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Chapter 6
Arthur and Francis met Alfred as the younger man was leaving the police station, a look of worry and frustration plastered on the officer's face. Surprised to see Arthur, Alfred asked what was happening now, only to have Arthur swipe the hat once again off Francis and say he caught the werewolf which attacked Roderick. In response, Alfred shook his head and said, "Well, we have more important stuff right now. A real crisis for the city, you better come too; incase it has something to do with your case."
"So then it looks like I'll just be leaving-," Francis began, only to have Arthur jirk the man into staying still and have Arthur ask, "What happened that's so horrible?"
"The mayor's gone. Apparently he went to his office to work and the volunteer secretary heard fighting noises, but when she looked inside the place was a total mess with no mayor in sight," Alfred explained walking with Arthur to the squad car.
"And you think this may have something to do with the wolves?" Arthur asked for clarification.
"Don't know, but it is weird like with those things," Alfred answered and shrug his shoulders.
"Why does this seem familiar…the whole mayor Ludwig being kidnapped I mean," Francis mused.
"Do you know anything about this?"Alfred asked shocked.
"Alfred, please just have someone hold him in custody. If this is related to my case then he might be of even more help then he realizes," Arthur ordered bluntly only to then watch as a couple other officers took the man forcibly inside. Once he was inside, Alfred and Arthur headed to the office.
The office looked just like how Lili found it when Alfred and Arthur reached the place, the only difference being that there were now several other people looking around the office for any sign of what happened. The Mayor was a rather muscular man, so the idea that someone could have overwhelmed him easily seemed almost scary. Especially if you knew what it was that abduct him.
It took almost no time for Arthur to notice the claw on some of the furniture, making him believe that the abductor was a werewolf. But who had ever heard of a werewolf abducting someone, let alone in the middle of the day. According to the calendar on the desk, the full moon was the next day, so he could reasonably assume that that could have something to do with this, but even so, it would take an incredibly powerful werewolf to do something like this in daylight.
"What do you think, buddy," Alfred asked Arthur, breaking the man from his thoughts.
"Whatever it was that took him, it wasn't human. I need to go meet with someone and think this through," Arthur answered, getting up off of the floor where he was looking at a claw mark. Once off the floor he began towards the door to leave, calling out as he went, "And don't call me a 'buddy.'"
Once Arthur left the office, he decided to head straight to the tavern to talk this out with Lukas and rub it in that they were wrong in doubting his idea that it was a werewolf. It was still relatively early when he reached the tavern, and Lukas' brother Matthias was busy cleaning the bar. Absently, Arthur asked the owner where Lukas was, only to be told that he was on an errand and would be back in a little bit. Deciding to wait for Lukas to come back, Arthur went to a vacant table, only to instead sit by one of his acquaintances when he saw him.
The man was Vlad, hunched in his seat with an empty glass nearby. Only the glass did not look as bloodstained as before. Curious, Arthur walked up to him and asked if he was alright. In response, Vlad grimly looked at him and responded, "Spent too much time here… and the next thing I knew it was morning. And you know…hic…how Lukas is; if I stay here I gotta have a drink at my table the whole time. He left because he needed to get another supply of blood, so Matthias has been giving something else and know I got a headache."
"You know, you don't need to guzzle everything they put in front of you," Arthur answered smugly. The vampire was obviously drunk, and it was certainly something interesting to see.
"Like you're one to talk. You get…hic…drunk super fast," Vlad protested, pushing the empty glass farther from him. In response, Matthias came over and grabbed the glass, returning with a filled drink a couple minutes later and telling Arthur to order something too.
"So why are you here?" Vlad asked.
"I need to talk to Lukas," Arthur answered, sipping on the ale Matthias gave him.
"About your case?" Vlad pried, earning a nod from Arthur.
"There's…been a strange change in events lately for my case. It is werewolves, and I caught the blond one which attacked Roderick, but it seems that there is more than simply him; who was turned 18 years ago but just started to act like one. Along with this, it appears that a very powerful one abducted the mayor," Arthur explained, watching to see if Vlad was actually paying attention.
"It seems like you're hiding a question from me," Vlad commented, taking a drink from his glass too.
Arthur hesitated for a moment, unsure if it was wise to talk about the man, only to finally reply, "The man who is the werewolf I caught is a childhood friend of mine, so I guess I'm still thinking of how I'm supposed to deal with this. I mean, it would be rather heartless of me if I simply did away with him like if I didn't know him…you don't happen to know a way to change him back."
"You mean without killing him right," Vlad clarified with a slight chuckle, earning an eye-roll and a nod. Upon seeing this, Vlad continued, "It depends on many things…if it is a purebred werewolf, if it has turned a lot of others, and how strong that monster of a soul those filthy things has."
"Well we already know that it has turned someone, but does that mean it will have to die?" Arthur asked.
"…Not necessarily. If your friends were to devour the one who turned him, perhaps the powerful one you were talking about, then maybe…maybe…what was I going on about?" Vlad answered.
"Never mind, it was the thought that count," Arthur commented, getting up from the table.
"Oh, okay I guess. If you need something else you know where I'll be," Vlad answered with a smile, waving goodbye as Arthur paid for the drink and left.
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