Chapter 25

Rajat rushed out of his Pajero and closed the door with his foot. In his hands were two coffee cups and in his mouth was the handle for his briefcase. He was was an hour late and he feared that Rose would kill him or perhaps even fire him.

He ignored everyone's greetings and ran to his desk. He dropped his briefcase and rushed to Rose's office. He didn't have to get there to know that she wasn't in. She was no where to be seen in her glass office.

Rajat turned to her secretary and by the look on his face, even he didn't know where she was. Without another word, he got into her office and placed her coffee on her table. The table was the same as it was the previous day. Not a thing was out of place. This meant that Rose hadn't been there that morning. She too was running late.

"Thank goodness I am not late after all." Rajat sighed in relief.

Staring at her empty seat, he remembered her sitting there yesterday looking at the GPS tracker. He felt a cold sweat down his spine and his eyes widened in fear.

'She wouldn't, she couldn't and she didn't! '

Rajat rushed to her landline and dialled her number. Rose's phone rang in the basement of the Packet brothers. She helplessly watched it ring while Danny glared at her. It rang and rang until it cut.

Rajat tried it again but this time, Danny smashed the phone to bits against the wall. When Rajat realized that it went off, he dialled Rose's home number. He anxiously waited for her to pick up. The phone rang and rang until he was sent to voicemail.

Rajat cut the call and tried again. He felt his adrenaline rush as he waited for Rose to pick up. He felt so suffocated with worry that he began to hyperventilate. He feared for her life.

'Perhaps she is already dead.' He thought.

His thought was squashed when he heard a feminine voice from the other side of the line. Rajat held his heart and sighed in relief.

"Miss Peterson!" He exclaimed excitedly.

"This is her cousin Lois. Miss Peterson isn't in at the moment. Please call her office." Lois lazily said and ended with a yawn.

Rajat felt his heart drop. "Um thank you." He said and disconnected the call.

Knowing how suicidal and daring Rose was, Rajat assumed that she went looking for the Packets alone. Rajat picked up the laptop and dashed out of the office. He was going to the police.

Everyone including Steve, watched him storm out in surprise. Steve adjusted his glasses and went back into his office. He sighed and sat on his chair.

'Asher, where are you my love?'

****

"Those are the new orders from the queen huh?" Commander Naraygeous of Asia, asked the two men kneeling before him.

It was winter in Tokyo when Commander Naraygeous was told of the new orders. He was puzzled by Queen Sharaina's sudden interest in the Infinite Medallion. By the look of things, finding the medallion was of utmost importance. Commander Naraygeous dismissed the messengers with a wave of his hand.

"I know you were eavesdropping Melonina. You might as well come out now." He said and she revealed herself.

"It appears after so many years, the medallion has been found." She said feeling unfazed of having been caught spying.

"What puzzles me more is how it ended up with a vampire."

"That must be one daring vampire commander."

"In deed."

****

Danny and Lil Jack inspected Rose's car for bugs or wires and found none. They however did not let their guard down. They refused to believe that anyone would be dumb enough to face them alone.

They decided to search the area for any signs of other people being there. After two hours of searching, they found no trace of anyone else. They chose to return to the cabin for the time being.

"Do you really think she came here all by herself?" Lil Jack asked Danny.

"I'm not sure but I'm starting to think so." Danny quickly answered.

The first thing that they saw when they got into the cabin were Monique and Madeline sleeping on the couch. Billy walked into the room and groaned at his bullet wound. He looked at his sweaty brothers and concluded that they found nothing.

"I never thought that anyone could be so dumb." Billy said underneath his breath as he walked into the kitchen.

****

Rajat stormed into the police department. He bumped into a good number of people and the laptop was slapped off his hands. He dived for it and caught it before it hit the ground. He sighed in relief and thanked his god.

Rajat suddenly saw a pair of black polished shoes right in front of his face. He looked up and saw an angry police officer. Rajat smiled awkwardly, got up and rubbed the back of his head while holding the laptop close to his chest. All eyes were on him.

"Mind explaining to me why you have disrupted the order here?" The officer asked him.

"Um I want to see the chief detective. I have something important to tell him."

"He is busy at the moment. Come some other time or wait in line like everyone else." The police man pointed to the queue.

Rajat shook his head. "You don't understand sir. It is a matter of life and death."

The officer held his forehead with two of his fingers. "Peter dear, be a police man. It's gonna be so much fun." He muttered to himself in a squeaky voice. "Listen here, I have told you that he is busy. If you can't come later, wait for him in the lobby like everyone else."

Rajat looked around and spotted the door with Chief Detective Harvey Brown. He ran past the officer and got to the door. Three police officers ran after him. Rajat opened the door and met the eyes of an elderly man on the phone. He tried to speak to the detective but the officers pounced on him and began to cuff him.

"Sir please listen to me. I have reason to believe that my boss is in trouble." He said. The police men picked him up and began pulling him out the door. "She has been kidnapped by the Packet brothers!" Rajat exclaimed.

Upon hearing the words Packet brothers, the chief detective stood up. "Mike let me call you back." He said and hanged up. He turned to the police men. "Uncuff him." He ordered and they obeyed. Turning back to Rajat, he asked. "What did you say boy?"

"My boss has been kidnapped by the Packet brothers. This laptop has a GPS tracker that can lead us to her. Please you have to help her."

"I'm going to need you to tell me everything you know." The detective said.

Rajat sat down and told the detective everything he knew. He told him how Rose embarked on a dangerous mission to prove that the Packets were guilty. He also told them of Rose suspecting Steve to be Robert Packet. He opened the laptop and explained to the detective that the red dot was Danny's truck.

"Gather units five, six, seven and eight. Send it the S.W.A.T as well. It looks like we have found the Packets. They are not getting away this time."

***

Steve leaned back his chair with his eyes running through a folder. He picked up his pen and signed the dotted line before picking up another file. His telephone buzzed and he pressed a button - his mind still preoccupied with what he was reading.

'Sir, Miss Asher is here to see you.' his secretary said through the speakers.

Steve froze with the file in hand. His lips curled into a smile of relief and dropped his head back with a sigh. Bringing it back, he shook his thoughts in order.

"Allow her in." he permitted and breathed out through his mouth.

'Yes sir.' his secretary hung up.

Asher went to his door and knocked. She heard Steve tell her to go in and slowly opened the door. Steve immediately noticed that she was still wearing the same dress she wore last night. Asher put her hands behind her back and walked towards him feeling awkward.

"Hi," she whispered to him and bit her lip, her blue eyes avoiding his.

Steve stood up and got away from his desk. "Where were you? Your phone was off." he expressed his concern to which she raised her face to him.

A moment of silence passed. While Steve longingly looked at Asher, she mostly kept her eyes off him. When she finally faced him again, she parted her lips to speak and Steve swallowed hard.

"I spent the night at a hotel." she answered his question, tucked her lips and said, "My battery died. I didn't carry my charger."

"I'm glad you're okay. I was so worried about y-"

"I'm sorry," Asher cut him off, a sniffle followed to which Steve dropped his brows. "I acted so inconsiderate. I should have given you chance to explain everything."

"Asher,"

"You accepted my past as a cocaine addict. You were there for me in my darkest times. I am so sorry Steve." Asher wiped away a stray tear.

Steve pulled her into a hug. She wrapped her arms around his neck, giving him the chance to sniff her hair. "Oh Asher, I should be the one apologizing to you for keeping a big secret from you."

Asher pulled away and gazed into his sincere eyes. "I love you Steve."

Steve chuckled happily at her words. He was so sure that he was going to lose her after telling her the truth. Hearing her tell him that she loved him warmed him up so much that he felt like he was the happiest man in the world. A huge burden was lifted off his shoulders. "I love you too. I promise no more secrets between us."

Asher grinned mischievously at him and blinked her teary eyes. "Before I agree to that, I have a secret that I want to reveal to you too."

"What is it?" Steve asked with a smile.

"I am pregnant. I discovered this last week. I wanted to surprise you on your birthday next week."

Steve picked her off the ground and twirled her around in excitement. "I am the happiest man on Earth!" he exclaimed. "Let's move our wedding closer."

"I was about to say the same thing." Asher said and they locked in a slow passionate kiss.

****

At Commander Diavinx's secret base was vice commander Quix holding the latest report he got from the New York captain. It contained information about the peak in the negative energy. Quix did not read it yet and he wondered what was written on it. When he got into commander Diavinx's office, he found him playing with a cat on the carpet. Quix cleared his throat.

"Sir, I have the reports concerning the negative energy in New York." He said.

"Please read it to me." Diavinx answered still playing with the cat.

"Yes commander." Quix sat down. "Due to our investigation, we have discovered the cause of the high levels of bad energy." Quix read and the commander let go of his cat and gave his full attention.

"The cause is the numerous vampires in the city. We have killed so many of them so far to cut down on the numbers but the vampires are just so many. They are causing so much distraction. We therefore seek assistance from you, honorable commander Diavinx." Quix finished reading.

"Vampires huh? I had a feeling." Diavinx rubbed his chin.

"Commander, do you think the Infinite Medallion has something to do with this?" Quix asked him.

"Maybe so vice commander. Send troops to search New York for the medallion immediately."

****

After two hours of driving, the police closed in on the Packet brothers. Rajat identified Rose's car. He believed that Rose was close or perhaps what was left of her. The police drove closer to where the beeper led them. In no time they spotted the cabin.

They parked in front of it. Wasting no time, the police and SWAT team stepped out of their vehicles and pointed their guns at the cabin. Detective Harvey held an air phone to his mouth.

"THIS IS THE POLICE! I REPEAT THIS IS THE POLICE!" He exploded.

Rose gasped when she heard this. Tears of joy trekked down her eyes. Finally ,help had arrived. Perhaps, not all hope was lost.

The Packets on the other hand got up stunned. They quickly got their riffles ready and peeped through the curtains.

"We have you surrounded. Come out with your hands up!"

"Fuck! I knew that bitch had cops nearby." Lil Jack lamented angrily to which Danny cocked his shotgun.

"Wake those two up. We ain't going down that easy." Danny told Billy while looking at Monique and Madeline. They were napping on the couch.

Billy kicked the couch and received an annoyed groan from Madeline in response. "Wake up you two!" he screamed at them.

"Damn it Billy! What the fuck?" Madeline growled while Monique just yawned.

"I am hungry." Monique licked her lips.

"There is food outside. Go and help yourselves." Danny grinned darkly at them.

The vampires moved with flash steps that blew the curtains. The police took notice and heightened their concentration for anything. Little did they know that beastly yellow glowing eyes stared at them greedily. The vampires' fangs stuck out as they salivated at the delicious sight of the police.

"Do you think they will come out?" Rajat asked detective Harvey from inside the car.

"Be quiet and stay in there." Detective Harvey sternly told him. "I REPEAT COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS...good god man what the hell?!"

He shrieked when he saw Monique and Madeline run after them growling like the beasts that they were. Monique picked up a log and used it to smash one of the cars. Rajat screamed and the police opened fire. The bullets hit them but did no harm to them.

Rajat feared for his life and got out of the car. He slipped underneath it unnoticed by anyone and covered his ears. The two vampires bite off neck after neck and drank blood greedily like animals.

"Keep firing!" Detective Harvey yelled as he shot at Madeline.

Her attention turned towards him. She wiped the blood off her mouth and let her abnormally long tongue stick out. She charged at him and he shot at her screaming. Madeline round kicked his gun away and punched him. He fell to the ground and didn't see Rajat hiding underneath the car.

Rajat crawled out of the car trying his best to avoid the bullets he couldn't see but hear. He ran to the cabin unnoticed. When he saw the door suddenly open, he hid behind a bush by the porch. Rajat held his breath when saw the Packets step out with loaded shot guns. They headed for the battlefield.

A bullet missed Rajat and he had no option but to run into the cabin. He was panting heavily as he looked left and right. He panicked at no sign of Rose anywhere.

"Miss Peterson!" he desperately called out and Rose heard him.

"Rajat?" She whispered to herself in disbelief. "Help! Help me!" She screamed after him. "Rajat I am in the basement!" she screamed louder and Rajat heard her.

Rajat followed her voice and it led him to the basement. He ran down the stairs and burst the door open only to find Rose all tied up and beaten.

"Rajat, please get me out of here." She cried. Without a word, Rajat began untying her. "Hurry!"

"I am almost there." Rajat assured her. In no time he freed her. "Good now let's get out of..." Rajat froze with his eyes wide open.

Rose looked at him with so much horror in her eyes and warm blood plastered on her face. Rajat touched his bloody belly, looked at Rose one last time and fell to the floor dead.

Billy's sudden laughter shattered Rose. "Did you really think that you could escape?" he mockingly asked her and put one more bullet in Rajat's skull.

Rose tried to run but Billy blocked her path. He hit her forehead hard with a gun and she fell to the floor. Her head pounded and her vision was blacked in and out. She could still see the fading image of Rajat's body lying in a pool of blood.

Billy walked to her and forced her head down with his boot. He laughed hysterically like a maniac. Rose cried the more she looked at Rajat. She tried to stretch out her hand to him but she was too weak to move.

"Rajat... " her tears poured. "You can't be dead. Please wake up." she whispered and kept trying to reach out to him.

"He is dead." Billy venomously taunted. "And so will you."

Detective Harvey looked at his fallen men devastated and horrified at the same time. They laid scattered with their necks ripped off. The smoke coming out of the burning cars was chocking and blinding.

Knowing that the battle was lost, he shakily stepped back. Madeline grabbed him from behind and roughly bit his neck. His bones cracked and blood splashed out as she violently devoured him.

Her roars and his gaggling screams only made Danny and Lil Jack laugh hard. Madeline threw what was left of Harvey to a nearby car and watched his body burn with a bloody grin.

"Good job girls." Danny praised the vampires and they hugged him squeaking happily. "Ey don't get that blood on me. This is a new shirt for fucks sake!" he reprimanded them but they didn't let go. "Let go of me damn it!"

"We have to get rid of the bodies before they start to stink." Lil Jack voiced out his concern with disgust.

"We will do it tonight. As for now, let's pack them in the truck."

****

It was a hot afternoon in New York. Daisy, sweaty and naked, sat on top of Bruce who was naked too. The two barely covered themselves with a bed sheet. Daisy moved her head to the jazz song playing on the radio. Bruce put his hands on her breasts and she held them. She teasingly rubbed them against her breasts. Bruce just laid there enjoying his hands on her breasts.

"Baby, what wish should we make when we get the medallion?" Daisy asked him.

"I don't know. I have already got what I always wanted." Bruce contented with a grin.

Daisy bended towards him, her perky breasts hanging in his face. Tempting him to put a nipple in his mouth but he kept his tongue at bay. Daisy spread his arms apart and placed her face close to his.

With her eyes partially closed, she put her lips so close to his opened mouth. Bruce moaned at the air she blew into his mouth. Daisy stuck her tongue into his mouth and Bruce kissed her deeply with everything he had. After a while, Daisy pulled away from him and put her finger to his hungry lips.

"What wish has already come true for you?" she asked him.

"You," Bruce giggled.

Bruce turned Daisy over and got on top of her. He kissed her deeply. His kiss moved to her neck and she moaned. Using the tips of his hands, he felt her breasts. Daisy moaned even more and before she knew it, Bruce made his way in.

Daisy set her hands on Bruce's waist and gritted her teeth in sheer pleasure at his strong bed moving thrusts. Their moans were so loud that Sana and Sanuika raised their eyebrows in the living room. They closed their eyes blushing heavily with embarrassment.

"They have been at it for hours. How much crazier will things get here?" Sanuika asked Sana who was busy closing her ears.

Maradina stood motionless by the window. She sensed the presence of vampires in the area. The twins sensed it too and abruptly stood up. They felt a tingling sensation all over their bodies and knew that it was high time they fed.

Waxx and Josh weren't around. The girls took this opportunity to go out and feed without anyone stopping them. Derrick watched them leave in silence. He just shrugged his shoulders and changed the TV channel.

Once out, the three girls closed their eyes and sensed the vampires around them. The three lunged up into the air in three different directions. They ran on roof tops jumping from building to building. Each did not think of the other. Their thirst for vampires made them only focus on satisfying themselves.

Maradina stopped and paused like a lioness watching her prey. She saw three vampires in an alley about to devour a boy. She tilted her head as she watched them drain the life of the him in a bloody mess that left a graffiti wall stained.

Seeing that they had their fill, Maradina leapt down and landed on her feet causing a mini Earthquake. The vampires were startled by the sight of Maradina glaring at them with glowing red eyes.

"Fuck a darkas god!" one shrieked.

"We can take her. She is all alone." another one growled.

One charged at Maradina and threw a punch. Maradina blocked it with one hand and punched the vampire hard in his nose. The other two lunged up to the roof of a three story building. They watched in horror as Maradina absorbed their friend.

"Let's get out of here." One said to her friend but got no response. She turned around to see why and she was mortified to see Sana absorbing him. "Shit!"

The remaining vampire jumped to another building running as fast as she could. Sanuika spotted her and went after her. Just when she was about to escape, Sanuika kicked her hard off a building. She shrieked in fear as she plummeted to the tarmac. When she opened her eyes, she looked into the red eyes of Sanuika.

Sanuika covered her mouth before she could scream again and she began feeding. The vampire felt her strength draining. Her body shrank and shrank until it looked like a dried up fruit. Sanuika continued to feed until the body turned into dust.

"Dude, I got all that on camera!" an excited male voice sounded.

Sanuika turned to the people looking at her. Some were horrified and astonished by what they just witnessed. Most of them, like the excited boy, had their camera phones filming her.