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slightly jarring to her,
given the rest of the Vampires around them.
His eyes were a deep black color,
showing no whites, and compelling, so she didn’t look into them too deeply. It
would be rude to have a battle for her mind just then, she didn’t doubt.
Especially with people that were only trying to be helpful. She rubbed at the
blood on her hands, but didn’t get to answer, Iryna letting her head come up in
a single tick.
“I barely saw them die, it was so
fast. Like The Lord himself, she moved. I think these two have come to remove
the vermin, as the Council has promised us.” She looked a bit worried though,
for some reason, her eyes going to the oldest man. “They didn’t say that,
however.”
Even though the words were said
very rapidly they were oddly clear. Eve smiled and shook her head, lying again.
“Nope! Sorry, we’re just here to
see the sights, and keep my friend here awake all day. I hope this won’t be too
much trouble for you? Bodies like this all over the place. It’s very messy of
me.” She tried to sound like she meant it, but it was clear that half the room
wasn’t going to buy it. Then, they didn’t need to.
No, all that was required of them
was that they didn’t go and tell everyone in Moscow that she and Nikki were
there, until it was too late. Worse, they honestly didn’t need to know that Bey
was coming, or even hear a rumor of it.
If that happened then a whole
bunch of Vampires would probably take the chance to run. By her schedule they
still had a day and a half before Bey was going to get there, and there was no
way to really get in touch with him. Then again, they weren’t stuck off
in the hinterlands here. There was a working phone right there, on a nice
wooden stand with a lace doily over it, and if the government was listening,
well that just meant she needed to be careful about what she said, didn’t she?
The men, and one of the Manthori
women, took the bodies away, and she was led to a nicely tiled shower room. It
had a great mosaic pattern worked into it, in greens and blues, with a few
browns. The picture was a forest scene, with an ocean on the back right hand
side. It was huge, too, being about three times larger than any shower she’d
ever been in before.
Neither she nor Nikki had a
change of clothing with them, but other than a few little spots of blood on her
t-shirt, she was fine. Eve scrubbed up well though, and then went to wait for
the morning to come. As soon as the others there moved off to sleep, dying for
the day, which it seemed they all did, she signaled for Nikki, who was still up
and around, to follow her.
As they ran, not going very fast
yet, she explained the new plan.
“We’re here to scout. So we need
to get to Moscow as soon as possible. That’s a decent way away, so we’re going
to have to go in fast and hard. We’ll examine the whole city, looking for
nests, and seeing if anyone is alive and awake right now. If they are, try not
to start a fight with them. I don’t actually know if the plan is to kill them
all. It might have changed since we last spoke to Bey, so I’d rather not get
that wrong. We can always kill them later, yeah? It’s harder to bring them
back, and I didn’t make arrangements for that.”
Waving, Nicole pretended to yawn.
“Lead on then? I’ll keep up.” The
voice sounded very confident, which was good, but the actions were a bit
lacking. Still, it was clear that the other woman really was doing her
best, and the trip, which should have taken about ten minutes, or less, for Eve,
given all the hiding and detours they had to make, still only took about
twenty. It was better speed, if not perfect, yet.
Nikki even managed not to scream
when they got there, which was amazing. If she could keep it up, the Southern
Washington area’s Proctor might not even annoy her to death before Bey got
there.
It was a good thought, one Eve
was glad to get to have, but Nikki had to ruin it, as soon as they got into
given the rest of the Vampires around them.
His eyes were a deep black color,
showing no whites, and compelling, so she didn’t look into them too deeply. It
would be rude to have a battle for her mind just then, she didn’t doubt.
Especially with people that were only trying to be helpful. She rubbed at the
blood on her hands, but didn’t get to answer, Iryna letting her head come up in
a single tick.
“I barely saw them die, it was so
fast. Like The Lord himself, she moved. I think these two have come to remove
the vermin, as the Council has promised us.” She looked a bit worried though,
for some reason, her eyes going to the oldest man. “They didn’t say that,
however.”
Even though the words were said
very rapidly they were oddly clear. Eve smiled and shook her head, lying again.
“Nope! Sorry, we’re just here to
see the sights, and keep my friend here awake all day. I hope this won’t be too
much trouble for you? Bodies like this all over the place. It’s very messy of
me.” She tried to sound like she meant it, but it was clear that half the room
wasn’t going to buy it. Then, they didn’t need to.
No, all that was required of them
was that they didn’t go and tell everyone in Moscow that she and Nikki were
there, until it was too late. Worse, they honestly didn’t need to know that Bey
was coming, or even hear a rumor of it.
If that happened then a whole
bunch of Vampires would probably take the chance to run. By her schedule they
still had a day and a half before Bey was going to get there, and there was no
way to really get in touch with him. Then again, they weren’t stuck off
in the hinterlands here. There was a working phone right there, on a nice
wooden stand with a lace doily over it, and if the government was listening,
well that just meant she needed to be careful about what she said, didn’t she?
The men, and one of the Manthori
women, took the bodies away, and she was led to a nicely tiled shower room. It
had a great mosaic pattern worked into it, in greens and blues, with a few
browns. The picture was a forest scene, with an ocean on the back right hand
side. It was huge, too, being about three times larger than any shower she’d
ever been in before.
Neither she nor Nikki had a
change of clothing with them, but other than a few little spots of blood on her
t-shirt, she was fine. Eve scrubbed up well though, and then went to wait for
the morning to come. As soon as the others there moved off to sleep, dying for
the day, which it seemed they all did, she signaled for Nikki, who was still up
and around, to follow her.
As they ran, not going very fast
yet, she explained the new plan.
“We’re here to scout. So we need
to get to Moscow as soon as possible. That’s a decent way away, so we’re going
to have to go in fast and hard. We’ll examine the whole city, looking for
nests, and seeing if anyone is alive and awake right now. If they are, try not
to start a fight with them. I don’t actually know if the plan is to kill them
all. It might have changed since we last spoke to Bey, so I’d rather not get
that wrong. We can always kill them later, yeah? It’s harder to bring them
back, and I didn’t make arrangements for that.”
Waving, Nicole pretended to yawn.
“Lead on then? I’ll keep up.” The
voice sounded very confident, which was good, but the actions were a bit
lacking. Still, it was clear that the other woman really was doing her
best, and the trip, which should have taken about ten minutes, or less, for Eve,
given all the hiding and detours they had to make, still only took about
twenty. It was better speed, if not perfect, yet.
Nikki even managed not to scream
when they got there, which was amazing. If she could keep it up, the Southern
Washington area’s Proctor might not even annoy her to death before Bey got
there.
It was a good thought, one Eve
was glad to get to have, but Nikki had to ruin it, as soon as they got into
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