The Metal Tail

Chapter 8

At about six in the morning, Vincent was in the houses gym when he got a phone call.

"Vincent here,"he said wiping his face with a towel.

"Hey, it's Samson. I have a mission for you."

He sighed"What is it."

"There's been a serial killer going around killing military leaders. I need you to kill them with extreme prejudice."

"Shouldn't the cops handle this?"

"No, The bodies are too destroyed to be a regular human."

"So you think it's Tom taking out the opposition."

"Precisely."

"What do the bodies look like?"

"They're almost completely shredded. They only have a small amount of flesh connecting to the skeleton. Sounds like anyone you know."

"Most likely Sarah."

"You know your mission."

"Wait!"

"What is it?"

"If it's her and it looks like I can save her, can I?"

"Fine, but if you can't detain her you will have to kill her."

"I know. Is anyone else joining me?"

"No."

"Ok."

"Now go."

Vincent hung up the phone and got into his battle gear and started to form a plan. Next week is ANZAC day, the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War, so there will be many military leaders there. It would be an opportunity the killer won't be able to resist, so if he plants cameras in every area around the ceremony he will spot the killer in the act.

The day came and nothing happened until Vincent noticed that all his cameras were breaking.

"What's happening? No one should know where I put them!"he said to himself.

He then noticed that they were going in a pattern. He went where they appeared to be going. He stopped and hid behind a bush.

Two minutes go past then he sees two figures wearing cloaks with hoods.

Crap, he gave her a bodyguard, he thought.

He felt a stabbing pain in his back followed by the warmth of blood running down his back.

"So there was three," Vincent said.

He ran away to see that they all had the same claws that Sarah had.

"So Tom has made the Doc do more experiments."

"Vincent, is that you?"One of the figures asked.

"So that's Sarah. I'll leave you alive,"Vincent said.

She retracted her claws and removed the hood from her head,"Why'd you leave? Tom had made us very strong. Also, he made more of us."She took off the cloak, she had pale skin, her fingernails were black and her hair had turned white.

"What has he done to you?"Vincent said.

"How's John? I'd love to see his blood running down my claws."

"He's ok. How's Rentaro?"

"It took a lot more to break him than me, so other than insanity he's fine."