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Tom leaned back slightly and looked at her.

             
“You know, we really should head back and I should now dance with your friends.”

             
“No. hurry, they are doing just fine.”

             
Tom looked back at their table and it was empty.  He scanned the dance floor and found both of them dancing with others.

             
“Don’t worry, they will be on their best behavior.”

             
The two lads joined Tom and the girls at their table and seemed to be enjoying themselves.  He watched them flirt with Iolana’s friends.  It was good to see the girls smile and it was obvious the men wanted more and that wasn’t in the cards.  Besides, these two men were giving him a window to spend more time with Iolana.  She was his choice and by far his favorite. 

             
Tom had figured his time on his excursion to allow two hours to get airborne, and another three for flying to Louisville.  This left him time on the ground for his sister, her party and to refuel and prepare for the first leg of their journey to Australia.  He looked at his watch and it was now after ten.  His plan called for them to leave by ten-thirty.  He didn’t want to cut it any closer than that.  He hated to interrupt Hadiya and Chelsea, but he knew he needed time in Louisville to pick up the daytime flight crew and their evening out had to be a short one.  He looked around the table.  It was good to see them talking and laughing.

             
He had noticed the two young men were friends and that both girls acted like they spoke very little English.  It was their way he thought of them glossing over the flirtations both were receiving from these strangers, but now the time was coming to an end.

             
“Ladies, I think it is time to go.  We can’t miss our flight.”

             
As the party stood up the two men kept begging for Hadiya and Chelsea to stay longer.  They definitely enjoyed their company and both wanted to see the girls again.  The two followed Tom and the others outside still trying their best to get everything from phone numbers and addresses to emails.  Tom placed a call and the limo quickly showed up.  Tom held the door and Iolana and Hadiya entered the back.  He looked around for Chelsea.  There were others walking by and looking at her and not stopping.  Chelsea was holding her escort during the evening against the side of the building.  She had one hand around his neck and the man’s feet were off the ground.  Tom ran over to see what the problem was.

             
“Chelsea put him down.  We’ve got to go.”

             
“But he made fun of me!”

             
“Chelsea please.”

             
The man with a terrified look was released and just stood there as if in shock.

             
“I wasn’t making fun of her, I rather like her.”

             
“Her English is not that good.  I am sorry this happened.”

             
Tom turned to Chelsea.

             
“Everything is fine now Chelsea.  Please get in the limo.”

             
Chelsea finally did turn and left for the limo as her escort still stood next to Tom.

             
“Honest, all I asked her if she really had to go.”

             
“That’s all you said?”

             
“Well I told her I knew a place where I could take her that makes a great Bloody Mary!  The thing I remember is she asked me what kind of blood was in the Bloody Mary and when I told her that there wasn’t really any blood in it, she got mad!”

             
“I’m sure it was a misunderstanding, her English is not that good.”

             
“But I weigh one hundred and ninety pounds!  She lifted me like it was nothing with one hand!”

             
“She didn’t tell you?”

             
“Tell me what?”

             
“In her country she is a member of the Olympic Weight Lifting team.”

             
“Oh.”

             
“I’m sorry, but we really have a flight to catch.”

             
Tom left and quickly entered the limo for the return ride back.  He did not look back at the man still shook by the encounter.  The girls all had a good laugh including Chelsea on the ride back to the tarmac.  He was happy they all had a good time.  The rest of Tom’s time table proceeded on schedule and the group were winging their way to Louisville.

             
Elizabeth and Nathan were standing on the tarmac as the black jet arrived.  They watched the ground crew set up as Tom opened the door and waved to the pair.  Nathan kept watching the cockpit through the window and eyed the two women shutting the craft down.  Tom came over with the paperwork.

             
“Here is all the paperwork you’ll need for your portion of the party.”

             
Elizabeth took the package.

             
“Tom, before we go any farther, we want a meeting with you and the three vampires.”

             
“Well were about to refuel.  Sunrise will be here in another hour.  The sky is already showing the approaching sunrise.”

             
Elizabeth spoke first

             
“This will only take a minute.”

             
Nathan added his concern.

             
“We must have this meeting before we allow this extra flight crew we hired to board the aircraft.  It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.”

             
Tom could see a flight crew in a nearby limo.

             
“Okay, but it must be fast.”

             
Tom led his sister and Nathan back on board.  He stopped at the flight cabin.

             
“Ladies, we need to have you both in a short meeting before we can proceed.”

             
Iolana looked at Chelsea in the second seat and back at Tom.

             
“How about a meeting with just Hadiya and me?  She really has to finish a few checks before we begin refueling?”

             
Tom looked at Nathan behind him.

             
“That is fine. Two of you can work.”

             
Iolana gave her thoughts to Chelsea about what still needed to be checked and Chelsea nodded.  Iolana stood up.

             
“Let me go get Hadiya and we will join you in the first class cabin.”

             
Iolana walked by the visitors smiling and couldn’t help but notice only cold stares greeting her gesture.  Tom led the pair back and they now all sat at the round table awaiting the two vampires.   Meanwhile, Tom was asked how he felt and several inventory issues were discussed.  The girls pulled open the sliding curtain and sat next to Tom.

             
“Should I?”

             
Nathan looked at Elizabeth.
             
“No, I’ll do this.  It won’t take long.”

             
He turned to the two strange women.  They did seem normal enough.

             
“Ladies, if everything we have heard is true then we wish to thank you.  However, we have not seen what Tom has obviously seen so we have a few doubts.  Please understand that just getting you here and all the equipment we have purchased for this venture so far, means that I have been authorized and spent both Elizabeth and Tom’s money to over two hundred thousand and we are not yet in Australia.  We need to see a small amount of proof that all we have been told is true.  Elizabeth and I are scientists and we require some form of additional proof.  Which one is Iolana?”

             
Iolana raises her hand.

             
“I am Iolana and she is Hadiya.”

             
Elizabeth is constantly scanning the two women.

             
“Tom believes he is going to turn into a werewolf in what?  Two weeks and two days?  Do you believe that is true?”

             
“Yes of course.  We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t believe that.”

             
“Good.  Okay, what kind of vampires are you?”

             
“I don’t understand what you are asking.”

             
“Are you a Bajang, Dearg-due, Pontianak, Vetala, Yasha?”

             
“I do not know these words.”

             
“They are different types of vampires according to the information I have found on the Internet.  All we want really is just a little proof that Tom here is in good hands.  Do you understand?’

             
“In other words, you want reinforcement of his story and us?”

             
Elizabeth is amazed.  If these two are really vampires, it was hard to swallow because they look beautiful and so very human.

             
“Yes.  My short study on line indicated many types of vampire…”

             
“I understand.”

             
“Tom would you help us?”

             
“Of course.”

             
Iolana stood up and told Hadiya to get a large beach towel from in back.  Tom stood next to his women.  He felt like he was falling in love with this poor girl who just suffers from another type of infection.  Hadiya returned through the curtain with a large beach towel.  Iolana unfolded and gave one end to Tom.

             
She leaned close to Tom’s neck and gave him a light kiss.  Her fangs immediately came out and she could tell it shocked both Nathan and Elizabeth.  She pulled away from his neck.

             
“Our fangs are extended without our mental thoughts they are an involuntary response.  You can check his neck later.  Neither I nor either of the girls has bitten him all while he has been with us.  As scientists, you should know that these are real.  I will let either of you examine them later if you desire.”

             
Everyone could tell that Iolana had to concentrate to retract her neck spears.  She now turned to Hadiya and asked her to stand behind the towel as it was stretched out from Hadiya’s neck to the floor.
             
“Now I will ask my dear friend to transform into a wolf.  On this first transformation we will have a towel here.  The remaining transformations will be done without a towel.”

             
“Why have the towel at all?”

             
“On her first transformation her clothes will fall off.   Unlike in your movies, the clothes do not change size or disappear.  The towel is to respect her privacy.”

             
Hadiya disappears and the towel is removed.  There stood a mean wolf.  Nathan and Elizabeth shot out of their seats.  Iolana knelt next to her friend.

             
“She won’t attack.  Her mind is not affected by this change.  Please feel free to pet her.”

             
Elizabeth shook her head.  There was no way in hell she was about to pet such a formidable wild creature.  Nathan did come forward and stroked her hair while Iolana slid Hadiya’s pants and panties still on the back half of her body.  Once all the clothes were off of the Hadiya, Iolana squatted next to Nathan.

             
“Okay, now this time, Hadiya will do another transformation.  There will be no towel to block your vision.”

             
Iolana looked up at Elizabeth.

             
“There is a small pair of scissors in that bowl.  Could you pass them over?”

             
Elizabeth found them and handed them to Tom who passed them down to Iolana with Nathan alongside.  Iolana cut a small amount of hair and let the strands fall into Nathan’s hand.

             
“Even though she is a wolf in front of you, a lab test would show this hair to be closer to human than animal.”

             
Iolana then guided Nathan to stand up.  She signaled Hadiya and Hadiya went from wolf to bat.

             
Hadiya hovered in front of their guests.  Hadiya now flew to a spot just in front of the curtain.  This time Tom and Iolana held the towel only waist high as the bat was now once again the woman Hadiya.  As she covered her breasts with her hands, Tom and Iolana concealed her body and Iolana wrapped it around her friend.  Hadiya then left the first class cabin for the rear of the aircraft..  Nathan and Elizabeth were convinced.  Iolana looked at them in a very understanding way.