Re: Tibet
When they were all inside, the doorway shut itself, and several lights came on. As they descended, Dante could see the inside of this cave was more like a fortress, lined heavily with areas that could become staging grounds for hand to hand combat, as well as dozens of devices that he couldn't even begin to guess what they were for. Nikola waited until they were all in place near a table before he began to speak.
"Since there isn't much time apparently, I'll be as brief, but informative as possible. I've managed to break down a large portion of the Lazarus Virus, and in doing so determined that those of us who have been directly 'touched' by the source blood are immune to it. We seem to exhibit normal anti bodies to it, but the problem is it's in insufficient quantities to actually derive a cure from it. Several other abnormal species seem to be immune as well, but I've had the same problem with samples there. Our method of action is simple. Helen, your father left a sample of the source blood here, protected by five tests, each one attributed specifically to our 'gifts'. We need to pass them and gain access to the sample. Once we have it, I should be able to derive an antidote in short order by extracting a few small samples."
Helen looked at him and shook her head.
"You already tried to access it, didn't you?"
Nikola half nodded, which drew him a look of semi-amusement from Helen.
"What? I had to try at least to see if I could without wasting time."
John spoke up now, shaking his head.
"Really? You're sure it wasn't earlier with you trying your little experiments on resurrecting the vampire race?"
James cut in suddenly with a sharp tone.
"Enough. Nikola let me see the notes you have, I know you do."
Without a word, Telsa turned, and withdrew a small stack of notes from a hidden drawer on the table. James looked them over, as well as the model samples that Tesla led them to moments later, and slowly he nodded his head.
"Unfortunately for your accusations John, he appears to be correct. Much as I am hesitant to remove the sample from here, I believe we have no choice if we intend to stop what could well become a global pandemic soon."
Nodding slowly, Helen instructed Nikola to show them where the various 'test' doors were for them, and he quickly showed them all around. The place was far larger than Dante might have expected, possibly stretching for miles below the ground, having been hidden for gods knew how long. Yet his mind would keep drifting back to the fact that he now knew that the Lazarus Virus, one of the things the Cabal had told him was a problem and needed his skills to help cleanse, was actually a bio-weapon they had made to justify otherwise senseless murder of innocent, unsuspecting beings.
Soon enough the doors had been shown to the group, and Nikola stopped.
"Alright Helen, how do you want to run this? Split up, or go one by one?"
John spoke first, his eyes still on the vampire.
"Split up I'd say, we'll cover more ground faster, and be done sooner. The sooner we're done, the better."
Helen nodded in agreement.
"Alright, agreed. John and James your doors are next to each other so you split off and go together. Nikola and I will handle our own 'trials' as they are also nearby to each other. Dante ... would you accompany Clara to hers? If your OK with that of course, both of you."
Clara shrugged slightly, then chuckled.
"Yeah sure. Come on Dante, us younger folks get to go off and play without the old adults watching over us."
This of course drew quite a laughing spree from James, John and Helen, Tesla simply shook his head and started to walk away, clearly not one to be amused easily.
