reminder: this story is a gender neutral story
-note: what's between the "..." is the dialogue,
- some gory details ahead!
..... chapter begins....
" now listen to me...this has to end as fast as light! while everyone else is going to have your back on this... you'll be the one facing that monster face to face...do it quick!...finish it!...the hunger is already kicking in i can see it in your complexion (Y/N)...*slightly touching the metal plates on my head* this device connected to your head (Y/N) will allow me to electrocute you after your transformation to turn back into a human...so don't worry you won't get stuck being a mindless zombie... whatever happens don't freak out...when you turn into a zombie you'll still be able to think for a good amount of time as a human... I'll use this device on you when I feel like you're no longer thinking like the human (Y/N) okay! ...use your augmented Abilities to fight... let's hope you turn out to be one of the big boys" Sultana explained to me
I was feeling the same as that time when I first went hungry after that chocolate bar, yet I just like sultana said My mind was much more clear, I can see my skin changes colors again
" what do you mean by the big boys?!" I asked
"remember there is five forms...Animalistic... controllers...shapeshifters...Blood Bonds... and the Giants... the big boys are the animalistic and the Giants...they are the strongest on the battlefield... but that doesn't mean that if you turned out to be one of the other three forms that you're going to be useless... we can still use you and you'll still be stronger than most of us combined" Mickey said explaining to me,
"I get it now" I said, suddenly the memories from last night's dream came back to me,
as my hunger grew by the second I started to see the world in a slower grey vision,
I remembered the bird like HHZ I saw in my dream, how they grew wings of feather out of their body with such ease,
I felt a tingling sensation on my back, the sensation started to become more and more vivid as I felt something grew from my back,
I hurt the back of my shirt tearing apart as something erupted from my back, wings
there was something happening to my hands and feet too, looking down I saw how quickly my shoes tore off,
a second ago my hands and feet were normal with fleshy fingers and toes, now they turned into claws, eagle claws
my body however remind humanoid despite having feathers covering me everywhere,
" holy shit you're an Animalistic!" Mickey shouted
"holy shit I'm scared!!" I shouted back, Sultana was right for some reason I was still able to think and I act human despite my transformation,
then why did I almost become a mindless zombie few days ago when I was hungry?
" ok how's this eagle kid supposed to fight that thing?!" A skeptical but terrified Ivan spoke,
I gave him the middle finger,
"Don't quack like a duck IVAN!! soar like an eagle!" I screamed excited as hell running towards the Zombie boss,
"now what?!" The twins asked,
Sultana and I exchanged a look between us,
" we end this " we said in union,
....
It only took me a few seconds before I learned how to use my wings, flying was a piece of cake,
using my sharp claws, I aimed for the three heads of the monster...unfortunately I wasn't able to cause a heavy damage due to the size of the heads, Sultana took my place on the ground with the others distracting the Giant zombie Boss that was now thrashing in fear,
I started to feel my humanity slipped Away faster than before the longer I used my quirk,
the hunger was unbearable but I had an idea to finally end this battle for good,
I noticed how thin the legs of this monster are compared to the rest of its body, take advantage of the blind spot since the monster can't see from its back,
I charged at its legs slashing them from behind until the monster started loosing balance, I mange to severe his legs
" Get away to the side! MOVE!" Mickey screamed commanding the others to step aside as the monster was about to fall face front on the ground,
the 20 feet (6 meters) long Creature crumbled to the ground shrieking in pain, it was unable to pick itself back up,
" this is good we can easily shoot its head now!!" Ivan said,
however, I wasn't done yet,
a suddenly urge kicked in me, I knew I was loosing my mind when I charged back at the monster already defeated laying and growling on the ground, despite that it wasn't even attacking us anymore,
I found myself on top of the monster slicing and Slashing it to pieces like crazy, a gooey blood splattered everywhere,
I found myself pulling a bunch of mangled intestines from the back of that monster and ripping them off like they were paper,
" make this stop... please what am I doing?!" I screamed inside my head, my ability to speak was gone and I was only grunting and screeching at this point still ripped the insides of the monster beneath me,
my hands, mouth, clothes everything was covered in body fluids that didn't belong to me,
"shit I'm gonna use this device!!" I heard someone says from behind me,
out of my control my body contorted, my head twisted 180° to face the others on my team,
they looked at me horrified, i finally decided to let go of the monster I was turning into a zombie steak bites and started walking towards my teammates, despite the long distance between us they were backing away from me,
"umm! * nervous speech* (Y/N) do you realize your body is facing the opposite direction of your head?! (Y/N) can you hear me?!" Mickey shouted as he walked backwards in fear,
I wanted to say that I can hear him I wanted to say that I understand what he's saying by my body was moving on its own, I was no longer controlling my body,
I twisted my head back to Its original position...my movement were sluggish and slow, and still out of my control, u wanted to stop walking towards them but I couldn't do anything about it,
flapping my wings I found myself flying instead of walking this time, I was charging at my own team this time,
"oh no (Y/N) is flying towards us! they're going to kill us Sultana please please use that freaking device what are you waiting for!!" I heard Omar scream on top of his lungs,
Sultana was pushing the button on her device like a maniac "come on work work work!"
"make it stop" I screamed in my head as I stormed their way, I flew so fast towards I was inches away from crashing into Mickey's face,
when an electric shock finally stroke me turning everything around me into pitch black.
....time skip....
( dreaming)
waking up in a familiar setting I realized again, I was in another dream, the only thing that made me happy about this dream is that I was facing a mirror,
my reflection looked absolutely normal in the cracked up looking glass,
I was moving my hand according to my own wishes, my head wasn't In a weird position
everything looked normal,
while still standing facing the mirror, I turned my head to see my surroundings, noticing that i was in a messy small home bathroom, your everyday normal bathroom items stacked up in shelves and there was a shower in the corner on my left and the bathroom door to my right,
a toilet behind me visible from the reflection in front of me, beneath the mirror was a dirty sink, Right above the sink and below the mirror was a white plastic wall shelf,
with stuff like a bottle of liquid soap, toothpaste and brush scattered on it,
"somebody hasn't cleaned up this place in a while...ugh they need a new brush wth they've been eating?!" I said to myself looking at the dirty brush with leftovers stuck in it
deciding to move my body now, I walked away from the bathroom mirror and to the bathroom door,
I reached for the door knob and twisted the thing in my hand, the door easily went open
" looks like people here were just moving in" I said inspecting the scene before me,
as I opened the door and got out of the bathroom I found myself in a hallway, small narrow one,
there were boxes everywhere, some empty some filled with random objects, I took a look at the rooms in this tiny apartment,
the bathroom I was in before, there was also a small bedroom with a bed for two and single window, a very narrowed space kitchen with it only handful of dishes and a dinning table for two,
every single wall was painted in Sage Gray,
even the foyer which was basically a small room or space just inside the front door of the apartment that was decorated to be a living room,
with an old TV and a tiny couch between them was an old coffee table, And in the wall near the door was the second of the only two windows in the entire place , this was somebody's little home sweet home,
"they didn't have what it takes decorate this place perfectly...but at least they tried... it feels like home...sort of... love the paint color...very calming for some reason" I said to myself walking around freely,
that was until the apartment's door flung open,
standing there was someone looking tired and drained from a long day at work, with how natural their behavior is I reckoned this was the stranger's home and I didn't like the thought of been here at this point,
"omg *yawning* I felt like this day isn't coming into an end...(Y/N) are you home?...ugh that perfectionist...they must've stayed in the gym training or something...well I can have the tv for myself...what movie I should watch...hmmm.should I go rent one from the store?" that person who just entered were talking to themselves while moving around inside,
the person was so tired they were unintentionally closing Thier eyes in fatigue while standing, and almost falling over couple of good times,
I peeked a little more to see this person and what they looked like,
an average height and a buff built indigenous man with his super long hair all braided in one braid behind his back, with a natural sculptured stare that glared at particularly nothing, I felt like this man can snap me in half if he wanted to,
it appeared that this person was living here for a while and knows about me as I heard him mention myself being a perfectionist,
I decided to expose myself by standing in front him as he was about the sit on the tiny couch,
if kindness had a face it would be the face of this man,
as the glaring eyes from before shrunk a little when a warm smile suddenly appeared on his face, a smile that shined brighter despite the long dark circles under his eyes,
"oh there you are (Y/N)...I didn't see you there...are you alright?" He said in a husky voice
for some reason I felt embarrassed not knowing his name that I thought about asking him, this was a dream after all
" Takoda " He then spoke without a notice,
this caught me off guard, did he just read my mind?
" you forgot my name (Y/N) my name is Takoda Hensley " he said again with the same warm smile, coming closer to me
he handed me a box of matches,
suddenly he disappeared, the apartment disappeared, I found myself standing ankle deep in water, somehow I spawned into a lake, in the middle of the night
the moon beautifully reflected on the water surface of the lake,
I walked out of the water, the wet sensation I felt was so real made me doubt for a second that this was just another crazy dream,
" if I found those weird lights like before maybe I can finally leave this weird ass dream" I thought to myself,
walking away from the lake, I looked down at my feet realizing I wasn't wearing any shoes and the bottom of my pants were rolled up, as if I was in the water by my own choice,
" okay...so first dream was about evil baby Rory... second one I saw the possible leader of the HHZ agency with the vampire movies like name 'the Union of the hybrid Blood'... but who the hell is Takoda Hensley?! ...and why am I in a lake in the middle of a forest?" as I said that to myself, howling of wolves became audible in the dead calm of night,
finally walking outside the forest I found it go be at the very bottom of a treeless hill, with no way around it, I sunk in despair, the weather was getting so cold at this point,
" I gotta climb that up...ugh...I love nature but damn" I said dragging my naked shoeless feet with me, well that was until I noticed something on top of the hill, at first it looked like a person, from were I was it was absolutely impossible to tell what the hell was that creature,
but the more and more I walked closer the less human this thing appeared,
" (Y/N)? is that you?" I heard a voice calling or so I thought I heard, it was that person on top of the hill and it sounded like a familiar friendly voice, it sounded like Takoda from earlier,
the poor thing appeared to be walking for long periods of time judging from the way he staggered, walking in a more haggard manner than mine
thinking this Takoda guy was someone I had to eventually meet in my dream I hurried my steps towards him,
little did I know, I wasn't walking up to a person, at least not the Takoda I've seen minutes ago,
as the distance grew shorter I came to a scary conclusion,
" wtf is that thing...that ain't a damn human" I thought to myself,
stood only few feet away from me something taller than ten feet (3.048 in meter),
a skeleton-like figure with ash-toned skin. with a face only a mother can love, glowing massive eyes, long yellowed fangs, terrible claws, and overly long tongues.
it looked like an evil spirit that devours humans, A wendigo
it smiled in hungry at me,
" oh hell nah...I don't even wanna know...wait... you're not about to chase me are you?... I'm half zombie I swear I taste just as awful!" I nervously said hoping for anything but another boss fight,
much to my horror the mythical creature started speeding towards me,
I started running away in the direction I came from,
how am I gonna fight a wendigo?!
isn't escaping these things a mission impossible?
for some reason I had a feeling that using weapons like knives and guns would be useless mostly , well not that I was carrying any evil mythical creatures killing gear in this Dreamland, I didn't have any weapon on me,
however something knocked Sense into my head, a memory of a friendly voice telling me that a Wendigo can be killed with fire,
" burn the body ...I wonder where I know this" I said to myself still on my feet escaping,
I remembered that Takoda handed me a box of matches before, instantly I reached for every pocket I had until I found it in one of the back pocket of my pants,
"there's only few matches left" I said inspecting the inside of the box,
my only chance now is to burn this creature or at least find the lights like my previous dreams and escape,
no matter where I looked I couldn't see the lights I was searching for, meaning that I had to face the wendigo that was still tailing me,
releasing shrieks or growls from time to time, this creature who suddenly began moving inhumanly was playing hide and seek with me, yet lucky it seemed like I outran the wendigo this time,
though I know my Victory remains short termed,
I wasn't sure either whether it was the fact that I'm hybrid or a trained fighter that made me much more calm than an average person would be considering that I'm being chased by a legendary creature with low survival chances rate,
I had one objective and it was to find the light but if this monster would stand in my way,
"then I'm ready to fight back" I said to myself preparing to light fire using the matches as I came across a large pit suitable for a fire,
the silence was killing me, I knew the wendigo wasn't done with me yet so I tried my best to hurry up and make the fire I needed,
I wasn't planning on making just a campfire, I was thinking something much sinister in head,
and in few minutes of relentless efforts I saw the beautiful sunset colors of a flame burst to life in front of my eyes in the large pit,
the wendigo standing few feet away was staring at the fire that grew tall by the second as well,
"I dare you to come at me" I said, the creature just glared at me hungrily as it attacking me with its animal like claws,
in an instant I jump-kicked the monster to the ground sending it straight to the large fire pit,
thankfully the impact didn't kill the fire but the screams of the tone deaf creature as the flames began hugging its distorted mythical body were enough to kill the fire of fears inside my heart,
I fought as hard as I could to keep the wendigo in contact with the fire causing the creature to screech in a high pitched sound that was too unsettling and unbearable to hear,
I got burned and bruised up pretty badly fighting the supernatural, as the creature constantly slashed my flesh with those giant natural can opener claws of it, this monster wanted nothing more than to get away from the flames eating its flesh,
I could feel the immense amount of pain, I felt the blood dripping from each and every wound yet I didn't stop my attempts at burning this creature down,
it only took a couple more of attempts before I found myself on top in this fight finally I managed to do the undoable,
I burned it to nothing but ashes, I did it
" holy shit I can't believe I went head to head with a wendigo?!...but then again this is a dream after all" I thought to myself, the fire I made earlier now has spread within the entire forest,
realizing I started a forest fire just to end a wendigo, I dashed Away removing in the process some of my clothes that caught fire on,
I was one hundred percent sure my head was on fire too, I ran butt naked like a fool towards the lake straight into the reflection of moon on the water.
( end of dream)
drenched in cold sweat, I opened my eyes to a familiar setting, I found myself laying in my usual spot in the tree house, it was dark outside the window,
I remembered that I almost tried to kill everyone back when I was fighting the zombie Boss,
but thankfully my worries towards them died out as I noticed there was handful of people scattered around on the floor sleeping soundly on Their own mattresses like I was a minute ago, my team
with Mickey laying close to me on my left, Ivan knocked out snoring by the window.
the twins hugging each other asleep on my right side,
and for Omar I couldn't help but laugh as I saw him rolled up like a worm in two blankets at my feet,
everyone was perfectly fine and soundly asleep, but I was far from relieved, as I shifted my gaze towards the window noticing the bright moon outside,
I realized how close I was to the light from the very beginning.
sometimes what you're looking for is right in front of you, but not knowing that could lead to unnecessary trouble.
..... chapter end....