Tyler had been eyeing Andre's seemingly abandoned position as Lyriz's right hand man for years. Lyriz confessed to him that he had his doubts, so Tyler saw the opportunity. He didn't care that this Jade person escaped because he was going to make sure that nothing on earth was going to spoil Lyriz's plan.
It was the vampires' turn to rise as the rulers of the world that they deserved to be. We are superior to humans in every way; why else would they be held in the lowest regard: food.
Tyler pulls into the underground parking of Schneider Memorial. He backs in toward the direction of the elevators. Opening the back of the SUV, he regards the silver briefcases with a grin.
Won't be long now.
He picks up the precious cargo and proceeds into the freight elevator marked: AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.
The doors open at the third floor: Hematology. Tyler follows the length of the wing until coming across a locked room: SPECIMENS. He tries the knob in vain and checks to see of the coast is clear before kicking the wooden door in.
Tyler finds a metal table and lays the cases and opens them. A puff of icy fog escapes from the inside. He reaches inside and pulls out bags and bags of blood.
Looking around, Tyler locates the cold chest where the plasma is stored. He opens the top door and backs away.
"Hi there," Andre says emerging from the chest.
Tyler's demeanor hardens. "Bastard. I never thought you would have the balls to go ahead and betray Lyriz."
"I don't know. It seems pretty easy to turn one's back on a psycho."
"Psycho?" Tyler squints his eyes.
Andre steps closer to his former comrade. "Yeah, so what?"
Tyler smiles. "I'll bet that he would love to have the head of the disciple that went rogue."
"Jade killed him," Andre smiling back.
Tyler stands there dumbstruck for a moment before attacking.
Beck rushes to the reception. "Excuse me, this is an emergency."
The head nurse points with her pen, "Okay just have a seat right over there…"
"It's not like that! We need to put this building on lockdown, right now!"
A security guard approaches Beck from behind, "What's going on here?"
Beck whips around and stares the guard in the eye. "It's urgent. There's no time to explain."
"Okay, mouthpiece, why don't we leave these hardworking people and their sick patients alone and let's go for a ride?"
Grabbing the man's collar, Beck forces the guard against the wall. "Listen to me! Somebody is spreading a contagious…"
The click of a gun stops Beck's words. Captain Vega points his standard issue right at him.
"Raise them high, son. Slowly."
Beck lets go of the guard and puts up his hands.
The small room is a warzone. Andre and Tyler rumble around, shattering glass and breaking furniture and cabinetry in their struggle.
"You got some nerve coming in here all by yourself," Tyler grimaced.
"Who said that I came alone?" Andre retorted.
Beck places his hands on his head and kneels down per the officer's request. He approaches the young man causing the disturbance, gun still aimed for a kill shot just in case.
"Now, tell me" Vega began. "What is the reason for trying to cause a panic?"
"Yes, there is. There is something…someone who has threatened to infect this hospital."
"And how is that?"
"The blood supply."
"What did this man have? A virus?"
Beck looks up from the floor. "You could say that."
Andre pins down Tyler. "You really think I would risk everything by not having backup?"
"Likewise," Tyler chuckles.
The entire building goes dark. Emergency lights kick on in the hallways.
Tori Vega stumbles in the corridor outside her friend Max's room.
"What the hell is going on?" she asks out loud.
She feels her way around, looking for her father.
David Vega handcuffs Beck to a chair bolted to the floor.
"I don't know where you came from, guy. But you're making me nervous. Now stay right there."
Beck rolls his eyes. "I'm just trying to warn you!"
"And I'm trying to tell you to sit still and be quiet."
He walks away and takes out a Maglite to see. Many of the people have moved to outside where dawn has broken. He moves down a more poorly-lit area.
"Anybody over here?" A slight metallic jingle is heard from where he just came from.
Vega turns around and feels a whack on his head which sends him to the ground hard. Beck stands over him, picking the cuff on the hand he used to knock him out.
"Sorry, officer. But you're way out of your depth."
Tori feels around for a door that isn't locked and almost falls into one. The morgue. Fear consumed her whole body so she deftly locked the door. She had a real bad feeling about the dark ever since she was a little girl. It normally didn't affect her nowadays but a blackout in a strange place is not allowing her to stay mentally calm.
A hand appears behind the wavy glass panel on the door and smacks it. Tori backs away and looks for a place to hide. She settles on the storage shelf of an examination table. There was a stack of new body blankets nearby. Tori grabs one and covers herself with it.
The window smashes into bits and the door is heard opening. Tori covers her mouth to not make a sound.
Please don't let me die here.