Out of the Night by Robin T. Popp

Author:Robin T. Popp [Popp, Robin T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Ghost, Romance, General, Horror
ISBN: 9780446554213
Google: udA5AQAAQBAJ
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2008-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Dr. Clinton Weber stroked the head of the baby chupacabra, all too aware of what Lance was doing in the next room. The man was crazy, in the worst possible sense, and part of Clint worried that the psychosis had not been there before, but was a result of the chupacabra's attack, for which he felt directly responsible.

That was one of the reasons he'd stayed with Lance—he hoped to find a cure for him. He'd convinced Lance that they needed to study the chupacabra's venom and possibly duplicate it. Lance had gone along with the suggestion, helping Clint to purchase and steal the supplies needed for a crude lab. They'd even secured a generator to provide the electricity off which they ran the various appliances and machines. Clint had been impressed with how resourceful Lance was—and how quickly he'd been able to secure the things Clint needed.

Clint's intentions in studying the venom were different from Lance's, however. Clint was hoping to analyze the venom for its healing and restorative properties. Perhaps the cure for cancer and ATDs, even their own vampire state, lay within it.

Lance, on the other hand, was interested in the venom for the special powers it gave him—the increased speed and strength, the incredible night vision, control over the chupacabras, immortality. He didn't seem to mind the price they paid in return—surviving only on blood, giving up the sunlight and their humanity. Clint fought nightly to hold on to the latter, worried that it would fade completely before he finished his work.

The baby chupacabra nuzzled the palm of his hand, and Clint realized that he'd stopped scratching the creature's head. "You like that, do you, Gem?" He smiled down at her and knew there'd been another reason he'd stayed with Lance. He'd wanted to study the creatures further. Now he felt a need to save them from Lance's abuse. Their systems were not designed to live off human blood. They could tolerate it in small doses, but Lance had been feeding the adult chupa a steady diet of human blood—specifically, the blood of the men he'd chosen to convert into vampires like himself.

Already, Clint saw deterioration in the health of the adult. He knew he had to do something to help her, and finding a synthetic venom seemed the only solution, but he worried that he might find it too late.

He gave the small chupa a final scratch, feeling the lethargy of the coming dawn slowing his thought processes as well as his physical movements. There was time, he thought, to recheck his earlier tests.

He crossed to the small refrigerator, opened the door, and pulled out two tiny vials, not for the first time grateful that Lance knew nothing about biochemistry. He set the vials in a test tube holder while he gathered the rest of what he needed.

Pulling the stopper out of the first vial, he took a dropper and extracted a small amount of liquid, which he squeezed onto a microscope slide. Then he took

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