Chapter 3

Vasili was the last to arrive in their meeting place the next day. He saw his brother sitting down on the floor silently watching something. Vasili turned towards what he was watching and saw that it was Krysta meditating under the darkened areas of the room. You're late, Krysta spoke to his mind. She herself did not move a muscle or even open an eyelid.

And you know how to occupy your time wisely, Vasili answered the same way as Krysta. Krysta stood up from her meditation position in one graceful move as if she had been standing all along. "Time to go," Vasili said out loud to his two companions.

As the three of them walked along the still empty morning streets, Krysta noticed that they never really talked past what needed to be said. Not about how their day was or anything else, unless it was significant. Krysta guessed that being a cold hearted vampire you wouldn't want to converse much. That's fine with Vasili and her, but Andreios was different. Words seem to bubble in him and want to escape all the time but he holds his tongue because he knows either Krysta or his brother would shut his efforts down. As much as Krysta would like to tell Andreios all her secrets, she refrains. We're near, Vasili projected to Andreios and Krysta. He had been in the Council office before and Krysta read in his mind that he took a peek around the building last night and that wouldn't have been an easy task. The building is littered with vamps, werewolves, witches and shape shifters twenty-four hours everyday. As they turned around the corner Krysta recognized the building but it looked more like a house. Two story high with creamy walls and a reddish roof. It looked like that to fool the human eyes, if only they knew of the records hidden in the safes of the building, of all the secrets it held.

From there Vasili and Krysta fell behind Andreios so he could take the lead since he was the one the letter was addressed to. Vasili and Krysta looked like bodyguards protecting someone important like a politician. The trio was lead by a sophisticated looking secretary, called Catalina Feline who was some sort of cat shifter, into a larger room that belonged to a man they were introduced as Grizzly. He was undoubtedly a big vampire. He was someone who didn't have to hide his strength because his looks emitted strength. Sitting in the chair near Grizzly's desk was a slender woman with perfect red curly hair and high fashion clothes who was his personal assistant. Grizzly invited Vasili, Krysta and Andreios to take a seat and told Catalina harshly to go scratch up a tree. With that Grizzly returned his attention to his visitors and without further ado, began talking.

"Thank you for coming to our office today in response to our letter," Grizzly said while taking his seat. "We may have a lead to whoever it was that brutally killed your parent's eight years ago and would like to inform you that we are doing our best to give them what they deserve. Death." Grizzly stopped talking as if waiting for the teenage vampires to absorb what he had just said.

"And would I be involved in this mission?" Vasili asked.

"Oh, you kids have been through a lot of trauma already we wouldn't want you to be part in this," Grizzly replied referring to all three of them then paused. "But if you insist, we will use you as our main agents. That would save us trying to find some washed up agent who isn't involved in any mission," Then he lit a cigar and smiled.

"What do we do once we have tracked them down?" It was Andreios this time who spoke out.

"My assistant Ruby will go through with you all you need to know about this mission," Grizzly answered slowly looking at the woman with red curly hair. "I personally put her in charge of this mission. Any questions and progress should come to her. I will arrange a meeting for the four of you tomorrow same time and you will be brought to another room which is highly secured. There Ruby will answer any questions you have and further explain the mission. For now you are given one copy of the brief of the mission. I advise you to burn that copy after you have read it." With that Grizzly handed the copy to Krysta maybe because she looked the most skeptic and hadn't spoken at all during the meeting.

She was reading into Grizzly and Ruby's mind with not much success. They were high ranking officials in the building, they had to learn to cover their thoughts or any strong telepath could just get information from them freely. Grizzly was hiding something in his mind about this mission, Krysta decided. But she thought she would wait and figure it out by herself. Everything else seemed clear and made sense. There was a long pause in the room and Krysta thought they were waiting for her to add her opinion so she seized the moment. She looked back and forth from Grizzly and Ruby and spoke.

"We trust that you will not withhold any information regarding or concerning this mission and we will do the same with you," Krysta said clearly. "You understand that we are doing this for our own personal reasons and not for yours so we will do as we wish, but let it be known that we appreciate your help and alliance. That's all." Then she fixed her eyes into Grizzly's. I'll be watching, she said into his mind and smiled. Krysta stood up and departed the room with the folder in her hand. Vasili and Andreios followed.

After walking in silence for ten minutes Vasili spoke. "I think we should go to our apartment Krys," he suggested. Krysta nodded, she had been meaning to check up on how their place was looking. Being a vampire you sometimes forget to bother about where you lived but Krysta didn't. She grew up with an aristocratic family who was strict and taught her how to behave properly. She did not tolerate untidiness and she did not fully trust the boys to keep their apartment orderly. It was a pensive journey to the apartment for Krysta. She was going through the whole meeting in her mind, checking for any missed phrases, any double meanings or deceiving words. She remained silent and ignorant to Andreios' stories and opinions although Krysta knew very well that she should listen. Even though Andreios was a good vampire he has the brains of any fully trained vampire for he has watched us fight. He even has different insights on matters that a merciless and cold hearted vampire like Krysta wouldn't think of. She looked over to Vasili and read his mind to see what he was thinking. Krysta made a silent laugh, typical of Vasili to be planning his next hunt. If he does care about this mission he's hiding it very well Krysta thought.