The Red Tiger

Rage And Bloodlust

   *A few minutes earlier*

   The same strange man who Alfred met in the forest heard a loud roar. He then raised his brow in surprise, he then remembered something very important. 

    "King's roar…..Oh….sh*t", he said then he suddenly ran at a very great speed that only the gust of wind whooshing through the surroundings could be heard. 

   *Meanwhile*

  Alfred suddenly had those same flashes he had since he was young but this time he remembered what happened to him clearly.  

       *TEN YEARS AGO*

    A man and a young boy of around six years were walking down a seemingly lonely alley and then three hooded guys with guns suddenly came to them and threatened them to surrender all the money with them. 

    Then Alfred could remember one of them hitting his father and immediately after that happened, he felt a great amount of rage inside him and he began panting heavily. 

     "you shouldn't have done that", he said in a slightly hoarse voice. The one who hit his father turned to him and then he felt a huge amount of fear he had never felt in his life. 

    Then Alfred suddenly transformed into a huge tiger with glowing orange eyes and "ROAR!!"  

     He then attacked one of them by biting his arm while the other tried shooting him but he dodged it easily he then pounced on him too and he passed out from the attack while the last one ran away. 

     Then Alfred transformed back and realized what he had done and said, "what did I do?" What have I done?" "I'm a monster" he kept muttering to himself while looking at his hands. He was already naked as he ripped off his clothes when he transformed into a tiger, only a few pieces of clothing could be seen on him. 

   His father then hugged him saying, "it's okay Alfred". While also putting a weird necklace around his neck which made him unconscious. 

    *BACK TO THE PRESENT*

         He suddenly became angrier after remembering that memory then he caught up to him in a few seconds and said in a hoarse voice", it was you, you attacked me and my father ten years ago, I know that same disgusting smell". 

     Meanwhile, the man's face paled with fear immediately he remembered that unfortunate incident in which a young kid transformed into a tiger and almost killed his goons. 

    No one believed their story and associated it with a wild animal attack, they were even taken to a mental hospital. He was the only one who escaped back then while the rest were arrested. 

     But seems Lady Luck was on his side as he heard another sound of something cutting through the air also pushing the scary kid away. He immediately used that opportunity to run away. 

    Alfred felt angrier once more as he looked at the person who pushed him away and saw that same man he met in the forest with glowing green eyes.  

      He also had the same glowing green eyes and long ears also with long claws. " You need to calm down Alfred, don't let the bloodlust control you, don't get consumed by your rage" 

   He heard him say but that only seems to Increase his anger as he attacked him and threw a punch right at his stomach, the other man tried to dodge but the punch was faster than he expected so it hit him and sent him flying some meters away. 

    "Arrrg", he felt a kind of metallic taste rush up from his throat and he spat out blood. "How are you so strong?"He muttered to himself while looking at the blood on the floor in shock. He then got back up on his feet to try to calm the raging Alfred. 

      "Think about your father Alfred he wouldn't want this for you, don't lose yourself to your rage, it never ends well…. trust me" 

    Then Alfred starts gaining his sanity back little by little, and looking down at his hands or rather claws. "What did I do?" 

     He sensed the rage trying to take control again then he uses all of his willpower to fight it. When the other man saw that it worked he started to try calming him down once again. 

   "You don't wanna do this Alfred you know it. Don't let the tiger control you,you need to control it take deep breaths and don't lose yourself to the rage"

     Then Alfred finally calmed down and also transformed back to Normal. 

     He then looked back at the man who he met by the strange tree and asked, "you're??".

    The other man replied, "you can just call me Jade….Jade Connor". "How do you know my name?", Alfred Asked as he was confused to how a strange person know his name. 

       "Let's just say I've been watching you", Jade replied. "You mean stalking?", Alfred asked,As he was surprised as to why someone would be watching him. 

       "That's kind of rude, I'm just like you and don't you want to know more about what you're, and why you were attracted to that tree. When you're ready to know about that come find me at that same forest. You'd find a house not far from the tree. Come there to find me". Jade said in a calm tone. Then he ran off producing that same sound of something cutting through the air due to the amount of speed he was using. 

      "Wow, I can do that?", Alfred said to himself in surprise when he saw how fast the strange man who called himself Jade was running. 

   "Fine, let's try it", he then focused on himself and tried to run as fast as Jade did and then WHOOSH 

     With a speed even faster than that of Jade, Alfred ran home. "Wow this is so cool", he thought to himself. But he couldn't control his speed so he ended up crashing into a trash can some distance away from his house. 

      "Shit, I have to learn control", he said to himself. He then walked home and tried jumping a little only to realize he jumped over the fence of his house. 

       "This whole stuff is so cool apart from the part of the rage and bloodlust", he also said to himself. He was still wondering why everything felt so normal to him as he didn't feel repulsed or annoyed by what happened earlier. He felt like he had always been missing something and he was somehow complete now. 

      He then went inside and went straight to the bathroom to take a bath. 

     *After Jade left Alfred*

    "Now I have to clear your mess Alfred", he said to himself while shaking his head slightly. He then took the woman who fainted, after tapping her lightly she woke up, and he looked into her eyes with his eyes glowing bright green while the woman felt a huge amount of fear. He then said "Everything that happened here stays here and if you tell anyone about this….." his eyes glowed brighter "….I'll find you and kill you, also don't tell the cops anything about this". 

    The woman was too afraid as she hurriedly nodded her head in fear saying she wouldn't tell anyone. He nodded his head slightly and then followed the other man's scent and did the same to him or rather said the same to him.