Universal Heroes- Book 3

3~2

Elijah

We ran into Quantum Square to see Star and Braden fighting multiple hybrids of different kinds. I caught on faster than usual to this and realised that's what the animals were for. Sub was already taking on 5 hybrids at once, most likely because he wanted to show off for a group of girls watching us. Star ran up to us to give us an update.

"So yeah uh..we kinda sorta let out a bunch of Sunny's hybrids.." Star said, pushing her fingers together. "But after that we found more dirt on Sunny. Every hybrid has that tattoo meaning she's formed some sort of cult. Oh and have y'all got in contact with either Denis or Alex? I'm going to the prison now but I didn't wanna leave Braden alone."

Ethan and I looked at Sub and Braden, practically tearing apart the hybrids.

"Y'know I think he'll be fine now with Sub's help." I said.

"We're probably gonna need an ambulance for the hybrids." Ethan added, laughing.

"Let's hit it then." Star said, shrugging.

We walked into the police station, finding like 4 lines of 25 prisoners, all handcuffed and being inspected by police. Something woulda had to gone down, and I fucking missed it.

We went to the back where we saw neatly stacked papers in one corner. Next to it, a splatter of semi-dried blood. Star knelt down and examined it, rubbing the blood over her fingertips and smelling it.

"Def Denis'. I'm boutta beat a bitch." she said while standing up again.

We went further back into the prison to see if we missed anything. There were 2 pairs of handcuffs sitting on the ground by the last 2 cells. Alex definitely woulda been here, but why would he just leave his friend like that? It didn't add up. To add to the observations, the was a huge ass hole in the ceiling, meaning the guy prolly made it to the second floor and escaped. But that leaves Denis then..

Ethan looked up at the hole with a face of curiosity. I knew that look from anywhere - he was definitely onto something.

"I wouldn't go up the way this hybrid did, but I think we could catch him." Ethan said.

"To the second floor!" I shouted.

We followed Ethan upstairs, directly to one of the computers. He immediately set about searching for information while Star watched him. Me on the other hand, I can't sit still to save my life. So I just spent some time walking around and exploring the rest of the floor until I tripped over something. On looking back, I saw a leg resting lifelessly on the ground; the rest of the body was hidden under a number of boxes. It could only be Denis' because of the clothes he was wearing.

I removed the boxes and slowly put my hand over my mouth when I saw him. He was beaten up badly, with his hands tied up and his mouth taped shut. I was about to say something when someone grabbed my face from behind and whispered "sssh" into my ear. No matter how much fire I put on this guy he would not let go of me, actually I swore his grip got stronger. I began to get so worn out and the lack of oxygen was adding more than I can handle.