My eyes shot open as I lifted my head to look at my surroundings, I realized I wasn't at the house. I feel a sudden pain in my head, these cops sure know how to give people splitting headaches. I look to my side and see a bunch of bars, this could only mean that they took me to an available jail cell.
This freaked me out because I had never done anything wrong to go to jail, and now I'm sent here for being something I couldn't control.
I go to lift my arms, but when I did I noticed that my wrists were chained together. I was still confused, what good is it to chain my wrists together, I wasn't going to do anything, it's not like I wanted to do that either way. I noticed a mirror hung up onto the wall, there were words written underneath.
The words read, "To truly see the monster you have become." I was shocked, the monster I have become, they think I'm a monster? When I looked up into the mirror I noticed a collar and a mask on me, the collar reading "Dangerous." I guess they also found me dangerous, I wouldn't blame them for that one since I technically did easily kill someone.
I was taken out of my thoughts from the sound of my jail cell opening, as two policemen walked in and took me out of the room. I didn't want to look back and see the rest of the inmates that were in at the time, the two policemen then took me to some interrogation room.
I was led to one side of the table as I was chained to the table, my mask was taken off so that they could hear me. One of the police officers sat on the other side of me and he looked at a couple of files. The police officer slides the file to me as he starts asking questions.
"We'll start easy with these questions, Do you recognize this man?" the police officer told me as he motioned to the files, I looked down at the files and remembered that it was the man I had killed when I lost control over my hunger. I wasn't sure if Junsuina chi wanted me to be honest though, I clench my fists but Junsuina chi reassures me that it is fine for me to tell the truth.
Junsuina chi mentions that there are woods nearby and that would be an easy escape plan and that it would be easier if she told them the truth. I understood what she meant as I looked up at the cop before speaking.
"Yes, he does seem familiar. I remember seeing him go into the woods one night, but never saw him exit." I mean I didn't technically lie to the cop, I was just making sure that the police officers didn't know I was exactly a half-animal.
The police officer nods towards me and continues, "Did you go see him? His scent was all over you?" I slowly nodded my head and got ready to tell the full truth this time, except leaving out that she was officially a half-animal.
"Yes, I went to see why he was entering the woods. Since half-animal attacks have been getting higher by the days, but something felt off with me, I didn't know what to do. I felt hungry, but not for normal food, I couldn't control myself as something took over my body.
Then suddenly I woke up next to his dead body, all destroyed and ripped apart. I tried to act like I didn't do it because I didn't want to accept the fact that I did do it. I don't know if this is correct, but I think I was chosen and now I've become one of them"
The police officer's eyes go wide as he takes the file that was given to me, before exiting the interrogation room. I'm guessing they are having a word with each other about all of the information I had just given them.
Not long after, one of the police officers walks into the room again, instead of speaking with me some more they take me down a couple of hallways before making it to this lab. Do they normally have these things in jails?
After entering the room I was taken to the big machine, it looked like they were preparing for this day when they finally caught a half-animal. I was beyond scared, I didn't know what was going to happen to me. A couple of scientists hooked me up to all of the wires and tubes, after they were done with that the scientists put about a dozen needles into my sides.
The pain was unbearable, what did I do to deserve this? better yet, what did my kind do to deserve this? Tears started to come out of my eyes, staining my cheeks in the process. The scientists then started taking some blood samples from me, I didn't want to go through with this anymore. I don't know what to do to escape though.
"There is no need to be afraid, situations like these are easy to escape from." a voice spoke out to me, the first thing that I noticed was that this wasn't Junsuina Chi's voice, no. this voice belonged to a male.
I also heard it in my head which meant it had to be another half-animal, I read in Lucas's book that half animals can mind link with each other to communicate.
Before I could respond to the voice and ask who it was, it spoke first. "I can not give any information on who I am, the most I can say is that we will meet each other soon enough." I didn't know what the voice meant, what he meant about me meeting him soon enough.
I mean since I am a half-animal I guess I have to live with them soon, but this animal, in general, seemed familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
You mentioned that situations like these are easy to escape from, but how exactly do I escape from a machine like this? I thought of a question quickly, I knew I didn't have much chance on my own.
"This machine is one of a kind, they are improving their skills. The only way to escape from it would be to work together with your animal form, if you don't, well I hope it doesn't go down to that." the voice explained to me, I nodded my head. How is my animal form supposed to help though? That was something I still didn't understand.
The voice gives a little chuckle before responding to my confusion.
"You see Half-animals are born strong, we are the superior species which means no human can kill us, the only thing you have to do is make sure to take off your collar before you leave. I can sense a tracker in it. Good luck and I'm proud to see how you have grown, I can't wait to meet you."
I still have yet to understand why this wolf wanted to see me so bad, I understood what needed to happen though.
"Maya, I think I know how to get out. Have you noticed that throughout the time we have been here we haven't been fed, or at least fed with the right kind of food. A Half-animal is always stronger when we are taken over by hunger. But I need to take form for that to happen."
Junsuina chi mentioned to me, I did take notice of that, and I have been pretty hungry lately. I nod my head as I feel myself being sucked into some kind of void, it was like some kind of screen was in front of me as I was able to see what was going on.
It took quite a while for Junsuina chi and me to get out of the trap as quietly as possible, we didn't want anyone to notice that we were escaping this place. The scientists would be sure to notice soon though, I then hear a click as I see the collar off of my neck, there were two pipes on the side where the chains were once connected. I come back to the front letting Junsuina Chi rest for a while.
I find a mirror close by as I see the mask that was covering everything that Junsuina Chi did to my body.
"Well at least humans have a good taste in mask designs, instead of making one, I can just use this one instead when I go out." That was the last thing I said to myself as I jumped towards the window, finally escaping this prison.