K.R. Smith's Blog, page 2

"Hmm," he frowned thoughtfully. "That would make sense if he was our Mr X with the increased physical strength and antibodies."

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) Half an hourlater, Griggori was sitting hunched over his computer pulling up variousrecords however, Julia wasn't as successful.  When he heard her cursing, he looked over to where she was working.  Bad-temperedly, she hit her touch-screencomputer which blinked again in protest.             "Babushka?" he sat up straighter.  "What is it?"            "Declan Sabre

"He's supposed to be in his forties, too? Like his wife, he looks like he's still in his twenties!"

(Excerpt Alma Introduction) Griggoripressed a new command into his computer which displayed the driver's licensecomplete with a photo of a woman named Bianca Sabre.             "She's attractive," Julia noted, as she lookedon the woman's long, black hair, smooth white skin and dark blue eyes.            "If you like that sort of thing," he shruggedback, before looking appreciatively

"I have the case file open and what's interesting to note that on both times, Mr. X rescued the same woman."

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) "Thehuge, hairless, mutant, albino grizzly sounds like what our Mr X mightbe," Griggori continued.  "In2364 there was a 'wild animal attack' in Alaskawhere witnesses described this creature as the one who did the attacking.  Three victims were mauled in a supermarketcar park with their heads being eaten through. It appears to be the preferred way our Mr. X

A large creature which was supposed to look like a huge, hairless, mutant, albino grizzly but DNA analysis put it in the canidae family.

(Excerpt Alma Introduction) “Tell me inlinear order.” Griggori requested.              “In Chinain 2226 AD, a large group of grey wolves were found dead in a remote area ofthe country.  Some of them had beenkilled by a silver sword, evident by the traces of metal in the singed flesharound the cuts. However, most of them had been mauled by a larger animal.  The DNA in the animals'

“How can you link Mr. X to the murders today and to the ones 236 years ago?”

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) Reluctantly,she set aside her cold Chinese food and together they congregated around hercomputer so she could explain the readouts.             “I have been able to isolate several saliva samples inthe victims’ bites to allocate them to specific members of the OO Negative andthe OO Positive species.  I believe Ihave even found the perpetrator of your latest

“What's certain is the OO Negative species require fresh blood to replenish their necrotized bodies.”

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) The pairworked solidly away in a comfortable silence over the next several hours. AsGrigorri searched the InterPol database for 'wild animal attacks' orsword-related deaths, Julia combed the Forensics reports for anymore OOPositive and OO Negative blood samples taken from crime scenes.  They each worked at separate computers withcartons of half-eaten Chinese

"The tissue samples taken from their skin showed extreme photosensitivity and several of their major organs weren't functioning. Their bodies appeared to be in a form of biological stasis.”

  (Excerpt Alma Introduction) Next, heasked, "If the OO Positive victims were strong with amazing immunesystems, what were the OO Negative victims like?"            "Quite the opposite," she announced.  "The tissue samples taken from their skinshowed extreme photosensitivity and several of their major organs weren'tfunctioning.  Their bodies appeared to bein a form of biological stasis

“Their DNA scans as primarily human, but see here, every second or third sequence is canine. Da, I know how crazy it sounds Griggori. It's probably why the investigation faltered back in 2145.”

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction)             Griggori forced himself to look at the gory pictures onthe screen again.             "So both OO Negative and OO Positive are allergic tosilver?"            "Da," she confirmed.             “With the bite marks on the other three OO Negativevictims, if a teeth casting was done I'd bet it would match the two OO Positivevictims.”            

"So our victims were allergic to silver which caused the chemical burns when they were decapitated?"

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) Wearily, she rubbed hereyes which were sore from looking at computer screens all day.  She envied Griggori since he was a Detective,he could leave the building and get some fresh air once in a while.  Her work was scanning samples on glass slidesthen analyzing the results.             "There are more murders that occurred in Russia whichare related to our OO

We're dealing with a creature from the canidae family that's over two hundred years old.

 (Excerpt Alma Introduction) “Look at the results and atwhat happened to the blood samples that were added to the OO Negative.  The samples were drained of all theirnutrients and healthy cellular functions before it too turned OO Negative.  However, with the blood samples added to theOO Positive, they weren't drained.  Theywere immediately converted to OO Positive and instead of being