Chapter 54.5

- It's fantastic! - admired Megan.

- The most famous among the aquatic plants of the Amazon Valley is Victoria Regia, the most beautiful and largest water lily on Earth. The colossal leaves of Victoria can reach up to 3 m in diameter, they can easily support a person's weight up to 50 kg. In addition, huge delightful flowers exude the most delicate apricot aroma, blooming only at night, and plunging into the water in the morning. Of course, there are exceptions, obviously we are looking now at that very exceptional case. Interestingly, the color of the petals of the giant water lily is constantly changing, depending on its "age". On the first day of flowering, the petals are white, on the second day they are pink, then gradually become scarlet. At the end, they take on a purple hue. her father almost quoted her.

Now Victoria Regia was already scarlet, since night had not yet come, this specimen was really quite special. The look at this beautiful creation of nature captivated the spirit. Megan straightened her red hair with a crooked smile and did not comment on the information read like a textbook by her father, continuing to stare at the flower.

Her father was a biologist and the government sent them here to investigate changes in some particularly rare plants and animals.

A whole detachment of trained high-level fighters, moreover, well-armed, was sent with them. Megan herself was able to go here thanks to her rather unique ability. She could feel other beings possessing spirituality, and the stronger the spirituality was, the brighter these sensations were. Thanks to this ability, they were able to avoid many problems on their journey to the Amazon.

She was one of the luckiest people on the planet, because both of her parents survived, not everyone was so lucky. Looking at the worried look of her father, she was happy that they still have each other.

Suddenly she felt a recall of her skill. Concentrating, she tried to determine from which side the spiritual being felt and the approximate level of spirituality. Eyes clouded with a veil from the transition of ability to active mode.

The father was too keen on looking at the flower, but one of the accompanying evolvers immediately noticed this and reported to the head of the detachment. He, in turn, put everyone on alert, after which he asked.

- What happened Megan?

- A powerful spiritual being, such a power I have never met. In the northeast, somewhere in that direction - she pointed with her hand - a distance of about a kilometer, but quickly approaching in our direction. At this rate, it will arrive here within five minutes, if not sooner.

Her words were taken more than seriously, so they decided to try to get away from the approaching danger. The entire party began to advance through the jungle at a rapid pace. However, bad news was soon received. By accident or not, the creature was approaching too quickly, and besides, it changed its trajectory to intercept, they no longer had time to try to avoid a collision.

The commander began to disperse the fighters and prepare for the confrontation. They hid in the jungle and in silence awaited the appearance of the enemy.

Megan and her father hid nearby and did not lean out, only one fighter remained next to them as a precaution and to transmit information about the enemy's location.

- He's here ... - finally said Megan, and the fighter relayed the information to the others.

The sounds of gunshots and explosions were heard. Sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers were used. It seemed like a mini war had begun, but it did not last long, and soon there was silence.

- Commander, this is the seventh, what's going on? - the evolver protecting the family of scientists asked in a whisper.

However, there was no answer, and soon Megan's eyes widened in horror. Both the seventh and her own father lost their heads in an instant. Headless seated corpses tumbled to the floor.

Megan looked at her father's headless body in complete shock, caked blood hardly seeping from his neck, and her father's head fell nearby and looked at her with incomprehension in his eyes. It seemed that soon a spark of awareness appeared in those eyes, but this did not bring them joy, her father was horrified. His gaze froze with an expression of horror on his face.

From the shots and explosions nearby, Megan's ears were filled with lead, but she still heard her silent cry of horror and despair, but they did not let her scream for a long time. She was slapped in the face, after which they began to rip off her clothes, she was finally able to see the attacking monster, it was a man.

Black and messy disheveled hair. The face, long unshaven, was covered with filthy vegetation mixed with black soot. The embossed nose, like the rest of the visible face, seemed wrinkled, combined with the strongly drooping corners of the mouth, gave the impression of eternal discontent and anger. To meet such a person somewhere on the street, she would prefer to stay away from him, and in the given circumstances there was no limit to her horror.

But the worst thing is his eyes.

Megan wanted to know why? Why did he do all this, for which he took the life of her father and the others. Why would such a strong person act like a beast released from a cage?

However, she was a fairly educated woman and knew a thing or two about psychos and serial killers.

The man's eyes seemed to be looking through her. They did not express anything, there was no feeling in them. These eyes looked at her like dust underfoot, they did not see a living creature in her, just a piece of meat. This speciment was not going to answer her questions, was not going to talk to her at all. Like a wild beast that does not need to communicate with its prey.

Just one look in those eyes plunged her into the abyss of despair, that was the end ...