While Lucas was contemplating throwing a certain someone out, Allison was chasing Malia around the room with a broom in her hands.
"Hey! I just watched a little, why are you so grumpy?" Malia shouted as she dodged the broom that was heading for her head, and jumped across the sofa.
Just as she thought that the attack was over, Allison appeared by her side, then tripped her, making her fall face-first to the ground. "Ouch!"
Before she could get up, Allison grabbed her and started tickling her.
"Stop! Lucas, help me!" Malia raised her hand desperately towards Lucas, but he ignored her and glanced at his feet where there was a broom now.
’From where did this appear?’ Lucas stroked his chin thoughtfully as if this was a big case to solve, while Malia was still being tickled by the furious Allison.
Malia’s screams could be heard throughout the underground base, thankfully the walls were highly isolated, and so the night passed with her getting punished.
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While some people were having a good night’s sleep, others had to drive all night. After driving for more than 6 hours, John and Steven finally arrived at the base, and with them the unwilling Robert.
"Follow me." John turned toward Steven and spoke, then inserted a code and the door in front of them opened.
They were right in the building next to Lucas’ private base. John took them deeper underground, where they finally reached their destination.
He once again used a code for the last door, and once it opened, a large laboratory appeared in front of them.
Even Robert was surprised by how advanced it was; it had basically everything he needed for most experiments.
This laboratory was larger than the one that Lucas used to store the creatures he killed. It was a real place to experiment.
"Ding!"
From the other side, an elevator door opened and Lucas stepped out. This part of the underground was connected to his own private laboratory, so he could reach it more quickly.
"What do you think?" He gave a slight smile as he spread his hands proudly.
"I told you, I will not work for you." Although he liked the laboratory, Robert didn’t change his mind.
Lucas shrugged indifferently and gestured for them to follow. He then took them into a different room, where you could see various shapeshifters in glass containers filled with some sort of transparent liquid.
"What the fuck?" John’s face almost dropped to the floor as those creatures still emitted a terrifying aura.
Steven was the calmest out of all of them; he was more surprised by how diverse the creatures were, not just of a single race.
Contrary to John, Robert was a little afraid too, but you could see a hint of excitement in his eyes. He even took a step forward unconsciously as if wanting to touch the glass.
"How did you get so many?!" Robert turned towards Lucas while asking in an excited tone.
Lucas glanced at the shapeshifters, then gave Robert a smile that sent shivers down his spine. "I kill them all."
"You seem surprised. Didn’t the government have the resources to gather various shapeshifters?"
Robert immediately shook his head. "They wished, but they could mostly hunt werewolves. They tried once to go after a notorious Alpha pack, but that resulted in dozens of dead agents."
"Oh?" Lucas’ eyebrows raised as he heard something interesting, then he pointed towards a few glasses that were closer to each other. "You mean that Alpha Pack?"
Robert looked in the direction he pointed, and his pupils shrank as he saw the bodies of Deucalion and his Pack. "How’s that possible?!"
His footsteps resounded in the laboratory as he hurriedly moved closer. He gazed at Deucalion in astonishment. "That’s him! That’s the blind Alpha!"
He didn’t recognize the others as he only heard about them, but they managed to get a picture of Deucalion. He was an interesting subject, a blind Alpha.
He alone slaughtered more than twenty of their best agents. Then his face hardened, as Robert finally realized what it meant since Lucas had all of them here.
Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder, and his body trembled as he looked back and saw Lucas.
"What do you think? If you work for me, you could study shapeshifters that no one else had studied before."
Lucas had a proud face as he presented them, as if they were some precious collection and he showed it to make others jealous.
Robert’s face struggled visibly, as the variety of shapeshifters was too tempting for him; the Alpha Pack was like the cherry on top.
Just thinking of studying an Alpha made his body boil with excitement. Now his mind was divided into two pieces.
After struggling for a couple of minutes to make a decision, Robert finally looked up at Lucas.
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