Chapter 4 – The hunger pains.
The prisoners kept rather quiet, much to Garou's surprise. He finished his meditation for the time being. For now the pain and the rebellion of his body settled how long it would last he didn't know for certain, at least it was quelled. Meditation helped calm him down, and allowed him to focus on healing. He was quick to flip down off the wall, stretch himself out and take in the sight of the prison once more. But now, there was a new problem. His stomach growled. The roar of his belly stunned the other prisoners. "He sounds like he has a demon in him!"
"What makes you say I don't?" said Garou.
The men were staying well back from him, guarding them all was Puri Puri. "You don't touch any of my boys, do you hear me?" Puri demanded.
Garou smirked. "I won't want them anyway." The place was rather large for a small amount of men. He could train within the walls, but first thing's first. "Where's the food?"
The prisoners froze. "Food? We get it three times a day,"
"Yeah, but I'm hungry right now. I need to eat, if I don't eat. Well it's not good for the people around me." Garou began to pace, his sense of smell tried to pick up any whiff or hint of sustenance. But he was disappointed. "I thought they would know better than to keep a monster hungry."
He turned to Puri Puri. "You guys house monsters here? I can taste them."
Puri gulped. "Low ranked ones. Barely even wolf class down below, why?"
Garou smiled. "I'm getting a snack."
He approached the door that took him into the prison. With one hand, he opened it effortlessly, breaking the locks within and walked out without anyone confronting him. Garou venturing down the hall peering into the cells, making certain they were all human and no monsters. Puri wasn't lying, they were kept down below and away from the other inmates.
He found them, just as Puri said. Kept under the prison grounds, out of the light and hidden away. The place was bleak and dark, barely enough light to see. But the monsters tend to be fond of the darkness. Garou made his way down into the dark depths, the monsters were peered out from their bars and saw him.
"The hero hunter! It's him, it's really him!"
"I can't believe it, he did it! He became one of us!"
"Good on you kid!"
Garou reached the final step and took in the room. The monsters were cheering him for becoming one of them, and yet they anticipated on him releasing them and getting revenge on the humans above. However, Garou smiled. "Oh, don't be congratulating me yet." He said. "There's a side affect you should know about this…" His eyes began to glow, as he licked his lips with anticipation…
Upstairs.
No one dared to move, no one dared to say a word. Puri Puri prisoner was the only one brave enough to approach the front door… only to hear the screams. They shrieked in terror one monster even managed to escape, but ran for its life. A rat type creature desperate to escape, he didn't make it down the hall when something moved faster than it! Puri gasped as he saw the whole thing. The rat creature knocked off it's feet, and Garou blocking its path to freedom. The thing tried to scurry backwards in hopes of avoiding the former hero hunter. Yet, Garou was too fast for it. Puri Puri covered his mouth as he watched the poor monster get pulled up onto its feet and then stuffed into the mouth of Garou, worst still. He swallowed him whole! Puri Puir was quick to move away from the doors as Garou returned. He toyed with the rat beast in his jaws, letting the tail linger out until he turned to the prisoners. In one slurp it vanished. In a single gulp the creature vanished down his throat, and yet his body never contorted or became misshapen from the feast. Garou appeared just as he came in!
"He could give Pig God a run for his money!" muttered Puri.
As effortlessly as he opened the door, he closed it again. Turning to the prisoners, he muffled a burp before stating. "You don't have anymore monsters here." Garou announced. Yet he gave a disappointing sigh. "They weren't that filling anyway."
"He… ate them… all of them?"
"How? I mean… how?"
"It's impossible!"
Garou smirked as the prisoners continued to fear him. Puri Puri however didn't appreciate his antic. "I have had enough of that smirk mister!" he warned. Garou turned to face Puri Puri "Yes, that smirk you are making right now. That is not how we do thing around here! You can't walk in here and eat whatever… or whoever you want!"
His smile only grew, and just for show, he flipped off Puri Puri Prisoner for the pure hell of it. "I just did. And it was the lesser of two evils. Either I eat… or I EAT. Is that understood? You won't want to see me hungry Puri Puri. I am not a pretty sight when that happens. Be grateful that I fed, I would hate to be in your shoes otherwise."
"You aren't a pretty sight now."
"Original." Garou then felt the pain return. His left shoulder began to pulse and protrude oddly, but he was quick to settle it down. He decided he would sleep off his snack. He found a comfortable cell and turned in for the time being. He knew though, Star would come through. It won't be long now…
