Chapter 5 - Anatomy of a Wraith

Levi took his time to recover. Wiping the blood on his face as he looked at the two dead human-sized ravens around him… before focusing his view to the city, [EVA] showing a more closed up version, making him shiver at the view of more ravens terrorizing the city, making Levi appreciate his decision to leave the city even more.

'Good Riddance'

After a quick scan of his surroundings through EVA, Levi took effort to drag one of the dead raven all the way to a hidden corner. The viscosity of the blood is the only thing making it possible for Levi to even move the heavy carcass…

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After finally relocating the body, Levi made sure to wear a mask and surgical gloves, before once again drawing his blade to collect a reasonable amount of skin, as well as the claws. He also disassembled the beak, and took one of it's bonearm for study.

Both the bones as well as the skin of the creature being light but somehow strong enough to support the staggeringly dense and heavy weight of the meat.

Once this was over, he wanted to find possible uses for the new 'material' he got… Or if it was as worse as it looked like, use it as a weapon for what seemed to be an Apocalypse…

Levi also wanted to bring back some meat and blood for examination, though called it off as soon as he looked at the thing, his instincts literally screaming at him not to consume or even touch the thing… The meat exuding some form of boundless dark colored smoke which Levi suspected to be linked with the phasing ability of the [Wraith]s.

A name he had [EVA] label after getting tired of randomly naming the three whenever brought up.

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Cutting the meat and dividing it into pieces Levi, noted the lack of smell as well as absence of Organs. The bird made of purely blood and meat. It was the same for it's head. Making Levi even wonder why it had stopped moving after he decapitated the thing. Which was in itself either magic… 

or something else.

Checking the clock to see how much time he has left, Levi continued dismembering the body and only when until he got to the part where the Wraith's heart was supposed to be did he find an explanation to how the literal meat, bones and flesh stuffed animal were moving.

At the center of it's being, an orb the size of a tennis ball played in the middle. The glass orb had tendrils of what it looks to be dark smoke spreading outwards from it's center, the tendrils noticeably attracted to the flesh of the dead Wraith… looking as if it's attempting to connect back to it.

Carefully Pulling the orb out of the wraith, Levi instantly noticed the smoke disappearing from the chopped out meat and flesh. Seconds later the meat crumbled into a pile of mush spreading everywhere, lacking any semblance of cohesion or form.

The lack of smell saving Levi from having an adverse reaction. The phenomenon making Levi certain that this orb, was the actual lifeform itself. As if the meat that held together everything, including the parts he had cut out was disconnected.

Severing its purpose, hence its form.

Placing the orb back at the flesh mush, the mush wiggled for a bit, before ultimately stopping orb, the orb seemingly not having the ability to rebuild bodies, making Levi conclude that the life form was some form of parasite.

A mind controlling… Flesh Deforming parasite at that…

'Fascinating…' Levi mumbled as he held the orb up close to him. Such a small thing managed to change and even alter the physical property of what it's host was. Even while wearing gloves, Levi could feel a weak intent sending him suggestions to swallow the thing, almost making him laugh, before garnering a more serious impression as he recalled the time limit he had set for himself before he evacuates the area.

Placing the orb on top of a Biohazard Container, the tendrils shivered, it's 'all consuming' spite now reduced to visual whimpering, once it knew it failed it's last chance of saving itself. 

Making sure the container is tightly sealed and secured… Levi looked at the second carcass lying on the bloodied battlefield, his intuition kicking in as he recalled the phasing ability of [Wraith]s. If he could somehow transfer the orb's properties to an object, then maybe…

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To be continued.