Chapter 3 - Mary-Alice Brandon
I made sure that Tammy wasn't around as I went back to the asylum. I knew she would hunt soon, and took the moment she did to have a look through the files in the back office. After all, one needs to know exactly what he's eating, right?
Rooting through the files, I found the one I was looking for in next to no time at all. I'm not quite sure how I found it, but as soon as I read through this file, I knew it was the right one. Mary-Alice Brandon was nearly 15 years of age, and she had a mental disease as well as some other diseases that were more physical. For instance, her blood was thicker than it should be. Which would explain why I wanted it so much, her brain was on the verge of shutting down, and she would occasionally get an outbreak over her skin that would look like scales.
What interested me the most was the actual reason Mary-Alice was brought to this place. To me, it showed great potential if she were to become a vampire, so it saddened me when I realised that would never happen.
Mary-Alice Brandon had been struck by lightning twice to the head, and has since been claiming that she can "see" things coming. Only small things, like the entrance door breaking, or the cat digging up plants, but this was only minutes before it happened. And for this, she is now locked in the room with tightest security. She'll be very lucky if she ever see's the light of day again. Or any light for that matter.
I wasn't that sure where the room was situated in the building, and was unsure as to how to find out. I couldn't ask Tammy, or she would know what I was planning to do, and would surely stop me as soon as she found out. I had to employ another strategy. Though what it would be as yet was unknown to me.
I was rooting through the rest of Mary-Alice Brandon's file and a human walked into the room I was in. I looked around, bracing myself to pounce, but the words the human said to me made me decide to keep him for a bit. It took me all my effort, however, to not to attack the man, but I knew it would be worthwhile.
"Have you found what you were looking for, Inspector?" the man asked me. "You've been in here for a while. Would you like me to help you at all?"
"Err, no thank you. I'm almost done here anyway. You wouldn't know where I could fine the, err, Chambre Noir, would you? I make a habit of visiting each new patient in the clinics I work with, and that's where, err, Mary-Alice Brandon is currently, according to these records." When I said the girl's name, I made a point of looking at the documents before me, so it would look like I was the inspector the human thought I was. And sure enough, playing dumb helped me out. The human showed me to the room with Mary-Alice imprisoned inside. This was just too easy, and by the time Tammy returned, the human girl would no longer be. I turned to thank the human, thinking it easier to carry on the charade.
"Well, I could be a while. Thank you for your assistance, err-"
"Terrence. Terrence Fisher." the human helped me out when it turned out I didn't know his name.
"Thank you, Terrence. Shall I meet you in the lobby before I leave? I can give any appropriate feedback from my visit then, as well."
"Sure, sure. Whatever you think is best, Inspector. You just do what you need to do. I'll make sure nobody disturbs you." He was just about to walk away when Tammy arrived. What was with this vampire and startling me all the time? I detested her a little bit more every time I saw her, and the feeling intensified the longer I spent in her presence.
"Ah, Inspector, just the person I was looking for!" she said, walking directly towards me.
"Tammy, the Inspector has a job to do, leave him be until he has finished please." Terence told her. I got the feeling his words would be ignored, and they as good as were, where Tammy was concerned.
"I had a file I wanted him to look at. He's just about to see Mary-Alice Brandon, and I found some more paperwork that I forgot to put in with the rest of her file before I went away, which I think would be very important in helping him communicate with the girl. It will take no more than five minutes, and it will help so much."
"Ok, Tammy. But next time, I don't want you disturbing anyone's job, whether it is life-changing or not, understand?" Terrence told Tammy.
"Yes, sir." She bowed her head and pulled me away from this room. At least now I know where it is, although I was annoyed at both myself and Tammy that I had missed a perfect opportunity.
