CHAPTER NINETEEN: Chasing Alex

ICOSA Team

Daniel had called into Malcolm as soon as he saw Alex. He and Sterling began following her and the lycan, making sure they kept far enough back to not be noticed.

If his hunch was right, they were headed back to the subway. But he had noticed that Alex had a bag and so did the man with her, which meant one of them was carrying weapons. He motioned to the bag, showing Sterling the need for caution. The black man nodded, showing he understood.

Daniel made note that Alex didn't look any different than she had before she'd been bitten. Maybe they'd been wrong; maybe she went willingly with the lycan she was with.

He and Sterling had been keeping up with the two suspects when all of a sudden the lycan started running, and Alex herself quickly caught up to him. The sudden burst of speed quickly dashed any hopes Daniel had been harboring about Alex's humanity. No human could run that fast.

He and Sterling both broke into a run themselves, hoping to catch up with them in the tunnels. He should probably let Malcolm know what he had seen. But, he wasn't comfortable giving up information over the radio in front of the council members. He would wait to tell Malcolm when he and Jorge met up with them.

Sterling had pulled ahead of Daniel, making the Irishman realize just how fast a human could run. He always underestimated Sterling's speed because of his size. But the man could run there was no doubt about it. It was taking everything he had to keep up with the big man; but, he did and soon they were at the subway entrance.

They took the stairs two and three at a time, hoping to catch a glimpse of red gold hair. But to no avail.  Alex nor her lycan was nowhere in sight. But Daniel had a good idea of where to find them.

"Do we wait for Malcolm and Jorge?", Daniel asked Sterling.

Shaking his head yes, Sterling replied, "They should be here soon. That's a large area down there.  I don't want to be caught undermanned should there be more than just Alex and the shapeshifter in that lair."

"Okay, I'll stay here keeping an eye out for them; just in case the decide to exit the tunnels. You go up and wait for Mal and Jorge", Daniel advised.

Sterling turned and went back up the stairs in order to watch for their other two team members. He never saw Daniel leave his post and head into the train tunnel.

Daniel had no intentions of waiting for the others. He needed to talk to Alex before drastic measures were taken. He quickly made his way to the entrance of the underground tunnels. When he made it to the opening, he peered down into the hole. He didn't see anything moving down there, so he readied his weapon and climbed down the ladder.

He hadn't gone into the chambers when the others had. He had been left topside, guarding the entrance. The smell was atrocious and massive amounts of dried blood and body parts decorated the floor, walls, and ceilings of every room.

He swallowed the bile he felt rising in his throat. Now was not the time to loose his lunch. He needed to find Alex. He didn't know what he expected from her when he caught up to her; he just knew it was important to speak to her one last time.

He walked though the carnage, looking for signs of the living; and, avoiding the presence of the dead.