The Moonlight Assassin

The Evil Emerges

As soon as Miguel isolated himself at a dark corner of the hotel's parking area, he struggled to resist the painful sensations in his body. He started to see visions of a dark ceremony,  where he saw a baby being offered to the demons. As he struggled further, he witnessed his eyesight turning into bright red, much to his terror.

The light of the full moon lingered and penetrated the dark place, to which Miguel finally succumbed to the pain. And he began to scream.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

At that moment, Miguel's eyes were glowing red. His body began to twitch, twist and turn. His hands turned into sharp claws. His kempt hair grew long. His upper body grew big and muscular, ripping his shirt off. His skin became pale and scaly, with veins scattered everywhere. Bat-like wings sprouted from his back. As he flew upward, his waist began to split apart, oozing with guts and blood. His face, once handsome and innocent, became evil and terrifying as his mouth grew sharp teeth. 

Miguel became a manananggal. 

As Miguel's conscience faded away, a personality emerged from his body, with a similar voice yet evil and sinister. He hungered for flesh and blood. He had superhuman strength that he was able to move a car away from where he is. As he flew away, he left his lower half at that dark corner.

"I need fresh meat from an innocent human!", the creature thought.

At the parking area, a security guard was roaming around when he suddently smelled of stinking flesh. He thought it was just uncollected garbage from the hotel. Suddenly, as he went to the dark corner, he saw someone's legs wearing blue jeans with its upper half cut off. In shock, the guard fainted.

As the guard woke up, he suddenly saw a menacing man, shirtless, with bat-like wings, and an ugly face staring straight toward him. The creature was about to bite the guard's neck when he took out his gun and shot the creature's chest. To the guard's surprise, the male creature didn't have legs - he immediately thought that he downed a manananggal. Fearing for his life, he ran away. 

The manananggal's gunshot wound suddenly healed itself, and he was able to recover. However, he realized that the sky gradually lightened to a gradient blue, which meant sunrise is coming. As light emerges, he felt burning in his body, which made him quickly reach out for his lower half. He dropped his upper body towards his lower half. 

Immediately, the creature's waist began to fuse together. His eyesight went clear. His claws turned into hands. His long hair shortened. His upper body returned to a normal healthy state. His skin became tan and glowing again. The bat-like wings were gone. His face, once evil and terrifying, became handsome and innocent once again.

Miguel Mangubat was back.