Chapter 1

It was all happening so fast.

The weapons took aim, Melee froze realizing these were the latest Metal Knight had been working on. She seen them once before as they took out a level dragon monster with great ease. "Garou hold on!" she called. As the weapons fired, Melee attempted to shield them, but the shield went up too slowly. She felt the horrible pain in her left arm, Garou hissed as the weapons fired and then came to a very sudden stop. When the smoked cleared, Melee kept the shield up. However her left arm was blown off!

Garou lost his right leg, yet, neither one moved. "They should have kept firing, what's going on?" she asked.

It was then she noticed Garou's third eye had opened. "I am combining our power right now. Your shield is blocking our vitals. I am blocking our auras. We can't be seen by the machines… which means I can do this!" In his hands be balled up a fist full of power, he launched the energy and struck every machine with weapons, cameras and sensors! He did a quick observation and found all of the scanners were destroyed. "Keep your shield up…" but then he saw her arm. "Melee!"

"I'm okay, the bleeding stopped." She said. Melee looked down as Garou's leg reformed with great ease. Melee wasn't certain if she could do the same just yet, her greatest concern were her children.

"We have to get to them, we have to move now!" she said.

Garou agreed, just as they approached the wall, they heard a terrible sound. A powerful strike against the stone and mortar only grew. By the third blow, the wall exploded!

They paused and saw a young man emerged, he was the spitting image of Garou with blood shot eyes with red and white hair. "Pac?" whispered Melee.

He was carrying his brother and sister on his shoulder, he was weak and wounded but he kept trying to move forward, he was muttering. "I have to go home… I have to get home…" He barely made it a few feet before collapsing. "PAC!" Garou rushed to his son's side. He was battered and bloodied. Worst still was how much he changed. From his growth spurt, it caused his flesh to tear at a rapid pace, under his skin was the same scales Garou possessed. But they appeared remarkably similar to his very first monster transformation. It was merely beginner's scales. Hunter possessed the same ones. Alley did too but not to the extent of her brothers.

Melee was in tears to it all.

"How… how?" she whispered.

Garou shook his head. "We need to get them home, get them comfortable…" He was quick to envelop is children, when he had all three, Melee flew them home, but kept the shield up. The moment they landed, she went through the house. She took out every electronic there was and disposed of them outside, far away from the house. When she returned, she found Garou already in bed, lying on his back, but caressing his sides. His sides were moving rapidly, the children struggling. Perhaps it was the fight or flight instinct taking hold, but soon, they calmed down and settled.

Garou sighed with relief as he took a deep cleansing breath.

Melee found herself tearing up to the event, everything happened so fast and they couldn't do anything about it. "He can't know we're alive." She said. "Metal Knight cannot know!" she said.

There was an odd calmness to Garou. "I am going to kill him" he said coldly. "I WILL murder him."

"Now isn't the time to think about it, we have to make sure the kids are okay… Garou… they've grown so much in such a short time."

"I know… I know," he said. "I am not letting them go until they feel safe again."

She made her way over to the bed, she lay against his stomach and tried to feel for her children through his body. "I'm going to see if they are okay, don't be alarmed if I don't answer you right away." He said.

Melee understood as his eyes closed, but the third eye opened…