CHAPTER XXXVI

Gabriel and Marcel bring Detective Peace to the club.

The noise in the club is little as many try to find their way home before dawn arrives.

They sit Warren on a sofa and Gabriel pulls out his cell to make a call.

"Hello, Gabe", Samuel answers on the other end of the call, "Where are you?

We need to talk," Gabriel says, "I'm getting rid of the werewolves that came with Emily," "Oh, good.

Where is Rachael?" "At the club, I left her with Bryan" Samuel says.

"Okay. Remember the detective?" Gabriel asks, "Detective Peace? What about him?"

"He is the one that led me to Gretchen, I think he knows more than we think"

"Just fucking hypnotize him and get the information we need," "Sure, I will call you later", Gabriel hangs up.

Gabriel sits opposite the detective, "Look at me," Gabriel says, "Look, your secret is safe with me.

There is no need for any of this," Warren says.

Gabriel's eyes begin to glow and a psionic wave of energy hits Warren and he falls back onto the sofa.

"That was easy.

Now tell me who you are," Gabriel says.

"I am Detective Warren Peace, I work for a secret government agency that investigates and monitors supernatural activities."

"What is your goal here?" "There has been a rise in supernatural activities in New York, I am one of the many agents planted to observe and report," Warren says in a weak voice.

"How did you know about The Assassin sisters?" he asks and Warren makes a weird sound like a purring cat.

Marcel laughs, "It's been long since I've seen this reaction from hypnosis," he says.

"The vampire I killed a couple of minutes ago, how did you know about her?" Gabriel asks again.

"Camera's, wiretapping…our organization has access to many resources" "What is the name of this organization and where is their HQ?".

"I don't know. They contact us, we the agents never contact them".

Gabriel rubs his head as his frustration grows. This question and answer segment feels pointless.

He has no fear for any government organization.

"With the access to the information you have, tell us, is there anything you know about Count Dracula?" Marcel suddenly asks.

"Count…Count Dra…cula," Warren stammers, "He is going to get the last piece for his ritual a few days from now," Warren says and the two immortals raise their eyebrows, "Now that is interesting,".

"This could be the right time to foil Dracula's plans," Marcel says to Gabriel, "Maybe but we have to be sure before we take action.

What is this piece?" Gabriel asks, "Nightmare," Warren says.

Gabriel stares at him in shock.

It is impossible; Gabriel is sure that he has Nightmare back at the club.

Could it be that Dracula is after a fake or the one in his possession is the fake?

Something fishy is going on.

"Where are we going to find this Nightmare?" "I don't know,".

Gabriel sighs, "Leave," Gabriel orders and the detective stands up and starts to walk towards the exit.

Marcel eyes the detective until he leaves, "Are you sure you want that human to leave here alive?" Marcel asks, "He is going to be back.

He will be useful in the future" Gabriel says.

Gabriel's phone rings and he picks it up, "Hello, John".

No one answers.

"John".

Elena Martin has been working on John's phone; checking his phone records and messages hoping to find something useful.

The vampire has little information that can be of use to their hunt but she finds something.

A few numbers that the vampire frequently calls and she narrows the shortlist of significant phone numbers to two.

Must be the two people that uncle said I should keep an eye out for, Elena thinks.

She copies down the numbers and leaves the table where she sits and walks to Marcus, who is sitting with Rachael at another table.

"Uncle, I think I have found the masters of the vampire.

These are the two numbers that he has contacted the most within the last three months," Elena says frivolously, "Nice work," Marcus says.

Not allowing her free spirit blind him from the importance of these numbers.

Rachael's mind runs wild as she hears this.

Could it be that they have already located the twins?

Marcus dials the first number and a cell phone on one of the guards rings, "What is this?" Marcus asks and the guard provides the ringing phone.

"Is this yours?" "No sir, it belongs to the werewolf".

Marcus dials the second number and it rings; someone picks up.

"Hello, John.

John."

"You must be his master," Marcus says, his voice is cold over the phone.

"If you want to see your servant again, come to Rocky Cabin mountains or else he will be dead along with your little band of supernatural friends," he says.

"Who are you?" Gabriel asks, "A very angry man," "John can handle himself and if he dies then it is his time.

Now, fuck off" Gabriel says and cuts the call.

Gabriel is irritated by the voice of this man.

Who is he?

He dares call him and threaten him with John's death.

Gabriel dials Samuel's number and he picks, "Hello, what's up?"

"Meet me at Rocky Cabin Mountains.

I am going to save John" Gabriel says and cuts the call.

"Is there any problem?" Marcel asks, "Yes, someone is fucking with me"

"Oh," Marcel plays with his hair.

John probably got abducted by hunters.

He has been a good friend to me.

I already failed Frank and Mary; I'm not going to fail John.

Elena works fast on her laptop as she tries to pinpoint the location of the call but the conversation is too short and she can't track the signal, "Damn it," she slams her fist against the table.

"I couldn't get his location," Elena says.

Rachael's heart beats fast as she sits speechless at the table, "Now Rachael, tell me what I need to hear" Marcus says.

Rachael eyes the table as she finds it difficult to look Marcus in the eyes, she notices the crucifix of his rosary on the table, "If you don't talk, I will kill your friends first".

Rachael swallows her saliva and comes up with a plan, "I dare you," she says boldly.

The people in the room look at her with shock.

Lucas giggles as he finds his niece's courage amusing.

"I will kill them," Marcus says sternly.

"And you will have the entire werewolves in New York on your ass before you know it.

You see, the werewolf you have in captivity is an alpha.

The alpha of all the werewolves in New York" Rachael says, doing her best to hold up this act.

Marcus stares at her dead in the eyes and she stares back into his as chills crawl down her spine.

Marcus stands up, "You have only bought your friends a few hours. They will still die," he says and walks away.

Elena comes to the table, "Hello, I'm Elena, your cousin. Welcome to the family" she says with a weird smile.

Rachael can't believe she pulled that off.

She doesn't know what will happen next but she hopes she can come up with something.

The first rays of dawn hit Samuel's eyes, he pulls out a canteen from his jacket and drinks its content.

John is in trouble; normally Samuel wouldn't flinch but he knows John would come to his aide if he needed him.

"Rocky cabin mountains, I hope I can make it in time".