Chapter 18-The Gourd(2)

The room which was located several depths under the school ground had no modern lighting except for several oil lamps burning brightly at different places. Intricate designs covered the walls giving it an esoteric touch, with racks containing multiple liquids and different medicinal agents. The place looked more like a mini lab, that is, when you ignore the cell at a corner in the room. The gourd, as it was known, housed secret activities of the academy and for that reason wasn't known by many. The clinic was partially a false front while the gourd was used for obscure activities and secret researches. Except for the principal and other few trusted people, no one else knew of the existence of the Gourd.

Emmett came in with Derek following closely behind. Davies was currently in the middle of examining some samples with a middle aged woman sitting beside him. Ms Donna who was a vampire and an assistant to Emmett was helping him with a personal assignment of his. Davies turned when he heard the clicking sound of the door. Seeing his brother, Davies put on a wide grin.

"Your beloved brother almost got his soul devoured by scavengers. If I hadn't been fast enough to sedate them with the new high potent tranquilizer I made, maybe I would have been made into a meal by them",he said a bit dramatically. Derek almost rolled his eyes at him . He didn't respond knowing fully well that the other wanted to elicit a response from him solely for his amusement, judging from the others joking tone. Definitely, Davies was far from being helpless against scavengers even without tranquilizers. It would be a surprise if he so much sustained a scratch. Derek turned his attention away from his brother to the two unconscious people locked in the cell. There wasn't a sign of any external injuries on their body, however, so much black bloods dripped from their orifices, staining their bodies... alongside the cemented floor. Almost forming puddles.

"They were injected with several shots of mistletoe at intervals. The pain was unbearable for them to handle as they fessed up to their crime when we threatened to use more on them. They passed out later on. It seems like their body is trying to reduce the effect of the poison", Donna the middle aged woman beside Davies explained. Mistletoe was an extremely dangerous plant. Not only did it have paralysing effects, it was poisonous and could result to damaging of the internal organs unless an antidote was taken. As demons were very strong creatures, it naturally wouldn't lead to their death. However, being poisoned with mistletoe was one of the worst nightmare for a demon and could be considered a pretty cruel method of torture. It wouldn't kill them, but the pains was sure to give them a bit of hell.

Donna handed Emmett a file, "this is their medical report. Pretty clean". Steven Hernan and Renee Crimpson, 20 and 19 respectively were second year students. Their files were well... clean, like Donna said with no previous illnesses that were serious. And although they weren't particularly the outstanding ones, they never caused trouble of any sort. Emmett sighed after going through the files. There was no clue if they had turned previously or recently.

"what next?", Derek turned to ask Donna.

"they're of no use since they've conceded to their crimes. Caliyx instructed we use the cruelest method in punishing them and then..."

"dispose of them" Derek finished. It was expected. Scavengers were loathed by both demons and vampires, just like Mordants were. Besides, since mind invasion couldn't be carried out on demons or corrupted ones like scavengers to ascertain if they were hiding anything the next thing was to do away with them.

"they're half dead anyway" Donna shrugged, "just take care of their bodies". Derek nodded slightly. He pulled off his black leather glove and tossed it carelessly to Davies who quickly caught it. By now the two in the cell were waking up from their unconscious state and their facial orifices seemed to have stopped bleeding. Derek disappeared from the spot he was standing on and next the moment, he was inside the cell. He moved slowly towards the two who seemed to have jolted in shock out of their groggy state, probably because they didn't expect someone to teleport into the cell with killing intent. They instinctively started to draw back.