Chapter 25:

-The Experiment-

The next morning Michael woke up somewhat more rested and accordingly the circumstances he felt somewhat better however, he felt himself... weak. He just could hold himself on the feet. He put on his clothes and went shortly into the bathroom, to get somewhat fresh and as he wanted to go back…he met Melissa in the hall.

"Morning. How are you then? Could you sleep?"

"Hey. Yes, thank you for the question. How I am, I will find it out probably today, however... I feel somewhat better."

"Well, I could talk to Nigel, because of the laboratory and he had nothing against it, since I told him, it is a vocational examination for a project. We can go to whenever you are ready."

„Can we go immediately, I'd like not to sit around twiddle my thumbs and furthermore I want to now know it."

"O.K. I get the car ready and I wait outdoors."

While she get her car ready, Michael collected his towels together he had used and put them onto the bed and then went down the stairway and snatched his jacket and stepped before the door. Unfortunately, that misses Keoh wasn't at home, he still wanted to thank her for the hospitality, however, and he could still make up later. Melissa waited in the car, gave to him short the house keys to lock the door, then, they set off. Michael had cramped up a bit, as he sat in a car, where a woman sat at the steers and Melissa wrinkled the forehead inquiring.

"What's wrong with you? Were you never in a car?"

"This not... only bad experience with women at the steers." he grinned.

"Oh really... now, I'm one who drives trough the traffic lights by 'red' and the 'STOP' sign and drives with 120 about the bends." she laughed.

"Then, I have nothing to be afraid off." he muttered ironically.

"Rubbish... I passed my examination with 0 faults and haven't dared yet to drive once through any single by 'orange'. I'm still afraid of the street and rather am careful."

"If all would think so, the doctors would have almost vacation." he joked. "I gave up this car driving, after my first girlfriend died by an accident. I sat at the steers, but we didn't have any chance. a car went on the other lane into a skid and I couldn't avoid anymore and we crashed into the crash-barrier. She died at the accident-location."

"I'm sorry. It must be strange for you to know that you are now immortal and that your girlfriend... is dead."

"I wanted to die too at that time...we wanted to get married and then happened that. It's strange, because if I could turn back the time and to be in my immortal form... hen I could have rescued her. Maybe it's my curse, to rescue girls like you and to protect them from the death."

"But that's no curse. I owe you my life, no matter whether you're a beast or the lovable man who is before me. If I consider it for myself so, if all or most of the vampires or werewolves are like you and rescue rather lives than to erase them, then, we could use such people well in the police industry."

"My son, Alex, wants to the CIA."

"Is he just like you...I mean a hybrid?"

"More or less. I don't keep him back to practice the job. Maybe it has his advantages. To be a doctor is more difficult."

Melissa stopped the cat and pulled the hand brake.

"We're here." she turned off the motor and pulled the key out and got out, as did Michael. She locked the car and went ahead into the building. She showed her identity card, then, they could enter the security zone. The laboratory was in the basement where also Autopsies rooms could be found and all other what had to do with scientific stuff. Nigel waited already in his laboratory however, he was busy with something but saw Melissa and her companion coming.

"Hi Melissa. Is that the doctor, of whom you spoke?"

"Yes. Nigel, that's Michael... Michael, that's Nigel." they shook the hands and came fast into the conversation.

"And what exactly is your project, Michael? Melissa mentioned it."

"Nothing exiting. I want to examine how human blood reacts on animal and vice-versa and find out, whether also can illnesses or positive sites be transferred so or whether it can be even possible, to use animal blood for blood transfusions for victims."

"Sound promising. If you need me or need something, Melissa... you know where I am."

"Thank you Nigel. I believe, all won't last too long, or?" she saw to Michael.

"Possibly a few hours, then I can take care of the rest at home. Definitely you have to do more important things, I guess."

"It's no problem. At the moment isn't much to do anyway. Then, I will leave you alone."

As Nigel left the laboratory, Michael got at first a syringe from a drawer and sat beside a microscope. He held the needle at his vein at the left arm.

"Ehm... I understand not much of medicine but, shouldn't you put a tourniquet above the point puncture?"

"Theoretically and practically you're right, however, I have no time for this." and he stung himself into the vein. Melissa couldn't watch, as the syringe filled itself with blood, then, he extracted the needle again and stopped the bleeding with a small plaster. He dripped some blood on a small glass disk and put it under the microscope.

"How can't you twist any grimace, if this terrifying needle penetrates into your skin...I hate needles. If I already see them, it already gonna be sick." Michael smiled, but concentrated on his work.

"As a doctor, you're almost used to it and in my case... I was already pierced by more terrifying things, I rather don't tell this to you."

"Hahaha, funny. As an immortal, one hardly has to be afraid of needles."

"If you think it's pleasant...I don't let me pierced voluntarily."

"It was only a joke."

"Mine too." he looked at her and wanted to kiss her on the spot, about to forget all for one minute, but... it was better not being done. He turned again to the microscope and looked through it.As he saw, that the dissolution still was blurred, he zoomed somewhat closer, until he could see every single cell and it didn't surprise him to find the usual blood corpuscles.