Thread: The Host (Ookami & PlatinumDragon2013)

Matthew glared at the bright round moon that loomed overhead, watching arrogantly as the sandy brown haired teen sprinted down the quiet street, his striped overshirt billowing behind him as he ran. Hed completely forgotten today would be a full moon and had accidentally spent a few more hours out tonight than he should have. Not that he could have slipped out or anything, he couldnt really do that to his best friend anyway. Unfortunately that choice had meant hed been wondering around after dark under the full moon. And for as long as he could remember the full moon was his worst enemy. The moon itself meant little, to most others it might have even been a pleasant sight. But to Matt it was an ill omen. An omen which had never let him down as a Korgan demon stampeded not too far behind him. From an early age he had the power to see strange creatures, or maybe he was born with it? Either way by the time he learned how to utter a few sentences he was pointing out the demons to his parents, trying to figure out why there were all sorts of bizarre creatures staring at him, some well hidden, others standing boldly before everyone as if they didnt care if anyone saw them as no one ever did. His parents thought it was cute initially, telling him that he could become a superhero one day and defeat the monsters. Itd taken until preschool before Matt realized that television was full or rubbish and there were no such thing as transformation heroes, and monsters trying to take over the world. He continued asking his caretakers about the bizarre creatures though, and warned his peers to keep away from them. Unfortunately though, no one could see these demons, and as time passed his caretakers began brushing his questions off, and his peers started calling him a liar. It wasnt until elementary school that things really started going downhill with the demons escalating their pranks. Shattering windows, and pulling other cheap pranks to frame Matt, he couldnt even remember half the elementary schools he went to as he was constantly shuffled around. Highschool was a bit better as he realized his peers wouldnt distance themselves if he kept his mouth shut about the demons, but the pranks continued and he was constantly at risk of being expelled, his friends mainly consisted of dropouts and delinquents, but beggars couldnt be choosers, and they were pretty nice people under their tough exterior. His attention was swiftly snapped back to the present as he sensed the Korgan gaining distance on him. Hed been sprinting at full speed for nearly a quarter of an hour now, knowing full well that the demon was likely to rip him apart with those powerful arms if he so much as thought about slowing down, his only chance of survival was if he could somehow make it to the local Church, hed only stumbled upon the Church by accident when he was a young kid, but the nearly abandoned Church made him feel at ease, and kept the Demons away. Matt wasnt religious, but apparently some sort of God did exist, or at the very least some sort of conflicting power that drove demons away as the creatures wouldnt even wait around for him once he was inside. Apparently knowing that there was a Church nearby was enough to drive them away. None of this mattered though, and the only way it would matter is if he could somehow get to the Church before his stamina failed him. Noticing the entrance to the park, Matt quickly drew up a map of the area inside his head, an easy task seeing as how hed been living in the area for years, and had studied the road map repeatedly so that hed know how to escape. The park would easily shave of a few minutes of his journey, and while it was risky travelling on compacted gravel and grass opposed to concrete, he could resist the temptation, swiftly turning into the park, the first thing he noticed was a silhouette glancing his way, the sight making him curse quietly in his mind. It wasnt very common for a demon to lash out at a bystander while chasing him, but there was no telling what the brutish demon behind him was capable of, or what itd be thinking, and Matt had intentionally chosen less populated streets up until now. The last thing hed expected was someone to be hanging around in a park this late. Intending to ignore the shadow, he was only a few feet from running past it completely, when his own cerulean eyes caught sight of a golden shimmer in the darkness. A fluffy silver tail flickering in the moonlight, a normal person would have stopped dead and stared in amazement or fear. But while Matt had never seen this type of demon before, he wasnt nave enough to think that some lonely kid had decided to cosplay werewolf alone in the park tonight. Immediately veering away from the new demon as well, he placed his weight on his left leg intending to sway out of the demons way. He was hoping that this demon wouldnt start chasing him as well, but it never hurt to take extra caution. Or thats what hed though until he felt himself misplace his foot, the sole of his shoe landing at an angle he could feel pain shooting up his leg as he tried to twist it back into position in vain, Cursing and then stumbling sideways, grazing his arm as he landed on his arm and then back, spinning his body around to see that the second demon hadnt moved, it would have been relieved if the Korgan wasnt close behind. Cursing again, he quickly tried to work out his options, figuring that his only chance at survival was to pit the two demons against each other. Hey wolf man or fox dog? Argh whatever you are, you can understand me right? Please be able to understand me If you can ward off that red thing Ill do anything you want. He offered a bit demandingly, he had no time for formalities and politeness at this stage anyway. Matt didnt really intend to stick around anyway. The demon didnt look too strong anyway so chances were itd get ripped apart by the Korgan, but hopefully itd by him enough time to escape in the meantime. If the canine demon were to somehow outsmart the Korgan then thered be a struggle anyway and hed scram while they fought. It was the perfect plan. As long as the demon accepted his offer.