Chapter 6: Complication
The sun was slowly rising over the town, surrounded by slightly pink clouds. The troops had already left, having destroyed only a few buildings, and after hearing of the creature that had killed off their Colonel, they feared it might return to finish them off as well.
But they weren't even considering ignoring whatever it was that killed him.
Instead,
All the majors of the military had decided to hold a private meeting about it.
Several miles away, in the secret British Military base...
"We can't ignore the fact that some kind of monster is killing off our men!" Major Elric proclaimed, hitting his fist down on the table surrounded by the other military officers.
"Hmmm...Indeed. But I have reason to believe that this 'monster' was once one of our own test subjects, Major Elric." Officer Marshall stated, pushing his glasses upwards a bit.
The other five officers looked up at him, waiting for him to carry on.
"In fact, I remember him. He was a child from a small Town called Aldonia, in the south. He had somehow managed to all kill ten of the soldiers who had attempted capturing him. And it took another ten to take him down. Once we got him to the labs, we managed to gain plenty of information about his DNA..." he said, drifting off into his own thoughts.
"And...? So what did the results say?" Major Arnold asked, twitching his fingers.
"Well...it was somewhat a cross between a human..." he carried on. They leaned forward, listening intently.
"And a type of canine." he finished.
They stared at him in disbelief, but let him carry on.
"I could hardly believe it myself at first...but yes. He also seemed to show signs of growing what appeared to be fangs, and a tail. And the colour in his eyes would sometimes change rapidly if he was, let's say...'unsettled'."
"Is that so...but then how is it that he no longer happens to be confined in our own labs...?" Major Elric asked.
"Well, when two scientists came to conduct more research on him for us, several years ago, he somehow managed to escape when they were off guard and erm..."he stopped for a moment, thinking his words carefully through. "He attacked them and left their mutilated bodies inside the cage.
All the officers except Major Havoc looked speechless, and disgusted.
"Well, that's just great. Now we know more or less about what it is that's killing our men, but how the hell do we stop it! I sent a whole troop after him just a week ago! But that sure as hell didn't help. They were all killed in some kind of explosion in one of the buildings, having let the damn mutant or whatever he is, escape, with nothing more than a scratch.
Dammit..." Officer Hughes finished, clutching his hands into fists.
"We should let the people know of this creature, and put him up for a bounty! Maybe we'll then get lucky! We could have the whole country keeping an eye out for him, and if anyone spots him, we'll know about it." Officer Elric suggested.
"Hmmm...You might be on to something...but there are many risks involved. We don't want the citizens to start panicking after learning that some kind of demon is on the loose." Officer Konrad said, pulling down on his white gloves.
"Don't worry about it...besides, if we do manage to capture the demon with their help, we can just reward them afterwards..." Officer Elric said, smirking at is own idea.
Major Havoc slowly rose from his chair, and said,
"Very well, it's agreed. We'll have all the TV stations in Britain inform everyone about the demon boy, and mention the rewards that would be given if anyone does happen to spot or capture him.
Meanwhile, my troops and I will take down several villages just to the west, so that we can keep track on our main mission." He said.
"Dismissed."
Nobody objected to this, and soon left to get all the new preparations arranged.
In the meantime, back in the Town...
Alexandra slowly opened her eyes, trying to get up from wherever she was. She looked at her surroundings, and blinked twice, confused and yet pleased to find herself back in her bedroom.
She heard a beeping sound, and saw that her clock read 12PM.
"Wait...it was all a dream...?" she whispered to herself. "Oh well...I guess that just means I never really got injur-" she stopped and cried out in pain, reaching for her arm. Her shaking hands pulled up her sleeve, revealing a bloody wound that seemed to open up again.
It was rather dark in the room, and all she could do was sit up in the bed, and find her lamp.
"Where's that damn thing..." she said reaching out to the left, but paused for a moment when she felt something warm against her body.
She curiously lifted the covers up, hoping to find Matilda there.
"Hey girl, I haven't fed you in a while yet have I...?" she said affectionately, and started scratching the long furry ears she saw sticking out of the covers.
"Well, I haven't eaten anything since I got here, so don't mind if I do."
She stopped what she was doing; recognising the voice that she thought only existed in her dream.
She then threw the covers off of the side of the bed and looked down to see Kiba curled up next to her. "What the HELL?" she screamed, jumping out of the bed, but then falling backwards while hitting her head against something.
"Damn it..." she muttered.
"You could at least try not to open your damn wound again, it took me forever to clean it." He said sleepily, hopping out of the bed.
"B-but what the hell are you doing here? What happened?"
She blurted out...
He put his hands in his pockets and slowly walked towards her. She was still on the ground, so he lowered his head to her level and said,
"Does blood, gun shots and near-to-death experience ring a bell?"
She thought back, and it soon dawned upon her that her dream was actually reality.
"But if all that really happened...then why the hell did you save me?"
She asked in confusion.
He arched his eyebrow at her question and said,
"I had nothing better to do."
She blinked and stared at him like as if he was completely mad.
"You had nothing better to do?"
"Pretty much. Now shut up and stop moving around before your damn wounds open up again."
"Wait, wait...how did you manage to get me here anyway?"
She asked curiously.
He sighed and answered,
"I dragged you through the town and forced an old lady to tell me where you lived. It seemed like she knew you, but tried using pepper spray on me. No worries though, I got her to tell me in the end..." he then smirked.
"That must have been Mrs Robertson...she works in the bakery. But I guess it's not surprising that she used her pepper spray on you."
He cocked his head to the side at her comment.
"Why the hell is that?"
Alexandra stood up and looked from his ears to his tail, saying "It's a real mystery..."
He waved her little comment off and turned around.
She then sat on the side of the bed, thinking for a moment.
Kiba yawned and flopped onto the other side of it, swishing his tail to the side.
It was completely silent, before they both heard what sounded like footsteps coming up the stairs.
Kiba jumped off the bed and crouched low, ready to attack whatever came through the door.
The door slowly opened, and a furry snout could bee seen poking through the opening.
Kiba growled out loud, as if trying to threaten the animal.
The door was then flung wide open, revealing a very ticked off female Saint Bernard. She was baring her teeth and looked frantically around, soon making eye contact with the equally threatening look that Kiba was giving her.
Alexandra turned to see both Kiba and Matilda growling at each other.
"What are you two doing?" she asked in annoyance, her eye twitching in irritation.
"Matilda, come here." she said, reaching her hand out. The dog then stopped growling and happily jumped onto the bed where Alexandra was.
Alexandra scratched her ears and kissed her on the head. Kiba watched in disgust, slowly crawling back to where they were.
"That thing is yours?" he spat.
Alexandra gave him a look and said, "That thing is my dog. And probably cleaner than you are."
He growled at her remark and said, "Whatever."
He then turned and walked towards the window. "What are you doing?" she asked, standing up.
"Going to find a tree to sleep in." he said, getting ready to jump from the window.
"Hey, wait!"
He turned his head and gave her a curious look.
"Well, maybe it's best if you stay here...after all, you did kind of save my life..." she said, looking down.
He smirked and stepped back down onto the floor.
"Really? Aren't you afraid I might kill you in your sleep..?" he said, flexing his fingers. She then noticed something red dripping from his right hand.
She ignored what he said, and stepped forward, grabbing his hand. He was surprised with her action, but then saw her studying his hand. "This was where you were shot, right?" she asked.
There was a small wound in his hand, but it seemed to already be healing.
He pulled his hand back and then replied,
"Don't underestimate me. I'm not weak like you."
She heaved a sigh and said, "Whatever...show off...by the way, you can sleep on the couch downstairs if you want to stay here."
"Heh, no thanks. I'll sleep in one of the trees instead, I can't hang around here for too long with that thing here..." he said growling at Matilda.
"But I might come around for something to eat every now and then..." he said smugly.
Alexandra yawned and said, "As long as you don't attack any more trucks, then fine by me."
He smiled and began climbing out of the window.
"See you around, Kiba." Alexandra said, turning off her light while Matilda lay next to her.
Kiba turned his head towards her before jumping, and then said, "See you...Alex."
""Alex...?" she said, looking up at the window, but he had already gone.
She then lay back down on her bed, and began thinking.
"I can't believe all that happened to me...and actually, for once, even with this wound on my arm, I'm actually kind of glad that I was late for school..." she thought.
"First I get locked out of the school, I meet a demon boy, I jump on the roof of the school building, kill a group of soldiers, get injured, and end up back here. Hmmm...yes, that sounds just about normal."
A week later...
The troops of soldiers had finally left the village, having burnt down several buildings, and killing anyone who had gotten in their way.
The town was still empty, since everyone was still afraid of going out into the streets. But meanwhile, Alexandra was back in her mechanic shop, working on something new. She had her work clothes on and wore her hair up into a pony tail; just so that she didn't 'accidently' shave it off with one of her tools.
The new invention that she was working on was something entirely new. It looked like a large pistol, but instead of being used for shooting, it would be used for capturing someone or something by unleashing a large net with spikes around the ends, making it grip onto the ground once it was released. But within those metal spikes, were small amounts of electricity that would travel along the net, making it almost impossible for someone to escape without being electrocuted.
She finished adjusting the lever on the pistol and took her gloves off, smiling at her new invention. "Might come in handy some time...considering those soldiers were just crawling around the area the whole time. I don't care if they've left or not, I still don't believe that they'll be gone for good this time." She said to herself.
She then locked the shop up and went back inside the house to change her clothes. After that, she turned on the television, flicking over to the news channel again.
She hadn't seen Kiba at all since that day, but she didn't let it bother her, besides, they weren't best friends or anything.
"And now for the headlines.
A week has gone by, and the troops have officially left the town. But we've also been informed that there has been large killing site by the cattle fields. Authorities aren't exactly sure about what it is that is attacking the cattle, but the military have reason to believe that they know the truth about this mystery killer. Here is Colonel Havoc of the British military, coming to you live from London."
A rather tall and scary looking man wearing a blue uniform appeared. He had back hair and rather spiky moustache, but his eyes were a piercing blue colour. Alexander scowled at him, not liking him at all already.
"People of Britain. I would like to warn all of you, that there is a creature, no, a demon among us. We need to warn you all of this, because there is chance that he will decide to go for humans instead of livestock at some point. But do not worry; the military will take care of this threat, but of course, only with your help. Here is picture of him, and although his face is hard to see, his noticeable ears and tail are enough for you to recognise him if you do happen to see him. And if any of you do, then here is our number, and we will immediately send a group of soldiers to exterminate him."
Alexandra jumped from the sofa and then shouted, "KIBA? What the hell? Is that what he's been doing the whole week, killing livestock? That idiot...I told him that he could come here if he wanted food, but no, he just HAD to go for the bigger meat. And now the damn military is coming after him, along with probably the rest of the country!"
She walked around in circles stressing over this fact, but then turned back to the TV to see the other News Reporter return.
"Thank you Colonel Havoc. And now, we would like to tell you all that it will now be safe to go back to school as of tomorrow, since the troops have officially left. And we would also like to remind you all to remain cautious due to these attacks.
But the military have also agreed to mention that a certain amount of money will be rewarded if one of you does manage to shoot the creature down, or report where you might have seen it. That was the News, I'm Jonathan Hartley, and thank you for tuning-"
Alexandra turned off the television and slowly went back upstairs to get her school bag ready for the next day. "Seriously though...after all I've been through, and I STILL have to go to school in the end...damn it." She mumbled.