Chapter 4:

-Kathleen the Vampire-

Knock... knock. Zed went to the door. Outdoors, Erika and her bodyguards stood once again. He opened the door and turned around again to deliver the message to Kathleen back in the office about her. Caleb stared at the three vampires only warily. Yes he knew, that Michael and also Kathleen assured them, that they were on their side, otherwise they would hardly come here again.But it was simply is his nature to hate foreign vampires and to mistrust them, nobody could change that.

"Erika's here, Kath." he kissed her neck and she turned around and switched the PC on standby.

„She is early but where're Mike and Alex?"

"Michael will come."

Erika entered the apartment and shut the door. They joined Caleb in the living room. After a short time also Kathleen and Zed joined them and asked them to sit down. Erika's looks hiked through the room and then she wanted to know:

"Where is Michael?"

"He will be here soon." Kathleen answered.

"He had a hard day." added Zed too.

"Are you talking about me…" Michael kept up shortly as well after the others came home. Alex walked behind him and he began to growl, however Michael stretched out an arm and kept him back. Erika saw aghast to the boy and made a step back. But then she looked at Michael and wasn't less aghast from his appearance. "Erika, that's Alex. Alex, that's Erika, an old friend. I'm sorry for his behavior…he still met no vampire besides Kath. Be forbearing with him."

"Especially you say this. You don't have any reason to fear him."

"You have to fear nothing. Now, what do you have to report, that's extraordinarily important? I wouldn't like to linger here all too long... the air is too stifling for me." Erika saw to Kathleen and knew immediately, that something is going on, and knew as well that this, what she had to say had in that moment higher priority, before Michael took to his heels again.Michael sat down into the chair crossed his legs one on the other and fenced his arms. He threw Alex a look at him that told him that he'd better go in his room, because what he probably will hear here would confuse him totally and he couldn't understand it. Alex threw another last look to them and vanished without any ifs and buts into the room.

"Poor boy." it slid from Erika despite she knew that he wasn't this.

"He doesn't have to with-listen our discussions, it's too ridiculous."

"Michael, why must you be such a jerk..." Kathleen was furious and for the first time Michael saw the blue in her eyes and her fangs... the vampire in her. "He has the right to find out this, damn it. Not only because he is your son but because he has also something to understand exactly because he is different and resembles you." she slapped him in the face and he, he didn't fight back and didn't feel any anger. On the contrary, he had waited for this and he disserved it.Kathleen waited to experience Michael's anger however, she had to fear nothing. He sat only there and stared only at her. for a moment, she could see all his burdens and pains in his eyes and the first time she felt pity and grieve, however, didn't regret the slap. It was necessary.

"He will find it out soon enough, if I'm ready." he said quietly. Erika got the diary forth and gave it Michael, who had written only a big question mark on his face, as he opened the book and absolutely nothing understood. "And? What's scribbled there?"

"I couldn't decipher all, it was impossible. It's Alexander's diary. He was the first hybrid however wasn't the first pure…if I can start so. He became bitten by both races in a bloody attack on his village... it was an accident. His family was killed, so he thought, however his sons were bitten. One by a Lycan, the other by a vampire and the third could hide in the forest, but everyone knows this legend."

"I had an unclear vision about it. It was the hell. The whole village was in flames and covered with corpses. Tell me something, which I don't know yet."