The Purpose (Closed project)

Chapter 5: Now what?!

    He saw Aevos dropping after being shot. Than he lost control. Screaming and crying for help where tearing the air even more after the shot, and the bald strangers where chasing everyone around, not allowing anybody to escape. Tony threw the shorter bald man out of balance and then dropped him with a strong punch into the chest. Bex, on the other side, was racing towards T and Jane trying to help them. Micheal managed to overthrow one of them and push him down the cliff, and nearby, Dan and Dominic where subdued by two other bald strangers. Eugene was standing by, frozen from fear, watching Aevos's lifeless body. He couldn't understand who these guys were and why were they after Aevos, and especially why is everybody almost identical. Bex was near the stranger herrasing Jane and T. He picked up an improvised wooden picket and ran towards the stranger who didn't expect him as Bex was approaching from the back. He pierced him in the lower part of his back. The bald stranger dropped Jane and T who immediately ran to Eugene while the stranger was roaring like a bloodthirsty animal. A terrifying sound, more dominant than that of a lion, more ferocious than that of a hungry dinosaur. Unbearable, tearing through everyone's ears. The scream was fading while Bex was looking at the weird bluish hot liquide spreading on his hand instead of red warm blood. He dropped the picket and stepped back. It was bizarre, even to his eyes. The bald guy grabbed the picket and pulled it out and moaned. He took off his jacket and suit and showed everybody the blue liquid pouring out of his wound. His body stared changing. He started morphing. This guy was nothing like a human. He started stretching, growing taller. His skin was losing colour, turning grey. He turned around to face his attacker. Bex froze instantaneously. His eyes produced a weak light, the whole eyeball turned blue. His head was extending . The face grow taller with just about the same width. On the back of his head a bone crest was growing out. His neck thinned out and seemed as it dropped lower between his shoulders which grew stronger and continued into a thinner but muscular part of the arm. After the elbow, his arm was disproportionately wide, robust and strong comparing it to the upper part of his arms. His hands were simple, fingers longer and thin, with sharp but short claws. His chin started splitting in the middle, each half opening up sideways, showing off numerous shiny sharp teeth. His chest widened, the last pair of ribs visible through the skin, but his stomach tightened and seemed fragile, but the muscles prooved otherwise. His pants started tearing apart as his legs where growing. His pelvis widened into the just about the same width as his shoulders, but his legs were massive, strong and muscular. The legs looked like that of an animal. A double knee leg. His front knee facing forward, and then another part of his leg grew backwards back up and then another part all the way down ending with a four fingered animal foot, with one of those fingers on the back side of the foot. Another bizarred thing grew from his back. From his shoulder blades, or at least where they are supposed to be, tails where growing, almost all the way to the ground, with sharp needles forming a ring on the end of each one of them. His limbs covered in diamond shaped scales, with a sea blue glow to his grey skin. In short, it was a two and a half meter tall, grey skinned creature which seemed dominant, impressive, but completely terrifying. Bex, crazy as he was, didn't try to run. He was curious, more then afraid. The creature closed his jaw, and looked at him, giving the creature an intelligent look. The only thing Bex was able to say was: 

-You ain't human, are you?- 

The bald stranger, actually, the creature leaned towards him with his hands on his upper knees lowering himself to an eye to eye level. 

-You're right.- the creature spoke with a deep scratching, but still, melodical voice. -And now, you're screwed. Look around.- 

Bex was first completely surprised that the creature spoke their language fluently, and then turned around and notice something quite disturbing. All of the bald strangers where now just as him. A creature, with slight variations in size. The people, scattered and fled around. The only ones who remained were Bex, Jane and T with Eugene by Aevos's body, Tony and Michael a bit further. They all froze, observing these strange creatures, not believeng what they are wittnessing.

-Call an ambulance!- Jane was screaming, worried for her friend. The creatures now stood calm, not chasing the ones fleeing, neither attacking the ones remaining. One of them approached Aevos's lifeless body, T and Eugene stepped back pulling Jane along. She held onto his hand firmly. But Eugene made her drop it. The creature grabbed Aevos and put him over his shoulder. 

-No need for an ambulance, young one.- the creature spoke to Jane, as if he was trying to calm her. -He is coming with us.- 

The creature took something from his jacket that was on the floor and stabbed his neck and injected something into him. 

-What are you doing to him?!- Eugene yelled. 

The creature didn't answer. Instead, he made his way back to the beach. Eugene, Tony and the rest made a run for it. After a few seconds, Jane and Bex turned around and looked towards the beach and noticed the object was gone. There was just a bright star the speeded it's way into the dark skies. Jane looked at Bex with concern. 

-It's aliens alright.- 

-No shit. But what do they want from Aevos?- 

-Beats me. Too bad, we'll probably never find out.- Bex didn't seem to be concerned at all.