Episode 1 ~ Dalton
“If I turn around, will you still be there?” She asked, hearing a chuckle for a response. It was...odd. It didn’t sound natural, but it was the first time she’s heard of their agents laugh. “I suppose that is a no?”
“We will email you the pictures. We’d rather you not dig up his grave. We are still studying this region.”
“Of course,” she said exasperated. They were always around. Once they attach themselves to something they become its shadow. There wasn’t a thing she did that was private anymore. The S.I.B knew everything and some times she wondered if they could read her thoughts. “Why the interest in Forgotten Hollow? The vampires are no more.”
“Where did you put the Watcher’s Key, Telah?”
It was Telah’s turn to laugh now. “What if I told you it wasn’t on this planet anymore?” She continued to laugh. “What if I told you that I had given it to some other kind of life form?”
She could hear a curse from behind her, harsh in its defeat. She continued on.
“I don’t know what she’s done with it, but, after I used the power of the Key to get rid of the Vampires I wondered if the Key could be used for something more constructive...some Sixam by the name of Lul claimed it could help her revive her nearly extinct species.”
The man was silent now, so much so that she wondered if he were still there. But eventually, he would speak. “Not all of the vampires are gone, you know, they do a good job of hiding.”
“Maybe, but they are without their bite now-”
“You’ve made a big mistake. You picked sides in a war without realizing that picking a winner means we all lose. You have given the spellcasters power and you have given them reason to abuse it. We will speak again, Telah, perhaps then you will be ready to cooperate with us and help us find the Watcher’s Key.”
