RUN

The call had come in while Harry Stone was sitting at his desk early in the morning, waiting for Lewis to finish up the paperwork so that they could grab breakfast.

"This is Detective Stone," he said after grabbing the phone.

"Good Morning, Detective." The voice on the other side said. "This is Paul Allen. Deputy Director of the Special Activities Division, Federal Investigation Department. I'm calling you to talk about the double homicide case you've got in New World City."

Harry was silent for a moment. 

The Federal Investigation Department? Why were they asking about the double homicide case? More importantly, how the hell did they get the information so quickly?

He had a lot of questions in his mind, but in the end, he simply said, "Yes, sir. What do you wish to know about the case?"

"No, no, no.. I've already read your report. You don't need to explain anything about the case to me." Paul Allen said. 

"I don't understand, sir." Harry seemed confused. But Paul Allen would clear up his confusion with a single sentence. "I'm simply calling you to inform you that the Federal Investigation Department will be working alongside you on this case."

"I'm sorry?" Harry's eyes widened. He was completely surprised. After all, the double homicide was clearly the work of a wild animal. Why was the Federal Investigation Department getting involved with a homicide case involving wild animals? "May I ask why, sir?"

"I don't know, Detective," Paul said. "And even if I did, I couldn't tell you. Classified information. Only the higher ups have the authority on this one."

"Higher than the Deputy Director of the Special Activities Division, sir?" Harry asked. Paul Allen nodded from the other side. The friendly tone had disappeared from his voice. "You shouldn't be asking these questions, Detective. I'm simply a messenger. You're the receiver. That is all. Two FID Special Agents have already been dispatched to your location and will arrive within a few hours. I'll have my secretary email you their information in a few minutes. Work together with them, got it?"

"Yes sir." Detective Harry Stone replied, and the Deputy Director hung up without a goodbye. 

Harry placed the phone back in the holder and looked at Lewis. "Be ready today, Lewis," he said.

"Why?" Lewis tilted his head, and Harry replied, "Because we are about to have guests."

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Alan stood on the alleyway behind the Red Deer pub with a cigarette in his hand. They had strung the yellow tape across the walls on either side of the alley. 

"Did you say a hooker found the bodies?" He asked Detective Harry Stone, who was standing next to him.

"A sex worker, yes," the Detective replied. "The Red Deer's exit opens to the alleyway. The owners of the pub were extremely familiar with her, so they usually let her use the exit to smoke outside. The place is usually empty. Well, until now. She screamed when she discovered the bodies, and my old buddies from the military who were also inside the pub heard the scream and decided to check it out. They called me when they saw the bodies, and that's that."

Alan nodded and stepped closer to the bodies. His partner, Doctor Raphael Hernandez, was already on his knees and was in the middle of inspecting the bodies.

"What do you think?" he asked.

Doctor Hernandez turned to look at Alan. "It's not looking good, Alan. We might be in big trouble."

"That bad?"

"That bad."

Alan nodded his head and then pressed the cigarette on his lips. 

"Excuse me," Detective Harry Stone tapped his shoulder, prompting him to turn around. "I'm sorry for eavesdropping, but may I ask what you meant by 'big trouble'? Isn't this just a bear attack?"

Alan looked at Raphael, and then back to the Detective and said, "You might want to think about relocating, Detective."

------------ BEAST SOUL ------------

"Ugh… What?" Adrian, who was pushed away by Noah and crashed to the floor, groaned in pain. 

"Shhh… Shut up." Noah pressed his hand against his mouth, whispering under his breath as he pointed at the creature that was standing in the doorway, and Adrian immediately came to his senses.

The creature… it had found them!

"Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.." Adrian cursed, and Noah stretched out his hand to slowly pull him up without taking his eye off the man eating creature that was right in front of them. "What the hell? Why is it just standing there?" Adrian whispered as he stared at the creature with fear.

"I don't know," Noah replied, and took a few steps back. Adrian did the same. "Maybe it's getting ready to attack? Like what a predator does to catch its prey?"

"What do you think we should do?" Adrian asked. Noah shrugged his shoulders. "I-I don't know."

"Sh*t!" Adrian cursed again.

GRRRR….

The creature was tilting its head back and forth looking at Noah and Adrian, and eventually fixed its gaze onto Noah as it hissed at him, revealing its sharp teeth.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Noah clicked his tongue as he stared back at the terrifying creature with fear. What is it with him and monstrous creatures? Last time, it was Wolfe, and this time it's a weird wolf-crocodile hybrid animal. 

And then….

GRRAAAAR!

The wolf-like creature shrieked loudly before it leapt in the direction of Noah with frightening speed, its jaws wide open!

"Oh f*ck!" Noah yelled as he tried to evade the sudden attack of the creature, but it was simply too fast. 

BAM!

The creature crashed onto Noah, pushing him back and slammed against the wall, causing a loud noise. 

GRAAAA! 

The creature shrieked once again and lifted its clawed foot to kick Noah, pushing him down to the ground. The creature then jumped onto him and then slammed its heavy foot on Noah's chest again, preventing him from trying to get up.

"No, no, no, I don't want to die!" Noah screamed. The creature snarled in rage and ducked his head with its jaws open, trying to bite Noah's head.

Noah raised his hands in a desperate attempt to protect himself, and the creature sank its teeth into his skin.

"AHHH!" Noah began to scream. He could see the creature's teeth biting down on his hand, and he instantly felt a searing sharp pain along his arm. However, much to the surprise of the creature, it wasn't able to tear Noah's skin no matter how hard it tried. 

SHAAAA!

The baffled creature let out a loud shriek as it ducked its head down to try again, but before it could do so, a metal pipe struck its head with a loud bang, knocking the creature away as it slammed onto one of the cupboards, causing it to fall on top of it.

BAM!

"You okay?" Adrian lowered the metal pipe and immediately stretched out his hand to Noah, who was now free from the creature's clutches. Although scared, Noah instantly grabbed Adrian's hand and got up while keeping an eye on the creature. 

"This is our chance! We have to leave!" Noah said as soon as he got up, and Adrian nodded his head.

Whoosh!

They both darted out of the shed without wasting a single second. 

AWOOOO!

They could hear the loud howling sound of the creature from behind them, but they didn't stop running. 

"Let's head over there!" Adrian pointed towards an abandoned textile factory a few metres away from them, and Noah nodded his head. There weren't any other buildings nearby, and they knew that they wouldn't be able to outrun the creature. So they had to find someplace to hide.