NIGHTSHADE MANSION, JAN. 4th 11:25 A.M.
When Lachlan saw Dominic come up on the elevator he was rather relieved, "Lachlan…how long has our guest been waiting?" Dominic asked.
"Only 7 minutes, sir…I'd be careful, when you said he was the scariest thing you could've seen I didn't think you meant—." Lachlan told Dominic.
"It's okay Lachlan, I've seen him before…so seeing him again wouldn't spook me too much." Dominic said with a bit of comfort, he then went back up to his study where he saw the person he'd wanted to see, "I looked around a bit, you have a lot of stuff here…I was especially impressed with your mansions' wine cellar." Said the voice of Demitri Maximov.
Dominic nodded, "I'm glad you enjoyed your little tour, though if you wanted to see the place you could've asked Lachlan to give you a tour of the place."
"I would've, but he kept peeking in every 2 minutes or so and looking over his shoulder at me as if expecting me to strangle him." Demitri told Dominic.
"Could you blame him, I mean I wasn't really expecting you so soon." Dominic explained while pouring himself a glass of wine, then he looked at his glass and asked, "Would you like—?"
"No, no…I'm fine." Demitri told him.
Demitri looked at Dominic as he sat in the chair opposite of him, "You certainly have a way of flaunting your luxuries." Demitri commented.,
Dominic (being the diplomat he is) knew Demitri's comment had been somewhat of an insult, so he responded with "Well, I would have time for other things…if those other things hadn't left me. And may I also add that I've had to attend at least 4 charities last year. So can I not put some of my love for luxuries into my own enjoyment?"
"I don't see why not." Demitri told him.
"Well if you're done commenting me," Dominic said, putting down his glass, "I'd like to get down to the reason of why you're here."
"Yes, I saw that 'dragon' thing in the sky…what was it?" Demitri asked.
"It was a signal, a signal that the time for fighting the humans is over and an era of piece must be brought in lest we be washed away in the flood." Dominic told him.
"I see…" Demitri said looking and rubbing his chin as if to figure out Dominic's true intentions, "and you shall be the so-called messiah that ushers in this peace?"
"Messiah?" Dominic said, "I'm shocked, I may have influence in this city and maybe even the U.S., but I hardly consider myself that…I see myself more as a rebel, a revolutionary…when people see a Darkstalker their first thoughts are that it's evil, that it must be destroyed, but when I see it…I see a tortured soul in need of a friend, a confidant." Dominic told Demitri.
"And that is why I'm here, you want to be my confidant through this so called peace?" Demitri asked, sounding as though he felt Dominic had made a joke.
Dominic shook his head, "No, that's not it…in a few weeks I'm going to have a treaty signed by the leaders of the U.N. for peace between the human race and the Darkstalkers, but first I need to know that a majority of the Darkstalkers here on Earth are willing to join me so this can happen, I have a few who support my ideals so far…plus a couple others who might have crossed paths with you."
"I see," Demitri said, there was something in Dominic's eyes Demitri knew were sending off a warning light in his head, "so you want me to join you, you may be a revolutionary…but with your luxuries and dreams of peace, one would consider you a fool."
"Demitri let me tell that as I speak only a couple have joined my cause, the rest have decided to give me the cold shoulder…if you brush me off too Maximov…you'll be making a HUGE mistake." Dominic told him.
"Sir……I do not take threats lightly." Demitri warned him, clenching his hands into fists.
"The others fought my associates as well, but they're low-lights and Working Class wastes of oxygen…businessmen such as you and I should not have to get our hands dirty…just sign this contract I have here with me, and you'll never have to hear from me again." Dominic said, sliding a stapled 17-page document and fountain pen to Demitri. Demitri flipped through a few pages and asked, "All I have to do is sign this and you'll leave me alone?"
"That's the dry version of it Demitri." Dominic told him.
"There's quite a bit of fine print…it'd be easy for me to miss something." Demitri told him.
Dominic said, "Fine print is just the icing on the cake of commerce, just sign on the dotted line on the last page and you've nothing to worry about."
Demitri signed his name, Dominic took the contract and said, "Thanks, you've no idea how grateful I am now that you've done this."
"I hope so," Demitri said, he then turned around and looked Dominic straight in the eyes and said, "because if you do anything to betray me or undermine me…you'll regret ever hearing my name."
As Demitri left Dominic looked at the contract and thought to himself, "Yes Demitri…you don't know how grateful I really am, and you may not know…but you just made me a happy man." He then took out his list again, only this time he not only put a circle by Demitri's name but Morrigan's as well.
BERLIN AIR STRIP, 5:53 PM
Well it was a bit of a hassle but Donavan, Anita, and the priest were able to get a zeplin to London. But only on the condition that Donavan store his blade in with the other luggage, as they took off the priest looked out the window. "So what's you're name?" Donavan asked.
"Oh, yes…Mulchany, Freidrich Mulchany." The priest told him.
"Well then Freidrich, may I ask where you plan on hiding once we reach London?" Donavan asked.
Mulchany shrugged, "Anywhere Dominic nor the Lord can find me I guess, but let's leave that detail of mine alone until I need to think of it."
They were silent for awhile until Mulchany asked, "You're not happy are you, with the Darkstalkers or yourself?"
Donavan sighed and said, "I have some of the darkness in myself, so I hate the dark as I hate myself."
"You shouldn't, life has given something special…you shouldn't hate yourself for it or one day you'll wake up having nothing but sorrow to die for." Mulchany told him, "But if that's your way of dealing with it I doubt I'll change your mind."