Chapter 2
Meeting in a private room, Slattery and Chandler faced Rachel and Katherine. Both men were entirely confused. The room was silent until Chandler pulled the door shut behind him yelling, "What the hell is going on here?"
Katherine seemed to be taken aback, as if she didn't know someone could be that upset. Rachel looked down dejected and Slattery seemed to pity her position, in the situation. Suddenly, Rachel looked turned to Katherine and slapped her turning her face to the left. Shocked and humiliated, Katherine grabbed Rachel by the throat and pinned her to the two officers ran over to pull Katherine off, but she was stronger than both of them and pushed them to the floor. Turning to Rachel she sneered, "So this is the welcome I get? You do realize the last time we saw each other I was saving your ass right?"
Although Katherine's grip was ironclad tight, Rachel still managed to say, "As I do recall, you did just rip the throat out of the only guy here who was actually interested in me." Katherine immediately let go of Rachel and began laughing, "That is what you attracted? Of all the hot guys on this ship, hell in this room, you attract that one! What?"
Slattery and Chandler both stood up uncomfortably. Rachel moved by them and asked, "Katherine, what is it you want?"
Katherine crossed her arms and throwing her head back she groaned. "Ugh do I have to spell everything out for you? I want the cure."
Rachel shook her head, "Yea, so does everyone else, Katherine."
"No you don't understand Rachel," said Katherine getting upset, "I'm aging. The virus is a cure for vamparism, but because I've been alive for over five hundred years, I'm dying. It has returned me to the age I should be. And of course, I'm not the only one looking for this cure. Any vampire who has come into contact with an infected human can catch it, but strangely enough, no human can catch it from a vampire."
Rachel's mouth gaped open, "You mean…you're human?"
"Yes and no. I still have some of the little tricks of being a vampire, but I'm in transition. I still need blood, but I can get hurt, just like any of you. Once I become a full human, I'll be dead."
Rachel eyed Katherine and asked, "So what is it you want me to do?"
Upon hearing this Katherine's face grew shocked, then back into her signature bitchy smirk as she said, "I want you to for once in your pathetic little life live up to your word. I saved you in Paris. You owe me. You gave me your word."
Rachel stared at the floor for a moment and crossing her arms she said, "Fine. I'm ready to start the trials. You can be a subject."
Katherine smiled, "Now that is more like it."