Unity Chapter 1

==Nightfall at the Coast==
The sun was setting at the waterfront cove, its winding roads and hidden lay-bys looking out over the shimmering azure sea. The roads were relatively empty with only people a few still travelling. One man sat on his bike looking out over the sea watching the tide come in, resting his body after the long ride down the coast. The heat of his bike keeping him warm against the chill evening air. Any passer by would just another biker, resting his body by the side the road. A young man with short brown hair, a stubbly beard, a black leather jacket and jeans; the word Jax on a patch stitched onto his dark green military style backpack.
Jax loved this part of the world and could never stay away from it long, this stretch of coast made him feel happily nostalgic even when he had first gone it. His job, working for a private search and rescue firm, made him travel a lot to various disaster zones around the world. However when not on deployment his well paid job gave him incredible freedom to do as he pleased.
He'd finished his second straight deployment period the day before. Where he had covered various sites around the Asian Continent for 18 months straight, following during more than a year of civil disturbance and natural disasters. As a reward for doing two straight deployments he'd been given a 9 month paid hiatus from duty. Just the basic rate of pay at the company, but it was more than enough to keep him comfortable. He had wondered what he was going to do with himself for 9 months, but his first choice had been a long riding tour along his favourite stretch of coast.
Jax pulled out his phone and checked Trip Advisor for a place he could find to spend the night. He could see a storm brewing on the horizon and had no wish to sit on his bike in the wind and pouring rain unnecessarily. Having found a nice looking place, he pulled his helmet on and got ready to move on. A rolling rumble of thunder washed over the bike as he pulled away. "That must be one hell of a storm!" Jax mumbled to himself as he got up to speed. He accelerated along the empty coast road, the cross wind gently tugging at his wheels as he went around the long curve, his bike pushing onwards despite the impediment of the wind.
25 minutes later Jax was pulling into the rentable cottage he had found on his phone. He used the rental app on his phone to open the keybox by the door and dragged his bike into the lean-to shelter around the side. As the weather rolled in above he pulled the cottage door closed behind him, sighing as he removed his helmet. 
He locked the doors to prevent the weather from opening them and went to take a look around, throwing his bags down in the kitchen. Stretching as he walked through the cottage, he found the coat hooks where he hung up his gear to dry and kicked off his boots.            
He wrinkled his nose at the foul smell lingering in the air, he'd thought he'd have to write a complaint to the owners of the property later. For now however, he was too tired to bother with inconveniences now. He headed deeper into the cottage looking for the bathroom to get a shower before unpacking some of his emergency food.   
As he moved deeper the smell hanging in the air was getting worse, Jax started to worry what he would find. As he reached the back wall of the townhouse, the smell became an all encompassing musk; forcing Jax to try not to gag at the smell. He needed to clear out whatever was causing the smell and air out the house, or else he'd have to sleep on the lumpy looking sofa he'd seen in the front room. In the rear most room, he spotted a small doorway built into the wall with blood smeared on its handle. Instantly Jax went on the defensive
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