Hunting the Rabids

Chapter One 

Killing a Beast

Our first encounter with this breed killed nearly half our people, our agency has given the name as Rabids, first contact was recorded in 1883.

 “Rabids are people who have linked with their spirit animal and shape shift into their other side, their more primal instinct side, some of these people have been overwhelmed with the strength of their animal side and are unable to control their urges to kill, shift, and become rabid by their spirit animal. Others who gain unity with both of their instinctive sides become equally balanced leaving the person in control. But the agency has taken god to account for all the mistakes these Rabids have cost the world and have sworn an oath to do his bidding, many of the agency men have had this hunting job in their blood for centuries from passed relatives, many also take gods bidding as an only option to destroy these people who will in the end become rabid if they are not given the chance to gain equilibrium. The Rabids are not a different breed of human but a special person who has been given the gift of seeing the world through the eyes of the predator, the survivor, and the peace maker. Humans were once all able to do this until the independent man destroyed the lands and took the lives of the creatures who first owned the land, animals, with the selfishness of man overwhelming many of the populations of different species, many fell to extinction, leaving only the true believers and feelers of nature to be left with the gift of unity with the land. Primal predators are the animals the Rabids take shape to but not two of the same animal can exist. Each time a rabid passes, its spirit animal finds another believer to take its shape. Domestic animals are not the primal predators but descendants of Wild dogs, bears, big cats and more which are all the original creation for these descendants that have been made for mankind's liking, leaving only the originals to keep their true form. The Rabids bring peace to the land and the creatures upon it by seeing the way nature intended all to see. Few of these Rabids have formed packs within the same species but due to the lowering numbers of the Rabids, these packs have become unheard of. The extinction of the many animals because of man leaves many species gone, but that does not mean their spirits have left. Few cases have been recorded about Rabids gaining control of their animal side, though in the end because of how primal these predators were when alive they have a deeper more animal side that soon takes over the believer’s body. Some spirits when extinct don't choose to be a primal spirit to a believer, they in return connect with another spirit and give the new rabid a double feature of an animal side. Unfortunately due to the compulsive forces between the two spirits wanting in the end to gain full control of the believer and being the sole controller for the rabid side, they begin to kill the rabid from the inside out and destroying both spirits. Only 3 cases have been recorded, all which have died, except one who partially gained control only to discover his shifting abilities were no longer under his control, leading to the assassination of the young child. Once a rabid has been introduced to the animal side under the influence of the first full moon, it is up to them whether they will gain control of this side or it will control them. Few Rabids have been recorded, from 1900's to present day mass kidnappings have taken place all recorded as Rabids and all recorded as never seen again. The agencies whereabouts with their facilities are unknown, their actions with these kidnappings are unknown, and the deaths occurring with the agencies are still unknown. The only thing the Rabids know about these hunters is there is no mercy to even a Rabid that is in control of the demon, to be found is the equivalent to never seeing the light of day. Hide stay hidden gain control, and run. They will find you, they will test you, and they will ultimately choose your fate...”

The Teachings of the Findings of Rabids read the title of the book that closed violently after being read thoroughly by an older gentleman. The book was flung by the Agency leader at a shackled up college student who rabidly was shifting back in forth uncontrollably. The boy was screaming in pain trying to think of a way out of his chains, and this fate he did not choose for himself.

“Did you really think writing and educating to the people of your city and the world would save your kind boy? That it would shed some light on the dark secrets of the paranormal? Let me educate you with a little bit of my own version.” The man said as electricity ran through the boy kneeling below him. His body exercising all muscles of his shifting abilities making the shift against his will more painful than that of his encounter of his first full moon. A man by the name of Druid was the older gentleman, who was one out of several leaders of his agency, that was in control of the killing of this boy and began to lecture the child, "For you are a deceiver of god and only shall he give another shape to himself, for he is mighty and true, you are a monster, a dog gone rabid, and no monster should be left alive..." threatened their leader for this termination. His determination and voice showed the young boy that he is a strong merciless man who will get his hands dirty for the protection of his people. "Our agency has been hunting your pitiful weak kind since the birth of our founding fathers, your blood will be shed for the crimes against god. No human should have the ability to change forms. You are an abomination! A mistake and we will take no mercy no matter how innocent your poisoned soul is."

A younger man appeared with a wrapped up object offering it to Druid. The object is revealed as a sword one of ancient prophecy to the group. "Your punishment is one of many of your fallen brothers and sisters who lied right where you’re sitting bleeding out, staining our holy floors. You bleed like us but somehow you are not. Your time is up pray to your demon god for the last time before you meet your maker. Any final words?” Druid did not care for words spoken from the animal gone mad, for his words even true were less meaningless than a mindless weed in a garden only needing to be plucked to give off the beauty of the garden which must be unchanged, even the smallest problem must be removed no matter how harmless.

The boy struggled to make words and hold back his tears from pain, his eyes glowed back in forth from his human eyes, to his spirit eyes, a silvery blue back to a deep blue. The boy muffled his yelps "My name is Bryce, nothing more or less, I am not the monster you say I am. You have no understanding of what I am or who I am. You speak of holiness when the blood you have shed shows right through your lies. I know who you are, a mindless man too scared to except the beasts of even your founding fathers. ALL OF YOU ARE THE MONSTERS, I HAVE MY HUMANITY WHERE IS YOURS! All you are lecturing about is how all of humanity is under the closed minded people of this selfish god forbidding world, under the code of destroying what we don’t understand, what we are afraid to understand, and all this world has come to is killing our brothers and sisters with the slightest difference. How can you call yourself a...” Bryce was cut off by the swords cold sharp blade colliding with his bones and piercing through his heart.

The older man held the boy, who began coughing up blood trying to take breaths, holding back his gasps for air, and whispered to young Bryce "We destroy all that has walked in the shadow of a demon".