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Project X Chapter 26 Bloodbath

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(Officer Veil POV)
 
It was a few hours after we last spoke, and now it was time to get my explanation. I entered the room once again, more confident than last time.
 
“Hello once again,” I said.
 
-Hello…- I heard the creatures voice in my mind. This time he had his eyes on me.
 
“So, have you pieced together your thoughts from that night?” I asked.
 
-Yes, I believe I have… Just, listen to everything I have to say please,- he asked.
 
“I will,” I promised.
 
-Alright… so, as I said before, someone told me to not move…- he started.
 
“Who was it?” I asked.
 
He took a moment to gather his thoughts, -It was Bruce.-
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(Xeta POV, 1 week prior)
 
I turned my head, and saw Bruce had his gun up to my head.
 
-Bruce… what do you think you’re doing?- I asked.
 
At that moment I had no idea what to think, I was scared, confused, lost, I had no idea what to think.
 
 
“Turn around, slowly,” he said.
 
I did as was told, but I didn’t raise my paws. I noticed he was holding my shotgun. He looked down, and dropped it at my paws.
 
“Pick it up,” He said.
 
-Bruce, what are you doing?- I asked seriously.
 
“Pick… it… up…” He said menacingly.
 
I did as was told, but I didn’t aim.
 
-What, is going on?- I asked.
 
“It’s simple, I’m betraying you, and holding a gun to your head, so you can just kill me,” He said.
 
This reaction shook me, -What?! I’m not going to kill you…-
 
“Then I’ll kill you, is that what you want?” He asked.
 
-Bruce, what is going on?! JUST TELL ME!!- I yelled.
 
He looked down, and lowered the gun.
 
“I knew you wouldn’t be able to, as much as I thought you were a monster, I just knew you were still you… I thought you could just kill me, and then it would be over, no explanation needed, but I guess I was wrong,” He said.
 
-Bruce…?- I asked.
 
“They beat us…” He said.
 
-….What?- I asked slowly.
 
“They weren’t gonna let us just go free, we should have known better… They got my family Xeta,” He said.
 
My eyes widened in realization at what that meant. He was being forced into this.
 
“I have to fight, or they’ll die, end of story,” He said.
 
I looked down, and realized what I got my friend into, -Then… Kill me, I don’t want anyone else t- I was cut off.
 
“No, you need to kill me, there’s no other option, they’ll come after more people, even maybe Elizabeth, and what’s more, you’ve lost enough in your life, you shouldn’t have to lose it all,” Bruce said.
 
-My life doesn’t matter!!!- I argued.
 
“BUT IT DOES TO ELIZABETH!!!” he yelled back.
 
I stayed quiet at that.
 
“You’re just gonna leave her alone after all this? That’s not like you, and you know it!” He said.
 
We both stayed quiet for a minute.
 
“I don’t have to win, my family will still live either way, but if neither of us fight, then they’ll die, one life for the price of three, I like those odds, even if I’m the payment,” He said.
 
His eyes pointed down twice, and I looked down at his foot and saw his phone under it, what was he…
 
-Bruce… don’t do th- I tried to say but what was cut off.
 
“Xeta… be a man, you’ve killed before… All I am, is just another body to add to the pile,” he said, and then it began.
 
Before I knew it Bruce had already lifted his rifle, he was serious. I had started to hear his finger inch on the trigger, and started to lift the shotgun and tilt my head. I heard the trigger click, and in that instance, I swiftly moved my body to the right to avoid damage. I dodged the bullet, and in retaliation, lifted the shotgun.
 
I pulled the trigger, and all the scraps of metal shot from the shell, hitting Bruce, and launching him to the floor.
 
My ears were ringing, and my body was trembling, the full force of what I had just done dawned on me all in one go. My legs gave out and I used my paws to catch myself. What did I just do? Why did I just do that? I felt sick, I just killed my best friend. He tried to kill me of course…. But I just, I felt sick, I didn’t want to move, I couln-
 
My thoughts were put to a halt, like a train slamming on the brakes. Speaking of trains, I felt like I just got hit by one. Something hit me straight in the stomach, and the force was enough to launch me into the wall, falling onto the computers and breaking some of them. What hit me, I looked up to see and… Bruce?
 
His body was shaking, and his fist was lifted, but I noticed something, on his upper arm was… scales? He suddenly grabbed his head in pain.
 
“ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” He started screaming, and the scream go deeper every second.
 
My eyes widened in fear on what was happening.
 
“Aww… are you worried about your friend?” I heard over an intercom.
 
I looked up, not knowing who that was.
 
“That’s actually not necessary anymore, don’t worry about him!” It wasn’t Karver, it was someone else this time, but his voice… NO!
 
“Haha, HAHAHAHA! Do you remember me? Cause I remember you,” IT WAS MONTY!
 
My eyes widened.
 
“HAH! You should see your face, but you cant, anyways, no I’m not a ghost, just a little bit of magic that brought me back from hell, and I’ve got a bone to pick with you, speaking of bones!” Just then I hear a ripping sound.
 
“ARGHAHARHA!” I heard Bruce scream in agony, bone had sprouted out from the top parts of his arms and the top parts of his legs. Those scales had continued growing, and some red and purple ones appeared on his neck.
 
“Oh he didn’t tell you did he? Well his other part of our deal, was he will be the test subject for a new serum, and this one is a bit different, the instincts he was given were a lot stronger, and right now the pain he’s feeling is a lot more heightened then from your change, and not only that, his brain is slowly being over taken, and I’ve heard that makes pain even worse! Hehe, HAHAHAHA!”
 
I looked at my friend in front of me, blood forming around him from his change, I heard a tail sprout, his change seemed to be slower then mine.
 
“K…K… Kill me! KILL ME! PLEASARHGAHRHA, KILARAGHARH, MEARHGHGAHAHHHHHHH!” He screamed as his body went limp while standing up.
 
His eyes opened, and they weren’t the same ones as before, the whites of his eyes had turned pitch black, and his pupils were now yellow… this wasn’t him anymore.
 
His next action proved it wasn’t, I hadn’t noticed, but his hands had also changed to these hooks at the ends of his arms, he charged forward with them trying to slice me. I dodged, to my left, but then he just tackled into me, carrying me with him and slamming me into a wall. He then wrapped the hook around my neck and then threw me into the shelves behind him.
 
I was staggered but was able to get up. The thing that used to be Bruce was now laughing at me, snickering to himself.
 
Once I got up, I urgently grabbed his phone and slid it into the back room. I then turned to face my enemy.
 
He had a smile on his face, his teeth now sharp.
 
I winced, “I’m… I’m sorry old friend, I’ll put you to you rest!!!” I quickly pulled out my sword and charged forward, aiming to stab him. He lifted his arm and my sword made contact… it broke?!
 
I was then kicked away from him, the force just as strong as last time. I stopped myself this time though. I looked at the broken sword in my paw, and threw it away from me.
 
I gave a breath, “Alright, then I guess normal weapons wont work on you,” I then had white lightning crackle from my paws.
 
“I’LL END IT!!” I screamed.
 
He yelled and charged.
 
I wait a moment, he struck, but I appeared behind him easily, placing my paw and his back, and letting the energy flow. He got pushed forward a bit, and I followed up with another, but was hit by his tail on the way.
 
We both were launched, I hit a shelf and he hit a wall. His tail had hit me in my side, and when I felt there I noticed that there were some cuts in my jacket and skin… His scales!!
 
I got up and threw off my coat and sheathe.
 
If his scales were sharp, I would have to be careful, he’s a walking weapon. So I decided to make a weapon. I formed one of the staffs I could make. It formed from my purple, black energy. He got up as well, still smiling all the way. I noticed his face has started to change, his jaw getting covered in scales, and he was growing larger. He seemed to be in pain, but was still willing to fight.
 
I got my weapon ready. He began charging, and I held my staff by the end, and used a force palm to launch it into his knee. I heard a resounding crack come from it. I used my speed to run forward, and continued my attack by grabbing the staff and in a rhythm going back and forth to hit him. He got smart and grabbed it with his hook, and I was smarter, made a new one, and swung it up to hit his chin.
 
I followed up by focusing my energy on the staff to make it float, and spun it as fast as I could, then controlling it to hit him multiple times.
 
He then got mad and slammed the ground, causing a shock wave to send me flying back, and breaking the windows of the building in the process. When the dust cleared, the room was in shambles, nothing remained like it once was.
 
I got up from the dust and saw him waiting for me, seems this species is somewhat of a dueling type. He had grown a bit bigger now, and so did his claws.
 
He charged forward and I formed two bone rush staffs. I started to spin them and used them to hold him back as he was charging forward.
 
He kept up his rampage, and during it I charged up energy in my paw, placed it on his forehead, and it sent him flying into another wall.
 
He didn’t let up his charge, so I used the staffs, kept them spinning, and used my speed to keep on attacking him.
 
I jumped forward first, then quickly moved to his right, and hit him with both. He tried to use his tail to retaliate, but I didn’t let him, I once again dodged, and had both staffs keep hitting him. I backed off and had them float close to my paws while spinning. He had started to charge, but stopped because of a fin that grew out of his back, but he then quickly continued.
 
He tried to slash me, but I used one of the staffs to hold back his attack, it acting as a shield. Then I used the other one to hit him, it making contact multiple times thanks to the spin. He tried to sweep low but I jumped up and had both the staffs hit.
 
I then ran forward fast, and he tried to slash me with both arms. I used both staffs to block them, and backflip kicked him.
 
I tried to land, but felt a surge of pain, my foot was cut, those scales cut me again, this wasn’t good, and it didn’t seem like I was doing damage.
 
Alright, next s-
 
Then I got cut off my being hit with a fin across the left side my muzzle. The scales caused multiple cuts along it, I rolled along the ground and brought both staffs to guard me. I wiped the blood off my muzzle. He had grown fins on his arms now, and his feet had started to change to three-toed ones with talons.
 
“Alright, new plan, you giant dinosaur,” I said.
 
I had more of the lightning form in my paws. If the skin couldn’t be punctured or hurt, then I will points of weakness.
 
I sent both of the staffs forward to attack, he quickly blocked both, but in a flash, I dashed forward, placed my paw on his knee, and sent the shockwave. I heard a resounding crack of bone from the hit, while he staggered, I used a second one to launch him.
 
This was how I could win against him, I wasn’t going to lose here. Not now…
 
I went for the same strategy, this time sending the staffs above and below one another. He dodged one, and blocked the other with his claw. The claw he guarded with I went up to him, placed my paw on the joint he held up, and sent another shockwave, dislocating it.
 
He tried to slash with his other arm, but I backed away before he could. He seemed to be pissed now. But I wouldn’t let him kill me, not possible.
 
I then brought the staffs over and went for the same stick, but this time, I was gonna aim for his neck. I dashed forward along side the staffs. He blocked one with his arm, then with the other, he was open now. I dashed forward to place my paw on his neck. Before I made it though, I heard a very loud snap, and then.
 
With the sound of something being stabbed, and blood dripping. I looked down. I got stabbed by the arm that had been dislocated… He relocated it, just like that?
 
I felt a bit of blood run from my mouth, but then with a quick motion, he slashed his other claw up across my chest.
 
“CAR-ACK!!!” I coughed and screamed at the same time.
 
And then, suddenly the sandstorm pulled me higher, and slammed me into the roof. I then fell down, still in shock from the pain. Then what used to be Bruce spun around, and his tail hit me, with his scales cutting my back, and I was flung into a wall.
 
Before I could even touch the ground he charged forward and tackled into me, nearly breaking the wall behind me. Then he used one of his claws to hold me against the wall by my neck. I tried to use a shockwave to break his arm, but it failed.
 
He put more force on the claw, and I was losing air fast. I started to pass out, I looked up at him and saw him smirking, but his face slowly turned to, I don’t know, reflection?
 
He then swung me back around him to the ground. I was out of strength… there was no way I could…
 
I looked up and saw my shotgun, I slowly reached over and tried to pick it up. I hear him walking towards me, his footsteps booming. I was able to get the shotgun in my paw, and was able to pump it. However, before I could even turn around, I was kicked back, the shotgun landing close to me.
 
But then he place one claw on my neck, choking me once more. And this time there was no more reflection, he looked feral, and hungry. His change looked nearly complete, the only thing that remained was the top half of his head, everything else was this new creature.
 
I started struggling to get a hold of the shotgun.
 
Like a snake, he pulled his head back, ready to strike.
 
I got hold of my shotgun, had my nub on the trigger.
 
And in a split second, his jaw lunged forward, and suing my extreme speed. I lifted the shotgun, and shoved it into his mouth.
 
His eyes showed fear and shock, but I didn’t hesitate…
 
I pulled the trigger.
 
In a cloud of red mist, the top half of his head… He was no longer recognizable…
 
With the sounds of gurgling, blood splattering, and a body falling… It was over…
 
I had blood pour onto my fur from the body, and slowly pushed it off of me. I was hyperventilating, shock had taken over my body, but then pain made me remember my wound. With quick thinking, I used my energy to seal the wound, it was cold, ice cold, it felt like freezer burn, but the difference was it being on an open wound.
 
After that I started breathing even heavier, I was in so much pain, but I forced myself to move, even if I didn’t want to in the slightest. I picked up my shotgun, and the broken pieces of my sword, placed the in the sheath, and got on my coat. I then heard sirens coming, seems like someone called the cops.
 
Before I left however, I remembered Bruce’s phone. I ran into the back room, and found it to be still in tact. I took the phone and booked it, jumping up to the roof of a building to not be spotted by the cops. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, running across building to building, until I made it to the forest.
 
I ran, and ran, and ran, and I didn’t stop ‘til I got back to the cave.
 
Once I made it inside, I dropped everything on me, and just fell over.
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(Officer Veil POV, Present)
 
“That creature, was Bruce Welner, was it not?” I asked.
 
-Correct,- Xeta said to me.
 
“You were put into a position where neither could win, it seems we’re going up against something bigger than what we’re used to,” I said more to myself.
 
He nodded, he seemed to already be in a bad mood from talking about that, it must be traumatizing, even for this crea…. I don’t think it’s right to call him that anymore.
 
“I will leave you be for now, we’ll have more questioning in a bit, ok?” I asked.
 
He once again nodded.
 
I walked back into the main room, the door once more sealing behind me.
 
“What’s this group, and he said Monty right? I remember a Monty in our files,” My associate said.
 
“Monty Landers, from what we found out from his apartment, he’s a hitman, but I was sure he was killed and buried… He said he heard his voice,” I said in confusion.
 
“Do you think we might be getting somewhere?” My associate asked.
 
“Yeah… I believe we are, we’re getting closer to the truth… We’ll stop this, whatever it is!” I said whole heartedly.
 
Xeta… you have the answers we need, don’t let all this go to waste…
alright, the next chapter is here! I hope you all enjoy this page, and hopefully dont get mad about me pulling an attack on titan
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HazelGatoya's avatar
akdljjklafjkfdj;asdf Poor Bruce.

You'd better let his family go ya despair-mongers. Or else. :rage:

This Officer Veil seems competent at least, though.