Chapter 10: The hunter

Following the scent, *She was getting dragged in as her body and mind began craving whatever it was,* it had a really good smell behind it, I think... I really want it now.

I was hesitant before, but after a few steps into the ally I began craving it bad. It's a craving like during my luteal.

But now it's becoming more of an obsession, I don't just want it, I need it... Whatever it is, I have to obtain it at all cost, even if that means breaking everything in my way.

Following the trail it gave off, I went on the hunt, using my unnatural speed to follow it a few blocks away until there it was, closer to me, no, it's here in this new ally.

Opening my eyes to my surroundings, the transparency of darkness that didn't exist to me shrouded itself inside red, covering my sight, and showing a mass of redness.

Blinking several times over, I tried looking around but my sight was set on the mass of red, and walking slowly to it, the red orb started radiating a mass of black mist.

Turning into a bundle of dark haze, I came over to it, and stopping Infront of it, the silhouette of corpses layed in front of me, three, cut up and butchered, but I don't care.

Squatting down and reaching for it, "Tch, I knew you'd be here, girl," a voice echoed around me, but not paying any attention to it, I picked up what was a glowing shard.

And holding it in my hand, I wanted to... Wanted to...

Honestly... Looking at it, I wanted to devour it whole...

And as it came closer to my mouth, pressing on my lips as I felt this urge to resist but couldn't, *ZIP* suddenly I jolted back my senses and felt a strong magical aura...

Turning around I saw a man cloaked in black standing at the end of the alleyway, and radiating an aura of blue he looked at me with glowing steele blue eyes. Oh crap.

But then gulping and slowly turning my head, I looked back to see twisting gray, and dismembered—corpses behind me, with green blood splattered and smeared.

My heart sank, and as my breath raced, he laughed, "An here I thought Adam said you weren't an undead, so you fooled him huh? Heh, well you can't fool me, rotten girl"

Looking back to him, he stepped closer but I was stuck, even if I stepped back. Corpses. There's corpses behind.

Opening his mouth, still holdin a radiant smile, "So what are you? A ghoul progenitor, or are ya a newer variant~?"

Loosing my mind to the situation I didn't hear a word he said, but as he got closer, I felt it, and looking up, I took a step back, stepping on the corpses an jerkin' forward.

I felt like my heart was about to explode, and as I was put into a situation I couldn't imagine, I started to crack.

Yet darting my head to him, wanting to plead, there was no words daring to come out of my mouth, not to him...

Even if I wanted to, I was too panicked and shakey...

Yet he continued talking and stepping towards me as he reached into his cloak, taking out both a gun and stake.

I almost collapsed, am I going to die here, why now...

Why here...

And as I saw that rusted weapon in his hand, my vision flashed before me, looking at him with every single blink the sky went from black to blue, an as black approached me, a man in blue-guard stepped towards me the same.

Sweat dripped down my chin, and hitting the floor, *Her panicked state vanished and her eyes turned bloodshot*

*Her breath steaded and looking at him, her eyes came to a normal level, the only difference was this red glow that radiated from them, which he could visibly see*

Laughing crazily, "Look who's finally starting to reveal her true colors~ An to think you looked so scared too"

But then his smile fell and he became serious, "But then again, monsters don't understand what it means to feel fear do they, that's why they like inflicting it everywhere"

"So what about you, how many have you had to kill just to satisfy that greedy hunger of yours, ghoul," he said an raised his gun, pointing it straight at the left of my chest.

But staring at him, I looked down at my hands to see I'm unarmed, "Even so, what does it matter in the end" I said back, and gritting his teeth, "Answer my question, ghoul"

Steppin' towards him, "What did you ask, Human?" I said back, and he looked daggers at me, but I kept walking to him, "How many innocent lives have you slaughtered! ! !"

Glancing around every corner of the area, I responded to his question, a simple truth, "None, never really had any passion to kill, I'd rather heal lives than take them away"

But that infuriated him, and clenching the gun, he pulled the trigger, *Bang!* firing something unlike lead or iron, I could hear it in the recoil, he was firing something, new?

Yet simply bouncing off my toes and leaping to the wall side, I kicked off it, turning and dab kicking the gun out of his hand. Forcing him to let go with my strength and collide his weapon with the brick's right besides him.

Still mid air, he countered, throwing his hurt hand back and swinging his stake, stabbing me right in the side.

Groaning as it knocked me off balance while trying to land, as I fell back, I kicked his arm and threw myself out of the way encase he wanted to attack again.

But with it suck in my side, it only dug deeper.

And feeling it in my gut, the pain got to me greatly.

Swiftly getting to my feet before he could balance too, I wanted to take this out of my side, but I'm too weak to survive a blow like this, I'll bleed out if I take it out now.

Panting as he took out my main mobility, n' flexibility, he finally balanced himself, but when he did, he started to speak gibberish like he'd gone mad, but I sense mana.

Biting my lip, I kicked the ground dashing at him, and as he noticed me, it was too late. And trying to push me to the side as I got to him quickly, I bit him on the hand as it got too close to my face for comfort, and he jerked.

"Gah!" feeling as my fangs dug into his flesh he tore his hand away, but I felt as they tore into his flesh, and didn't break as he pulled, instead his flesh tore back in lines.

And as the pinky side of his hand had four slash–like wounds, the agony on his face grew. . . But that taste.

Tasting his blood and gulping as it got on my tongue...

Black haze misted around me, and vanishing from his sight, I stealthy found my way behind him, where I tried grabbing him, but sensing me, he ducked and head hit me on my chin, before turning to me, and punching me.

Knocking me back, he was strong, similar in abilities to me, but my bloodlust's stronger, and as my nails grew, that taste became an obsessive desire to consume...

"What... What the hell are you. Are you... How can?!"

But as he spoke, I grabbed my chest, "Human!" I yelled, and getting him to flinch, "If you don't wish to die, RUN!" trying to warn him, "I don't want to kill you, I DON'T!!!. . ."

Grabbing my head, trying to fight back, "I didn't come to this realm to kill people, I hate violence, this needs to... This needs to stop!" turning to hit my head against the bricks, I punched it instead, "But... I can't stop, I'm... I..."

Turning my head to him with drool running down my cheek, "I'm way to hungry to resist what I am anymore"

But looking at him, with his other hand, he had the gun back in his position, "Sorry, you seem to want to protect me, and I can see who you really are, but that lust, is the same reason I can't let you live, I have people to protect too you know, and I don't want any more of them to die"

Pulling the trigger, a bullet passed throughout the back of my chest, puncturing one of my hearts, but it dealt a significant amount, to where, it would have killed me...

But it didn't seem to be strong enough for that just yet.

Yet getting blood to spill out of my chest and feeling as my blood flow was disturbed and my body started to jus spasm, blood dripped into and out of my mouth as well.

Panting as I grabbed my chest and backed away... "I..."

Looking at him, with my expression turning soft and unlike how cold and indifferent it was before, "I want to live too..." I softly cried out, as a switch flipped in me.

And as my conscious fixed itself and I watched as he had a smoky gun pointing at me, with a face full of this emotion, I can't put my hand on, I looked down at... Me.

With a stake stabbed into my side and a bullet wound, spilling blood out from my boob, I shead a tear of regret, I regret leaving home, abandoning the ones who shared their lives with me, and even here in this realm, coming here, and not being able to do anything meaningful too.

And as I felt my conscious slip, I bit my lip, tarring it...

Looking up, using the last of my energy, and magic, I clouded the area in black, which worked quickly in this dark alley faster than it would have ever, and I moved.

It's either him or me now, I have no other choice here.

Because if I choose to flee, he'll just hunt me down.

Kicking the ground and dashing forward, I came over, getting in front of him and turning, side kicking him into the wall, and as he flew the other way, I grabbed his gun.

And shot him. Aiming as he was in the air, and firing.

Letting him hit the wall with his blood splatting outside him. Getting there just by the back of his darked cloak.

And holding it out, I blinked, gulping hard as I remained still, stiff, and in agony from the pain all around me, it's not so bad when you get used to it, I had to as a child.

Yet that also reminds me of what I've forgotten.

I wanted to be a doctor and not a Murderer.

Yet looking as the man hit the wall and his body fell to the ground, looking at him tired and cold, exhausted an defeated, I almost forgot who I had become, and it's. . .

It's tearing me apart from all around, because I didn't want this, I can't even remember what I wanted to begin with, is everything I tried forgetting going to repeat itself.

No not again, I don't wanna become here ever again!!!

God damn it, this isn't how I wanted my new life to be.