153 No evidence

Once the strange feeling that had overcome Quinn's body had disappeared. A message appeared, one stating that a family member of his had gotten stronger. There was no need to ask the system what the message meant because he could feel it.

The strange sensation and connection between him and Peter. It was a similar feeling to when he consumed blood but it wasn't him getting stronger, it was Peter.

Just in case, Quinn had gone into the system to check his stats to see if there had been and changes but it seemed like it was the same as usual. Although he felt the same change of energy he usually did this time it didn't stay in his body.

However, another system message had appeared.

[A family member has killed]

[25 exp gained]

[45/400 exp]

The second message had confirmed Quinn's thoughts and he needed to find Peter now.

"I'm sorry Logan. Thanks' for all your help but I have got to go!" Quinn shouted. He went up to the mannequin that contained the mask and the suit and immediately put them into his Dimensional void and just like with his other beast equipment, they had been registered with his shadow equip so he was able to put the costume on and off whenever he wanted.

Just as Quinn was about to leave the door, he turned and looked at the workbench desk. On top, there were several different mask designs all a little different from each other. They were the different designs he and Logan had come up with, the prototype designs until they felt like one of them was best.

"Hey Logan, if it's not too much trouble, do you think you could complete the other mask designs for me?"

Logan chuckled to himself.

"Are you kidding me? I could finish them all by the end of today if I wanted to."

Quinn smiled back and looked at the bags under his eyes, he could tell that Logan worked hard on the costume and hadn't even rested since finishing it. "Logan, I promise I'll pay you back for all this one day. As soon as I find out anything about this system, I'll let you know."

With that, Quinn ran down the hallway and down the staircase rushing over to where Peter was. Although he had no clue where Layla and Vorden had taken him. It felt like the system or a part inside of him was telling him where Peter was. If he went towards the right direction the connection grew stronger. If he headed in the wrong direction it felt weaker.

It was similar to playing a game of hot and cold.

Without slowing down, Quinn ran down the stairs and out the hallway ignoring everyone he went past. But for the first time, a strange scent entered his nose. It was unusual for Quinn as he had never smelt this before.

Ever since he had turned into a vampire all of his senses seemed to improve apart from his taste but he could also say it was just heightened in other areas. Still, this smell was completely different from everyone else around him and he didn't know why.

If he wasn't in such a rush and panic, he would have turned around to see just who was giving off such a strange smell.

Before leaving the school completely he grabbed a random umbrella at the entrance. Often people would forget their umbrellas after a day of rain leaving it out to dry.

Once he had left the academy, he continued to listen to his body following the connection which eventually led him to the park and finally inside the forest.

As he arrived he managed to hear the last few words that Layla spoke. However, there wasn't much to ask, judging by the systems message Quinn could guess what had already happened. And seeing the bloody clothes in Vorden's hands and the slight blood marks on Peter, he already knew.

Peter had eaten human flesh and most likely killed someone in the process. While Quinn wanted to blame Peter for his actions, he really couldn't. Quinn was the one who turned him into this creature and he even knew what it was like.

When Quinn had turned into a vampire, he too was unable to control his lust for blood and ended up biting Layla in the process. It was just unfortunate that for Peter his needs were human flesh.

As Vorden was exiting the forest from where Quinn had entered, he whispered into Quinn's ear. "You need to do something about him and fast."

As soon as he said those words, he continued to exit the forest with the clothes in his hand while shouting. "I'll get rid of these; you guys look after Peter."

"Now can one of you please tell me what happened?" Quinn asked.

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Vorden made sure to cover the clothes as best as he could. When wrapped and piled in a bundle it was easy to cover most of the blood marks. He entered the school with ease and headed back to the dorm room where he put all of the clothes into a plastic bag including his own.

Then from his own and Peter's cupboard, he grabbed a change of clothing. Luckily the school supplied them with plenty of uniforms due to how much fighting went on at the school. Although if you went through too many you would eventually have to pay for it yourself.

With a new set of clothes in one bag and bloody clothes in the other, he needed to get rid of the evidence.

Just as he was walking down the hall and thinking about what to do with it, he spotted someone who would make life a lot easier for him.

"Hey Berg!" Vorden said. "How are you doing?" Placing the bag in his left hand into the one with his right, he touched Berg on the shoulder and successfully copied his flame abilities.

"Oh Vorden," Berg said with a fake smile back. "It's so nice to see you, ermm about those crystals, you don't have to worry about giving them back. Think of it as a gift from my family to yours."

"Oh thanks, I was just checking if that was okay," Vorden replied.

But while Vorden was doing his best to fake a conversation, he noticed that many of the students in the hallway were gossiping about something.

"Did you hear about what they found?"

"You mean something over by the second-year building?"

"Yeah, all the students are outside, while the investigation team is trying to find out what happened."

"I think a student got killed?"

"Inside the school? Isn't that like the second case, maybe we should start worrying if a beast got through the portals or something."

Vorden took this opportunity to break away from Berg and head to a place where he wouldn't be seen. It was quieter around the first year building now since most of the students had moved to the second-year area to see what was going on or ask about it.

Using this opportunity Vorden was able to sneak off into a secluded area and burn all of the evidence away.

"I just hope there wasn't anything we forgot about."

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