Vampire Bund, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.
"Quit worrying, I know I can handle it...I know, it'll be okay Akira. Just leave it all to me, okay?" Angel spoke on his phone while the Elite Eight were taking out P90s and Spectre along with myself were loading up on silver rounds.
"Angie!" Remus called out to him, causing Angel to look at him.
"Yes sir," Angel replied as he hung up and went over to us.
"A werewolf huh? Who would've guessed...do we have any ideas on what his identity is?" Leeroy inquired while he and the other members of the Elite Eight were loading the P90s.
"The Senate has informed me that they have no matching records on him," Remus informed him.
"So, he's from the Outer Clan..." Leeroy muttered.
"A rogue werewolf or not, he's an enemy tango who tried to kill the Princess and must be eliminated before he can cause any more damage," I stated as I performed an HK slap on the MP5's charging handle.
"Whatever the case, gear up! You too, Angie! Angie?" Heinrich questioned and I looked to see that Angel was nowhere to be seen.
"Where the hell is Angel...fuck! Someone contact Akira and notify him that his partner went after the unsub half-cocked! Goddammit..." I muttered the last part in frustration and signaled my unit to stay on my six.
As the day went by, Akira met up with us and he was shocked when he was notified about Angel.
"What?! Angie's missing?!" Akira exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yes, despite my orders for us to remain together," Remus replied.
"What the hell is he thinking?! He's been ordered to stay in formation but he went after the unsub with guns blazing like a goddamn cowboy!" I seethed at the reckless actions Angel performed.
"I got this text from him just a moment ago," Akira informed us as he showed us his phone that had a message saying 'follow the markers'.
"Do you know what that means?" Remus asked curiously.
"I think so..." Akira trailed off when he noticed an arrowhead drawn on the wall in black marker.
"There! This way!" Akira instructed as he went down the path the arrowhead was pointing, signaling for the rest of us to follow.
We kept following Akira as we arrived at a construction site and went up the stairs where the next arrowhead directed us.
"We're getting close! Angie!" Akira called out as we went up the stairs, only to stop dead when we witnessed the cloaked figure holding a naked, injured Angel in his arms.
"Angie!" Akira screamed in horror at the sight as Spectre and I circled around the figure to surround him.
"A...Aki...Akira," the figure rasped while he looked at Akira.
"Positive contact! Guns up and get ready to fire on my orders!" I commanded as we all aimed at the figure.
"Wait!" Akira stopped us and looked at the figure while shouting, "Which one?! Which one are you?!"
"Angie...broke...he's broken, all broken...like...like me," the figure rambled and Akira slowly started approaching him.
"Akira, what the fuck are you doing?! Stand down and let us handle this!" I ordered incredulously while staring at him in disbelief.
"Graham? Graham is that you?!" Akira questioned as he pulled off the cloak and his eyes widened in horror when he saw that the figure was a young man that was horrifically scarred.
"Oh my God, Sanin...it's you," Akira gasped in shock while I was stunned that this was the Beowulf recruit who's been dead for two years.
"Akira..." Sanin rasped brokenly as tears welled up and ran down his cheeks.
"It's been you this whole time, Sanin?!" Akira cried in horror as he knelt down in front of him.
"Jesus...all units hold fire and secure the target," I ordered and cursed under my breath since this was something I wasn't expecting.
Standing next to Angel's hospital bed, I scolded coldly, "That was fucking stupid, Angel. What the hell were you thinking? A combat unit always stays in formation to prevent shit like this from happening...and you Akira, I gave you an order to stand down and you walked right into everyone's line of fire where you could've been killed by friendly fire. I'm willing to let you two off with a warning but I will report you both if you pull stupid stunts like that again."
"It was the only way I could capture him unharmed, so I had no choice," Angel explained weakly.
"You did have a choice. You could've stayed in formation but you went off half-cocked like a Goddamn cowboy and you got torn up because of it. Never do that again because I will not tolerate any gung-ho idiots in this division, understood?" I reprimanded sternly.
"Yes sir," Angel agreed and Akira nodded.
"It's still hard to believe, isn't it? Sanin's alive," Akira breathed in relief.
"Do you wish it was Graham?" Angel questioned and Akira winced.
"If he was still alive...if I could make it so all that shit never happened...if...if I never met Hime-san at all..." Akira trailed off bitterly and I spotted Mina standing just outside the open door.
"Go on," Mina announced stoically as she entered the room," If you had never met me at all...then what?"
Akira whipped his head around at her with a startled expression.
"Akira, Akira! You should tell her Majesty. She and David needs to know what you did and who you did it for! They should know why you go through every day up to your elbows in blood!" Angel exclaimed.
"Angie!" Akira protested but he was ignored.
"It was a cold bitter day right near the end of our ordeal! Out of nowhere, Graham suddenly snapped and he attacked Sanin right in front of me! He crushed Sanin's skull and tossed him over the edge of a cliff! If Akira hadn't shown up when he did...but Graham ran and Akira chased him down! Chased him down and-" Angel shouted frantically and was cut off.
"Shut the fuck up! Shut the hell up already! Don't...just don't, please!" Akira screamed in distress and quickly left the room.
I whipped around and chased after him, rushing over and stopping him by nudging his shoulder.
"What the hell do you want, David?! Just leave me the fuck alone!" Akira rounded on me.
"You can't keep running forever...sooner or later you'll have to face your past and accept that what happened, happened," I told him calmly and he gritted his teeth while clenching his fists.
"Shut up..." Akira growled softly.
"So you can keep running and pretend it never happened?" I questioned as Akira pinned me up against the wall, snarling, baring sharp teeth and glaring at me with glowing eyes.
"What the hell do you know?! You know nothing about me so fuck you for thinking that you can lecture me when you don't know how I suffered!" Akira shouted and I shoved him off while growling lowly.
"Let me tell you something...every time I close my eyes, I hear the screams and see the blood...I hear them cursing me and saying that there will be a special place in hell for me...every single time, I can't get it out of my fucking head! Do you think you've been through hell?! Your hell is a tiny drop in the ocean compared to mine, so count yourself lucky for having people who were there for you when I didn't have anyone before I arrived here!
So what, are you going to keep running to forget? That's your choice, but don't ever think that you can go off on me when you know nothing about how hell can really be for me!" I snarled viciously while my eyes were glowing behind the lenses of my mask.
We stared at each other and simply went down the hallway, arriving at the psychiatric ward where a snarling Sanin was in a room with a straightjacket on.
"Sanin..." Akira muttered just as the head doctor arrived.
"The head trauma he suffered two years ago is the cause," the doctor informed us.
"Doctor?" Akira asked in confusion.
"Here, take a look," the doctor said as she showed us a picture of a brain with a sharp tooth lodged deep inside.
"He's got a sizable foreign object lodged right near the center of his brain. The pain he is suffering from must be horrifying," the doctor clarified as my eyes widened in shock.
"Jesus...how in God's name is he even still functioning?" I wondered in disbelief since he should be dead from something lodged in that deep.
"You can't get it out?!" Akira questioned.
"No, it's buried too deep. Even a werewolf's brain isn't able to come back from that kind of trauma," the doctor stated.
"Then...he's stuck like that for the rest of his life?" Akira whimpered while I stared at the vegetable that used to be his friend.
"See this?" the doctor said as she held up an injector and added, "Piles of them were found in what we believe to be his lair. They're painkillers, powerful heroin-based ones."
"Then hurry up and give him some!" Akira demanded frantically.
"It's not that simple because this drug has some considerable psychotropic side effects. Not only will it suppress any pain the subject may be feeling, but it also takes down their logic and reasoning centers while engineering an abnormally fierce rage. Physical attributes such as strength and reflexes become significantly enhanced as well, leaving no way for the subject's inevitable rampage to be stopped.
In layman's terms, this is a berserker serum. An enemy or some depraved individual...whoever it was that did this to him...did it with the intention of turning him into an unstoppable killing machine. You two have seen his rages, correct? The only way we are able to contain him this way is because he's currently sane...or as sane as he can be since he himself is refusing to let us administer this drug to him," the doctor explained.
"Huh?! But why?!" Akira exclaimed in shock.
"My theory? Because he saw you since meeting a friend for the first time in years has lit a fire under whatever last shreds of humanity he has left," the doctor stated and Akira stared at Sanin.
"Sanin..." Akira muttered and went to approach the glass, but I stopped him by placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Akira...I know you don't want to hear this, but we need to consider what should happen to Sanin," I said and Akira glared at me.
"What the fuck are you trying to say?" Akira demanded.
"I think the only thing we should do for him...is to end his suffering," I suggested and Akira widened his eyes in disbelief.
"You're suggesting we kill him?! What the fuck is wrong with you?! That's my friend you're talking about!" Akira shouted incredulously.
"Akira! Look at him, he's a vegetable for fuck's sake and suffering in a horrifying amount of agony! Quite frankly, I'm stunned that he is still functioning or even breathing after what Graham did to him two years ago! There is no fixing this...the only thing we can do for him is to end his suffering since that is more of a mercy than whoever fed him those drugs. You may hate me for suggesting that we kill him, but ending his suffering is far better than having him wasting away in there while going through so much agony every day for the rest of his life," I stated while taking off my mask and helmet.
"Why? Why the hell do you care so much?" Akira spat bitterly.
"Because enough people had suffered from the consequences of my actions and I'll be damned if I let it happened again," I vowed while memories of Umbrella's test subjects begging and pleading ran through my mind.
I turned around and left the room, heading to the stairwell and going down to the underground parking lot just as I heard the faint noises of shutters slamming shut. I suddenly heard the sounds of people screaming and dying which prompted me to reach for my radio after putting my helmet and mask back on.
"Control, this is Alpha Leader. What the hell is going on, over? Control, do you read me? Any units in the area, I'm unable to contact Central Control. Does anyone read me?" I spoke into my radio and finally received word from someone.
"Alpha Leader, are we glad to hear from you! What's your location, over?!" I heard over the sounds of gunfire and snarling.
"I'm in the underground parking lot. Are you okay? It sounds like things are getting pretty hairy on your end," I pointed out just as I heard a scream.
The connection cut off and I suddenly heard one of the nearby shutters being ripped apart. I quickly took cover and saw Sanin searching the area in his were-form. I unslung my MP5 and flicked the fire selector to full auto, the sound of which caused Sanin to whip his head at me and charge with a snarl of rage.
I weaved under the swipe of his claws and quickly backed up while firing. The bullets hit Sanin but didn't have any effect and I was forced to fall back since it was too dangerous to fight against a literal walking tank with conventional firepower. I took out one of my frag grenades, pulled the pin, and chucked it at Sanin while quickly taking cover behind a car just as a massive explosion rang out along with a howl of pain. I took the chance to run and saw one of the berserker serums laying on the ground, so I picked it up and put it in a pouch on my belt for safe keeping so there could be a chance to study the compound and figure out where it came from.
I heard a roar of fury and the sound of something large chasing after me as cars were being thrown aside like nothing. I rolled out of the way of a swipe that would render me in half, slung my MP5 and took out my shotgun for better damage. I quickly turned around and fired just as Sanin was about to decapitate me. My shot sent him crashing to the ground just as Akira, Leeroy, and Romulus came into the parking lot.
"Captain, we've got your back!" Leeroy exclaimed while he and the others spread out around the area to help me fight the enraged Sanin.
"Watch it, because this bastard is after me for some reason and he's built like a fucking tank!" I warned loudly as I rolled under a swipe and sent Sanin crashing to the ground by slamming the stock of my shotgun against his digitigrade legs.
Sanin got up and roared in fury, and his resilience reminded me of the Tyrants Umbrella had created, since nothing short of an RPG could kill those walking tanks of destruction. I kept running and made it to the elevator that led to Mina's office, and I used my ID to access it and wound up inside a room that had photos of Akira everywhere.
I shook my head and left the room, rushing down the hallway as I heard the shutter down the hall getting ripped apart and looked back to see that Sanin had managed to catch up with me. I made it to the office that was sealed shut and turned around to witness Sanin charge at me on all fours, prompting me to shift into my were-form and I was sent crashing through the shutter with Sanin spearing me in the mid-section.
We crashed to the ground and I slid across the floor until I came to a stop in front of Mina, who was looking startled at the dramatic entrance.
"Hello Ma'am...sorry about the door," I groaned in pain while picking myself up, rolling my neck around as Sanin stood up with a feral growl.
"I see...so he's after me but why is he after you?" Mina wondered as I bared my claws and teeth.
"I don't know Ma'am, though I most certainly made him angry when I tossed a frag at him earlier so he most likely wants me dead for trying to blow him up," I stated as Sanin and I circled each other.
"Kill...David...Temple...for master," Sanin snarled animalistically as he lunged at me and sent us into the desk with a tackle.
"So, someone wants me dead and ordered their attack dog to kill me...time to show this little cub why I'm known as Mr. Death," I thought eagerly and started swiping at Sanin, who kept barely dodging my attacks.
We kept clawing and biting at each other until I was eventually sent crashing through a pillar and a wall, and I slumped to the ground while Sanin went over to pick me up. I was tossed into a wall and thrown at the ceiling, smacking off of it and sending the sofa toppling over when I landed onto it. I choked from getting the breath knocked out of me and it felt like my ribs and one of my arms were broken. I was struggling to get up when Sanin picked me up by the neck and started choking me.
I gagged and struggled to get free while shadowy wisps came off of me, but I was getting weaker and more desperate as I kept clawing at the hand that was choking me...then I recalled the serum in one of my pouches and managed to pull it out, took the cap off and injected myself in the neck. I knew that this was incredibly stupid and very dangerous, but I was desperate and wasn't thinking straight since I was going to die if I didn't do something.
I felt a cool sensation as the serum was injected, then it turned into a heat that erupted in a fiery blaze and I felt savage uncontrollable fury starting to take over as the pain went away and my senses overloaded like I was on PCP. I roared as I slammed a fist into Sanin's muzzle, sending him into a wall just as Akira and the others rushed into the room.
"Holy shit!" Leeroy exclaimed in shock and I growled as I went to attack them.
I suddenly stopped as they tensed up and I gripped my head, howling in pain as my thoughts were a jumbled mess that was either telling me that they were enemies or pack members and it became a serious struggle to control myself.
"Run...pack...enemies...fuck! Go...before I...lose control!" I snarled at the others just as Sanin got out of the hole in the wall and roared at me.
We charged and slammed into each other, crashing to the ground and rolling around as we attempted to overpower one another with sheer strength and I kicked him off of me as the others left the room so that we could fight to our heart's content. I pinned Sanin to the floor and started ripping into his torso, tearing out his internal organs and feasting on them while the others were staring in sheer horror at the very disturbing sight.
I threw my head back and howled in victory, looking back down and seeing Sanin changing back into his human form while he gurgled weakly. Akira slowly entered the room and froze up when I growled at him, standing up and lowering to all fours as my feral instincts had taken over and I stopped growling when his scent smelled like a fellow pack member.
"Pack...must...protect...pack..." I snarled softly as Akira and the others hesitantly approached me.
I moved out of the way and paced restlessly as Akira looked down at Sanin with despair, kneeling down and taking out a gun as Sanin suddenly grabbed the gun weakly. Sanin helped Akira place the gun under his chin as he smiled reassuringly, telling him that it was okay. Akira closed his eyes and he pulled the trigger.
The gun went off and Sanin died instantly, Akira holding him close as he sobbed quietly and I whined while I went over to nuzzle him. Akira grieved as the others watched.
I stood with Vera and Mina in a dark suit as Akira kneeled in front of Sanin's grave to send a silent prayer, the rainstorm soaking us while I felt empty.
"I cannot say that I do not understand how he felt. If I am to die...I would like it to be by your hand," Mina stated and Akira reacted by quickly standing up and slapping her.
"Akira-san?!" Vera cried in shock as she went to help Mina, but I held up a hand to stop her.
"Don't Vera...he needs to do this," I told her quietly.
"He's right Vera," Mina agreed as Akira stared at her with tears running down his face.
"Don't say that! Don't say anything like that ever again! Please...just don't!" Akira shouted as he latched onto Mina and cried brokenly.
"I'm sorry...I...I shouldn't have said that. I'm sorry Akira, so please...please stop crying," Mina begged as tears welled up.
I looked away and stared at the gravestone, thinking about if there'll be one for me and if I will die one day. I looked at my hands with a thousand-yard stare and saw visions of blood covering it, whispers of the ghosts of the past calling me a murderer, monster, and a psychopath that doesn't deserve to live or find happiness.
"What am I? Who am I?" I thought and recalled being trapped in that basement while screaming for help.
I knew that something had changed in me and I could almost hear a dark twisted chuckle while I stared at the headstone with a dead expression, wondering when this hell would ever end.
A/N Damn, David is not going to be feeling okay for a while since what happened will stay with him for the rest of his life. So, how did you all like the chapter since I think that this was very disturbing to put down, though this will be tiny compared to the hellish experiences David will suffer in the future.
PS, I know that nobody has the right to end someone's suffering just because they are in agony, but I wanted to put down just how truly fucked up David really is and that he's still learning the difference between right and wrong since he was practically raised to be a killer with no morals. Anyway, let me know what you think and stay tuned.