The Moonlight Assassin

Following the Monster

Captain Lawrence Ortega has been driving his police car following the manananggal who was flying around the metro for the past hour. He was determined to deal with the monster and pay back the chaos it has caused. So, he has been following the creature who was now in pain and flying towards the direction of another part of the city.

Alexander could not handle the excruciating headache as he continues to battle with Miguel who is trying to take over his body again. It was visibly manifested as his skin shifts from pale blue to tan and back. Parts of his face were shifting from being hideous to being innocent-looking. He glided back towards the direction of Alice Del Fierro's office at the DF Towers.

Later on, Captain Lawrence headed to the street to where the manananggal was heading to. To his surprise, he saw the DF Towers complex. He knows that his sister Sylvia and his brother-in-law Salvador hold office in the tower. He now wonders if the male manananggal flying towards the tower was his brother-in-law.

As he stopped into the building, he reached out his phone and called Sylvia. 

"Is your husband doing another hunt again?", Lawrence told his sister.

"Are you dumb?!," Sylvia answered, "Definitely there is. See the full moon?"

Lawrence reported, "We saw this manananggal, male, who went towards Orange Field Towers. Surely it's one of his henchmen, right?"

"I don't know, you sure know we have dozens of henchmen who do their shifts, right? It's just business, moron. You know the traditions," Sylvia said.

 "Fine, I'll just tell my men it's just the usual manananggal sighting, and I sent him away, blah blah. Thanks, bye." Lawrence hung up the phone.

Sylvia wondered if anyone of her husband's men had a target in the condo.

Meanwhile, in Alice Del Fierro's office, Alexander returned to his lower half. He curled up in pain as he was eventually overcome by Miguel's soul. Soon enough, his wings disappeared, his skin turned tan, his hair shortened, his muscular build became lean, and his ugly face returned to his good-looking form. Afterwards, he passed out. Miguel is back.

After a while, Miguel woke up, shirtless again. As he looked around, he saw the broken glasses, spilt vodka, roses scattered on the floor, and finally Alice's lower half. Fearing for his life, he took his torn clothes and his messenger bag to hide his torso, and ran away towards his office downstairs.

Alice's lower half stood still. But, just as Miguel ran away, a tentacle slithered from its spinal column and saw everything.