Bab 226: Chapter 217: Vampires
At the football field of the Burkendall High School, Bastian was standing next to the school's football coach. He nodded as he listened intently to Coach Tripp Gundlach. Coach Gundlach was the son of the previous coach, Elijah Gundlach. Similar to his father, he knew the existence of shifters in Burkendall town and was more or less, nonchalant about it. Though, he did not know the man he was talking to was a shifter himself.
The two highschools were planning to conduct friendly matches between the two teams, for at least twice in a month, just like their predecessors have done.
While he continued to listen to the other coach, Bastian could sense someone approaching them from behind but he did not let it be seen in his expression. Because the other person did not emit any killing intent, hence why Bastian was unconcerned about it.
Seconds later, he felt a hand clamped on his shoulder. He smelled a familiar scent and turned around to find Erick and Roel standing behind him. He frowned. What were they doing here?
Erick nodded hello to Coach Tripp, who nodded back at him. He turned to Bastian and said, "We need to talk. Are you free after this?"
Bastian looked at his wristwatch before turning to Coach Tripp.
Coach Tripp shook his head. "There's nothing more to discuss," he answered. "We're all good." Although he knew that the two men used to be the football captain for their school back then and most probably saw each other, he did not expect that they have a close relationship to be able to meet up outside school.
Bastian then turned to Erick and said, "Give me a few minutes and I'll go with you."
Erick nodded as he and Roel walked over to the bleachers to wait for Bastian.
A few minutes later, Bastian joined them and the three men decided to go to the nearby cafe to have a talk.
At the McClay's, the diner has not changed at all, other than a couple of new faces working there. One of the waitresses who had worked there ever since they were still in highschool remembered Erick. Apparently, she was the daughter of the diner's owner. She greeted him and the other two men, telling them that she will get back to them.
The three of them made themselves comfortable in one of the booths. Bastian was about to grab one of the menus that was placed on the table when Erick stopped him. He looked at him curiously, wondering why he had stopped him.
"What's wrong?" Bastian asked, looking confused.
Erick waved away his question, saying instead, "You don't have to check the menu."
Roel, who was quiet all of this time, continued to be silent as he looked out the window.
Shortly after, the owner's daughter walked over, carrying a huge tray. It was then Bastian realized that the people at the diner had memorized all of Erick's favourite food and took the opportunity to immediately cook them before he arrived.
She carefully put the tray on their table and began placing the dishes from the tray to their table. There were burgers, fries, hotdogs, coleslaws and milkshakes. As usual, she had to grab another extra table to fit everything in.
The woman felt satisfied, thinking that she finally managed to get all of Erick's orders ready. It was fortunate that the man had texted them earlier to inform them that he would be coming.
She had learned her lesson well. For years, she and the other servers were dead tired because of Erick and his friends with their bottomless pit stomachs. They had to spend some time preparing their huge orders. They could not afford to displease the man because her father was fond of Erick. What she did not know but her father does, was that Erick was the future Alpha and may help them sometime in the future if they ever encounter any problem.
She was about to leave the table when Bastian stopped her, saying that he wanted to order another three sets of onion rings. She could feel black lines going down her forehead. Just how much do these people eat? She had thought they would have enough food to last them for the day. Apparently, she had underestimated their stomachs.
She forced a weak smile on her face and said that she will return later with his orders of onion rings.
After the woman left their table, the three men finally started their conversation.
"So, what's going on?" Bastian asked curiously. "I thought we were done talking last time," he said, looking at Erick.
Instead of answering him, Erick turned to Roel, who immediately asked, "How did you know that vampires were involved in this? And are they really missing? How is it related to the murder case in the alley?"
Bastian looked around them and after feeling reassured that no one would be eavesdropping in their conversation, he immediately revealed his sources.
Months before Bastian had met up with Erick, there was a bit of a chaotic situation in Port Robston Bay where there were many reports of unidentified corpses being found.
Since Bastian also has some people in his town's police force, it was easy for him to learn what was happening behind the scenes. Similarly to the man who had died in the alley at Burkendall town, the corpses that were found at his town died the same way. And after much investigation, he traced the killing to a den filled with vampires.
Unfortunately, he was too late. He arrived at the den with no vampires inside. He had thought that he was a step ahead of them but he was wrong. For months, he continued his work, looking for any clues, together with his team.
At some point, they managed to find a lone vampire who had escaped from the den. It took some time for them to talk with the vampire since they were natural enemies. After much persuasion of convincing the other supernatural beings that they would not kill him, the latter finally talked.
According to the vampire, they were visited by a warlock, who wanted to partner up with them. He persuaded them, saying that vampires had long been hidden in seclusion and he wanted to help them. At first, they were skeptical about the whole partnership thing. It was not until the warlock had shown them a way to be stronger. With the potions provided by the warlock, the vampires were able to go out during the day and also killed their prey.
Happy with the new found power and strength, the vampires agreed to work with the warlock. They began their partnership not long after, which was a couple of years ago. It was unsure what had happened between those years and today, but slowly, they began to feel something was off.
Even if they had become stronger, they were confused as to why some of their people went missing.
One day, the same vampire who had admitted everything to Bastian, stumbled upon a secret of the warlock. Apparently, he had been using the vampires for his experiments!
He wanted to tell the others but he was too late. They were forced out of hiding and were framed for the crimes committed towards the humans. Their den was discovered and some were captured and killed. That was the day before Bastian and his people had found their den.
He ran, hiding himself, making sure the warlock or the humans did not find him. Unfortunately, he was discovered easily by shifters, instead. Which led to the current situation.
Erick frowned when he heard this story. He then asked, "Why did you not tell me about this vampire that you had found?"
Bastian shrugged. "I was expecting you to tell at least one of your packmates," he said. He looked over at Roel and continued, "And a good thing too. I believed Big brother Roel would have a plan about this."
Erick scowled. It seems like Bastian was getting ahead of himself again.
"And so, did the killing of the humans were done by these vampires?" Roel asked.
Bastian turned to him and said, "Some, yes. Some, no. But the one that got killed in your town in that alley? It wasn't from a vampire."
"How did you know?" Erick demanded. How was he able to see the corpse when he himself had to see it when Hamish was around?
Bastian snapped his fingers.
Soon after, both Erick and Roel felt something weird had happened around them. Roel looked around him and was shocked to see that things and people nearby were… moving slowly!
How could this…
Both Erick and Roel turned to look at Bastian again, who was grinning.
Erick let out a small chuckle. "Seems like you're getting the hang of it," he commented.
Bastian grinned widely. He snapped his fingers once more and the time around them went back to normal.
Roel nodded. "Impressive," he praised. As expected as the future Alpha of the Cesaro pack and the one who has the Lycan blood.
Then his face turned grim. "Did the vampire ever mention who the warlock was?"
Bastian's face turned solemn.
"Rehan."
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