Chapter 1: Awakening

Over here pass the ball I'm open a boy yelled. Dribbling through the midfield was a boy with white hair and sharp facial features, he passes the ball to his team mate who makes a volley into the net.

goal!!

we won, finally

don't get so excited, we didn't use any magic said the captain from the opposing team

it was just a friendly game

As skillful as ever the boy who scored the goal said complimenting his teammates who assisted him

all I did was assist it's you who scored the winning goal

don't be so modest Rex, if it wasn't for you we would have come back from three goals behind

Rex gryphon, a high school kid with great athleticism, he played all sports and was popular for his exceptional talent but to his friends? he was a lazy kid who loved video games, Rex was a lazy kid because he was good at anything he set his mind too, but that was the problem, because things became easy for him when he put in little effort he lost interest in it quickly. He stopped reading and got grades above average just because reading was boring to him, the only reason he played sports was for two reasons, his mother would beat the crap out of him if he lazied around in the house and he got to play with his friends, one of them being Keven, the boy who scored the winning goal for they're soccer team.

This was the only time he didn't feel bored besides playing video games. He went home to meet his mother, Sarah gryphon in the kitchen and his sister May gryphon.

"Rex is back" may said as she ran to greet her elder brother, she was 9 and unlike her brother she was always cheerful and helped people meanwhile Rex would usually ignore people he didn't know or didn't talk to, to him getting involved with other people's lives was too much of a hassle.

"dad isn't back yet?"

"you know how work is, he'll be back in the evening, how was the soccer match"

"it was fine, Keven scored a hattrick today"

"wow that's amazing, what's a hattrick."

"Breaking news, another family murdered in gruesome fashion as the criminal group known as the outlaws strick again, reports say that all family members where brutally murdered with multiple stab wounds seen on they bodies, the killer also decapitated and took the heads of the victims."

"uhh mom why do keep listening to this, the news is boring"

"it happened in the city next to ours, the police are saying it's no longer safe to walk around at night and the city is on high alert"

"yh yh, I'm going upstairs to change."

Night came fast as may and Sarah prepared dinner for the family, Rex was still sleeping when his sister came to wake him up, heading down stairs they heard the door bell

"daddy's home" may said running to answer the door

"that's strange, dad has never rang the door bell" Rex thought

may opened the door, "welcome.....home?"

Rex was about sitting down when his mother dropped the tray of food

"mom what it is it" he said, tracing her line of sight he turned to see a hooded figure dressed in black, crouched down holding a dagger, the tip could be seen sticking out from May's back

"May!!!" her mother yelled

May stepped back a little and looked at the dagger that went through her body, she was still in shock at what happened that she couldn't react and just instinctively walked back. Sarah rushed to her daughter not knowing what to do as she held her I'm her arms, meanwhile the stranger had walked in signalling for Sarah and Rex to be silent.

"I don't want this to be bloody like last night" the stranger said, he had a mask on but his voice was that of a man

"mommy what's happening, I feel cold" may said as her life was slowly coming to an end. Rex was still in shock, his heart was beating fast, his flight or fight instincts where kicking in but he was too paralyzed by fear to act, his mother seeing the stranger approach them ran to the kitchen and took the butcher knife to attack the man.

"Stay away from my family!!" she yelled as she swung the knife around but the man caught her hand and kicked her back to the kitchen counter, Rex wanted to move but he couldn't, his legs would move, they where still shaking from fear.

"I have to run, otherwise he'll kill us both, we have to run" he thought as he turned to his mother

Sarah turned to him and yelled

"Rex run away!!, I'll hold him here just run!, he can't kill you too!!"

picking up the knife again she charged at the stranger but got stabbed in the stomach.

"Mom!!! rex yelled and managed to move his legs aldo they where still shaking

"I said run!!" she yelled at him again and held the stranger's hand as tight as she could and using her other arm tried to swing the knife at him again but he held her hand and twisted the knife coursing blood to gush out from her mouth.

Tears rolled down from Rex's eyes as he watched his mother fall to the ground

"mom no" he whispered as he turned to the stranger and fell on his back crawling backwards till he hit the wall.

"No pls! he yelled, pls don't kill me"

"it's not your fault kid, it's not your fault you where born into this bloodline" the stranger said as he took out a third dagger to stab rex but his mother suddenly dragged him from behind back into the kitchen.

"Rex run away!! save yourself" she yelled, with all her will power she grabbed whatever she could and smashed it on the stranger, plates, cups, even pots, whatever her hand could grab while she was on top him. Rex was still finding it hard to move, his body felt weak and his heart was racing, he had never felt any emotion like this, feeling so helpless, the feeling of absolute fear was so paralyzing that Rex's body could hardly function properly.

"Rex ru...." mid sentence his mother got stabbed through the throat, rex had just managed to stand up when he saw the stranger lift his mother by the jaw with his dagger, even on the brink of death she held onto the stranger as tight as she could, tears rolling down her eyes as she pleaded with her eyes for rex to run

"this is more of a hassle than I thought" the stranger said and with a forth dagger stabbed Sarah's neck five times and finally decapitated her.

"Moooom!!" Rex yelled as tears began running down profusely as he watched as life left his mother's eyes

"Rex!!" suddenly another man's voice was heard, turning around rex saw who it was, it was his father

"Go upstairs now!!" his father yelled, for some reason his father's words woke his body up as he desperately crawled upstairs while his father ran at full speed and tacked the stranger.

Rex made it to his room and locked the door behind him, he was in a state of panic

"what do I do what do I do", he said as his mind raced, he saw his phone on the bed and quickly rushed to dail the emergency number for the police force

"This is the clover city police force, how many I help you "

"we are being attacked, my mother and sister are dead and my father is in danger"

while speaking he could hear noises down stairs, his father was desperately fighting with the stranger

"Rex run away from here!" he yelled," run away and live, you must live your all that's left now!!" he yelled

"oh so you knew all along the stranger said".

"Calm down sir, can you give me an address and calmly tell me what's going on"

"I said my mother and sister are dead and my father is fighting the killer down stairs", what are you waiting for, send help, we're at 21 elm's street, a small red coloured house"

"ok sir help is on the way, we'll arrive there shortly pls stay safe"

"stay safe? my father is about to be killed"

"Rex! forget help, help isn't coming, ruuun!!" his father yelled, then suddenly there was a loud sound like something was smashed and then there was silence.

Rex's heart was beating as he put his ear on the door, he could hear foot steps heading this way.

without waiting to see who it was he took his phone and jumped out the window.

Rex ran as fast as he could, he jumped the back fence and ran across the street, he didn't know where he was going but he didn't try to stop, he kept running, his heart was beating, his mind was racing, his body was shaking but he didn't stop. while running he looked back for a brief moment trying to see if he was being followed and he crashed into a group of thugs.

"hey stupid kid, how dare you hit me"

Rex was in a state of panic so he didn't know what to do, he was still in fear so he ran and the thugs chased after him, rex was fast and athletic but he had no idea how far or how long he had been running, it took a while but the thugs caught up to him and started beating him up, they brought out pocket knifes, brass knuckle and even broke bottles using all of the weapons to beat the life out of Rex, Every punch he took a flash back of his mother and sister's last moments flashed in his eyes, every time they stabbed him with the knives and broken bottles he remembered how powerless and scared he felt. As he begged for mercy he remembered how his father had come to save him at the last minute. They beat Rex for thirty minutes before stopping, they laughed at his half dead state while one of them pulled his pants and peed on him, in his final moments Rex was crying, wishing it was all a dream.

"Mom, dad, may, please don't be dead, I'm sorry I couldn't do anything, I'm sorry I could protect you may, I'm sorry I was so powerless, pls somebody, anybody, help me, I don't want to die".

In his last moments of life, just as he closed his eyes he saw a message

The Beast bloodline has been reawakened, Beast system is now online.

Beast awakening has begone.