"Dawn of Life"
Chapter 3 – Hidden Secrets
Standing there in the middle of the dark empty room was a tall man. He stood there quietly in front of the tinted window, gazing down into the large white and luminescent room. The man positioned himself with his back perfectly straight and his arms crossed behind his back.
"You haven't accomplished your task,"
An unexpected shadowy figure appeared out of the partly lit entrance of the room. It was slightly taller than the other guy and had an appearance of a strange looking humanoid werewolf, covered with a blue metallic-like armor. Its glowing eyes gazed down upon the back of the man's head menacingly.
"If you guys want her so bad, why don't you do it yourselves?" he solemnly asked.
The tall man did not bother once to turn around from his current standing position at the ominous figure behind him. He remained perfectly still with his back turned. The man did not even flinch at the sudden movement the creature made when it came towards him from behind. The man continues to gaze down through the dark tinted window.
The creepy humanoid beast sneered and snarled quietly through its metallic faceplate. "Failure is not an option, Vincent. Master would not be very pleased…"
Down at the end of the dark and shadowed hallway lies a tall metal door; one that consists of a hard solid steel material. It contains 3 thick and secure metal bars that strips across the front.
Rex, along with Hunter, comes to a slow and complete stop in front of the large gray metallic door. Hunter turns her head from side to side and gazes upon the metal door.
"What are we doing here?" Hunter sneered.
"You'll see," Rex turned and smiled at her.
He firmly placed the palm of his hand onto the front of the door. Hunter crossed her arms and scoffs in disbelief. Bright blue lines then appeared from his hands and scattered onto the metal door. She stood there stunned, as the 3 metal locks automatically slide open with the large metal door following shortly after.
Behind it revealed a bright and enormous room. Trees and bushes were found scattered all over and the sounds of animal cries were heard through the perimeter. Looking up above the trees was a flock of birds, passing by overhead.
"Well…" Rex asked "What do you think?"
For a moment, Hunter stood there speechless. Rex couldn't help but laugh at Hunter's dumbfounded expression. Hunter ignores his laughter and continues to glance roughly around the area. It was like paradise to her, both thrilled and fascinated by the nature environment.
"It-it's so-big!" Hunter said "Wh-what is this place?"
"This is the Petting Zoo," He replied "A place where we keep all the captured E.V.O.s…"
"Petting Zoo? Really?" Hunter asked with disbelief "And how might this be fun and exciting?"
Rex smiled at Hunter "Watch this..."
He reaches to the top of his head and grabs his goggles, moving them down over his eyes. She confusingly notices the same blue lines appearing on his legs then watches them transform in a motorcycle-like vehicle. Hunter jumped in shock. She quickly held her hands up to her face and covered her mouth. Hunter stunningly observes the vehicle hovering a few inches off the ground.
"No way," Hunter gasped in shock "Who'd did you-?"
Rex turned his head towards Hunter and smiles. "You coming?" he said. He places his hand on the top of the vehicle and gently patted down right behind him. Hunter nervously stood there with her hands slightly shaking in front of her face. She slowly approached the vehicle timidly and gently sat down upon it. Rex glances over at Hunter and smiled. He turned his body towards the front and grasped firmly onto the handlebars.
"Hang on!" he said.
Hunter looked up at him, baffled. He shifted the handlebars close to his chest. At the same time the sound of the engine revved up and Hunter could feel the vibration of the vehicle from her legs. He thrusts the handlebars forward and the vehicle itself then quickly lunged forward. Hunter hastily coiled her arms around Rex's waist and leans forward, resting her head against his back.
She turned her head over to the side, watching all the quick movement of the trees passing by. She could sense the cold refreshing air brush through her long brunette hair as they flow swiftly with the wind. For the first time ever Hunter smiled. Never in her life had she felt happy.
Hunter then noticed a strange, rather warm feeling coming from her inside. Her heart beat fast and a slight queasy feeling appeared, as if she really had butterflies flying around in her stomach. Hunter glances up at Rex. Her face then reddened into a bright crimson red color.
'What's happening to me?' Hunter thought 'Am I sick? Why am I feeling like this?'.Hunter glances back down and gently closes her eyes. She firmly held her hand around Rex's waist and nestled her head onto his back.
"Hunter…"
Hunter imagines herself inside a small dark room. Her body was all scratched up and badly bruised. Blood seeped down from her arms and her face, slowly dripping onto the cold cement floor. She sits in the corner, coiled up into a ball. Hunter wrapped her frail weak arms around her aching legs.
"Join us…"
A tall dark cloaked figure stood in front of the doorway, slowly approaching towards Hunter. His left hand glisten a golden yellow from the light coming from behind. It appeared slight longer and bulkier that his regular hand and had spikes coming out of the fingertips. He grinned widely from ear to ear. His eyes were hidden behind his long black hair.
"Join us Hunter…"
Hunter shook nervously. "Wha-what do you want with me?" She looked up at the dark figure, frozen in fear. She felt frightened by his approaching movement. He comes closer and closer to her weak wounded body.
"Join us" He said in a firm yet calm tone of voice "You are needed here greatly, my dear" The dark figure leaned over to Hunter and rested his left hand under her chin. The sharp pointed ends of his fingertips gently touched her soft, bloody skin.
"No…Leave me alone" Hunter winced nervously "…Leave me alone!"
Hunter immediately snapped her eyes wide open. She hesitantly gasped for air and felt the rapid pulse of her heartbeat. "No…NO!" she whispered under her breath. Hunter hastily un-wrapped her arms she had around Rex and quickly jumped off. She rolled down onto the mucky ground and laid their motionless.
"Hunter!" He cried out.
Rex jerked his head towards Hunter in shock and immediately halted to quick stop. The vehicle then quickly converted back into his regular legs. Hunter sits up from the ground, grasping her hands on her head; her whole body trembled in fright. Rex quickly runs up to Hunter and kneels down in front of her.
"What happened?" Rex asked "Did you hurt your head?"
Hunter continues to tremble in fear. She leans forward towards the ground.
"Hunter, what's wrong?" Rex asked again. He gently places his hands onto her shoulders and carefully brings her up to his eye level.
"He's coming!" She panicked.
"What?" Rex looked at Hunter, feeling worried and concerned.
"He's coming to get me. He's coming to get me!" Hunter repeated.
"Who's coming to get you?" He asked.
"You gotta help me!" Hunter quickly thrust herself over to Rex. She wrapped her arms tightly around him and buried her face into his chest. The sound of her muffled cry was heard from his shirt; tears ran down her face and onto the ground "Please!" She cried "I don't wanna go back! Don't let them take me back there!".
Rex sat there motionless. He looked down at Hunter who was desperately crying for his help. The pulse of his heart pounded rapidly and his face slightly reddened. He gently wrapped his arms safely around Hunter's shoulder; his left hand was laid gently on the back of Hunter's head.
"Don't worry" He said calmly "No one's going to hurt you Hunter…I promise,"