Perhaps the doctors were planning to make Jake obedient again, to reassert control over the vampire.
His satisfaction was short-lived, however, as the lights in the institute suddenly flickered and then went out entirely, plunging the entire facility into darkness.
His heart skipped a beat. What now?
Just as panic began to set in, his communicator buzzed urgently. It was Dr. Mei.
"General," she said, her voice tight with urgency. "Find the blue cat. Immediately."
"What? Why?"
"That cat," Dr. Mei hissed, her calm demeanor replaced by an edge of desperation, "is behind the power outage. You need to find it now. If you don't, we're all going to die."
The general's breath caught in his throat. "What? How is that possible? It's just a cat!"
"It's no ordinary cat," Dr. Mei snapped, her tone sharp and cold. "It's been tampered with—modified. That creature has abilities far beyond what you can comprehend. Do not underestimate it."
