Chapter 311: Missing Pieces
Ezra cursed under his breath as he read the message.
Hyde's body was gone? And Green had somehow escaped? He quickly glanced around the warehouse. He didn't have time to unravel the full mystery here. Not now. He had to get back to peacekeeper headquarters.
He pocketed the datapad and glanced down at the unconscious humans. He couldn't leave them like this.
Peacekeepers were given authority by the law to use their powers on humans when investigating important vampire matters.
But if they remembered him afterwards, if they even had the slightest memory of seeing a vampire peacekeeper in their midst, it would be a breach of the Law of Secrecy. He had to wipe their memories.
Ezra called his Aura up, the dense cloud of vitality settling over the room. He quickly woke up all three humans under the hold of his Aura, erasing the last few moments from their minds as if they had never happened.
Then he knocked them back out and retracted his Aura.
When the humans wake up, they'll have headaches and be disoriented with a headache and no inclination of telling their bosses about passing out at the warehouse. After all, they had been drinking on duty. And in the middle of everything, they'll have no memory of his presence.
Satisfied that the Law of Secrecy was intact, Ezra made his way out of the warehouse. The lead on the logistics company would have to wait. Hyde's body missing, and Green, were far more pressing matters.
He abandoned his car, teleporting straight to the underground garage. He'd come back later to retrieve it later.
He gritted his teeth as he made his way to the hidden door, thinking through the possibilities.
Hyde's body had been under strict guard in the morgue, locked away under multiple layers of protection. No one should have been able to remove it. Not without help.
And as for Green, how had he managed to escape? Ezra had been the last person to visit and lock his cell.
If this was really happening, then there had to be a connection between Hyde's death, the missing body, and Green's disappearance. But what was it?
He put the thought out of his mind as he arrived at the door to see guards already there and Gen waiting for him.
"Ezra!" She said as he drew nearer but didn't say anything else, allowing Ezra to go through the identification procedure.
As soon as he was done, he was allowed into the building. "What's really going on?" He asked, striding as fast as he could to the secure wing, Gen following behind.
"Green's cell was empty when the security guards did the last check. And Hyde's body… it's gone." Gen answered his question.
"How long ago?" Ezra demanded, his voice sharp.
"An hour, maybe less." gen answered. "We've initiated a full lockdown, but there's no trace of Green anywhere. He's… vanished." Enjoy more content from mvl
Ezra could feel the effect of the lockdown. The walls had been designed in such a way that they could hide a black zone inside.
With the blackzone infused with vitality, no one could leave or enter, by teleportation or otherwise, without taking the front door.
"Who's maintaining the lockdown?" He asked.
"Olivia and Red." Gen answered. "With the current state of things, we couldn't trust anyone else with it."
Ezra nodded in agreement at her words. He also wouldn't have trusted anyone else apart from his wives with maintaining the lockdown.
He knew that Green had no powers that would allow him to slip his bonds which sealed his vitality and disappear without a trace. He was just a fourth ring vampire, not nearly strong enough to escape this kind of facility on his own.
Ezra walked to the morgue, going through the security checks and reinforced doors.
The cold, sterile room was empty. The slab where Hyde's body had once been was bare, the white sheet that had covered him now tossed to the side.
There were no signs of a struggle, no evidence of forced entry. The body had simply… disappeared.
"Who had access to this room?" Ezra asked, his voice low and dangerous.
"Only the Custodians and you." Gen replied.
"And who discovered the body was gone? The person had to have come in to know it was gone."
"I discovered the body." Gen answered. "After the guards raised the alarm, I figured that if he was after anything, it would be the body of the man that had put him in the cells in the first place. There was a low possibility of him doing that but I had to check anyway and I was right."
Ezra nodded at her words. He clenched his jaw, his thoughts churning.
Someone had to have helped Green. It was either an inside job or someone from outside.
He knew it wasn't his officers. He'd handpicked them himself, ensuring their loyalty. And they won't risk tampering with a high-profile case like this.
Which left someone from outside. Someone with the power to breach the security of both the cells and the morgue. His theory of a Monarchy plant was looking more real by the minute.
Green couldn't have orchestrated all this on his own. He didn't have the resources, the power, or the connections to pull off something like this.
Someone had helped him and that someone had also taken Hyde's body.
But why? What use could they possibly have for Hyde's corpse?
Gen's data pad beeped and she looked down at it.
Ezra waited patiently for her to read the message.
"They're gone. Every inch of the building has been searched. No traces of Green was found."
Ezra sighed. "Alert every officer in the city. I want a full lockdown on Green and anyone who might be associated with him."
He knew it was a long shot but it was standard procedure. The human police won't be able to find any trace of Green.
"And check every surveillance feed we have. If Green or Hyde's body really left this building, I want to know how."
Gen nodded quickly and left to relay the orders. Ezra stood alone in the morgue, trying to make sense of it all.
Just who in the world had taken Hyde's body?