Ark 20 Episode 83: The Hunt Part 1

 Akiko Yano:     Akiko fumbles with her keys as she leans the two oversized boxes against the door frame. “Takato, open the door please.”   Rolling her eyes, she finally was able to get the right key into the slot. Gripping the door knob carefully she pushed it open, using her hip she pushed the door open wider to fit the two boxes inside. “Seriously Takato, I could have used your help. My art supplies came in and so did your car parts.”   Knowing the layout of their apartment, Akiko walked into the kitchen and placed the two boxes on the counter top. “Takato, what the hell!”   Walking out of the kitchen she made her way into the living room, she was in shock by the state of the room. The sofa was torn open, books were scattered all over the floor, and tables were over turned. “What had happened here?”   Akiko walked around the room, looking at every destroyed corner. “TAKATO?”   Running out of the living room she made it to her brother’s room, nothing was touched. –Must not have been a burglar and where was Takato?- Walking back into the living room, Akiko knelt down on the ground and sniffed the scents that lingered. She could smell her brother’s sandal wood scent but there was another’s that was unfamiliar to her. Her eyes burned a bright red as she moved around the room, taking in what had happened. Moving to the sofa she had known that her brother spent more than 30 minutes sitting here. Looking on the floor she spotted the book that her brother has been working on. Following the scent she found that her brother had gotten up from the sofa and gotten the door. Opening the door she sniffed the entrance and caught a whiff of the new scent, she assumed the scent was male because of the odor. –Takato must have opened the door and that was when the male came into the house.-   She could sense the fear in Takato and how he moved about the room, probably looking for a weapon to fend off the intruder. Walking around the room, she smelled Takatos blood by the fire place. The blood was smeared on the shelf atop the fire place. –He must have hit his head.-   That was when Takatos scent remained on the floor until the stranger must have picked him up and taken him away through the back door. Buttoning up her coat, Akiko ran out the back door, ready to follow the scent.



Eva McClaren: The sounds in the garage were loud and annoying to most, but for Eva Rose it was like music in her ears. ‘Ah the smell of oil and the sounds of metal grinding against metal. I’m home!’ She thought to herself as she was scanning the shop, it was a rather busy day as she managed to make another deal with her company, so the garage was busy fixing and maintaining the cars and motorcycles of her clients. Since she couldn’t help herself, she went to her own little spot in the garage and start working on her own motorcycle, it could use some tuning and the tires were just not the way she wanted them to be. “Let’s see..” She mutters to herself as she grabbed the tool box and dropped it next to her motorcycle on the concrete floor. Operating the lift, she pushed the button making the lift move up, so she was able to lay underneath her bike and check how things were looking there, before she was going to replace the tires, once again. “Are you kidding me..” She spoke with an annoyed voice as she noticed that the frame was damaged and some of the framing had to be replaced completely. “Great..” she mutters to herself as she was reaching for the toolbox, trying to get the cleaning wipe, she clean up the bottom of her frame, to see how bad the damage actually was. 

 It was quiet underneath the motorcycle of Eva Rose, just for a few minutes, until she exploded of frustration. “God damn it!” She shouted as she had hit her head against the frame as she wanted to crawl underneath it, but on her way she bumped her head against the metal frame, which caused her to lay down on her back for a while longer. The guys at the garage knew that they had to shut up and all decided to take a break, to let their boss cool down. ‘I need a new bike.. no need a new life.. that’s what I need..’ She thought as she closed her eyes to cool down for a moment.



 The Hunter:    ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfNz8csSTk ) BOOOOM!! An explosion rippled the majority of Eva's shop into a firey blaze! Most of her workers if they weren’t lucky to escape the fires blaze would have gotten caught in the gushing wave as well! It would have happened almost instantly! The fires blaze coating the establishment in it's flow! ( https://theimpactpanda.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/explosion-gif.gif ) And if it hadn’t been for the fact Eva's healing factor... she would have surely burned to death and more than likely died! The Explosion had been devastating! Hellish almost, intended! Akiko would have been able to see the explosion from not too far off as well, people even got trapped inside unable to escape due to the fires blaze if none one would come to their aid. A man... would have stood over there Eva's body due to her being on the floor just moments before! His face had been a blaze; he looked like a Demon almost! Or... had he been!? He had a skull for a face with a dark leather jacket! ( http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/33913/1343141-91_shadowland_5.jpg ) Blazing fire emitting from his head with a full biker getup to boot. Spikes protruding out of various portions of his body. " YOU... ARE ONE OF THE WORLDS WASTE... AN INHUMAN..." He said towering over the female. " Yet... you have yet to Unlock your power as of yet. But another... similar to you approaches. Like the beast that you both are, wandering helplessly within a trap. Wondering, waiting to be closed in within the grasps. And I... Your liberator will take you both to hell to end this chain of rodents..." He said in attempts of holding Eva up by her throat and then tossing her out of her establishment completely and outside into the street!



 Akiko Yano:    Stepping out into the street, Akiko followed the scent of the man that had taken her brother. Unfortunately the scent was fading fast; she could tell that the man had separated from her brother. He must have shoved him into a large vehicle as she continued down the street. She was unable to differentiate which way the man went. –Maybe I need to regroup, my mind is everywhere, I cannot think with knowing he is taken somewhere.-     She was about to turn around and recollect her thoughts about what had happened, but she heard an explosion not too far from where she was. Turning around she looked up into the shy and saw flames and black smoke rise up. She took off running towards the building that was on fire, her boots pounded against the pavement as she ran her hardest. It was too strange for a fire that large to take place just a few blocks away from where her brother was taken. Dodging people that were gawking at the flames “Move people” she made her way throw alleyways to reach the building that was now on fire. When reaching the building Akiko caught scent of the man that was in her apartment. Circling the building she surveyed the movement of the flames, knowing the man was within the building. The wolf within her growled at the knowledge that the man was in there, right in front of her. –Shhh I know.-   She tried to settle down the wolf, she did not need to change right here in front of all of these people. All of a sudden a woman was flung out of the building, rolling to a stop on the road beside her. Akiko looked from the building to the woman, then back to the building. With a huff Akiko ran to the woman that now laid on the ground, she moved towards the woman but did not take her eyes off of the building, in hopes that she would get a glimpse of the man that haunted her senses. Coming to a stop Akiko kneeled down beside her, she rocked her back and forth. “Are you alright?”



 Eva McClaren:    Finally being able to calm down, Eva Rose slowly opens her eyes, but right at that moment, the time seemed to slow down, as an explosion had taken over the building. With a loud BANG, the garage was covered in flames and heat. As the motorcycle and been blow of her and the impact of the explosion, had made her send flying in a different direction, she could feel her body being beaten, un able to move easily, she tried to sit up, using some large piece of fallen wall, to pull herself up. But she couldn’t, still laying with her back flat on the concrete floor she was looking up at the ceiling that was on fire, the heat that was making her sweat and her skin turn black as it was burning, like meat on a barbecue. Laying there like she was just burned alive, gasping for some clean air, her vision got blurry. But then a figure was bending over her weak body as she tried to open her eyes the best she could, trying to get a glimpse of this person, but it almost seemed like a dream as this person wasn’t a person at all, more a figure of a demon.

 Hearing his words ‘YOU... ARE ONE OF THE WORLDS WASTE... AN INHUMAN…’ made her shiver as his voice seemed like the one of a dead man talking. Like dead itself was coming to get her in a more personal way. “W-What..?” She spoke softly as she then heard his other words. During his little preach about her being a beast and he being a liberator, her vision came back, but right at that moment, he had grabbed her at her throat and thrown her out of the burning building on the street as she rolls over the cold concrete outside, until she came to a stop, laying on her side. The coldness of the concrete, made her relax for a moment, it felt good against her burning skin, that seemed to be healing rather fast, maybe because of the life threatening situation she was in, she didn’t know. Almost losing consciousness, she then got rocked back and forth and the voice of an unknown woman had woken her up, from her little rest.

 Slowly looking up her green eyes met with those dark ones of a woman, trying to open her mouth to speak. “I’m.. I’m all right” Eva Rose spoke as she slowly pushed herself off the ground. Feeling her shoulder was out of place, she just pushed it back until it popped back with a nasty sound as she started to move her arm in a circular motion. “All good.. Thanks” She spoke as she looks from the woman to the building. “My garage!” She then shouted as she felt her irritated mood come back..

   

 Akiko Yano:      Akiko looked down at the woman’s green eyes as she spoke “I’m.. I’m all right”. The woman was pushing herself up off the ground; Akiko moved her arms towards the woman but did not touch her. “You should take things slow.”    Akiko’s stomach turned as she listened to the sounds of her shoulder being pushed back into place. –Oh God.-      “My garage!”   Looking at the burning building she felt sorry for the woman, loosing something you love can break someone’s spirit. Then she remembered the real reason she had come to the burning building. Why had the same man that took her brother also set this building on fire, she needed to know. “I am sorry about your garage but I really need to know what happened here? Do you remember anything as to what happened? How you were thrown from the building”    Akiko was never an out spoken person but with the loss of her brother she needed to find out what happened.

<p class="MsoNormal"> In the distance she could hear the sirens of the fire truck that was approaching. People were gathering around the burning building, she could hear whispering and chatter as they were talking about what they had seen. Akiko looked at the woman. “You can either stay here and dwell on what happened or we walk away so that we are not asked too many questions by the police.”    Akiko started to walk away from the sirens, not wanting too much attention on them. Akiko brought up her hood, her black boots thumping against the pavement as she made her way across the street, blending into the crowd. She was hoping that the woman was following her away from the scene.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Eva McClaren:    Keeping her eyes on her now burning garage made Eva Rose feel like a helpless mother, seeing her child being taken away from her. Slowly her eyes seemed to drown in tears, but she was able to hide it, by looking down, letting her dark brown hair, slide down the sides covering her face. The words of the other woman came to her, but she wasn't sure on how to react at first. "I.." Eva Rose started as she wipes away the tears, before looking up at the woman, meeting with her dark brown eyes, which slightly looked golden as the glowing of the fire, lighted up her eyes. "I'm not really sure.." She then started again as she turns away from the garage, trying to pull herself back together. "I didn't saw anything or anyone, just heard the explosion, felt that heat and then it just got one big blur.. when my vision came back to me, I saw this figure.. His voice sounded so dark and evil" She tried her best to explain as she sighs softly. "I wish I could be more of a help, but I'm sure that this figure has something to do with burning down my garage and I will get my revenge.." She spoke strongly as she smiled to the other woman. Then the sirens of the fire truck broke the silence between them, as the words of the other woman came to her, with a firm nod, Eva Rose decided to go away with this woman, as her chances would be better if she run off with someone, specially knowing that someone or rather something was after her.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Quickly following the woman, she just lowers her head, letting her silky hair cover her face as she walks through the crowd, as quickly as she could. Curiosity took over her thoughts as she wasn't sure on trusting this woman or not and where they were even heading to. But Eva Rose didn't asked her, she remained silent, just keeping her pace high as they disappeared into the shadows of an near by alley, that would lead them away from the scene. Minutes seem to pass as the two of them just kept on walking. The wounds of Eva Rose were healing slowly, but it took some energy and afford for her to do so, some of them were deep others were rather shallow. "Can I ask you something..?". Finally the silence got broken by Eva Rose, who was rather dying of curiosity. "My name is Eva Rose.. Leader of the MC, Motor Community, but.. my question was, why did you ask those questions back at the garage? It almost seemed like something happened to you as well.."

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Akiko Yano:      The woman’s words repeated over and over again in her head, the memories she had about the figure that she saw when she was in the burning garage.–This figure must be the same man that took my brother, had to be. The scent would not have been there if it was not him.-   Leading the way out of the crowd, Akiko worked her way through alleyways, keeping her distance from people. She looled behind her now and then to make sure that the other woman was following behind her. Akiko was usually a very sweet person but she did not feel like her usual self, her brother was taken, and then she found that the same man that took her brother burned down this woman’s garage. She wondered about the connection between her brother and the garage. –Maybe it was not a connection with my brother and the garage, maybe the connection was with me and this woman. – Akiko stopped at the thought, but before she could continue her thought she was asked a question. "Can I ask you something..? My name is Eva Rose.. Leader of the MC, Motor Community, but.. my question was, why did you ask those questions back at the garage? It almost seemed like something happened to you as well.." Turning towards Eva, Akiko out stretched her hand in a polite invitation. “My name is Akiko Yano. My brother was taken about an hour ago by some man, I followed his… trail to your garage, but when I got there it was in flames. I originally thought that maybe my brother and the garage were connected in some way but it doesn’t make sense. Then it hit me, my brother is dear to me, probably as much as your garage is to you. Someone is trying to play us; someone is going to pay horribly.”   Akiko’s anger was rising; she could feel the blood in her vein start to boil. That was when the wolf inside of her roared a mighty roar in her head. The roar brought her back to reality –Thank you, I needed that.-   Akiko took a deep breath, calming her   emotions. “But it still comes down to why..why are we being targeted?”

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Eva McClaren:     Standing still in an alleyway, Eva Rose was leaning against the cold brick walls, her back was still hurting as it was starting to heal, which seemed to be as painful as the cause why it had to heal in the first place. The words of this other woman, now being able to give her a name, Akiko Yano, made it more pleasurable, to go along with. "Nice to meet you, Akiko" Eva Rose spoke, trying to pressure her pain away, but focusing on something that mattered the most at this point, why they were being targeted. Just at that thought hit her, she hears the question she was asking herself as she shakes her head lightly. "No idea, to be honest. I do remember the words, this figure spoke to me. Before he threw me out that is.." She started as she thought deeply about them. Something with inhuman and being the liberator.. It was all just a blur, but then it hit her. "You are one of the worlds waste, an inhuman.. Yet you you have yet to unlock your power, but another... similar to you approaches. Like the beast that you both are, wandering helplessly within a trap. Wondering, waiting to be closed in within the grasps. And I... Your liberator will take you both to hell to end this chain of rodents..." Eva Rose spoke as she had her eyes closed, focusing on the words, as if she was trying to bring back the moment that played in the garage, just minutes ago. "He was talking about.. take you both.. Two people.. But, I didn't get it at first.. It all makes more sense now, you were the other person he was referring to" She spoke as she looks over to Akiko and had this lost impression on her face as it still didn't make it clear why it had to be them. 'Inhuman..' She thought as she was staring at Akiko. 'Is she.. and experiment as well..?' That thought was hunting her thoughts as she looked away with a questioned face.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Akiko Yano:      Crouching down, Akiko took the stance so that she could focus on the words that Eva was remembering. "You are one of the worlds waste, an inhuman……but another similar to you approaches…… Your liberator will take you both to hell to end this chain of rodents.”   Her mind took those three statements and hung onto them.   Looking up her eyes focus on Eva, -A fellow inhuman, was she like me or something different. There was so much out there, not just Lycans, look at Jackie, he was different from her.-    Then she remembered how Eva had just popped her shoulder right in place after she was thrown from the building.   “Inhuman?   So that explains why your shoulder is all but healed.”   Standing up, Akiko turned her back from Eva, her hand coming up to rub her face in frustration.    “So someone is targeting inhumans”   -But why only the two of them, especially with the others out there.   Then she remembered what Eva had said, (you have yet to unlock your power).   –So he was probably targeting the two of us because we must have been recently turned. Maybe he thinks we will be an easy target.-     Turning back towards Eva, Akiko thought about whether or not she should just go right out and ask what kind of creature she was or if they should ease into it. “I usually am a little more secretive about this but with everything is happening I think it would be best that we get everything out in the open. I need to find my brother and I have a feeling you would love to have revenge on this guy for burning down your garage. I am inhuman, I guess my species would be called a Lycan. I was only turned about a month ago, so I have yet to really experience all of what I can do. Now, what are you?”   Akiko felt like she was back in elementary school doing a show and tell, but this time it was a show and tell with abilities.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Eva McClaren:    Now facing the brick wall of the dark and cold alleyway, Eva Rose was listening to the words of Akiko. Especially the word 'inhuman' caught her to look over to Akiko as she was saying something about her shoulder being healed almost straight away and Eva Rose knew that she was on the right path with that. But instead of telling Akiko, she remained silent as she just lets out a small sigh. 'Targeting inhumans..'   She thought to herself as she couldn't go around it, they both had to be inhuman, otherwise this figure wouldn't had spoken like that to her. Him being the Liberator of it all, nothing made sense or did it all just came together at this point. Looking over to Akiko, when Eva Rose heard her about being normally more secretive, but now she was going to throw it all out and she did. It amazed Eva Rose till the very last word, this woman was strong, not only because she was an inhuman to, but also strong at her mind, for just playing open like that to a stranger for the sake of her brother, Eva Rose respected that and nods firmly. "All right, I heard about Lycans before, but not much.." She started as she had to let it sink in for a moment, before she went on. "I'm just an experiment, from my uncle.. He messed something up in my genes and since then I've been able to heal faster and my bones don't seem to be breaking that easily anymore.." She added as she then hold up her hand, making a fist as she spoke "Oh and this.." as two large ten inch bone structured like claws came out, piercing through her own skin. "Both hands.." as she holds up her other hand as well. "And that's pretty much it.. I can do more damage and I'm faster than normal humans, but not something I would say special? Compared to all the other inhumans out there.."

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Akiko Yano:     "All right, I heard about Lycans before, but not much.." Akiko looked down at her feet “I too do not know much about Lycans.”    Shaking her head she let those unsure thoughts leave her mind, it was not time for her to dwell on the fact that she did not know much about herself. She still needed to take the time to read up on the books that she had bought from the book store that was about Lycans. Then she looked up as Eva was talking about what she was. –An experiment, with her genes, what kind of uncle would do that to family?-    Her eyes did not leave Eva as she explained all of her abilities. "Oh and this.." Akiko was in pure awe as she watched two razor sharp claws broke through her skin of her knuckles. “I would say that, that is very special.”   Her eyes did not look away from the claws that protruded out of her skin. Looking down the alleyway Akiko thought about where they should head to, she thought that maybe they could go back to her apartment or should they go somewhere else. “So I guess the next question we ask ourselves is if we hunt down the man or wait for him to come to us. He is obviously coming for us but do we want to be on his territory or should we be on ours. Then again, we should go to his so that I can get my brother, but how do I know that my brother will be with him.”   She just kept speaking, she was unable to calm her brain, thoughts were just flowing as she thought about all of the possibilities. She went back to crouching down near the ground, she felt like she was about to cry. Finally the realization that she might never see her brother again finally hit her, she hid her face in her arms. She felt like everything was at a standstill, she   had no idea what they should be doing and how they were supposed to be finding this guy on their own. Taking a deep breath she stood tall again, wiping her cheeks clear of any tears, she apologized. “I’m sorry; I think I just needed a moment.”

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Eva McClaren  :    Eva Rose was a bit surprised that Akiko didn't knew much about Lycans as well, she thought that she might know more than herself, cause she was one, but obviously she didn't have the time yet to do so. She couldn't blame Akiko for that, cause she didn't know anything about her abilities as well. Slowly lowering her claws as they pulled back into her skin and it slowly started to heal, she smiled at Akiko, hearing that is was very special, made her feel relieved in some way as she always thought, being an inhuman and not being this strong would cause her problems in the end. Speaking about problems, this figure that was behind them, what did he look like again.. The thought got broken as Eva Rose heard Akiko speak 'So I guess the next question we ask ourselves is if we hunt down the man or wait for him to come to us. He is obviously coming for us but do we want to be on his territory or should we be on ours. Then again, we should go to his so that I can get my brother, but how do I know that my brother will be with him' and she was right, everything was still a mess and they needed a solid plan to get Akiko's brother back and for her to get her revenge for her garage, her home. When Eva Rose wanted to answer Akiko, she saw her crouching down as she remains silent, giving her the time that she needed, losing a brother must be hard as she never knew how that would feel, cause she grew up as a single child. Looking around, scanning the area if the figure, that was after them wasn't around and luckily for them he wasn't. With a little sigh of relieve she looks back at Akiko, who was now back up and spoke 'I’m sorry, I think I just needed a moment.'. All Eva Rose could do was shake her head and then eventually the words came out. "It's all right, take as much time as you need, but you will have to do that, when we are away from here. He found us easily, so we have to be careful, he might be keeping an eye on us right now as we speak" She explains as she thought about a place to go. "We could head for my company tower, it's not that far away and the security around it, would keep us safe and warn us if he did get into the building. Other places to go.. I'm not sure if we would be safe there.."

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Akiko Yano:      Taking a deep breath Akiko collected the rest of her thoughts and got down to business. This was not the time to break down; she could break down after she found her brother. Eva was right, the man could be lurking around following them, keeping an eye on them. They needed to keep moving so that they could try to be a step ahead of his plan. Then she watched Eva as she explained how safe her company was. “That sounds like the best place we can be but first I want to go to the KPD to talk with an officer there. I would never suggest going to the police but….”   Akiko thought long and hard on whether or not she should mention Kin and how he was the one that made her who she was. Akiko turned around and looked down at her cell phone, should she text him to see if it was alright, but that would take too much time. –He is just going to have to get over it.-   Akiko turned back to look at Eva, her face still showing signs that she was unsure. “Ok so I know this other inhuman and he will be able to help us, he is also an officer for the KPD. We can see if he has any idea on who could be the one hunting inhumans.”   Akiko did wait for Eva’s answer, if Eva agreed with them going and meeting with the officer Akiko would punch in the address on her gps and change it to the walking setting. “It looks like the station is not too far from where we are right now, but I suggest we move fast, just in case someone is following us.”   Following the gps directions, Akiko walked out of the alleyway and turned left. They walked at a quick pace down three blocks and then made a right. At the end of the block stood the KPD station, Akiko stopped in front of the doors and took a deep breath, was she ready to face Kin. –Oh he is not going to be happy.-   Taking in a deep breath she opened the glass doors and walked inside, her eyes went straight to the person she was seeking, she was able to sense where he was by his scent and the connection they felt. She knew that he would be able to know that she was also in the building. Looking behind her, she made eye contact with Eva and smiled. “Well here we go.”

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