Parallel Time – The Old House – 1:35am – Brian's Room
Brian woke up with a sudden start for some reason! He was drenched in sweat, and it was making his sleep wear stick to him! He didn't remembered the dream he had, but it frightened him! He got up and headed downstairs to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He poured himself some into a glass, and sat at the kitchen table to get himself calmed down.
He slowly drank the water to get his nerves to calm down, and hopefully he could go back to sleep. He heard Barnabas coming into the kitchen to see what the noise was about. Barnabas saw that his new friend looked like he had a rough night so far, and asked if everything was alright.
"Brian, are you alright? You don't look too good right now." Barnabas asked with a concerned voice.
"I think so Barnabas. It's just since I've been using the inhaler that I've made here, I'm just not feeling right for some reason. Maybe I should skip a day and see what happens." Brian said in a tired voice.
"That might be a good idea. Why don't you go back to sleep then. I'll take care of the glass for you." Barnabas said with a smile on his face.
"Are you sure. I don't want to be a bother to you." Brian said as he got up from his chair.
"It's no bother at all. Now go upstairs and get some sleep. You need it to keep your strength up." Barnabas told Brian.
Brian nodded his head and went to his room. Barnabas often wondered if he and Julia had the chance to have children before Angelique had cursed them, if they would have anything like Brian with his wise-cracks, standing up to people, and such? Hopefully one day both he and Julia would be free from the curse that was put on them and lead a wonderful life together like they were meant to have.
As Barnabas was about to put the glass into the sink, he noticed a smell coming from it! He drew the glass closer to his nose, and it smelled from blood! The only thing was that there was no blood in the glass! Now he is wondering if his new friend might be taking blood from somewhere, and not knowing it! The only problem with that was that he would have to know what he was doing, and it appeared that Brian knew nothing about the blood smell in the glass!
Barnabas was going to have to keep an eye on Brian to make sure that everything is alright with him. He saw Julia coming in, and told her what he had discovered, and to keep an eye on Brian as well. Will would have to wait until he came home from his date, and to tell him the same thing. Both Barnabas and Julia agreed not to tell Susie unless they had to, for they feared that she may tell Brian, and then who knows what would his reaction would be like! They hoped it was nothing to be concerned about, but they never had to deal with a Dhamphir before either! Hopefully it was just a side effect from the inhaler and the effects would wear off and everything would be fine once again.
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The Next Morning – Collinsport Police Department – Sheriff Davenport's Office
Sheriff Davenport was going over the reports now of the death of Dr. Rodgers! He liked and trust the doctor, and now she was a victim of robbery! But for some reason to Sheriff Davenport it didn't look like a simple robbery! Why would someone take the test and autopsy reports on Rose McGowan? Not unless it was the killer! But something else bugged the sheriff. It was where the acid was at on the neck! It was like in almost the same spot as to where Rose McGowan had her to puncture marks on her neck!
Now the sheriff was wondering if it was the killer, then said killer would have to cover his or her's tracks not to be caught! Too bad Dr. Rodgers paid the price for what she was doing at the time instead of being home and taking it easy for the night like the rest of her coworkers had done. For some reason the sheriff kept seeing the marks on Rose McGowan, and thought he should what they should be, and where they came from!
He thought about it some more, and he thought that it could be! After all, it was all legend and it was the stuff that was made in the movies out in Hollywood! Then he remembered reading something in the old newspapers in the Collinsport Library that back in the late 18th century that there was some murders that could not be solved and the victims had two marks on their necks! The killer or killers could not be found, and they had stopped after a short period of time!
He knew he shouldn't do this, but he was going to call for an outside person to help with the cases on this now! He knew someone that was teaching at a nearby college, and hopefully this person can come and help solve this case! Granted he hadn't talked to this person for a few years, but it didn't hurt to give it a shot to see if this person can come down and help it they had the time to do so. He picked up the phone, and placed a call to one Professor Theodora Eloise Stokes. Hopefully she can take the time to come down and help them catch this person or persons before any more lives were lost!