The deteriorating woman, known as Onigen, smiled: "She's closing in. The hour is near."
Her companion grinned: "Your plan will finally come to fruition?"
He waited for a response, but Onigen started to shake. She tried to get up, but almost fell out of her chair. Her companion caught her in time and helped her on her chair again.
"Perhaps you should rest." he proposed, "What you'll do next will take too much of your strength already."
"No..." Onigen whispered, "I... must..."
"Let me get her." he suggested, "Which way?"
Onigen understood what he wanted to do, so she pointed into the direction that she's sensing Alice. The companion looked, nodded, upon which he did the same as Powell did once before, just as he left the hotel.
Lewis, having nothing else to do, paced about. He realized something was off about their situation. Her surrogate father was a general, who would rely heavily on protection from the military. As such, he wouldn't have a cabin in the mountains, at least not one this far away from the base. Even if he did, he would be sure it wouldn't be in this unsafe state. Then again, being involved in a war, he wouldn't have had time to rebuilt this. But he wouldn't have had a chance to even look for a cabin either. Did Alice find this herself? If so, when? She was in the US when she got amnesia, so she hasn't been in Japan long enough to know about this. And if she found this during one of her nights out, that too was impossible, as she likely went out without her father's permission. And every teen, no matter how rebellious, would be sure that they don't stay away from home too long, so they wouldn't travel this far out. In short, she couldn't possibly know about this cabin, so how did she? Did she remember having been here before? Back when the cabin was still habitable? Years before she lost her memory? Possibly so. Or was something else going on? If the latter, that would mean their safety was compromised. He had to be sure, so he ran to wake her up. But before he reached her, he heard a noise from above. He looked above, but unfortunately the fire he started made the night sky seem darker. This made him realize he had no time to look for the danger, should there be one, and continued to run to Alice. But just before he arrived, something landed. It was a monster, similar to what Powell looked like earlier that night, when Alice killed him. Lewis raised his gun to shoot the monster. He hit its back, but all it did was annoy the monster. Still, it was enough to get it to turn around and face Lewis. With its eyes locked on him, it didn't notice that the gunshot woke Alice up, so she kicked it in its stomach. It doubled over, allowing Alice to punch its face as well. Once it was down, Alice ran to Lewis.
"Alice, how did you know about this place?" Lewis asked her.
"We don't have time for that!" she said, "I need that sword."
"How did you know about it?" he repeated.
Alice hesitated to answer, as she didn't understand why he'd ask, but she answered anyway: "I don't know. You asked where we could hide, and this cabin came to mind."
"Came to mind?" Lewis questioned, "You mean instinctively?"
"No, like someone told me..." Alice realized the problem.
"It was a trap." Lewis turned his head back to the monster, that was starting to get up, "She wanted you to come here, so she used her powers to get you here."
"Which means she's nearby." Alice understood.
The monster got up again, and was about to attack. Lewis shot his gun again, but much like his first bloodsucker, this one moved too fast, so none of his bullets got him. Fortunately, firing his gun distracted the monster long enough for Alice to grab her sword and attack the monster herself. She tried cutting it up, but this one seemed to know every move she was about to make, almost as if she had fought him before. Lewis noticed, and knowing how his bullets were useless, he decided to try this the old-fashioned way, grabbed a thick branch, used his campfire to light up its tip, and suddenly he had a torch. He tried attacking the monster with it, which created openings for Alice to strike her sword. The monster realized it was at a disadvantage, so it spread out its wings, knocking them both away. It flew up, and raced back to the hotel.
Lewis threw down his torch and tried to put out his fire: "We'd better follow him."
"Think he'll lead us to Onigen?" Alice asked, "But what if it's another trap?"
"It's a risk we'll have to take." Lewis said, as the fire burned out, after which he ran to the car, with Alice following suit.
As they were back on the road, Alice was searching the skies, while Lewis kept his eyes on the road.
"Any luck?" he asked her.
"No." Alice replied, "He's gone."
"Gone?" Lewis started to search the sky himself.
"Watch out!" Alice warned.
In looking up, Lewis lost attention to the road, so he didn't see the man in the middle of the road until it was too late. Instinctively, he turned the wheel, and in so doing hit the nearest tree. As this turned the car into a wreck, it also knocked both Alice and Lewis unconscious. What neither of them knew, was that the man on the road was the monster they fought, who had just changed back into his human form. In this form, he searched the car wreck. He had got Alice, who was the one he was looking for, as well as Lewis, who may be useful soon enough as a snack. He picked both of them up, and carried them back to the hotel.