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Chapter 2: The Letter
Esther did not know what she was hearing. Her mind was going numb and she was in a heavy state of shok right now. She stood up very slowly and gazed straight ahead with pitch-black eyes. ''... I see. So, i'm a vampire now right?'' she said very slow. ''Were not sure yet Sister Esther'' Caterina said. ''This is also the reason why you were send here''. Tres also stood up and said ''shall i take Sister Esther to the Professor lady Caterina?'' ''Not yet Tres. Give her the time to take this in. Besides, the Professor said that he would pick her up himself anyway'' Caterina said. '' When the Professor comes to get me...'' Esther begon. ''Is he then going to take me to his lab to experiment on me or something?''
It was silent for a moment. Then Caterina calmly said ''no. He's going to ask you a couple questions and then he's going to take some of your blood.'' ''No. You people leave me alone'' Esther said, completely trembling while saying those words slowly. ''Sister Esther! We know that youre afraid. But you must not try to run awa...'' Caterina started, but being interrupted when somebody came into the room. It was Sister Kate, floating above the floor as a hologram as always. ''I'm sorry to interrupt you Lady Caterina, but i have obtained an important letter from one of our messengers''.
''Sister Kate, we didn't saw you come in. Anyway, what is this letter?'' Caterina asked. Sister Kate handed over the letter to Caterina. Caterina read through it carefully, her eyes widening with each word she read. ''This is...Impossible!'' Caterina almost yelled. Everyone looked worried towards Caterina, even Esther. ''What is it Lady Caterina?'' Tres asked calmly. ''Here, read it. You will find out for yourself.'' Caterina said with a worried tone to it. Lady Caterina gave the letter to Tres. Tres read the letter completely and then said ''i did not expected that. Here, i read it for you people''. Everyone listened very carefully when tres read:
Lady Caterina. I write you this letter to apologise in advance for the upcoming event. this night, Rome will be surrounded by an army of vampires. You will find out soon enough how many there are. I now bid you farewell, and please accept the gift as a token of friendship.
Your best friend, the Marionettenspieler.
''Marionettenspieler?'' Sister Kate asked. ''Yes... it means ''Puppermaster'' in German. The bastard'' Caterina almost whispered. ''So who wrote this?'' Esther asked. ''Dietrich van Lohengrin. A member of the Rozenkreuz Orden. What i'm the most worried about right now, is what that gift is that he is talking about.'' Caterina said. ''I never expected this to happen. We must inform all of rome about this. Sister Kate, that's your job. Also inform the professor that he has to take Esther to find out if she is a vampire or not. Tres, i will put you in charge of the defense of rome. You will also serve as the personal bodyguard of the Pope. Hurry people! We only got 10 hours for it's evening!''
Sister Kate and Father Tres went out of the office to do their jobs. Not short after, William Wordsworth came in. ''I heard everything from Sister Kate. I saw Father Tres assembeling the troops for the battle'' William said while walking towards Sister Kate and Lady Caterina. ''So Esther, are you ready? I hope you do, because we got to hurry this up now.'' ''S-sure'' Esther stutterd, suprised by everything that happened so fast. ''Good. Then let's go'' William said. As they run out of the office, Caterina yelled after them ''dont worry Esther! Even if you are one of them, your still a member of AX''. Comforting to know, Esther thought as she and William hurried through the building.
They finally arrived at William's office. ''It really is smaller than Father Abel's office'' Esther mummered to herself as they walked in and shut the door. William's head completely turned red, but he pretended he didn't heard her. ''Alright Esther, listen up. This is what were going to do. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions and then i'm going to take a sample of your blood understood?'' William explained. ''Yeah. Let's do this.'' Esther said. ''Okay'' William answered. He headed for his desk and pulled open a drawer. He put his hand into it and pulled out a single piece of paper with the questions on it. ''Okay, this are the questions. There are 5 of them. All of them have to do with the fact of your a vampire or not. answer them as correct as possible'' William explained. Esther didn't answer. She was distracted by fast footsteps passing by the office. ''Oh. Sorry. I was a bit distracted'' Esther admitted. ''Okay. i understand. Let's do this!'' ''Good. here is the first question'' William said.
''Do you remember if you were bitten by a vampire? and if the answer is yes, do you now were the bitemarks are?'' Esther had to think about the question for a long moment. Then she slowly said ''No... i can't remember being bitten at all. And i have never seen any bitemarks''. ''I see'' William said. ''Alright, second question. Have you ever felt the urge to drink someone's blood or to eat anyone?'' ''No never! I'm not a cannibal you know!'' Esther answered angrily. ''Alright, alright. I understand'' William said, a bit suprised by the answer. ''Third question. Have you ever been in so much pain that you went completely berserk and started to attack everyone you saw?'' ''No. When i'm mad i always end up hurting myself for some weird reason'' Esther admitted, a bit embarrased. ''I see. Fourth question. Do you think that you are...''
William was interrupted when a big explosion occured. It seemed to be coming from the other side of Rome, just where the entrance is. ''What the hell was that?!'' William asked suprised. ''That must be the ''gift'' that Dietrich was talking about in his letter!'' Esther shouted. ''Dietrich left us a letter with the plan for the invasion. He also wrote that he left as a ''gift''. That bastard''. After the explosion faded away, William and Esther began with the questions again. ''Anyway, the fourth question right? okay.'' William struggelt a bit to get back on topic. ''Do you think that you are a vampire yourself?'' ''Absolutely not! I don't even look or act like one!'' Esther answered frustrated.
''I see. Fifth and final question then'' William said. ''If the blood test is going to be positive, what will you do then?'' Esther thought a long moment over the question. Then she finally said ''then i will leave AX and then i will kill myself. I dont want to become a vampire and join their side. Neither would i even think about drinking someone's blood''. William was shoked by this answer, but recovered fastly and said ''good. Then let's do the blood test then''. He pulled out a small machine out of his desk. It had a small needle attatched to it. ''We will use this machine for the blood test. Now, if you would please put your finger under the needle'' William explained. Esther slowly put her finger on the machine, directly underneath the needle. ''Good. Now i will turn the machine on. Dont worry, the needle will only be there for 5 seconds'' William said.
He turned the machine on. The needle went slowly in to Esther's finger and started to drain some blood from it. After it was done, the needle went out of Esther's finger. ''That was fast'' Esther said relieved. ''See? It ain't so bad'' William said. ''Now, i have to get this blood over to my lab. Why don't you come with me? you will immediatly get the results'' he said, with a huge grin on his face. ''Comforting to hear'' Esther said with a tone of sarcism to it. ''Dont worry about it. Shall we go?'' William asked. ''Sure'' Esther answered.
On their way to the lab, Esther stopped to look through a window. Esther did not know what she saw. An entire army of Vatican forces were running all over Rome, evacuating all the citizens and taking up defensive positions. She saw all members of AX preparing for battle too. She heard Father Tres say ''the main gate to and out of Rome has already been blown up. Most forces will probably come out from that place. I shall place a large assault force there to keep guard''. Father William saw Sister Esther being distracted. ''Dont worry about it. As soon as were done, we will join them'' He said.
They continued towards the lab. When they finnaly reached it, William opened the door and they got in. The lab was quiet big, with a lot of weird machines. As William searched for a specific machine, he flipped on all the lights as he went. When he found what he was looking for, he placed it on the nearest table. ''Esther, i will put your blood sample in this machine. And then it will create the result. Do you understand?'' William asked. ''Yes i do'' Esther answered. ''Alright then. Let's do this''. And then he flipped the machine on.
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