[centre][h2]Monsters[/h2][/centre]

When the blood pierced his muzzle, Jake tried to yelp in pain but no sound came out. He hated this man. He wanted him dead. He wanted to kill him. Sebastian tossed the dog aside and Jake hit the ground hard but ignored the pain, trying frantically to get the blasted blood muzzle off of his face. He heard the maniac talk with Aya but he didn't pay attention to what was being said. He was too angry to listen. He continued to paw at the blood over his mouth as more blood tendrils approached him. When he noticed them he jumped into an attack posture, even though there was little he could do to them without his mouth beside growl.

But then there was nothing to be done. He heard a dull thud from nearby and then the blood dropped to the ground. Finally free of the horrific restraint, Jake turned to see both Aya and Sebastian drop too. He had seen Aya use her power enough now to know what was going on. She had taken Sebastian to the astral plane. He couldn't decide if that was clever or stupid.

Mouth finally healing, he made his way quickly to Aya's side and sniffed at her to see if there was any sign of her waking. She didn't move though and Jake shifted his attention back to Sebastian, growling through his teeth at him. He too was unconscious. This was Jake's chance. He was going to kill the creep. It was nothing less than he deserved. Nothing less than he had given to everyone else here. He stepped over to the seemingly lifeless Sebastian and stomped his forepaws down on the killers chest. There was enough force behind the blow to leave a bruise and maybe even deeper damage. But that wouldn't matter. He was going to be dead in a second anyway.

With another deep growl, Jake looked down at Sebastian, ready to tear into his throat and and his miserable life...But then something caught his eye.

Jake looked up to see a young girl standing about 50 feet away. She couldn't have been more than five or six years old and clearly a meta if the scales on her forehead and neck were any indication. Jake had met this girl before, although he failed to remember her name. She had been laughing. Smiling...And now she stood, surrounded by death. The expression on the girls face was one of pure horror. Eyes wide and jaw slack. Tears rolled down her face though she had been stunned into silence by the events that had just transpired. Jake couldn't blame her. Sebastian had...Wait...She wasn't looking at Sebastian. She was looking Jake dead in the eye.

Jake suddenly realised what he must have looked like to this girl. A snarling, rage filled beast covered in blood and burns, about to kill a defenceless man...A monster.

Was that what he was? Was that what this girl saw him as? He didn't want that. He didn't want this girl to be afraid of him. There were plenty of real monsters around here for her to be afraid of. He didn't want to be one of them. His head was swimming now and his heart pounding.

He didn't want to be a monster.

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