"What are you doing?" Jimmy asked.
He had just walked into the room with all the security equipment. Jey was watching the monitors that showed all the cameras they had placed around the woods. Some of them had been moved by Jey. He was on the hunt for something, the dream of finding something big, and Jimmy liked the idea too so he followed his brother.
"Do you remember that weird howl we heard a while back? The one we couldn't pinpoint on any animal?" Jey asked.
"Yeah?" Jimmy looked at the screens. "Did you find it?"
"Her," Jey smirked. "I found her."
"Her?" Jimmy asked.
"I kept moving the cameras around each night. I went further in everytime. And I fucking found her. You won't believe it when you see it," Jey said. "Wait, there she is."
He pointed eagerly at one of the screens. Jimmy's eyes grew wide. It looked like a woman but she had a long, slim tail and pointy ears. She walked around naked on two legs like a human but her eyes could clearly focus in the darkness like a nocturnal animal.
"What the hell?" Jimmy asked.
"I know," Jey clapped his hands. "She is gonna make us famous."
"How do you plan on capturing her? By flirting and making her go with you?" Jimmy chuckled.
A scream sounded through the screen as a net on the ground closed around her and hoisted her up in the air.
"Like that," Jey said victoriously. "Let's go. I don't know if she's got any skills to get out of it."
Jey grabbed his tranquilizer gun and ran out of there. Jimmy was hot on his brother's trail with a flashlight in his hand. They ran through the woods. That weird howl echoed through the night as they came closer.
"She's calling on someone," Jimmy said.
He stopped and shone the light on her. She went quiet and watched him through the net. He raised his free hand, trying to show her he wasn't a threat.
"Easy, girl. We won't hurt you," he said.
A small screech left her as the dart went into her neck. She had been focusing on Jimmy and the light so she hadn't seen Jey raise his tranquilizer gun and shoot her.
"Nap time," Jey said. "Let's cut her down and get her out of here before anyone or anything approaches."
"Did you have to do that? I was trying to talk to her," Jimmy said.
"Just shut up and cut her down!" Jey snarled.
They cut her down as fast as they could and carried her back to the house they had build. They carried her down in the basement and Jimmy stared at the cage down there. They had built the house together in a dream of studying the life in the woods and maybe discovering something new. The basement had been Jey's personal project and Jimmy hadn't been down there since it was built a long time ago.
"You planned for this, didn't you?" Jimmy asked.
"Of course. It's soundproof too and the window is translucent glass so if anyone finds themselves out here for some strange reason, they won't see her," Jey said.
"You could at least have put a mattress in here," Jimmy said.
"She's used to the ground outside. She'll survive just fine on the floor," Jey said.
"God, her skin is so hot. That must be how she survives naked outside in the cold," Jimmy said.
Jimmy put her down and took a look at the naked woman. He opened her eyes with his fingers to study them.
"Yellow eyes," he opened her mouth next. "And her corner teeth are fangs. What do you think? An experiment gone wrong or a new species?"
"Whatever it is, she's gonna make us rich," Jey said.
"Who are you gonna call about this finding?" Jimmy asked.
"No one just yet. I wanna study her first. See what's in there inside her mind when she wakes up," Jey said.
Jimmy sighed and stood up. He walked out of the cage and Jey was there fast to close the door and lock it.
"You know this could might as well be some goddess stranded on earth," Jimmy said.
"Right," Jey laughed.
"Look at her, Jey!" Jimmy pointed. "Just fucking look at her! I'm warning you right now. You don't know what she is and you don't know what she's capable of. Tread lightly. We might have a super intelligent being on our hands and I'm pretty sure she'll be pissed off when she wakes up tomorrow."
