The yolk light shone through, and the three people in Benjamin's truck turned their heads to look at the moving figures in the house. Benjamin's van was parked in the back street of Chapman's house, separated from Walter's car. Now the two wolves and one ghost could just see across the small backyard and through the window into the kitchen and living room.
James' partner, Detective Coulson, entered, said something and then sat on the sofa. Chapman's wife began to be busy in the kitchen, seeming to be boiling water for tea.
"Are we waiting?" Matthew stared at the situation inside intently. This was probably the first time he had done such an exciting thing, and there was some excitement in his tone.
"Let's wait." Zach raised his eyebrows. The two people talking in the room didn't speak loudly, deliberately keeping the volume up. The vampire tilted his head slightly. In the room on the second floor, an uneven breath came into his ears.
Zach signaled the two of them to be quiet, closed his eyes, and slowly felt that his young heart was beating unevenly, with the noise of electronic instruments. What James said about Chapman's family situation seems to be true. No wonder Chapman would take such a drastic approach. There is no room for improvement in his son's illness. Either a new heart is needed, or it is delayed until this congenitally defective heart can no longer bear the growing body.
Zach opened his eyes, shook his head, and focused on the conversation between Coulson and Chapman's wife.
"Chapman." The woman held the mug, and the heat slowly hit her face, making her confused. "Did something happen to him?"
Detective Coulson stood up and held the woman's hand holding the mug, "Mrs. Pierce (Chapman's last name)." He seemed not to know what to say. Police wives all have extremely sensitive intuitions and have the same Coulson didn't know how to respond to the situation, "We don't know yet." This was the only answer Coulson could think of.
Mrs. Pierce held out the cup. She withdrew her hand and lowered her head so that no one could see what she was thinking.
There was a long silence, "Will he come back?"
When the patrol car failed to return this morning, the police department questioned her. Although Chapman's whereabouts were vague and did not tell her what happened, the policeman's wife had obviously noticed something.
"We." Coulson held the cup, which was a little hot. "We don't know yet."
Continuing in silence, Mrs. Pierce took a deep breath and looked at Coulson, "Are you here to ask something?"
"Well. Yes." Coulson seemed to be relieved, "I'm just a little..." Coulson wanted to say a routine inquiry, but he couldn't say it. This is a police family and they all know very well that there is no such thing as a 'routine inquiry'. Suspects, witnesses, and every question asked by the police have a strong purpose.
Coulson frowned and put down his cup. took out the notebook. He walks the line between being airy and straightforward, based on respect. Choosing the latter, "Did Chapman say anything on the phone last night?"
Mrs. Pierce clasped her fingers and began to relate.
Coulson's inquiry was very detailed, from the content of the phone call to the time. In the evening, Chapman left home and decided to help a friend teach class. When the time came, he pushed forward again. Did Chapman, who was usually at home, say anything noteworthy or do anything unusual...
"We will find him." Coulson ended with these words.
Mrs. Pierce just nodded. She didn't ask any more questions that would embarrass Coulson. "Well." Maybe she talked a little too much, didn't drink water, or maybe it was for some other reason. Her voice was stretched out, with a hint of hoarseness, "In today's checkup, the doctor said they have a new drug that is still in use. Experimental phase…”
This woman obviously did not understand the doctor's words very well. She shook her head, "It may be useful, or it may make the condition worse, they don't know." There were red marks on her fingers due to the pinching of the nails, "I I don’t know, if, if Chapman can’t come back for the time being, can you ask him? I can’t decide..."
There is always hope, even if it is so slim that you can give up.
Coulson didn't let the other party continue speaking. He leaned forward and patted her back comfortingly, "We will find him, we will."
With nothing more to say, Coulson took his leave.
Zach frowned as he watched Coulson stand up and disappear from sight in the living room. Remember Zach’s impeccable stitching skills (arranging Dylan’s appearance)? That was the result of Zach's long-term surgeries on former military personnel.
A vampire mixed in the army, the most convenient identity is that of a military doctor. Of course, this identity only exists in the false memory implanted by the Charming Eye, but it also allows Zach to get to know Anthony and Benjamin.
In ten years, Zach did not feel that medical technology, which could only cut out, sew, and splice, had now developed to the point where congenital heart defects could be cured only through drugs.
Zach glanced at Benjamin and found that the Alpha was not aware of the unintentional 'irrelevant news', and shook his head helplessly. Put it aside for now.
"What now?" Matthew asked again, and he couldn't blame the young wolf for being curious. Because Zach roughly talked about his plan on the way here.
Already knowing from Walter what Wander wants to do, they are here just to let Chapman have a real final farewell to his family. Then Wander will take full control of Chapman's body, leave Barton City, and completely get rid of Crowley's control.
It must be noted that the key to keeping Shadow Man safe is that he needs to have a container at all times, otherwise, the hellhound wandering in the world between the cracks will find him without a body and drag him back to hell again.
What Zach has to do is to appear as a hero to save everything after Chapman's farewell is over and James realizes that the living person in front of him is about to leave Barton to die and is unable to do anything.
Of course, this requires Walter's cooperation.
For example, when James was released just after leaving Barton, when James was helpless and sad on the roadside, the vampire made a gorgeous appearance. Use the alien's magical speed to catch up with Chapman, save him, expel the shadow man, and make a deal with the shadow man to ensure his safety after leaving Barton.
What Chapman was going to do would ruin his plans. This has nothing to do with Zach. All Zach wants is to let James know that aliens are sometimes the 'second chance' that people are looking forward to.
"Now?" Zach smiled at Matthew, "Now, I need your Alpha to bleed." He looked at Benjamin, who was frowning.
The vampire's blood is too powerful to protect the shadow man, and will kill him instead. But Alpha blood is different. When Papa Midnight created the werewolf, he limited the corrosive effect of vampire blood on the soul to the night of the full moon, so the werewolf's soul died when the 'curse of the full moon' took effect and turned into a remains - a wolf body.
In normal times, the blood flowing in the werewolf's body only keeps their dead but not separated souls in the body, responding to the forced liberation once a month.
For vampires, blood is everything to their lives. For a werewolf, blood, or this body covered with blood vessels, is just a cage that restrains the soul of death and prevents it from dissipating into the world!
This is not difficult to understand. Think about what Zach did to Ryan. The witchcraft made his soul attached to Sibella's soul-inducing grass seeds, which will last forever. The vampire's blood prevented his soul from leaving the jar Alice used to hold cucumbers, making it an eternal prison.
This is the werewolf, a soul cursed by witchcraft, and a body imprisoned by blood.
What does the filmmaker need? He needs such a 'cage' to replace a fragile container that can disappear at any time to protect him from hellhounds or other things.
This was Zach's bargaining chip, and Wander couldn't refuse.
Benjamin twitched the corners of his mouth and stretched out his strong arms in front of Zach. Zach smiled and took out his bottle, raised his head to empty it, and traced a finger on Alpha's arm.
Alpha doesn't like this kind of self-harm as much as vampires do. He began to educate his young wolf, "Matthew, remember these. Deal with the alien souls, use your own blood to trap them, and then at the full moon, your wolf will know what to do."
Matthew nodded quickly, although he still didn't quite understand what Alpha meant. Could it be that the soul alien will be pulled into his body by the blood and trapped, and then be killed by the wolf body during the full moon? Well, that's it.
But the situation here is slightly different, because Alpha's blood is bottled by Zach and separated from Alpha's body. When Benjamin transforms, no one will be killed.
"That's enough." Benjamin frowned and pushed the bottle away from Zach's hand. The wound healed quickly and disappeared.
Benjamin touched his arm and curled his lips, "Go down."
Zach smiled and opened the car door.
The next thing can be left to the vampire alone. As for Benjamin and Matthew, they have to create a situation where James is missing and everyone is anxiously looking for it. So Benjamin and Matthew would circle indoors, eventually ending up in James' attic, waiting for Zach to return with a grateful James.
There is such an arrangement, naturally because vampires can maintain their human appearance while maintaining speed, while Alphas need to become fluffy. Zach didn't want James to think that there was a fluffy guy running around in Barton City during the time he was kidnapped.
The truck slowly drove away from the buffer zone connecting Back Bay and Paisley. Zach's figure turned into an afterimage in the dim light of the street lights. When it stopped, he was standing behind the dark driveway of Chapman's house, with his back Leaning against the wall, hiding in the darkness, swaying the blood of Alpha in his hands.
'Toldo' does not have the ability to become invisible in the dark, but as a bloodline with the most balanced abilities among the thirteen clans. Zach knows how to use his 'gifts'.
The light green in the vampire's eyes gradually turned into red. Anyone who inadvertently notices this place will immediately avert their gaze, and they will not remember that they saw a strange guy standing here.
Oh, and don't worry about Zach getting tired like he used to in the hospital. The gift that Mike gave to Zach a week ago was treasured by Zach for special events. For example, right now, Zach is glowing with glory after just drinking a bottle. (..)