Chapter 5: Summoning.

[Viktor? Have you questioned the vampire cop about the abduction of one scientist last night? He is the answer to our future…]

I tried to summon him but to no avail. Then I tried again,

[Viktor?]

[Yes, My lady? Sorry I was questioning the vampire cop who had been attacked by rogue vampires attacking in the pack. It's so rare, don't you think?]

As expected from my subordinate that I turned by myself, his mind synchronized with mine.

Is there any lead?

I asked while Viktor answered right away because he was so sure.

[Yes, my lady. He said that one of the rogue vampires yelled at the others not to harm the doctor, they said they needed him alive.]

[That means good news, Viktor. Now we only need to figure out why those rogue vampires wanted him alive. Dr. Lazlo Howard, right?]

There was a silence, then…

[He is, my lady. You're not gonna like what I've found. Dr. Howard was working on a string of DNA that can alter any creature's brain to evolve. He said to the vampire cop that he was successful in making all the lab rats act smarter. Then he tested it on bigger animals like lambs. They know how to use their front foot to open the gate. The doctor had to put a lock on the gate…]

[That's interesting, Viktor. What else did he say?]

[At first, he thought that the lambs had evolved to know how to pick the lock, which is impossible. Then when he examined the whole cage, all the lambs were sucked dried so that there was no blood left. Right away he knew it was the work of the rogue vampires. Thus he planned to go home and work only during the day because he knew, the rogue vampires would come back for him…]

Then I continued Viktor’s sentence,

[But it was too late to be guarded by a vampire cop. The rogue vampires already evolved and they're getting better organized in attacking in a pack. Is it right, Viktor?]

[You read my future mind, my lady.]

It was a term that Viktor said about my ways of finishing his sentences in our minds. But I was still curious about the fields of study that Dr. Lazlo Howard mastered. If he was working on the string of DNA, then it meant that his field of study was genetics and molecular biology. How did he end up shown in the crystal ball and related to the mass production of synthetic blood? Just like what I saw in the crystal ball.

Or he was just another key to another way to direct us to the real source. Hence my curiosity muttered in my mind finally heard by Viktor.

[If you've been asking about Dr. Lazlo Howard's fields of study, my lady. I had his files in my hands.]

[Well, I guess now you're the one who read my future mind, Viktor.]

I accidentally raised the left tip of my lips feeling satisfied I wasn’t wrong to turn him into my subordinate. He had my vampire’s blood made us easier to think in sync.

[My lady, you're my master. You were the one who breathed vampire life into me. Thus it's just obvious if I had your ways of thinking that I can’t thank you enough. I might sound like a broken record, but I believe you hate the fact that I'm about to read for you as much as I do…]

[Oh, go on, Viktor! Don't leave me hanging with your best courtesy. He's good at genetics and molecular biology, right?]

[Forgive me, your highness. His fields of biology study not only cover genetics and molecular biology but also all biology branches under the initial G until M…]

[What? That’s a whole wide range of study scope. And he's not 50 years old yet? He's not human, right?]

[Sorry to say, my lady. He is human. He walks in the daylight. Thus he took the initiative to go home with the vampire cop guardian to work only in the daylight. He already took the right precaution to avoid the rogue vampires. Alas! They had already evolved therefore it was too late for him to take the steps he initiated. And how did you know he's not 50 yet?]

[The stupid headline in the newspaper told about him, Viktor. 'The 49-year-old scientist' with a close-up of his face so clear as if it was there on the end table of my bed.]

I heard him chuckle because of my sarcasm. Sometimes it was amazing to know you could still make a joke amidst the disaster happened. But then again I guessed it was because Viktor was my child, my subordinate. That was why he understood my lousy jokes.

Still, it puzzled me if the doctor mastered the field of hematology and histology which would be useful in formulating the synthetic blood, so I confirmed to Viktor,

[Do his fields of study include hematology and histology, Viktor?]

[Forgive me, my lady. Like I said before, they are under G UN-TIL M branches of biology, including heredity.]

[Ow, is there something in your mind you're not telling me, Viktor?]

As the maker and her child, we still had our boundaries not to interfere with the deepest mind we had to respect the freedom of will and thinking. Though we were communicating through minds, Viktor still could have his inner thoughts without me knowing what in the corner of his thoughts was.

[Apologies, my lady. I'm always curious about your ancestors. If the doctor can help us, we might be able to summon your wolf, and if we become hybrid. I believe we can walk in the day and peace will be easily restored.

And then, what Viktor? Will you resign or will you build a new world?

Viktor could sense the anger in my mind that he stepped too far,

Thousands of apologies, my lady. I didn't mean to…]

I cut him before he finished his sentence in my mind because I realized it was my fault after all. I didn’t think that the freedom of will would cause me trouble one day. Though I was trying hard to feed myself and my children good blood, the thoughts might be noble, but the passengers might be trouble.  

[That's okay for now, Viktor. At least we know that the doctor's life will be spared. So we can have a day more to think about the tactic or where we should head?

It's not clear yet, my lady. But the vampire cop said that they were going north. Though, they may alter the direction after they were out of his sight. 

Possible… possible…]

Then I was in silence hearing my own deepest thought until Viktor awoke me after a second of falling into my deepest thoughts.

[My lady?]

[Wait, Viktor. One more. I was thinking with those fields of study, the rogue vampire pack can use the doctor to alter their DNA as well so that they could be more advanced in thinking instead of giving up on their raging hunger for blood. Do you think it's logical, Viktor?]

[Absolutely, my lady! I haven't thought about that. But where should we look for their nest?]

[Find all the data about the abandoned buildings that John never went on patrolling, Look if there is at least one with a used medical office or abandoned medical fixation room. They need only one room to set up the lab he needs. Hopefully, we're not looking for a needle in a stack of hay.]

[On it, my lady! Should we move tonight?]

[Have you found where to look, Viktor?] 

[Errr, not yet…]

[Then keep on looking first, post me later when you know where we should head. I'll tell the other three that they can mend their horses while waiting for your report.]

[Yes, my lady.]

We ended our minds meet. Though it was quite exhausting because I had anger in the meeting which I shouldn’t have, I summoned Mr. Tanaka to tell the other three of my horsemen to chill and prepare anything they could do to be onset.   

[Mr. Tanaka?]

-To be continued-