| CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Jungkook sits high upon one of the tall buildings, staring down into back alleys; places where no one with an ounce of common sense would walk down past ten o' clock. Especially with all the recent killings happening. But Jungkook knows he has nothing to be scared about; he is the thing in the dark.
The beast is waiting for a self entitled, stuck up YouTuber that will walk these alleys tonight, scavenging for anything to provoke the beast, scrambling for reasons to make everyone believe that this mystical monster from South Korea, is indeed real and breathing.Jungkook knows that by the time the sun is setting, there will be a group of shitty twenty-something-year-olds, gathering around the blood stain, of where the gang member, once lay. The beast smiles at the memory, remembering the pungent smell of fear, radiating out of the man and his gang that night. Although he could admit, the meat could've been less sour. Jungkook clearly remembers tasting alcohol and old cigarette smoke.
As Jungkook becomes lost in thought, he is brought back, by the sound of a group of kids, walking up to alley, talking obnoxiously loud. Jungkook looks down, assessing the situation; there are about twenty or so kids. One of them is very clearly trying to impersonate the beast himself, wearing makeup, that has been expertly applied. Jungkook is almost impressed, if only they'd know, that they would have no use to try and trick their audience.
Jungkook listens into their conversation, hearing the two leaders, who are standing in front of the camera, introduce themselves and their friends, excluding their friend in beast role play, obviously. The monster smiles, continuing to listen to their conversation after they turn off the camera.
"Okay so, when the sun sets, we'll start walking around back there, pretending like we don't care, and then Trey, you'll start coming out and 'killing' everyone, after a while. And at the end, we reveal it's all okay," one of them plans. Making Jungkook crack a smile.
The monster can hear an uneasy sigh, coming from one of them, "I dunno guys, what if we actually run into the beast," the girl says weakly.
The first one laughs, "that beast's last kill wasn't even anywhere close to here. It was near that one university, it hasn't made an appearance in weeks. We'll be fine, this is just for some fun."
The unsure girl sighs again, "I still think this is dumb, why can't we just do another shopping haul?"
Another one of them speaks up, "we've done about ten of those, this is actually interesting. And if we do catch the beast on camera, that'll only make it better."
An evil, twisted, toothy smile makes it's way to Jungkook's face.
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Jungkook follows stealthy from the shadows, keeping a close eye on group stupidly walking around the alleys. The kids joke around, laughing and making fun of the uneasy girl, who is still voicing her dislike of being thrown into this video. The beast decides to wait, letting the kids have their fun, allowing them to reveal their cheap fake beast gag. Before giving them something real to film.
The kids make more jokes, before stopping dead in their tracks, bringing the whole group to a halt. Jungkook looks forward into the darkness, not needing their use of flashlights to see their friend, standing at the end of the alley; doing an appalling beast impression, if you Jungkook."O-oh my god," one of the kids gasp, now shining their flash light on their friend, who is hunched over, on all fours. Jungkook rolls his eyes, even the acted fear from movies, has a stronger scent than the weak performance that these armature YouTubers were giving.
"IT'S THE BEAST!" Another one of the little shits shriek, getting on Jungkook's nerves. He has the urge to just jump on the boy and rip his neck out, just to shut him up.
Jungkook feels his rational side, slowly slip away, as the true beast takes control. His eyes bleed in the black goo, filling his orbs until they are a perfect, pure black. His mouth tears open, as his hunting teeth come through. The sick cracking of his bones reforming, makes the YouTuber's attention suddenly turn away from their friend; who is still very poorly trying to pass of being a man eating beast. A flashlight shines to the spot on the wall, where the sound came from.
Nothing is there.
A loud thud, and another sickening crunch, brings their attention back to their role playing beast friend, shining all their lights on it now. Their friend is no longer standing in his place, he's laying flat on the floor, with another beast on top of him. They all soon realise what the horrid crunching noises are.
The sight of their friend's skull, being ripped open, with nothing but brute strength and strong claws, will forever scar the YouTubers.Jungkook fully cracks open the beast impersonator's head like a watermelon, letting the blood spill out over the front like a river. Long clawed hands reach down to the boy's arms, ripping the limb from it's torso. Jungkook's jaw unhinges, as he chomps down on the neck, blood spraying up like a broken sink.
The once uneasy girl now laughs hysterically, toppling over, "I knew you guys were gonna pull this gag, so I got one of my friends to also dress up as the beast and 'kill' your beast," she reveals, walking over to the beast. Who is still digging into the soft flesh, relishing in the tender flesh, breaking under his nails.She confidentially walks up to the beast, placing a hand on his shoulder. Jungkook shoots up, staring at the girl, who is still laughing at her friends. The rest of the kids all give a sighs of relief, placing hands on their chests while they catch their breath. "See, y'all are a bunch of pussies," she laughs, tipping her head back.
"Yo, Bethany, when am I coming out?" Another voice asks, emerging from the shadows, in full beast makeup. The kids all look at the boy, then slowly turn their eyes back to Jungkook, who has been standing perfectly still, his gaze never leaving the so called Bethany.
In a swift motion, the beast unhinges his jaw once more, latching it onto the girl's neck, snapping in his mouth. The deep clicking and growling starts to emit from the monster, as he slowly starts to look back over to the girl's friends, his deep eyes swallowing all the light; jaw firmly latched around her neck, before pulling the head clean off.
The kids stand in fear, frozen. It's like their legs have forgotten how to move, or their feet have been swallowed up by quick sand. Completely immobilised. Jungkook reaches a hand down, slamming it into the floor, as he takes a menacing step forward; dropping the head like a discarded dog toy. He continuous to make his rhythmic clicking noise, his throat clearing bobbing up and down.
The beast takes another step forward, his other hand joining on the floor. Sharp claws drag along the floor, as the monster walks closer, more like a dog, rather than any human. He is about to lurch forward, when a second clicking noise joins his own. Jungkook's head shoots up, sitting up high on one of the buildings, Project One. Her deep eyes make contact with Jungkook's as they stare at each other, not moving a muscle.
Jungkook looses interest in his prey, as he walks over to one of the buildings, hoisting himself halfway up the mostly smooth brick wall. The girl rasps loudly, "you will kill them all."Jungkook's eyes cry blood.
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28.04.2019
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