Chapter 7 Brutality

Written by: Atikkin

Okay, everything is now in order. Is it much better now? Again, I am very sorry.

The soldiers began to move around towards the one room. They held devices, which rests on their shoulders and had blue markings. Only one marking was yellow--that was their target. They lean against the door, until one of them brought forth a large door-slammer. With one swing they broke the door down. Two menenter the room. He held their rifles up high, so they can get a good target on their laser sight. They also heldtheir weapons tightly, while they shook. Theyare afraid.

"Search the perimeter," the one soldier said. "She could have gone off on the roof or bottom floor. You know how these devices are in this kind of weather."

Soldiers from the outside began to scout towards the lower levels, while another recruit heads for the ladder to reach the roof. They pull the large bars that were blocking their way through. One of each soldier began to go climb up.

Meanwhile, down stairs, soldiers went through the door under the room their comrades were. When they stepped in they found a couple sitting in their bed, nude. The woman screamed.

Outside, the administrator began to bark at the soldier in front of him. They demanded to know the situation. He demanded to know why they were causing so much damage to his hotel.

Her vision had changed again. She saw them through the dark. She glared and wondered what these strange men want from her. She glanced upon their weapons. Knowing that they were guns, Relena growled, while that guttural racket came through her mouth. It alerted the men.

"What was that?" one of them said.

"Keep close," the other informs.

'Get too close and it be easy,' Relena thought. Her eyes expand. 'What….' She thought. Did she just think that? What is she thinking?

She felt her fingers beginning to curl. Relena curved her eyes towards her hands again, and noticed that her finger nails were harder, and black. Slowly, they began to turn rather silver.

She saw light flashing near her. Relena turned her gaze towards one of the men, who were getting closer to her. She growled deeply, as her teeth began to tighten. She felt her incisors growing towards the lower part of her lip.

Light flashed at her, as she suddenlylunges at the person. She grabs his head, and threw him at the other soldiers. They all collapse by the powerful impact. She jumps over him, and then lashes at the men outside.

Her newfound claws went right through the man's helmet. She felt his flesh against her finger tips as she raised the man in her air. He screams, and begs her to put him down.

Relena grins. She was going to enjoy this. "Beg, keep begging. I like it." She said. She glanced at the other men. They looked like ghosts.

Relena stared at one man who was shaking in fear. She stared down at his groin which had a large wet stain. Relena sniffed, and got whiff of what it was. She growls in disgust. She held him in one hand, and slaps him really hard, making him choke.

"SUCK IT UP!" She screamed. The man screams out loud, and raises his rifle. He starts to shoot like a mad man. The other men didn't even hesitate and joined in withhim. They have been firing for nearly two minutes. Until they ran out of ammo, they observe what they fired at. One soldier walked towards the corpse, and noticed that he shot the wrong person.

The men gasp, and saw that it's their comrade lying lifeless on the ground. A pool of blood began to form beneath him. They all turned towards the door, and saw that the other team members were dead from the bullets they have shot.

One thing bothered them however. Where was she?

They all shook in fear. They glanced at every corner of the room. When she was no where in sight, they all went back outside.

"Where did she go?" one man asked.

"How the fuck, am I suppose to know?"

The other man didn't' speak. He's too scared. What ifshe just came out of the middle of no where and kills him brutally like she did to the other team in the hospital?

He stands still for a moment while the other two soldiers continued to chatter. He finally lost his mind, and aimed the rifle at the last man speaking. He pulls the trigger and the shot him. Hecollaspes to the ground, as rivers of blood began to flow out of his cranium.

"JESUS CHRIST-"

"SHUT UP!" the soldiers said to the other. His eyes stared at him with bewilderment. "SHUT UP AND DON'T YOU FUCKING TALK UNTIL I TELL YOU TO!"

The soldiers raised his hands in surrender. He gulps hoping that the man doesn't kill him. He remains there with his hands up in the air, until he felt warm liquid land against the bridge of his nose. He blinked. The weather was freezing cold, how can the rain be that warm.

That's when it hit him, when the man next to him started shaking. His eyes slowlylooks upward. He does the same. They scream!

The soldier in the armored car had not heard anything coming from the other soldiers. The monitors were completely blank. She held the rifle close to her. 'They're all dead,' she thought. She presses a button forthe radio, and started to dial up towards headquarters.

"May day, this is Corporal Dylan, do you read me over," she called.

Wufei and Duo headed towards the main gates. They peek over to see the large facility. Wufei elbowes Duo to have his sunglasses. Duo snorts, and hands them over. Wufei puts them on, and looks again. The vision expanded and hesaw that it was heavily guarded. Securityspread everywhere. There were even cameras.

Wufei looked to the side, and saw something very interesting. There appeared to be a huge truck loading in some cargo. The Chinese man brewed up an idea to get in with no problem.

"Well," Duo said.

Wufei leaned back against the gate of the facility. "It looks tough. But I found a way we can sneak in," Wufei said.

"All then," Duo said. Something started beeping. Duo glanced at his watch, and pressed the button. A visual appeared before him, and there was a red light moving around with a green surrounding.

"What's wrong?" Wufei asked.

"He's moving," Duo said.

"Keyes……?" Wufei said.

"Who else would I be talking about?" Duo asked.

"Fuck you too," Wufei said.

"Never in an million years, you faget," Duo said.

"Where is he going?" Wufei asked completely ignoring Duo's remark. Duo stared at screen, and found where Keyes was going.

"The country side," Duo said. "This looks like the same area where the ambulance car was."

"Are you positive about this?"

"Hell, yes."

"All right, we leave this place for now. Let's go find Keyes, and figure out what the hell he's up to," Wufei said.

"Mission is accepted," Duo said running off with Wufei.

"This is Dylan. Does anyone read me," Dylan kept saying. She gasped. She was really scared at the moment. She couldn't believe she came on this mission. She gulped, trying to ease her anxiety.

Dylan tentatively started to open the large case, filled with grenades. 'Oh okay,' she thought. 'Okay, I'm going to be fine,' she thought

While Dylan was busy pulling out the grenades, yellow eyes were staring at her form the window.

"Should I call Heero?" Duo asked.

"All right, but if you do that you might as well call Millard," Wufei said.

"OH hell no, man. You know how Millard gets around Heero."

"This is all about Relena. They won't even have the time to talk to each other."

"OH Fine, fine," Duo said dialing his cell phone. After the moment, Heero answered the phone.

"Talk," Heero said.

"Heero, we got something here. Keyes is heading to the country side."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Heero asked.

"I think he might know where Relena is," Duo said.

"You think?" Heero said.

"Dude, just do this, so we can find her. Something tells me that Keyes knows, and he might be heading for her."

Heero sighed on the phone.

"All right," Heero said. "See you at fifteen hundred."

Both men hung their phones up.

'Relena,' Heero thought. 'Hold on,' he thought. He pushed the breaks, and drove down another high way.

Corporal Dylan froze in herplace. Sheis notsure if this was the right thing to do. She gulps, and held onto her handgun. Slowly, she steps outside. She lands on the muddy ground. She looks to see the motel. She did notsee her comrades. She justhoped that they were-alive.

Dylan walked towards the hotel. Shegazesat the administrator's office. Itis open. She quickly took a step inside. The roomis completely dark,thereforeshe could notsee anything. Dylan quickly into her pockets, and dug out her flash light.

"Please don't hurt me," someone said. Dylan jumped. There was an old man on the floor.

"Are you the administrator here?" Dylan said. The man rapidly nodded. "What happened here?"

"How should I know? You people came in here, breaking down one of my doors. You tell me."

Dylan remained silent as she listened to the old man's statement, over and over in her head. There was no way; she could tell him what was going on. She turned quickly, after hearing something from the outside. She raised her gun, and her flashlight towards the door. Slowly, she began to walk towards the door. She stopped in the doorway, and peeks outside.

Dylan turns around, and then something hit her. She gasps, and flew outside. She lands into the muddy ground-hard. She cries in pain. She looks to see her attacker. It froze when she saw the eyes.

Relena held something in one hand. It was a rifle. She lifts it into the air, ready to strike Dylan. The woman screamed and shields herself. Sheawaits for the impact. Nothing had happened. Dylan peeked over her arm. The person was just staring at her while having the gun up in the air.

Relena's vision changed once again. Her ears were thumbing at a rapid pace, or were they hearing something else? She glanced at the woman, who was completely red. However, the side of her stomach was green. Relena looks harder, and noticed what it was.

Relena drops the gun. A second later, she was shot. She screamed; it came out with a deep guttural scream mixed with her own womanly scream. Dylan started to scream when she did. She didn't see Relena coming at her, and grabbed her neck. Dylan gasped, and stared into her eyes. She shook in fear.

"OH my God," She whispered. Relena brought her closer.

"Will he help you?" Relena growled as if she were really an animal. She drops Dylan to the ground. The woman seemed unconscious. Relena shrugged.

A strange sound filled her ears. She looks to her side, and stared at the road afar. She thought she saw…….cars.

A car parked across the street. The door opens, and Wufei is out of the car. Duo appears seconds later. He places a pair of glasses on his face. His vision changed, and everything was green. He saw the hotel that wasn't too far from where he and Wufei were standing.

"Well," Wufei said.

"There are armored cars," Duo said.

"Okay, so what? What about the men?"

"I don't see any of them," Duo said.

"What do you mean? There should a whole mess of them around here," Wufei said.

"I don't know, but from the looks of this Keyes isn't here," Duo said.

"Dude, we followed a transmitter, of coarse he's here."

"From far off," A new voice said. Both men nearly jumped. They spun around and greeted Heero and Millard.

Heero stood five paces away from Millard. Millard had done the same. Millard took a quick glance at Heero who stared at him with his cold gaze. Millard growled and looks away.

"What the hell do you mean far off, Heero?"

"What I mean is that your Keyes friend has this entire perimeter surrounded. I'm not sure where he's positioned, but he might commence and attack sooner or later."

"So Relena is here," Millard said.

"That's what we're guessing-"

"What the," Duo exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Heero said.

"There's someone; he's down and alive man. Come on," Duo said, racing.

"Duo, damn it, get back here!" Wufei said running after him. Heero followed with Millard behind.

Duo dropped to his knees, and pulled the stranger on his back. Duo observed his face. 'Oh,' he thought. 'So you're a she.' He presses two fingers against the crook of her neck. Seconds later he found a pulse. 'All right,' he thought.

"Duo," Wufei said. Wufei smackes him on the head.

"Hey!" Duo snapped rubbing his head. "What did you do that for?"

"For acting like a jackass; what the hell do you think you're doing just marching here? You could've gotten us killed."

"Excuse me mister hot pants we're not under attack are we?" Duo said.

"Knock it off," Heero said. He appeared to be alarmed. Something in the environment didn't seem to fit. Heero could see it. He could also smell it. 'What could it be,' he thought. Heero felt something warm against his cheek. He rubs his hand against his face, and glanced at the back of his hand. His eyes expanded in shock. He looks up, and there's a corpse.

"Yikes," Duo said as he caught sight of the body.

"What hell…." Wufei said.

"Would someone please explain how a body is hanging there?" Millard demanded.

Heero gazed at the corpse. Like Millard said, the man was hanging up side down. But the man wasn't just a man anymore. He was skinned. His internal organs were not present. Even his skull was missing. 'What done this?' Heero thought. His memories of the hospital began to pop into his mind. 'No,' he thought. 'Relena is not the cause of this. She would never do this.'

"Hey, fearless leader," Duo said.

"What," Heero answered.

"Just a reminder, there are other bodies," Duo said.

"What do you mean more? Is the entire crew terminated?" Millard asked.

"Sure as hell looks that way," Wufei said, sounding as if he was far off.

Heero spotted him on the ground observing a body. Heero approached and glanced at it. The corpse was crushed. Heero kneeled to get a better of the corpse.

"Multiple bone, fractures,' Wufei said.

"Skull is missing," Heero said stated. Heero glanced at the side to find the face of the man. Heero closed his eyes.

"He didn't have time to think," Wufei said.

"What…." Heero said rather confused.

"He didn't have time to think. From the look of his body there is no sign of a struggle. This man was hit by someone so fast that he didn't even realize his bones were broken. Next moment you know he's dead after he lost his head..."

"Look at the spinal cord…..towards the middle it's torn apart. Whoever the prick was came up behind this guy--- NO wait that can't be right?" Duo said.

"Yeah I'm sure. If this guy went behind him and tore his entire spinal cord and skull, he'd have to cut right through his skin. From this body there are no tears. No clean scars a knife could make." Wufei said.

"Hey," Duo said carrying the young woman in his arms. "I just checked some of the bodies; there's a mother-load of scars on them."

"Scars.....?" Wufei said.

"I mean scratches-claw marks."

"Claw marks…." Heero muttered. He glanced at the body. He noticed that the arms were severely torn. 'Only a surgical knife could through skin like that. Unless, Duo is sure about the claws,' he thought.

"Where is Relena?" Millard said.

"Well first things first, she's alive."

"How can you tell?" Millard demanded.

"I don't' see her lying down like these guys do you?" Duo asked.

"Watch your tone with me, Maxwell."

"All right break it up," Wufei said.

"Do you think the manager is still alive?" Heero asked.

The four men glanced at the office. They all turned at each other and stared at Heero. Heero stood up, and walked towards the office. He pulled out a gun from his pocket, and walked within the threshold. He checked all the corners. Unfortunately there was no sign of the hotel manager.

"Damn it," He hissed.

Suddenly a noise came to his ears. Heero spun around, and saw a man lying on the ground. He held his hands up in the air while shaking. He shook his head to Heero not to shoot him. Heero whistled for the others to come forwards. The four men entered the office.

Duo gently placed the woman upon a nearby couch. He pulls away, when a hand came upon his shoulders. Duo glanced to find the woman away. She gasped, and looks up to find Heero, Wufei, Millard, and the hotel manager.

"Hey there, Miss," Duo said.

"Identify yourself-who are you people?" Dylan said sitting up.

"Wow, slow down, lady," Duo said placing her back upon the couch. "For starters I'm Duo. These guys are here is my couple of colleagues. That's Heero, Wufei, and Millard Peacecraft."

Dylan glanced at them, and then at the hotel manager. He shook in fear, but spoke. "We've met," He said.

"Yeah I know," Dylan said. She glanced at Millard Peacecraft. She immediately got up, and saluted.

"Ease down," Millard said. Dylan sat down. She sighed, and smiled that she is alive. "Who are you?"

"I'm Michele, Dylan. I'm the Corporal with my squad."

"And they are…."

"We are members of the Cinq Kingdom Air Force, sir."

"Can you tell what happened here?" Wufei asked.

"That's classified information-"

"Speak, soldier," Millard ordered.

"Sir…" Dylan began.

"Look Lady, we need to know what's going on here. There are a load of dead people here, and lots of people are going to wonder why? Now what's going on? Are you looking for Relena Peacecraft?"

"Relena Peacecraft. Look, I'm only here to find the main subject, and take that subject to home base. Those were my orders." Dylan said.

"That-"Heero muttered. He glared at Dylan. "She's a 'who' not a 'that.'"

"Not from what I saw," the hotel manager said.

"What…." Duo said.

"Not from what I saw. I saw a monster."

"What are you saying? What happened here?" Millard demanded.

"Our objective was search and retrieve subject. Then turn her to home base with some Primal something I don't know."

"Primal….?" Duo said.

"Its sounds like a code of some kind," Heero said.

"Yeah and it's got Keyes' name all over it."

"You know Keyes," Dylan said. "How did you get mixed up with that mad doctor?"

"Doctor….." Duo said.

Suddenly everyone jumps after hearing a shrill scream echoing in the air. Heero grabbed his pistol from behind back, and rushed towards the outside. He turned to the others.

"Someone call for Une, and tell her that we've got a heavy situation; keep the feds off our back."

"I'm on it," said Wufei.

"Wait up, dude," Duo said.

Heero and Duo marched towards outer parts of the hotel. They glanced towards the area they heard the scream from. Duo placed on his sunglasses. He switched them on.

"Report," Heero commanded.

"A diner," Duo said.

"Anything else….?" Heero asked.

"Besides blood on the window," Duo said.

"Let's go," Heero said.

Heero slowly paced towards the double doors. He motioned Duo to go towards the other side of the doors. Slowly, Duo opens one door. Heero stepped inside, and aimed the gun.

"Duo," Heero said.

"Yeah," Duo answered.

"Do you have a flashlight?"

"Sure," Duo said. He dug in his jacket, and brought the flash light out. He clipped in on, and he wished he hadn't. He dropped his jaw seeing bodies hanging from the ceiling. He choked. He thought he heard Heero do the same. 'Damn and I thought he could handle this shit.'

"I'm going to call out to her; see if she's here."

"Are you sure about that man?" Duo asked.

"Affirmative," Heero said.

"Good luck," Duo informed. Heero growled in response. He paused for a brief second, and sighed.

"Relena," Heero called.

There was no response.

"Relena," Heero called again. "Are you here? Where are you?"

There was still no response.

"I don't think she's here, man," Duo said sounding rather sick.

"Why are you doing that?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Hot pants, in case you haven't noticed we're in a diner with people hanging from the ceiling."

Duo didn't know what feeling he had grown from behind his neck, but he thought for a brief second that someone's watching him.

Chapter 8 Fright

What's hiding in the darkness, and making guttural sounds?

I'm going to ask some you guys…….what kind of monster to you think Relena is becoming? Do tell me, I'd really like to know what you all think? Please, I'm desperate.

Anyway, wait till' next time to see another chapter of TBW.