Chapter 6- Prison Break.
He couldn't rest, especially since it was two in the afternoon. His snack from earlier didn't keep him satisfied either, and he was looking to eat again sometime soon. Worst still was the throbbing that grew, he has to get out of here in case he cannot control himself anymore. But something caught his attention. A familiar presence was approaching the area. The massive metal door opened and screeched as Sitch and many of his officers entered the room. "To your cells!" the guards called. Everyone went into their cells, yet Garou walked out of his.
He leaped down and met with Sitch with a sarcastic bewildered shrug of his shoulders. "What did I do this time?"
Sitch turned to the guards who only gave a nod. "It… has come to my attention that you have eaten some of your fellow prison mates." He said. "And yet, you are no worst than before… You also… stayed in the prison despite the capacity to break out at any given moment."
"Ah, you noticed." Smirked Garou. "And to think, I though you'd all assume I would just bust out of here at my own convenience… I was tempted!"
Sitch cleared his throat. "We have been given an update by one Caped Baldy of all heroes. We took the matter seriously for he never reports his heroics,"
This surprised Garou. Saitama wrote on his behalf? "We also got confirmation from one Genos on the matter at hand, he confirmed everything that happened and we… we have decided to release you."
He was almost at a loss for words, but, decided to have a little fun. "Ah, I see. Well, I am starting to like it here. The food isn't too bad… could use more of it though… A LOT more. As well, I think I am making new friends…"
"GET HIM OUT OF HERE SITCH!" shouted Puri Puri Prisoner.
"So it appears. You are released back into the custody of Silverfang,"
Sitch turned to leave, but Garou wasn't done. "I still need a babysitter?" he demanded of him. "You know damn well I could go out on a whim here and destroy this city, everyone in it if I wanted to. But, is your city destroyed?"
A deep sigh came from Sitch. "You have to understand, the pressure we are under…"
Garou sneered. "You know nothing about being under pressure," he said. "You have no idea what hell I go and live through each and every day like this. Nothing is easy for me, nothing has ever been easy for me but martial arts, and I can't quite do that as well anymore. If you insist on keeping me on a leash, I have some demands of my own to make."
There were looks exchanged among the men of the Heroes Association. "What kind of demands?" asked Sitch.
Later.
He walked out a free man, for the time. Yet his appetite was getting the better of him. "Time to hunt," he said with a satisfying lick of the lips. Garou took to the skies and searched for something meaningful to eat. It didn't have to be large, just enough to time him over until tomorrow. The prison only held 6 monsters at the time, they weren't that big or that strong, most were merely a mouthful. Yet as he looked, one caught his attention.
In the heart of City Y, there was something going on. If Garou didn't know any better, he swore there was a strange looking frog causing trouble. Landing on a rooftop, he peered down and saw this thing, lashing its tongue. A strange neon blue and black colored frog man was causing the chaos. "Come on pretty ladies, give birth to my brood!"
Garou rolled his eyes and muttered. "Always the nut job."
Men would step in, trying to stop it, but it was too strong for them. Garou swears he has seen this thing before. In fact, he was certain this monster surrendered itself to King to avoid a beat down. But how did it get out of jail? It didn't matter, it was here and Garou was hungry.
He got there just as the creature wrapped its tongue around a woman's ankle. Slowly he dragged her closer to him, laughing about as to how the woman would be the first to bare his brood offspring. It never noticed Garou landing behind him, at least, not until his shadow blocked every speck of sun from the creature.
It must have known who was behind him, it was quick to release the woman, fall on its knees and beg for its life. "Please, King, don't hurt me, I am sorry. It was all a miss understanding! I'll go back to jail!"
"King? Naw, not today. And you won't be going to jail."
Slowly, the frog monster looked up. When its eyes came upon Garou, it smiled. "The hero hunter! I am honored to meet you… look at you, you have accomplished your dream!"
Garou growled. "Not my dream anymore, more of a curse. Now then, I suggest you start running."
The frog was surprised. "You… you are going to let me go?"
"Temporary. I got to have some fun in this too."
The frog began to trembled. "Wh… what do you mean? I thought you wanted to be a monster, you were on our side!"
"You have three seconds."
"But, you changed!"
"Two…"
"I don't understand!"
CHOP.
Garou ensnared the frog into his mouth, and slowly swallowed it down. Much to the cringe of those around him, the monster's legs dangling and twitching out of his mouth didn't help settle the minds around him either. He gave a satisfied gulp before noticing the stares of the people around him. "He's a cannibal! A cannibal monster!"
"But… he saved us from it" said the woman who was caught by the frog.
"Did he? Or was this a set up?"
He wasn't going to stick around and hear what the people had to say about him, Garou needed to find Star and let her know he was out. He would search for her most of the day, but only found her at night when she was verbally chewing out the Tank Top gang.
He waited on the rooftop across the street as she was inside a bar having a stiff drink. But he saw the three other glasses, was she with someone else? They remained untouched until he picked up the conversation inside. She was honoring her late father and brothers. Today was the day they died in the monster attack years ago. She didn't know her father helped inspire the tank top gang, but matters quickly changed as they questioned her for being around Garou.
She defended him, some things she said were just as Garou felt back in the day, but one thing she said surprised her greatly. "For once, I like to see a monster win."
Her words surprised him and farther more, she stuck to her beliefs as the Tank Tops called her out. It was Tiger who crossed the line, claiming the monster took out the wrong Brawler in the attack that killed her family.
He never knew she could have thrown a three hundred pound man through a window!
Such anger filled her. He could smell it radiate off her body, he felt her tense state only build as she took down Tank Top Master. Her battle cry nearly gave him chills. Never has he heard that out of her before! But the others felt obliged to avenge their fallen. She didn't even really fight the crew. She merely used their own momentum against themselves. With the exception of Black Hole and Tiger getting their asses handed to them. When they crew regrouped, and Star took her stance, she was ready to fight to the bitter end. Yet, he just got out of prison, and he wasn't about to let her go into one for this! Against his better judgment, he stepped in. He warned the Tank Tops he won't save them again from her wrath, with that, he escorted her away.
He knew it was bad when she started to cry. Star never cried in front of him, he hadn't seen her do it at all! She kept trying to hide her tears, but couldn't. "Melee" he said. "It's not a sign of weakness."
She froze for a moment, the tears suddenly stopped. "What did you say?"
"It's not…"
"No, before that."
"Melee" he said gently. "Hero names are for working, you are not Shuriken Star right now. You are Melee Brawler, and you are mourning the loss of your family."
She settled rather quickly afterwards, he didn't think less of her for shedding a few tears. They continued to walk in silence until she asked. "Did you get out on your own, or were you released?"
He laughed. "Believe it or not, for the first time ever Saitama filed a report."
She was stunned. So much so she froze in her steps. "Wait… HE wrote the report?"
"Apparently so, and the Association took it serious because he never files anything. Genos has also filed one and backed up his story. So, I was let go"
"Are we suppose to not be seen together?" she asked.
Garou smirked once more. "Oh, there's a meeting on that in a day. I had to give Sitch a reason to listen to me, and I made a few… requests."
Star was curious. What did he ask for?
