DAY 1
onnie sat at her
desk writing her report on the previous night’s events, she paused for a moment
listening to the movement of feet up and down the hall outside the office, she heard
Daniel’s footsteps coming to the door, three minutes later the knob turned and
Daniel walked in, he looked better, and a little flush which meant that he had
feed recently, unlike her she knew she was pushing it she hadn’t feed in three
days and now that the moon fever was raging within her body she was not doing
herself any favors she needed to find a willing donor and fast.
“Good
morning” Daniel said, she nodded. She watched him as he went around the office
tiding then pouring a cup of coffee from the perk machine. She watched him
closely, the way every muscle rippled and flexed under his skin tight shirt
when he moved his arms to reach the files on the top shelf, imagining how they
would feel wrapped around her waist, pulling her close, and those hands that
handled the intricate detail of office work, handling the intricate details of
her body… “Connie are you listening to me?” Daniel asked her, snapping her out
of her daydream of Daniel’s arms wrapped around her body. “Um no, sorry” “Are
you ok?” she knew what he meant with that question, he wanted to know if the
moon fever was effecting her, the truth she thought ,was she need to get it
back under control and stop dreaming of Daniel
and her together as if there was any possibility of that. “Yeah I’m
great.” She lied.
There
was a knock at the door, “Come in” “Daniel, Connie” Jimmy the head of forensics
for the PEC greeted them as he came in holding a file in his hand. “Is that the
forensics for the last body?” Connie asked “Yes and I have some interesting
news” Jimmy said, he handed the file to Daniel, and Connie went to his desk and
read it with him. The file specified how the woman died the time of death and a
detailed description of the body. “Look at what we found under her nails” Jimmy
said, they read the excerpt then looked at each other. “This is very
interesting” Daniel said “Yes seeing this is the first lead we’ve had in
weeks.” Jimmy replied. Just then there was a beep announcing that the head of
PEC was on line via satellite, Connie touched the intercom button and their fae
boss Connor O’Neal’s face filed the screen. “Good morning sir” “Connie, Daniel,
Jimmy, what is the latest news?” “The results are in sir and we have our first
lead for weeks” Daniel said “Good, what did we get from forensics’?” “We were
able to extract some DNA from the skin captured under the young woman’s nails,
and the test results said it is from a vampire about two to three hundred years
old.” Jimmy said summarizing the important details from the file. “Good that should
narrow down the field considerably, what else do we have?” Daniel and Connie
exchanged looks, and she nodded. “Well sir there is something else. Last night
at the scene we were attacked…” “By some kind of ghostly looking thing, it
smelled of death and decaying flesh…’ “But neither Connie nor I was able to get
a read off of it.” Daniel commented. “Hum very Strange indeed. Were you able to
get a good look at it?” “I believe so sir” Connie relied. “Good send a detailed
description and I’ll have Edna do some research see what we are dealing with.”
Connor disappeared.
Bringggggggggggggggg!
The phone rang then, Daniel answered it. There was a long silence as he
listened to the caller; if Connie wanted to she could have easily heard what
the caller was saying by using her werewolf hearing but she waited until Daniel
finished the call. “We have to go there’s been another murder.” He announced,
“What!” “Where?” “Illaro Court” oh no Connie thought,”Not the First lady?” “No,
the mistress apparently.” Daniel and Connie gathered their field gear and went
down to their designated car. They were silent as they drove to the Prime
minister’s residence in. When they got to the scene the police had already
cornered off the scene, and forensics and the CSI team were already in place.
She and Daniel put on their booties and cloves and pulled on their blazers and
made their way over to the crime scene.
Within
three feet of the scene Connie stumbled, and doubled over with pain holding her
head, she cried out as she tried to block out the emotions from the murder
invading her mind and her very soul. “Connie, Connie can you hear me?” Daniel
asked kneeling in front of her, he reached out to touch her, “No don’t, please
don’t touch me.” Connie pleaded with him, as tears streamed down her face from
the force of the emotions forcing themselves in and saturating her mind and
senses; they overflowed into her pours and her being, making it impossible for
her to be touched. “Have you fed recently?” “What?” “I asked, have you fed
recently?” Connie tried to shake her head, no. “You should have, it would make
your shields stronger.” She cried out in pain again, and she began to shake,
“no not here not now Connie. Keep it
together now is not the time to change, you hear me, pull it together.”Daniel
demanded, with all these people around now was not the time for her to shift,
Connie nodded her head that she understood. “I’m going to give you some of my
blood ok.” “No!” Connie shouted. “Why not? It will help you.” “No, we will be
linked forever.” She forced through her clenched teeth, she held her head in
her hands again, the pain was becoming excruciating, if she didn’t get blood
now she would have to change and right now with the moon fever burning within
her it would not be the best thing to do, but very dangerous. “Is that such a
bad thing, you need blood Connie, right now. Now stop arguing and drink.”
Daniel demanding, he bit into his arm and lowered his wrist to her mouth,
Connie pulled away shaking her head no, “Dam it Connie stop being so stubborn.
Drink Now!”
Connie
could smell the blood, it smelt warm, rich and full of life, the pull was too
strong to ignore for long, she grabbed Daniel’s wrist and put it to her mouth.
She inhaled deeply then drank. Daniel’s blood poured into her mouth warm and
smooth filling her body with the nutrients it needed to survive. Daniel hissed from the contact and pull of
Connie’s fangs on his skin. She moaned as the blood coursed through her body,
filling her with warmth and life, Daniel’s blood was rich and strong. Connie
could taste his desires, and see his past and his thoughts as clear as day. She
knew now that they were forever linked, there was no turning back. After a few
moments she forced herself to stop and pulled away from Daniel’s wrist. She
closed her eyes and breathed slowly to get her heart and pulse under control,
and then she concentrated hard and erected her shields to keep out the
onslaught of the emotions from the crime scene.
“How
do you feel?” Daniel asked, she opened her eyes and looked into his, she could
get lost in those eyes she thought, so much warmth and unrevealed love were
held in there depths, she closed her eyes shook her head and mentally kick
herself, keep focused she told herself, she opened her eyes and looked at
Daniel, “I feel better, thank you.” He nodded “You’re welcome, do you think you
can stand?” “Yeah, sure thanks.” He took her hand and helped her to her feet,
she swayed a little and he gripped her arm firmly in his after a few more deep
breaths she was good. They walked over to the body hand in hand.
“Detective
Malone, Agents DaVel, McGuire” the officer greeted them, they shook hands
cordially. “What do we have?” Daniel asked, “Seems to be the same MO of the
previous murders, it is obvious we are not dealing with a human here.” Malone
stated “No we are not. It is a vampire and an unknown species.”Daniel said,
silence followed this statement, everyone became solemn as they looked at the
young woman brutally murder in front of them, she was carved down the middle
with both her breast severed from her chest and bite marks littered her body,
there were also pucker marks along the right half of her body. “Do we have more
flesh for DNA analysis?’ Connie asked Jimmy who was crouched by the body taking
samples from under the nails, “It would seem so, hopefully it should confirm
the first analysis and test results.”
Connie nodded. “Is it here? Can you feel it?” Daniel asked, she knew he
was talking about the creature, “I don’t know I haven’t tried to see if it is
here.” “Do you think you can?” Connie nodded, she took a deep breath, closed
her eyes and concentrated, she thought peaceful thoughts as she begun to take
down shield after shield, then she surged forth allowing her senses to resonate
from her, touching and tasting every feeling with in a hundred yards from the,
the she went out further to a mile, but there wasn’t anything there. Connie
replaced the shields around her mind but not before briefly catching a glimmer
of thought that passed through Daniel’s mind.
“I
didn’t feel anything.” Connie told Daniel, who stood closely by her side
watching every move she made with care in his eyes.”I couldn’t sense anything
either.” “But that doesn’t mean it is not here, remember we still don’t know
what this thing is” Jimmy stated, and that was the fear factor to this case.
After they finished analyzing the crime scene Daniel and Connie made their way
back to the office to write up another report. They were driving back when
Daniel broke the silence, “Why didn’t you want to take my blood?” he asked
taking his eyes of the road to look at her, not that he need to watch the road
with his vampire senses Daniel could navigate any road without seeing it.
Connie didn’t answer him at first but she looked in his eyes and decided that
he deserved to know the truth. “After my twin brother died I haven’t allowed
anyone in to my head. For years it was just me and my thought with no
intrusions. I built up multiple shields around my mind and conscience to keep
people out; I didn’t want to feel that kind of pain again.” She replied then
sat silent for awhile, “I wasn’t there when he died, but I felt it I lived the
horror, I experienced everything he went through, all the pain and anguish and
hurt, and it damn near killed me as well, if my mum and dad were not there to
pull me out of his agony and the abyss of his death I would be with my brother
now, but I am not, I am here, forced to live among the agony and suffering of
others. And now that I have drunk your blood I will be able to feel your pains,
your joys and your hurts, and I’m not sure if I am strong enough to live this
way again.”
Daniel
looked at her and watched her as she explain her hesitation, he could see the
pain in her eyes read it on her face and could feel it in his soul, he could
understand how she felt living through a similar horror, but with twin siblings
who were also empathic and telepathically linked feelings would be intensified,
he could sympathize with her, but he wanted to do more than that, he wanted to
be the one to comfort her, to hold her to his chest and tell her that
everything would be fine, that he would be there to protect her, but he wasn’t
sure if she was ready for that, ready to love again, so he would wait. “Now do you understand why I didn’t want to
drink from you” she said breaking through his train of thoughts. “Yes, I
understand and I am sorry about your brother, however I think it may be time to
break down a little of those shields.” He saw her open her mouth to interject
but spoke before she could, “You can’t be alone forever Connie, eventually you
are going to have to let someone in.” she didn’t reply but remain silent for
the rest of the ride to the office.
They
got back to the office and Connie still had yet to speak, maybe he was a little
harsh and incentivize back in the car, he probably should apologize, he was
about to when Connie stopped him, “Don’t” she said sitting down in front her
desk, “Don’t what?’ Daniel asked, she gave him an incredulous look, “Don’t
apologize; there is nothing to apologize for. You are right I can’t be alone
for the rest of my life.” “How did you know that I was … ah yes. You can hear
my thoughts now, right? ““If I wanted to.” “So you had an inclination to read
my thoughts just now?” “More like feel what you were thinking, yes and I am sorry
I did not mean to eardrop, a slip of concentration.” “So do you constantly have
to concentrate to keep your shields up?” “No. but the moon fever burning in me
and the lack of feeding is making it difficult to enforce my shields.” “I
thought that vampire’s were empathic?” “More telepathic, and influential, and
my gift could break through your shields any day without a problem.” “Really? I
don’t think so.” “Would you like to put it to the test?” Daniel asked,
challenging her to a little friendly rivalry, “Maybe, after the moon dance.”
“About
that, what exactly is a moon dance?” “What do you want to know about it?” “What
exactly does a moon dance mean?” “It is what it says, but it is more like an
orgy, of lust and blood. Werewolves meet in one place to dance and mate with
their chosen’s for the duration of the moon fever period.” “Interesting!”
“Very” Connie replied with a grin. The door opened after a brief knock and
Jimmy entered, “Sorry to interrupt you but you guys should read this, it’s the
forensic report on the Prime Minister’s mistress, Danielle Churchill;
twenty-six, healthy and obviously sexually active, now for the bad news, she
died between four and five this morning where she was raped, tortured and
sucked dried by our vampire from the previous murders, now the interesting
freaky part, it appears that that creature you saw at Thursday night’s murder
was also involved. We found the same pucker marks on the right half of her body
on the underside, Reggie, our resident biologis/chemist, says that it appears
that whatever that thing is, it is sucking the nutrients out of her skins, all
traces of vitamins and natural oils and such are no longer present in the
body.” “Is this pattern consistent with the other bodies?” Connie asked, “After
going over each body yes the pattern is the same, the only difference is the
mutilation of the women’s body after the process has been completed.” “We have
to call Connor immediately.” Daniel said. Right then there was a beeping sound
and Mr. O’Neal’s face filled the screen, “Did I hear my name called?” I wonder
how he does that, Connie thought shuddering at how creepy his entrance was it
was like he could hear or sense them calling his name from way over in Canada.
“Sir
we just got the report from forensics and it appears that this creature is
sucking the natural oils and nutrients from the victims’ bodies.” “Also their
souls have been tortured somehow” Connie interjected; Daniel turned and looked
at her, “When were you going to tell me this?” “I just realize why the crime
scenes are so hard on my empathic skills, the soul of each victim has been
there at every scene, and it is their emotions that I am reading not the
vampires””Are you sure about this Agent DaVel?” “Yes sir that could be the only
plausible explanation for why my shields are being so easily broached, the
souls are there crying out. They are trying to tell me what happened to them.”
McGuire was silent as he pondered what Connie just said, “If you are right then
I believe we have a good idea what we are dealing with, I had the team do a
search on the description you gave us, adding the information you just gave me
I am positive that we are dealing with a species of creature that we thought
was extinct and is greatly dangerous than any creature of the underworld we
have yet to encounter thus far. It is called a Kite; it feeds of the body’s
natural essence and adds the souls for good measure, no one knows where they
originate from, and how they have come to be still alive, but we believe that
we know how to destroy them. The only way to kill a kite is to blow the head
off.” “How can we blow the head off if we can’t even see them?” Daniel asked,
“Ah yes that is the tricky part, the only time the kite materializes is when it
is feeding.” “So we have to be there when it is feeding and then blow its head
off. Great that should be easy” Connie added sarcastically. “No one said this
job was going to be easy, you knew the possibilities of risks when you signed
up. I want you to coordinate with the defense force and get these creatures
handle efficiently, we don’t want this turning into a worldwide panic, because
we can’t afford it.” And with that he disappeared.
“I
guess I better go and see what else we can get from DNA.” Jimmy said making his
exit. Connie slumped into her chair exhausted and feverish, she shivered for
awhile then took three gulps of air to calm herself down, she looked up at
Daniel’s worrying stare, she raised her hands, “I’m fine.” “Really? You don’t
look fine. You look like you need to feed then get some rest.” “I’ll be fine; I
guess I better go brief the force.” “I think not, especially not with the vibe
you are throwing off. I will do it, you go feed and then get some rest I’ll call you and see you
tomorrow.” Connie knew that Daniel was right but she wasn’t one to admit when
she was wrong, she was going to interject when Daniel interrupted her, “That
was an order not a suggestion” he said putting the power of his influence
behind the words. She was going to argue when suddenly she felt tired and exhausted
from fighting. Connie sighed, “Okay I’ll go to the dance and then go home and
get some rest. Good night Daniel.” “Good night Connie” she turned off her
computer then left the office, she made her way to the underground bar Papa
G’s, a werewolf club especially popular around the moon dance period, after she
fed, she went home and fell asleep immediately.
