A clatter shattered the silent atmosphere.
After watching the videos, the four men stayed silent; quietly piecing together informations, clues, and truths. The sudden noise was like a wake up call and their bodies tensed in response, ready for attack and the sight before them left them short of words.
Kauleen rubbed her hands with an annoyed expression and paid no attention to the now destroyed cuffs and the expressions of disbelief and caution on the faces of her captors. She yawned again and stretched. With a slight movement of her hand, the USB dislodged itself from the laptop as though attracted by a magnet and landed firmly in her hands.
"The cave where the oldest and most powerful mutants reside is thesame cave from the first video. There's a reason why those mutants are different from the rest and i suspect the main reason being the cave and it holds the answers to why my mother's history..."
"Mother?" Charles' incredulous voice interrupted her
She cocked a head
"Laura Helmsworth King. The woman in the first clip. Mother to Brian and Kauleen King and wife of Lucious King."
Silence.
It was undeniable. All evidence was there, both in the clips amd in records pulled up by Xander after watching the video. The blonde woman- Laura Helmsworth- trully was recognised in the database. She was recorded as the scientist who discovered the mutation of the virus and created a serum which increased the rate of success of the infusion processes. Her death was labelled as a work injury in an explosion.
Lies
If the data from the videos were fabricated, they'd recognise them immediately. It was quite obvious it was real.
"My mission to wipeout the rogues was simply to get on the radar of the Rulers of this world. The only way i can get into that cave is being able to move freely in the vampire community "
"That doesn't explain why you're telling us", Xander said
Kauleen rolled her eyes
"Trust me, I'd rather have nothing to do with you all either but my brother trusted you four and said to deliver the videos if anything went wrong"
Xander raised a brow, not quite convinced but not completely unbelieving. They had worked closely with Brian King when he was alive so it wasn't all that surprising he chose to inform them of such extensive and incriminating evidence of just how shitty the play of politics were amongst the so called executives.
Kauleen suddenly tensed up. A sharp ringing sounded in her ears and a red haze filled her vision as her consciousness completely shut down.
The four men sensed the change in the room immediately. They tensed and straightened immediately, ready to attack as they watched the woman with vigilance. Her head was currently bowed and the long dark curls shimmered slightly, taking on a reddish hue. Her head went up and despite the unchanged features, someone- something- else now sat in her place.
A feral grin lit up her face. Teeth bearing fangs, green eyes now tainted with a faint bluish hue. It glowed eerily. Half her face was covered in spiderweb-like vines running down her neck and disappearing into her outfit, giving the ethereal features a look of shattered porcelain. Her nails sharpened into silver glittering claws.
She leaned forward with both elbows on the table and rested her hand on her cupped palms as she smiled languidly.
"She let me out...", a child like laughter accompanied by a pout "...i haven't been out in so long. Mummy doesn't let me", her eyes suddenly glowed even brighter, "Will you play with me? She won't be up anytime soon and i want to have some fun!"
Silence
The four men exchanged looks and stared at the adorable face now staring at them in hope. The change was too sudden and the whole room had frozen over, literally. The walls were covered in frost and the air held small ice shards and tendrils of icy tentacles curled around the figure sitting at the table as they watched.
"Who are you?" Chase asked
A pout
"You can't know. No no no oh no you can't" , she shook her head muttering to herself
Their eyes narrowed
"Does she know you?" Zane asked
That caught her attention. Looking up from her mutterings, a silent threat filled those shrewd eerie eyes
"Will you tell?"
"You don't want her to know?" Zane asked
"Oh no she must! She must or we won't suvive. If she dies, i die. If i die, everyone dies!!", she giggled, eyes shinning in joy.
"What do you mean?" Xander asked, wanting to get as much information about this new entity as possible
But her smile suddenly faded and her eyes completely turned black, including the whites. The once gleaming claws turned red and the web-like vines pulsed with a harsh green
"Times...up", the voice was distorted and accompanied with a heavy mental attack.
It left them disoriented for a second and that was only due to their powerful bloodlines that they didn't succumb to the pressure.
Then came the attacks.
She fought with a much more skilled precision than before and each move was accompanied with a heavy bloodlust and mental attack. The atmosphere became her shield and weapons as the ice and frost acted according to her will.
The struggle lasted for hours until she faltered with a loud screech which sent the whole building into a heavy shake, as though under the attack of an earthquake. Her movements slowed as the darkness slowly withdrew from her eyes, slowly exposing the whites.
Then she slumped into unconsciousness.
The four men breathed heavily as they stared at the unconscious slender figure on the floor. The web-like vines had retreated and the frost disappeared as though the past few hours were nothing but a lie.
But the blood flowing down their ears said otherwise.