Chapter 4: Father Of The Lynx

Lanny gasped, "Oh shit,"

Nesira gave her a puzzled look, "What is it? Is that the bat girl that was in your class?"

Lanny spoke, her voice shaking a little, "Yes. Yes it was."

"I wondered what killed it." Nesira said aloud.

Lanny flinched. She should of cleaned up, she usually did. She couldn't let Nesira find out what really happened. She definitely wasn't going to tell Naiden why Mika had attacked her in the first place. Things had just begun to turn out right, but now they'd sent another after her. Would it ever end?

"Yo Lanny...Lanny? HAY LANNY, SNAP OUT OF IT!" Naiden yelled at the silent teen.

"Huh?"

"Oh...never mind." Naiden growled.

Everyone was sent home early that day after they saw the dead bat-girl. The site needed to be expected. Lanny hoped she had left nothing on her that would lead to her. She wanted to live a normal life, like any other normal teen. But she knew that wasn't going to happen.

Lanny was thinking about this as she walked home. She knew Naiden would probably ask more later, but she couldn't possibly tell her the truth. Why couldn't-

"Ow...oh sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." Lanny mumbled as she walked into someone.

She had walked into a pale girl with long, dark brown hair. She wore a sleeveless, white blouse with black pants which had straps around her knees. Her left eye was blue while the other was brown and she wore a tight, black choker around her neck.

"Oh...that's ok." The girl smiled slightly.

"Hay I'm Lannivia, but call me Lanny." She greeted the girl and held out her hand.

"The girl seemed a little reluctant at first, but she took Lanny's hand anyway and shook it. "I'm Aya, Aya katsumata."

"I'm just heading to the park for a little peace. We had some bat girl appear in her school," Lanny began, but the girl's shy smile quivered when she heard 'bat girl', "but you come with me if you want. I think some company would be nice."

Aya nodded and followed Lanny to the park. There were louds of animal-shaped hedges here and there with a marble fountain in the centre. This was usually the fave spot for most couples, but Lanny didn't care. The two girls sat on the edge of the fountain and both smiled shyly. Ayu was most definitely older than her because she made Lanny feel diddy and she looked it too.

"Lanny, Lanny, Lanny. Never thought I'd meet you here!" A low, masculine voice bellowed.

Lanny flinched at the sound of the familiar voice. No, he can't be here. Not now!

A man in his late twenties appeared in front of them. He was smiling wickedly. He had slick, brown hair with golden highlights.

"Father, no." Lanny mumbled to herself, but Aya caught the words.

"We have some unfinished business honey. Do you know how much havoc you caused by running away like that. Now time for your punishment little girl!" He hissed.

He pulled out a small, dark steel object from his pocket and jabbed the two small pins into Lanny. She screamed and halfed roared at the same time as she morphed into her lynx form by accident. The man stood back and flung the object into the nearest bin.

Lanny noticed that Aya was gawking at her when she realised she had turned into beast from. "Shit, not again."

"Father like daughter. Now let me show you how a true lynx should look!" Her father roared as he transformed.

Her father grew huge, flesh ripping claws and his already huge muscles tightened. His coat was not as luxurious as Lanny's. His was a lot darker and his form was stockier while hers was sleek. He roared again, but it was more aggressive as he attained half beast. She roared back, but there was no way she could match his ravenous roar.

"This is for betraying me, my child!" The man roared as he lunged at his daughter.

Lanny blinked and her father's jaws were sinking into the side of her neck. 'Now I know how Mika felt'. Lanny ripped her father from her neck which hurt more surprisingly. She attacked with her claws, but he'd gone.

"Huh?"

Lanny looked up as she heard a roar from above, but the damn sun was blinding her. She looked away and felt her jaw crunch as her father's foot collide with her. But he didn't stop then. He extended his claws to full length and swiped at her multiple times, the girl unable to escape the fury.

Aya looked at the female half lynx with her beautiful coat clodden with deep, red blood. Lanny swiped the blood away from her jaw as she felt an almighty fist knock the air out of the chest. She lay on the ground, twitching, and her muscles numb. Her father grabbed her neck and pulled her up till their faces met.

"No one betrays me!" he yelled as he went for the final blow, but someone caught his arm before he made contact. He looked at the person who had interrupted him. It was Aya, one hand clutching his and with the other she raised her palm.

"Drop her now!" Aya said venomously, her eyes piercing his.

"And are you gonna make me!" the lynx snickered, the thought of a human stopping him.

"Yes." Aya said as she shot a gold beam from her palm which sent the male lynx flying into the fountain, smashing it into pieces. Lanny lay on the floor groaning and slowly turned her head. No human had that kind of power.

"You made a stupid mistake girly." The man roared.

"Oh really?" She said as she began morphing.

Her hair retreated back until her skull and snow white fur dotted with black slowly drew itself over her body. A long tail sprouted from behind, her ears sharpened and her eyes thinned. She had morphed into a half snow leopard.

The man growled at the snow leopard and changed back to his original form. He shook his fist at her before jumping into the air and disappearing into a black helicopter.

Aya returned to her human form and helped Lanny up as she returned to her original form. Aya caught her as she stumbled and let her take a few breathers.

"Lucky I'm a Zoanthrope." Aya smiled.

Lanny returned the smile and agreed. There was no way she could explain the claw marks to her teachers so tomorrow she was going to have to skip school. Then again she didn't see the bad side of that.