through the entire building. We’d all be affected.” She stared at them grimly. “It would happen so fast we wouldn’t have time to react. Hell,” she said, shifting her gaze. “We might not even notice when it happens.”
Silence.
“That would ruin the building for themselves as well, right?”
Several of the men looked around uneasily.
Tessa shook her head. “Not if the drug had a limited time of effectiveness. They could drug us all and come in later today, for example, and either kill us off or inject us with other drugs – if we hadn’t already converted to their cause.”
She shrugged, her mind thinking madly of all the other applications for such a delivery system. “Think about them going to schools and gaining hundreds of potential blood farm victims in one stretch. They’d never be short of supply again.”
Shocked gasps filled the air.
“You have one twisted mind,” said someone quietly from the back of the crowd. “You know that?”
“Good thing that’s only speculation,” one male said, but he eyed the ventilation shafts above his head uneasily.
“Do you know that’s what’s happening, Tessa, or are you guessing?” Cody asked.
“Both,” she said in an equally low voice. “Deanna’s memories are telling me that such a delivery system was worked on a few decades ago. The concept had been brought back up again recently.”
“Ah hell,” said someone behind her. “If we aren’t safe here, where can we go?”
Just then, a weird hissing sound crept through the walls.
Horrified cries filled the hallway as everyone scattered in all directions.
Everyone but Tessa and Cody.
She watched them all stand back and staring at her. “We need to evacuate the building.”
“And how do you suggest we do that?”
“The same way the others left maybe?” She shrugged. “I don’t know. I am not up on where we are for numbers of vamps still in the hospital.”
“Well, maybe I do.” David, a huge grin on his face, came around the corner, walking directly to them. “I think we’ve found a way out. It will take time and some methodical action on our part, but if you’re right, we could have an answer.” He quickly told them about the elevator Serus had found.
Tessa opened her eyes wide as the information filtered to the back of her mind and joined with information she had already stored there. Deanna’s memories.
“Deanna knew about the elevator. She’d used it before.”
“Where does it go?” David asked.
She sorted through the files in her mind, the folders flicking faster and faster as she moved through the information. Suddenly, it all stopped and the information she needed stood in front of her.
“Oh, interesting.”
“What? Tell us already, Tessa.”
“It leads to the main headquarters.”
*
Cody studied her features. “What headquarters?”
“The blood farm headquarters. It was in the basement of the hospital for decades. It might be still there.”
“Or they might have cleaned it out when we took over the building,” David said. “How would we know? We just found the elevator.”
“Does it give access to every floor?” Cody asked. At David’s nod, he frowned. “And more floors than we know of?”
“I can’t say. It goes to the morgue and the two garage levels.”
“Remember, Cody, there was the other elevator at the morgue level. That one goes below.” Tessa’s face got an arrested look on it. “I think the bottom button has a label that is misleading.”
“Bottom label?”
Cody got it. “There is no second garage level to this place. That’s where it is.”
David spun around. “You two stay here. I’ll go check it out.”
“Not alone,” Tessa warned. “You won’t necessarily know what you’re looking for. I got the impression the headquarters was well hidden.”
David paused. “How are you feeling, by the way? You had quite the trip.”
“Yeah.” She snorted. “A Deanna trip.”
Cody grinned, loving her sense of
Silence.
“That would ruin the building for themselves as well, right?”
Several of the men looked around uneasily.
Tessa shook her head. “Not if the drug had a limited time of effectiveness. They could drug us all and come in later today, for example, and either kill us off or inject us with other drugs – if we hadn’t already converted to their cause.”
She shrugged, her mind thinking madly of all the other applications for such a delivery system. “Think about them going to schools and gaining hundreds of potential blood farm victims in one stretch. They’d never be short of supply again.”
Shocked gasps filled the air.
“You have one twisted mind,” said someone quietly from the back of the crowd. “You know that?”
“Good thing that’s only speculation,” one male said, but he eyed the ventilation shafts above his head uneasily.
“Do you know that’s what’s happening, Tessa, or are you guessing?” Cody asked.
“Both,” she said in an equally low voice. “Deanna’s memories are telling me that such a delivery system was worked on a few decades ago. The concept had been brought back up again recently.”
“Ah hell,” said someone behind her. “If we aren’t safe here, where can we go?”
Just then, a weird hissing sound crept through the walls.
Horrified cries filled the hallway as everyone scattered in all directions.
Everyone but Tessa and Cody.
She watched them all stand back and staring at her. “We need to evacuate the building.”
“And how do you suggest we do that?”
“The same way the others left maybe?” She shrugged. “I don’t know. I am not up on where we are for numbers of vamps still in the hospital.”
“Well, maybe I do.” David, a huge grin on his face, came around the corner, walking directly to them. “I think we’ve found a way out. It will take time and some methodical action on our part, but if you’re right, we could have an answer.” He quickly told them about the elevator Serus had found.
Tessa opened her eyes wide as the information filtered to the back of her mind and joined with information she had already stored there. Deanna’s memories.
“Deanna knew about the elevator. She’d used it before.”
“Where does it go?” David asked.
She sorted through the files in her mind, the folders flicking faster and faster as she moved through the information. Suddenly, it all stopped and the information she needed stood in front of her.
“Oh, interesting.”
“What? Tell us already, Tessa.”
“It leads to the main headquarters.”
*
Cody studied her features. “What headquarters?”
“The blood farm headquarters. It was in the basement of the hospital for decades. It might be still there.”
“Or they might have cleaned it out when we took over the building,” David said. “How would we know? We just found the elevator.”
“Does it give access to every floor?” Cody asked. At David’s nod, he frowned. “And more floors than we know of?”
“I can’t say. It goes to the morgue and the two garage levels.”
“Remember, Cody, there was the other elevator at the morgue level. That one goes below.” Tessa’s face got an arrested look on it. “I think the bottom button has a label that is misleading.”
“Bottom label?”
Cody got it. “There is no second garage level to this place. That’s where it is.”
David spun around. “You two stay here. I’ll go check it out.”
“Not alone,” Tessa warned. “You won’t necessarily know what you’re looking for. I got the impression the headquarters was well hidden.”
David paused. “How are you feeling, by the way? You had quite the trip.”
“Yeah.” She snorted. “A Deanna trip.”
Cody grinned, loving her sense of
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