Mary pushed open the door to the mansion and was greeted by a familiar disturbing smell. The smell of blood. Lucius and Mary stared at each other for few seconds before Lucius decided to take a look inside the mansion.
He peeked into the mansion and glanced back at Mary.
"Is something wrong, Lucius?"Mary asked, softly. "Are there any experiments in there?"
Lucius shook his head and used his hand, which was covering his abdomen, to point into the mansion. Mary glanced at him and slowly guided him in. The smell of blood became worse as she stepped into the room.
She covered her mouth from the scent and was shocked. There was blood everywhere on the wall. They were still fresh as some of the blood was slowly sliding down from the walls.
Then, she heard a hiss next to her. She turned and looked at Lucius. Lucius tilted his head, confused about why she was so shocked. He hissed again and Mary flinched.
"Oh...sorry.I was just in my thoughts."She said, awkwardly."But why is there so much blood here? I know it must be some experiments but do they always fight?"
Lucius didn't reply and pointed to the corridor.
"Oh, right! Sorry! It must be hard for you to stand right now."
Mary guided him to the stair to rest for a while before going into the corridor.
"Wait here. I'll go find some bandages."She said as she turned to leave.
Then, she felt something warm grab her hand. Lucius glared at her while holding her hand. He hissed and pulled her back. Mary lost her balance and landed on Lucius's tail. Lucius hugged her, refusing to let her go.
"Lucius! Let go!"She yelled."Your wounds need recovery-"
Suddenly, the sound of glass shattering into pieces caught both of their attention. Lucius stared upstairs, his pupils were sharp and aggressive.
The sound of footsteps can be heard from the stair. Then, a shadow was shown on the wall. Lucius hastily used his body to block Mary while hugging her tightly in his arms.
He growled at the shadow. The shadow slowly grew bigger as the footsteps became louder. Then, a person emerged from the shadow.
The person has a familiar figure-mantis raptorial leg, dark long hair and a cloth covering her eyes. Lucius became silent the moment he saw her maybe because she was blind and he didn't want to attract her. He stared at her, his eyes never left her.
Suddenly, the experiment walked down the stairs. Lucius flinched and hastily pushed Mary off of him. Mary landed on the ground with a thud and the experiment increased her speed. She was dashing down the stairs, she passed by Lucius and was about to attack Mary.
Lucius opened his mouth and sank his fangs into the experiment's neck from behind. The experiment fell on the floor and blood was pouring out of her neck. Lucius stood up and examined her body, checking whether she was dead.
Then, Lucius's body gave up and he fell to the floor. He wasn't moving anymore causing Mary to feel worried. She dashed to him while stepping on the blood on the floor.
She kneeled down next to him and leaned into his chest. His heart was still pumping but very softly. She sat up and sighed before running to find a first aid kit. She knew that it wouldn't help much but it was better than leaving his wound open.
She dashed into the medical room and search the wardrobe hastily. She slid the dusty, old jars to the side while searching. After a long while, she managed to find the first aid that was hidden inside by the jars.
She grabbed hold of the handle and pulled. She wasn't aware of the jars around her and as she pulled it,all the jars fell to the floor. The jars smashed into pieces while Mary got the first aid kit in her hands.
She stared worriedly at the broken shards on the floor, afraid there will be an experiment coming this way. She stood up and saw something that was covered by shards. She squatted down and examined the thing. It was round, it was a ball. She reached her hand and poked it. It was squishy and slippery. She pushed it and saw a pupil.
She covered her mouth preventing herself from screaming. She glanced around her, panicking. All the shattered jars left eyeballs on the floor. Mary was surrounded by all of them.
She didn't know what to do and the only thing she could do was stand there but a flash of an image appeared in her mind. It was Lucius's unconscious body laying on the floor and bleeding profusely.
She then decided to close her eyes, breathing in a calming momentum, trying to calm herself down. After a few seconds, she inhaled a puff of air before opening her eyes. She stared down at the shattering glasses on the floor.
Then, she reached one of her legs out and her shoe stepped on the glass. She quietly tiptoed her way through the glasses, trying her best to avoid all the eyeballs.
After a while, she managed to get out of the room. The moment she shut the door behind her, she sprinted down the corridor, wanting to reach Lucius as fast as she could.
As she saw Lucius's hand laying in the corridor, the floor cracked. Mary didn't notice something was off and when she stepped on the crack, the floor broke. Mary managed to grab hold of the wooden floor that was still attached but she couldn't hold herself much longer as one of her hands was holding the first aid kit.
She was hanging with one hand. She then made a quick decision to throw the first aid kit up onto the floor. She threw it up and grabbed onto the wooden planks.
Suddenly, something hissed below her. She felt her whole body shiver, she slowly looked down, sweat was rolling down her face.