Ella & Vlad at the end

#27 - for examination

Lori oversees Ida and Adan inspecting Ella's blood sample.

Studying Ella's eye with an ophthalmoscope Miles sees it too, "you really do have some sort of night-vision. What do you see at night?"

"It's actually very little use at night for me, things are still dark." Ella blinks a few times focusing, "I see better than most in the dark. But it allows me to see heat radiating. Most living things have a reddish to yellow aura around them it can become white if they are heated up from physical activity or in a fit of rage."

Lori and Ida listen as Miles ponders the idea, "I don't think I've ever seen or heard anything like what you have here. Is that organism responsible for your vision? Would you lose the ability even your complete sight if this organism can be removed?"

"Pretty sure it is," hesitant in wanting to reveal all this, Ella's relieved at the way Miles is handling it, "I wondered that too, how much would I lose. As you've noticed finding animals that aren't diseased is becoming harder. Without clean blood to satisfy the organism inside it'll surely consume me. I think if I want to be able to live to the next century, and become a goblin, I'll have to become a vegan first."

She's a vampire? Both Lori and Miles look to each other. Slowly Adan thinks similarly.

Certain Ella is a werewolf Ida's thrilled to be right but worries of problems that could follow. Is Ella dangerous? Is Vladimir a vampire? Would he come for vengeance if something happened to Ella? How would others take this kind of information? Would Ella be in Danger?

With so much concern in the room Ella begins to worry, "what I have isn't dangerous to any of you here. The organism set up shop in me and has yet gone anywhere else. And I don't generally go around eating people or sucking their blood. So if any of you have questions please ask me now. I'm willing to answer to anything."

As they mull over their thoughts carefully Adan has to ask, "so are you a Vampire?"

Ella laughs with a sigh, "no Adan I am not a Vampire. The organism in me is like a Vampire or some other parasite that lives off blood like mosquitoes, fleas, leeches or ticks."

Adan points back to the microscope, "well I didn't see blood cells there just orange splotches. What are you?"

Keeping a smile on Ella stretches out her hand to him to shake and feel, "hello Adan, I'm Ella a female person with a problem on her insides. What are you?"

He shakes her hand, mainly to feel her warmth, "I'm an Adan, a boy person. I don't know what's on my insides."

"Well let's keep it that way," Ella can sense relief off the boy and Lori, "our insides don't look so good."

A thousand questions are filling Ida's mind.

Curious by Adan's statement Miles has another look at her test slide, "do you know anything about your condition? Where it came from? Possible treatments? I'm guessing you must have tried something."

The query causes Lori to recall the blood samples under test. "This is a rare thing isn't it?" Slowly she meanders to the lab listening for an answer and studying Ella's behavior.

"Yes and it won't register well with your machines." Ella watches Lori leave, "all I really know about it, it lives along my circulatory systems. Some pain blockers help curb the cravings but nothing that's actually helpful."

On the test slide Miles can't find any red blood cells. The foreign cells have multiplied in number but appear to be dying off, "this is really odd. I can understand why you crave blood if the organism is consuming it."

Adan has to ask, "how do you get blood?"

Ella grosses them out, "I catch live animals and don't worry about cooking them."