The Shadows of Tragedy

Chapter 21

Cana studied the blood samples that Jellal had given her carefully. There was definitely something strange and unusual about the blood. The samples contained a cell that wasn't like anything she had ever studied before. However she wasn't quick to agree with Jellal's vampire theory. She wanted to run some more tests and make some comparisons. 

"Natsu can I speak to you for a minute?" Cana asked him one day.

"Sure. What is it?"

"With you being the groundskeeper, you come upon some dead animals don't you?"

"Yeah."

"Could you bring the next few you find to me?"

"Why?"

"I wanna make some comparisons to a strange set of D.N.A that I've recently discovered."

"Okay then."

It didn't take long for Natsu to find one of two dead animals on the property. Once he brought the bodies to Cana she took swabs of their D.N.A and started to compare them to that of the blood samples Jellal had given her, hoping that they could lead to some logical answer but unfortunately no such luck was in her favor. However she did discover something very interesting. When the sample mixed with the blood of a healthy human along with a special cleansing chemical she had long ago concocted to cure lethal mutations, the cell was slowly eliminated and the blood became normal.

She quickly reported her progress to Jellal.

"I'm sorry, tell me again what you've come up with?" Jellal asked when she told him her hypothesis the first time. 

"If this creature does in fact exist then it might be curable." She explained.

"Vampirism isn't a disease Cana. Vampires are the living dead."

"That theory is very difficult to prove Jellal. I don't know what this creature is I'm positive it's not a vampire."

"Then what do you think it is?"

"I believe it's a human being who's contracted some sort of mutation that's probably driven him or her completely mad. If that's the case then perhaps we're not dealing with coldblooded killer but a physically and mentally ill person."

"You're talking like we're dealing with schizophrenic. Schizophrenic's aren't smart enough to cover their tracks this well."

"I never said we were dealing with a schizophrenic but I'm positive that we're dealing with a human because unlike you I rely on science and logic."

"I do too in most cases Cana but there are some things in this world that neither science or logic can it explain and this is one of those things."

"I worry about you sometimes Jellal. I think this study of yours is very unhealthy."

"Don't talk to me like I'm crazy because I am not. I am perfectly sane and I know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Do you really? Because I think you're starting to lose touch with reality. You're a brillant man Jellal but if you keep spouting this nonsense people are going to think that you've lost your mind."

"If you refuse to believe me or support me than I shall go. No point wasting my time coming to you for help."

"I want to help you Jellal but not in the way you're thinking."

"Then we have nothing more to discuss. Good day to you."

He grabbed his coat and left the room. In his upset haste to leave he accidentally bumped right into Erza who was heading upstairs with a file. They both fell down and the papers from the file were scattered every where.