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Chapter 3: The aftermath
"Vampires?" Looking down at the leather-bound book Lara just slammed on the table.
"Yes Alistair, vampires!" The sun was just above the horizon letting an orange tinge of light through the library windows.
Lara carried on, "Look, I quickly skimmed through this last night. It all fits together. And explains the stakes, the sunlight and the strange way that those men looked last night. Don't act as if you didn't see them, definitely demonic!"
"Yes, but how did Pierce know?"
"I've got Zip looking for his address, the card only showed his number. I'd rather speak to him personally. Do you know what a watcher is?"
"No, why?"
"It was on his card, see if you can find anything about that as well in this book."
"Right, and the spearhead?"
"Yes, that too."
Leaving the library it was obvious the damage that had be caused was greater than expected. Not only were there damaged antiques and the furniture from the fighting, but the general party mess contributed a great amount as well. Zip was in his computer lab in the main hall. At the sound of Lara's footsteps he looked up from the computer he was working on.
"Any luck?"
"Not much luck on Pierce's address. However, I have managed to get onto the computer database of these so-called watchers. It seems quite new, not a lot of information in it. All the stuff is on vampires, which would explain the book. Still don't know what the watchers are though. Our best bet is Sunnydale California, U.S.A., they have a lot of data about there, especially about a girl who seems to fight demonic creatures."
"Yes, yes the Slayer." Alistair was walking down the grand staircase with the book in his arms. She's the one mentioned in the tomb."
"Excuse me?" Zip looked stunned.
"The girl you just mentioned, she's the chosen one is the girl mentioned in the tomb."
"No the girl in the tomb is not a live girl in the U.S.A."
"No they're both the same person. It all makes sense now." Alistair pushed up his glasses and began reading from the open page. "In every generation there is a chosen one, she alone must battle the forces of darkness. Don't you see it all fits with the inscription in the tomb. These so called Vampire Slayers are forever fighting because as soon as one dies, a new one is chosen. The girl in the tomb was one and the girl in California must be one as well."
Lara nodded, "Okay so we need to go to California, we could use all the help we could get, maybe this slayer could give us some information on what this spear does, and how we can stop the vampires from trying to steal it from me." She began walking up the stairs. "I'll start packing."
"No wait," Alistair was deeply engrossed in the book again. "There's more you need to know, it shows a picture of the spearhead. We better keep it as safe as possible, it doesn't say much but it mentions that if harnessed properly it can make the wielder unstoppable."
"Right then we better get packing then, we need to leave as soon as possible." and she disappeared into her room.