“Say Yun…” Dinna said as she passed me some bandages and towels for the man downstairs “Are those people going to hurt Parker?” she asked bluntly and with a little edge to her words, I was busy with the things she gave me so I could only answer “I do not believe so… under this circumstances why the sudden question?” she giggled behind me “oh no reason really, because I know even if they try something you three would stop it right?” I felt a drop of sweat down my back. Dinna shouldn’t know anything about what we could do. Maybe she heard the thunder… no, at the same time that happened, she was in the kitchen. “Of course, have you seen Anre? He can kill a bear with his own hands” I said jokingly maybe there's nothing wrong and she is just worried after all if anyone threatened Kanaria I would say the same things “… I do not like their badges, but I let them in because that’s what Parker would do” she took some scissors for the bandages and guided me back to the living room “that was really nice of you, but do be careful, even if they are under control they were running away from someone or something” she looked back and smiled “is okay Yun, I prepared it all for the day I meet Parker again, I won't let anyone ruin that” I wanted to ask more things but when we stepped in the living room Parker urged me to help Marishka and keep his friend held as he clean and disinfected the wounds.

  When I stepped into the other room, I had to rush and pull Anre away from Morgan. “Hey! What do you think you are doing? Stop!!!” Anre had his fist tightly closed into a fist he had hit Morgan in his stomach “Lass… he deserves much worse, so let me just take my hammer and put this toaster out of commission” he tried to reach for his hammer propped in front of the window but I stopped him “Anre… we are not doing that” he swallowed hard “why not? He tried to kill you, me, and the others; he cracked Yun and turned him into a monster, not to mention he is basically one, so give me a good reason!” I did as Kanario taught me, I straightened my back and kept a steady voice. “For starters? He has information we need, such as who attacked them, where, and why,” he buffed and scoffed. “Second, how are we going to explain it to Dinna? Oh, sorry Dinna, it appears his head exploded from the inside by magic, third Yun told you no killing if possible… and…. And he speared me once, so I'm returning the favor.”

  Morgan whizzed for a moment after I talked Anre down. “Showing mercy could get your head cut in the future… however, I appreciate it.” he sat on the floor and smiled like a fool again. “So I guess my devilish good looks aren′t of your interest, so what sort of thing would you interrogate me about?” I′m starting to regret not letting Anre bash his head in, I sighed and continued, “What attacked you? You are very strong so if something managed to hurt you like this it should be something big” I sat in front of him, he ought for a moment when he twisted his mouth thinking dimples formed at the edges of his mouth “it was difficult to spot, even in this mist I should be able to be generally aware of its presence, however, I was not so he got the jump on me” “He?” Morgan nodded and continued.

  “Judging by its size, general weight, and its humanoid shape, I have concluded that it was not a moonlight beast but rather a person,” he said and kept smiling. “But some moonlight beasts can have a humanoid form. Why are you sure it was a person lad?” “While it is true that some beasts can have a humanoid form, they retain the mentality of a beast, ergo, blindly chasing after a persona to kill them, this individual opted for the use of a serrated machete to end his victims, …. Can you take my shirt off?” I was stunned in place for a second “why is that relevant? And also why me?” I pointed at myself while blinking, and he smiled again “I would do it myself but currently I′m handcuffed… and if I let Mr. Petrov near me again I'm afraid he could jab me again” I looked at Anre, he shrugged, and smiled teasingly “hey don’t look at me if I had it my way we wouldn’t be here” I imitated what he said in a higher pitch tone while unbuttoning his shirt and pulling it down so we could see his wound and if only he didn’t enter the room everything would have been fine.

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  “Hey guys, I brou… bro… br… HUH!?!” Yun opened the door, holding bandages and other things to patch Morgan up. He let them fall to the ground when he saw me kneeling in front of Morgan, taking his shirt off. He started to laugh slowly, “Yun, I can explain!” “Jo-j,o I′m dying to hear this explanation, Young lady!” “oh do not be angry at her, she was just undressing me to gain information about my body.” All the color drained from Yun′s face. He held his head and wobbled for a second, eyes white, trying to process what that stupid boy said, “Yun is everything… WOW!” Parker got closer and saw us, too. Never in my life had I wished for the earth to open and swallow me more than right now, before anything else could happen. Yun closed the door and returned to the other room.

  I raised my hand and slapped Morgan across his face, and then remembered his body is sturdier than it looks. “AH, damn it." "Did I say something wrong? I believe I was been truthful” I sighed and massaged my hand, we returned to the topic at hand “As you can see, the attacker′s weapon, is effective in lacerating the flesh of its victims, had I not been partially metal I believe he would have torn my arm off my body” the wound was deep breaking trough his false skin and going down into his metal parts, he was right, because of his body he saved his arm, “did you managed to see the attacker Lad?” Anre asked as I put his shirt back on “A little bit taller than you, black clothing perfect to camouflage with the embodiment, his face has hidden behind a mask, not a trivial one or a false face like a M.S.S case, rather…” he thought for a moment and it hit me “like a mask form a horror movie?” he nodded “yeah, like the one form All hollows eve or Stab now that I think about it his behavior was similar to those individuals” now the pieces are falling in place, teenagers missing, no moonlight beasts, a bloody campsite, there are still some holes in this puzzle but we are reaching its completion.

  “Did I just see that correctly?” Parker asked me, and I could only nod. “Do you have a plan, Yun?” “You get back to Kalico, I go to the kitchen, I vomit.” Parker tilted his head, waiting for the next part. “And then?” “That’s all I got, so go… do you happen to know where Dinna keeps her alcohol? I need something strong and capable of wiping my memory” Dinna looked up at the mention of her name “I have some bourbon is in a cabinet near the fridge” I thanked her and went to get it as only alcohol can help me get the mental picture out of my brain, I hit the light switch but no light came on, strange, maybe the lightbulb broke or something, but it's okay the hallway light illuminates the path to the fridge, I fiddled with the cabinet door for a second before I retrieved the bottle, I heard a noise coming from the outside like a footstep, bottle in hand I went to look what made the noise.

  The mist had lightened I could make up some of the details from Dinnas backyard, a few strands of moonlight were present, however, something was covering most of the door, I tried to look around at what I assumed was an insect screen in the other side of the door, but then I noticed too late… it wasn’t a screen when I looked up I saw a white mask glaring at me the last thing I saw before everything went dark was a big serrated blade descending hard towards my head.