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Chapter 4 - Dead or Alive

Chase goes to Henry's house alone as Hayley couldn't join him because she had to prepare supper and work on what she will do tomorrow at work.

"Take care honey! Bye!" Hayley speaks to him on the phone as he almost got to the door.

"Bye! Love you!" Chase replies and hangs up. He rings the door bell and a maid opens the door for him. He enters and gets shocked by the first person he sees.

"Maybell?" He calls when he sees her standing right infront of him.

"Hey, Chase!" she greets him, as they approach each other. "You here!" she adds.

"Yeah, I wasn't expecting to see you here." He tells her.

"Well I..." Maybell starts to speak.

"Chase!!" Henry calls his name from upstairs, interrupting Maybell which actually saved her. They look up and see him in a wheelchair, pushed by one of the maids.

"Henry??" Chase calls, shocked to see him in that condition. He forgets he was with Maybell and goes upstairsto Chase while Doctor Hendrix comes downstairs to speak to Maybell.

"Henry! How did this happen to you?" Chase asks all sorrowful and sorry when he meets him upstairs.

"You really forgot your manners this time around... again!" Henry teases.

"Sorry Sir!" Chase apologizes respectfully like a real subordinate more easier than he had ever.

Henry smiles at him and signals the maid that pushed the wheelchair to excuse them.

"Let's get in." Henry says and Chase gently pushes him back to his room.

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"So that's what I remember. I was told Maybell saved me and brought me here!" Henry narrates the incident to Chase according to what he remembers.

Chase doesn't speak for some few seconds, just staring at the space in front of him. Henry begins to cough and Chase snaps out of his thoughts. He grabbed the jar at the bedside and pours out a glass of water, handing it over to Henry.

"I'm really sorry! I don't know what to say!" Chase tells him in an empathetic tone.

"Not you too!" Henry sighs, after drinking the water. "Everyone is sorry for me. Come on, I'm not dying now." he adds with a serious expression.

"Yeah!" Chase replies, slowly getting drowned again in thoughts.

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"Did they find anything that might help?" Maybell asks Doctor Hendrix.

"Well, their findings are not very useful. Like you predicted, it is a hymorra. An alien beast that devours humans. In some instances it has emotions and feelings but feeding is what it cares about most." Hendrix tells her.

"Did you just say emotions?" Maybell asks, recalling it kind of got angry when it missed them. She giggles and then frowns.

"Why wouldn't it have feelings!" she says, "It's really useless." she adds.

"Are you going to tell Henry about your true identity and what you feel?" Hendrix asks her.

"I can't let him know. I don't know how he will feel when he gets to know I work with the Z Agents and that I, that I...love him." Maybell replies with teary eyes.

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In a building which looks like one of the biggest in the city, people are quite ready to go home as everyone is packing to leave. We see an elevator going up from the last floor.

An elderly man in his late 40s with a young lady in mere 20s are spotted in the elevator, kissing vigorously. In the process of kissing, the man starts unbuttoning his shirt while the lady rubs her hands softly down there. They stop kissing and she loosens his belt, unzips his trousers and kneels while tying her head backwards.

The elevator stops at the 8th floor and the door opens. The man trousers drops as it opens, leaving him only in boxers. About 6 people were waiting for the elevator and they happened to see them. They were caught red-handed.

"Mr. Allan??" the man infront recognizes him as their Mayor and as we know best, they take out their phones and take pictures while others video him in pants. This attracts other people to come see what's happening.

The lady in the elevator with him looks at them, unconcerned, ignores them and wants to pull it out of his pants.

"What are you doing?" he says and knocks her hand off. He looks back at them and still find them with their phones, snapping and videoing. He sighs and pulls up his trousers while the lady stands up, dressing well. Unfortunately for them, everything was caught on camera.

"Get your cameras off!" he yells at them and they inadvertently obey, except one who's head is covered with his phone.

"You too!" he yells again referring to him. The guy shifts his head, looks at his face rudely and brings the phone down.

By then, Mr. Allan had finished gagging his belt. He looks at them and finds more than 20 eyes staring at them while the girl is still unconcerned, behaving stubborn.

"What you guys saw is not what it is." Mr. Allan tries explaining. "My lace removed and she bent down to tie it for me." he adds.

"So how do you explain your dropped pants?" one of them asks rudely.

"My belt all of a sudden spoilt so my trousers fell." He tries convincing them.

"It's quite funny you're answering like a child infront of his elders." One of them jokes and they laugh at him.

"I am your Mayor!!!" Mr. Allan yells at them and they stop. But another one starts laughing again.

"Caught with your pants down in front of a girl who was about to..." he says demonstrating what they were to do. They resume laughter.

"She is my daughter!" Mr. Allan tells them and the shut up unknowingly.

"What! What!!" both parties, the spectators and the girl herself gasp in shock.

"Now get out of my way!" he says, ordering them to clear his path. They quietly pave way for him to leave. He walks through them, holding the girl's hand. He stopped when he notices a light flashing at him. He turns and sees someone videoing.

"Get that camera out of my face!!" Mr. Allan yells at him.

"Oops! Sorry! I already had it all live!" the person replies and takes the camera off his direction.

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"You are waste!" Mr Allan says after aggressively sleeping with the girl. He throws a bundle at her. "Take this! I have to handle the mess you just created for me!" he adds.

"You should be lucky I was patient enough to still do it!" he says in a stubborn tone and goes out of his office. He takes the elevator, goes down and drives home, thinking about what he'll do to clear his name.

The girl calmly walks out of the office, holding her bag and gets outside. She starts heading home in tears recalling how the Mayor physically beat her and literally raped her because she wasn't interested anymore and didn't consent, making it hard and rough for her. Deep down, she regrets her decision but it is too late now. Her time is due.

Out of the shadows, the creature from before which is now known as the Hymorra jumps down infront of her. Out of fear, she freezes.

The hymorra brisks her face with its sharp claws and licks it, releasing a large amount of sticky saliva on her face. She can't move but we see tears dropping from her eyes.

The girl gathered all the courage left and naked herself completely, hoping it will help but she forgot it is not human. Out of curiosity, the hymorra kept one of its fingers in between her thighs. She screams in pain and it gets excited.

( ## When its prey is scared and screams or yells, the hymorra is always excited and wants to cause more pain just like how some people like that 'moaning' sound at that time - Author's Note ## )

It withdraws its finger and now dip two of them but it had to force them inside as its fingers are large and the opening was tiny compared to them.

She screams again as bleed oozes out. The hymorra, in the split of a second, exerted energy on its fingers, forcing them downwards and ends up tearing it in half. She falls on the ground, almost dead.

It smiles even though it's mouth is not clearly defined. It picks her up, bites her neck, tearing of one-third of the skin. It swallows the piece, breaks one of her legs and carries it along as it goes away, leaving her lifeless body in the open.

************* TWO DAYS LATER ************

"The Current Mayor, Allan Nolls has been taken out of office and is currently in police custody after videos of him having an affair with a young girl were found online and her lifeless body afterwards, that same night. He's court proceedings will be on Monday as he defends himself. Please stay tuned to watch it live on Facebook @ABN Rumours."

Hayley just watched a video on her phone. The only video she can't stop watching because, the Mayor's actions have caused the competition to be cancelled after having burnt her husband's hands, been reprimanded by Miss Cranes. Her anger has gone over powered.

"You'll really kill him if you get the chance right?" Chase teases Hayley as he prepares lunch.

"Not just kill him yet, snap the life out of him, bit by bit." Hayley replies as we see the anger in her tone.

"Do you really mind doing the cooking, I thought you were like those other men who just want to be eating!" Britney passes a comment, directed to Chase.

"How could I?" Chase replies. "After marrying an angel!" he adds.

"Slow down guys! I'm single. Don't make me jealous over here." Britney cautions them.

"Oh really!" Chase replies, closes what is on fire with a lid and goes over to Hayley. He kisses her neck right infront of Britney to make her jealous.

"Now I'm getting angry!" she teases back. They all giggle and Chase returns to the kitchen to continue.

"Ahm... I was thinking," Chase starts speaking while he cuts onions. "Why would Nolls kill her and take off one of her limbs?" Chase asks out of curiosity.

"He probably didn't do it himself. He just ordered his pets to do the job and they did what they wanted." Britney says her view.

"What do you think Hayley?" Chase asks her. She pauses for a second.

"I think the noodles are burning." Hayley answers. Chase sniffs the air.

"Yeah!" Chase notices the smell and quickly turns off the gas.

"I think we should order!" Britney announces. "Who's with me?" she adds.

"Count me in!" Hayley says to tease Chase's bad cooking skills. They both turn and look at him.

"What the hell are you guys thinking, we pour it away? Come on, why waste food like that? Get me two plates!" Chase answers.

They just stare at him without replying and then laugh hard at him.

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"Mum! Maybell hasn't gone home since the day I had the incident." Henry tells his Mum who feeds him lunch.

"What do you mean? You are her boss, she should worry about you." His mum answers.

"No I mean at least she needs to look after herself." Henry tries explaining. His mum scoops another spoon and just before she kept it in his mouth, she realizes and puts the spoon back, disgracing Henry's open mouth.

"You don't mean..." his mum replies.

Maybell knocks on the door. She opens it and sees Henry's mother feeding him. "Sorry! I'll come in later!" she apologizes and is about to close the door when Henry's mother stops her.

"Wait! I'm tired and I need some rest. Besides, Saturdays are for resting." his mum says. "Come here, feed him while I go take a nap." his mum tries drawing her back in.

"Mum!" Henry's sighs.

"I'll just call the maid!" Maybell recommends.

"Henry can't get fed by a maid, that's too inappropriate. Come here, feed him." she says, stretching out the bowl to her. Maybell reluctantly takes it.

"I'll be going now Henry! Be sure to eat." she tells him and runs out before he could speak.

"I'll get a maid!" Maybell suggests and is about to leave.

"Wait!" he stops her. "Feed me!" he tells her, bringing his lips close to hers.

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"Hendrix, you said you didn't cure him but how is he still fine?" Maybell asks after feeding Henry and almost kissing him.

"I'm not your subordinate, I can joke when I want to!" Hendrix replies her.

"So you mean he can walk?" she further asks.

"Perfectly!" Hendrix answers. "I only injected him with a drug that will make him a bit paralyzed, but temporarily." he explains.

"When can he walk?" Maybell asks out of curiosity.

"Probably a year or two." Hendrix replies.

"What!!" she gasps in shock.

"Just kidding, he should be on his feet by next week." Hendrix replies.

"So how long will you keep pretending?" Hendrix asks.

"When I kill the hymorra!"