"Let's try this again Mr Gray. Why were you at the scene of Officer Linda Spring's murder?"
The two detectives interrogating me have not let up once since I have been brought in. My mind still not processing it all as the headache that had started to form hours ago now rages on. The pain making it harder to focus on what they are asking me.

I try to shade my eyes from the bright lights of the room. Closing my eyes as I look down, unable to cover them with my cuffed hands.

How this ended here keeps playing over in my head. I'm trying to understand what has gone so wrong for me to be the suspect of killing my own best friend.


"Bo..bobby, how … are you sure that is Miss Linda?" Bill's voice is strained as he tries not to become emotional as I am now. The rest to the children are not doing as well.

I nod at Bill's question, finding it hard to admit it out loud with my own voice. To make it all the more real.

Before Bill can ask me anything more, the sound of sirens alert us of the local police arriving. The lights of their vehicles growing brighter in the sun set. Only rivaled by the bright flames behind us.

Sound of slamming doors soon follow with hurried foot falls.

"Kids step away from that man!" The officers shout pulling their guns on me. I can hear their boots rushing towards us before the sounds of a skirmish and raised shouts of protest as the officers grab and drag the children away from me.

Bill is screaming, fighting for them to let him go. Questioning why their motives. I can hear another set of foot falls approaching me with care. Cautious… uncertainty… why?

They try to wrap their arms under my own to lift me away, but I will not budge. My body suddenly gaining weight to keep me where I sit. I will not leave Linda. I can't. My brain is in a fury of sudden rage that these men would try and take me from her.

I glare up at them, hearing gasps, I don't understand why at first. The officers release me and back away as if out of instinct. Self preservation perhaps.

"Bobby. Your eyes." Bill tries his best from where he is held now to tell me what has caused the sudden reaction. Reaching up as if I will feel what he means, I touch around my eyes with one hand, never letting Linda go with the other.

"Bobby, you need to calm down." Bill pleads. I can smell the fear around him. A fear for my safety.

I take a deep breath, trying to calm myself.
'Kill them. Kill them all!' The voice growls into my head.
''I can't… they haven't done anything to hurt me…''
A feel a snarl leave my lips as I shake my head about, before taking a deep breath, calming myself.

In the end, ever so reluctantly, I had allowed the officers to take me in. Watching with deep sorrow and a watchful gaze as they called in a corner to come take Linda away.

I sat in the back of the vehicle of what felt like hours, watching as they skewered the scene. Even in my calm as it grew dark enough with the light, I could seen in my reflection now what Bill had been telling me. My eyes truly were not my own. They were glowing bright yellow. I can only imagine what color they were when I had snapped out before.

The children were taken away in separate vehicles. All looking to me with worry for my own sake.

Bill the last to be taken stared towards me with sorrow. His fear for me growing as they took him far from the scene.


One of the officers, the less kind of the two, sighs loudly as he stands.
"Mr Gray, if you do not corporate we will have to detain you."

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you…"

They look to each other before the officer continues.
"Now we are getting somewhere." He smacks his partners arm lightly.
"Go on then Mr Gray, try us."

Not looking up, I do my best to stay calm as I tell them.
They sudden pain, a pull, just knowing upon arrival.

They are quiet for only a moment before they both groan.
"You're right. We don't believe you. It's obvious that you're not in your right mind Mr Gray."

They signal someone and soon there is two officers joining up.

With more force then needed, they pulled me up and out of the small room I have been held in.
We ended up outside a cell which I soon find out is meant for me.
My hands are soon freed, but the relief is short lived as I am shoved into the cell. Quite too rough for my liking.
A cage I have done nothing to deserve.

Terror begins to rise inside me. I don't like this. I am now trapped, like an animal.
It does't help that I can feel something inside me squirm and try to claw it's way out.
I am not the only one here that doesn't like being locked up.

"You must stop…" With no one near I feel it is save to speak out loud.
'We must escape! Find the intruder!'

A snarl rips from my lips as I curl up on the bench inside the cell. Trying to hold the beast inside.

"No, we can't. We have to stay."

A growl rumbles in my chest in IT's protest.

Why don't I just accept what IT wants and let it tear through this place. Find and kill who did this to our Linda?

'You know why…' IT purred quietly.

"We're not strong enough to fight him…"

'He knew… he knew she was ours…' IT moans, sounding mournful as myself.'He kills what is ours. Takes what is ours.'

"Like a lion…" IT's words from before making all the more sense.

My knowledge of Lions now coming to mind. Instead of having defeated or killed IT, he is playing on IT's weakness. Trying to destroy what left of IT's hold there is and all that is connected to IT.

I can feel my face pale as it now occurs to me. If he knew Linda was connected to us, then it wouldn't be long until he connected the children and killed them as well.

'THEY'RE MINE!' IT roars in rage. I grasp at my head as the pain builds. Flashes of images I have never seen before. Bill hovering over me. All the children, armed.

"He…T..thrust H..his F..fists Against the P…Post…" I feel myself rocking back and forth as fear builds in my chest.

'You're remembering….' IT grumbles as if reading my mind.

I sit up startled, "Remembering?"

'Everything…'