2 weeks later.
There hadn't been an incident in the past two weeks since the last body had fished from the sea. The city had calmed down from the buzz, and had almost forgotten the episode that had the entire city hiding in fear; though it was not completely forgotten. The police were still searching for the suspect, but alas, their attempts came to no avail. The evidence they had from the crime scenes did not reveal any sort of prominent evidence, and many of the officers working the case had started to given up hope of apprehending the culprit. No one had seen anything unnatural happen at the time of the murders; so there were no descriptions of murderers, only description of the crime scenes after the fact.
Though many were starting to move on and forget the incident ever happened, Magnus refused to give up searching. There must be an abnormal out there that was the cause of all of this trauma, and although things had slowed down, she didn't doubt the creature was still out there. Waiting. Of course, Magnus had continued to work on the new cases that came her way that involved the Sanctuary, but that didn't mean she forgot. And clearly, neither did Nikola.
Magnus was sitting in her office studying the images and results of the samples of flesh taken from the corpse the Sanctuary still had in its hands when Nikola found her. She was still curious as to why the neck was in worse shape compared to the rest of the body. Snapped and burnt beyond belief, Magnus knew there was more than meets the eye. As she sat in her office, contemplating the idea of gasoline having been poured on the body before being set aflame, Nikola swaggered into Magnus' office, a smile on his face which faded fast when he saw what Magnus was reviewing.
"You still thinking of that case?" He asked.
Magnus looked up at her friend and nodded. "Yes, I've been trying to figure out why the neck was in such bad condition in contrast to the rest of the body. Snapped and burned… why snap the neck though if you can bite through human flesh so easily?" Magnus wondered aloud, mentally kicking aside the thought of gas.
Nikola watched Magnus as she spoke before shrugging. "Easy, snap the victims' neck to kill them instantly, less resistance; also, have a better blood flow. If the vampire is thirsty enough-"
"Yes but Nikola, I spoke to the police and apparently the necks of the other victims were still intact; that the body we have in our possession was the only one to have its neck snapped!" She explained, trying to figure out what was going on. "And… the only thing in that connects all the bodies from the bites to burnt bodies, aside from the last victim, are that the neck is in the worse condition in terms of burns. I performed some tests on the flesh on the neck by the bite, but the flesh was too burned to reveal anything of use." Magnus sighed in exasperation.
Nikola looked at his friend, seeing how overworked she was. Suddenly, he came up with an idea, a seemingly brilliant idea in his opinion. "There hasn't been an accident in the past two weeks-" he began before being cut off by Magnus, who held up her hand.
"That we know of." She interjected.
"Yes well, regardless I think we should go out and celebrate. Besides, it looks like you could use the break. You look like hell." Nikola said in his signature tone, there was a beat of silence before he continued speaking. "You still look hot though." He grinned.
Magnus stared at him incredulously before shaking her head. "Fine. One condition; we bring equipment in case something happens."
"The others will come too if they must." Nikola added, knowing where the woman was headed. "Fine, if it gets you out of here then you've got yourself a deal." After that, he started to make his way to the door.
"Nikola?" Magnus called after the vampire, making him freeze at the sound of his name.
"Helen?" He replied.
"I get to choose where we go." Magnus made clear.
Grinning sarcastically, Tesla said "Of course." Before taking his leave.
The fading afternoon sunlight strained its way through the peach colored curtains of the hotel room as the girl sat anxiously on the edge of her bed; the boy walking out of the bathroom, rubbing a towel through his damp brown hair. He stopped walking a few feet away from the girl who refused to meet his now coal black eyes.
"Look, as much as you hate it," he sighed, dropping the towel on the back of a chair. "I have to feed soon." His hand rose to rub his throat which felt as though it were on fire.
The girls head snapped up to finally meet the boys gaze, looking at him in fright. She scrambled off the bed to stand in front of him to look up into his once rose red eyes. "But…"
"It's been two weeks," the boy said, cutting the girl off. "I doubt the authorities will be looking anymore."
"You don't know that!" The girl insisted. "Just… drink animal's blood for the time being!"
The suggestion had the boy wrinkle up in disgust. "No." He said flat out.
"Please, just… wait until we go home!" The girl begged.
The boy shook his head in refusal. "I don't think I can wait that long." He said quietly.
Slowly, he brought up his left, pale, cold hand to stroke the girls warm neck, leaving a trail of goose bumps behind. The girl closed her eyes, shivering and gasping at the boy's cold, gentle touch. She stood as still as a statue as the thirsty vampire cupped his hand at the side of her soft, blood filled throat; her resistance quickly crumbling.
"Fine." The girl breathed in defeat.
The boy smiled down at the girl as her warm brown eyes fluttered open, staring him in awe and wonder. "We leave for Vancouver tonight then." He said, dropping his hand and turning away as he stepped back. "You should get some sleep before then." He suggested.
The girl stared at him for a moment before crawling back into the bed she had been perched on minutes before. Before she drifted off completely, she felt a pair of cold stone arms pull her into someone's chest. Moaning in annoyance sleepily at the movement, she snuggled herself deeper into the blankets and the boys arms before finally, falling asleep.
A/N: Action and answers to come next chapter, so stick around! Reviews would be awesome!
-B
