Primal Instinct

Chapter 3: Things fall Apart

"Wait a minute you haven't even told us your name yet, and this Anima thing you keep talking about? What the heck is it anyway since it?" Blake asked the mysterious woman, he had managed to prop himself up on some fallen rubble to get a better look at her. The woman chuckled and flicked back her hair, "My name doesn't concern you at the moment, however I guess you deserve an explanation on what Anima is." The woman said as she pulled up a slightly broken chair and sat down on it. "Anima is a special kind of virus that can awaken ones true primal beast. If it finds it's host worthy it awakens it and allows him or her to control it. However if the Anima virus decides that its host isn't worthy, it would take over their body completely and turn them into a horrid, brainless beast that only reacts on its instincts." She explained to Blake. Jayden then gulped and finally decided to speak up, "So that huge humanoid looking python, w-was actually human before. Though I thought you said that if the Amina virus decides that you are worthy that you could control it." Jayden told her. Once again the mysterious woman chuckled again. "I never said that all the people that were given the anima were good people. That python used to be a man who was a big cereal killer. Thats not all, Anima doesnt last forever so a human can't maintain their animal form for long periods of time. If a user of the virus uses its power for to much at a time, the user looses of their mind and begins to act like the animal the human became." She told Jayden. "Wait a minute," Rachael spoke now, "Blake just turned into that werewolf thing and somehow managed to kill that python thing too. Does that mean he's been infected with this Anima virus you've been talking about?" She asked the mysterious woman. For a moment, the woman didn't say anything but she looked down at Blake. She then gave him a mischievous and stood up, "Yes he has, but the Anima virus inside of him is different from the others" She told the group, she then turned on her heel and began walking out of the room. "H-Hey wait!" Blake said stumbling a bit as he tried to get up, Jayden came over and helped him stand up. "What are you hiding, what do you mean that I have a different Anima virus?!" Blake demanded an answer. The woman stopped before exiting the room and rested her hand on the broken door frame. She turned her head slightly and looked over at Blake with a smirk, "That's for me to know and you to find out, Blake. Now I must be going, ta ta for now." She waved and then left room. "Wait!" Blake yelled as he tried to chase after her but stumbled forward. Thankfully Jayden still held him up so he didn't fall over. "Blake don't, your wore out after that fight with the python." He told him. "Yeah come on Blake, let's just get out of here. I think we've been in this place just long enough." Rachael added in. Blake scowled but agreed, his body felt tired and sore after that transformation and the fight.

The next day, Blake, Rachael, and Jayden tried to stayed quiet about last night's adventure and try to go on as if nothing had happened. Though that didn't last long, just as school got out they all met up with each other right as the bell rang to signal the end of the day. "I just can't get it out of my head, I have a freaking virus in my that turned me into a-!" but Blake was interrupted when Rachael clamped her hand over his mouth. "Are you trying to get us spotted and found out by everybody!" Rachael whispered angrily at him before removing her hand. Blake scowled at her but then sighed since she was right. "Alright I got it already, but seriously you guys have no idea how scared I was. I thought I'd transform out of no where and maul someone on accident." Blake said, still a little frightened by the power he got just yesterday. Jayden placed a hand on Blake's shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile "Hey at least you didn't, that means what that woman said is true. You have control over the anima virus inside of you. Though that brings another question to mind, just who was that mysterious woman and how did she know about the Anima virus?" Jayden asked the group as they turned down the street where Blake lives "Who knows, I'm just glad she gave me something to transform back to human." Blake said as they got to his house. "You guys want to come in for a bit, my mom said that she was making some Italian dunkers for dinner." Blake told them. Both Rachael and Jayden agreed to stay for dinner. "Mom I'm home!" Blake called out but he didn't get an answer back which was strange. Blakes mom always said welcome home when he came back from anything. "Mom where are ya, mom, mo-" Blake was cut off as he dropped his backpack hard on the floor. Rachael and Jayden walked in after him wondering what the loud noise was. "Blake what's wrong, what was that loud thud?" Rachael asked before she gasped at what Blake was looking at. There in the kitchen was a huge hole in the wall. Something had came in from outside and smashed it open along with wreck everything else in the kitchen. Blake looked around shocked at this horrific scene but noticed a scrap of paper on the broken counter. He picked it up and Jayden and Rachael should on each of him. "What's it say?" Jayden asked. Blake flipped the scrap paper and read it out loud. "Dear Mr. Blake, I know you have been infected with the Anima virus. Do you wish to seek out where your mother has been taken. Then I suggested you head over to the forest and the old sewer plant. If you don't know where that is....well just followed the wrecked trees. Signed Mr. T" Blake said. They all then looked up from the where the giant hole was and as the note said there were fallen trees leading into the forest. Rachael looked at Blake a bit worried "What do you want to do Blake." She asked him a bit worried. Blake's eyes seemed to change a bit as it was getting pretty obvious that he was angry about his mother being taken. "We're going to get my mother back" Blake told them.

To be continued in Chapter 4 Chase