Kristy
Kristy
(The girl with the golden heart)
Chapter One
It is not unusual for people to change with the drop of a hat. In fact, it is quite normal here, on planet Kaplex. The leaves on the trees change their colors, shapes, and sizes at will. They are also capable transforming into beautiful flowers of any species. The grass, which covers the land on this planet, is pretty much the same as it is on earth, only thicker and softer. The ocean is in the sky fill with all types creatures from this planet is an amazing site to see. Watching the birds of the air flying straight up into the ocean to catch a fish. (see more)
(The girl with the golden heart)
Chapter One
It is not unusual for people to change with the drop of a hat. In fact, it is quite normal here, on planet Kaplex. The leaves on the trees change their colors, shapes, and sizes at will. They are also capable transforming into beautiful flowers of any species. The grass, which covers the land on this planet, is pretty much the same as it is on earth, only thicker and softer. The ocean is in the sky fill with all types creatures from this planet is an amazing site to see. Watching the birds of the air flying straight up into the ocean to catch a fish. (see more)
The Evil Snow Elf |
This story is some where in the middle of the story.
It was a cold and windy day in the Alaskan mountains, Robin and Satiah stood huddled together in the cold, trying to keep their bodies warm. They were dressed in a white, polar bear fur, Parka and rabbit insulation mittens, given to them by the Snow Queen. They wore double insulated rabbit fur boots, but even these didn't keep their bodies from freezing in the frigid cold air. Standing in the middle of the Alaskan mountain forest, Robin, who was just barely 14 years old, knew he had to find shelter for both Satiah his classmate, who was two years young then him and for himself. (see more)
It was a cold and windy day in the Alaskan mountains, Robin and Satiah stood huddled together in the cold, trying to keep their bodies warm. They were dressed in a white, polar bear fur, Parka and rabbit insulation mittens, given to them by the Snow Queen. They wore double insulated rabbit fur boots, but even these didn't keep their bodies from freezing in the frigid cold air. Standing in the middle of the Alaskan mountain forest, Robin, who was just barely 14 years old, knew he had to find shelter for both Satiah his classmate, who was two years young then him and for himself. (see more)
Chana Rong and Anong's Adventures |
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It is no wonder why they call it the land of smiles, with its beautiful waterfalls, luscious landscapes, and many fun activities, not to mention the long hikes and a visit to the number one attraction, the Elephant Conservation center. You don't have to tell eight-year-old twins, Chanarong, and Anong this, because they already know. They have been living in Chiang Mai all their life, it is just recently they have move onto one of the many supported Elephant Conservation centers with their father, Mongkut. (see more)
HONESI
Chapter One
"Hush." Honesi said as she gently held a young man with dark curly hair on her lap. She sat in the middle of a forest, several miles from her home. It was late at night, and pouring down rain, Honesi blandly rubbed his hair. The young man's eyes were oppressed as he looked up at her. He was baffled by his surroundings, and all he knew was that he was cold and wet.
Honesi's hair fell in her face as she looked down at him. She had never mentioned her name to him, and she never asked him for his. She seemed to be comfortable in the pouring rain. The man slowly closed his eyes, and his breathing had become erratically.
"It won't be much longer now. Your breathing has gotten heavier. " The man could barely open his eyes has he looked up at Honesi. "Don't worry, relax, I am here to help you through this."
"What is happening to me, I can barely move?"
"Sh, it won't be much longer."
"I can't feel anything, what did you do to me? Where are we?"
"I am sorry it had to come to this?" Honesi became more emotional, a tear of acid dropped from her eye and onto the man's forehead.
"Ow, what is that?" He looks up and two more tears drop in the middle of his forehead. He lets out a blood curing scream has the two drops burn through to his skull. Honesi fiery crisom colored hair fell below her cheek bone as she looked down at her dead victim. The beauty of his face no longer exist, but was cover with small acid holes from her tears. The burns from the acid had increased in size and depth showing flesh, skull fragments, blood vessels, and brain tissues. Honesi allowed the dead man's head to rolled off her lap as she stood up. Shaking off the excess water from her face and hair, Honesi bent down, and grabbed the lifeless body by the back of his neck dragging him across the forest's ground. She had come a upon two men and dropped the body in fronted of them. Another man stood in the distance next to a black Escalade holding the back door open. He threw a towel over her head as she step into the vehicle and closed the door behind her.
"Did it go well?" Asked a man who was sitting in the shadows of the vehicle.
"He told me that I was very beautiful."
"Is that all he said?"
"He also told me how beautiful my hair was. He said and I quote, 'Your hair is as soft as velvet, but as crimson as the flames from a fire that burns my soul.' And then he died."
"You have done well tonight, taking the souls of twenty victims is a lot for one woman like you."
Honesi turned and looked at the man. "But I am not a women."
"No, you are një grua të fortë dhe të frikësuar,(a strong and fearful women). He looked forward, raised his hand slightly and said, "to the aquarium, Ross."
"Why are we heading back to the aquarium, did you forget what you promised me?"
"No, I did not forget, but first we must go back to the house so you can freshen up. This rain is not good for your delicate scales." The man's face had shown in the city nights, giving a better appearance of what his face look like. "Then we will go where ever you like."
"Then it will be to late, Dakota." Honesi said looking at his rugged face. "And why did you pick that ugly mug?"
"What, what are you talking about?" He asked rubbing his face with his hand as he looked in the review mirror."
"Ka pasur shumë fytyra të zgjedhur nga viktimat tuaj, dhe keni pasur për të zgjedhur se një shëmtuar." (There were many faces to choose from your victims, and you had to choose that hideous one.)"
"Ah, po, por kjo fytyrë të bukur u bë nga një njeri shumë i shkëlqyer, që kam pasur kënaqësinë e gjiri jetën e drejta prej tij. Tani unë veshin fytyrën e tij, dhe vetë shtëpinë e tij, si dhe. Kushdo që vjen në të gjithë mua, tregon më shumë respekt. (Ah, yes, but this handsome face became from a very brilliant man, that I had the pleasure of sucking the life right out of him. Now I wear his face, and own his house as well. Everyone who comes across me, shows me highly respect.)"
Honesi looked at him and laughed.
"And where did you get that body from, hmm? A small coffee shop girl, trying to make her way through college?"
"I like it, it suits me well."
"What do the people mm this planet said when they see you." Dakota asked.
"How are you, today, Hannah?" Honesi responded.
"Was that your victim's name?"
"Must have been."
Dakota addresses his attention back to his chauffeur, "send a message to Ross, tell him to but the carcass in cold storage." The chauffeur typed in the message on his phone and placed it back on to it's phone dock. He puts the car in gear, drives out of the woods and onto the road making a complete eighty degree turn.
Honesi watched the trees go by as the Escalade drove down the long, twisted country road. "Do we have to go back to the aquarium? I think I can last a little longer, my scales don't look that bad."
"It is not your scales, I am actually worry about, but your human appearance."
Honesi glanced in the review mirror and noticed her scales were visible across most of her face. "A quick fifteen minute dip in the pool should solve that problem. Then I will take you where every you want to go."
Honesi slouch back in her seat and closed her eyes. The Escalade had finally pulled up in front of the Manson two hours later. Ross, a tall, slender looking man,walk up, and open the vehicle's door. "Good morning, sir. How was your evening?"
"It was good.There is a truck coming,make sure it is properly taken carry of." Dakota steps to the side and allows Honesi to step out of the Escalade. "Go get clean up and then we will go."
"Are you coming?" She asked looking at Ross.
"I have to stay and help with the cargo."
"Lënë vetëm ato humbës për snoozers." (just leave those losers for the snoozers) Honesi glared over at the workers giving them a snobby look. The three Mexican workers just stood there and grinned at her.
"Creo que le gusto." (I think she likes me) said one of the Mexicans to the others.
"Ha, usted piensa que todas las chicas bonitas como" (you think all the pretty girls, like you.) said the other one.
"Voy a presentarme después del trabajo." (I'm going to introduce myself after work.) said the first one.
"No sé hombre, que había oído hablar de cosas extrañas ocurriendo aquí." (I don't know man, I had heard of strange things going on around here.) said the third one.
"Oye, ir a trabajar. No le presté tres que estar alrededor." (Hey, you three, get to work. I didn't pay you three to stand around.) Dakota yelled at the three amigos as he walk into the house. Honesi gave them a sly smile and walked in behind him.
Honesi was swimming in her aquarium, when one of the Mexicans walk in. It was the same one that had wink at her two days ago. She slowly swims up to the edge of pool keeping out of sight and watches his every move.
The Mexican grabs a bucket of fish and walks over to the aquarium and and starts tossing fish into the water. He is mesmerize by a multitude fish coming up to the surface that he doesn't see Honesi sneaking up towards him. She reaches up to grab his ankle, but misses by a few inches, when he steps back, and walks over to grab another bucket of fish. He walks over to another area of the pool and throws out more fish. Honesi quickly swims to the other side of the pool underneath the water. Her head slowly rises above the water and sneaks closer. The Mexican reaches into the bucket, grabbing two fish at a time and tossing them into the water. Honesi reaches for his ankle and misses.
Minutes later the second Mexican walks in."Hey, hombre, ¿qué está pasando?" (Hey man, what's going on?) he
asked
"Hey hombre puede alimentar a los peces para mí, hasta que vaya a orinar?" (Hey man can you feed the fish, so I can go take a leak?) The first one shoved the pail into the second one's belly and runs out the door. He looks at the pail and then at the door swinging closed.
Honesi swims further down into the pool. She watches the Mexican's feet as he walks back and forth, throwing fish into the pool. Her eyes begin to change from a soft teal color to a bright yellow hungry look feeling. Her hair is replace with yellow curve spikes and rolls of Aqua-teal color scales rapidly cover her skin. She shoots up out of the water and jumps onto the deck of the pool. The Mexican screams, drops the pail of fish as Honesi grabs him by the shoulders and bites him in the eye. She then disappears with him into the pool, leaving the pail of fish rolling back and forth with a few fish splatter along the edge. "Uf hombre, me siento mucho mejor." (Phew man, I feel so much better.) The first Mexican feels a dead silence as he walks back into the house aquarium a few minutes later. "Eh tío, ¿dónde ir ?" (Hey man, where'd you go) He sees the pail of fish lying all over and blood splatter along the deck. He slowly bends down to look into the water, when his friend's maud arm pops up. He screams and runs out the door.
"So, Dakota has something special plan for you tonight." Ross mentions to Honesi as she swims around the pool in her human flesh. "Oh yeah?" She ask swimming up to the deck and propping her arms up. "What is it?"
"I am sworn to secrecy." Ross walks around the edge of the deck, he decides he wants to have a little fun with her.
"Come on Ross, you can tell me."
"Sorry."
"Please."
"Well, since you asked so politely. He's going__."
"He's going to what?" Honesi asked with excitement.
"I can spoiled the surprise."
"Argh." Honesi screams splashing him with water. Ross laughs at her. "Come join me."
"I have other things to do. I just came in to give you the news."
"But, you didn't tell me anything."
"I know."
"Please, Ross, stay a little longer? We can always try that 'you know what' you been talking about."
"I like the way you think, but I much go."
"Well, can I at least have__what do these humans call it__a kiss?" Just as Ross bends down to kiss her, she grabs him around the neck and pulls him into the pool.
They kiss each other aggressively as she quickly removes his clothing. Their bodies begin to dip deep into the water as colorful fish swim around them, making them invisible.
Honesi, Dakota and Ross, who was driving, had finished up their last kill for the night. Dakota had made prearrangements for the bodies to be confiscated before the Authorities arrived. He was sitting in the back next to Honesi when he notice her scales seeping through her skin.
"So, where are we going?" Honesi excitedly asked.
"To the aquarium." Dakota respond.
"What? But you promise."
"Something urgent has me up, we can go another a time." Dakota looked at the scales on Honesi face and noticed they were not that healthy aqua-teal color, but a dull pasty yellow. Honesi had sink back into the seat. Her arms were tightly folded and her head was down. Dakota quickly grabbed her arm. "Hey, what are you doing?" Honesi asked yanking her arm away.
"Were one of the humans that you killed tonight sick?" He asked grabbing her arm again and examining the dull pasty yellow scales on her arm.
"I don't know." She said taking her arm back.
Dakota push a small button on the door handle which open the window between him and Ross. "We need to get her to the aquarium ASAP." Ross pushed down on the accerator. "What's going on?" Honesi demanded to know.
"You are infected." Dakota said looking at her scales.
"Infected, what do you mean infected?"
"Apparently, one the humans you attacked was sick or carrying some type of a disease."
"Is this why my scales are all yello__ I don't feel so good." Honesi laid her head on Dakota's shoulder.
"It's going to be alright. Ross, how much longer?"
"Another fifteen minutes, but I can make it in ten."
"Do it in eight."
Two men, mid forties,walked out of an office of a precinct building, both wearing a badge. One was dress causally, while the other was wearing a gray suit with a pink dress shirt.
" Did you noticed the markings on the first victim, Alex?" The first detective asked. Alex was the one dressed all causal. He was wearing jeans and a polo shirt.
"It was nothing like I saw before."
"There has been sights of these killings all over the metro area in the last two weeks."
"We putted out an APB to all units, but haven't got any clues."
"Who would do something like this?" The first detective asked pulling out a chair from a desk and sitting down.
"I don't know, Cliff, but we're going to find that bastard and put him away for good.
"Make sure you do it before anyone else gets hurt." Cliff said leaning back into the chair. Another man, much younger, quickly walks over to them and hands Cliff a piece of paper. "We just got word of another killing, but this ones different."
"What do you mean different?" Asked Alex.
"Three killings happen simultaneous next to each other." The young man said.
" This means there are more than one person involved." Alex responded.
"Let's get some men together and find these killers ASAP." Cliff said resting his arms on the desk.
Two months had past and Honesi was floating in a large perplex glass cylinder of green solvent. Her body was hooked up to wires and tubes, which was attach to a huge monitor. A lab technician stood by, monitoring Honesi process.
Her eyes sprung open and her hands slammed up against the glass with a thump, causing him to jump and drop his clipboard, which he had in his hand. The technician slowly bent down and pick it up. He stopped and turned around to look at Honesi, who was shooting flames out her eyes.
"You want out? You have to calm down."
Honesi gave him a sign that she had no idea what he was saying. She bang on the glass again. The anger inside her was building up. She started ripping the tubes and wires off her body. The technician noticed the lights on the monitor blinking on and off. He turned around and saw the the tubes and wires dangling around Honesi as her body bob up and down in the tube, smiling.
"Ok, so you want to play hardball, well we can do that." The technician turned around and push a button that started releasing sleeping gas. Seeing him do this Honesi started shaking her head no and banging on the glass. He turn around and looked at her.
"All you going to play nice?"
Honesi showed him a sign that she couldn't understand what he was saying. He turns back around and stops the sleeping gas before it enters the cyclinder. Using a small white board he writes down, 'All you going yo play nice?'
Honesi shakes her head yes. The technician turns his back again and writes another message.
'I'm going to have to let the water drain before I let you out.' He pushes another button on the monitor where there is a loud swhooshing noises coming out of the cyclinder. Honesi looks down watching her body slowly lowering to the bottom of the cyclinder.
Moments later, Dakota and Ross walk. Honesi is sitting Indian style on a table, in her human form, wearing a bathrobe.
"How is she doing?" Dakota asked.
"Much better, sir. She's all yours." The technician puts down his clipboard and walks out of the room.
"How are you feeling? You had us worry there for awhile." Dakota asked rubbing her multicolor color hair. "This is very becoming of you, I like this look."
Honesi turns around looking at at him.
"Yea, whatever. I'm hungry, what'd you got to eat?"
Ross was holding a cover tray of food. "The chef cook up some delicious seafood."
"Seafood, I been stucked in that tube was two months and you bring me seafood." She knocks the tray out of Ross' hand causing the food to fly all over the place. Honesi jumps off the table and runs out the door. Dakota points to two guardsmen to go after her.
Honesi came back hours later. Her hair was all matted and blood was over her hands and face. The aquarium was a tranquility place, where Honesi could spend a peaceful day swimming among the sea creatures. There she was in her own little world. She had found a small hole inside a rock formation, where she hid some of her small surprise possessions.
Ross had set a plate of food on a table, which was sitting on the deck. He walked over to the edge, bent down, and splashed the water with his hand. Honesi. Quickly swam up.
"I got your food ready."
She looked over at the plate of seafood. "I'm not hungry!" And dives back down. He splashes the water again. She swims back up to the top a second time. "What is it?"
"You'll like this."
Honesi swims to the edge of the pool and rests her hands on the deck. "What do you have?" Ross leans in very close, having balance himself so he doesn't fall in. "This." He reaches in and kisses her. Honesi shakes her head and pushing herself away from the edge of the pool, causing him to lose his balance and fall in.
Ross swims up to the top shakes his hair out of his face and swims after Honesi. Here they begin a chase of cat and mouse. Fifteen minutes later of chasing each other, Honesi finally let's Ross catch.
"Why the dramatic appearance?" He asked as he looked at her change into her natural state.
"I like this side of me. It's the true me. I would walked around all day in this state if I could. I am the beauty queen."
"You're the most beautiful creature who's ever set foot on this plant, but unfortunately the humans wouldn't see it that way." Ross glazed into her eyes, then said, "And we have humans working for us. This is the only place where we can ourselves and it is not always safe."
Honesi bowed her head and slowly turned back into a gothic lady with the multicolor hair, tattoos, and pierces. "Is this better?" She asked sarcastically swimming away from him. Honesi jump up onto the deck and walked over to the plate of food and dug in.
"I guess all that swimming around, made you hungry." Ross said peering over her shoulder. Honesi turned her head to glanced at him, shrugged her shoulders and continued eating.
"Where did you go, after you left the house?"
"I came here." Honesi took another huge bite of the lobster, she was holding in her hand.
"No, you didn't, I looked."
"Well, you didn't look hard enough." Honesi responded throwing the shell.
Honesi took her hand, pushed Ross aside, walked back over to the pool and jumped in.
It was two clock in the afternoon, Alex and Cliff were at the morgue watching the coroner examining a corsp. He was dressed in a blue t-shirt and torned up jeans. "Hi, Matt and you two are?" He asked donning a huge white apron that had splatters of blood and slime.
"Cliff and Alex." Cliff pointed Alex as he mentioned their names.
"Ah, yes the two amateur detectives. Ok, I don't like dealing with amateurs." Matt said as he started examing the body. Cliff and Alex looked at each other, Alex was ready to hit him, but Cliff held him back. Matt had his back turned to them. "So, pay close attention."
"The subject is female, early twenties. She's been dead for the last two months." He said as he went along examing the body. "Who ever did this did a work of art."
"How do you know it's a female, when most of the major parts are missing?" Cliff wonder. The coroner looked at him, then turned his head to spit out a piece tobacco he had been chewing on, into a trash can. "You see this," he said as he used a small scalper to pull back the tissue near the inner thigh area, "This is where all her female intestines would have been, but their gone."
"That doesn't prove the victim was female." Alex said peering over Cliff's shoulder.
"No, but the thighs are wider." Matt mention just as the door busted open and a young female walked in.
"Sorry I am late, I got stuck in traffic." She said throwing on a lab coat. Cliff and Alex were faburgasted as they stood there staring at the woman's beauty. "She has done quite some work on her." The female coroner said as quickly look over the body.
"She?" Cliff and Alex both asked?
"What you thought it was a male?"
"Well, yeah, wouldn't it be obvious."
The woman look over the body, no definitely a female killer. Oh, I am sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, Veronica." She said holding out a bloody hand.
"I'm Cliff and this my partner, Alex." He said refusing her hand shake.
"Where are my manners?" She said rubbing the blood on her lab coat. "I keep forgetting not everyone is use to this."
"Getting back to the killer beening a female?" Alex pulled out a small notebook and pencil.
Veronica turn the head to revealed two small bite marks on the back of the victim's neck. She took a closer look at the bite marks noticing a thin piece of stiff yellow hair. "Hey, whats this?" She asked grabbing the tweezers from the examing tray. She puts the piece of hair under a huge magnifying glass and Matt took a closer look at it.
"Wow, this is different." He said turning up the magnification to three hundred.
"What do you mean different?" Alex asked stepping over to look in the magnifying glass. The piece hair looked as if it had tiny scales going down it. "I have never seen anything like this before. Ronnie come and take a look at this." Matt motion his hand to her as he was still peering into the magnifying glass. Veronica sets down a scalpel she was using to examine the body and walks over to where Matt was and looks in the magnifying glass. She looks at Matt with puzzled, and says, "We're not dealing with a human here."
"Are you sure?" Cliff question her ethics?
"Yes, no doubt about it. According to the multiple injuries this woman has. It was definitely done by some sea creature."
"You said the killer was female." Alex stated
"Yes."
"If the victim was killed by a sea creature, how do you know it was female?"
Veronica looked at them, then walked over to glass cabinet filled with samples of dead species. She pulled out a huge jar containing a severed arm.
"This!" Veronica set the jar on a cart next to them.
"Whoa!" Alex jump back a little.
"How did you obtained this arm?" Cliff wanted to know.
"From a missions trip, we were on two years ago." Matt responded.
"You went on a mission trip for this guy?" Alex was puzzled.
"No, our team was studying the different types of plant life living in water." Matt responded.
"So, where does that arm come in?" Alex asked pointing to it. Veronica picked the jar back up and placed it back on the shelf. She removed the plastic gloves from her hands, and headed to the sink. "The arm came from an unknown life form we encounter, while studying the water plants." Veronica said while washing her hands. "We lost quite a few workers that year. It was the worst nightmare I had ever experienced and I wouldn't want to go through it again."
"How did you obtained the arm?" Cliff asked
"During one of the attacks, one of our members was able to hacked off it's arm, before it escaped into the water." Matt added.
"That arm is there to remind us of the ones we lost." Veronica told them. "I hope you are able to find this creature and put an end to it, before any one else loses their life."
"Can you give us anymore information on this creature? Like what are their hunting styles? How do they prey on their victims? Are they bloodsuckers?" Cliff asked taking out a notepad and pen.
"You never know how these creatures may attack or when. They have no set method." Veronica answered.
"Well, thank you for your time." Cliff said as he put his notepad and pen back in his pocket. He motion for Alex and the two of them walked out of the morgue together.
The aquatic center was extremely quiescent, Honesi' head popped up out of the water breaking silence of the room. Her skin was covered in beautiful Turquoise and Aqua color scales. There was exquisite look to her face that made her resistible, maybe that was why even in human state she could easily attracted her victims.
Honesi looked around the Aquatic center in hopes for some excitement. Ross stood on the other side of the pool attending to some of the pets. He glanced over at Honesi every once in awhile to see what mischievous things she would come up with.
"Why do you choose to stay in human form most of the day?" Honesi asked as she swam up to the edge of the pool where Ross was feeding the animals. One of the seahorses had actually came up to Honesi and nuzzled next to her before swimming off.
"I find the humans interesting. I'd never met a species so diversible." Ross removed his shoes, rolled up his pants and sat down on the edge of the pool allowing his feet to dangle in the water.
"The humans are only good for their meat and serving us" Honesi responded."
"There are a few intelligence life forms."
"I see no intelligence in these people. If they are intelligence then show me."
Ross stood up and started to walked over to the exit doors. He knew he could not win with Honesi once she got started.
"Don't leave!" She shouted. Ross turned around and gave her a disappointing looked. "You know you are becoming more like them everyday."
"And you have pick up their sarcastic attitudes." Ross said placing his hand on the bar of the glass door. "Tell me Honesi, what do you have cooped in that little brain of yours?"
"Whatever do you mean?"
"You're hiding something and I intended to find out."
"Ju të veprojë me shumë si një njeri." (You act to much like a human.)
"Të jenë të kujdesshëm atë që thoni." (Be careful what you say.) Ross said opening the door and leaving. Honesi splashes the water hard in anger and then disappears into the deep.
A pair of creature-like hands touches the edge of the pond , next top of a head with golden curved spikes and Aqua-teal color eyes appeared over the edge and looked around. A slighted pressure with the hands boosted Honesti up onto the cave's floor. She slowly walked over to the cave's wall and laid down among her treasures.
Ross kept a watch on Honesi over the next several months to see what Honesi was hiding. When she would reappeared in the aquarium, he would questioned her whereabouts. Honesi would shaked the excess water off her body and change into a naked human girl. A bench lied across the wall of the Aquatic center holding a set of clothes ready to wear for that day.
"Don't you need to get ready for the kill?" She would asked him.
"Ju nuk duhet të shqetësohen për mua, por të jenë më të shqetësuar në lidhje me veten." (You need not worry about me, but be more concerned about yourself.) Honesi had her long blonde hair draped over her left shoulder has she zipped up her dress, her back was turn to him.
"çfarë po kureshtar?" (what are you inquiring?) she asked turning around and placing her hair back behind her back.
Cliff and Alex enter a crime scene near the river bank. Serveral officers and patrols cars are at the scene. Cliff steps under the yellow, 'Do Not Cross', police sign, as Alex talks to a couple at the top of hill. Two victims lay on the bank, one is lying on her stomach with her face turn to the side. Her hair has been pulled out in several different spots on her head and the skin from her left arm has been completely ripped off. The woman looks to be in her mid-twenties. The other victim lied on his back, half of his body is missing. His face is covered in blood and his brain is exposed.
Cliff carefully squats down next to the woman and examines her body. Wearing a pair of plastic gloves, he turns the body over, and stumbles in fright when he see her insides exposed. A small unborn fetus is attached to her uterus.
The scene is too much for him, he turns around and vomits.
"Sir, sir are you okay?" Asks one of the officers handing him a handkerchief. Cliff grabs it and wraps his mouth, then hands it back. "No,no you keep it."The officer says waving his hands and stepping back. Cliff stands up and puts a folded up handkerchief in his back pocket.
"Thank you. Did you get any information from any of the witnesses?"
"Just from that couple, your buddy is talking to."
Cliff turns and looks at Alex on the hill. They make eye contact and Alex motions for him to come up. " This is Jason and Miley Cyprus, friends of the decease." Alex pointed to them. Cliff puts his hand on Miley, who is devastated. Jason is furious, "I hope you find those sons-of-bitches."
"We are going to do everything we can, sir, but first we need some information."
"I'd already told him everything I know." Jason said pointing at Alex.
"I know, but we need a little more information." Cliff said reading Alex's notes. "Now can you tell from the very beginning what happen?"
Jason wrapped his arm around Miley and pulled her closer to him. He kisses her tearful cheek and whispers in her ear. She gently pulls away from him and leaves with one of the officers. Jason waits until she is out of ear shout. "Can we not talk here, this place gives me the creeps, and I need to clear my head has well."
"Sure, here's my card, I want you to call me in two days."
"Sure thing." Jason said taking the card from his hand and darts up the hill to join Miley who is sitting in one of the patrol cars. Half way up the hill he stops and turns around. He looks at the card then yells back at Cliff, "Mr. Sanford!"
"Yes!"
"I don't think these people were human!" He turns around, continues up the hill and gets into the car. Cliff stands there for a few minutes watching the car pull away, then turns his attention back to the bodies lying by the river. "Hurry up and clean up those bodies. I'm through here." Cliff heads back up the hill, he gets into his car and drives off.
"Hush." Honesi said as she gently held a young man with dark curly hair on her lap. She sat in the middle of a forest, several miles from her home. It was late at night, and pouring down rain, Honesi blandly rubbed his hair. The young man's eyes were oppressed as he looked up at her. He was baffled by his surroundings, and all he knew was that he was cold and wet.
Honesi's hair fell in her face as she looked down at him. She had never mentioned her name to him, and she never asked him for his. She seemed to be comfortable in the pouring rain. The man slowly closed his eyes, and his breathing had become erratically.
"It won't be much longer now. Your breathing has gotten heavier. " The man could barely open his eyes has he looked up at Honesi. "Don't worry, relax, I am here to help you through this."
"What is happening to me, I can barely move?"
"Sh, it won't be much longer."
"I can't feel anything, what did you do to me? Where are we?"
"I am sorry it had to come to this?" Honesi became more emotional, a tear of acid dropped from her eye and onto the man's forehead.
"Ow, what is that?" He looks up and two more tears drop in the middle of his forehead. He lets out a blood curing scream has the two drops burn through to his skull. Honesi fiery crisom colored hair fell below her cheek bone as she looked down at her dead victim. The beauty of his face no longer exist, but was cover with small acid holes from her tears. The burns from the acid had increased in size and depth showing flesh, skull fragments, blood vessels, and brain tissues. Honesi allowed the dead man's head to rolled off her lap as she stood up. Shaking off the excess water from her face and hair, Honesi bent down, and grabbed the lifeless body by the back of his neck dragging him across the forest's ground. She had come a upon two men and dropped the body in fronted of them. Another man stood in the distance next to a black Escalade holding the back door open. He threw a towel over her head as she step into the vehicle and closed the door behind her.
"Did it go well?" Asked a man who was sitting in the shadows of the vehicle.
"He told me that I was very beautiful."
"Is that all he said?"
"He also told me how beautiful my hair was. He said and I quote, 'Your hair is as soft as velvet, but as crimson as the flames from a fire that burns my soul.' And then he died."
"You have done well tonight, taking the souls of twenty victims is a lot for one woman like you."
Honesi turned and looked at the man. "But I am not a women."
"No, you are një grua të fortë dhe të frikësuar,(a strong and fearful women). He looked forward, raised his hand slightly and said, "to the aquarium, Ross."
"Why are we heading back to the aquarium, did you forget what you promised me?"
"No, I did not forget, but first we must go back to the house so you can freshen up. This rain is not good for your delicate scales." The man's face had shown in the city nights, giving a better appearance of what his face look like. "Then we will go where ever you like."
"Then it will be to late, Dakota." Honesi said looking at his rugged face. "And why did you pick that ugly mug?"
"What, what are you talking about?" He asked rubbing his face with his hand as he looked in the review mirror."
"Ka pasur shumë fytyra të zgjedhur nga viktimat tuaj, dhe keni pasur për të zgjedhur se një shëmtuar." (There were many faces to choose from your victims, and you had to choose that hideous one.)"
"Ah, po, por kjo fytyrë të bukur u bë nga një njeri shumë i shkëlqyer, që kam pasur kënaqësinë e gjiri jetën e drejta prej tij. Tani unë veshin fytyrën e tij, dhe vetë shtëpinë e tij, si dhe. Kushdo që vjen në të gjithë mua, tregon më shumë respekt. (Ah, yes, but this handsome face became from a very brilliant man, that I had the pleasure of sucking the life right out of him. Now I wear his face, and own his house as well. Everyone who comes across me, shows me highly respect.)"
Honesi looked at him and laughed.
"And where did you get that body from, hmm? A small coffee shop girl, trying to make her way through college?"
"I like it, it suits me well."
"What do the people mm this planet said when they see you." Dakota asked.
"How are you, today, Hannah?" Honesi responded.
"Was that your victim's name?"
"Must have been."
Dakota addresses his attention back to his chauffeur, "send a message to Ross, tell him to but the carcass in cold storage." The chauffeur typed in the message on his phone and placed it back on to it's phone dock. He puts the car in gear, drives out of the woods and onto the road making a complete eighty degree turn.
Honesi watched the trees go by as the Escalade drove down the long, twisted country road. "Do we have to go back to the aquarium? I think I can last a little longer, my scales don't look that bad."
"It is not your scales, I am actually worry about, but your human appearance."
Honesi glanced in the review mirror and noticed her scales were visible across most of her face. "A quick fifteen minute dip in the pool should solve that problem. Then I will take you where every you want to go."
Honesi slouch back in her seat and closed her eyes. The Escalade had finally pulled up in front of the Manson two hours later. Ross, a tall, slender looking man,walk up, and open the vehicle's door. "Good morning, sir. How was your evening?"
"It was good.There is a truck coming,make sure it is properly taken carry of." Dakota steps to the side and allows Honesi to step out of the Escalade. "Go get clean up and then we will go."
"Are you coming?" She asked looking at Ross.
"I have to stay and help with the cargo."
"Lënë vetëm ato humbës për snoozers." (just leave those losers for the snoozers) Honesi glared over at the workers giving them a snobby look. The three Mexican workers just stood there and grinned at her.
"Creo que le gusto." (I think she likes me) said one of the Mexicans to the others.
"Ha, usted piensa que todas las chicas bonitas como" (you think all the pretty girls, like you.) said the other one.
"Voy a presentarme después del trabajo." (I'm going to introduce myself after work.) said the first one.
"No sé hombre, que había oído hablar de cosas extrañas ocurriendo aquí." (I don't know man, I had heard of strange things going on around here.) said the third one.
"Oye, ir a trabajar. No le presté tres que estar alrededor." (Hey, you three, get to work. I didn't pay you three to stand around.) Dakota yelled at the three amigos as he walk into the house. Honesi gave them a sly smile and walked in behind him.
Honesi was swimming in her aquarium, when one of the Mexicans walk in. It was the same one that had wink at her two days ago. She slowly swims up to the edge of pool keeping out of sight and watches his every move.
The Mexican grabs a bucket of fish and walks over to the aquarium and and starts tossing fish into the water. He is mesmerize by a multitude fish coming up to the surface that he doesn't see Honesi sneaking up towards him. She reaches up to grab his ankle, but misses by a few inches, when he steps back, and walks over to grab another bucket of fish. He walks over to another area of the pool and throws out more fish. Honesi quickly swims to the other side of the pool underneath the water. Her head slowly rises above the water and sneaks closer. The Mexican reaches into the bucket, grabbing two fish at a time and tossing them into the water. Honesi reaches for his ankle and misses.
Minutes later the second Mexican walks in."Hey, hombre, ¿qué está pasando?" (Hey man, what's going on?) he
asked
"Hey hombre puede alimentar a los peces para mí, hasta que vaya a orinar?" (Hey man can you feed the fish, so I can go take a leak?) The first one shoved the pail into the second one's belly and runs out the door. He looks at the pail and then at the door swinging closed.
Honesi swims further down into the pool. She watches the Mexican's feet as he walks back and forth, throwing fish into the pool. Her eyes begin to change from a soft teal color to a bright yellow hungry look feeling. Her hair is replace with yellow curve spikes and rolls of Aqua-teal color scales rapidly cover her skin. She shoots up out of the water and jumps onto the deck of the pool. The Mexican screams, drops the pail of fish as Honesi grabs him by the shoulders and bites him in the eye. She then disappears with him into the pool, leaving the pail of fish rolling back and forth with a few fish splatter along the edge. "Uf hombre, me siento mucho mejor." (Phew man, I feel so much better.) The first Mexican feels a dead silence as he walks back into the house aquarium a few minutes later. "Eh tío, ¿dónde ir ?" (Hey man, where'd you go) He sees the pail of fish lying all over and blood splatter along the deck. He slowly bends down to look into the water, when his friend's maud arm pops up. He screams and runs out the door.
"So, Dakota has something special plan for you tonight." Ross mentions to Honesi as she swims around the pool in her human flesh. "Oh yeah?" She ask swimming up to the deck and propping her arms up. "What is it?"
"I am sworn to secrecy." Ross walks around the edge of the deck, he decides he wants to have a little fun with her.
"Come on Ross, you can tell me."
"Sorry."
"Please."
"Well, since you asked so politely. He's going__."
"He's going to what?" Honesi asked with excitement.
"I can spoiled the surprise."
"Argh." Honesi screams splashing him with water. Ross laughs at her. "Come join me."
"I have other things to do. I just came in to give you the news."
"But, you didn't tell me anything."
"I know."
"Please, Ross, stay a little longer? We can always try that 'you know what' you been talking about."
"I like the way you think, but I much go."
"Well, can I at least have__what do these humans call it__a kiss?" Just as Ross bends down to kiss her, she grabs him around the neck and pulls him into the pool.
They kiss each other aggressively as she quickly removes his clothing. Their bodies begin to dip deep into the water as colorful fish swim around them, making them invisible.
Honesi, Dakota and Ross, who was driving, had finished up their last kill for the night. Dakota had made prearrangements for the bodies to be confiscated before the Authorities arrived. He was sitting in the back next to Honesi when he notice her scales seeping through her skin.
"So, where are we going?" Honesi excitedly asked.
"To the aquarium." Dakota respond.
"What? But you promise."
"Something urgent has me up, we can go another a time." Dakota looked at the scales on Honesi face and noticed they were not that healthy aqua-teal color, but a dull pasty yellow. Honesi had sink back into the seat. Her arms were tightly folded and her head was down. Dakota quickly grabbed her arm. "Hey, what are you doing?" Honesi asked yanking her arm away.
"Were one of the humans that you killed tonight sick?" He asked grabbing her arm again and examining the dull pasty yellow scales on her arm.
"I don't know." She said taking her arm back.
Dakota push a small button on the door handle which open the window between him and Ross. "We need to get her to the aquarium ASAP." Ross pushed down on the accerator. "What's going on?" Honesi demanded to know.
"You are infected." Dakota said looking at her scales.
"Infected, what do you mean infected?"
"Apparently, one the humans you attacked was sick or carrying some type of a disease."
"Is this why my scales are all yello__ I don't feel so good." Honesi laid her head on Dakota's shoulder.
"It's going to be alright. Ross, how much longer?"
"Another fifteen minutes, but I can make it in ten."
"Do it in eight."
Two men, mid forties,walked out of an office of a precinct building, both wearing a badge. One was dress causally, while the other was wearing a gray suit with a pink dress shirt.
" Did you noticed the markings on the first victim, Alex?" The first detective asked. Alex was the one dressed all causal. He was wearing jeans and a polo shirt.
"It was nothing like I saw before."
"There has been sights of these killings all over the metro area in the last two weeks."
"We putted out an APB to all units, but haven't got any clues."
"Who would do something like this?" The first detective asked pulling out a chair from a desk and sitting down.
"I don't know, Cliff, but we're going to find that bastard and put him away for good.
"Make sure you do it before anyone else gets hurt." Cliff said leaning back into the chair. Another man, much younger, quickly walks over to them and hands Cliff a piece of paper. "We just got word of another killing, but this ones different."
"What do you mean different?" Asked Alex.
"Three killings happen simultaneous next to each other." The young man said.
" This means there are more than one person involved." Alex responded.
"Let's get some men together and find these killers ASAP." Cliff said resting his arms on the desk.
Two months had past and Honesi was floating in a large perplex glass cylinder of green solvent. Her body was hooked up to wires and tubes, which was attach to a huge monitor. A lab technician stood by, monitoring Honesi process.
Her eyes sprung open and her hands slammed up against the glass with a thump, causing him to jump and drop his clipboard, which he had in his hand. The technician slowly bent down and pick it up. He stopped and turned around to look at Honesi, who was shooting flames out her eyes.
"You want out? You have to calm down."
Honesi gave him a sign that she had no idea what he was saying. She bang on the glass again. The anger inside her was building up. She started ripping the tubes and wires off her body. The technician noticed the lights on the monitor blinking on and off. He turned around and saw the the tubes and wires dangling around Honesi as her body bob up and down in the tube, smiling.
"Ok, so you want to play hardball, well we can do that." The technician turned around and push a button that started releasing sleeping gas. Seeing him do this Honesi started shaking her head no and banging on the glass. He turn around and looked at her.
"All you going to play nice?"
Honesi showed him a sign that she couldn't understand what he was saying. He turns back around and stops the sleeping gas before it enters the cyclinder. Using a small white board he writes down, 'All you going yo play nice?'
Honesi shakes her head yes. The technician turns his back again and writes another message.
'I'm going to have to let the water drain before I let you out.' He pushes another button on the monitor where there is a loud swhooshing noises coming out of the cyclinder. Honesi looks down watching her body slowly lowering to the bottom of the cyclinder.
Moments later, Dakota and Ross walk. Honesi is sitting Indian style on a table, in her human form, wearing a bathrobe.
"How is she doing?" Dakota asked.
"Much better, sir. She's all yours." The technician puts down his clipboard and walks out of the room.
"How are you feeling? You had us worry there for awhile." Dakota asked rubbing her multicolor color hair. "This is very becoming of you, I like this look."
Honesi turns around looking at at him.
"Yea, whatever. I'm hungry, what'd you got to eat?"
Ross was holding a cover tray of food. "The chef cook up some delicious seafood."
"Seafood, I been stucked in that tube was two months and you bring me seafood." She knocks the tray out of Ross' hand causing the food to fly all over the place. Honesi jumps off the table and runs out the door. Dakota points to two guardsmen to go after her.
Honesi came back hours later. Her hair was all matted and blood was over her hands and face. The aquarium was a tranquility place, where Honesi could spend a peaceful day swimming among the sea creatures. There she was in her own little world. She had found a small hole inside a rock formation, where she hid some of her small surprise possessions.
Ross had set a plate of food on a table, which was sitting on the deck. He walked over to the edge, bent down, and splashed the water with his hand. Honesi. Quickly swam up.
"I got your food ready."
She looked over at the plate of seafood. "I'm not hungry!" And dives back down. He splashes the water again. She swims back up to the top a second time. "What is it?"
"You'll like this."
Honesi swims to the edge of the pool and rests her hands on the deck. "What do you have?" Ross leans in very close, having balance himself so he doesn't fall in. "This." He reaches in and kisses her. Honesi shakes her head and pushing herself away from the edge of the pool, causing him to lose his balance and fall in.
Ross swims up to the top shakes his hair out of his face and swims after Honesi. Here they begin a chase of cat and mouse. Fifteen minutes later of chasing each other, Honesi finally let's Ross catch.
"Why the dramatic appearance?" He asked as he looked at her change into her natural state.
"I like this side of me. It's the true me. I would walked around all day in this state if I could. I am the beauty queen."
"You're the most beautiful creature who's ever set foot on this plant, but unfortunately the humans wouldn't see it that way." Ross glazed into her eyes, then said, "And we have humans working for us. This is the only place where we can ourselves and it is not always safe."
Honesi bowed her head and slowly turned back into a gothic lady with the multicolor hair, tattoos, and pierces. "Is this better?" She asked sarcastically swimming away from him. Honesi jump up onto the deck and walked over to the plate of food and dug in.
"I guess all that swimming around, made you hungry." Ross said peering over her shoulder. Honesi turned her head to glanced at him, shrugged her shoulders and continued eating.
"Where did you go, after you left the house?"
"I came here." Honesi took another huge bite of the lobster, she was holding in her hand.
"No, you didn't, I looked."
"Well, you didn't look hard enough." Honesi responded throwing the shell.
Honesi took her hand, pushed Ross aside, walked back over to the pool and jumped in.
It was two clock in the afternoon, Alex and Cliff were at the morgue watching the coroner examining a corsp. He was dressed in a blue t-shirt and torned up jeans. "Hi, Matt and you two are?" He asked donning a huge white apron that had splatters of blood and slime.
"Cliff and Alex." Cliff pointed Alex as he mentioned their names.
"Ah, yes the two amateur detectives. Ok, I don't like dealing with amateurs." Matt said as he started examing the body. Cliff and Alex looked at each other, Alex was ready to hit him, but Cliff held him back. Matt had his back turned to them. "So, pay close attention."
"The subject is female, early twenties. She's been dead for the last two months." He said as he went along examing the body. "Who ever did this did a work of art."
"How do you know it's a female, when most of the major parts are missing?" Cliff wonder. The coroner looked at him, then turned his head to spit out a piece tobacco he had been chewing on, into a trash can. "You see this," he said as he used a small scalper to pull back the tissue near the inner thigh area, "This is where all her female intestines would have been, but their gone."
"That doesn't prove the victim was female." Alex said peering over Cliff's shoulder.
"No, but the thighs are wider." Matt mention just as the door busted open and a young female walked in.
"Sorry I am late, I got stuck in traffic." She said throwing on a lab coat. Cliff and Alex were faburgasted as they stood there staring at the woman's beauty. "She has done quite some work on her." The female coroner said as quickly look over the body.
"She?" Cliff and Alex both asked?
"What you thought it was a male?"
"Well, yeah, wouldn't it be obvious."
The woman look over the body, no definitely a female killer. Oh, I am sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, Veronica." She said holding out a bloody hand.
"I'm Cliff and this my partner, Alex." He said refusing her hand shake.
"Where are my manners?" She said rubbing the blood on her lab coat. "I keep forgetting not everyone is use to this."
"Getting back to the killer beening a female?" Alex pulled out a small notebook and pencil.
Veronica turn the head to revealed two small bite marks on the back of the victim's neck. She took a closer look at the bite marks noticing a thin piece of stiff yellow hair. "Hey, whats this?" She asked grabbing the tweezers from the examing tray. She puts the piece of hair under a huge magnifying glass and Matt took a closer look at it.
"Wow, this is different." He said turning up the magnification to three hundred.
"What do you mean different?" Alex asked stepping over to look in the magnifying glass. The piece hair looked as if it had tiny scales going down it. "I have never seen anything like this before. Ronnie come and take a look at this." Matt motion his hand to her as he was still peering into the magnifying glass. Veronica sets down a scalpel she was using to examine the body and walks over to where Matt was and looks in the magnifying glass. She looks at Matt with puzzled, and says, "We're not dealing with a human here."
"Are you sure?" Cliff question her ethics?
"Yes, no doubt about it. According to the multiple injuries this woman has. It was definitely done by some sea creature."
"You said the killer was female." Alex stated
"Yes."
"If the victim was killed by a sea creature, how do you know it was female?"
Veronica looked at them, then walked over to glass cabinet filled with samples of dead species. She pulled out a huge jar containing a severed arm.
"This!" Veronica set the jar on a cart next to them.
"Whoa!" Alex jump back a little.
"How did you obtained this arm?" Cliff wanted to know.
"From a missions trip, we were on two years ago." Matt responded.
"You went on a mission trip for this guy?" Alex was puzzled.
"No, our team was studying the different types of plant life living in water." Matt responded.
"So, where does that arm come in?" Alex asked pointing to it. Veronica picked the jar back up and placed it back on the shelf. She removed the plastic gloves from her hands, and headed to the sink. "The arm came from an unknown life form we encounter, while studying the water plants." Veronica said while washing her hands. "We lost quite a few workers that year. It was the worst nightmare I had ever experienced and I wouldn't want to go through it again."
"How did you obtained the arm?" Cliff asked
"During one of the attacks, one of our members was able to hacked off it's arm, before it escaped into the water." Matt added.
"That arm is there to remind us of the ones we lost." Veronica told them. "I hope you are able to find this creature and put an end to it, before any one else loses their life."
"Can you give us anymore information on this creature? Like what are their hunting styles? How do they prey on their victims? Are they bloodsuckers?" Cliff asked taking out a notepad and pen.
"You never know how these creatures may attack or when. They have no set method." Veronica answered.
"Well, thank you for your time." Cliff said as he put his notepad and pen back in his pocket. He motion for Alex and the two of them walked out of the morgue together.
The aquatic center was extremely quiescent, Honesi' head popped up out of the water breaking silence of the room. Her skin was covered in beautiful Turquoise and Aqua color scales. There was exquisite look to her face that made her resistible, maybe that was why even in human state she could easily attracted her victims.
Honesi looked around the Aquatic center in hopes for some excitement. Ross stood on the other side of the pool attending to some of the pets. He glanced over at Honesi every once in awhile to see what mischievous things she would come up with.
"Why do you choose to stay in human form most of the day?" Honesi asked as she swam up to the edge of the pool where Ross was feeding the animals. One of the seahorses had actually came up to Honesi and nuzzled next to her before swimming off.
"I find the humans interesting. I'd never met a species so diversible." Ross removed his shoes, rolled up his pants and sat down on the edge of the pool allowing his feet to dangle in the water.
"The humans are only good for their meat and serving us" Honesi responded."
"There are a few intelligence life forms."
"I see no intelligence in these people. If they are intelligence then show me."
Ross stood up and started to walked over to the exit doors. He knew he could not win with Honesi once she got started.
"Don't leave!" She shouted. Ross turned around and gave her a disappointing looked. "You know you are becoming more like them everyday."
"And you have pick up their sarcastic attitudes." Ross said placing his hand on the bar of the glass door. "Tell me Honesi, what do you have cooped in that little brain of yours?"
"Whatever do you mean?"
"You're hiding something and I intended to find out."
"Ju të veprojë me shumë si një njeri." (You act to much like a human.)
"Të jenë të kujdesshëm atë që thoni." (Be careful what you say.) Ross said opening the door and leaving. Honesi splashes the water hard in anger and then disappears into the deep.
A pair of creature-like hands touches the edge of the pond , next top of a head with golden curved spikes and Aqua-teal color eyes appeared over the edge and looked around. A slighted pressure with the hands boosted Honesti up onto the cave's floor. She slowly walked over to the cave's wall and laid down among her treasures.
Ross kept a watch on Honesi over the next several months to see what Honesi was hiding. When she would reappeared in the aquarium, he would questioned her whereabouts. Honesi would shaked the excess water off her body and change into a naked human girl. A bench lied across the wall of the Aquatic center holding a set of clothes ready to wear for that day.
"Don't you need to get ready for the kill?" She would asked him.
"Ju nuk duhet të shqetësohen për mua, por të jenë më të shqetësuar në lidhje me veten." (You need not worry about me, but be more concerned about yourself.) Honesi had her long blonde hair draped over her left shoulder has she zipped up her dress, her back was turn to him.
"çfarë po kureshtar?" (what are you inquiring?) she asked turning around and placing her hair back behind her back.
Cliff and Alex enter a crime scene near the river bank. Serveral officers and patrols cars are at the scene. Cliff steps under the yellow, 'Do Not Cross', police sign, as Alex talks to a couple at the top of hill. Two victims lay on the bank, one is lying on her stomach with her face turn to the side. Her hair has been pulled out in several different spots on her head and the skin from her left arm has been completely ripped off. The woman looks to be in her mid-twenties. The other victim lied on his back, half of his body is missing. His face is covered in blood and his brain is exposed.
Cliff carefully squats down next to the woman and examines her body. Wearing a pair of plastic gloves, he turns the body over, and stumbles in fright when he see her insides exposed. A small unborn fetus is attached to her uterus.
The scene is too much for him, he turns around and vomits.
"Sir, sir are you okay?" Asks one of the officers handing him a handkerchief. Cliff grabs it and wraps his mouth, then hands it back. "No,no you keep it."The officer says waving his hands and stepping back. Cliff stands up and puts a folded up handkerchief in his back pocket.
"Thank you. Did you get any information from any of the witnesses?"
"Just from that couple, your buddy is talking to."
Cliff turns and looks at Alex on the hill. They make eye contact and Alex motions for him to come up. " This is Jason and Miley Cyprus, friends of the decease." Alex pointed to them. Cliff puts his hand on Miley, who is devastated. Jason is furious, "I hope you find those sons-of-bitches."
"We are going to do everything we can, sir, but first we need some information."
"I'd already told him everything I know." Jason said pointing at Alex.
"I know, but we need a little more information." Cliff said reading Alex's notes. "Now can you tell from the very beginning what happen?"
Jason wrapped his arm around Miley and pulled her closer to him. He kisses her tearful cheek and whispers in her ear. She gently pulls away from him and leaves with one of the officers. Jason waits until she is out of ear shout. "Can we not talk here, this place gives me the creeps, and I need to clear my head has well."
"Sure, here's my card, I want you to call me in two days."
"Sure thing." Jason said taking the card from his hand and darts up the hill to join Miley who is sitting in one of the patrol cars. Half way up the hill he stops and turns around. He looks at the card then yells back at Cliff, "Mr. Sanford!"
"Yes!"
"I don't think these people were human!" He turns around, continues up the hill and gets into the car. Cliff stands there for a few minutes watching the car pull away, then turns his attention back to the bodies lying by the river. "Hurry up and clean up those bodies. I'm through here." Cliff heads back up the hill, he gets into his car and drives off.