Interesting Places (Interesting Times #2) by Matthew Storm

Author:Matthew Storm
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Cranberry Lane Press
Published: 2015-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Oliver woke up to find SCI-3422XB sticking another syringe in his arm. He watched as more of his blood was sucked into a tube. “You guys never stop, do you?”

“We do not,” the cyborg said. “Unlike you, we no longer require sleep in the conventional sense.”

“How long was I out?”

“All night, and most of the day. You seemed to need the sleep, so we did not wake you.”

Oliver nodded. “Do you rest at all?”

“It is more of a recharging period,” the cyborg noted. “You will find it very efficient, once we are able to convert you.”

“Lucky me.”

Oliver sat up in the bed once the cyborg had finished taking his blood. “How did your tests go?” he asked.

“It was interesting. Your blood had an unusual effect on the vampire. She appeared to be intoxicated for several hours after ingesting it.”

“Really?”

The cyborg gave him a stern look. “Oliver Jones, have you been entirely honest with us?”

Oliver frowned. “About what?”

“The vampire was unusually talkative during her intoxicated state. In between threats to tear the heads from our bodies, she indicated that the two of you have met before.”

“Really?”

“We can only conclude that one of you is lying, but we have been unable to identify what motive either of you might have for this.”

Oliver shrugged. “I think I’d remember if I’d met a vampire before. Honestly, I thought they were just stories to entertain teenagers until I actually saw her.”

SCI-3422XB studied his face for a moment. “You do not appear to be deceiving me. Then again, neither did she. This is a very strange situation.”

Oliver tried not to laugh. Everything about the last six months had been strange. “I guess so.”

“Further, the vampire indicated that her condition after drinking your blood was not the result she had expected. She suspects you are not really a human.”

Oliver looked at his arm and brushed off a drop of blood that had formed there after the cyborg had removed the syringe. “You’ve done enough tests on me. Wouldn’t you know if that was true?”

“We would expect so, but nor should an ordinary human be able to resist the nanobots. We initially suspected a genetic mutation, but that cannot explain the thermal reaction that takes place.”

“Life is weird,” Oliver said. “So now what?”

“Now we will see what effect the vampire’s blood has on you. We will compare this to the effect yours had on her.”

Oliver didn’t see any more syringes waiting. “You’re going to shoot me up with something?”

“No. We intend for you to drink her blood. Your mythology indicates this is the normal procedure.”

“You understand how strange the word normal sounds right now?”

“Perhaps to you. We find new situations easy to adapt to.”

“We’re going to do this right now?”

“No, we must wait until dusk. The vampire has informed us that the change cannot take place during daylight hours.”

Oliver had never heard of that before in any vampire story he’d ever read. “That seems strange.”

“Indeed. We were unable to confirm this in any of the mythology we have studied, but nor could we confirm that it is false.

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