- Henry is having nightmares when it should be impossible since Vampires are for all intents and purposes 'dead' during the day while sleeping. Could Mike's new case regarding a theft of Ancient Incan Art and a mummy-bundle hold the key?
- After a criminal gang hijacks a truck destined to a local museum an Incan mummy, Pacha Kamaq, comes to life by sucking the life force out the criminals and sets about looking for Henry in the hopes of gaining his immortality. For his part, Henry has been having nightmares about Pacha Kamaq and eventually concludes that they have a psychic connection. He tells Vicki to stay out of his business but she refuses and turns to black magic as a way of saving him. Her choice may cause a permanent rift between them.—garykmcd
- Henry has begun to have dreams about burning up in the sun. In the dream, he is awakened by a man in his apartment. When asked who he is, the man replies "Death" and points his ring at the suntight curtains, which begin to rise, letting in the sun. Henry promptly burns to a crisp. Although that might be a vampire's worst nightmare, Henry is more concerned that he's dreaming at all. For all practical purposes, Henry is dead from sunrise to sunset, so where are these dreams coming from? Vicki thinks it might be someone he ate, but Henry thinks it might be a sign that's he's soon going to die. Coreen looks up "sun" in one of her dream books and learns that dreaming about the sun is a good omen, signifying peace of mind, tranquility, enlightenment, fortune, goodwill, and insight. Not for a vampire, Henry counters. Vicki wonders whether it might not even involve the sun, reminding Henry about the man in his dreams. Henry draws a picture of what the man looks like, and Vicki recognizes it as Incan (thanks to Professor McAllister's classes on Mesoamerican History).
Detective Mike Celluci also has a problem. He and Kate spent the afternoon investigating the theft of a shipment of Incan artifacts on their way to a Toronto museum from a museum in Peru. The delivery truck was found in a rented garage. The only box opened contained a 1,000 year old Incan mummy, but the mummy was gone. On the floor lay a body that was so dried and crispy it looked like it had been dead for 1,000 years, but on its neck was the spiderweb tattoo of the Regent Park Titans, probably one of the thieves. Mike estimates that the tattoo was placed there within the past 10 years. Because of the unusualness of the case -- could a mummy have just gotten up and walked away? -- Mike needs Vicki's help. Vicki agrees to run down the list of Titan members and see whether she can turn up anything.
The body does indeed belong to a Titan. Ron Newbury and Wendell Bower got word that the museum shipment contained lots of gold relics and, with the help of the truck driver, arranged to hijack the shipment. The first box they opened contained a mummy. When Ron and Wendell noticed the gold medallion on the mummy's chest, Ron removed it. Almost immediately, the mummy's hand grabbed his arm and drained him of his lifeforce. Then the mummy turned to Wendell but offered him a deal he couldn't refuse. Serve me and live.
Vicki has found the trailer where Ron Newbury lives...lived...and discovered a rental receipt for the garage where the truck was found. Armed with a museum photo of the medallion that was around the mummy's neck, Coreen has identified the mummy as that of an Incan priest named Pacha Kamaq. Legend says that Pacha Kamaq ran the temple of Viracocha, the Creator, but decided he wanted to take over the throne of Cuzco. To gain more power, he turned to Supai, the God of Death, whose followers worship him by raping and killing. Supai turned day to night so that Pacha Kamaq and his followers could invade. Unfortunately, it was only an eclipse. As soon as the light returned, Pacha Kamaq was captured, but nothing they did would kill him. Eventually, they buried him alive, trapping his ajaya (lifeforce) in the talisman on his chest. Even Mike has to admit that it sounds like Pacha Kamaq may have returned from the dead, but what does he want? Vicki thinks that the best way to get to Pacha Kamaq is through Henry, since they seem to have some sort of link.
What does Pacha Kamaq want? First of all, he needs more ajaya, so it becomes Wendell's duty to bring him people he can drain. To insure that his ajaya can't be trapped again, he destroys the amulet by spilling Wendell's blood on it. Next, he wants a nicer place to live than Wendell's small apartment, so they find a house Pacha Kamaq likes, knock on the door, kill the owner, and move in. But most of all, he wants to steal the immortal ajaya from the Nightwalker, Henry Fitzroy, and Pacha Kamaq has charged Wendell with locating Henry. Wendell can't locate Henry's address, but he does find out that Henry pens comic books. "They're GRAPHIC NOVELS!" Pacha Kamaq screams at Wendell and steals five years from his life in retaliation. Anyway, Pacha Kamaq can always reach Henry through his dreams.
Mike and Kate have found Wendell's apartment. As Kate searches the back rooms, Mike looks in the front room and finds another mummified corpse of a young girl. Against his police instincts, Mike kicks the remains into dust and covers them with a blanket, informing Kate that he didn't find anything. Fortunately, Kate is elated because she found the medallion and doesn't bother to re-search the front room. Later, as Mike recounts to Vicki that he has destroyed evidence, trashed a body, and lied to his partner, he realizes that he can't keep playing in Vicki's world.
Without the talisman to control Pacha Kamaq, Vicki decides that the best way to keep Henry safe while he's "sleeping" is for her and Coreen to move into Henry's apartment so that they can watch over him during the daytime. It also allows them access to Henry's large library of grimoires and books about magic, since it appears that they're going to have to search out a magical way to defeat Pacha Kamaq. Pouring through spells that require ingredients they can only get on the internet or that require human sacrifice, Vicki notices a spell that can poison her lifeforce and, against Coreen's objections, decides to do it.
While Vicki and Coreen are so engaged, Henry has another dream. In this one, Pacha Kamaq is holding Vicki hostage, but Henry sees his address...7882 Eriksen Drive. When he awakens, Henry is adamant about stopping Pacha Kamaq on his own. Before he can leave, however, Vicki runs a sword through his abdomen and then performs the ritual using his blood. Vicki then confronts Pacha Kamaq. However, when Pacha Kamaq drinks of Vicki's poisoned lifeforce, he disintegrates into a mummy. Vicki returns to Henry's apartment, but he has gone out to feed.
Epilogue: Henry informs Vicki that she has crossed the line, that she fouled herself using his blood, and that there is a price to pay for messing with the black arts. Vicki asserts that she would have done anything to save Henry. I wish I could forgive you, Henry says and disappears.
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