Chapter 68 - Black Witness

Lorna's hands were practically shaking against her gun, she could tell Jesse was too cause if not she would have pulled the trigger without hesitation. What sort of a cursed fate was this for them? That was Lorna's thought, just a few minutes ago they were talking about the black ghoul and now here he was, staring at them with that menacing ghoul eyes of his that beams a bright gold unlike the rest of the ghouls, showing how different he was, and that smirk against his lips, it was dark and twisted, unpredictable like it was mocking them.

The muffled sound of the captive broke her out of her trance. Ghost's hand was still tightly grabbed around her neck, the poor girl was practically gasping for air, Lorna had to think of something.

"You will kill her" Lorna finally found the courage to speak up, she knew she was crazy but she couldn't help it, his presence was intimidating and deadly but she turned a blind eye to it, someone was in danger, she couldn't just stand still.

She felt Jesse beside her tense at the sound of her voice, she knew they were both in a thin line of death, that tall monstrous Claw could easily devour them before they could blink an eye. But still, Lorna surges on considering the witness, that poor girl could give out any second.

"She's the only witness we have," Lorna said once more, her eyes drifting to Liam's ghoul ones, she trembled more meeting his gaze but she stood her ground if they were going to survive this, then when he first saw her there was a bit soft look in his eyes but right now she rethinks everything, causes right now she was staring into an emotionless face of a killer. 

"Well she's mine witness now, I don't care about what you agents think," Liam said as his deep voice boomed in the room, this agent had guts he would give it to her, any agent he has encounter practically froze up in fear just by the mere sight of him, but this particular was daring, and it made him more curious of what she might do.

Jesse gulps hard eyeing Lorna a bit, thinking of what to do in this situation, knowing if they attack now, Ghost will move automatically and devour them.

"Witness you say," Lorna said giving Jesse a look, she caught on as Lorna looks away. All she had to do right now was play a distraction, she was sure Jesse got her signal, she just needed a bit of time.

"That means you weren't present in the attack then, you also want to find the culprit," Lorna said sternly her eyes landing on Liam once more, Liam's eyebrow flick together in a frown knowing what she was aiming at, she was stalling for something, trust an agent to always have something up their sleeves.

"We are both after the same thing" She adds.

Liam rose to his feet showing how tall he was, they were alarmed by his sudden movement but they didn't make any move to shoot fearing the consequence if they did.

Hands in his pocket he said.

"Drop your guns," Liam said sternly and it wasn't pleasant, knowing if they disobeyed they will be dead in a matter of seconds, he gave them that threatening look and he was damn serious.

Lorna and Jesse stare at each other briefly, speaking with their eyes.

"Now!" he said final, his voice laced with impatience.

They did as they were told, Jesse gave her a look of approval that's she had done it.

Liam caught this, in a flash he was in front of Jesse grabbing her arm and twisting it backward, she screams as the gun drops to the ground, the beeping light present on the gun that she sent a distress call.

"NO!" Lorna shouts but it was too late as with one swift fling Jesse was sent flying out the window in a hard crash, Lorna panicked more knowing they were on the fifth floor.

Furious she attacks despise her gun on the ground, she sent punches and kicks at him, but Liam deflected them with ease, but that didn't stop her, she fought hoping to get an opening and she did, growling she sent a kick to his face but he caught it with one hand, her leg hanging in mid-air, not letting that stop her she rotated her hips and sent a high kick to his face, it landed on his jaw hard, Liam growled at the impact straightening his jaw back in place earning a crack sound, Lorna grabs her gun and then quickly aimed at Ghost firing, but to her surprise he caught the bullet with his free hand, smirking.

"You missed" Ghost growls out in amusement.

"Did I?" Lorna said daring as Ghost raised an eyebrow, he realized his hand was now free and Cassandra slide down, the main aim was Ghost's hand from the start and she smirks at her progress but instead it was a mistake.

"Damn it Ghost!" Liam hissed suddenly but Lorna couldn't tell why but as her eyes lands on Cassandra on the ground, she froze realizing her mistake.

Cassandra whole body shakes as she vibrates like she was having a panic attack, her body covers in a green aura as green bandages erupt from out of her, and then she transformed to Claw a raging one at that just like that of a V-ghoul, the now female looking Claw roars out in rage and pushed Ghost hard making him slam against the wall with a crack but that didn't stop Ghost because he was faster and stronger as he roars towards the Claw but it slides down before Ghost claws reach her.

She slides down to Lorna grabbing her, she squeaks in protest but it was futile.

In a flash, Liam came at them but the Claw was out the window in speed crashing into it so did Liam from behind, he landed perfectly on his feet earning screams from the students outside.

Liam looks around but couldn't find the Claw or the agent, he mentally cursed, they were nowhere to be seen like they just vanish.

Ghost lands beside him.

"Ghost can smell the Claw but it's too faint to follow," Ghost said.

"Boss you have to get out of there, the agent has been alerted, they will be swamping that area in less than a second" Kayla said through the comm.

"Kayla I need you to hack as much surveillance as you can and find me that fucking Claw" Liam hissed pissed as Ghost surges back inside him.

"Yes boss"

His eyes changed to his normal chocolate ones, he flaps on his hood walking out of plain sight, he needed to track them down and fast, that human was their only witness but now a Claw on the run, holding an agent captive.

***

Just as Kayla said, in less than a second the college was flooding with agents.

Agents lead by Chase bust into the room, pointing their guns in all areas, they met with an empty mess up space, Chase observed the area, no sign of anyone, he walked towards the table and found a pack of drugs lying on the table, green in color.

"Sir" an agent walks up to him.

"There's no one in sight," he said.

Chase cursed knowing they missed them, his eyes lands on the guns on the ground. 'Were the two agents devoured?' he thought.

"Sir over here," an agent said looking out the window, Chase rushed towards it.

He looked downwards seeing Jesse slowly rising to her feet holding her broken right arm, she was on top of a ceiling that budges out from one of the buildings so she didn't take the fall.

"Sir, the Claw took Lorna!" Jesse hissed due to the distance she was in.

"What?!"

***

Section Three 

Ghoul Investigators Headquarter (GIH)

Barbra was seated on her chair, facing the wide window in her office, when she got the call of the incident and Lorna being kidnapped by a Claw. The call line cut as she rises to her with an unreadable expression, she folded her arm staring at the city of New York.

'something doesn't feel right' she thought certain, according to Jesse report there wasn't a ghoul wielder of the Claw that took Lorna, in all her years of hunting ghouls there has never been a mystery incident like this, there was always a ghoul and a Claw and vise versa but this was different, this got her up in her toes, was the black ghoul wasn't enough or the V-ghouls and now Claws on their own? there had to be some kind of explanation for this and she was dying to find out.

Seventh Floor

Lab

Peter's eyes were at the binoculars viewing a sample of the drug, he retreats his eyes tying something on the laptop beside him and then going back to testing after he was done, he went back to his laptop to finish analyzing, waiting for his report after hours of studying the drug, when the results came up he froze.

"Oh my God!" he exclaimed with wide eyes.