What the hell happened? He felt as if something had been interrupted…But what? He asked himself. He searched his memories, trying to make sense of the flashes of information. A word here, an image there…but nothing definite. Nothing that could tell him where he was. Or who he was. Or what he was.

Tired…so tired. He had never felt so stiff. A rush of cool air flowed over him…sounds reached him, but his mind was drifting from thought to thought, never settling. The dim light around him grew brighter. He peeled back his eyelids and looked up. Two creatures stood over him. They both were rather tall and thin, though they were muscular. One was male and the other female – he could tell that not by any noticeable anatomy, but only by what parts of their bodies were covered. It seemed strange to him that he noticed their size and sex first, because their skin color was rather…abnormal. Why didn't I see that earlier? He wondered. The male, his eyes seeming to glow with a yellow light, leaned down to have a closer look at him.

"Strange…I don't remember you," he said to himself.

"Nor do I," agreed the female. She kneeled besides him. "Do you have a name?"

Name? He wondered. Random syllables rushed through his brain and memories with them. He struggled to latch on to any one of them, but they all disappeared in an instance. All he could do was guess. "Jin?"

The male seemed to glare at him. "Is that a statement or a question?"

"Jin…it's Jin," he finally said.

"Well congratulations," the male said, seeming to growl. "You can remember more then either of us can. Just call me Sarin and her Rhys." He laughed aloud, and Jin saw that he had fangs. "Of course, those names mean nothing to us…you might as well call us Demon #1 and Demon #2, eh?"

Jin shook his head, trying to clear it as much as he could, while raising himself up on his elbows. These strange creatures…in this strange place…"…Why aren't I scared of you two?"

Rhys shrugged. "That's what we've been trying to figure out ourselves. We all look like Hell's spawn, but we're not afraid. We think that we're not supposed to be for some reason, although it would be the normal human reaction to run away screaming by now."

So we're not human…speaking of which…Jin looked down at his body. He was wearing the same strange leatherish clothing that Rhys and Sarin was…but he was covered in…fur? Yes, fur, bronze fur, the same color as Rhys's hair. "What the heck?" he practically yelled. "What am I, a cat?"

Rhys looked concerned. "Um…well you do have a tail."

Jin jumped to his feet and turned to examine it. Yes, a tail! A striped one, for that matter. He glared at both of them. "What am I…"

Rhys stood and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We don't know…but we don't know what we are either. Whatever we are, we're going to find some answers, alright? Just stay with us."

Sarin stood back and sighed. "If it helps any, there was a few words and numbers that showed up on the door as I cut the circuits…"

Jin stared at him and made a rolling motion with his hand, urging him to continue.

Sarin bit his lip and looked down at the ground. "I can't remember the numbers, but the words were 'Tora Project'"

Jin's eyes grew wide, and he looked at his fur-covered hand. "Tiger Project…then that means…" He made a palm fist and flexed his fingers inward. Four claws extended directly from the knuckles themselves, curving over his fingers and ending in sharp points. He did the same with his left hand, but flexed his fingers more carefully this time. The claws came out slowly, almost tauntingly. He lifted his hands and examined the claws carefully. "Hm…a little over two inches…not bad, not bad at all. I could do some real damage with these things." He looked up and smiled at the two. "It seems that I won't need your help after all…you both don't know anything more then I do, so there's no use talking anymore." He made a motion for the doorway, but Sarin stepped in front of him. Rhys looked like she was about to say something, but Sarin silenced her with a look.

Sarin took a deep breath and tried to stare down Jin. "We're going to stay together," he simply said.

Jin literally growled at him. "You two can search through this maze as much as you want, but I just want out." He glanced at his claws again. "If you want to stop me, kill me."

Sarin flicked his right wrist, extending his own claws. "So be it…"