Hybrid Boys
Chapter 2: They Meet
Max made his way down to the lab, as he was to take the place of one of the assistants who had recently been axed…literally.
"Hey, you must be Max." A skinny girl greeted him with a handshake. "I'm Fred, head of the department."
"Oh, hey." Max smiled as Fred lead him into the lab. He examined everything closely, the white…everything…was a little intimidating, and the staff was less then reassuring. Fred seemed nice enough, but the looks he was getting from the rest were off putting. If any one should be gawking, it should be him, at them and their blinding white and mysteriously spotless lab coats.
Then, just as Max was exchanging an evil glare with some guy whose name tag read 'Knox', the ghost of someone began to fade in. He was beautiful. Dark clothing, platinum blonde hair…those high sexy cheekbones…oh, and those eyes; piercing blue eyes. Max licked his lips, wanting just one taste.
"This," Fred pointed, "is Spike. He's our current project."
Max could only stare, making Spike a tad uncomfortable. Fred broke the silence. "Uh, we're trying to bring him back, and…we have a bit of a time limit."
Max smiled. "Trying to stop him from going to Hell?"
"Well…yeah." Fred and Spike exchanged a glance.
Max tried to control his urge to mount the subject; knowing of course it would prove useless, considering the vapor-like state he was in. "Well, you're in luck kid. This happens to be my area of expertise." Max took a drag from his cigarette, never losing eye contact with Spike.
Fred could see the unease in Spike's eyes and dragged Max away to look at some of her calculations.
"You see, I've done a lot of the work...but…I just can't quite get it…there's still some part of the formula missing…it's been driving me nuts…"
Max could only barely listen to Fred's ramblings, he was preoccupied with watching Spike fade away into nothing ness.
"….if we don't do something soon, he'll be -"
"Gone."
Fred turned to Max, "Exactly."
"No, I mean he's gone. Look."
Fred turned to find the spot where there should have been the ghost of a blonde vampire, empty.
"Damnit."
Max looked at Fred. "How bad is it?"
Fred shrugged. "He's been disappearing more often, and for longer periods of time. If we don't find a way to bring him back…the next time he fades out…he might not come back."
Max smiled a put a hand on Fred's shoulder, "We'll there's two of us now. We'll find a way."
