Unleashed (Part 5 - Goods Station)

After the first successful attack on the creature, Thomas, Rolan, and the three militants were happy for a moment that the creature was dead, but it rose like a phoenix. Everyone was prepared to begin the second round with their weapons.

"Aim for its eyes," Rolan said with his daggers ready to indulge.

As soon as they received the order, everyone started shooting at its eyes, and the creature was trying to block all the attacks with one hand. In the meantime, Thomas threw a grenade which blew off its two frontal arms. This gave them an opening to its eyes, and everyone started shooting. Getting the opportunity, Rolan charged toward the creature with daggers in both the hands and a grenade belt hanging on his waist. He jumped on the creature's back and penetrated his dagger in its neck to create an opening. As soon as he tore off the area at the back of its neck, he quickly dropped a grenade in the opening and jumped away from the creature's back. After few seconds, the grenade planted inside the creature's back exploded, and its head was shredded into pieces along with half of its torso. The remaining half of the torso fell on the floor. Watching that, one of the militants jumped with happiness and shouted "Yes."

Rolan walked toward his team like a badass and saw their smiling faces. "Nicely done Rolan," Thomas praised.

"Hope it is dead this time," Rolan said while putting back his daggers.

Everyone was happy that the creature was dead this time, but that happiness was only for a short moment. The pieces of the creature's body started sublimating into black particles, and those particles started accumulating at the remaining part of the torso, and with that, the creature was again fully healed within a few seconds. It was again standing in front of them, staring them with its glowing red eyes. And before it could charge, the three militants again started shooting at it. But, only after two-three shots, they were out of bullets and there was no more bullet to reload. As soon as the firing stopped, the creature charged at the three soldiers and attacked one of the soldiers with its claw-like hands. The soldier was cut into two pieces from the middle, and his upper body fell near Thomas and Rolan.

Thomas and Rolan's eyes were widened after witnessing the creature's wrath. "Thomas, you should go. I don't think we can kill this monster, but if it kills you, then all of our dreams will remain a dream," Rolan said.

Thomas looked toward Rolan and nodded. "I will be waiting for you at Dublith, don't be late… old friend," Thomas hugged Rolan and said, "Good luck."

Thomas then rushed toward the place where he left Oliver with Geeta, and Rolan picked up another big iron pipe from the scraps lying there and charged toward the creature. When Thomas reached the place where he left Oliver, he couldn't find Oliver there. So he started shouting Oliver's name, and he saw Geeta coming out of the meeting room along with Oliver. When she saw Thomas sweating and panting, she asked, "Are you alright Sir?"

"Yes," Thomas replied.

"What is happening out there?" Geeta questioned.

"Is my dad doing all this?" Oliver interrupted.

Thomas ignored all the questions and advised, "Let's get out of here through the back door."

"I am sure my dad's men must have surrounded this place, and they will catch you once you get out," Oliver said.

Thomas came close to Oliver and said with an annoyed voice, "Sorry to disappoint you, but that is not your dad out there. There is something out there which no one would ever want to encounter. I don't know what it is or where did it come from, but if we don't hurry then things might not end well. Now, junior Mustang, if you want to stay alive then cooperate and come with us."

While Thomas was busy in scaring a child, Geeta was trying to open the back door just a few feet away. Unfortunately, Geeta was unable to open it for some reasons. So, Thomas looked at her curiously and asked, "What happened?"

Geeta looked back and replied, "It's not opening."

Thomas then tried to open the door, but still, the door was not opening. "Looks like the door is jammed," He grunted while opening the door.

In the meantime, they heard the creature's loud roar. "What was that?" Geeta asked with a scared face.

"That's the thing we are running from," Thomas replied while still struggling to open the door. And realizing the grave situation, Oliver decided to help. "I can open the door with alchemy," He said.

Oliver walked close to the door, and Thomas moved aside. Oliver then pulled out chalk from his pant pocket, which he picked up from the meeting room, and started drawing a transmutation circle on the door. And when he was about to perform alchemy, he heard some fast footsteps approaching them. Thomas picked up an iron rod lying on the floor, and Geeta pointed her rifle toward the direction from where the creature was coming. Soon the creature took the last turn and stood a few meters away from the group. Geeta and Oliver were terrified when they saw the creature for the first time. Geeta had fought many battles, she had fought against skilled soldiers, she had fought against state alchemists, she had even fought against chimeras, but this time it was different. The creature was nothing like she had encountered before, however, she maintained her composure whenever she faced a new threat. She started firing at the creature but, this time the bullets were not even bothering the creature, it was charging toward them without even protecting itself from the bullets.

Suddenly, Thomas and Geeta heard the jammed door breaking, and with that assurance, Thomas turned around, picked up Oliver and got out of the door. Geeta was following behind them, but just when she got out of the door, the creature entered one of his hands through the door and caught Geeta's leg. Thomas looked behind and saw Geeta being pulled in by the creature, but he knew that he could not do anything to save her and kept on running. The creature was unable to get through the door, so it peeked through the door and saw Thomas and Oliver getting inside a black dented car. It got angrier and started smashing the walls. It took some time, but finally, the creature was able to smash through the walls. And as soon as it got out of the warehouse by breaking through the walls, it started running toward the direction where Thomas and Oliver were going, even though they were long gone.

Thomas was driving beside the railway tracks near the goods station, unknown from the fact that the creature was still following them. While traveling, they saw a goods train was being loaded with some goods to be transported. Thomas quickly stopped the car, and both of them got out of it. While getting out, one of the shirt buttons broke from Oliver's shirt and dropped in the car.

Thomas left the car unlocked with the key still intact, and he ran toward the train along with Oliver. They searched for an empty carriage and got inside it. After some time, they heard footsteps, and they understood that the creature was near, but the train didn't seem to leave the station any time sooner. "What! Why is this thing following us?" Thomas shouted.

Thomas and Oliver got out of the carriage and started moving toward the engine. While they were running toward the engine, the creature saw them from a distance and charged toward them. Thomas stopped to face the creature and said, "Run kid, tell the driver to start the engine, and board the train as soon as the engine starts."

Oliver looked at Thomas, but he was facing his back to Oliver. Thomas stood between him and the creature. And Oliver couldn't believe that the person responsible to kidnap him was risking his life to save him. He adhered to Thomas' advice and ran toward the engine. Thomas on the other hand, pulled out his dagger and stood between the creature and Oliver. He was watching the creature charging toward him and he was holding a small dagger in front of it. "I never thought that my end would come like this," He grinned.

When the creature was very close to Thomas, Thomas charged toward it, holding his dagger. However, the creature didn't stop. It raised one of his hands and slapped away Thomas with the back of its palm while running. Thomas flew away some distance and his head hit a cemented pole, because of which his head started bleeding and he passed out. The creature then started chasing Oliver who was running toward the engine. Oliver was very much afraid, so he didn't look back and kept running with all his might. And then suddenly, a grenade fell in front of the creature, and when the creature was moving just over the grenade, it exploded and destroyed the creature's four frontal limbs. The grenade was thrown by Geeta who was standing on the roof of the train holding a bag.

The explosion created a disturbance in the station and some people came to find out the reason. Even the driver who was sitting in the engine room looked at the back of the train and saw Oliver was running toward him, and behind Oliver, he saw the red glowing eyes and the healing limbs of the creature. When Oliver saw the driver he shouted, "Start the train". Meanwhile, Rolan rushed toward Thomas and picked him up, and ran toward Oliver. While the creature was healing itself, Geeta threw one more grenade below it which exploded and stopped the creature from healing up its limbs by blowing up the half-healed limbs. Watching the explosions and the creature, people at the station panicked and the driver quickly started the engine. Hearing the engine's sound, Rolan shouted, "BOARD THE TRAIN OLIVER."

Oliver who was running in front of Rolan quickly got inside a carriage which was loaded with some goods. He then looked at Rolan and smiled because Rolan was alive. Rolan then also got near the carriage and put Thomas inside that and said, "Take care of him."

Rolan pulled out his dagger and stood at that position, looking toward the creature healing itself. Soon, Geeta got off from the train roof and threw away some cotton and bandages inside the carriage where Oliver and Thomas were. And in a few moments, the train started moving slowly. While Oliver and Thomas were separating away from Geeta and Rolan, Geeta looked at Oliver and said, "Oliver, put some cotton and bandages on Thomas' head to stop the bleeding."

"BUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT," Oliver sobbed.

The train had now picked up speed, and to stop the creature to go behind the train, Geeta and Rolan charged toward the creature. Geeta had only one grenade left, and she was holding it. On the other hand, she was holding a dagger. She first threw the grenade below the creature's half healed limbs, destroying them once more. There fight with the creature gave the train enough time to leave the station at high speed. When the creature was fully healed up, it fought with Rolan and Geeta for a moment and then chased the train. Even though its speed was not on par with the train, it still chased the train.