>Chapter 6<

A little more than 5 minutes ago…

The boys were running away from the wolf when suddenly they could hear familiar voices from the inside of their minds.

Run, run, run…

Fucking hell…

No way, I'm not going to die…

Well, it was nice knowing you, world…

The boys were obviously confused about what was happening. They have never experienced something like this before so their reaction was understandable. They didn't notice, but the time at which they were thinking right now has increased more than ten times and it was rapidly increasing with each second.

It didn't take long for one of the anime loving boys figured out what was happening. They didn't know what was going on but they could see Timothy slowing down. Tim had an expression of realization on his face as they heard his voice inside of their heads.

(-uys! Guys! Can you hear me?}

(What's going on?) One of the boys shouted.

(What's going on?) Patrick said in panic.

(I think i know what this is but now's not the time to explain. You guys think of a plan quick. The point is, we can now talk in our minds, and at the very least I would like to think that's how it is.) Tim quickly explained before starting to slow down. He then made eye contact with Patrick and threw him his knife as David threw his knife to Jacob. Both boys successfully caught their knives and hid them in their pockets. They were communicating in their mind so they started concocting a plan very quickly. They could then hear Tim speaking in their minds again in a hurried tone.

(So, I'm going to stall for a little bit of time, meanwhile you guys start cooking up a plan!)

David then started thinking and started their mindscape strategy meeting.

(So, Patrick and Jacob are going to be the first ones to stop, meanwhile me together with Phillip and Tim are going to stop right behind you guys. Then we're going to try and rile the man up a little bit so we can buy some time.) David explained very quickly but everyone understood the essence of the plan, so they quickly stopped and got into their positions. Though, they didn't know why they understood what was running in David's mind, they would find that out very soon.

They could hear Tim saying out loud. "Hahaha, didn't your parents teach you not to play with your food?" They snickered when they heard him say that. They had to admit that they did indeed look like prey being chased down by a wolf.

They could then see the man's face redden. When they saw that they slowly stopped snickering. They could hear a voice in their heads.

(He is probably going to attack the biggest one of us first. Did you see his grin when he saw our looks of despair? So my theory is that he's going to drive us deeper and deeper into despair and now it just multiplied because of our ridiculing comment. On signal Jacob, you will jump to the right and the moment you do that, try to aim for his Achilles' tendon. You know the rest. Ready…JUMP!) Phillip explained quickly and just as he stopped talking he could see a flash next to him and Jacob was already in the process of jumping to the side.

The boys could see as the man appeared right next to them, and in the next moment, a giant claw cleaved down on the spot Jacob was standing just a few microseconds before. Then they heard the man howl from pain. They didn't need to look down to know what was happening as the rest of them immediately jumped on the man to hold him down.

The wolf/man, whatever that thing was, got a little bit startled as he didn't expect its food to actually retaliate. As such he was pushed down by the four other guys. Patrick then climbed up the man's body, as he sat on his broad chest. He brought his knife as high as he could and then swung down as fast as he could.

The knife buried itself in the man's head as it got stuck on a very thick barrier, which was probably its skull. Jacob got up from the ground where he fell and helped Patrick by helping him push the knife down further down the skull. They could hear a cracking sound as it reached about half-way through the skull. In the next second another crack rang out…as the knife broke in half and Patrick rebounded backwards from the force of his stab.

Panicked expressions quickly appeared, replacing the almost triumphant ones that were starting to appear. They were so sure of their victory that they forgot about the quality of their weapons. Of course, a five dollar knife from an online store isn't going to be anything extra, even worse than normal quality knives.

The man, now with a snapped four centimeter blade inside of his head, started thrashing about. The boys quickly got thrown off thanks to the unexpected circumstance and the power of the man which was below them just a second ago.

The man then slowly got up in a very creepy was, where it looked like his legs were glued to the ground and is body just rose up like it was from the dead. Once he got up, the boys could clearly see the blade of the knife sticking right from the middle of his forehead. They just didn't understand how a man could be so thick-skinned. Though, now it wasn't time to be making jokes.

The man looked at the boys again. This time, though there was not any visible expression on his face. Only seconds after he got up, veins started popping on his forehead. The blade popped out of his head from the sheer pressure of blood trying to escape. Now the only thing left on his forehead was a geyser of dark red blood, painting the boys, who were in front of the man, plopped down on the ground, looking at the mean shaking in an ever intensifying fear. This fear however increased several folds as the man in front of them started emitting deadly pressure, almost breaking the boys' bones from the quick change. The boys would and out later on that the pressure was called bloodlust, but that is for us to know and for them to find out…