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Chapter 3: The Specimen

After showing him around, Alex put down his suitcase under his bed and then looked around, "Jake, do you have pictures of the creature?"

"Yep, 4, less than one a month."

"Jesus, can I see them?"

"Yeah, we have a camera room, right there, all the files are saved on paper and on the computer, plus live feed and also every time the camera's detected movement in the forest, but it is very good at moving around the cameras, out of their vision."

"There is a day night cycle, right?"

"Yep, like the regular cycle," He said as he opened the camera room and Alex walked in, "Use that watch I gave you, it is life-saving."

"What do you mean?"

"Not knowing what time it is can be terrible, so take breaks regularly, eat, drink, you know, nap, whatever."

"Okay thanks," Alex sat down on the swivel chair in the room and looked at the camera's, "Let me see," He turned and grabbed the picture's file, "No, that is just a tail, or an arm, nothing much," He looked at the other pictures, that figure, hmm," He found nothing useful from the pictures and then made the highlights roll on the secondary screen. He paused it every time something entered the image, "I wonder, hmm, is that?" The feed stopped on a picture of a curious creature that was looking right at the camera, and as it moved it vanished, "Lady," He got up and left the camera room, "Jake," He turned to look at Alex, "What did Julie make for it?"

"Steamed vegetables and meat, why?"

"Okay, and what does it eat?"

"Only the vegetables, never touched the meat, but when we saw it, it had large fangs, we thought it would like meat, be carnivorous," Jake said as he looked over into the forest, "What did you find in there?"

"This one was caught in a park, right?"

"You watched the news, right?"

"Yeah, it has long feathers on its head, four right?"

"I don't know, as soon as we left it in the pen it vanished, and disappeared into the forest," He shrugged, "If it was in the news, you would have seen it."

Alex shadowed Jake and Julie for a day or so until an evening when they began talking about Entities. They sat around a table as the light in the forest dimmed, eating dinner, "Julie, this is good, thank you," Alex spoke.

"I like cooking, so I cook for us, and most of the time for it as well."

"Alex, have you ever been in contact with Entities?"

"Why?"

"Just asking, I was in contact with one, Entity A978, the killer entity."

"Holy hell, really?" He pulled up his sleeve and revealed large scar, "What happened?"

"I killed it," He shrugged, "I don't know how, that scar on my arm is only one of mine."

"He has many more, his back and sides."

"Oh."

"I have been in contact with one too, but friendlier, Entity B678, the king entity, it is essentially a teddy bear, but if it gets angry, it could crush you with a single finger."

"When was that?"

"When I was, what, 7 or 8?"

"You kept him as a pet."

"I did."

"I have been in contact with an entity, a while ago, no clue which one it was," He began, "It was in a park, and had long feathers on its head, four of them, all colored, it was larger than I was and could camouflage."

"You are making that up, right?"

"No, that specimen, I think is the entity I was in contact with."

"Holy hell, Alex, what did it do to you?"

"Nothing, I took care of it."

"You what?"

"You want me to show you?"

"Yeah, that would be amazing, if you could, you want to do that now?"

"Maybe," He said getting up from his seat, "How do I get into the pen?"

"Follow," Julie said as Jake grabbed a rifle. Alex stopped and pointed at the gun, "Tranquilizer, not real rounds, Jake wouldn't want to kill it."

"Yeah, I hope so."

"Don't worry man, I won't try to kill it."


Chapter 4: Hello again, Lady

The metal doors of the forest opened and Alex stepped forwards into the pen, "Lady! It's me! Lady!"

"Lady? Why are you calling for lady?"

"That is her name, the name I call her."

"Her? Her name? What do you mean?" Julie asked, looking completely confused.

"When I took care of her, I gave her a name."

"How did she approach you?"

"Called being kind, but she isn't coming," He sighed, "I have an idea."

"Go ahead, what is it?"

"Go to the camera room, watch me, but I think she is scared of you two."

"You think? Here, take this," He tossed him the rifle and then they both walked out of the pen, "You sure about this?"

"Yeah, let me do this," He turned and looked into the forest, "Lady! I am here! Lady!" He called and then heard a twig snap, "Is that you, Lady?" He felt something breathing in front of him, "It is me, Lady, remember?" He heard a shriek, "Yes, it is me, I am working here now," He saw her figure appear in front of him, "Hello Lady," She closed her eyes and smiled at him as she sat like a dog, "How are you?" She pushed her head against him and nearly knocked him over, "You have gotten stronger," She noticed the rifle then hopped back and growled at him, "Lady, no, I am not going to use this, trust me, please, like you did before," He kicked the rifle aside, "Remember, I wanted to protect you," She shrieked and then darted into the forest, "You want me to follow you? Okay then," He began running after her, but soon lost her in her forest, "Lady! You know I am slower than you," He turned around and saw her hanging from a branch by her feet with her head right next to him, "Jesus, Lady, don't scare me," She shrieked again, "Up there? What is up there?" She picked him up and lifted him into the tree, "This is a big tree, is this where you have been staying?" She nodded and then moved a sheet of bark and revealed a small den, "You hide here?" She nodded again, "I guess you dug this out yourself," He sat down on the large branch as she lay down near him, "Do you like the food they give you?" She made a disgusted face and spat at the floor, "I guess not, I'll make sure you get the right food, how does that sound?" She smiled as her four long feathers propped up, "Wait, stay still, let me see something," He got up and moved to her side before tapping her arm for her to lift it, "You are hurt," Lady said nothing, "What happened?" She shrieked twice, "I don't understand, a big box? A cage? When you got here?" She nodded, "And it hasn't healed because of you moving it, oh, that sucks, I am sorry," She pushed him with her head and put her arm down, "Do you want me to stitch it?" She looked at him weirdly and tilted her head, "Yeah, like this," He pulled down his shirt and reveal a large scar on his shoulder and arm, "See?" She smelled the scar and tilted her head, "You did this, but you see, not painful now," She looked at the ground and her feathers in her green hair drooped, "I am fine now, I am not mad," She looked up at him like a sad puppy, "I am fine, really, you see?" He moved his arm and she smiled once more, "Do you want the same?" She blinked at him without giving him an answer, "Doesn't help."


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