Chapter 111 - The Girl? Part One (2/2)
Lyon was silent until Ren slowly reached out placing a hand over his. ”Please Doctor Lyon. This is a matter of life and death...”
Lyon let out a pain-filled sigh. ”Tobias Custer... The Demon.” He finally hissed out. ”It's a sad story... It was the first time I ever delivered a child. I was a young naive fool. I inscribed the runes wrong... And our Lord punished me so... For the child, I helped bear was an abomination.” Lyon covered his face with his hands as he shook his head. ”A child fated with blood. It lacked eyes, or skin, so muscles. Nor did it bear any organs. The demon craved them all though. And despite lacking a throat it let out a grotesque and cursed sound. Tobias Custer was born a freak. Tobias Custer was born a skeleton. A living skeleton. A skeleton that desired everything it lacked...”
Ren gave a small frown as her, and Dawson shared a look. ”But in the photos he had flesh?” She said raising an eyebrow.
Lyon gave a tiny nod of his head. He reached out placing his hand over the picture. It glowed a tiny blue color before suddenly a second picture popped out of Lyon's other hand.
”My Attribute.” He said finally. ”It can make a copy of nearly anything, though whatever I make will be frail, and if I make a copy of an organic material, that organic material will age twice as fast. When the baby was born as a monster I realized I would be fired for my job. The parents realized they will be shunned for conceiving a monster... So... So I went to the morgue. I found a body that had only just recently died. It took a few attempts for me to place the organs, and mold the flesh over the child but eventually, I did. I managed to give him flesh, blood, organs. And I gave him bones. Bones to feed on. To crave his hunger. And for years that was enough. For years young Tobias grew shunned, yet happy. Until his father died... You see humanity is a tricky thing. We can build up a wall of goodwill for years, and in a single instance we can stray from the light, and tear that wall down. Tobias is the killer. That I am sure of. He did always have a strange fixation on pretty girls...”
”So then. The Skeleton man we saw was Tobias?” Dawson said giving a small nod. ”I was right then...”
”Yes. It is Tobias but you should know. He goes by another name now. A name the Nobles have given him...”
”The Nobles? So they are behind this!” Ren said with wide eyes.
”More than you know girl... It was the Nobles son that started it all. It is always the same story with every Noble. They create a monster out of boredom. That was how project Seraphin originally started, leading to the power-hungry race of man, that was how Project GodsBlood originally started, leading to the Corruption, and that is how Project Hybrid was started.”
”Project Hybrid?” Dawson asked raising an eyebrow? ”I'm sorry that's a new one?”
”I suppose it doesn't matter now,” Lyon said quietly. ”For now I suggest you act.” He said calmly. ”It's time you stop this mess. And you must act now. I fear another attack will be starting soon. And all you've done is poked the raging beast. You've shown him that his previous methods are flawed. Showed him that he has to adapt to defeat this new threat to him...”
”You think a new attack is starting?” Dawson asked with a raised eyebrow. ”And you knew all about these attacks but you didn't do anything about it?”
”We don't have time to discuss the morality of my situation. If you want to know how I knew, then the answer is simple. Tobias comes to me sometimes... That's how I know. It's a snowstorm outside. This is when he is going to strike. Get out there and stop him, before anyone else dies!”
Dawson was silent for a few moments before finally standing up. ”Okay... I trust you. But if I find out for a second that you're lying.”
”Believe me,” Lyon said giving a tiny shrug. ”We won't be meeting again. At least now anytime soon...” He stated. ”Now go. Go before he gets the chance to strike!”
Meanwhile...
”Geez, it's cold!” Hero muttered as a shiver went down his spine. He let out a sigh as his cold breathe became visible. ”Hey. That's pretty cool. My air can be seen. It's just like when I use my pipes. Only the cold air isn't firing out my oxygen at 1,500 miles per hour. Or is it? What are physics anyways?” Hero questioned as he folded his arms? ”Why did I need to come out here?” He asked himself. ”I'm basically blind. And I think my hearing is going out, because I hear really loud breathing-”
Hero felt himself collied with someone as he fell back hitting the floor.
”Hey! Watch it you idiot-” The voice suddenly stopped dead in their tracks. ”You're...”
Hero rubbed his head as he dusted himself free of the snow and looked up. ”Sorry?” He said sheepishly. ”I was deep in thought, thinking about advanced physics!”
”Somehow I doubt you know anything about physics.” It was a young woman. In her very, very early twenties. She had short brown hair, and light brown eyes. She also wore a very basic outfit. Not something you would wear during a blizzard. She had an annoyed look on her face as she stared at him.
”What? You have to know what advance physics are to talk about advance physics?” Hero asked raising an eyebrow.
She continued to stare at him dumbfounded. ”Oh my God, you're an idiot...”
”Yep.”
”...What...” She let out a sigh as she shook her head. ”Why... Did... How... So dumb...”
Hero stared at the weird woman for a few moments before turning away from her. ”Okay? Well, weird lady, I have to actually go! I'm needed elsewhere.”
”It's snow!” She said quickly. ”...Shouldn't an Enforcer like you offer me help?”
”I guess I should?” Hero said shrugging. ”I'm not sure though. I'm really bad at this job!”
”Oh for the love of... Take me someplace warm! And... And alone-”
”I have a girlfriend.”
”What?”
”I have a girlfriend. For some reason, people like Max, and Ken, and Jackson, won't stop flirting with me, and I'm tired of it, so I have a girlfriend just FYI. I mean it isn't official or anything still looking for her but I thought you should know so you won't flirt with me.”
'I seriously hate this brat...' The girl put on an obviously fake smile that easily fooled Hero as she placed her hands on her h.i.p.s. ”Right... I'll keep that in mind. But still Hero, you should get me to a warm place.”
”Umm... Okay? I don't know where to go though, I'm lost-”
She let out a small hiss before putting on another smile. ”Right. Well! Follow me!”
”Oh... Okay?”