Hunting
Chapter 25
A new menace part 4
Cody's pov
The paw proved itself to be stronger that what it was supposed to be. I couldn't do nothing,while my body was sent flying in the air. The impact with the ground shocked my poor body even more. A wave of pain traveled on every nerves that i had. The inclined rib started to hurt even more. I was powerless. And the bear kept coming toward me,thirsty for human blood.
Fatigued and hurt,i slowly stood on my leg. It was incredible how,in the condition that i was,an act simple like that was wearing me down. As soon as stood up,another powerful paw sent my body away. The pain was even stronger than the last time. On my body,scars created by the collision with the ground.
The bear stood in front of me. For some seconds,he simply stood there,watching me. Then,he threw a powerful kick in my stomach. He was holding back,i had no doubt about that. And yet my whole system was put in a traumatized state. I puked on the ground. The bear slowly got closer,his mouth ready to get a chunk of me. Panicked,i smacked his face with both of my hands. The bear retracted his face. For an instant,it seemed that the bear's head was going to became transparent. But it quickly returned normal.
What saved me were a series of bullets. I elongated my head;Don was the one that pulled the trigger. The bullets managed to reach the bear. However,the bear wasn't hurt nor it was in pain;he was simply disappointed. He got closer to Don,with the intention to finish his work. The will to protect my friend allowed me to got up and,with strength granted by desperation,to jump on the bear. For a second,the bear body became translucent,revealing a human shadow inside of it. However,my strength was not enough to kept the hold on that massive animal.
I fell on the ground,tired and paralyzed by pain. The bear watched me with a disappointed look. Initially,when i heard the laughter coming from his mouth,i thought that i was going mad. But,just after a few instants,i understood that it was truly happening;the bear was laughing like a human being.
"Truly pathetic"the bear said with a deep and powerful raspy voice"do you really thought that a mere boy would had been able to defeat me?"
"You can talk. That's not your real body. Your a human too."
The bear laughed again. "I see that you're very perspective"the bear said"unfortunately for you,that will not save you from my rage."
I had to spit some blood before talking again. "Very soon,police will arrive. Even that mighty body could not protect you from all those bullets."
"Believe me when i tell you that it will be enough"the bear said.
He raised his pawn,ready to strike me. I had to take time. "Why are you doing all of this?Why the killer was stealing energy for you?"
"Because i had to increase the power of my new body"the bear said"after all"a face appeared beneat the bear face"finding a body on the level of the original it's pretty difficult."
My eyes widened;i couldn't believe it.
"You"i said,my voice full of rage.
"Exactly me,Mal"he said. "I know what your thinking,let me explain." A group of cops arrived on the scene. They were pointing their guns toward Mal. Nobody of them managed to scratch him. All of them were killed with ease. "I managed to transfer my soul to another body. It was weak,so i needed someone that could gave me the necessary energy,in this way i could had been able to kill you personally. I suppose that you know the rest. And now,prepare to meet your maker."
But i didn't. A rain of bullets managed to penetrate Mal's animalistic shell. The shell disappeared,revealing what was left of Mal;a skinnier and paler version of himself,full of holes created by the bullets and a belt around his torso. He fell on the ground. Right after that,i passed out.
When i woke up,i found myself in my bead. I got my torso up. It was morning,the sky was white and snow was falling on the ground. The door of my bedroom opened. Chris and another man stepped in my room. The other man was black,hairless,black eyes and a big body. By his dress,i recognized that he was one of the mysterious soldier that i met the previous month. I quickly stood up.
"Relax kiddo"Chris said"the healer did a good job,but you still need to rest."
"Your friend his right"the soldier said"my name is Chef Hatchet. I'm one of the soldiers that helped you."
"Are the others fine?"i said with strength.
"Chill man"Chris said"their fine,don't worry."
The door of my bedroom was opened. Don and Ezekiel got into the room,a little cranky but still fine.
"Heard taht someone was worried about us"Don said.
"Wel,don't worry anymore;we're still alive and kicking it"Ezekiel said.
"And Mal?Maybe he got other bodies out there. And what was that belt that he was wearing?"i said,worried.
"All of them were destroyed,while the belt was a shapeshifting belt;basically,if you dress with this belt you can create a construct around your body"Chef said"you know,my group was very impressed with you. Maybe you can have a place in our organizzation."
"I need to know more"i said.
"We are a special group that work for the government. We eliminate paranormal threat and we hid it from society. Take the last night as an example;the hypnotist convinced your parents that you spend the night here,in your bedroom. Moreover,we managed to convince the police chief to wrote what we wanted about the dead cops. Officially,they died in a conflagration. Our organization is very powerful. And,to be fair,we definitely need a perceiver. The world is changing. Starnge things are happening."
"I need some time to think about it"i said"actually,i don't;i have no intentions to become a member of some kind of special force or something like that."
"I understand"Chef said"however,if you change your mind"Chef gave me a small green sphere"use the sphere to contact me."
It was a snowy Saturday afternoon of November. Seated around a small bar table,i was talking with Noah and Harold. Willing to take that huge weight off me,i felt the impulse to tell them what happened during the previous night. Both of them listened to my story,amazed that something so chaotic could happen to one of their friends. Obviously,we decided to sat at an isolated table. Moreover,if someone started to listen to our conversation,i quickly changed my words and pretended that i was talking about Wizards and Monsters. Better be considered a nerd that being considered a lunatic.
Suddenly,Harold told me to watch behind me. Gwen and Trent were walking toward us,smiling. I waved my hand in the air. They took a pair of chairs from an empty table and they seated with us.
"I suppose that you know Trent,right boys?"Gwen said.
"Hey guys,I'm Trent"he said.
"So,did you discovered what was screwing your console?"Gwen said.
"Yep,and now everything is fine."
A new menace part 4 end