Nick and Elias came the next day. I was left reading Gray's Anatomy on the living room sofa while Adam and Samuel and the vampires retreated upstairs. Elias took a scroll from his bag. He said " This is from my mother's papers, as you know. Our mother turned us into the first vampires, this is an old prophecy and I don't know if anyone else has this but someone in this struck me and then I started looking into it." Elias fell silent. Nick continued " This is about Mimi but it's also about the rest of us if I'm interpreting this correctly. Mimi's mother was the only daughter in her family and Mimi is her only surviving daughter. The last daughter of the last daughter. Now what makes this about Mimi is this." Nick dug out another scroll and spread it out." This is our family tree. This is my mother Ester and this is her sister Dahlia. But this" He pointed to the third name. "Lily. I didn't even know my mother had another sister. And this sister, this sister is the key. From her goes a line of descent that can be followed all the way to Mimi. "Adam said quietly "So Mimi is your very distant relative."
Elias replied "Yes, but that's not all."
"Here's another family tree. This is my father, my real father's family tree, and again here this time is a man, my father's brother, who was not a werewolf." Nick explained. " This family line also goes back to Mimi, more specifically her mother's father was in this family line." So Mimi's mother had two families that came together to form Mimi." "This prophecy that I dug up," Elias said, " Just tells of the last daughter of the last daughter. This even predicts when Mimi was born. 9.9. 1981.'" Adam was silent for a moment and said " What does this mean?"
Nick read "The last daughter of the last daughter is surrounded by a defender, protector, and guardian because she has enemies everywhere. The daughter will shut down the games of hell if the protector can be rescued. She will experience much love, pain, and hurt, but she will give the world the greatest gift of all. Now that last part I'm not quite sure if it's about the world or worlds, but it goes on, the Daughter is chaos, lust, love, she can build bridges but she can also destroy the evil in the world. Beware, the daughter is haunted by a sorcerer, a son who is not a son, a shaman, and a warrior who has no soul. Enemies are everywhere. The daughter is eternal, immortal, but her spirit may falter, and then great darkness will cover the earth."
Samuel gave a low whistle." Now these prophecies have been around for ages but it's good to know so we can be on our guard." Nick continued "I'll try to go through the family trees, see if there's any mention of those characters.
When the vampires came down, they lingered for a while, drinking coffee and chatting with Adam and Samuel about whatever. I didn't care because I was in the most wonderful chair in the world, I wasn't hurt, I was safe and now I was distracting myself from thinking about my whole life and future all the time by immersing myself in the fascinating world of anatomy. Samuel had warned me that actually, nothing I learned from that book applies to us directly because literally, we are a different species. It's easier to convince people that a werewolf is the same person, he's just got a wolf inside him but it's quite another story.
The first thing is instincts. I had a big bunch of instincts that were pulling me in all sorts of strange directions all of a sudden. The instinct to defend myself. When Adam or Samuel made a sudden move I had to control myself not to grunt or flinch because, after all, they were my superiors and no matter how much they want to protect and nurture me, they too have their own instincts that tell them to show me my place. Adam actually warned me about this. Then if your instincts don't have enough to do then your senses will.
All my senses were super sensitive and very good. Just the sense of smell alone. A human smells so little but a wolf. It took me a while before I learned not to analyze every whiff of smell. Sight, all the sudden movements, I was about to scurry off to chase after them. The feeling of everything felt so intense. Adam had explained these things on our drive. And then there was this new body of mine. Sure I was skinny, really scrawny, and weak compared to men but I had never felt so capable in my life. I was lithe, strong, and what would also take some getting used to, different from what I was originally. In fact, plastic surgery had been done on me even before they sent me to kill Nick but I hadn't had time to process it. No one from my old life would recognize me even if I met someone I used to know once in a while. I just had to accept it and move on.
Then there was all this stuff I'd been through. All of it would take time and reflection, not to mention nightmares. Somehow I had a feeling that my night's sleep wasn't going to be terribly long or peaceful, at least not at first. I didn't even notice when the vampire brothers left and Samuel came to me. "Young lady, let's go downstairs to the medbay and I'll check you out a little better, just leave the book there." I got up and followed Samuel as Adam had said I should obey as if straight and it would not be wise to argue with him. Knowing Adam's temperament and Samuel's too, I decided to be a good girl and follow. We went to the lower lobby and down the stairs. We came to a long white corridor with double doors at one end and a single door at the other end this corridor ran the length of the house and judging by the few doors I saw here there were large rooms too. Samuel said " This way" and I started walking towards the double doors, we went through them and came to the med bay. It was a big room, with shelves and tables and levels on the walls. At the back of the room was another set of double doors, the kind that usually leads to the operating theatre, at least in TV shows. There were three patient beds, analyzers, and some kind of almost dental chair. Samuel directed me to sit in the chair.
He asked " Honestly, can you stand it if I take blood from you? Do you tolerate needles? Do you have any reaction? For the sake of it, do I have to contain you a little bit to get the blood samples?" I thought for a moment and said "I don't know, it's all so damn new. What I do know is that if I see a syringe I will run away or attack you, I don't want any injections. No drips, no cannulas. " Samuel looked at me for a moment and said " Put your hands on the armrests and relax, let's see how you react. " I put my hands on the armrests and suddenly the metal cuffs closed around them and they were tight, I started to squirm. Panic started to take over. Samuel said " Calm down, it's nothing to worry about, it's just a precaution, if you can tolerate me taking blood samples and not fighting all the time we can try it without the restraints next time. This is just a precaution. I'll just take the blood, do nothing else and I'll release you as soon as I've finished taking these. " I started to calm down. Or at least I tried to. Samuel put a pillow under my arm and turned so my elbow was straight. It showed my good vein. Then he took the other side of the wing needle and the tubes on the rack closer. He wiped my elbow with alcohol and then took the needle and inserted it into my vein. The sensation alone made me tense.
What if he attached a syringe to that and drugs me, what if there was already medicine in the needle? Panic started to take over my thoughts and Samuel noticed this and said "Mimi, look what I'm doing, look, think logically, analyze. What vein is this where I'm taking your blood? What does your blood contain? Distract yourself and think about anatomy. Look here you can see what tests I'm taking. What am I looking for? What's the reference value for these, do you think you're going to go within any reference value?" I started to concentrate and think about what Samuel was telling me, slowly the panic started to recede.
He finally got the tubes out and I didn't even need a band-aid as the needle mark just disappeared. Samuel pushed the button and the shackles opened. Maybe I wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. I watched as he put most of the tubes apparently into the centrifuge and some already straight into the analyzer. Then he went over to the computer, fiddled with the mouse for a while, clicked something and the analyzer started humming. He directed me from the chair to one of the patient beds and started to do a thorough health check, beginning with the teeth. He took samples, saliva, tear fluid, skin, and sweat. He had a table on wheels next to him with lots of different sampling instruments and stethoscopes and other scopes. He was looking at my nose, taking a sample, my throat, my ears. He gave me a hearing test, a vision test, and some physical performances like grip strength, how high I could jump, or how much I could lift. Surprisingly much, even though I said so myself. I was proud as I could lift 96 kilos. Samuel walked past me and went to the weights and effortlessly lifted 350 kilos. Samuel said " That wasn't even an effort, Mimi, that's how strong we really are. I have no doubt, once you get your weight and fitness up, you won't have any trouble doing the same thing."
Samuel continued his examination, frowning from time to time, rolling over to the computer on his stool on wheels and typing away the time, then coming back and continuing. I stayed put and let him do the internal examination as well, taking samples, though it hurt surprisingly much. He took a stool sample directly from my bowels and a urine sample directly from a bladder through my abdominal wall. He ultrasound every organ and muttered something I couldn't make out. Then a CT scan, and X-rays. Again, I was able to concentrate during it because it vividly brought to mind the radiation machine that burned and hurt. Finally, Samuel said " Now you can go upstairs. Can you find your way up or shall I take you?" He looked at me for a moment before I could answer and said " Come on, I'll take you to eat and then Adam can continue with you after dinner. I'll look over these results a bit more." Samuel directed me upstairs to the kitchen to sit at a small table and went to talk to Adam in a hushed voice. For some reason, he could talk so I couldn't quite hear.
Samuel went over to Adam and said " Feed Mimi, see if you can get any more clothes on her, she's chronically underheated and it's affecting everything again. I don't know if a hot bath would help, but you've probably got a few more lessons of your own to share. I put the shackles on for the blood sample, full on panic was about to set in, also the x-ray machine is something that scares the hell out of her, she is a sexual virgin as you guessed and I don't see any signs of sexual maturity yet, so there is no need to fear the heat right away. Blood counts, well I, when I don't actually know what they should be but what's amazing is how few white blood cells she has. Now I can't tell if that puts her at risk of infection or not, but her healing rate is incredible, it's about five times that of us, so it takes a lot of energy. It may well be that her body doesn't need white blood cells yet because it can regenerate so quickly that pathogens don't get a proper foothold. It might be wise at some point to see if we can put together a defense system for her so that that regenerative capacity doesn't have to be quite so high." Adam thought for a moment about what Samuel said. The werewolf heals quickly and is almost invincible, silver is one weakness. But if Mimi's healing ability was five times theirs, that was a ferocious caloric expenditure. No wonder Mimi is so damn skinny. Adam nodded and said " Let's see if I can get her in the bath, I don't know if she'll dare go with me to the Spa ward, a sauna might be better but I want to keep an eye on her all the time now so she doesn't pass out or accidentally fall asleep, even in the steam. Mimi has her own problems, her own fears but she needs her rest. We should probably give her something to help her sleep at night."
Samuel thought for a moment and said " The only things that work on her are injectables, how do you get an injection for her?" Adam nodded and said " Leave it to me, just find a sedative or just an anesthetic that doesn't take much, and a small needle. I'll try something tonight." Samuel said " Fine, I'll get it to you tonight, I'm going to go check the results and see if you can get some food and warmth into the lady. Try to get her mind off it, so she doesn't spend all her time thinking about her situation." Samuel then turned and went back downstairs.
Adam came over to me and said " Would you mind going with me to the spa ward for some food, a sauna, and a bath? To warm up a bit, you, my lady, are underheated and for some reason, I suspect you don't want to put any more clothes on. Do you suffer to see a naked man, or is it too difficult for you, if so, then you will go to your bath in your own tub, and from there straight to bed to warm yourself." Oh, I didn't see this coming, fine. I said "I have no problem with naked men, you know I'm a virgin, I've never even kissed anyone, I'm not attacking you. I may be a little admiring but you, Adam Hauptmann, are perfectly safe with me."
Adam smiled genuinely and said, " It's a good sauna and a chat on top of the food, then you'll be really tired and then you'll be able to sleep." Maybe, I thought to myself, but I remembered the nightmares and knew it would be a while before I could sleep soundly without any nightmares. Adam started piling food in front of me and I ate at a steady pace. It seemed like the food was just sinking in and I would never be full, then I started to see how much Adam was actually eating. A lot. Even though I was eating too, the amount of food that was sinking into Adam was enormous. Giant thick steaks oozing fat at least 6-8. A good mountain of mashed potatoes, gravy, then some macaroni and some kind of meat sauce without a ridiculous amount. Adam noticed my expression and said " Take a lesson little girl, this is how us big boys eat, your metabolism and energy consumption are even proportionally higher than mine, so this is just a sample meal of what you can and will have to eat one day. don't be surprised. We don't get fat even if we eat what we eat. We consume absolutely everything. " I bravely ate my own plate down and eventually I actually started to feel full. At least my stomach was clearly bloated from all the food, I felt like another starving child from a developing country, which is skeletal meat by the way, but they have a ball belly.
Adam had put the sauna on from some control center and it was ready by the time we had eaten. I said to Adam "I can actually make some dessert one day, have you ever tasted a bun? I'll look at the supplies and I can do some baking, it's been a while since I've done that. Maybe then I could make doughnuts and meat pies too." I started thinking about all the things I could bake one day, for some reason it just seemed like a nice thing to do. Adam took me into one of the bedrooms and got a pink bathrobe from the cupboard. I had one in my room but I was happy to accept this "Go and change and throw your clothes in the laundry hamper, then come into the living room and we'll go to the sauna, don't worry, there's detergent in there too." I went into my own bedroom to undress and put on my bathrobe. It was wonderfully thick, almost luxurious. I enjoyed it very much and just a lovely light pink. I realized that Adam must have bought these somewhere along the line, even though he didn't know where I was and probably everyone thought I was dead.
I went into the living room and Adam was there in his bathrobe too, his bathrobe was green, a beautiful forest green. Which just accentuated Adam's gorgeousness. I wondered to myself what wouldn't accentuate that. We went through the door and down the stairs to the basement level, this was not the same hallway as where medbay was. We walked a short distance and Adam opened a large heavy wooden door, behind which was the spa department. This was a big one. The floor tiles were a light brown, there was a large jacuzzi that could probably hold 6-8 people, three individual paw tubs, and behind the glass door was a large swimming pool, probably some kind of sports performance it was so big. I could swim but I wasn't sure how long I would last, my whole body function and abilities were so damn new. Everything felt new and while at times it was very gratifying and interesting, at other times it was exhausting because nothing was the same.
The sauna was big, there was a heater in the middle and it was easy to get to, with no need to jump on one of the benches, which is always too high for me, no, the stairs were low and led easily to the benches, which were spacious and there were cushions to lean on. This sauna was made to be enjoyed. I took off my bathrobe and found that Adam had done the same, Adam was perfect in every way. well, let's just say he was very well-built in every way. I tried not to stare, but as I had never seen one so big, Adam smiled and said " You know, I'm no exception, this level of equipment is pretty much standard for werewolves then, I'm just thinking of your future, little girl, just get ready." I went red, as red as red can be. No help, that's flirting with me and quite directly at that. I couldn't get a word out and concentrated on drawing myself a bath. Adam was suddenly behind me, adjusting the water to a considerably hotter temperature. "Mimi, remember your temperature should be 40 degrees, that water should be at least that warm. " I could feel Adam's body heat, he was hot. I got my bath lowered and got in the water. It was like being boiled alive again at first, but you get used to it. For some reason, this tub offered an unobstructed view of the shower room where Adam was washing himself. Oh, what a sight I had to see.
I lay in the bath for probably half an hour, Adam washed and then went to the pool to swim, oh how he moved beautifully, and even his swimming had a beastly touch. I got out of the bath and went into the shower to wash my hair and myself. Then it was my turn in the sauna. I climbed up on the benches and got into a good position and took a bath, it was actually quite nice, the bath was warming and relaxing and the sauna didn't get too hot right away so I didn't have to go out to cool off. Adam came into the sauna. "You've got some serious steam going on in here." He said and sat down close to me. I threw some more steam on, it's supposed to be warm in the sauna.
Adam started " We werewolves, we touch a lot, as you may have noticed on the ship. I am the alpha, the leading male, and my instincts tell me to nurture, protect, and guard you. So I touch then, that's the thing you have to learn because it's so innate in wolves that no one can control that instinct, and that instinct might be there for you too if you want to get close, get under the arm, get stroked. Don't be afraid we're always ready. I did notice last night that you didn't sleep at all. You're having some pretty bad nightmares and I can help. Now tonight we're going to do it, and this is not a negotiation, we're going to sleep together. You and me. I don't mean sexually, I mean just sleeping. I'm going to take you all to myself and hold you in my arms until you fall asleep. We'll see if the closeness of the other helps. Do you understand? " I nodded. It was true that I hadn't slept for more than a moment in my exhaustion as the nightmares took over again. I knew that once I got it into my head that I was completely safe and nothing bad was going to happen, then the nightmares might ease. This was only my second day here in Chicago and I had been under Adam's protection for less than a week. Considering everything I was experiencing, I tried to be merciful to myself and give it time.
Adam came closer again and wrapped his arm around me, pulling me into him. Then he coldly grabbed a bucket of water and struck the stove himself. He held me close to him and somehow I felt that this was also a great comfort to Adam and very important for him to hold me. Somehow, even there on the ship, he just watched me most closely and nursed and commanded and restrained me. We must have been in the sauna for an hour. We talked about everything but casually I started listing all the things I could bake and Adam was amazed that I was getting excited about cooking now. Of course, he agreed to eat everything. Then Samuel came into the sauna too, and no Adam was not lying, no indeed, Samuel was just as fit and just as well equipped, every muscle was showing and he was a pleasure to watch, I went into another bath and Samuel and Adam went for a swim together. The water was just right and lovely.
Eventually, the men came out of the bath and showered, hurrying me out of the tub for yet another shower to dress and an evening meal. We left the spa area and I went to my bedroom to put on my nightgown, when Adam came in without knocking and sat me down at the dressing table and started brushing my hair, blow drying it, and braiding it in a French braid to finish. Then he directed me to the kitchen where Samuel's little light supper was no small feat indeed. Again I gobbled down food so much that my stomach started bulging, but I hadn't beaten either man at this sport yet. Then Adam said, "Now let's go to bed," it was only 9 o'clock at night, but Adam didn't listen to any objections. We then went to my bedroom and I went to my bed Adam came over to the other side and went to lie on his bare chest with just his boxers on. He pulled me right into him so that my head rested on his chest and I listened to his steady heartbeat until I fell asleep. I felt a prick in my arm and stiffened but it was over quickly and Adam held me tight and secure against him, I fell asleep again before the drug could even kick in properly.