jessielee14: thanks and I am. Damon will find a reason…he's a bloodhound on this stuff. Rei in this case I think even if she and Usagi weren't 'cool' sort of…that she still wouldn't do it cause that's just to much to ask someone. Especially in they love the other person that much.
OrientalDanceGirl: true…his moral code disappeared a long time ago. The others are just now beginning to see it as well. You'll see. 😊 for him to ask that of rei was him thinking in that instance to just use another pawn for his mind games. Problem is he should have asked it to someone he wasn't so close to but he thought he had her by the balls…turns out he didn't have what he thought he did and he doesn't even know it. For mamoru he hates damon but he knows he can relate to him. For damon even though he sees the relation he doesn't want to admit to it cause then he'd have to take a step back and take a look at himself and he's not only not ready but doesn't honestly want to.
SerenityxEndymion: it does. He has this 'I'm going to be ruling' attitude going on which makes him think he can ask whatever he want as he has before but things are changing now and he's not liking it. I really did want to emphasis rei's feeling there cause as bitchy as she can be she has this one side of her that's vulnerable and he figures he can use it to his advantage but his ace with her ended where it began. He's to up his own ass to notice or care. I'm still debating on putting in all of the other girls but if I do you'll see them.
knowall7: yes I was shocked to. she was incredible as an author (hopefully she'll be back on at some point, fingers crossed) damon doesn't deserve a lot of things and more things will be heading up to showcase just how damon is starting to crack under what he's seeing and dealing with.
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A vampires forbidden love ch.13
Damon POV
I was beyond fuming. Now I wanted to fuck her just to punishment her but that wouldn't work as father clearly has her busy with this and even I can't pull her from her duties now that were this far into the war. It's going to get to a point where it's all hand's on deck and we need to make sure we have a deck to stand on here. Especially not now. I despised this though. To be politically correct I despise his new sudden favoritism with her.
I always knew my father held a father's care towards her. He had wanted to have a second child with mother but she was taken from him before they could try. So I was an only child. Not that I minded, in fact I enjoyed being an only child, but the trust he was putting into her and the fatherly affection he bestowed upon her as a daughter made me want to act out. I wanted to rip him apart for this.
Mamoru that is…it may have sounded off topic but I had a strange feeling that from start to finish this was the reason why Usagi was now being seen differently in my father's eyes now. I always felt that the fatherly affection towards her was a passing phase since he never had a daughter. Not to mention she held him at an arms-length as she didn't want to take the risk of loving another as a father figure in her life and forgetting about the old one.
Something I learned from her over the years. This however was something new. It was like they were father and daughter and she was promising to deliver him the head of this Lycan something that should have been given to me as he killed my mother but no. My father was barely even acknowledging my presence regarding killing this Yamamoro that ripped mother from us and I was standing in the room AND I even made my own declaration of intent on his life.
He ignored me completely. As if I hadn't spoken or been the room at all. Once she entered it was like he was and I hated to say it, working with the child he favored to work with, instead of me his own blood. Instead he was leaving it to Usagi. If she couldn't bring him in alive for him to kill then to go ahead and kill him herself. It should have been ME that he told that to. It should have been me!
When she, Toki and Mamoru left I had to hold my tongue to inquire, "Why wouldn't you have me go after this Yamamoro instead?" I was trying to keep my rage in check on this as father prepared to leave for his room. "I would presume you'd be there with her when she had the final confrontation." He stated dismissively. I didn't accept, "It sounds like you're putting me on the backburner of this operation." I avoided snapping on him.
He looked at me with an air of warning. I was starting to feel more and more like a second-rate trainee rather than a leader with him here. I loved my father but I disliked where he was leaning towards the running of this coven after he left. "I'm presuming you're going to be on the ground with her during the attack. She is after all your second in command." True. Didn't mean I liked how this was looking.
For the first time ever I was becoming doubtful of whether or not I would be in control of this coven when he left. "Maybe if you spent more time delegating with her on what to do going forward and less on the petty matters you prefer then you'd know where I'm coming from. A good leader must know all matters at hand. Even if he doesn't care or prefer to. Any matter that relates to the safety and security of our kind is of the highest importance." He stated.
True again but still… "She's become one of best and brightest despite her young age still. I should think your bit of training with her over the years gave her credit to that." I know he was complimenting me but it sounded an awful lot like he was mocking me. "Hai…your right on that one. Still doesn't explain why you gave HER the direct order to take him out if it was needed and NOT me." Okay so that was now a sore subject for me.
My father looked at me like he was disappointed at me for even asking, "Don't start to whine like a petulant child. Go with her to discuss how you'll move forward with the plan of action." I looked past the slightly opened door to find others roaming about. We still had things to discuss though. "You've spent more time in here complaining to me rather than actually helping her out with the war against our kind." He left the office as I held my temper in check.
I was ignoring the dig against me as I walked out with him, "You can't be serious on giving her this task at hand. He should be mine to kill." I seethed. Father spun around on me, "No in all honesty he should be mine to kill…" the anger and pain I saw was understandable and calmed me down a fragment, "But yes I'm also putting my trust and faith into her on this. Something that I should be able to trust you with but your actions for the last hundred years have me highly skeptical on your success." He walked away from me.
What the fuck was that supposed to mean? I followed his form till we reached his bedroom, "I do not wish to discuss this with you further." Before he could shut the double doors to his room on me I demanded, "What makes you believe that? I've been loyal to you and this coven for forever." I was enraged but holding it back from becoming an issue with him. He looked tired from this, "I believe it because I've seen how you are these past hundred years." So? What does that have anything to do with this?
"You've become more self-absorbed and pay more attention to your mistresses than the coven. It is on the backburner for you and that's not how this is run. In fact after talking with several other members in here they've seen more of her going out on jobs for the coven rather than you AND you have been more inclined to indulge in tedious affairs rather than put more vampires on this threat earlier." There's no way he's going to blame this last part of the war on me!
"Are you insinuating that the Lycan's have gained what they have because of me?" I demanded of him. "What I am saying is what I've heard. Now I've been working for decades to make you a better leader. You're a good leader and you have potential for so much more you just need to want it more than your petty mistresses. Not to mention leaving Usagi alone in the manner." I furrowed my brows.
"What do you mean?" I asked. He sighed. "I mean that enough is enough. She clearly doesn't favor you nor has she ever. I know some part of you cares for her as more than a conquest but your selfish desires keep you from experiencing that joy and gaining her favor as more than a second in command." I didn't like it but he was right. How the hell does he even figure this stuff out? I know he's an elder but he talks as if he was…me.
"Father was mother a conquest?" his face darkened before he slammed his fist into my face sending me back a few steps, "Don't you ever talk about your mother that way. Yes she was one of a few back then but I loved her I still love her beyond words beyond life." I stood there listening stunned by the act to hit me so hard. I admit I shouldn't have said it that way but it doesn't make it untrue.
"Usagi has Mamoru's vampire scent on her now. She is taken and in our culture once one has been marked as she has to him they are forever bonded. You never marked her. Not in that manner anyways. She isn't one of your mistresses anymore and quite frankly your lucky I haven't removed the other two from being your mistresses. We have more important things to care about. You care more about which one to fuck at night rather than the coven as a whole." That hurt.
It also pissed me off. "She will always be my mistress first and foremost and secondly, I had plans for her and I to rule this coven together at one point with her as my top mistress." I explain, hoping it would buy something positive. Father simply sighed, "Yet you never made any mention of this to me nor to anyone else which makes me wonder if you are true to your word on that or if you merely said it to gain some sort of approval." I felt like my world was getting ready to fall apart on me.
"You are my father. This is to become MY coven. I did have those plans I was just sidetracked in telling you." I explained, gripping my knuckles so tightly they were the definition of white. "I'm sorry my son but I fail to see where you could have gotten sidetracked on anything worthwhile." He didn't believe me. "Yes I am your father and yes this is to become your coven…" he began, "But if I don't see your dedication on the upcoming battle ahead…" the looming threat of what he wanted to say was there.
"Would you really give the coven to someone who wasn't your own flesh and blood?" I asked him, "Being that we have had situations where the bloodline had run its course before…" I remember that. It was three hundred-ish years ago, and the coven in the southern part of the states had been decimated by the Lycan hordes. They trojan horsed themselves inside and tore it to shreds. We became so much better at security afterwards but they still lost their elder and his lineage to the massacre.
"If you fail to prove yourself worthy of our stature and of this coven or if something were to happen to you then yes there is a failsafe in motion as there is with every elder lineage." He said it in such a manner that I was understanding and pissed all at once. I couldn't argue his statement as we did have a system in place if something like that happened again. I just needed confirmation that with me still alive I would rule this coven.
However I was given no such assurance. I was given the door. He shut the door on me as I walked away. Trying to figure out what was going on forward that way no one other than I would be ruling this coven. I took a look at all the vampires around me as they worked hard to prepare. When I rule this place, I'd making Usagi remember what it was like to disobey me and kill that prick Mamoru! "He won't get away with fucking with my future…" I seethed in rage as I left for the basement.
Usagi POV
We went back down to the training ground and past to Toki's station where he worked on anything computer related. "So where would I be at the best vantage point without being caught spying…?" I mused out loud. I looked at the blue prints on the big screen once he plugged his laptop into the projector screen. There were multiple egress routes that was for sure but I needed something far enough away to avoid being spotted and close enough to figure out the shift changes for an attack.
"Can you get satellite view of this area?" I asked him. Toki cracked his knuckles and started to type. "My lady asks for satellite view…" he spun around in his chair and faced me, "And she gets it." Up popped up a live feed of the facility. "Doesn't look run down to me." I muttered as we all three saw it. The place looked like it was currently in production of something, "And this is listed as inactive." I shook my head no.
Obviously it wasn't, "Sure looks active to me." Mamoru commented, "Question is, is what's going on inside." I noted, "Pan out a little bit. I want to see the perimeter." I said. He did as requested. I looked about and saw an area by some trees by the fence along the north side, "I have a decent view if I go over there." He pulled it up and the area that lead to the building, "Yeah looks like you have a clear view though if you're not careful they'll have a clear view to especially if you're not careful." I glanced at Toki.
"Don't get me wrong Usagi you're a smart and awesome vamp to be around but you're also a bit reckless on things." He noted. I humped but otherwise ignored it. "That maybe but on important matters I'm very safe." When I can be…I thoughts to myself. "That remains to be seen." We all looked behind us to see Damon standing there. "Well don't everyone speak at once." He stated sarcastically. The others in the room went back to their own work. So I said, "I'll do recon on this placed and see what I can find."
I made to leave when Damon said, "I'll go with you. Can't hurt to have two sets of eyes out there." He said. I was about to decline when I looked over at Mamoru and figured this was a better idea. If Damon was with me I could keep an eye on him and Rei wouldn't have to worry about babysitting him this evening. "True. Mamoru you can do some more training with combat and weapons. I'll be back in in a few hours." I tell him.
I can tell he's skeptical about me being alone with Damon but he also knows I can handle myself in a fight. "No problem, see you back in your room by midnight?" he asked as I looked at the clock on my phone. "Yeah it shouldn't be later than that. Darkness sets in an hour. We can prep for what we need and be out in no time." I treated Damon as if he were my regular commanding office right now.
I didn't have time to be petty with the Mamoru issue by avoiding him and staying by Mamoru's side. He could train some more while I was out and I would know for sure that Mamoru was out of harms way. And no one owed Damon a favor that he hasn't already cashed in. I tried my best to avoid it. So I wasn't going to be a bitch about anything. I had far more important things to be thinking about.
"Lets get moving." I walked out of the room passing Damon with ease narrowly looking like he was trying to catch my arm. I didn't want to deal with him to be honest. I walked back to my room as I went to change my clothes to the cat suit again. When I walked out Damon was right there waiting for me, "We going or what?" back pack full of the equipment we'd need. "Just waiting on you." I countered.
He ignored that in me and turned around. We left the estate on motorcycles. Taking the back roads to get there before using the bikes to get past some rocky paths before finally hitting around the perimeter. We slowed them down to a stop before kicking out the kick stand and getting off. Looking over the ledge we could see from our view the way the roof looked, "That what I think it is?" I asked.
"Glass roof." He said. Yup sure enough. The roof was slanted down the middle but you could tell it was glass. "Think we can get closer to the roof top. It would be perfect for surveillance." I suggested. We hadn't done surveillance in nearly years so this was slightly nice and refreshing to do with him. "Yeah it would be but I'd better do it." I looked over at him, "How so? I'm smaller than you are. I can hide in the shadows with more ease."
He turned to shoot me a glare, "You can make faces all you want but you know I'm right. Keep me covered as I go in. If they see me or us and figure out who we are it will tip them off then the could move the whole operation." I instructed. He looked at me with a 'you seriously telling me what to do?' "Its just a suggestion Damon." I sighed. It would be better for me to do it especially since he hasn't done this in a long while.
He handed me a com link for communication, "Vampire hearing or not even we can't hear to far so keep this on at all times." I nodded, "Keep me posted if you see anything." I said and blurred away closer to the building. There were very few lights outside of the building. To an passerby it could look just like automated building lights designed to come on even an unused property to keep vagrants off but we knew really why they were on.
Getting within distance I looked closer and saw that there were guards on shift, "Damon focus on the guards at the west end of the facility." I 'suggested' though I did sound like I was ordering him, "From what I can tell they have weapons. But something is off about them." he was right, their weapons looked altered. "Possible modified weapons. Great. I'll find a way to the rooftop for a closer inspection." I say before I look up and around me.
Finding a tree that has a decent over grown reach to the building but just barely, I race to said tree and climb up it. I let out a sigh as I find that the jumping reach without a good running jump wouldn't be possible without a heavy landing. I found a section of the roof that was going to make the least amount of noise but it would still make noise. Nothing was soundless, not truly and my guess was those guards weren't rent a cops either.
Figuring out how to vault myself to the least sounding part of the roof top, a small recently tarred up section to. It would work well for taking in my weight and capturing most of the sound. I tight roped walked to the other side of the tree then with as much speed as I could muster I ran across both long branches, even though they weren't completely straight it was just enough to run and jump the gap and land on the tarred section of the roof.
Two feet away from the glass section to so it was a tight window of opportunity. I ducked down to avoid being seen as I looked inside, "Not good…" I muttered as I retrieved the camera I had attached to me for the pictures. "What's that?" Damon asked, "This is definitely the training grounds. I have easily hundreds of Lycan's inside." I was not feeling well about this. From the looks of it there were more Lycan's than we had vampires in our coven.
They had built their ranks up enough to take out a coven. "Usagi…how many Lycan's exactly." That I couldn't answer, "Toki's software can tell us for sure but…Damon this is a serious problem." Far worse than what we had calculated. "Hate to break the silence here but according to the schematics this building has four floors and a basement." Toki's soft voice came over the com's we were using.
I sighed, "Which means there could be hundreds more below and we can't see them." I was beginning to worry about this war being to big to keep under wraps from the human world. With modern technology we had to be incredibly careful but this…this was… "Usagi this may sound like a crazy idea but can you leave your com there on the roof?" Toki asked. I instinctually looked over where Damon was at and saw his form touch his own com link, "The hell for?" he demanded. I was curious to.
"If she leaves it I can use the sound system to send out waves throughout the whole building. We can get an exact reading of how many are inside. The only problem is if there are regular humans inside we can't tell the difference. It's any moving body inside." I went to remove my com when Damon asked, "Are you seriously leaving it there? Toki why can't you do this while she's up there?" I looked around, "Can't take the risk of being caught." I surmised.
"She's right and I'd have to do a reading of the whole building. I would do it by satellite but I'd have to hack a military grad A satellite to do it and my systems don't have the juice to do it without being caught." Toki had his reasons obviously so I went ahead and removed the com and pressed it against the corner edge piece of the tar next to me. Before I could sneak off something caught my eyes.
I found that they were testing on some of the Lycan's inside, "We have to end this war." I muttered to myself before seeing another morph out into wolf form and hit a punching bag sending it flying into a wall on the first hit. The elders needed to know how bad this was. This was only one building. We needed to dig and see if there were more. I'll have to ask Toki if anything more traces back to that Yamamoro guy and go from there.
I snuck back off the roof before leaping onto the tree. Shimming my way back down I found Damon looking pissed, "I didn't give you the order to remove your ear piece. Next time don't do anything till you get the order." Without thinking I remarked, "I've been doing this on my own for long enough to know how to handle myself if need be and how to avoid Lycan's when doing espionage work." I went to walk away from him when he grabbed my arm and spun me into a tree nearby.
"I think its time we had a little talk about your punishment." My eyes widened at his words, "Still on com's guys." Toki reminded us. Damon removed his and refused to budge from in front of me, "Whatever your planning to do forget it." I went to go around him when he pushed me back against the tree and pinned me to it with his body, "No one else here to help…" he pulled my face towards his, "Your mine." His voice and whisper were dangerously low.
My instincts reacted as I slapped his hand away, "Leave me alone. I'm your second in command nothing more and you better believe if you try anything I'll make sure parts of you don't work for weeks." I threatened. He grabbed onto my throat slammed me hard enough into the tree to dizzy me, "You've been fucking that man for to long. I want what's mine back in my bed. You haven't been in it for to long." He said as he squeezed tighter.
I felt him against my hip as he pressed himself into me, "Damon…" I gasped as I wrapped my legs around his waist. He loosened his hold on me, "That's more like it." I used the added space to loop my legs higher around him. Wrapping them around his neck as I vaulted myself away from the tree. He lost his balance and walked backwards to regain it when I used the momentum to flip us around till I was on top, crotch in his face and he was on the bottom looking up at me stunned by the move.
"The only chance you'll ever have with me again is if I'm unconscious. Cause I'm never returning to your bed. You can threaten me, you can threaten Mamoru but at the end of the day you wouldn't do shit cause you wouldn't do ANYTHING to jeopardize your seat on the counsel." I left him only to find myself on my back. Damon came after me and I barely turned around in time for his tackle.
We rolled down and around for a few seconds, probably losing his com piece period as we came to an stop. "Why won't you leave us alone. You have two other women to go to." The look in his eyes was that of anger and hatred before he got up and left me there. Stunned but still. I stood up and walked with him back to the bikes we used to get here. I stopped before getting on the bike as he was and said, "Leave us alone and I won't say a word about any of that." It was my only way to avoid more conflict from arising.
He looked to pissed to care if anyone knew, "Your mine Usagi…all of you are mine to do what I please with. There is no bargaining to make." He looked at with anger and hate. There was a deeper emotion in there but it was tucked away under the anger at my decision to defy him and be with Mamoru. He lost his control over me and he knew it. He hated it. It was burning in his eyes and it made me wonder if I could trust him on the battlefield now.
"You made yours years ago for your family. You only get one with me." He sped away on his bike as I mounted my own and speed off after him. There was no more bargaining now, there was just him in his anger and I was in the center of it. When we got back we put the bikes away around back and went straight to his father's office. The projection in there was the best so after we ran into Toki whom I told to go get the elder himself.
"This better be good." The elder said as he walked in and sat down in his chair. We connected the camera to Toki's laptop and pulled up the images I had taken from the snap shots. Nearly a dozen photos were on the screen from the different corners of the buildings for what I could see to even angling the camera down and below the angle I was at to see that to. The images were astounding to say the least.
"They are building an army and from what we can tell its vast to. Toki were you able to get a reading on how many bodies were inside?" I asked. everyone looked to him. Then a knock sounded at the door, "Private meeting." Damon's father said, "Sir…" I knew that voice, "Its Mamoru." I noted to him. "Come in." Mamoru came in once he heard the elder give him the go ahead then shut the door closed behind him.
Damon looked visibly less pleased but even he knew that we had more important things at the moment to focus on. "Bodies what are we in a morgue?" Damon asked sarcastically, "I meant that cause we can't tell if its only Lycan's inside or if there are humans in there as well." I noted calmly. "I used the com from Usagi to get a better read on how many bodies are inside." A huge schematic came up with what the sound waves had come up with.
If it wasn't so dire this whole thing would be a unique art form to see but it was a remarkable view of the structure itself, something you couldn't get through the files he went through and the number of moving bodies inside. "Now I'm working on a program to find pulses inside the place but this is all I have for now." I noticed Damon's father stand up. "It looks like the total numbers are more than ours." He said.
I felt the need to placate him, "True but from what I saw no one was really combat training just testing really their skills. I don't think their combat ready yet. They have the numbers but not the required training to take us on. We would be able to take them out sir." I stated with confidence as he nodded his head, "We'd need enough soldiers ourselves to fight and right now our own cleaners aren't enough to fight that off." Damon said.
True. We had 'cleaners' here, myself included but it didn't mean we had the numbers the Lycan's did in the warehouse. I hated to even think of it but – "Why don't we just drop a dozen grenades in there and let them explode." Damon suggested, "Cause…" I began already knowing the outcome. It's the reason why I didn't voice out that exact idea. "The Lycan's have to one have defense system in operation." That was to start off with.
"Secondly, what's to stop the ones that are guarding or are trained form running out and telling their boss that we've hit their facility?" I knew he didn't like that but I didn't care about his bruised ego right now…even if he did. "We're not even a 100% sure if this is the only training grounds they have or if they have others." His father nodded in understanding as we truly didn't know. If this was it then yeah we'll take them out but till its confirmed it's not a good idea to rush in before its time.
I looked over at Mamoru, "We haven't even heard back from the other doctor on new updates yet." He nodded to me and got his phone out, ready to shoot out a text regarding the other hospital to the staff member he was speaking to. "Let's give it a few days. We can monitor this building with no interaction with what's inside, not even if its the pizza delivery guy and make sure it's the only one before we send out a 'we know about you' signal." It was fair and logical we just needed to make sure was all.
I turned around to face everyone and found myself feeling different. Like a leader…but that wasn't who I was. The man in front to my right was the leader. Damon's father and Damon himself were leaders, I was a good second in command that had good ideas. That was all. "We may know about them but they don't need to know that we know about them." I expressed to the occupants of the room.
"Spoken like a true leader…" I looked to see the elder. His expression was that of fondness one would have for a child and I had to admit my father would have probably have been friends with him. I couldn't help but let a little of that emotion creep into my eyes and saw the returning expression. I was starting to feel like I had a father again. Differently and odd considering but I did and it felt nice and warming.
Then I felt the waves of anger and hate coming off of Damon. "Whatever that makes me better is due to yours and your son's training over the years. I have much to thank you both for." Trying to put some of the attention onto Damon to avoid him making another attempt at me. To kill an elder or someone in succession to become an elder if the reasons were to be not just would find that vampire in the hottest water around. They would have to be judged by the counsel and very rarely was anyone found fit to be redeemed.
His eyes bore into me. Apparently, the attempt was in vain as he looked like he was restraining himself against me right now. "Whom do you trust to do this recon? It will be highly valuable and pivotal in our success?" he asked me. These requests I noticed were things one would ask the leader of the coven or the successor. Yet none of them were being asked to Damon…only to me and a cardinal rule of all vampires…you MUST answer any question asked by an elder. Its highly disrespectful not to.
Thinking on it I replied, "I can get Rei – chan and her pick of another for surveillance out there. I trust her judgement and her ability to handle whatever comes her way." His father arched a brow at that knowing who she also was to Damon. He looked over at his son and saw the anger before Damon turned his head away, avoiding his father's gaze. I wasn't sure what the issue was on that one but I did know that we needed to get this team out there.
"Approved. Make it happen. I'm counting on you Usagi." The elder said before nodding his head for our dismissal. I never was one for not obeying him so I nodded and walked out figuring to just go and tell her with Mamoru behind me rather than texting her. I had never had him say that to me before. To have an elder count on you for anything was an honor not to be taken lightly and I wasn't about to.
I barely paid heed to Damon as he stayed inside. If he wanted to blow up on his father so be it, but I didn't want to be in the middle of the fight, verbal or physical. Not only was it not my place but his father could easily end Damon if he wanted to so I held no worry for him and honestly after everything's said and done I held no worry over Damon either. I wondered briefly if that made me bad as a person but before I could think to much longer on it we got to Rei's room. I knocked a few times and she opened the door.
"What's going on?" she demanded. I saw the tv was on. It was her secret indulgence show on, "Still watching Friends?" I commented. She ignored me and walked inside allowing us entry, "Still in syndication. What's up?" she asked choosing to ignore me as she got back on her bed with her chips and a pepsi. "Just got back from some recon, need you to keep an eye for a few days on a building. We're going to check out a lead at another hospital." Something I forgot to explain to Damon's father that I would be doing.
"A few days watching a building?" she asked completely bored with the idea already. There's hundreds of Lycan inside. Making contact isn't a wise decision to make right now. We need more information than what we have. We gained a few bits but we need more. I told Damon's father you would be the one to do it." She looked shocked at the recognition but nodded her approval of it none the less.
"Good. If this proves to be a fight in the near future I definitely want to be a part of it." Rei was always ready for a fight. It was in her nature. "We'll be back. We're hitting up the hospital. If anything strings out as unusual text me. I'll have my phone on me." She looked at me oddly, "No phone calls allowed in hospitals." I explained as we left. She prepared to get ready as I texted her the address of the building.
"So to the hospital?" Mamoru asked. "Yeah we need to talk to the staff member you've been in contact with Ami – chan isn't it?" I asked. He nodded, "Good we'll start with her and move forward. If we can get even a little bit ahead of them it could potentially…" I began to say when Mamoru finished with, "Save the day." I looked over at him and smiled. "Yeah. Every little advantage we have will work in our favor in the long run." I said as we left the estate and got onto the back of my bike.
We arrived nearly an hour later at the hospital. Different design but still same thing. I took in my surroundings and found there to be no Lycan guards around so I ushered him inside where we went by the information desk, "Hai, I'm looking to speak with Ami - " Mamoru was cur off by a young woman that was around mid-twenties and had short dark hair with tints of blue in it. I had to admit I liked it.
"You must be Chiba, Mamoru." She stated. She looked like she recognized him but not he to her, "Hai and you - " she cut him off again, "Hai I'm Ami, allow me to take you to my office. And you are?" she asked me. I was not getting cut of here. "I'm Usagi, his…assistant." It was either that or body guard and I couldn't say that so assistant it was. "Wow an intern with an assistant. I don't ever remember getting that lucky in my young interning days." I was confused, "Your still interning correct?" I asked as she walked us to her office.
"Oh no, I haven't interned in a year. I have my own office now." Down another hallway we went as she asked Mamoru how he had an assistant, "I ah hired her recently to help with work overload due to all these cases for the animal attacks." I nodded to his response. Good cover. We arrived in her office where she shut the door, "Unfortunately other staff members have the audacity to intrude." She peaked out the tiny window of the door before turning to smile at us, "Have a seat." She ushered as Mamoru and I noticed there was only one seat.
Not wanting to sit anyways I stood, "So how many cases have there been?" I asked. She looked from me to Mamoru, "We were trying to figure out how many cases there have been for the reported animal attacks. The ones at the hospital I work at had a plethora of them." he explained as she sat down at her computer. I had been in control of things for so long that I forgot this was more of his territory than my own.
"Ours weren't as many but we did have an unusual amount. A Dr. Whiteman. He was a transfer from the states. He was trying to contact other hospitals about the surge in animal attacks in the area and had even tried going to the families to see if it was environmental about it." So looks like Mamoru wasn't the only one. There had been others that had tried. That was good to know, it gave us more links to the puzzle we didn't have.
Ami looked over her computer, "It was so sad to." now I was curious. "What was?" I asked. She glanced up at me, "He was found hung in his apartment a month after he had begun developing a file. There was a suicide note next to him. I think the news said that the note read 'I love you my dearest but I can't handle this anymore. Goodbye.' Man left his wife behind." She muttered as if it was wrong for him to have done so.
It made me think on what would have happened to Mamoru had our fates that night not have intertwined. "What do you think he meant by that? Did you work with him?" I asked. Now she was looking at me suspiciously. "What my assistant means is - " Ami cut him off again, "I know what she means. I don't know what he meant. He kept to himself. Unfortunately as often as a person works here there's so much for one to do that socializing isn't something that happens often." She explained.
I nodded my head and let that go…for now. Besides I had a feeling we had what we needed from her. Before I could suggest we leave Mamoru asked one last question, "How did you recognize me from the lobby? We've only ever spoken on the phone." She blushed. "Well we did go to med school together. We had a few classes." She was smitten with him. My ire as a vampire came up but I ignored it.
Even if my ire wanted to make a PDA scene it wasn't necessary. "Ah I remember now. It was good to see you again. I must say you've done quiet well for yourself." Mamoru took a moment to admire the office, "Hai, perhaps we could do lunch sometime." I shot my face to hers and saw the slightly shy girl within trying to breach out of her shell. I felt for her I did but he was taken, "I actually am with someone right now." He supplied. "Oh of course. My apologies." I smiled as she looked incredibly embarrassed now.
"No need to worry." I said. In an attempt to make her feel better I said, "His boyfriend is a real winner." I knew Mamoru was flamed up in the face as I turned to see him. The glance I gave was that of 'just go along with it'. Women were less likely to feel embarrassed or rejected by a guy if it was due to sexual orientation. I wanted her to be able to still reach out and connect with guys so I didn't want this rejection to stay with her.
She immediately looked relieved yet still embarrassed before she said, "Oh I did forget one thing. We may not have socialized but word had it that he found something unusual in the blood work done on the last attack victim. He said if it weren't for the blood culturist getting sick and him needing to take over for the day he wouldn't have found it. I hope that helps you." Mamoru nodded at her before we both walked out of the office.
He just looked at me with a frown as we exited. "Nani?" I asked. "Boyfriend?" he asked. I smiled a little, "Well I didn't want her to feel so rejected that she wouldn't try to talk to guys again. She looked ready to crawl into a hole, so saying you had a boyfriend would indicate it had nothing to do with her at all just that she didn't have the right parts to make you happy." I looked around and gave him a peck on the lips.
"Now let's get going. We have a better idea now of what happened." The next step would be seeing what Rei could find out. As it turns out the Lycan's had tried to build up an operation out here but failed when the doctor intervened. My best guess was once they killed him and made it look like a suicide. I had a feeling they didn't want to take another risk and choose a new hospital that was in a bigger and more highly populated area. More victims to add to their army and less chances of it raising a few brows. Smart.