- DAD! DAD! -
William stopped. Sarah was already unconscious and William was terrified. He didn't want Blair to see that, but she was happy, like she hadn't noticed or couldn't care less. He settled Sarah free, making her fall and wanted to run to Blair, but couldn't, like his body had frozen once he was facing her. He couldn't run away from her, but he couldn't hide either.
Sera was focused on William and due the distance, hadn't heard Blair. When she finally was ready to fire, a rock hitted her arm, making her miss. Blair was shot in the head and the impact threw her behind the garbage bin where Joshua was. William looked up at the sky and saw Seraphina. She was shocked by what she had done and started crying.
William opened his wings and went behind her. He choked her from behind with both his hands and went way higher then how they were before. He then goes down and hits her with all force on the ground, creating a crater. William sets Sera's neck free, stands up, bends down and grabs her inferior left wing in the base and starts to pull it out. Ripping skin, twisting and pulling muscles and breaking bones. Slowly pulling it out. Seraphina was screaming in pain and agony. The wing finally came off and William dropped it and went to do it again, now stepping on her head and muffled her screams on the floor. On the third one, William receives a punch on the face and is thrown away from Seraphina.
There was a silver ring in each finger, it was not as efficient as knuckles, but it was surprisingly perfect for the situation. She had just come out of a party, using all the silvery jewelry she rarely uses, collars, chains, ear piercings, bracelets, anklets and horn jewelry. Right after the punch, she puts her hair in a ponytail. That was Dustine.
After the punch, William's transformation toned down a little. His eye had become pinkish again and his mouth had come back to its original form and size, but instead of an eye or the scar, it looked like there was a hole on the left side of his face, covered by a thin layer of pale skin.
- … William? … W-Why? -
Dustine asked, confused.
William runs towards her, grabs one of Seraphina's wings and uses the pointy broken bone to try to stab her. Dustine quickly snaps back to reality and grabs it, being pushed a little before breaking it more and pulling the bone out and throwing it away. William continues to run towards her. He bites the hanging meat, eats it and throws it away.
Caleb was looking at the hallways when the wing broke the window right behind him. He got curious so he decided to look up and saw the mess the fight between William, Joshua and Sarah and the attack William committed against Seraphina made, but most importantly, he saw Dustine rushing inside. He didn't recognize William since he looked healthier, fitter, basically scarless, covered in blood and was too naked. He decided to try to talk with Dustine, because Dustine is William's friend and an adult, maybe she could use her adult intelligence and knowledge to help them.
Caleb gets out carefully and almost enters the door Dustine entered, but someone grabs him by his tail and stops him.
- You can't go there! -
- And why not? -
- I think they're angry! Angry adults hurt each other! -
- I am stronger than an angry adult! -
Caleb pulls his tail out of her hand and enters, with her following him.
On the second floor, William finally got Dustine and pulled her by her hair. She turned around, ripped off one of her necklaces and threw it on his arm, making him let go of her hair. She continues to run away while putting her long black hair on a bun. William continues to go after her and grabs her sleeve, but she ripped it off and grabbed his pulse. She brought him closer, she lifted her leg, wrapped it around his arm and came down hard, breaking his arm and bringing him down. She broke her other necklace, dropped in his back and stepped on it while continuing to pull his arm, twisting it tigh so it wouldn't regenerate.
- W… What are you doing? Why? -
Dustine asked. Between grunts and heavy breathing, William says:
- B…Bla… Blair… -
- What happened to her? -
Dustine asks, concerned.
William twists his neck and looks directly at Dustine, which makes her accidentally loosen his arm. It twists back rapidly and he digs his claws above her chest, he closes his hand a little and pulls her to the ground. Due to the sudden move, Dustine accidentally kicks the necklace away, letting William sit down and basically switching the roles. Dustine was laying down on the floor with William's hand dug right above her chest, holding it to try to not make him get on her heart.
- Willy… Stop! … Please! This is,,, Not you! -
Dustine said. William tries to attack her head as well, but Dustine once again grabs his hand. She started crying while William's more monstrous form was looking more like the William she knew due the effects of the silver. With both his hands immobilized, he decided to use a spell to try to blow her head up. Too focused on Dustine and the spell, he stopped when two small bodies hugged him from behind.
William immediately took his claws out of Dustine's chest and turned around. Blair was alive and without a single drop of blood. William hugged Caleb and Blair tight, crying relieved they both were ok. Dustine stands up and gently touches William's shoulder.
- Why? -
She asked, but William didn't answer. After over five minutes of non stop hugging and crying, William finally stopped and stood up with some difficulty. Dustine tries to help him, but he pushes her away, grabs both Blair's and Caleb's hands and decides to get out of the academy. Dustine decided to follow them, in case William needed her midway and most importantly, to know what happened and why he had done that.
But the moment they got out the main internal entrance, Gregory Dhaniyara was there. Not only one, but what seemed about 600 identical Gregorys on top of the wall and gate, with one in front of the gate.
- Don't worry, it's all over n… -
Dustine says, but is interrupted.
- I did not ask, waiter boy. -
The Gregory says, making Caleb confused because he hasn't said a thing.
- The creature comes with me. -
The Gregory completes, pointing at William's face.
- He's not going with you! -
Dustine says.
The Gregorys on top of the wall and gate use a spell to shove a ridiculously bright light, it hurted the eyes. Caleb and Dustine covered their faces with their hands, while Blair closed her eyes and hid behind William. William himself didn't move, he was holding. The spell was a healing spell that the caster could simply choose not to heal one individual or a particular group of people, while literally everybody else hit by it would be healed.
- Now, if you give me the creature peacefully, I will allow you to be healed. -
The Gregory said, Dustine puts herself in an attack position.
- Over my dead body, rich boy! -
Dustine provoques with a malicious smile on her face.
Suddenly, William puts both his hands on his mouth, trying to hold it, but his legs were frozen. He was extremely worried and of all the atrocities he did that night, he didn't want his children to see him as a victim or to ignore everything he did because of his body's reaction. But he also didn't want to be seen as a sadistic and very evil villain by them. They saw what he did, there was no way to hide it anymore, and that was what scared him the most. But it took no more than a few seconds for him to not be able to hold it anymore, so he puked in front of everybody.
Due to the pressure of his hands on his mouth, it first went sideways, hitting Dustine in the face. That was when she turned to him terrified. William fell on his knees and continued to violently throw up blood before he fainted.
- DAD! DAD! IT'S NOT TIME TO SLEEP NOW! DAD, I KNOW WE PASSED OUR BEDTIME AND GOT OUT WITHOUT YOU BUT PLEASE! Please! -
Blair started to shake William from the side, in order to try to wake him up, with no success. Her voice started cracking and her begging started becoming just noises. Caleb ran to William's head and tried to slap him, he did it 7 times in a row while crying. Dustine was just too shocked to move, like her body and head were in disagreement about what just happened. The Gregory decided to get closer, disgusted, but not afraid of the mess. Caleb turned around to him angry, his sclera was black and his eyes were shining red and full with anger, his teeth looked like blades, his horns grew bigger and his bangs turned into flames.
- So there is more than one creature. That makes my work easier. -
The Gregory bends over to try to take Caleb out, but Caleb charges his fire breath and uses it for the first time. He closed his eyes and when he finished, he saw he had destroyed part of the city. There was a completely carbonized hole in five blocks, and fire going on a straight line for over ten other blocks behind. The Gregorys in front of him were gone, but not the ones behind him. They used another spell to spread a gas and put Dustine, Caleb and Blair to sleep.