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Chapter 7 – Numbers

Godric's POV

'I must say I'm very interested so I will allow you to conduct your research, you may start working on it tomorrow. As sheriff I'll make sure to spread the word that you need volunteers. I wish you good luck Joana.' With this said, I dismissed her. I was sure this girl wasn't going to be a problem; there were much bigger concerns at the moment. The Newlin's were always up to something, I just didn't know what.

After Joana left, I returned to the window, in time to watch her jump of excitement while walking down the street. I could not stop my eyes from following her until she eventually disappeared.

Joana's POV

I could not control the joy I was feeling; I finally would be able to start working and Godric assured me I would have some of his underlings there. I just hope they aren't forced to be volunteers.

Half an hour later I arrived home and told Rita, Joy, John, my parents, and everyone else I could remember.

The next day I missed all of my classes; I was too busy getting the lab ready and I honestly think that if I went to classes, I would get out after 5 minutes just to get back to the lab. John assisted me during the day, he helped me getting everything I needed for later in the afternoon (syringes, needles, microscope slides, blood samples tube…)

Soon I realized it was getting dark. I wondered who would show up first. Would he or she be old? Very old? Would they be violent? How many would show up? How …

A knock on the door brought me back.

I walked to it with excitement mixed with fear. Could it be my first volunteer?

Opening the door I see a young woman, probably in her twenties. She is very small, red headed but looks very friendly.

'Hello. I was informed you were looking for vamp volunteers? Here I am' she smiles with her fangs exposed. Show-off. But I couldn't be happier. I invite her in and after telling her everything I'm going to do, I proceed to remove blood and tissue samples. I then give her a small questionnaire to fill, it has questions such as Name, Age, Occupation, Favorite blood type, Reactions to sun and silver, and contact number to future references.

After talking to her some minutes while waiting for new volunteers to arrive, I find out her name is Martha, and that she is a very young vampire, she is barely ten years old. She definitely spoke like a woman of these modern times, and made me promise that as soon as I had results, I'd call her.

Not ten minutes had passed after she left, and I already had 3 more vampires in line. Hurray! I just hope they're patient. I thought to myself. I was going to take has much time as I needed to each vampire, I wasn't willing to make any mistakes, and velocity isn't a friend of accuracy.

After some hours I looked at the clock and it was a bit past 11. I looked at how many samples I had; it was over fifty! In one afternoon I've had 50 volunteers.

I was sitting next to a microscope, reading the questionnaires. Most of the vampires were between 100 to 500 years old. 500, that's old! I can't imagine what they've seen. I can't wait to compare reactions to the sun and silver of 100 year old cell with 500 years old!

Suddenly I hear a noise. I look around but everything is as it was. I return to reading when I realize someone is standing right beside me. I, of course had to fall from the chair and could have hurt myself but someone grabbed me before landing. I knew it was a vampire since his/her hand was cold.

I look at the vampire, it was Godric. What the hell is he doing here, does he want to kill me of heart attack? I get on my feet and stare at him waiting for him to start the conversation.

'I'm sorry if I frightened you. The door was open and you were working, I did not want to interrupt.' He explained himself.

'Oh, okay, but next time, knock unless you want me falling off my chair every time.' I said not to happy. 'And may I ask what you are doing here?' I questioned. I thought we decided I would inform him of everything once in a while, and it's still the first day of research…

'I thought I should make myself and example and decided to volunteer' he stated.

'That's great! Thank you' I sincerely said. I wondered how old he was anyways and this was a great way to know without asking personally. I instructed him to sit while I got a syringe and needle. I was about to pierce his skin when he asked me;

'Do you know how humans use vampire blood?'he asked with a piercing look. Those blue eyes were locked on mine, waiting for an answer.

'I know it's used has a drug, but I assure you I will not use it has such…And I won't sell them if that's what you mean.' I felt insulted. I'm working, not getting free drugs.

'The older the blood, the more valuable it is. Just one or two tubes and you can get quite some money' he continued. THAT'S IT.

'I've told you I'm doing this for you, not me! If I was interested in getting money I would not risk my life in taking blood samples from you and the others that were here during the night. I want to discover things, not get high!' I threw the syringe on the floor before piercing the skin. If he didn't trust me I wasn't going to do this.

He looked at my reaction and the broken syringe. He smiled, truly smiled. Is this amusing?

'I can see that I can trust you. I'm sorry for being rude but I wanted to see your reaction. I can see you won't use my blood for personal use. You may continue Joana'

I looked at him in shock. I could kick him right now.

After getting a new syringe I felt his arm looking for a vein. After finding it, I pierced his skin with the needle and removed some blood. He stared all the time looking curious. I got a tissue sample and asked him to fill the questionnaire; I gave it to him and five seconds later he returned it to me. Well that was fast…Age: + 2000 years old? WHAAAAT? Is that possible? Oh my god. I looked at him in awe.

'I must return to my nest. I hope I have helped and wish you good luck to the next days. You will have plenty of work to do. I will see you soon Joana' he said.

With that he was gone, I don't think I've moved an inch since I saw his age. I look to the clock, it's past midnight. Might as well call it a day and go home.