Chapter 46 - Black V-ghoul

Section Four

*Wailing Screams*

Panic rising everywhere, as the man's Claw attacks randomly at anyone it saw, devouring them instantly.

Lorna quickly got out of her car clicking her gun, it made an automatic sound coming up, others running past her.

She faces the target shooting at the Claw.

The bullets penetrating eagerly in it. The man senses this and turned to a distance where his Claw was being fired at.

The Claw roars jumping at Lorna, its sharp claws reaching for her, she slides down below as she shot at it, she stood up turning to the Claw but it reversed.

'I find the ghoul, the Claw is as good as dead. Lorna thought following the moment with her eyes as it went back inside the man.

Their eyes meeting.

"Got ya," Lorna said sternly.

The man's eyes widen as he made a run for it. Lorna ran after him, she wanted to shoot at him but she couldn't because of the running civilians, she just had to chase after the ghoul.

The ghoul ran to the other side of the road, making the cars stop as they blew their horns at him. He just growls running further.

Lorna was far behind as she kept trying to reach for him. She heard crashing sounds of glass along with panic screams, she halts looking up, gasping when she saw a Claw on all fours climbing on the buildings, chasing after the ghoul too. 'What's happening? Do ghouls chase each other?' She thought puzzled.

"Come in, agent Hart, do you copy?" she heard her comm with static noise in the background, she pressed the earplug.

"A Claw is chasing after the ghoul. I need backup" Lorna said as she continued her chase.

***

Lorna got to a dark alley, she points her gun on all sides while walking further in haste, she sights the ghoul she was after and found him running.

"Stop right there!" Lorna hissed.

He halts as he turned. She clicks her gun ready to fire. The man's Claw roars out of him in speed, before she could blink, the Claw swings its hand at her, connecting with her arm flinging her to the ground hard, her gun shifting away from her.

Lorna groans trying to reach for the gun as the Claw came for her but another Claw pushed it away, Lorna turned at this in shock. 'A Claw fighting a Claw' she thought seeing the fight. Another ghoul jumps in from above, they were two, face covered. The man saw this as his Claw reversed back, he made a run for it.

"After the V-ghoul," one of the ghouls said, it sounds like a woman as the other ghoul ran out

Lorna's body was stiff when the ghoul turned. 

Iris Lake's eyes drift to the agent on the ground, it was dark, making it a bit hard to see.

Lorna instantly reach for her gun and fired at her.

Iris jumps out in speed. She didn't have time to waste, she had to assist her brother, and she rushed out. 

Lorna watch as she ran out all of a sudden. Lorna forced her body up, as she held her wounded arm, watching the path they passed through.

'Ghouls attacking ghouls'. Lorna thought strangely, something was off with this. And more they called the hostile ghoul a V-ghoul?

*Wailing Sirens*

***

Somewhere In Section Four 

Iris removes the material covering her face, she walked up to Rory who was watching the dead ghoul on the ground, in the pool of his blood. Their Claw reversed back inside them.

"Another V-ghoul this month, they are getting more and more hostile," Rory Lake said sternly as he turns to his sister.

"Rumors have it that they now have a new leader stirring them up," Iris said.

"This is bad we have to report back to uncle," Rory said, she nods in agreement.

***

Section Eleven 

The Black Lotus 

The SUV pulled up in front of the mansion, nothing has changed much, the mansion in a secluded area off the radar, the environment quiet and peaceful. Iris and Rory got down from the SUV walking inside the mansion heading upstairs.

Upstairs

Jarvis on his wheelchair as he watches the footage of the V-ghoul attack. His office door slide open as Iris and Rory walks in. 

"The V-ghoul's are coming in our way of achieving peace if they keep attacking humans like this" Jarvis said turning his wheelchair to face his niece and nephew.

"Ever since the incident three years ago, they are becoming more hostile. The humans will just think it's the ghoul attacking again" Iris said sternly.

"They are stronger unlike before, they have a leader now and resources," Rory said.

Jarvis sighs rubbing his forehead in deep thought.

"At this rate what we have worked to achieve all these years will be gone".

"Which is why we need the black ghoul uncle" Iris reasons

"Again? Iris" Rory faces her.

"He left the black lotus, he's after the agency and that's all in his head. Why do you think he will help us. It has been three years, no word from him. None" he adds firmly.

"But still Rory, we need Liam" she urges facing her uncle.

"He has an organization now, the Silver-lining, if we join forces am sure we will be able to get rid of the V-ghoul and focus on peace," she said.

"We need him, he's our only chance" she adds. 

"Rory is right Iris" Jarvis began.

"We haven't heard a word from him since, he's keen on achieving whatever he's after, and besides he's not even in this city anymore, and do you think it's the peace he wants right now after everything he has done".

Iris sighs knowing it was true.

"He's gone isn't he," she said with shaky eyes.

"Yes Iris he is, you need to start seeing that now, we have only each other" Rory said.

Iris's fist tightens.

"Then what's the point in all this" Iris said walking away.

Jarvis sighs.

"She still thinks Liam will come back," Jarvis said.

"All was lost ever since he left us".

Rory's expression changed.

"We all lost something," Rory said darkly, as Evan's dead face flashes in his head. In his last moments as he struggled for life still he gave out. 

"Three years ago, Evan made a plan but somehow the agency was alerted by it too fast and it ruins everything thus the mess we are in right now".

"Look, Rory, we have discussed this before, stop lingering in the past" Jarvis said knowing where he was going with this again.

"I have a reason to believe that information was leaked to the agency, I don't know how but am dying to find out and I will," Rory said with a stern look.

"So what now, you don't trust your organization?" Jarvis hissed.

"Maybe I don't," Rory said with a high pitch voice anger present in it.

"Not after what happened" he adds walking away.

Jarvis sighs running his hand in his hair.. What has the black lotus become? It was falling apart at the rate.