Chapter 3 Truth Revealed

Lt. Simons was walking threw the woods his squad were all happy that the beast was killed. Lt. Simons looks back, "Keep on guard I prefer to be safe than sorry!" One of the soldiers in the back laughed, "Come on LT lighten up that thing is...." Simons looks back, "Is what?" His eyes widen when the soldier was missing, "Fan out now guard up shoot anything that you see as a enemy!" The Squad forms a small circle and have there guns aimed and ready to go, "Lieutenant! It's dead right?!" Simons ignored the question since he didn't know how to answer. He looks back, "Just stay focused and remember your training." He replies only to have half of the missing soldiers corpse fall into the center of the circle. That's when the beast charges in and the squad opens fire. Blood, Bullets, and Fur flew all over as the beast attacks ripping off limbs of it's enemy and tearing out their throats. It seemed to leave Lt. Simons for last holding the corpse of his last subordinate Simons drops his gun and draws his pistol and unloads his entire clip into the beast which did nothing to it at all, "You bastard... You were playing dead with us weren't you!?" The beast roars loudly and lunges at the male clawing at his body as it starts tearing open his chest.

After Taylor saw the massacre of Alpha squad him and Bravo squad made there way to his landing point to have a chat with the Scientist they rescued. As the reach the Chinook he jerks off his goggles and shoves them into Pfc Rogers chest. Taylors entire squad looks at each other, "Stay out here... He's pissed." Lt. Greene looks inside, "How safe is it to follow?" Rogers sighs, "On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say this is a 20." Greene turns, "So stay out here."

As Taylor storms into the Chinook Tim stands, "Is it..." His words were interrupted by Taylor grabbing his shirt and slamming him into the side of the Chinook, "What in the god damn hell did you guys create here! That monstrosity just wiped out Alpha squad! AFTER we all unloaded all we had into it.... WHAT IS IT!?" Tim under his breath, "You know it's classified! I can't tell you!!!" Taylor grabs his pistol and aims it right for his head, "You have 3 seconds to tell me! 1." Tim looks at Crystal for some help who in return just shakes her head, "You reap what you sow dude... Plus you think I can stop this guy?" Taylor glares, "2!" Tim shouts, "FINE I'LL TELL YOU!!!" He slides down the side of the Chinook sitting there, "First you must know Taylor.. I didn't know until a year afterwards...."

The rest came inside accept the private from each squad who were standing guard as Tim began to explain. He sat as far from Taylor as possible as he began, "First the government wanted to try addin DNA of different animals and combine them into one human subject.... Although all but one was a failure... She was taken from this island after confirming her DNA was stronger then the others... We also kept her child to run tests on him as well." Taylor narrowed his eyes, "You bastards.... You mean..." Tim was in tears as he nods, "Taylor you're wife was combined with the DNA of a cheetah and a Tiger to create the ultimate monster." Taylor charges at him but the rest of his squad as well as Greene barely managed to hold him back, "YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!" Taylor's eyes could only see red as he was ready to rip Tims head off his shoulders then his realization, "Where's my son!?" Tim looks down, "He didn't survive passed a year his body couldn't handle the DNA samples we put into him." Greene turns and nails Tim in the jaw with a right hook, "You guys are sick! Then you all have the nerve to call the husband down to kill what's left of his wife... Disgusting!"

Taylor walks off the Chinook rubbing his eyes then rushes to a tree line and throws up as the rest of the squads walk off shaking there heads at what they learned. Greene walks over and touches his shoulder, "No one would blame you if you wanted to sit this one out Taylor." Taylor shook his head, "This mission.... Is now a mercy killing... I'm going to put her out of her misery.... I won't let them use my wife as a tool for killing." He wipes his mouth and grabs his gun from Rogers and looks around, "This changes nothing accept instead of annihilating it's now a mercy killing!!! I want everyone giving 110% on this... As a favor for me please kill that creature." They all give him a nod and as they stand on the edge of the forest the two squads check their ammo in there weapons and once they were fully loaded they got ready to move in.

Greene lead her squad threw the left side as Taylor led his threw the right however they made sure they could still see each other to be safe from an ambush. There movements were quick but silent as they kept moving Taylor had a thought running threw his mind... "We're the ones being hunted I'm sure... A Tiger and a Cheetah. This thing has speed and power plus my wife was a brilliant scientist so it's also really smart." Taylor stops and kneels down placing a radio transmission to Greene, "I'm thinking we should regroup.... She's just waiting for us to slip up and take advantage." Greene replies, "I agree on my way to you."

After they all regroup Taylor was rubbing his chin, "Okay now if you were a blood hungry monster that was recently set free what would you do?" Greene rubs her chin as well, "Well didn't she attack Simons group first?" Taylor nods, "Yeah but what's strange about that?" Greene points out, "Well did you see Simons body? It was torn up beyond recognition any ideas why she was so aggressive to him?" Rogers points out, " He did insult her when we put it down the first time." Greene looks at him, "Wait what do you mean?" Taylor snaps his fingers, "Yes Simons called it a dumb beast!" Greene sighs, "He always did have a big mouth!" Taylor looks around, "She might go after Tim next since he's the only one here that helped experiment on her." They all came to that fact and rush back to the Chinook.

After leavin the forest the two squads heard a loud roar and a couple gun shots then silence. The squads double time it to the Chinook there guns held up as they did. They saw Crystal face first in the mud and the two pilots were dead. All they saw of Tim was his right leg and Taylor sighs, "Well Tims a dead man." He says with very little pity in his voice. They check on Crystal who was alive but the left side of her face was swollen and she probably had a concussion as well as a broken jaw. Taylor looked at Greene, "Your squad should take her out of here... Get her to you're exit point and fly out of here.... We're going to stay here and kill this thing." Greene nods her head hesitantly, "We'll bring back help just be sure to stay alive Taylor." He gives her a cocky but forced smirk, "We'll kill this thing before you even get back here so no worries.

After Bravo squad left Taylor takes a deep breath and looks at t he rest of his squad, "Well anyone willing to leave can catch up with Bravo squad... That's the last bird out of here... Can't risk that monster leaving here...." Sfc. Halls laughed, "Lt. Taylor sir... You're bat shit crazy if you think we're missing this party so just give us your orders." Taylor sighs and points to the lab, "We're heading there.... That beast has lured us into it's hunting ground... So we're heading to it's birth place and will find a way to kill it... If need be we'll use the chemicals in there and blow the place to hell." Jones whistles, "Well that sounds like fun lets do it." They all nod and turn from the destroyed Chinook and make their way to the lab that started everything.