Bitemarks 1.6

Just a short one because I have to go to work.

Bitemarks 1.6

Ed didn't bother knocking on Alf's door. He shoved it open and barged inside. Alf was sitting at his desk filling in paperwork.
"Ed?..."
"How long has Beauclair been funding this organization, Alf?"
"I don't see how that's relevant."
"Oh it's relevant, Alf, very fucking relevant."
"What happened?"
"The excavation team are dead. All dead, even the soldiers."
"How?"
"A vampire."
"Impossible." Alf pushed his glasses up his nose. "Vampires are extinct."
"Are they, Alf? Are they really? Because let me tell you. Even a schoolchild could have looked at that scene and told you a vampire did it. This isn't coincidence. What was a vampire doing alive and well in the Arctic?"
"I..."
"How long has Beauclair been funding this organization?!"
Alf sighed, defeated.
"Ed."
"Don't give me that warning tone."
"A hundred and five years."
"Dammit." Ed smashed his fist down on the table.
"Ed, you have to understand..."
"Understand what? Greed? Stupidity? Recklessness? What was the agreement? Beauclair is allowed to survive the cull and in return he funds this place for life?"
"The cull was expensive Ed. The Bureau had to make certain... concessions."
"And you knew? You knew all this time that there was still one out there?"
"You're over-reacting Ed. I know this is an emotional time..."
"I am NOT over-reacting!" Ed brought his fist down again. "You know what these things are capable of and now we have one, maybe more, on the loose. That damn Beauclair could have been spawning for decades!"
"Ed, we don't know that."
"What other explanation is there?"
"I don't know, Ed. This is all very unexpected."
"Unexpected? Our agency, who has pledged to destroy monsters like this, allowed a vampire to survive the cull in exchange for cash and this is unexpected? I want to visit him. Where's he live?"
"France, but Ed..."
"No buts Alf. Get me a flight booked. Beauclair must know what went on up there and we don't have time to waste. You know how fast these things can multiply. That's why there was a mass cull in the first place."
"Ok Ed. Fine. You win. Go see Beauclair. But be careful. Beauclair is a very powerful man and not just because he's a vampire."
"Fine. And when the flight's booked you better get every available agent looking for this thing. News reports. Hospitals. Any sign of any vampiric activity we need to be on it fast."