𝓜𝓲𝓪 𝓟𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓼 𝓗𝓪𝓻𝓹𝓮𝓻
homosexual ♦♦ nineteen ♦♦ human ♦♦ hunter
location organization headquarters tags Kobra
After a good thirty-five minutes Mia's knuckles finally went numb. She examined her hands, she'd already ripped them up with punches. I should probably stop, she thought as she gave it another punch, a right handed jab. I mean, hell, what if I finally need to punch an actual person, she growled, as her left hand made contact with the bag once again. Where most people would have a light bulb or some other light fixture, Mia had a punching bag hanging from the ceiling. She made due, instead, with a lamp by her bed and a window nearly always open. She had it for days like today, when she felt cooped up and desperate for action. She reversed her footing to begin kicking and give her fists a break. Just before she lifted her leg in preparation she heard the familiar buzz of her phone vibrating on her bedside table.
It wasn't who she was hoping to get a message from. It wasn't a text at all in fact. It was just a stupid notification from one of her games she kept around for times of boredom when a punching bag wasn't immediately available. She wiped her forehead, the sweat transferring from her head to her arm. Mia groaned and flopped down on the bed, face down. After pouting alone in boredom for a good while she finally decided to leave the room and find something to do rather than waiting for something to find her. Mia's room was inside The Organization's Headquarters. Her living there was a desire both to not have to pay rent since she didn't exactly have a well paying job, she also loved the feeling that danger and excitement lay just outside of her room. Not today though, not for her.
Grabbing a Gatorade from the community fridge she considered just going back to her room with it, but, instead she walked blindly down the hallway with no real goal in front of her other than to find something, anything even mildly interesting. She heard a voice in front of her, eager to find out who's talking and what about. Oh, she thought dejectedly. It was Kobra, standing outside Xander's office. It was probably important... She really shouldn't interrupt... But, then again...
𝒩𝒾𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒶𝓈 𝐸𝓋𝒶𝓃 𝐹𝒾𝓈𝒸𝒽𝒷𝒶𝒸𝒽
male Ω eighteen Ω heterosexual Ω centaur
location hyde park-the woods tags shadow {kinda}
Nicholas had big plans for that day. He had signed himself up for an art class and finally had gotten up the courage to actually go (after three cancellations). It was seven, he planned to be there at nine thirty but coffee was in order first. He didn't need caffeine but he had a big sweet tooth and an extra chocolate frappuccino was just the thing to please it. He cringed as he gave himself his "medicine" with a syringe. It didn't take long before he started screaming but in no time the pain had ended and he could finally be on his way. Anyone who experienced the change for the first time would be petrified, inconsolable for quite a while afterwards. But for Nicholas it was normal. The pain was still as bad as the first time but he could let it in now, his mind wouldn't fight the shift and that gave him a peace he didn't have before.
With crutches supporting him Nicholas made his way into town in the only way he knew how, hitchhiking. Once he got to the main road, a roughly seventeen minute walk from his home, it wasn't too hard to someone willing to give him a lift. He got his fappuccino, playing on the kindness of others to find someone willing to pay for it after he "forgot his wallet." Since he was early Nicholas chose not to go in but rather to sit in the park in front of the school it was being held at. Hyde Park it was called, and it was a nice place to relax until the class started.
~Ω~
"Finally," he murmured as he checked his watch for the twenty ninth time and finally saw the time he'd been hoping for, 9:20. Nicholas grabbed his crutches and as he did he considered, what would happen if this was one of those days that the serum wore off oddly quickly? What if he suddenly felt the pain halfway during the class and started crying? Or worse, screaming. He rubbed the back of his neck, a nervous habit, better safe than sorry... he thought, and shoved his hand into his jean pocket digging around for the ever so familiar bottle. But it wasn't there. He became more concerned than he had been before, reaching into each of his pockets in hopes that he just missed it somehow. It wasn't there. No matter how much he didn't want to believe it, it wasn't there.
Panic set in and all the possible outcomes raced through his head. There was no way he could make it through the day without it and by the time he got back to the house... Well let's just say it would be a race to jump out of the strangers car and try, awkwardly, to half limp and half run home. He could feel his heartbeat pounding, palms becoming cold, clammy, and he started sweating profusely out of fear for what could happen. He looked around, trying to find an escape, his animal instinct telling him to flee. For the most part everything was heavily populated, but, he remembered some hiking trails nearby that lead into thick woods. He wasn't really thinking straight, he didn't bother to come up with a future plan for after he escaped to the woods.
The trails were, thankfully, fairly empty as Nicholas limped his way through the forest. He was still in panic mode, but, in the woods, he felt comforted by the lack of people around. He'd been walking for an hour and a half, not noticing the time passing until he glanced down at his watch, 10:50. Finally he sat, giving his aching legs a break as he tried to calm his mental state and come up with a real plan. Maybe the woods led to his farm, maybe if he made it far enough he could come out the other side and maintain his sanity. This, he knew, was wishful thinking but he held onto tightly regardless.
~Ω~
12:42. If he weren't half horse he would've run out of steam by now, any normal human who had been walking that long without water would feel faint. But Nicholas kept telling himself "just a little longer," "just ten more minutes," and although he'd been saying this for over an hour he still somehow tricked himself into believing it. By this point he'd finally managed to calm down and was even feeling a twinge of sadness for missing the art class he'd been so looking forward to. But the fates decided he shouldn't be so lucky as to be calm.
Suddenly, and out of no where, his legs began to burn. He dropped his crutches and fell to his knees, tears already beginning to form in his eyes at the thought of what was next to come. This pain, was not an unfamiliar feeling to him. It was the feeling of the serum wearing off, the feeling of a change beginning to come on. no, no not now not here... But he knew no matter how much he willed it away there was no going back now. His screams echoed through the forest, yelling in agony as his feet and waste slowly turned to fur and hooves. His face was pressed against the dirt, his hands grasping at anything nearby. And then it was over.
He breathed a sigh of relief as the pain melted away and his heart rate began to slow to a normal pace. He grabbed his crutches and tucked them under his arm. Screams plus a pair of mysterious crutches might lead people to think someone had been kidnapped, plus he would need them later. At least, he hoped he'd have the chance to need them later. Full strength now returned Nick continued his journey. There was definitely no going back now, not like this. But now, at least, he'd be able to continue walking without the fear of tiring. He could also move much faster on four legs, not relying on crutches.
After a while he began to feel like he'd been walking in circles for hours but, finally, he saw something. Something that could either be his saving grace or the entrance to his grave. His hands began shaking and, again, sweating, as he approached it. He carefully watched for any movement inside and began, understandably, to reconsider his possibly idiotic decision to approach and not to flee. What was he doing? One glance out the window would be the end of him, he'd be shot or someone would call the police... He wasn't sure which or maybe both. What he was sure of was it couldn't end well. But who was he kidding? Why should he try? If he wasn't found now he would be later. So why try. Emotions whirled in his head as he stared at that cabin. It was the kind of emotional turmoil that was unable to be tamed, unable to be contained. He stepped forward, just a foot, just enough to step on a small unseen wire. It was small, he didn't even notice it, until he heard the beginning- a clang- the start of an intricate chain reaction which left him as the victim.