The Hunt Begins.

Alvin called Jack and asked: "So, is everything set?" Jack smiled. "All set." he said as he readies the net and rifle. "This Saturday it is then." Alvin said. He hung up the phone and looks into the sky. He was determined to capture this thing. As Saturday approaches, the three of them get more worried. They thought to themselves: "What if our plan fails...? T-Then we'd be dead." But they had to stay focused.

The day has arrived. The three of them stood outside the woods and waited for the Sun to set. Nightfall approaches and the three of them head into the woods. Jack set up traps and they all scattered and hid in different parts of the woods. "And now we wait...." said Alvin. The trap was in place, the meat was right there for the owl to grab. Mimi asked: "W-What kind of meat is that...?" Jack then smiled and said: "I may or may not have got this from a hospital. I have my links there. And they gave me a piece of meat from a fresh human that just died."

"S-So that's meat f-from a human...?" Mimi asked. Jack simply answered yes. It has been roughly an hour since they entered the woods. Mimi and Jack waited near the trap while Alvin scouted out the area for any trails of the creature. Nothing. There was nothing. Alvin was just about to give up on searching when something flew past him and landed right in front of him. "There you are." he said while grinning.

The owl stood menacingly in front of Alvin. It growled and spread open its wings. Waiting for the moment to attack. Alvin took a step back and grabbed his axe. "Come at me, you filthy animal." he said. The owl screeched at Alvin and lunged forward. Alvin started sprinting, he bolted off while the owl followed him closely. It was picking up its speed. Its wings chopping off some twigs as it flew past the trees. "HERE IT COMES!" Alvin shouted to the other two.

Alvin rushed towards the trap. "MOVE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT TOO!" shouted Jack. Alvin dove into the nearest bush at the last second. That action confused the owl. The owl was focused on what Alvin did and ran directly into the trap. "WOOHOO!" Alvin screamed in excitement. There it was, the owl. Trapped in the net that Jack made. Mimi walked in front of it and said: "I-It's huge... W-What did that man do to this poor owl...?"

The owl growled multiple times. Then it finally spoke. "I WAS SENT HERE TO MURDER YOU! AND NOW YOU JUST MADE ME EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED!" Alvin smiled and said: "Shut up..." And fired a bullet into the owl's left leg. The owl screeched in agony. "Now do you want to talk..?" said Alvin.

[Conversation With The Owl]

Alvin: "Do you perhaps have a name..?"

The Owl: "H-Howler.."

Jack: "Nice name you have there."

Mimi: "Cute name for a not so cute creature.."

Howler: "W-What do you want."

Alvin: "Tell me more about who sent you."

Howler: "Y-You want to k-know more about M-Master..?"

All three of them: "YES!"

Howler: "W-When you first met him... He thought nothing bad could happen. But then he realized if ya'll were still alive, you would spread the news that he exists. S-So he sent me to come and murder the two of you... Well, three now. S-Since you now know Master exists, Jack."

Jack: "Does your master have a name?"

Howler: "H-He calls himself 'NIGHTMARE'."

Mimi: "So Nightmare sent you to kill us just because we know how he looks like..?"

Howler: "Y-Yes..."

Alvin: "Wait a minute. Nightmare... Why does it sound so familiar..?"

Howler: "A-Are you perhaps Japanese..?"

Alvin: "Why..?."

Mimi: "Yeah, what does that have to do with anything..?"

Howler: "What's your birth name..?"

Alvin: Yoshimi Kagayaki. Why'd you ask?"

Howler: "Oh this is interesting. Hehe...."

Alvin: "W-What's so interesting about my name..."

Howler: "How's your father?"

Alvin: "He's dead. I was adopted by a loving couple. From what I've known, he died when I was just four years old."

Howler: "Well... A decade ago. A group of people with the last name of 'Yoshimi' brought hell to Master. And he wanted revenge.. So he set out to murder all the people who had the last name of 'Yoshimi'. Meaning..."

Alvin: "HE KILLED MY FATHER!"

Mimi: "Calm down honey..."

Jack: Yeah... Calm down for a while."

Alvin: "MOTHERFU-"

Howler: "I feed on anger. The more angry you get... The more powerful I become."

Howler then burst out of the net and flew into the night sky. "Wait till Master hears about this." he said while laughing. Alvin grabbed the hunting rifle and shouted: "I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU OUT OF THE DAMN SKY, YOU FILTHY BIRD!" He loaded the gun and shot five times at Howler, only to miss every single shot. "Calm down... You're driven by rage right now and you won't think clearly.." said Mimi. She comforted Alvin while Jack stood there.

"Alvin, please just calm down..." said Mimi. Alvin clenched his fists. "Never have I ever wanted to kill a bird so badly." Alvin said. The Sun rose up as the three of them packed their stuff and left the woods. As Mimi and Jack said goodbye. Alvin asked if they wanted to stay at his place. "I still have one empty bedroom, it isn't big but Jack can sleep there. Mimi, you can have my room and I'll sleep on the couch."

"W-Why can't I just sleep next to you..?" Mimi asked. Alvin blushed and said okay. The three of them took a rest after everything that happened. But. Howler is still out there. Waiting for the right moment to strike. Will they successfully capture Howler? Or better yet. Kill him.