They had been waiting in line for hours and they were finally next. The man who had the list of appointments had been calling out names from morning, his throat was dry and his lips were drier.  

"Complaint 66!", the man shouted. 

Azarian and Nancy stood up from their seats. They walked up to the man and they could see that man had a long day.

"The captain will see you now.", he said.

They entered the captain's office. His office glamorous and filled with things he had collected over the years. Honour medals cased in glass, portraits of him and his comrades fifty years ago when the war effort resumed. He was younger then, he had a full head of black hair and had a charismatic charm in his eyes. 

The captain was seated at his desk signing some paperwork sent by the Imperial Office in the Capital. He didn't move when an inch when Nancy and Azarian walked into the room. Azarian and Nancy sat on the chairs that faced his desk. 

"Excuse me sir.", Nancy said. 

The Captain put down his pen and looked at them. His hair had gone and his face wrinkled but he still had those charismatic eyes just like the portrait.

"Yes how may I help you today ma'am." 

"It's my son.", she said, "He has been missing for three days now. We've searched everywhere, his friends homes, his school and we can't find him." 

The captain turned back to his paperwork, picked up his pen and continued signing the paperwork. 

"Have you filed in a report at the desk?", he asked.

"We did the day he went missing.", Azarian said. 

"Who is the victim to you?", the man seemed uninterested and barely looked at them. 

"What the hell!", Nancy voice heightened in anger, "I've just told you he is my son."

"Easy there ma'am, this is just standard procedure.", the man assured her. 

"We are wasting time!", Azarian got off his chair, "Malak is out there somewhere and it's your duty to help us find him." 

The man was uninterested and barely looked Azarian in the eye. He was so consumed with his paperwork and was irritated by their presence. 

"How long has the victim been missing?", the man said with so much uninterest. Azarian and Nancy were at their breaking point. 

Azarian slid across the other end of the table. He pushed the man's chair against the wall. The man was frightened, he tried to get out of his chair. Azarian pinned him against his chair and lifted him against the thick window. His head bounced against the window, tiny shards of stuck to back of his neck. 

The man tried breaking Azarian's hold on him. He clawed and punched but Azarian had a death lock grip on him. The man tried screaming for help from the other enforcers, Azarian wrapped his hand around the man's neck. Chocking him, fighting for air to breath. His fingernails sharpened becoming claws and pierced the man's skin. Blood oozed from his neck.

"Azarian let go of him!", Nancy screamed, "Please let him go!" 

Azarian's opened his mouth and two long fangs grew before the captain's eyes. The captain was fearful for his life and tried breaking Azarian's hold of him. He punched and clawed at his arm but nothing worked. 

Azarian stared at the window and saw Samuel's ghost. He was smiling at him. 

Azarian could hear the dying screams of his friend and flashes from that day ran through his mind. He remembered how he devoured his best friend like a lamb, how he begged for his life. 

He let go off the captain and looked at his finger tips. They were covered in the man's blood. He looked around and saw Nancy in shock. She didn't move and he could see the fright all over her face by the way she was looking at him. 

The Captain was holding onto his neck and didn't say a word. Azarian slid back on the other side of the table and grabbed Nancy by the arm and walked out of the office.

It was a quiet walk back to the house. Nancy didn't say a word and just gazed onto the path beneath their feet. Azarian replayed every moment of what had happened in the office. The man was fighting for his life and he nearly took it. 

They reached the front door of the house. Nancy reached for the key in her pocket and nearly put in the key hole. She stopped and couldn't look away from the key hole. 

"Why didn't you tell me you were a vampire?", She asked, "I thought they killed everyone of them two hundred years ago."

"I just couldn't bring myself to."

"Azarian I let you in my home for two years.", she said softly, "You became a part of this family and you didn't think, not even once to tell me who you were." 

Azarian didn't say a word and couldn't bring himself to give her an answer. She put the key in the hole and unlocked the door. She slammed it wide open and walked right through. She went to her bedroom and slammed the door right behind her.

Azarian walked into Malak's room. Everything had been arranged nicely, his bed back in place, the clothes that were all over the floor had been packed and folded and the shards of glass had been thrown away. 

Humphrey was sleeping on Malak's bed, he heard Azarian walking around the room and woke up. His mouth was still sealed shut. He got up on his feet and jumped around. He tried removing the plate of his mouth but couldn't. 

"You know what happened to Malak don't you?" 

Humphrey jumped around in excitement. Azarian sat on the bed and pulled Humphrey close. He placed his hand on the plate, he pulled and pulled but the thing wouldn't come off. 

"Wait here.", he dashed out of the room. 

He knocked thunderously at Nancy's door.

"Nancy!", he shouted. 

She didn't respond. He continued knocking at her door until she finally came out. 

"What is it?" 

"I wanted to say I'm sorry. For not being honest with you from the beginning.", Azarian said, "There's alot I need to explain about myself and I will when the time is right but right now we need to find Malak."

"The Imperial Enforcers hopefully will sort it out."

"Let me go look for him.", Azarian said, "Clearly they won't find him. Malak and you are the only family I have and I need to protect my family." 

Nancy sat on her bed and she was worried, Azarian could tell by the way she was playing with her fingers. 

"I know you don't trust me anymore and I completely understand why but I need to do this." 

"Where are you even going to go?", she asked, "We've searched everywhere in Stormica. We didn't find him." 

"Then I will search The Capital and the entire Western continent if I have to.", Azarian said, "Let me bring your son back home." 

Nancy nodded her head and gave him a hearty hug. She held onto him tight and her eyes teared up. 

"Okay just promise you will come back with him." 

"I promise." 

Azarian went to pack every belonging he could fit in one bag. He went to Malak's room and grabbed Humphrey in his arms. He stood underneath the night's sky and Nancy waved him off. He began his journey to the capital.