As the three were sitting there contemplating how to handle their less than ideal situation, Marcellus was having a completely different train of thought.
He was reviewing everything that had happened since he became a vampire. Although it has only been a month or so, a lot has truly happened. Now that he was playing everything out in his mind, he came to a realization. He was somewhat special.
Not in a stupid way, nor was he a genius that was only seen once every 10,000 years or something dumb like that. What made him different was his personal mental power, 'Internal lightning'.
Thinking about everything he has been able to do because of it made him think that he was special. It can double the speed/agility of his body to levels he shouldn't be able to achieve.
As a fledgling, he could break the sound barrier, something only full, unranked vampires should have been capable of.
Now that he was also unranked, he could achieve physical speeds that only someone who was knight ranked should have been able to. Essentially, it doubled the speed someone of his rank should have. This sub-ability's name is called 'Bloodsbane Flash'.
It also sped up his reaction time, even more so than his speed. When he uses that move–he decided to call it 'Bloody Reaction'-- it slows down the world around him, until even at his speed, everything looks slow.
It also changes the colors of the world to gray, he learned only recently that blood shows up in its original color, only glowing.
His red lightning is also able to speed up his motor functions, giving him faster thinking speed, stronger comprehension and problem solving qualities, as well as, granting him a perfect memory.
This ability also has the ability to numb/null his pain receptors for a time. The name of this sub-ability is called 'Data inference'.
It can also augment his healing speed by pushing the blood and cells throughout his body into the shape that his brain perceives as optimal. Making this a sub-ability called 'Accelerated Restoration'.
These abilities will also grow with him as he grows in power and rank. This is why he thinks he is special. So, tapping into that feeling he gets when using his 'internal lightning' he is now able to feel them.
The chains he felt that day with Arthur have long since been broken. In their place he could feel 7 blood red, glowing lightning bolts sitting in place.
Now that he has experienced them and felt what they do he could name them. One for each ability he had. But, why was there seven, he had only felt 4?
Knowing that he wasn't going to figure it out anytime soon, he decided to do what he came here for.
Thinking about the ability he wanted to use, 'Data Inference' he mentally tugged on that specific lightning bolt and mentally called out the name he gave it.
He then opened his eyes and the first thing he noticed was that his brain was receiving information from everything around him. It almost overwhelmed him, causing him to close his eyes.
Knowing that he might injure himself with this power if he continued using it for an extended period of time, he focused on the task at hand.
With all the information he has gathered and needs to get, he started making a plan, which he shared with Alicia and Arthur.
"So, right now our goal can be separated into 3 different parts" started Marcellus as he held up 3 fingers with a serious expression on his face and eyes closed.
Arthur and Alicia were deep in thought about their problem as well so Marcellus startled them a bit but they instantly paid attention when they heard what he said.
"One: we need information about who is attacking us, what they plan to do and why" Marcellus put down one finger as he stated their first problem.
"The current best way to get this information about our enemies is to use the guy who attacked us. We compel him to give us information of these organizations, or persons operations. Then, using this information, along with whatever we can find out online, if there is anything, we have him infiltrate their ranks while reporting back to us." Marcellus paused to see if they had anything to add so far.
"How should we get him on though?" asked Arthur as he didn't think infiltrating an organization would be this simple.
"We don't have enough information to come up with anything more solid right now. We need to wait for Chuck to give us an in" replied Marcellus as he frowned. They truly were looking worse for wear. Although he could come up with a better plan, he doesn't have enough information.
"What if he doesn't have important information about his employer?" asked Alicia.
"We will get information about that group he was a part of, "Slayers", and see if any of the other members do" replied Marcellus.
"I have that plan and another one that is a lot more risky" revealed Marcellus after some more thought.
"Chuck mentioned that he was supposed to inform his employer after he captured you and delivered you to a drop off point. We could wait there and ambush the person who comes to pick you up" started Marcellus as he thought about how to put the rest of the plan into words.
"There is a high percent chance that the person who picks you up will have more information and a better way to infiltrate the organization but there is also the risk of it being a higher ranked vampire, in which case we won't be able to compel them to infiltrate".
"There is also the risk of the person informing their boss that something went wrong, as well as letting them know that Chuck has been compromised. Meaning that we can't choose both options"
"However, with the second plan, if we can get better information about them, there will be less risk with trying to get Chuck involved" finished Marcellus as he waited for his friend's opinion.