The Road We Must Take

The news of George being taken to a place called The Animal Wildlife Museum was a little unexpected. The intel that David received about the place was that there was an underground facility where they most likely hold experiments of chiropteran with Delta-67 blood.

After disappearing for the night to cool my head by the sea, away from everyone, it was incredibly awkward the entire day of having David interrogate me and babysitting Saya's brothers from getting into more trouble. Of course, we found the guy named Forrest, and had Saya deal with the chiropteran after finding Kai in a warehouse nearly getting himself killed. The entire time that was happening while Saya was trying to make herself remember her purpose I kept getting the evil eye. No matter what I was doing I was being watched like a criminal. If I had known it was going to be this way I would never have signed up for this and kept myself out of it. But dammit all if not for Haji for saving me and taking care of me all these years there's no way I would ever turn my back to him after all he's done.

After the day was nearly done and getting ready for the mission at hand of rescuing George from the facility, the entire premises was cleaned out and not a single sign as to why that was the case. David, Saya, Haji and I went inside and took a look around with every bit of caution. It was eerie inside the place for sure. Many exotic looking animals were displayed with podiums and boards holding their description. Saya happened to brush up against a podium that spoke, I quickly broke the damn thing before something jumped us. They looked at me like I did wrong but continued their search.
Walking quietly alongside Haji and Saya, something bothered me from behind. I keep looking back and finding nothing there, but the feeling I had was unmistakable as I felt threatened by something.

"Konella," Haji whispered to me to look forward, but I continued to look back and I saw something drip from the ventilation shaft and knew exactly what it was that bothered me.

"MOVE," I shouted. The grate popped off and landed on the floor to have a chiropteran descend from the ventilation. "I got this, just keep moving forward and find George!" Looking back to David to get out of here, Haji wanted to assist me in the fight, but he had to stay beside Saya. "I'll be fine, just go!" my hand outstretched, I held the dagger firmly in my other hand and took my stance.

"Quickly then," David ordered.
I took my dagger and attacked the monster without restraint and heard the creature wail in pain as I gouged it's eye out. Kicking off from it and going at its stomach to make it fall, it was quick to try and ram its arm at me but swiftly managing to dodge the impact and cut off its arm.
"Have to buy them time…can't let it through." Wiping the blood splatter off my face and getting ready to attack again, a clash from behind and heavy breathing followed by stomping told me this guy had company. "Perhaps I spoke a little too soon. Taking on three of you might prove to be difficult for me." Raising my dagger in defense and pulling out another one, I examined what I could use and found little to nothing that would be enough to kill them.

Evading their claws and moving around the room while activating the podiums, the noise that the monitors made did little to distract them and I felt aggravated that I was incapable of killing them off as quickly as Haji does. One caught my leg and swung me across the room and nailing into a glass sphere—shattering upon impact and receiving lacerations all across my arm. "Ok then," getting up and throwing the shards at their face and lodging one in the throat, the other two charged and nearly got me again. "How do I get a good clean shot to kill you guys?" Jumping back and bracing against the wall and taking the chance to slice one of the beasts' head off, I missed and only managed to cut a shoulder. "This is taking too long!"
Landing on one of the display cases and eyeing the chiropterans surrounding me, there was a trick up my sleeve that could take care of them all, but for a price. Not thinking of the consequences and letting my body dwell with power, I could feel my skin crawling with displeasure as this strange power took hold and burned my skin as if setting myself on fire. The reflection off of glass cases showing my eyes turning emerald green always made me shiver in fear as I faced the beasts' and froze them in place.
"Now then…how about you just dying for me and making my job a little easier." Raising my hand with palm outstretched, each gripped their throats and started roaring in pain. The smell of burning flesh coming off of them made me nearly smile as they burst into flame and died on the spot. "Better reach the others if there's more of them." Seeing the elevator not returned and not having a way to get to them that way, I looked up to the air duct and figured it was my best shot and jumped through and began my search.

Haji

Konella should be able to handle herself if it's just the one, maybe two at best. If she feels cornered she could risk her life and hurt herself to try and buy us time. After watching the door shut behind me and seeing her fighting the chiropteran off herself, she seemed determined to prove to David that she was no threat and was only here to protect and serve Saya. Hopefully the stunt pays off and Konella does not take too much damage.

"Haji," Saya called my name with a fearful tone and I looked to see three chiropterans in the room ahead. With David collecting the information he needed from this place it was left to me and Saya to cover him.

"Saya, fight!" Handing her the sword she shook from touching it and could not bring herself to use it. Not wanting her resolve to simmer like this, I used my case and took on the beasts' head on. As frustrated as I am with Saya not awakening to her calling, I cannot abandon her either.

"I got it," David shouted and began shooting the creatures. Not effective to say the least, he took Saya and started heading to another room to barricade the doors. I heard Saya scream to being attacked and for a brief moment I saw something run past me and ram the creature away from her.

"Dad!" She called out.
Knowing it was George and leaving it up to them to get Saya away, I kicked the creatures into one another and got to them in time when the doors shut and locked. And more of them are scrambling into the room without knowing where they were coming from.

"George…"
The way he spoke his name was concerning until I looked at the man myself. His arm was already in the process of changing. They had got to him with the delta-67 blood. A moment of silence passed to finding him this way and being too late to save him. The blood was changing him, and the wound he suffered from was drastically healing. Taking Saya's hand and giving her words of encouragement, a small amount of her blood trickled down his arm and entered his bloodstream. Words exchanged between them as father and daughter and was giving Saya the words she needed to fight and accept her past no matter what it was. Moments passed and George crystallized as a father rather than a monster. Saya's anguished cry was deafening to me and nearly tore me apart.

I heard the doors being crashed into and several indentations started to form when I realized the place here was infested with chiropterans than just the few I had thought there was. Getting ready to fight and protecting Saya at all cost, I heard Konella's voice from the other side of the barricade!

"Isn't that Konella," Saya looked hopeful it was her, but all I could feel was fear. There were at least ten, maybe fifteen at most out there! With her only being half, she can't heal as fast as I can. Gritting my teeth and bearing with the thought of her nearly being killed out there beyond the door, it was Konella's voice through our connection that eased me.
Haji can you hear me?
Are you hurt? We have accompl—
There's no time for that damn mission of theirs we need to get out of this building asap!