(Xeta POV)

Bruce and I had just finished eating and had gotten ready for our confrontation with Karver. We didn't know how long we had to wait, but we did know they would be here tonight. After a little while I felt odd for some reason.

My ears had perked and I started to look around frantically.

Bruce noticed the change, "Man you okay?"

-Yeah I um….- Truth was I wasn't.

Something was calling me, and it wasn't a voice, I couldn't hear anyone. It was similar to the voice that tells me I have to hunt, it was like another instinct. But unlike the hunting one, this one was louder, it was so loud it was starting to make my head hurt. I held my head, closed my eyes, and started to growl.

Bruce again took notice, "Dude are you alright!? What's going on?!"

My eyes shot open and I grabbed Bruce by his shoulders, -WE HAVE TO GET TO THE SCHOOL!-

"WHAT?! Why?! We need to be here to get Karver!" He argued.

-NO! NO! SOMETHINGS WRONG I CAN FEEL IT! I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUT WE HAVE TO GO! NOW!- I screamed through telepathy.

It apparently hurt his head, "Alright, alright! Jeez, turn the volume down!"

I quickly got up, and jumped off the roof, he followed while climbing down. Back at the car I had thrown my shotgun in, and my sword.

He caught up, "What are you doing?!"

-It will only slow me down, I can get there faster on foot, and I need to get there as fast as possible, no more time to explain! JUST START DRIVING!- I screamed and took off. As I ran I hear his car crank which meant he following.

This was similar to how the hunting instinct was, influencing me to hunt, but this time, for some reason the instincts and I shared a common goal, but I didn't know what yet.

Just whatever it was, let me make it in time!

(Elizabeth POV)

I screamed as loud as I could and waited for the creatures to attack, but after a few seconds it never came. I looked up and saw them both holding their claws at the sides of their heads, and yelling. Their hearing must be sensitive!

Without even thinking I took my opportunity to run through the halls. I turned the corner and saw another bloody sight. They killed the janitor! His neck had been slit open!

I almost screamed at the sight, but quickly stopped myself and kept moving. I just had to get to an exit! Once I got outside, I would keep running and call the cops! I heard talking coming down from where I came, they must be on the move now, but too little too late! I was already at the exit. I tried opening it….it was locked…

NO! No, no, no, no! Why! It wasn't even lockdown ye-THE JANITOR! Did they lock the doors!? They must have stole his key!

"WHERE DID THAT B**** GO!?" I heard the female one screamed, "MIGHT AS WELL COME OUT! YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY FROM US!"

I heard the male one talk in a quieter voice, probably to tell the female to keep her voice down. I panicked and started to move again, new plan. Find a spot to hide out, and call the cops once I get there.

I started to pick up pace but stopped for a minute, and gasped in pain. With all the adrenaline my body forgot it had been injured, but now it was starting to come back. But I had to move, there was no use in stopping. I went down to one of the farthest halls and walked down it, there I saw another body. It was one of the security guards for the school. He had his gun out, which mean he must have tried to fight them, but wasn't able to even get a bullet off. I quickly picked up his gun and started to move quietly. I had made it down to the end of the hall and looked both ways. Left, nothing. Right, nothing.

"Hey b****!" I heard the voice from behind me.

I quickly turned and looked down at the female creature. She was holding her claw up and it was glowing a bright blueish, white.

"You know what you did to me and my brother was very rude, that isn't a way to treat guests, it was very-" Her claws glowed brighter, "COLD!"

She slammed them down and pillars of ice shot forward. I quickly dodged the attack by jumping to the side through the door of the hall. I turned and saw the pillars of ice had blasted their way through the ceiling. I looked on in horror, that small creature did that!?

The male one had walked through one of the halls and looked at the ice and me.

"WINRY! WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THE ICE!?" He yelled at her.

"Oh! SHUT UP WARREN! That was awesome!" She said walking out.

"Yes but they told us not to do that! It would give us away!" Warren said.

"I don't care! It's fun! It's what we're gonna do when we're free!" Winry said.

"Look I don't care what you thin-" Warren had started but had stopped as a bullet flew by both their head. They both ducked and look at me, I had just fired at them, shakenly, but I did. I then got ready to fire but Warren had jumped at Winry and got them both to cover. I fired two bullets then got up to run away again. This would give me enough time to find a hiding spot.

Before I could even think though something grabbed my uninjured leg. Rapidly my leg grew cold, making it freeze and had caused me to fall to the ground wincing. I looked back and saw my leg covered in a thin layer of ice. Then next to me looking down at my face was one of the creatures.

The voice was Warren's though, "Enough of tag girl, we've had enough."

I tried to lift the gun but he held my hand down with both his paws at my wrist. I felt my arm grow cold, but he wasn't freezing it. I was about to try and get up, but I felt claws at my neck.

"Nope, nope, nope, sorry little lady, oh how ironic that is, but we can't let you leave, so you can play nice…..or play dead," The female one said. She then put her other set of claws over my mouth, "And I wouldn't scream if I were you, or I will actually give you a reason to scream."

I didn't know what to do at this time. I couldn't get up because of the claws at my neck, I could run because of the wounds and ice, I couldn't call for obvious reasons, and I couldn't scream. I looked nearby and saw that we were close to the gym's storage closet. If I could get in there they may not be able to find me, and I would have time to call. But what would be a good enough distraction? I need something to make noise, lot's of it!

"So should we freeze her or what? I mean we have to be able to get her to the drop off point," The female one said.

"Well, we probably will have to carry her, but freezing her somewhat isn't a bad idea," Warren said.

"Alright, so what part should we-" Before Winry got to finish I pulled the trigger on the gun, causing it to ring out a loud concussive sound, and since we were inside it bounced off the walls bad, and they were both right next to it.

They both screamed while holding their ears and closing their eyes. I took my opportunity to push them off, and run straight to that closet. I quickly got in and slammed the door so they couldn't see me.

I waited for theirs screams to die down from inside the closet.

"AH! HOW DO ANIMALS DO IT!?" I heard Warren scream.

"WHO KNOWS!?" Winry screamed.

"Wait….WHERE DID SHE GO!?" Warren yelled.

"WHAT?! That b**** got away!" Winry screamed.

"Okay, I'll take this way, you go that way," Warren said.

"Alright!" Winry replied.

As I heard them run off I turned on the closet light and looked around. I saw they had a first aid kit in their, that was my first priority. I quickly grabbed it, took the tape and gauze, and covered the wound on my leg.

Once that was done I realized I was freezing, the cold was really getting to me. I couldn't believe it, their abilities are different from what I've seen Xeta do, but then again I haven't seen him do much, just that he's strong and fast, is he hiding power like this from me, or does he not know how to use it?

I didn't have time to think, I quickly pulled out my phone to dial 911. But again, things were not going my way. My phone was cracked! It must've happened one of the times I fell!

I tried my hardest to power it on in desperation, about to be in tears. BUT IT TURNED ON!

I smiled, I could get out of here. I quick went to the dial pad and called 911.

Then I waited for an operator, "911, what's your emergency?"

"Yes my name is Sunny Monroe, I'm at Sorey high school, there are two things trying to kill me! Please I need help!" I whispered.

"Hello? I'm sorry if you are speaking, please speak up," The operator said.

"My name! Is Sunny Monroe!" I said a bit louder, "I am at Sorey high school and there are things trying to-"

"Hello? Hello? Whoever this is you are calling on a cell phone, and it doesn't have GPS, if you are there please speak," The operator said.

"IM HERE! I am!" I yelled with tears in my eyes.

I waited a few seconds, "I'm sorry but I still can't hear you, I will assume you are in shock and will send officers to try and find you, just stay safe."

And they hung up.

They couldn't hear me, that could only mean that the speaker on my phone broke!

I got in a fetal position and cried, I started just crying my eyes out, some of them freezing from the ice that was on my leg. As the salty water fell from my eyes I looked down at the gun at the floor. No one would find me, I was locked in here, and I would probably be tortured if I stayed here.

I could just leave now, nothing is stopping me, then I wouldn't be in this situation.

I picked it up and looked at the gun in detail. I was scared, more scared then I had ever been…..

I was alone, I couldn't get in touch with anyone…..WAIT!

I opened my phone up again and texted Xeta. I texted that I was at the school and there were two creatures trying to attack me. I waited for a few more minutes but I didn't get a response.

I just started to cry even more, contemplating the idea I still had in my head about the gun.

I started to hold up the gun….but I remembered something. Xeta had told me multiple times since his change that I was the only thing keeping him going. When I was at his cave I remembered that. I realized then what I was about to do, I was the last of it, the last he has to care about. He's protected me, and done everything he could to keep me alive, I was just about to ruin all of that.

I was about to give up on myself, when all he is ever done is protect me, and keep me alive.

No, I wouldn't die here, and I wont be kidnapped either. I wiped the tears from my face, I had to be strong, and find a way out. I still had the gun, but they are fast, they would probably be able to dodge, and I'm not a good shot. I pulled out the magazine to see how many bullets I had. Five, I had five bullets. If I could shoot one of the windows by an exit then I could get out. But I would need those creatures stunned or something. I looked around the room, and I saw a megaphone.

I picked it up, I could use the siren feature on it, but I would need something to keep it going. I saw some duct tape in the closet as well. I could just run, but they could hurt others….

"COME ON PHONE WORK!" I screamed.

I waited a few minutes later and I heard footsteps coming closer.

"You stupid girl, look here, you come with us now, and we wont hurt you," I heard Warren say.

"And if you try to run, or attack, we'll just make sure you can't anymore!" I heard Winry say.

"Ok then, I'm coming out," I said.

"Good, being cooperative," Warren said.

I cracked the door a bit, then swung it open while hitting the siren button. A loud earsplitting sound broke loose in the hall. It started hurting my ears but the two creatures screams were inaudible to it. I quickly put tape on the megaphone to hold the button down, then took the gun and shot each of them once.

I then took off running to the closest exit. As I did though I heard the siren stop, they must have broke it or something. Just a few seconds later I was at the exit. I quickly shot the window next to the door and started to climb through. As I did though one of them caught up and started to pull me back in, cutting me with glass in the process. They were successful in getting me back in but I was able to shoot them, but the other one quickly came up to me and jabbed it's claw into my arm, causing me to drop the gun and scream. They then stood on top of me and dug the claws on their bottom paw into my left shoulder.

I started to cry again from the pain.

But it wasn't Winrey who had stabbed me it was Warren.

"You stupid, b****, I tried to be reasonable, I really did, but you have gone and done it now," He held his claws to my eyes, "Maybe if you can't see, you can't run, how about that?"

"P-please don't!" I said crying.

"Crying, tears? Jeez, you are just a child, just like your friend I killed, she believed your little fantasies of your friend protecting her, ain't no fairy tail stories here, if you ask me, she got what she deserved!" Winry said.

I actually got angry, "F*** you! She had dreams, she had hopes, and you took all that from her!"

"No, I took her parents out of debt," Winry said.

I tried to get at her but Warren pushed me down.

"Nope, this time it's my turn, you've pissed me off way too much today, shot my sister, shot me, made our ear drums bleed, just for that, I'm gonna take away your eyes," He said.

He lifted his claws and I closed my eyes for the upcoming attack.

"CCAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

I opened my eyes and looked to my left down the hall and saw Xeta running down it. I didn't see it but the other two had looked as well.

The thing was something changed however, as Xeta ran he was surrounded by a dark, purple, blue energy. His body physically changed, the claws on his paws grew more defined, and he some on his bottom paws as well. His paws also changed to a red color. His coat of tan fur grew bigger, and his tail was changed to the back ends of the tan fur. His black marking that were on his muzzle had changed, and spread all across his body, with blue energy outlining them. The feelers that were on the back of his head grew larger, and on the end of the longer ones had red fur. And the finishing touch was his eyes also glowed with energy, and as he ran red streaks followed his eyes, but only for a second.

With something similar to a sound of thunder, he ran up, grabbed warren by his neck, and slammed him into the wall. The force left a crack behind him, but the creature was still alive.

Warren slashed Xeta across his muzzle with his claws, leaving two cuts on the far end of his muzzle. But Xeta didn't even flinch. He then pulled back and slammed him again, and again, over and over. Me and Winry looked on in horror, but I quickly used this as my chance to get away from the monsters. As fast as I could, adrenaline pumping through my body I ran down the hallway. I turned the corner and was gonna try and find where Xeta came in through, but as I kept running, I heard a yell behind me. Before I could even turn around to look I had claws raked down my left cheek, all three hitting their mark.

The force of them sent me flying into one of the fire extinguisher holders on the walls. I hit my head bad, and had a line of blood coming down from my head, and where the claws hit. The force knocked the fire extinguisher out of it's holster.

"You C***!" Winrey yelled. I was then hit with a ball of solid ice.

"So that's what you did, you called him here, I should've known," She said.

I tried to stand up but then was hit with another ice ball, which froze my side and slid me near the fire extinguisher.

"Thanks to you, my brother is dead…..f*** the mission, F*** THE FREEDOM!" She said.

I grabbed the fire extinguisher with my left hand.

She was right behind me.

I didn't see it but her claws were ready, "And f*** YOU!"

Before she was able to hit, I swung around and bashed her with the fire extinguisher. She fell back and held her face in pain.

Without even thinking I got up, and held her beneath my knee, she winced from it.

"What? WAI-" Before she even got the words out of her mouth I lifted the fire extinguisher above my head and slammed it on top of hers. Then I lifted and did it again, then again, then again.

Blood started pooling but I didn't care, with each hit I yelled.

"RAH! GAH! HA!" I kept on, not stopping. The body below me had started to twitch, even though there was hardly anything left from what I had done. Blood was all over the hydrant, on my hands, on my clothes, and on my face.

I had kept doing it a couple more times but someone pulled me back.

"NO! GET OFF! DON'T TOUCH ME! I'LL KILL YOU!" I screamed trying to squirm my way out of the persons grasp.

-HEY! HEY! IT'S ME!- The person had turned me around, me still struggling.

Then when I looked I saw Xeta sitting in a kneeling stance with his arms on my shoulders, -It's me,- He said. He was back in his normal state, no longer in that other form.

My eyes widened at the sight of him, he had the claw marks still left on his muzzle, but I didn't care.

"Xeta?..." I started cry, "They tried to…they killed….!"

I then hugged him, the blood on me covering his clothes and fur. Then just started bawling, speaking in not even words, but just stressed sobs.

He hugged back, and held me close, "It's ok, your ok, it's gonna be ok," He said.

I couldn't hear, I just kept crying and crying, crying because I was safe, crying because of what I saw, crying because of what I did, crying because of the pain, and crying because I just lost one of my closest friends.

I could feel tears fall on me as well, Xeta had started to cry, -I'm so sorry, I'm so, so sorry! They wont hurt you, they can't hurt you anymore.-

I heard him the time but still just continued to cry, but I was safe….I was alive.