Dr. Whale was trying to unchain himself, which was frustrating. He crawled to a small box that contained a key to the lock. He inserted the key and gave a sigh of relief once he heard the click.
He dusted himself off, ran out of his house, and headed in the direction of the Mayor's house.
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Annika was outside of Regina's home with Van Helsing by her side.
"You need to knock."
"I...I don't know if I can do this."
"I will knock if you don't."
She took a deep breath and knocked.
The face that she saw wasn't Carmilla's, but a younger woman with dirty blonde hair.
"Hello, Van Helsing."
"Hello, Laura. This is Annika, Carmilla's Mother."
Laura stepped outside and shut the door.
"How do you have the nerve of showing your face here?
Do you even know how much pain Carmilla's been in since she discovered you were alive?
She was doubting whether she had any humanity left and I haven't seen her this insecure since I met her!
This is all your fault and if you know what's best for Carmilla, then you'd leave."
"I'm her Mother."
"A pretty shitty one."
"Laura, if you respect Carmilla, then you should respect her Mother too."
Carmilla opened the door and saw her girlfriend, Mother, and Van Helsing outside.
"Mama?"
"Hello Mircalla."
"You didn't call me Little Mir."
"You said you were too old for it."
"Well, maybe I'm not."
Laura turned towards Carmilla, "How can you just forgive her after what she's done?"
"Because of this."
She took out the flier with a sketch of her and a reward for any information of her whereabouts.
Laura looked at it, "She never gave up on you."
She faced Annika, "I'm sorry for getting upset at you, it's just that Carmilla's been through a lot and you coming into the picture hasn't made anything better."
"No need for apologies. I appreciate that you care about my daughter. I need time to come to terms with her being a vampire.
May we go inside?
It's quite cold."
"Come on in."