Toshi's change

Running, they always run, like they believe they can escape, but they never do, oh no, no one ever escapes.

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Gasping for air, Toshi came awake. His head was throbbing, like he just had been hit with head on by 5 Mac trucks, one after the other. Even worse, his right eye felt like it was about to burst out of his head just to ease the pressure he was feeling.

He pushed himself into a sitting position and rubbed his temples gently. He was in a city park, keeping a watch out for anything strange. There had been reports of People, mainly home-less people, going missing and the areas were damaged as well. Smashed benches, carts demolished, Trees toppled. But what was weirder was there was a tree that had, what looked like it had large claw marks on it and when he looked at the marks up close, he could make out the faint trace of dried blood.

Someone or something, was possibly hunting people in this park and Toshi was here to either catch it, scare it off, or, if need be, terminate it.  As he tried to stand up, his stomach sloshed around and it made his head spin more. God, what is happening, he never felt like this before. The last thing he remembered was…..was….

Toshi slowly looked around. He was on the ground, near the large water fountain to the far left area of the park, not in the tree perch he had made in the middle of the park to get a 360 degree view of the whole park. How did he get by the fountain? As he moved to get up, he got a strong, coppery scent. Blood and it was close, very close. As he looked around, he froze, in the shadows of one bushes, he saw what looked like a person’s shoe.

With a grunt, Toshi got up and stalked over to the bush quietly. He reached up and moved it over and stood frozen in shock. On the ground was what looked like the remains of a person scattered on the ground. There were hunks of meat, bone, clothing scattered around the bush. Toshi stared in disbelief, how could this of taken place, with him so close to it??

It was then he started to smell the tang of blood even closer now. Dully, he reached for the head to close the eyes, and then looked at his hand. It was covered in dried blood. Toshi stared at his hand, unable to comprehend what he was seeing and went over to the fountain to try and wash off the blood. Maybe it was blood from whatever attacked the person, maybe he wounded it.

As he reached into the water he froze again. Looking at his reflection in the water, he saw that he was covered in blood, from his face, down to his pants, all along his arms. Seeing that, dread filled him and he could no longer fight his turning stomach, he turned and vomited violently. Breathing hard, he slowly opened his eyes and saw blood and meat in the small pool.

“N-n-no, I c-couldn’t have….why would I…..?” He struggled to come to grips that he, one sworn never to hurt an innocent, slaughtered and fed on one. Breathing shockingly, he crawled over to the fountain and stared at his reflection. “How could I ever do such a thing?” he pleaded quietly to himself. All he heard was a droning in his ears, but slowly, as it got more intense he faintly heard laughter. Growling, he turned to where the laughing came from, but nothing was there.

Pained wracked his body and he doubled over and collapsed onto the fountain, growling in pain as his world slowly started to go black, he could see a faint red glow in the water, as he looked in, his right eye, the eye he lost, then was given as a new replacement for the lost one, glowed like a bright ember. Then darkness took him.

After a few seconds, Toshi stood up, but was shaking. But, it was not shaking, as he tilted his head up and started laughing, both of his eyes blood red and glowing. “Oh, I’m so sorry Toshi, but you won’t be in control for much longer,” the voice that was nothing like Toshi’s cackled. “But since you threw up my last meal, I’m hungry again, time to hunt for something more, tastier.” He grinned as in the distance, he see a trio of girls walking towards one of the parks exits. Oh yes, what a fine night for a hunt, the moon shining bright, and the color of blood.