Chapter seven – Surprise

Claire's pov:

I ran out of my room with Shane still trying to get changed I had to hurry or I was going to be late for this friend of Amelie's I had to get rid of Frank along with his goons. I ran down the stairs and out the door grabbing my bag on the way I got my shoes on without falling over I shouted my goodbye to the others then ran to my car. I got into the car starting the engine then raced off to Founders square.

I got there in record time but I was still a little late Amelie liked to remind me of that, "Claire you are late please tell me that it had nothing to do with that Collins boy because my friend is not a patient man." She said I look at the floor, she gets up from her behind her desk then walks over to a door I hadn't seen before, she opens the door then walks thought I follow behind her to be in a room full of books white boards everything a detective would need. I look around the room no one was in the room Amelie and me that was all then out of nowhere some guy with curly black hair it really suited him his eyes were a type of dark brown he studied me like I was an experiment it kind of freaked me out a little. "Hello you must be Claire Celia and Marcus's daughter please to meet you I worked with your father for a very long time they were amazing people they were so you're here to help me find the people that killed your parents are we?" he asked he looked at me till I nodded my head a fraction. He jumped up into the air about a meter then ran over to a white board full of writing, pictures of the crime scene and other people I didn't even know. I walked over with Amelie to the board I looked at the notes he had made it was more than what the police had when they had lost hope on the case when I was fourteen. I keep looking then I noticed that one of the pictures on the board matched of one of the police officers that came to the house he seemed to know where the bodies were that always worried me. "Sir this man here (I pointed to the man I was referring too) he was one of the police officers that searched the house." I told him he looked at me then at the man I was pointing to, he nodded his head then picked up a book full of information on the man. The man I had picked out wasn't a police officer he worked for someone that was worst to get on the wrong side of, I looked at more of the book he didn't kill my parents I knew that much he was just a pawn for the real killer that was as much as I knew. I looked through the pages to someone else I knew he had been at my parents funeral he smiled at me giving me an offer to work with him but my uncle had gotten in the way telling me to stay away from him.

Flashback: Claire's parents funeral

I was sitting at the front of the graveyard with people that had known my parents some of them I didn't know I was staying with my dad's younger brother he was looking after me to help hunt down the bastards that had killed them. I was staying in a motel with some biker idiots the leader I thought I recognised along with the young boy his son. He's hit him sometimes along with me, I was keeping my head down because across from me I saw someone smiling at me it was creeping me out big time. It was time for people to say good things about my parents I had nothing to say because I couldn't without crying like at Carrie's funeral I was all alone no one here knew how that felt.

The funeral was over I was talking to my parents I know sounds mad but then again I did just get out of an asylum that might be why but I never got to say goodbye to them really, then the man that had been smiling at me while the priest had been talking he held out a hand to me then spoke. "I'm looking for someone just like you kid to help me out what you say I'll help you out real fast you'll get closer on your parents I promise." He said it was too good to be true but something didn't sound or look right with this guy I was about to turn him down when my uncle came over dragging me away from him.

"Claire I promised your dad I would look after you and I will stay away from that man he's dangerous too much your dad or your mom didn't like him neither did I so stay away from him and be careful I know that the boss hurts you and I'm sorry but please be a good girl for me I know one day we will get justice for your parents, that's my word." He told me I hugged him promising to stay away from the bad man like a little girl but I knew some day I'd met him again.

End of flashback:

I showed the picture to the man he stiffened which surprised me a little vamps never feared anything. "Who is he, he was at my parents funeral why was he there?" I asked him he looked at Amelie like asking for permission to tell me.

"His name is Bishop he's a war lord he's very dangerous he wanted your parents to help take over the world but they didn't accept and he might want you he asked you didn't he?" he ended up asking me instead, I nodded unable to say anything this wasn't good at all.

"Can we stop him for taking over the world like kill him or something I want him to pay for killing my parents." I said with venom in my voice, I turned around to look at Amelie she nodded her head like a queen.

"You may kill him but you will have to find him first and I'm afraid that my father is not easy to find we have tried many a time." She told me I looked at her the killer of my family had the founder as a daughter she didn't seem to care that I was going to take her father from her but who cared I wanted revenge and it was going to be sweet like I had promised with my uncle. I looked at the man next to him then thought to myself I had no idea who this guy was or even his name.

"Sorry I never got your name what is it your name sir?" I asked he looked at me then bowed,

"My name is Myrnin my dear lady and you are Claire now dear Claire we will be trying to find Bishop any idea where?"

"Not a clue but I have his scent from the last time I saw him it's really powerful sometimes when I'm close to people I'll recognise the scent if I'm about 50 feet away from them," I told them I was proud of my nose because it had never failed me once. Okay now I had to figure out if I could smell it now or not, I heard a man's laugh from behind us we all turned to see him the man I was meant to hunt down had hunted me down the irony is so sick.

Amelie's pov: when Claire meets Myrnin

Young Claire came into the room behind me I was looking for Myrnin because he has seemed to disappear like always when he was at a dead end but he found something always. Then he appeared fast sensing that young Claire and I had arrived, he was studying young Claire that was behind me. "Hello you must be Claire Celia and Marcus's daughter please to meet you I worked with your father for a very long time they were so you're here to help me find the people that killed your parents are we?" he asked her, he looked at her till she nodded her head a fraction. He jumped up into the air about a meter then ran over to a white board full of writing, pictures of the crime scene and other people. She walked over with me to the board she looked at the notes he had made it was more than what the police had when they had lost hope on the case when she was fourteen I knew all this because I had compelled them to forget so Myrnin could sort this mess out fast. She kept looking then she looked at one of the photos on the board with concentration written on her face she then turned to Myrnin "Sir this man here (she pointed to the man she was referring too) he was one of the police officers that searched the house." She told him he looked at her then at the man she was pointing to, he nodded his head then picked up a book full of information on the man. The man she had picked out was one of my father's human pawns he was always so dangerous to be around my father was he wasn't the nice man everyone once thought he was my mother saw that too late. I wasn't going to think that anymore young Claire was looking at the book then turned the page a few more to the information on my father. She then showed the picture to Myrnin he stiffened at him he was afraid of my father after killing his wife Ada, "Who is he, he was at my parents funeral why was he there?" she asked him he looked at me like he was asking for my permission to tell her.

"His name is Bishop he's a war lord he's very dangerous he wanted your parents to help take over the world but they didn't accept and he might want you he asked you didn't he?" he ended up asking her instead, she nodded unable to say anything it seemed to what he had said.

"Can we stop him for taking over the world like kill him or something I want him to pay for killing my parents?" she said with venom in her voice, she turned around to look at me I nodded at her.

"You may kill him but you will have to find him first and I'm afraid that my father is not easy to find we have tried many a time." I told her she looked at me I didn't care about my father that was true because he had always ruined my life I was going to be an end to that, she looked at the Myrnin

"Sorry I never got your name what is it your name sir?" she asked he looked at me then bowed,

"My name is Myrnin my dear lady and you are Claire now dear Claire we will be trying to find Bishop any idea where?"

"Not a clue but I have his scent from the last time I saw him it's really powerful sometimes when I'm close to people I'll recognise the scent if I'm about 50 feet away from them," she told us, she went stiff like Myrnin had done not long ago then I heard a my father's laugh he was here we turned around to see him standing there.

The end