The Hybrid

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

As we sped through the city and then the highway towards the Slayers Base I prayed to God that it didn't happen yet and we would be able to warn everyone just in time. Unbelievable guilt and despair filled my body when the thoughts of everyone dead because of me swirled in my head. A tear escaped my eyes and rolled down my cheek but quickly wiped it away. Now wasn't the time to cry. I had to be strong.

Once we arrived in front of the base and park the car in the garage we stepped into the house. Opening the door the strong coppery smell of blood hit me. I froze when the smell greeted me and then strained my sensitive ears for any noise but didn't hear anything. It was eerily quiet. Usually, I could hear faint footsteps and chatter around in the building at this time if I tried, nothing but silence greeted me. Which meant only one this. Everyone was dead.

"What is it" Olivia whispered when she noticed me frozen.

"I smell a lot of blood" my eyes flicked to hers, I could tell panic grew within her as her eyes widened and her whole posture tensed.

Suddenly she sprinted off towards the stairs and into the hallway and I followed her until she stopped in front of a door. Not waiting for any second longer, Olivia burst the door open and rushed in. She was about to flick the light on but I stopped her and shook my head. Vampires could have been lingering outside and If they did we needed to be careful. She snapped her head towards the large bed and my eyes followed, it was empty. I could tell she tried to see in the darkness, while she squinted her eyes struggling. Her body slightly relaxed when she saw the bed was empty. I got the idea that she was looking for Liam.

Sprinting off out the door again looking for him, she stopped in front of his office and roughly opened the door. It was empty as well as both of us scanned the room, she let out a sigh of relief "he is not here" she breathed out and her body visibly relaxed even more.

We both began to look for Alex and Markus and when we couldn't find them anywhere we were both relieved but wondered where they could be. We stumbled upon a few dead bodies in the bathrooms and hallways and didn't dare to go into any of the other rooms. I noticed the sorrow and despair in Olivia's stunning face. She knew all of them and I could only imagine the pain she felt. I didn't know them but knowing they died mostly because of me made the guilt that already rooted within me even stronger.

"Is there any way we can contact them, they probably don't know what happened here?" I asked, walking through the bright hallways?

"Ya, there is" and began walking the opposite way towards the weaponry.

When we entered the coppery smell of blood drowned my smell. I looked around and then noticed Olivia frozen on the spot staring behind the desk. I walked next to her, Derek laid there in the puddle of blood. His neck was slid open, his eyes open and glazed over, fear written all over his face. Averting my gaze I gulped loudly as I felt a lump forming in my throat.

After I gathered myself I scanned the room. All the weapons were gone. Olivia did the same and then she walked around the table towards the shelves where the weapons used to be.

She picked up two black boxes "thank God the leeches didn't take the comms" she mumbled to herself but I could hear it and handed me one.

"Is this going to work?" I opened the box.

"They're all connected" she answered placing the small technology into her ear.

Once the small earpieces were in our ears I grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the weaponry. "We have to get out of here," I pulled her behind me.

Soon enough we were standing in her room. While we packed an overnight bag for her Olivia tried to reach Liam "Liam are you there" I could hear the desperation in her voice.