CHPT 34: Hatred is born

Jack dropped Samuel to the floor and dashed over to Tai who was frozen with fear. He wrapped his monstrous hand around Tai's wrist and lifted his arm to his jaws.

CRSHHHH!!

"AHHHHHRGH!" Tai yelled in pain as Jack sunk his predatory sharp teeth into his lower exposed arm, when he removed his jaws from Tai's arm, a savage wound began to leak blood as it mixed with the rain soaked grass beneath him.

While all this happened, Claude lay on the floor seeing stars as he gasped for air. His system was notifying him that he lost 20% of his health and now sat at [200/250] HP. "Why?... I know he could kill us all with ease, so what's their goal if it's not to kill us?" He thought as he sat up and saw Ursula laying face down in the grass, unconscious.

He went over to her and rolled her over making sure she was at least alive. After he was done assessing her, he looked at the rest of the students. Samuel stood sluggishly in a daze as blood flowed freely from his collar bone area, and Tai was on one knee holding his left arm as blood ran the length of it.

Jack and the beast stood farthest from Claude as they dug into something— hidden by the tall grass, like animals. Claude began to piece the traumatizing sight together as the students tried their best to completely ignore what was happening.

"D-dad?" Claude whispered in shock as he watched his assumed father rip into a brown haired kid. His snout was deep in the students stomach and his head lay limp in the grass, a look of pure terror stayed on his face even in death.

The beasts ears twitched as it heard Claude speak. It's monstrous head flew up, soaked in red and bits of human insides, but it's eyes held humanity as it let out a pained whine.

***

Samuels arm was on fire, he could feel the wild heat spreading throughout the rest of his body making him dizzy and agitated. "Why would these mangy bastards bite me? Do they know who I am?" He thought, although deep down part of him wondered more about why they weren't killing them instead.

He had random moments in his flaming pained daze where everything got insanely loud and the smell of death masked his nostrils like he was face to face with a zombie. He thought he was going crazy and hallucinating....until he heard Claude speak.

His head snapped in Claudes direction as he heard him say something peculiar. "Dad?.....You filthy freak, I knew that abomination was somehow connected to you."

Samuel turned his head back slowly and acted as if he never heard a thing other than the beast behind him ripping into the student it killed.

***

SHRIP!

Jack walked over to the long dead student the beast was eating and crudely ripped an arm off. As he held it in his large clawed hand he brought it to his jaws and began eating and tearing pieces off like it was a long chicken wing. After a few bites he faced the students and began speaking in a voice that sounded closer to his old voice.

"Alright everyone, here's the deal..... I no longer feel like eating you all, so you can leave. But there's a catch, you've only got one minute, kiddos...huhuhHUHUHHH!!!"

Everyone began to head back the way they came with urgency, going as fast as their limbs could possibly take them. Samuel pushed and shoved students so him and Tai could make it closer to the front, Warren ran blindly as his fear gave him an impressive burst of speed and Conroy ran in the middle of the line of the students sparing a look back every now and then.

Claude held Ursula up as he ran with her arm around him for support. He saw her turn her head to the side and spit out blood a couple times leading him to believe Jacks punch to her gut damaged something internally.

"Come on we're going to make it...keep pushing." He said as they ran through the rain soaked grass clearing at the back of the group. His legs stung from supporting Ursula while they ran, and his mind was deeply conflicted.

"Father, if that's you...I swear I'll come back for you, I'll find a way but I have to save her first. It's what you'd want." He promised as his eyes began to well up with tears.

"Heh...I....I see it." Ursula said tiredly as she pointed at the Deviant exit that was partially blocked from view because of all the students in front of them.

"Yep, that's right. Now keep running come on we're almost there." Claude responded

As they all got closer to the exit it miraculously closed. Everyone began to panic and lose the little piece of hope they gained from running to the Deviant exit.

VWOOM!

The exit popped back into existence suddenly, confusing everyone even further as they realized somehow, somebody could control a Deviant.

"HuhHUHUHUHUHhhhuhu! JUsT kIDdINg, GET thE HeLl OuT." Jack said from behind them sounding like a monster again. He stood behind them looking completely relaxed with his heavily muscled, fur covered arms crossed over his chest.

Claude didn't stop to think and headed towards the exit with Ursula— who was getting heavier as she lost more and more of her stamina. But before he could really get anywhere, Samuel walked through the grouping of students and blocked Claudes path.

"What are you all doing? We have to leave before it somehow closes again." Claude said as Samuel eyed him with a look of absolute disgust, the rest of the class stood behind him like a unified mob.

"I'm not letting you out." Samuel said.

"I- What? Come on stop, we have to go." Claude said as he headed towards the exit again.

"Hey dammit! I said your staying!" Samuel yelled as he brought up his blade to hold Claude back.

Claude was stunned as he looked around at the rest of the students. They all avoided eye contact and shied away from him, Mr. Smith included. Warren stood at the back of the mob of students looking around at them confusedly.

"Alright...if I can't go, then take her...she's hurt." Claude said as he urged Ursula forward.

Swoosh!

Samuel swung at Ursula wildly with his uninjured arm, Claude quickly pulled her back causing Samuel to miss and sent his left elbow flying at Samuels nose. It connected with a loud and wet CRACK!. He took a couple steps back as blood ran down his lips and into the ground of the clearing.

***

Jack watched from a distance atop a hill shrouded in trees with a sadistic smile, until a smooth and powerful voice spoke to him. "Come." He dashed away from the students and headed deeper into the Deviant at high speeds with the beast following behind on all fours.

***

Conk!

Right after Claude hit Samuel, he felt cold steel hit the back of his neck. He lay on the cool wet grass dazed and in pain.

"Samuel, your being illogical, we have to he- UGH!" Warren tried to talk some sense into Samuel as he headed towards the front where him and his brother stood, he was stopped mid sentence by a shiny scepter connecting with his face.

"What could you possibly do for them other than die? You coward." Tai said as Warren fell on his back.

"You think I don't know? You disgust me...your one of them aren't you, Freak? I'm going to save us all by keeping you in here. I would kill you but I'm injured and everyone else is also injured or too scared. If you try anything I'm going straight for Ursula." Samuel said while still holding his blade to him and Ursula. Tai stood next to Samuel grinning, his scepter was dripping red with Claude and Warren's blood.

"Heroes.....heheheHAHAHAH!" Claude said as he began to lose his temper and sanity. He helped Ursula up as he also rose to his feet while his eyes stayed on the mob of students. "You're all training to be...heroes? What a FUCKING JOKE! Look at you all, you spineless rejects...your not heroes, YOUR ALL NOBODIES! YOUR NOTHING BUT FOLLOWERS WHO STAND FOR NOTHING!....if one of you sheep doesn't come and take her with you, I swear with every FIBER of my very being, I will make it out.. and once I do..I will murder YOU ALL!" Claude spoke with so much anger that the veins in his neck and head bulged under his bronze rain soaked skin.

The students stood in curious fear as they began to wonder if he actually would make it out and hunt them down one by one like some hell bent avenger, they all started to question whether they should be listening to Samuel and Tai as they felt the truth...the pure conviction that hung off of Claudes words.

But before they could change sides, a new voice none of them heard before spoke from seemingly everywhere at once. The voice was smooth and silky despite its incredibly deep sound.

"3 seconds before you all die."

The students bodies moved without thinking in an act of self preservation. One after one, they all stepped through as the Deviant vibrated with every students rushed exit.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" Claude roared as he pulled a barely conscious Ursula towards the Deviant exit.

VOOMP!

Right when he was about a foot away from the exit, it snapped closed. He now stood with Ursula— who was seriously injured, soaking up the cold rain in a Mythic level Deviant full of assumed werewolves...one of which might be his father.

Ursula coughed up blood once more before she started to lose consciousness as droplets of rain splashed on her freckled face. She closed her eyes while hearing the continued chants of Claude silently saying,

"I hate you all."