The next morning, Rio wakes to find himself being carried across the living room by Rachel.
He is surprised to find a fresh bowl of dog food sitting on the ground.
"I'm not eating that."
He barks out defiantly.
"hmm? Why not? My dad even got the good stuff."
"I don't care how good the stuff is. I refuse to reduce myself to eating dog food." Rio states.
Rachel sighs as she takes Rio out of her arms and places him down on the ground.
"Fine, but if you're not going to eat the dog food, what will you eat? You're not thinking of starving yourself are you?"
Rio shakes his head no.
"Don't worry, I can get my own food." He states smugly.
"Fine, whatever. I don't know why you need to be so picky anyways." Rachel states as she walks away.
Rio follows her with his eyes as she takes a seat on the couch and starts to flick through a magazine.
It didn't take long for Rio to realize that Rachel was reading a manga.
The cover had the words "Becoming the strongest spatula in a new world." plastered on the front.
Rio gave her a disappointed look as she happily scanned the pages.
She looks up momentarily to see Rio's judgemental stares.
"What? Do you have a problem?" She asks him.
"Oh no, there's no problem at all. I was just curious as to what you find interesting in that book of yours.
I've seen similar ones before, but the contents usually aren't quite so childish." Rio answers.
Rachel looks down in shame at the book in her hands.
"D-Don't judge me with those eyes of yours. It's a good book. And besides, You should try it first before saying its bad." she states defensively.
"Oh, really? Then I guess my mind will change once I take a peek inside, right?" Rio says with a smirk.
He jumps onto the couch and waddles over to where she is sitting.
Rachel quickly stands up and closes the book.
"W-Wait! I've got to go get ready! How about you read it another time?!" Rachel screams out as she runs away.
Rio sighs as he hears her door slam shut.
"Well, I guess she's pretty embarrassed." He whispers to himself.
Hearing his stomach growling, Rio decides to take this time to go for a quick walk.
Rio heads towards the back of the house and making sure no one is watching, he has Zack open the door for him before sending him back to the void.
Rio steps outside and sees that it is a beautiful day outside. The sun is out and the air is warm.
The sky is blue and the grass is green.
It was a perfect day for hunting.
Rio carefully and quickly makes his way down a few blocks.
Looking at all of the "Restaurants" in the area he chooses the first one that piques his interest.
Rio waddles up to the door and has Zack open it from the inside.
Rio enters inside and quickly has Zack lock the door behind him as they both make their way through the "Restaurant."
They search each room to find that the only inhabitants were a couple that looked to be in their mid 30's.
They were both still asleep which would make the next process much simpler.
Zack brings a sharp knife from the kitchen and with two quick motions, He slices both of the inhabitants necks and uses his strength to keep them from struggling.
Rio's mouth starts to water as he stares at the corpses presented before him and can't help but take a bite.
Before he knew it, he had consumed both of them whole leaving nothing behind. This was the first time he had eaten a human but he felt nothing about the act.
It was as if his body was a black hole, ready to consume anything it could.
He felt satisfied but he was never full.
"New mission from Alberoth: Consume 100 humans."
Rio smiled as the words appeared in his mind.
This mission was going to be very simple.
"I've still got some time, I might as well get started now" Rio smirks.
Returning back to Rachel's house, he finds her eating breakfast with her family.
"It took you a while, Where were you?" She whispers towards him unaware that her voice was still loud enough for her family to hear.
"I just had to go out to get something good to eat. '' He casually responds while sitting beside her.
Peering into his mind he takes a look at his mission and gives a satisfied smile.
[Consumed humans - 37/100]
"HQ to Team 3, As you've proven that you are unable to contain The anomaly that escaped from Montana, we have decided to send in a specialist. He will be taking over your team from now on. We have given him the best equipment possible to aid him in his mission. Be sure to follow any and all orders from him until that anomaly is secured. His code name is Site-Bomb. Good luck team. HQ out""As you've all heard, I'll be your new commanding officer. I am going to have to ask you all to do your jobs exactly how I say them. Failure to comply with my orders may result in your immediate termination. Now I know it took me a little bit longer to get here than what you were expecting. But that was because I was doing something that I would have expected your team to do.As you are probably aware, there has been a large amount of disappearances around this town recently. Are any of you aware of the similarities between these disappearances? Well let me tell you. All of the victims of these disapp
Rio was woken from his nap by the sound of someone entering the house. He quickly got up and waited in front of the door.Rachel walked in and Loudly shut the door behind her. Her face was sullen and she seemed distracted."How was school today?" her mother asked.Rachel simply shook her head and went to her room.Her mother sighed before returning to her work."What's wrong with her?" Rio wondered."Don't worry about her boy, She gets like that from time to time." The mother reassured Rio after seeing his worried pacing.This was the first time he had seen her so down. She was usually cheerful and upbeat."Maybe I should go check on her. Maybe I can cheer her up?"He waddles over to her bedroom and kicks the door lightly."Hello?"There was no answer.Rio tries again but the room is silent.Gathering some boxes and chairs that he found upstairs, Rio makes for the doorknob.He tries as best as he can with his small body but the door is locked."You can't keep me out forever." Rio says
The Creature roared as it stared down at Rio.Its voice was like thunder and echoed throughout the whole building.It's appearance was something of a nightmare. Its body was a pale white, with long sharp nails and a tail that stretched behind it. It had four arms, each ending in a hand, and its feet ended in black talons as well. Each of its limbs took on the form of a different animal, and it seemed to shift every few seconds. At one moment, Rio would be looking at a bird-like arm, then he would be seeing the back end of a dog, and next thing he knew, Rio would be looking at two legs that resembled a horse.Rio stood in awe at the creature before him, and tried his best to not show any signs of fear or hesitation, which proved to be difficult since he was staring directly into the creature's ever changing eyes."Emergency Mission from Alberoth: Escape!"Rio began to think about how to get away from the beast but time was not a liberty that he would be granted.With a blood curdling s
Rio Didn't want to admit it but he knew exactly what that meant."No... It can't be.." Rio said sadly."Rachel?"He couldn't believe it.The thought that Rachel was actually the monster rampaging in front of him was hard to comprehend. But there was no doubt in Rio's mind. It was her.He didn't know how she ended up like this but he couldn't help but worry.He couldn't just leave her like this.He had to save her.Jeremy had finished drawing his next chalk monster and Rio wasted no time sending it towards Rachel followed by Vector.It seemed like a waste of time but they had to try it.The chalk drawing jumped right at her while Vector leaped above her head and brought his knees down on her.Using his weight he slammed into her head while the drawing restricted her movement.But as expected, she was completely unharmed and easily knocked Vector right out of the air.She then used a snake-like arm to wrap around the drawing, squeezing tightly until it shattered.Rio's eyes widened as h
He was awoken a few hours later by the sounds of chatter around him. He opened his eyes to find A group of armored men with various tools entering the room.They hadn't noticed him underneath the rubble yet but He knew they would if he stayed for any longer than he already had.He dropped both Zack and Vectors bodies into the void to recover and wait for a chance to escape. He needed to chase after the man from earlier as fast as he could. Just knowing that Rachel was in his hands filled Rio with anger as he gained a new mission."Take out your anger on the agents"Rio had no problem accepting this mission and quickly gave up his plans to escape unnoticed.As far as Rio could tell, there were about five men inside of the building."These men must have been related to the guy that took Rachel."Rio could feel the rage burning deep within him as he considered how to dispatch this group.A head on attack was definitely a no go, and with his two fighters out of commission and no space for
"Site-bomb to HQ, I've successfully secured the target. I'll begin transferring the beast to a temporary site. until a containment chamber can be arranged.From what I saw, This beast has quite a bit of bite to it. Might need a stronger unit to hold the little bugger.""HQ to Site-Bomb, good job on the retrieval mission. You were as quick as usual.I'm sending you some more personnel to assist you in holding this beast down until we can get a proper containment unit for the subject.And make sure to be extremely cautious, The subject has already escaped once before.""Don't you worry about that. I'll make sure to keep all eyes on the prize 24/7""Understood, we expect nothing less of you. HQ out.""Now then, we wouldn't want you waking up prematurely now would we."Site-Bomb injects Rachel with a sedative as he takes her to a small white room. The room contains only a shoddy looking bed with 5 cameras hanging from the ceilings.There's a camera in each corner and another directly in t
The group drives down the highway towards Mount Konte while thinking back to his time in the facility, remembering the days when he worked there as a researcher.He was in charge of a number of abnormalities. None of them were very dangerous but if even one of them were released, it could shift the balance of the planet.He never really cared about any of the intricate workings of the Order but now that he was going to fight against them, It wouldn't hurt to borrow some of his old toys.There was one abnormality that he knew he needed for himself above all others.It was one that he had discovered only one year into his tenure as a researcher.He had been tasked alongside his fellow researchers with investigating a case involving a known group that rivalled the Order.The group in question had a reputation for making use of Monsters and Abnormalities in their quest for power. Rather than keeping the abnormalities from impacting the world, they would actively use them to manipulate the
Arriving at their destination, Rio and Vector ditch their car and begin walking into Mount Konte.The Facility that they were looking for was stationed at the base of the largest of the mountains, with the only entrance being located at the mountain's peak.Rio and Vector take a moment to catch their breath and survey the area before moving forward.Looking around at his surroundings Rio notices that Mount Konte seemed to be devoid of all plant life.As he continues to walk he is surprised by how different the land was compared to his memory. He remembers seeing green trees and plants everywhere he looked and now he was surrounded by nothing but bare rock.He stops and looks at the ground and is shocked to see a trail leading further into the mountain range."That's odd, Why would there be a trail all the way out here?" Rio ponders why that would be but decides to ignore it for now. There seemed to have been quite a time gap between now and when he was last here. He figured he might a