Selene had woken up a little while ago feeling refreshed, she was used to having minimal sleep and then focusing on work. Her mind was buzzing, not only with the whole Deemings situation but now she was on a team with a Yowie and a real life vampire, both medical mysteries, mysteries she wanted to solve. Growing up she had read Bram Stoker's Dracula among other books about vampires but she had never dreamed they were real, how was the dead able to reanimate, was their diet strictly blood and what abilities did they possess?
"In deep thought there Doctor?"
She jumped, whirling around to come face to face with the vampire in question, he was dressed in dark jeans and a black jacket, his emerald eyes glowing in the little light. It suddenly hit Selene that he was blocking the only way in and out of her lab
"Mr Cenhelm, what can I do for you?" her voice trembled a little, she tried to ignore it but to Mikael it was crystal clear, he smiled at her
"Do I make you nervous Doctor?" he moved into the room, his movements were so fluid, Selene shook her head
"No need to be shy Doctor, it's ok to be nervous, I make people nervous" he smiled making a point at showing his fangs "I don't know what it is about me, any ideas"
Selene hadn't even noticed how close Mikael had gotten until he had leant onto her desk, their faces inches apart, she swallowed and moved back in her chair
"I wouldn't say nervous, more curious" at his smirk she added "Scientifically of course"
Mikael stood straight "Of course" he bowed his head to her and left the room, her racing heart echoing in his ears, defiantly curious.
"I think I got something" Rhonda called, she clicked a couple more times as the others gathered round her monitor, everyone apart from Mikael who had a bottle in his hand full of deep red liquid, no need to guess what was in there.
"This man, Pr Dimitri Romanoff he is a Russian microbiologist, he is pretty much unknown to the public, he lives here in Moscow" she quickly read the wiki entry, there was no pictures. Dean sped over to his own computer typing in the name to the Russian police database
"No priors, no photos, just his title and address" he turned back to the others "We have our in"
"So what do we do with this Romanoff?" grumbled Daniel as he took a huge bite out of the almost raw steak he held in his hand, he was hoping he could finally do something that didn't involve him sitting in a chair watching the others work, not that he minded the easy route to his freedom.
"We go to his home, nicely ask him for the invitation" Dean began
"And when that fails" interjected Mikael
Dean ignored him and continue "If he refuses we lock him up in his house find the invitation ourselves and infiltrate the charity ball" he hit a button on the keyboard and the printer whirled to life as directions to Romanoff's place printed out.
"Lets move out, take two cars"
The rain pounded down as they watched the house, the lights up stairs were on
"He live alone?" asked Daniel his eyes fixed on the window
Dean nodded "Well unless he's getting lucky" he chuckled to himself, a sudden face at the car window made him and Selene jump, Mikael stood there drenched, Dean rolled down the window
"Wheres Rhonda?" he asked looking around for the other car, his hand going for his gun "If you have harmed her in any way"
"Easy there Crews" he smiled raising his hands innocently "She is parked round back, Romanoff is alone⦠no other heartbeats in there" he glanced across at Selene "Maybe the Doctor should stay in the car"
Selene began to protest but Dean stopped her "Just to be safe, file says he has a weapons permit, watch the front until I call you"
Selene didn't like to stay in the car, but as the three men looked at her, with that sexist men should protect the women mumbo jumbo, she accepted the terms and returned to looking out the car window.
The guys moved up to the front porch, Dean looked at the surroundings it was early but still anyone could be watching, he couldn't see anything. He then inspected the door, he gave it a slight push, something clicked on the other side, deadbolt.
"Deadbolt gonna need a battering ram" he whispered
Daniel chuckled deeply, he smiled down at the ex cop, he then proceeded to stretch out his muscular arms, clicking his neck
"Stand back" he pushed Dean backwards slightly and looked at the door, he heaved his foot up and smashed it into the door. The impact was louder than Dean had wanted but it got the job done, the door swung open and the men rushed in each taking a different route finding the Professor before he could call the police. Dean took the ground floor as Mikael had already disappeared up the stairs and Daniel had bolted through the first door he encountered. Dean swept room by room, the ground floor was clear and he began making his way to the stairs when there was a crash from the floor above. A body came tumbling down the stairs and rolled to his feet
"Found him"
Dean glanced up to see Mikael sitting on the steps above, smiling down at the bundle on the floor, Dean knelt down checking the pulse instantly, Romanoff was alive, unconscious but alive. Dean whirled around to face the vampire
"What the hell were you thinking" he yelled "We're not killing him, do you understand bloodsucker"
In a flash Mikael was standing face to face with Dean his eyes aglow
"Be careful Crews, one day you might slip and no one would know"
"Is that a threat?" Dean countered, grip tightening on his revolver the two squaring off
"Is there a problem?" Rhonda and Selene stood in the doorway watching the stand off over a body, Dean turned away from Mikael
"DANIEL!" he called, the yowie appeared in the hallway "Help me get Romanoff in the basement, the rest of you start looking for invite" then he added under his breath "Try not to kill anyone"
"Well he's tied up in the basement" announced Dean as he passed the office room, Selene was going through files on the ornate desk, studying each one before dumping it , her frustration growing the longer she couldn't find anything useful, she came to the last document slamming it down when she realised it was useless, she leant on the desk closing her eyes trying to think she had checked the whole office and nothing. She felt like she was missing something, after a moment she exhaled opening her eyes and found Mikael looking back at her, she jumped backwards stunned by his sudden appearance, he remained still leaning against a bookcase just watching her
"Having trouble Doctor?" he asked his British accent flowing on each word
"I wish you would stop doing that"
"Doing what" he smirked
Selene rolled her eyes "Never mind"
And like that he was leaning on the desk their faces inches apart
"Sit down" he whispered
"Excuse me?" Selene exclaimed taken off guard by his words and proximity
"Sit down Doctor" then he added "Please" when she hesitated he sped behind her pushing the chair into her legs forcing her to fall on the chair into a seated position
"What are you doing?" she was suddenly nervous
"Relax Doctor" his mouth was close to her ear, she felt his breath rustle her hair, against her willshe felt her heart beat faster,
Mikael smiled slightly hearing the flutter he lowered himself down to her eye level
"In the late 1800's there was a craze within high society to have desks custom made with hidden compartments" Selene watched him curiosly as he ran his hands along the dark wood "They were quite expensive, I had one in London, there was a hidden latch which released a small door" he paused for a moment, then there was a small click and the desk top popped open in front of them, Selene reached out and lifted it open revealing a stack of documents and some expensive looking watches, Selene smiled amazed by what she saw she looked at Mikael his face was still but his eyes were filled with amusement, a voice broke their gaze bringing Selene back to her reality
"Find anything? Daniel is getting impatient" Rhonda entered the room, freezing when she saw them, she quickly recomposed herself
"What is that?"
Selene looked down in front of her, bringing her mind back to work mentally scolding herself for being distracted, she translated the Russian on the letter
"Dear Pr J Romanoff, you are formally invited to Mr Frederick Deemings's charity Ball for the advancement of science, 10:00pm at Deemings's country estate Tuesday 15th November" she stood grasping the letter "this is it" she smiled.
