Alex

I was talking to my supervisor at the weekly review I was given. We were using one of the interogation rooms since the conference rooms were being used as holding cells, they were bigger.

"You've been doing what?" He was somewhat curious and intrigued.

"I've been altering their minds so they are more prone to obey me. It doesn't always work, you see I can't force them to work for me, but I can alter their inhibitions so they are more likely to hunt their own or, at least, lead us to them."

"Absolutely brilliant," He grinned widely. "What about that vision everyone with magic seemed to have?"

"Jared is behind it," I explained. "Evidently their was a line of magic users you guys missed a few hundred years ago and they spread and spread. Now their are thousands possibly tens of thousands, maybe even millions if the blood works the same way."

"Thank you Alex. I'll go report this to Lord Minon," He stood up and walked out of the room.

I got up and left to check on one of my prisoners. She was quite beautiful and had, as yet, been untouched by the filth that I was forced to command. They told me if I got enough of my own kind to swear loyalty to this cause they'd let it be only us but that number was unrealistic at best. One thousand they said, one thousand twisted and corrupted by magic, as they put it, and they'd let us be our own sub division.

I decided to go talk to her for the first time since she had gotten here. She looked at me a little funny, "Who are you? I haven't seen you here before."

"I'm the reason they haven't beaten you to a pulp, or worse, for information. I'm the leader of this band of mongrels."

"Oh really?" She laughed. "You? Leader? Well I guess I shouldn't laugh if you really have been protecting me, it's just that you're only a..." She paused and realization of my identity struck, "You're Jared's brother." She growled at me, "Why don't you just kill me and get it over with."

I smiled gently, "I was going to offer to let you join me and become my second."

Her eyes went wide, "Why would you trust me?"

"Because you'd swear to serve me until death," I answered. "This is your one chance. When I walk out that door all protection leaves you and trust me, the dogs are hungry for fresh meat."

"I swear I'll serve you until death," She didn't hesitate.

I guess she knew what I meant by that, "Good." I pulled out the keys and let her out. "Let me show you around our new kingdom."

"Alex," She said. "Let's get one thing straight. I said I'd serve you, I didn't say I'd be your girlfriend."

I nodded, "One thing at a time, I'm not assuming you'll do that but given a chance I think you'll find I'm a nice enough person."

Suddenly I was thrown into a wall at the same moment I heard a gunshot. Behind me a saw one of the new guards pointing a gun at where I had been standing. She ran down the corridor of four her suddenly lengthened arms and pounced on the man. I ran over and just stared as I saw the changes in her body. Her canines had extended and become like razors.

She spoke with a slight lisp because of the two teeth that stuck out, "What do you want me to do with him?" The man was terrified as she held her teeth dangerously close to his neck.

"I don't allow traitors to live, but," I said. "We need to find out if he worked alone or with others. We just had a room open up, put him in your old room and then come back to me."

Now I knew not to anger her, the mist in the base would not affect her power and she would be able to tear me to shreds before I'd even know she had. I walked off thinking about my choices, it was harder to catch the more evil ones because they were more likely to fight and be killed for it, but perhaps I can get them to join me like she had. Mind alteration makes great drones but I have plenty of those for now. I need some captains.