Chronicles of the Night

Sorry for the wait, I was kind of waiting on reviews coupled with a creative slump, but here is the next chapter as ordered.

When we last left off, The Night Hunters battled with a very strong monster in LA, but when it turned out to be a man, Felix took it upon himself to investigate this man and his own past. Now he stands face to face with Dr. Moore, one man he never thought he would see again.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel Comics, I do own my characters and the plot.

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Neo-Warbeast

"So then, may I ask what you are doing here Dr. Thomas?" Dr. Moore asked as his assistant backed away from Felix in fear.

"I have a better question for you Dr. Moore." Felix hissed, getting in Dr. Moore's face. "What have you done?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Dr. Moore asked, turning away from Felix and strolling around the room, looking at the canisters. "I'm continuing the project. The project the government abandoned over an inconsequential mishap." Dr. Moore said.

"Inconsequential? You call people dying inconsequential?" Felix asked, bewildered at that response. "You call THIS inconsequential!?!" Felix asked angrily, revealing his claws on his fingertips.

"Hm, well, perhaps I was mistaken about saying that it was all inconsequential." Dr. Moore admitted.

"Dr. Moore, what you're doing here is tarnishing everything that good men like Dr. Sykes worked hard to build. You're ruining these people you're keeping in less than humane conditions!" Felix shouted.

"Okay, that does it… I'm calling security." The assistant said.

"You'll do no such thing!" Both Felix and Dr. Moore shouted at him.

"Ulp…"

"No denying that Dr. Sykes was a brilliant scientist… five or maybe even ten years ahead of the curve. Much like you are Dr. Thomas." Dr. Moore said. "But the way he approached the project, the way he limited himself by such trivial things as taking care of the subjects, fearing that doing harm now wouldn't matter at all even when the final result is so much more spectacular than the means used to achieve them." Dr. Moore said.

"Dr. Sykes was a great man… and don't you DARE insult his memory like that!" Felix shouted, feeling his temper rising, yet he was still trying to keep a lid on it, fearing the consequences of losing control now.

"A great man Dr. Thomas?" Dr. Moore asked, looking at one of the tubes holding someone in it. "Would a truly great man fear the own steps he takes to reach the possibilities? Does a great man limit himself for the sake a few insignificant people when he could end up benefitting the masses?"

"Dr. Moore, this isn't project warbeast! This is torture you bastard!" Felix shouted.

"You're right, it isn't project warbeast… no. This goes beyond what the original project could have hoped to accomplish." Dr. Moore said with a smile. "I guess I can't chastise Dr. Sykes too much, for even I didn't see too many alternatives as to how this project should be done. No this glorious vision you see before you now didn't come until after the lab was shut down."

"…" Felix listened disdainfully while slipping his mask back over his face.

"No, some time after the project was shut down, I learned I inherited a fortune from my dear old man, but even still that didn't compensate for the fact that the project I was ready to dedicate my life to was shut down. But then, I had a most brilliant idea." Dr. Moore said.

"Choose your words carefully, if what you're about to tell me makes me angry, I will gouge your eyes out." Night-claw hissed.

"Ah, still have that temper, in fact I'd say it's worse than it used to be." Dr. Moore commented. "Ah well, I took the project, gave it a new angle, and came up with a new goal more glorious than the original project had. Care to guess Dr. Thomas?" Dr. Moore asked, stepping closer to Night-claw.

"Surprise me." Night-claw hissed.

"To create you." Dr. Moore said.

"What?"

"I saw you on the news when you and that silly little team formed, and you were the inspiration. Look at you. You are the perfect specimen." Dr. Moore said.

"Moore…" Night-claw growled.

"You, the perfect blend between human intelligence, and animal-like power and instinct. Unafraid to take risks most humans wouldn't even dare to take, able to solve problems animals couldn't hope to solve. YOU, Dr. Thomas, are the final result that this project hopes to achieve." Dr. Moore said.

"…" Night-claw trembled at this, for this only reminded him of what these powers cost him. He clenched his fists, and calmly said, "How then?"

"How? Well of course by blending animal DNA that's been bonded to the formula B and injecting it in to the subjects. But so far, all of the subjects were overwhelmed by the animal instinct they gained, the closest success was one subject we gave the DNA of a grizzly bear and a white wolf. But…"

"No, that's not my question. You don't know how much Formula B or animal DNA bonded with me. So the way I see it, you're out of luck, and out of time." Night-claw threatened, revealing his claws.

"Oh…" Dr. Moore quit smiling and paced away from Night-claw. "I think not."

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhh!"

"Hah!" Night-claw back flipped over the top of a guy that attempted to jump him. Night-claw landed and grabbed the wrist of the man that attacked him and then gut punched him with all the force he could muster to knock him out.

"That subject had rat DNA… but seeing as how that's your natural prey, try your natural enemies." Dr. Moore said.

"Rar!"

"…" Night-claw looked to either side of him to find two men, dressed only in tight shorts, to either side of him. They had fangs, wolf-like eyes, sharp nails, and gray body hair growing almost all over their arms and chests. "Come and get it." Night-claw said.

"RAH!" Both of them lunged at him. Night-claw grabbed the head of the one to his right and flipped over the top of him, forcing that one to stand erect and causing the other one to run in to that one. As they both fell over Night-claw's back, he jumped upward and caused them both to soar through the air for a moment.

"Ha!" Night-claw spun around and delivered a spinning kick to the side of the head of another rat-like man. "Whoa!" Night-claw got a light scratch in the arm from one of the wolf men, but he clawed that one in the chest three times before kicking him away to block a claw swipe from the other one.

"AR!"

"AH!" While Night-claw was wrestling with that other wolf man, the first one jumped on his back and tried biting in to his neck. "RAH!" Night-claw kicked away that one and jumped backwards to slam the one on his back in to the wall. Night-claw got away from the wall and blocked a kick from the wolf guy and then shoved him away.

"GROAR!"

"Ah!" Night-claw ducked under a massive hand and he brought his leg up backwards to kick the attacker in the gut. What he gut-kicked felt almost like a brick wall, and he quickly dived forward and somersaulted to face his attacker.

"Groar!" The attacker was a woman, wearing a tight-fitting one-piece suit. She was shockingly muscular, and she had very sharp claws and teeth to match those muscles, and she also had thick brown fur on her arms and legs.

"Like her? Used grizzly bear DNA for her." Dr. Moore said with a sneer.

"Forget them!" Night-claw did a volte-face and ran at Dr. Moore, however one of the wolf guys tackled Night-claw in the side and managed to get a few good scratches on Night-claw before Night-claw threw him off and in to some lab equipment. The second Night-claw stood up he had to duck under a swipe from the grizzly woman before jumping straight upwards while delivering an uppercut.

"Call security now." Dr. Moore told his trembling assistant.

"Ha! Hiyah!" Night-claw scratched away at the wolf men while desperately dodging their own claw swipes and attacks. The grizzly woman backhanded him from behind while he was dodging a claw swipe and he went skidding out in to the hall. "Oooooogghh… WHOA!" Night-claw jumped and tucked his legs while flipping over the top of the grizzly woman, who just tried to tackle him only to eat wall.

"ARF!" The wolf men rushed Night-claw once again, Night-claw kneed one in the groin while grabbing the other one under the chin, clutching the side of his head with his claws.

"Ah!" Night-claw felt the one he just kneed in the groin bite in to the leg he used to knee him with. Night-claw brought his elbow straight down on top of his head and not only caused it to let go, but also causing it to lose consciousness. "RRRRRRAAAAAHHHH!!!" Night-claw then spun around while still holding the last wolf guy, and then he slammed him in to the ground.

"GROAR!" The bear woman swiped both of her claws at him, missing him and leaving her open for a counter attack. Night-claw kicked her stomach as hard as he could, and then jumped up to slam both of his fists down on her head. "RAH!"

"ARGH!" Night-claw felt her claws leave fairly nasty cuts on his chest, but they were bearable, and he retaliated by grabbing her around the waist and then lifting her up. "Hurgh…" Her size and her flailing made it very difficult to hold her, but he managed to jump in to the air, and then slam her head in to the floor.

"Very impressive Dr. Thomas." Dr. Moore said, stepping out of the lab with a smile. Night-claw turned around, his costume scratched in numerous places, a bruise or two on his body, and a number of bleeding scratches and bite-marks.

"Smile while you can…" Night-claw said between breaths. He turned around with his claws revealed and was about to dive at Dr. Moore.

ZAP

"Arg!" A wire from a taser gun attached to his shoulder and sent numerous volts of electricity coursing through his body. "Grrrrrr…ARG!" Night-claw was about to turn on the man who tasered him, but pretty soon a whole mob of security guards with cattle-prods had prodded at him. "Damn you… Arg! All…" Night-claw said before consciousness slipped away from him.

"Dr. Moore, what should we do about all of this?" A guard asked.

"Dispose of these subjects, they've proven themselves worthless, and… take Dr. Thomas here somewhere comfortable enough to where he won't be leaving." Dr. Moore said. Two guards picked up Night-claw by the arms, and Dr. Moore walked over to him, and hoisted Night-claw's head by the chin and stared at his closed eyes. "I'm looking forward to your contributions to Neo warbeast Dr. Thomas."

Meanwhile…

"…" Night-princess was practically inhaling air through her nose, but she was picking up nothing.

"Anything?" Night-roller asked her.

"No… I… I'm just not good enough at this." Night-princess said.

"Keep trying, we have to find him." Night-roller said. "Hm?" Night-roller looked a few roofs over and saw a man standing on the edge of the roof looking straight at him. "Who's that?"

"Who's who?" Night-princess asked.

"That g…" The next moment Night-roller blinked, the figure had vanished. "Huh?" Night-roller jumped a few roofs and got to where he saw the figure. "Strange, my helmet isn't picking up any trace of someone being here."

"Are you okay Night-roller?" Night-princess asked. "I didn't hear or smell anyone."

"Maybe it's just my… there he is again!" Night-roller looked at a roof across the street below to see the same man staring straight at him. But the next minute he blinked the figure had vanished. "What is going on here?"

"I still don't see any… hm?" Night-princess noticed a boy only a few years older than her another few rooftops down. But he vanished the next moment she blinked. "What?"

"Do you want to find your friend?"

"Hm?!" Both of them turned around to find a boy in his late teens standing behind them. He was 6'2 in height, had a thin build, brown hair, and brown eyes, and was dressed completely in white.

"Who are you?" Night-roller said, cautiously raising his glove and pointing three fingers at the figure.

"…" The boy looked at Night-roller and then said with an expressionless face. "My instructions will take ten seconds, if you go due northeast from this spot, you will arrive at where your friend is in one hour, thirteen minutes, and forty three seconds."

"…" The two of them looked at each other and then at the figure again.

"If you want to stop your friend from doing something reckless you are two hours, thirty seven minutes, and one second too late." The figure said.

"Wh…who are you?" Night-princess asked. "What happened to Night-claw?"

"Why are you telling us all of this?" Night-roller asked.

"Two hours, forty minutes, and thirteen seconds." The figure kept saying, turning his back to the two Night Hunters. "That is how long you have unless you wish for all to go wayward."

"…" Night-roller clenched his fist, but he swallowed his urge to lash out at whoever this is and grabed Night-princess. "We need to go now."

"B…but who are you? Is Night-claw okay?" Night-princess tried to ask the figure, but the next moment they blinked he was gone.

"Forget about him, Night-claw comes first." Night-roller said.

"…You're right." Night-princess said. She sat on Night-roller's shoulder and he sped off to the northeast.

"Three times." This time a boy no older than Lisa wearing all white, with brown eyes and brown hair appeared where they originally were, munching on a slice of pizza. "Three times I've seen this. Or perhaps once, twice, four or more times. But I guess saying three times will suffice." He said as he watched them leave.

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Well, certainly shorter than I originally planned, but stopping here seemed perfect to me. Be sure to let me know what you think about this development.