hand in this fight is the smartest thing he can do right now.