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Next, he
asked, "If the OO Positive victims were strong with amazing immune
systems, what were the OO Negative victims like?"
"Quite the opposite," she announced. "The tissue samples taken from their skin
showed extreme photosensitivity and several of their major organs weren't
functioning. Their bodies appeared to be
in a form of biological stasis.”
“What?” he blinked in disbelief.
"What Forensics discovered in their autopsy 236
years ago match what I've discovered today," she began. “The tissue
samples that were taken from the organs such as the liver, those cells were
necrotized.”
Griggori frowned, “You mean my victim had liver disease?”
“Nyet," her voice dropped and she looked
uncomfortable saying this. “Her liver was dead and from the preserved state it
was in, I'd say it as well as several other organs hadn’t worked in some time,
perhaps even years.”
“But that's impossible!” he stood up from the stool in
shock. “When I ran a background check on
her, I didn't find any medical records showing visits to hospitals for organ
failure. If this woman was dying, she
would have been in a hospital, not in a nightclub! A nightclub, that's in the middle of the city
yet eyewitnesses claim they saw a large animal mauling her. A large animal which suddenly appeared in the
middle of
As he vented his frustration at this nonsensical case,
his voice trailed off as if he heard how ridiculous all of this sounded. She watched him rub his forehead with his
hand, giving away his stress.
Sympathetically, she put her hand on his arm and gave it a supportive
squeeze.
“You can see why the first case 236 years ago was simply
dismissed as a wild animal attack, da?” she said ruefully. “Who can seriously investigate a case such as
this when abnormal seems to apply.”
“Or paranormal," he muttered, while looking away.
“Hmm?”
“Julia," he turned back to his amore. “Can you do something for me?”
“Of course, Griggori.”
“Are the Forensics records from 236 years ago accurate
enough that you can use the original blood sample taken from our OO Positive
friend and compare it to the OO Positive sample you found on our latest OO
Negative victim?”
“I believe so," she frowned thoughtfully. “Why? What are you thinking?”
“I’m betting that aside from our latest victim from two
days ago, we’ll find many more cases that have been 'swept under the rug'.”
"You want me to comb through Forensics reports for
the last 236 years?” she blanched at the idea.
“Please Julia, I’ll help!" he pleaded. "I will look through the InterPol
Database for wild animal attacks, or murders where the instrument of death was
a sword. Can you go through the Forensic
Reports, looking for OO Positive and OO Negative samples? You said so yourself, that with the OO
Positive blood samples, their DNA had canine aspects. What if we're looking for humans can turn
into canine-like creatures?”
She faltered at the idea, it was nearing her shift and
she was looking forward to getting out of the lab and besides, his idea did
seem farfetched.
“I’ll have dinner delivered and consider this a
date," he took out his mobile phone.
"Does Chinese sound appealing?"
He knew it would as it was her favourite food.
“Grigorri…” she smilingly shook her head, “…you'll owe me
for this later on in the bedroom.”
“Fair is fair," he gave her a grin.
“We're talking candles, Griggori!" she waved her
finger in his face. "Scented
candles and massages!"
“Of course, Babushka.”
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