- THREE DAYS LATER -
Madison is now at a network studio for the briefing of the talk show where she will be the guest doctor. She entered the studio and politely greeted every staff inside. The show’s director approached Madison and greeted her.
“Doctor Suarez, I finally get to meet you! It’s a pleasure for the show to have you. By the way, I am the show’s production director, you can call me Derick.”
“Nice to meet you, Derick. Thank you for inviting me.”
“Actually, I really wanted you to be on this show. However, I thought that it may be hard to cast the Madison Suarez that is why I didn’t have much expectations.”
“What do you mean the Madison Suarez? I’m just a regular general surgeon.”
“What do you mean regular? Not everyone at your age would accomplish the same things as you did. You’re an icon in the medical field. Anyway, I was really happy to hear that your hospital agreed to send you as our guest. Thank you for coming.”
“It’s a pleasure. I hope you’ll help me; this is a first for me.”
“I’m sure you’ll do great. Anyway, if you’ll excuse me for a moment. I’ll see you again later.”
“Sure, thank you.”
The director left and Madison walked around the studio to observe the settings. Later on, she was escorted to a meeting room where the briefing would take place. Madison heard a staff and the director talking as she settles down in her sit.
“Aleister’s management said that he won’t be able to attend today’s briefing but will still continue his guesting.”
“It’s okay, I’m sure he’s busy filming his movie project with Mallory. Just send him the script for the show’s flow.”
It didn’t take too long before the briefing starts. Everyone introduced their selves and they were briefed about the health topics that they will discuss on the show.
On the other hand, Aleister is currently at a shooting range firing his gun to a target. His best friend, Hunter, approached him.
“There you are. You ditched the briefing for this? Why even bother to learn how to use a gun when you can just fly and use your hand to kill?” Aleister turned and pointed the gun on his friend. Hunter then raised his hand. “Okay, chill bro! Cheez, are you on your period or something? Why so grumpy bro?”
Aleister puts his gun down and removed his shooting earmuffs and proceed to seat on the bench. He drank water before proceeding talking to Hunter.
“Hunter.”
“What? Why are you calling me like that? Every time you call my name with a serious tone it makes me think my life decisions from the past hundred years. What did I do this time?”
“You’re overacting, I’m just going to ask you a question.”
“Still doesn’t calm me down. What are you going to ask?”
“Do you know—” Hunter cuts Aleister’s sentence even before he can finish.
“No, I don’t.” Aleister throws the bottle of water to Hunter and he catches it immediately.
“That is why you get nervous every time I call your name in a serious tone! You know yourself that you’ve been a bad guy from the past five-hundred years!”
“Hey! I was just kidding, and I’m not five-hundred years old! I’m only four-hundred-ninety-nine!”
Aleister just shook his head and continued to ask his question.
“Have you heard anything about the child of the werewolf alpha who died years ago?” Hunter was confused and shock when he heard the question.
“Why are you suddenly asking that question? Your father is going to freak out when he hears you ask that.”
“He’s not here. He did not hear it.”
“I don’t know about that, but to answer your question I honestly don’t know about that much. Like, come on it’s not like you were only born twenty-seven years ago. If you heard nothing about that, what more about me?”
“You know that I wasn’t here twenty-seven years ago, right? I just got back here last year.”
“Oh, right. You were sent abroad.”
“Just tell me anything you know about that. The only thing I heard twenty-seven years ago is that the werewolf alpha died.”
“Let me see what I know.” Hunter sat beside Aleister before speaking again. “A battle between the werewolves and inferior vampires broke out that time. What I know is that the alpha got pregnant by a mortal which caused conflict within the werewolves. Some of them joined the inferiors and attacked the alpha which later on killed her. I don’t know how she died or who killed her. Other than that, I know nothing already. It was just from the gossips but they said the child of the alpha is still alive. Some says the child died. I don’t know, no one knows.”
“How come no one found the child? Can’t them smell the child? Like, we can smell the scent of werewolves and vice versa.”
“There’s a lot more in the story that we don’t know. The only think I’m sure of, is that when that child shows up it might start another war within the immortals.”
“Why do you think so?”
“Because...” Hunter stood up ang looked at Aleister who is still sitting. “No one will easily accept a half-mortal and half-human in our world. Anyway, I have to go. Are you coming?”
Aleister shook his head and stood up. “I’ll leave later.”
“Okay, bye! I’m leaving!”
“Just leave!”
Hunter turned around and walked towards Aleister. “On the second thought, I might just stay a bit more to annoy you.” Aleister’s eyes turned red which made Hunter turned back and walked away. “Cheez! You really need to chill! Why don’t you go for a swim? That’s why you don’t have a girlfriend, you grumpy old vampire! I’ll leave!” he yelled without turning back and quickly left the place.
“Did he just say old? Hah! Who is he calling old?” Aleister said to himself with an annoyed toned. He just wore his shooting earmuffs again and picked his gun and went back to target shooting.
Meanwhile, the briefing for the show has ended and the director offered Madison together with the other cast and staffs to have lunch together. They are now at a restaurant and eating together while having a little discussion.
“So, Madison, what was your secret? You are an icon in the medical field,” said by one of the host, Amanda.
“Nothing, I just worked and studied hard like anybody else.”
“Oh, come on, no one would achieve your achievements that fast. They say that you are a really fast learner. You skipped multiple grade levels, right?”
“More of accelerated, I didn’t skip. Yeah, I’m a fast learner I won’t deny it.”
“So, tell me, who is it?”
“Sorry? I don’t understand.”
“I mean, was it your father? Mother? Or maybe uncle? You know, connections.”
Madison was somehow surprised about the question. At the same time, she felt offended.
“Excuse me, I’m sorry you must have been mistaken. I have no connections at all.” “Oh, come on. Everyone knows that for you to succeed early, you have to have connections. Don’t be shy, it’s normal.” The director seemed to notice a tension forming between Amanda and Madison. “Come one, ladies! We should talk about—” The director was cut off when Madison spoke. “You said that everyone needs connection to succeed?” “That’s right, so don’t—” Amanda wasn’t even done answering when Madison cut her off. “So, it’s right for me to assume you have that connection. Am I right? But how come, even with that connection that you’re proud off, you are still not successful in your career?” Madison straightforwardly said and smirked at the end. She forced a smile at Amanda who’s obviously offended. “Excuse me? What did you just say?”
The next day, Madison went to work but is still thinking about the incident yesterday. Madison couldn’t forget about the man she saw who disappeared in a speed of light. It gave her goosebumps all night. “Hey!” “Holly molly! What?” Madison almost skipped a heartbeat because of shock when her doctor gay friend, Charlie, tapped her on the back. “Girl! You got to stop drinking coffee! You don’t look pretty anymore, what’s the stress honey?” “I survive because of coffee. What are you doing here?” “I have no more patients for today. That’s great, kids getting sick are decreasing so does my bank account balance.” “So? Why are you here? Are you going to spend your free time bothering me?” “Nope! I came here to congratulate you about the show. I wanted to congratulate you earlier but I couldn’t find time. Anyway, I’m seeing you
She is now falling from the rooftop but she saw the man jump to catch her. At that moment, Madison knew that this could be the end of her life. She thought that the man won’t be able to help her in that situation given that they are falling from the rooftop of a fifty floors tall building. Suddenly, she saw his eyes glow in yellow and eventually managed to reach her. He holds her waist and legs and carried her in a newly-wed style. “W-what...” Madison couldn’t finish her words as they come closer on the ground. She closed her eyes expecting them to crash, however they landed safely. Madison opened her eyes and saw the glowing yellow eyes of the man slowly disappear. She was about to talk to him but he puts her down on the ground and left. He entered a black van and they quickly left. Madison become dizzy as she gets confused about what happened. Even people around her started gossiping. Until Madison collapsed and fell on the ground.
The next day, Madison went to the building where the fall accident happened. She was hoping that she could see CCTV footages on the day of the accident. She went to the rooftop and hoped that she could discover something. All of a sudden, a middle-aged man entered the rooftop and approached Madison. “Excuse me, miss? What are you doing here? Who are you?” Madison turned as soon as she heard his voice. “I’m sorry, I was just looking for something. By the way, who are you?” Madison hesitantly asked the man. “I’m the owner of this building. Do you need help? I came up here to completely lock this rooftop. There was an accident here days ago and I thought it would be a total bad luck if it happens again, so I decided to lock the rooftop.” “Ah, about the accident—” “Are you a reporter? If that’s what you’re here for I think you should leave. My business is greatly a
“Mallory, a little piece of advice, just focus on your goal and we’ll focus on ours. At this point, you might want to start thinking a new plan, because your current plan won’t work.” “Aleister, a little piece of advice too, don’t try hard to impress your father or anyone else by doing something you don’t want. I know you don’t want to be here; you’re just forced as the next superior leader. Why don’t you do what you want?” “You must be thankful that I’m not doing what I want, because if I did, I would have killed you first.” “You’re no match for me.” “Someone was or will be born to end you, watch it happen.” The two vampires stayed silent and just intensely stared at each other. Aleister’s manager entered which broke the tension between the two. “Aleister, we have to leave.” Aleister looked at Mallory for the last time b
A week passed and today is the filming of the talk show. Madison gets dressed as she prepares to leave for the filming. She turns around when she heard a knock on her room’s door. “Madi! Are you ready?” Louve excitedly asked as she walks towards her. “I’m so nervous, what if I mess up?” “Come on! You prepared a lot for this day! I know you’ll do great. Just do what you practiced.” “Can’t you come with me? I might panic when the camera starts rolling.” “Madison Suarez, you’ll do great! Trust me! It’s normal to be nervous since it’s your first time but just take deep breaths and you’ll be fine.” “That sounded weird.” Louve slightly strikes Madison’s nape. “Aw! Do you want me to have a broken neck during the show?” “It’s because you have to start cleaning your dirty mind. You have to leave now! You can’t be late! Just do what you practiced and trust yourself! I know you’ll do great, good luck!” Madison hugged Louve before she left. It took about thir
“It’s my perfume. It’s a limited-edition scent. It’s kind off weird but I like this scent, a unique one. Just don’t keep going around and telling people about the scent. I don’t really want people to know the personal stuffs I use, especially my perfume.” Aleister smiled at her before exiting the room. Madison’s headache slowly fades so she decides to leave the room. She immediately approached the director. “Derick,” she said hesitantly. The director immediately turned his gaze and checked her. “Madison! You’re finally awake! Are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital?” “No, I’m okay now. I’m sorry about earlier. What happened to the shoot?” “Don’t be sorry, it’s not like you intended it to happen. As for the filming, we rescheduled it tomorrow. I really want you to rest more but we also have to finish the shoot as soon as possible.” “No! Tomorrow is fine. I’m really sorry if I became a burden to everyone.” “It’s a good thing you know,” Amanda sa
The talk show filming was rescheduled later in the afternoon so Aleister decided to go to the gym in the morning. While he was lifting weights, Hunter approached him and gave him a bottle of water. Aleister stopped lifting weights and immediately drinks the water. “What’s up? Anything new about the great Aleister?” Hunter jokingly said before he drinks his own water. Aleister puts the bottle on the ground and started lifting weights again. “I met her.” “Met who?” Hunter drinks again after answering Aleister. “The werewolf alpha’s child.” Hunter was so shock that he spat out the water he was drinking. “You met the what?! Wait, how? When? Why? Who?” Hunter was in disbelief and panic while Aleister is just weighting lifts while talking to him. “She’s a doctor and apparently, she’s the guest doctor on the same talk show where I’m a celebrity guest