Title: Who wants to live forever (part 12)
Author: BELOVEDbyWAR
Rating: PG
TV verse: Blood Ties
Disclaimer: Not mine, not making any money..
Wc: 568
Sequel to: Expectations
AN.: A big THANK YOU to
luvinmike for being such a great beta!


Part 12:

(Meanwhile)

"Where the hell are they?" bellowed the demon lord at the top of his lungs just as one of his employees stumbled into the room.

"cuse me, Boss? Um, Wolfgang and his gang didn't come back. Word is that there has been a big slaughter at Nelson's place. They are all dead-"

"WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!"

The poor messenger flinched at the loud shout.

"Skuld! Come here, woman!"

As so many times before, the old woman appeared, sitting obediently in her corner.

"What is this nonsense? Tell me what happened!"

Once again the bones were consulted.

"Your attack has been repelled. Knight, Bishop, and Rook stand united. Think carefully about your next move before King and Queen join their forces!"

With these words, she vanished.

"SEE! I told you that man was a nuisance, but NO, you didn't believe me! He has ruined my plans again!"

"Gee, start crying, why don't you? Honestly, one little setback and you want to forget everything? You've really gone soft! To think that I came to you for help…"

"Shut it! Nobody is giving up! Quite the opposite, in fact. Just wait and see!"

This said the smaller of the two men left the room with an unholy gleam in his red-glowing eyes.

***

"Yes, Betty, thank you! – Please do so! – Bye."

Henry put down the phone.

"So?" questioned Coreen expectantly.

"She didn't find much out apart from the ordinary lore in some of the cultural belief systems. But when I told her everything you told me, she called a contact of hers on the other line, supposedly an expert on resurrection stories. He was particularly interested in the fact that there had been swords involved and asked about Mike's life and history, as well as his character. I confess I was a little irritated that he wanted to know about a supposedly dead man's background, but what irked me even more was his firm disbelief to the very idea that Mike could possibly be alive. As a matter of fact, he was initially very enthusiastic about the possibility of a return from the dead and then suddenly did a complete 180 degree turn into denial."

"OK, so the guy doesn't want us to investigate the possibility. That's pretty obvious."

Hearing this statement, both vampire and Goth looked at the until-now skeptical woman with hope in their eyes.

"Don't look at me like that! I'll only believe it when I see him. But one thing is for sure: that guy tried to hide something. By any chance did Betty mention his name?"

"Dawson. Joe, I think."

"Good, I can work with that. Coreen, do an internet search. Let's see what we can find out about this Mr. Dawson!"

"On it!"

"And you…Henry, where do you think you are going?" Vicki looked at him with an almost betrayed expression on her face.

Having used Vicki's summary of the conversation to dress, Henry stood in the doorway, preparing to leave.

"I won't be long, but –" he took a heavy breath.

Vicki suddenly remembered that Henry had just woken up.

"OH! Oh, yeah, of course. But make it quick. No time for playing with your food!"

Henry only shook his head at her forced nonchalance.

"Of course not..."

The door closed before all of his reply could be heard.

But contrary to Vicki's assumption, Henry didn't go to feed. No. He had bigger prey to find.

***

tbc