Thread: My Beast (Misa x Traveler) - Closed

RE My Beast Misa x Traveler Derek had been on his own for three months now, and by 'on his own' he meant that it had been three months since he had broken out of the 'hospital' he had been kept prisoner in. Other boys had been there unwanted kids, like him, who had been orphaned or abandoned, or beaten by their home life so bad that they left. Derek had watched as, one by one, the other kids had failed to 'advance' in the experiments and had either died or been killed. Once the numbers had dwindled enough he knew that he had to get out there was only one way out that he could hope to use - the crematory. So when another of the boys died, Derek hid the kid's body and took his place in the outgoing coffin. When he was somewhere between the hospital an the crematory he made his break and escaped. For the last two months he had been stalking the McKay family. Derek had recognized the father, Mike McKay, and had nearly panicked with the fear that 'they' were coming after him. But then a young girl, about Derek's age, came around the grocery isle and called the doctor 'Dad', and Derek realized that the doctor wasn't after him. He was just buying food with his daughter. Derek began to learn the rhythm of the McKay's family life. He knew when they went to school, when they went to work, what days Mrs. McKay hosted a book club and what days the parent's light stayed on a half hour later than usual for extra-curricular activities after the kids had gone to bed. Tonight Derek was waiting to see them come home when he felt that something was wrong. The hairs on the back of his neck tingled with it. He had heard the boy, Brad, mention seeing a movie in town. Derek began to walk towards town, but then his arms prickled with warning and the walk turned into a run. He saw the McKay's van's lights on the side of a two-lane highway that stretched between their sleepy suburban community and the city proper. With a chill, he saw another vehicle turn around. The car was black and large an SUV that sounded heavier than they should be. Reinforced bullet-proof doors and glass. It had to be. The black SUV switched on it's high beams and Doctor McKay stepped out. Derek wanted to scream NO! NO! NO! but everything happened too fast. There was a flash and then the doctor went down. Three figures stepped out of the SUV. Derek could see Mrs. McKay's terrified face as she tried desperately to get her seat belt unbuckled and to get to her husband. One of the men was sliding the release on his rifle back and taking it off safety as he began to walk alongside the van. The second man went up to the doctor and put three more bullets into him, just to be safe, and the third walked up to the mother and raised a pistol. Derek's vision went to a monochromatic red and black and his heart rate nearly doubled in the span of three seconds. He could feel the blood coursing through his body. They were going to kill them! All of them! Derek thought about he kids, Brad and Amber, and he rushed forward faster than he'd ever run before. He ran past the man who was finishing off the doctor and his hand shot out, wrenching the assassin's head around so quickly that his neck snapped. Derek caught the dropped pistol before it hit the ground. All the could hear were his heartbeats and the ones of the people around him. At the moment... five other hearts still beat.