Chapter 7: We're Coming, Gorgeous!

When I was running my fore finger on the crystal ball, hoping that I could find any clues on how to find the doctor, besides I finally knew that the doctor was held captive not in a basement because the windows behind him were painted to prevent the sunlight from breaking in, I found another note written by the doctor. It said,

“Help me!”

He knew exactly that his vampire queen, the ruler of the Imperial Colony would find him. Well, gorgeous, we’d come to rescue you. But before that, I’d need to know some more clues found near your surroundings.

I ran my fore finger to the right side of the crystal ball to see if I could find some other marks or brand or even a complete address that could lead us to find him. There weren’t enough clues to look for so I started to look at the interior of the building. The columns were all painted in white and the light seemed just sufficient.

I saw some shelves of experimental tools used mainly for a lab. I was guessing that the building was a medical office where they usually performed some kind of tests on the clinical specimen because I saw mostly there were some tubes to store the specimens. But they were all scattered that they seemed to be abandoned. I didn’t think that the doctor did all that. It must be the previous owner’s works.

As I ran my fore finger on the crystal ball to the direction where there came the moonlight, it could be seen that some of the places were abandoned or even half finished. Not all parts of the interior in the building were painted. Some parts were left as it was. The walls weren’t painted or covered with

Now I finally got the picture, it looked like it was a warehouse. This way I could downsize the search for certain buildings that only appeared to be warehouses. But the question still remained which direction of the Imperial Colony this warehouse might be.

I’d better summoned John because he used to patrol to abandoned places and buildings,

[John?]

I waited for a few seconds and then,

[Yes, my lady?]

[Where are you now?]

[We’re sweeping the sides of Times River. We’re checking the nearest abandoned medical buildings from the mansion. Mr. Tanaka said that the doctor possibly to be held captive in a lab or in a fixation room, right, my lady? We’re searching at the moment so that we can narrow them down when we have the lead from you or Viktor.]

[Have Viktor called, John?]

[Not yet, my lady… But thanks for reminding me. I haven’t checked my phone since we departed from the mansion. I prefer to be summoned by you like this directly, so we could do the work without stopping and being slowed down by the gadgets. But absolutely, my lady…as soon as we arrive at the next post, I’ll check if there was any message from Viktor…]

It was obvious that John didn’t like using the technology that he preferred to be a complete vampire and being summoned by me. I had to find a way for us to be able to communicate effectively. This had happened over and over. I was hoping to find the doctor right away. I believed his genius mind would be able to help us finding the solution to our problems.

[Do you remember all the abandoned warehouses while you were patrolling, John?]

[I remember all, my lady…]

It was the perk of being a vampire that you have an excellent memory because your mind was alive forever. But John reminded me something that I forgot,

[The problem is… which warehouses, my lady? In the north, south, east, or west side parts of the city?]

I had to give him clues he could use,

[What about warehouses with more than two stories high? Because the crystal ball shows that the windows of the warehouses are painted to prevent the sunlight from breaking in. This means that the building should be more than two stories high, am I right, John?]

[Absolutely, my lady… If that is the case, then I could narrow them down to the warehouses in the old complexes located in the north, south, and west parts. There wasn’t any abandoned warehouse on the east part because there is Time River that all the warehouses there have owners. I think the others and I will sweep the area to the south, then to the west and north.  Is there any news from Viktor, my lady?]

[Nope, you’d better check your phone. Also… how many back up do you bring with three of you, John?]

[So far… twenty. My lady, Viktor said that he sent some more from the Force to help us when we’re about to move to the South, I heard just a while ago, one of his men received the news from Viktor.]

[Did the man tell you Viktor has a lead, John?]

[Not yet… My lady.]

Then I had to find some more clues from the crystal ball.

[Ok, keep on sweeping and keep me updated. I’ll see if the crystal ball has some more clues]

[Aye! Aye! Ma’am!]

I ended our minds meeting. Now it was time to try on one more direction that I hadn’t try when I ran my fore finger on the smooth surface of the crystal ball. It was to the opposite direction of where the moon light came.

“C’mon, doctor. Give me some more clues. O dearest crystal ball, where should I look?” I mumbled while touching the upper part of the crystal ball to make it misty and then I ran my fore finger to the opposite direction of where the moon light came. The mist slowly broke and there was a fuzzy image on a bag of first aid kit. I used both of my fore finger and my thumb to see if I could zoom in the image.

There as it could be seen that the image was rewritten to be clear by the doctor, because it was shown after that, that the doctor himself was trying to make the logo clear.

“Thank you, gorgeous!” If only the doctor were my child, I could summon him and told him in person I was glad he did that.

It was a logo of infinity with short lines connecting both of the longer lines like a string of DNA. It was finally clear and I believed I could find the location of the warehouse. All I needed to do now was asking Viktor to find the data of a warehouse with the infinity logo so I summoned him right away,

[Viktor? Find the location of a more than two stories warehouse with a string of DNA logo, or an infinity logo.]

He was really in stand by position thus he answered me right away,

[On it my lady!]

After about five Mississippis,

[It’s on the North part, my lady. And there was only one warehouses complex. I’ll bring some more men from the Force…]

Viktor hadn’t finished his sentence and I cut him,

[Make sure they all are vampires, Viktor. Let the humans stay in the station and make sure the steel shields are locked. We need to make sure that this isn’t a bait to lure all the vampire cops leaving the station and letting the humans in the station left vulnerable. I want all vampire cops work on this ambush. I’ll let John and the others know to move to the north. I’ll see you there.]

[Certainly, my lady.]

Then I summoned John.

[John, to the north…]

I hadn’t finished my sentence, suddenly John answered,

[I know one complex of warehouse on the north, my lady. Is the interior finished to be done or not, my lady? I believe you could see that from the crystal ball…]

As expected from my smart son, John was as meticulous as grandpa. Too bad we’re still vampires. If only we were werewolves. None of this would be this hard.

[I saw that some parts of the interior hasn’t finished. Only the part where the doctor works that has sufficient lighting.]

[I know that one particular warehouse on the outer part of the complex near the gate. It has only two stories. It hasn’t finished because it was the farthest building from the source of the construction site. Plus since it’s located on the outer part of the complex, it had been used as shelter before I came to that place and asked anyone to move because it was hard to patrol there and there were more risks for them to be turned into rogue vampires. I had evacuated them to the nearest hospital and our mansion to be willing blood bags…]

I was so satisfied with his explanation and initiative. He really was my child that I felt I wasn’t wasting time torturing myself drinking only good blood to be able to be wise and smart like John was today.

[Good then, I’ll tell Viktor, and I’ll see you there. Make sure the doctor isn’t turned to be rogue vampires yet, John.]

[Oh I doubt that, my lady. I believe rogue vampires don’t wanna take risks by turning the doctor and making him as stupid as they are. It would be futile for them to kidnap the doctor and making him one of them. Though they’re smarter because of the DNA engineered lambs that they ate, it wasn’t smart enough for them to find the solution to the risks.]

Amazing how John could be as smart as that.

[Awesome! See you soon, John]

[On my way, my lady]

[Where are you Viktor?]

A fast response,

[On my horse, my lady, I’m with all the vampire cops from the station. Around 50 of them]

[More than enough, possibly there are only 10 of the rogue vampires. The doctor is in the outer warehouse near the gate that has only two stories. I believe he’s on the second floor because the rogue vampires usually have a place to guard. They might be on the first floor.]

[That’s true my lady. That is what they usually do. See you there, my lady.]

[On my way, Viktor]

With that, I jumped from roof to roof that it took me only few minutes to get there. If only I was a thousand year old, I’d be flying and everything would be easier.

-to be continued-