July 24, 2005 – 23:45 (Saskatchewan Time)
High Elf Frizzo stretched his hands toward them to keep them still as Coralis rushed to them to override the summon. The wolves tried to fight High Elf Frizzo's restraining spell, but Boukya and Chiwa helped to hold them still.
"I believe we have our answer. She did not come across the elf behind them, and none of us did," said Emery.
She overrode the summon and subdued them within 2 minutes.
"I've come across that energy signature before," said Coralis.
"We will start with these three," said High Djinn Moraa, signalling to Zaxi, Eva and Emery to follow her.
Eva passed her hologram to Zahir and followed High Djinn Moraa.
While Coralis was restoring the link between human and wolf in the first three werewolves, High Elf Frizzo injected the antidote into the woman, and High Goblin Glorisse resumed dividing the people between transports according to where they needed to be dropped off. From Headquarters, Sonylla, Jourmol and Panjik contacted the families and alphas of the rescued people to coordinate where to pick them up.
"Didn't I tell you all that she'd be able to reverse whatever they would do to us?" said Liam.
"You did tell them," said Frank.
"You had seen this before?" said Alpha Tanner.
"Not personally, but my mother did. She works at Healing Moon, where they dealt with these dirty experiments more than once. She helped Blue and Eva to drain it like that. We even had a pack member injected with that crap," said Liam.
"Healing Moon is a werewolf clinic close to several packs and is considered neutral ground. I've heard a lot about what Blue and Eva have done there, and that last instance they mentioned was at my pack," said Sarah.
"Speaking of Healing Moon, that reminds me, I need to call Stephanie back," said Sebastian, pulling his phone out of his cloak. "Well damn, the battery is dead."
"I don't have my phone anymore. I guess I can no longer retrieve it," said Frank, looking at where the compound used to be.
"Use mine," said Coralis, giving her phone and hologram to Sebastian before moving on to the next wolf.
"No signal," said Sebastian, turning Coralis's hologram to satellite mode to push the call to it.
"FINALLY! I've tried to call you a few times, but I couldn't get a connection. How is my brother? Did you find him?"
"No signal and dead phone, I'm using Blue's to call you. Yes, we got him alive, well and in one piece. Sorry I didn't call sooner, it's been a very long night, and we're not quite done yet."
"You found him in less than 4 hours? Is Frank with you?"
Sebastian passed the phone to Frank.
"I think you should talk to her, I need to talk to the posse," said Sebastian before reaching out to Erik and Henry through mind-link, hoping they'd be awake.
"I'm in one piece, yes. Agreeing to the elemental binding ritual was probably one of the best decisions I ever made. It worked all right."
"I believe that. Who took you? What happened in there?"
"We aren't sure yet, and I don't think either one of us was targeted. I have been taken to a secret lab and wasn't the only one who got kidnapped. They didn't touch me when in there, but do you remember the spell we saw Blue and Eva draining out of your patients the first time I went to Healing Moon?"
Meanwhile, Sebastian took pictures of the people they freed with his hologram. After warning the elders through Eva's hologram held by Zahir, he recorded the testimonies of the werewolves and humans who had been there for a while. He sent a copy of what he collected to High Mage Finnas and one to Erik and Henry.
"I can't forget that."
"The werewolves who were in the cells across from ours had been injected with it. Different mix, but the same kind of experiment. Blue, Eva, Emery and an elder are currently healing those injected with it."
"Oh wow! Did she kill anyone tonight? I mean… how many did she kill?"
"Let's just say that no one working there has been left alive, except for one taken as prisoner by an elder for questioning. The facility has been burned to the ground, as you'd expect."
"Should I call the family, or do you want to tell them yourself? Seb told me you were in danger and that Blue was on her way to you, but I didn't tell anyone. I wanted to hear back from him before I worry the family."
"No, there is no need for that. I'm fine, she got here before they did anything to me. I'll probably mention it at next brunch, but let's wait and see if it hits the news or if her ranking changes."
"You think it'll be on the news?"
"One of the elders thinks it will make her go up in ranking, and I think he's right. If it goes up drastically, you know we'll be asked if we know why."
"I'm sure she will go up in ranking, and if she does, I'm making sure people get the right story. I'm also to blame for her bloodshed tonight, but I have no regrets," said Sebastian after Frank ended the call with his sister.
Twenty minutes later, Eva turned her hologram off, and Sebastian gave Coralis another vial of mighty monster juice when she was done healing the last werewolf.
"I don't even know how to thank you for what you've done tonight," said Aaron, picking up his sleeping alpha. "I mean, he's asleep, but no longer comatose. I know what I saw. I'm hoping I'll get to keep my head for the part I played, but I'll accept if I don't."
"What part?" said Coralis, confused.
"I'll explain later," said Frank.
"SIS! You've had quite the busy night!" said Erik as she watched people entering the transports.
"You know?"
"Brother Sebastian sent us a shiny gold bar for The Secret Posse," said Henry.
Coralis heard Sebastian chuckling through mind-link.
"I do not believe in coincidences, and we will probably never know if Frank was specifically targeted or not, but if you are going to get in trouble for tonight, we need to mitigate the damage. I heard human scientists were killed, so I think that if they're going to play that card against you, then people need to know what made you come here in the first place and what they were up to," said Sebastian.
"You said you recognized the energy signature imprinted in four of their test subjects before, including the human one?" said High Elf Frizzo as they entered a transport.
"Yes, I've scent it before. I can't remember the name but might know how to get it," said Coralis.
"Is it someone we know?" said Emery.
"I don't know. I came across that energy signature at a mating ball I attended with Veronica, I mean Princess Veronica, about 5 years ago, organized by Syllyan Swamton for his son Ollyo. It's someone who was with Blok Howar."