Chapter 18 Monsters Among Men
Haku and Zabuza were told to wait as the werewolf was sent to solitary. Prisoners were led for a mandatory exam, to see which inmates reacted to the Wolf's Bane. Haku couldn't help but feel watched and when he turned the prisoner was watching him. So far 7 werewolves were found. When Nikki and Gaia were picked up and secretly taken to the infirmary to avoid the prisoners seeing them, 3 more were discovered on staff. Nikki took fur samples to use for a spell to find more. In the infirmary the patient instantly looked at the two with disgust, then back at Haku, much to his discomfort.
"There's even staff members that've been changed, we found the beta and omega, and they're being interrogated now." Gaia said, triumphantly.
"Did you make a new friend?" Nikki asked Haku quietly, shocking both him and Zabuza teleporting between them. After trying to move to different areas of the room proved useless, he decided to sit in a chair next to Zabuza that could be used as a weapon, or armrest in Nikki's case. "He just won't stop, but those eyes..." Haku whispered pretending to stretch. Nikki nodded and both noticed the angry disgust the patient's eyes held.
Commander Douglass had all the operatives but Haku check separate prisons, to see how far past the main prison the lycanthropy spread. Nikki raised her communicator and looked at him, a small reassurance that he could call her if anything went wrong. When the nurse went to sign for a delivery Haku and the patient were alone, for the first time he moved his hand pressing a button. The door closed and through the intercom above the bed was Commander Douglass' voice telling him to leave. There was no use, the door was locked and his pleas mixed with an automated emergency lock down message. The patient stood ripping his bandages frantically off. Haku readied for an attack, however the patient's face stopped him dead in his tracks.
The patient had the face of his father inching closer, instead of the Morfema he wasn't a twisted skewered version. He looked as Haku remembered him, back when he had a happy family. His scent even reminded him of their tiny snowy home. "Son, what happened to you? Was it not enough to find that you and you're mother were cursed?! Here you are serving a monster and another of your poisoned crop! I don't even want to think what the one with half her hair is. I was given the chance to live after you killed me, and this is what you are?!" His face was contorted, trying to contain measures of anger, disgust, hurt, disappointment, confusion, and an overall sadness. Haku shook his head this had to be Cage's illusions, the man that helped give him life, that tried killing him and taking his mother, home, and purpose to live in the process here. "No this can't be."
"It is Haku, the Order of the Cage brought me to life from your memories, and DNA admiring how I was willing to kill you and your mother. Your kind has caused death and destruction for far too long, but no more. Why couldn't you have left with the Morfema instead of making me do this?" Tears streamed down his face, once again reminding Haku of the day his life changed forever, his father raised his hand and there werewolves crashed through the window. "Either join me or prove how much of a monster we know you are."