Chapter 3: A New Enemy
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The hybrid stared into the house in awe before following Selene inside. The door swung shut behind them, cutting off the cool air. Selene flicked on the lights and looked around as they came on.
"Well...it's going to need some cleaning...but other than that, it's the same..."
Michael looked down at Selene standing at his side and then back up at the house. There was a sudden noise from behind one of the doors in the long hallway, and both heads snapped towards it. Michael's eyes turned black and his fingernails grew out. The two of them went to the door and the sound stopped.
"What the...why did it stop?"
Selene looked at Michael before pulling the door open, only to find a pile of melted flesh. Michael's eye twitched a bit as Selene knelt next to the mass.
"This used to be human...I think..."
"What happened to it..."
"It looks like acid...or some other chemical capable of melting flesh from bone...and the thing is, it just happened..."
Another sound came from down the hall and Michael transformed fully into his hybrid form and growled. Selene stood up and pulled her gun out of her holster, ready for anything. Then, they went down the hall and emerged into the living area. As soon as the light was on, a creature stood from the floor, towering over both of them.
"What the hell is it!"
"I don't know...but it's the thing that made that pile of flesh in the other room."
Selene shot her weapon at the thing, striking it every time. The mystery creature just plucked the bullets out of it's body and slammed it's fist into Selene, knocking her across the room and into the wall. Michael growled and charged at the creature, his claws slicing into it's skin, only to be knocked away as well.
"Damn it...what IS this thing..." Selene said getting up and aiming her gun again, only to find it empty.
The creature roared and opened it's mouth, spitting forth acid. Selene dodged out of the way as the glowing chemical hit the wall behind her. The thing continued to spit acid at the two of them, eventually making them retreat. They left the house and went back into the woods.
"Damn it!" she said plowing her fist into a tree.
Michael transformed back into his human form and sat down against the tree's trunk. Selene looked back through the trees at the town before letting out a sigh and sitting down as well.
"What do you think that thing was Selene?"
"I don't know, I only know one thing, and that thing is, I don't like that creature."
"I wonder how it's able to store acid in it's body without hurting itself..."
"When I shot it...it looked like it had a layer of something underneath it's skin...maybe it protects it from the effects of the acid..."
Michael looked at Selene, sitting against the tree across from him. She closed her eyes and then looked down at her hands resting in her lap.
"So..what do we do now?"
Selene looked up at her hybrid companion and sighed.
"I suppose we find somewhere else to go..."
The pair stood, and began the walk away from the town, and towards the docks. Soon, they had boarded a boat and were sailing out onto the ocean, not even knowing where the boat was taking them. Michael looked over at Selene and took her hand into his, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Don't worry...we won't have to run forever."
Selene looked up at him and then back out at the ocean, "I wouldn't be so confident..."
Litte did either of them know, in the bowls of the ship,their newenemy lurked, waiting to show it's face once more, and ruin the peace and tranquillity of the wide open seas.
AN: Chapter three...I know, not very good, but...yeah...