Chapter 31 - Intruders(Part 2)

Point-of-View: Xandra Ortiz

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"I'm gonna kill you all, and that's better than you deserve...," Remarked Red icily, as I felt chills run down my spine.

"W-woah, did you feel that? The air, it feels...it feels so dark and heavy," Muttered Kris, as she shuddered slightly.

Red's body regenerated rapidly, the left side of his torso and left arm growing back at an incredible rate as a large mass of Black Blood burst out. And as the terrorist charged up and fired his cannon again, a massive energy blast shooting towards them, Red calmly raised his hand out in front of himself.

"Get out of there, quickl-...!" I yelled desperately, before trailing off as...wait, what am I looking at?

"N-no way, that shouldn't be possible...," Stuttered the terrorist in horror.

His energy blast had been completely dissipated...and I could hardly believe my eyes as to how that had happened.

As Red raised his hand in the direction that the blast came from, a huge mass of Black Blood burst out of his palm, striking the middle of the blast and then sharply expanding like a plate to dissipate it.

Suddenly, he fired out several small drops of blood from the floating mass of Black Blood coming out of his palm, the drops taking the shape of needles as they rapidly sliced through the air, striking the heads of about a dozen of the terrorists and bursting through, killing them instantly.

Something then burst out of Red's upper back, tearing through his clothes and spreading out. Those are...wings. Black, leathery wings like a bat's. And it's hard to see from this distance, but it also looks like the whites of his eyes have turned black.

"D-damn you, you fucking monster!" Snapped the guy with the gun, starting to take aim again.

Red's wings then stretched out...before he suddenly vanished from sight, an intense gust of wind bursting out from where he'd just been standing. I looked around frantically, before spotting him further ahead...right in front of the terrorist.

As his fingernails extended and sharpened like claws, he then swung his hand across the terrorist's neck...and instantly decapitated him with his claws, slashing off his head before he could even react.

As another terrorist then sprang up to Red's left, taking aim at him with a gun, Red raised his hand in that direction...and burst out a narrow, spear-like mass of Black Blood, which pierced right through the middle of the terrorist's chest with a loud crunch.

And then, in the blink of an eye, several black spikes burst out all across the terrorist's body from the inside, as Red presumably branched out the Black Blood he'd pierced into that guy's chest.

Something then burst out from Red's lower back, extending out and whipping across the air...it kinda looks like a centipede. Is that a tail? It was made up of several segments, with sharp, curved spikes on either end of each segment.

As a terrorist leapt up behind him, his tail darted out towards them and wrapped around their body, tightening sharply and ripping their body to several bloody shreds, which splattered onto the ground and spread out.

"N-no one told us they had a monster like this...!"

"F-fuck this, I'm getting out of here!"

Red then zipped across at a rapid speed towards the rest of the terrorists, cries of alarm and fear ringing out as he shot towards them at a blinding speed.

Screams of pain then rang out as he began to fear them apart brutally, grabbing one of them by both arms and pulling across violently, tearing her in half.

He then flew up a few meters and swooped down-...no, more like blasted down...-towards another terrorist, his foot slamming onto the top of their head and crushing it, as he stomped right through the middle of their body.

"Die, you freak of nature!" Yelled one of them, as he fired a massive energy blast at Red, his gun short-circuiting as he took the shot.

Red vanished from sight again as he evaded the blast, before I spotted him right behind the terrorist, his jaws opening wide. Wait, is he gonna-...?

He then snapped his jaws around the back of the terrorist's neck, grabbing hold of his shoulders and then violently swinging his head across...and tearing off the terrorist's head from around the neck, before flinging away the head as blood gushed out.

As the torn off head bounced away along the ground, Red then turned towards the gateway, where the remaining terrorists were fleeing through in desperation. Suddenly, as he clutched at his head, his forehead split open, a red glimmer shining out from it, as what looked like a large red, oval-shaped crystal formed in that spot.

He then turned his head towards the gateway, the red glow in his forehead intensifying sharply...before a massive red blast of energy burst out from it, spreading out his wings as the force of the red blast began to push him backwards.

"His power is incredible...," Muttered Kris, wide-eyed, as he wiped out all the remaining terrorists almost instantly with that blast.

"Yeah, but...he killed all of them. The president and government aren't gonna be too happy about this, not to mention the boss," Frowned Josh warily.

Yeah, for him to kill them so easily and with hesitation, it's disappointing...but at the same time, if he hadn't stepped in when he did, the boss would most likely be dead right now. Hm?

"Woah, look...his tail and wings are receding back into his body," I remarked, as I climbed over the railing of the balcony, "I'll go bring him and the boss in, get the medical room ready."

"Sure, you got it."

"Glad it's wearing off, it wouldn't have been pretty if he decided to turn his fangs against us while in that stage...," Muttered Sipho warily.

I then jumped off the balcony, my feet hitting the ground with a thud. I then jogged over to the boss, who was barely conscious.

"Are you okay, boss?" I inquired in concern, right as I spotted Red collapsing onto the ground, unconscious.

I hope he's okay.

"Y-yes, I should be just fine. Don't worry about me. Go see to Ariodred," He replied, as he shakily got back onto his feet, before helping up the young girl he'd protected, "Are you alright, my dear? You didn't get hurt, did you?"

"N-no, um...I'm okay."

"Just give me a minute, I'll go grab Red and then help all of you to the medical room for some treatment," I remarked, as I hurried over towards Red.

He'd fallen on his face, I knelt down and turned him around...he's out cold, but otherwise seems perfectly fine. What was that power?

I've heard stories about the Progenitor, how he'd transform into a monstrous appearance with immense power when enraged. I don't think Red was in control after he transformed, however, despite how brutally he attacked them, he was clearly only targeting the terrorists. The boss was right behind him but he didn't attack him.

He was able to control his blood like a weapon, and there was that red beam he fired out of his forehead, not to mention the wings and tail. I then glanced ahead at the path leading from the front gates...his blast carved right through the concrete of the path, there's not so much as a trace left of our attackers. Oh, wait, I think I see a few hands, feet and some other chunks of body parts.

Well, there's definitely a lot more to his powers than we'd initially assumed. This made it quite clear that we have no idea what the true depths of his powers are...

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