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Chapter 7 - 7. “The Howl of War”

EXT. DARK FOREST – NIGHT

 

BOSS

Find him… and bring him to me.

 

Over 100 soldiers in bulletproof suits

storm through the forest toward the city.

EXT. CITY – ROOFTOPS – NIGHT

 

KELTON (watching from a rooftop)

Guess it's begun.

(He begins transforming.)

EXT. MRS. KELINZA'S HOUSE – ROOF –

NIGHT

 

DINNA (crouched on the roof)

I'll really miss this place.

(She transforms into a panther

mutant.)

 

Florencia walks out, hops onto Dinna's

back.

 

FLORENCIA

Let's go.

 

DINNA

Yeah.

EXT. MOUNTAINSIDE – NIGHT

 

MAXI (perched on a cliff)

It's time already.

(She transforms into a falcon mutant.)

INT. HIDDEN ROOM – NIGHT

 

RODAN

Now things can go back to the way they

were.

(He transforms.)

EXT. SHORELINE – NIGHT

 

Florencia arrives. Her boss, a tall

woman , greets her.

 

BOSS (MRS. IVY GENKASA)

How are you, dear?

 

FLORENCIA

I'm doing well.

 

MRS. IVY

Are you sure?

 

FLORENCIA

Yes.

 

SOLDIER

So… who are our targets, Boss?

 

MRS. IVY

Mrs. Kelinza, a kid called Nayoka he's our main target … and

their pet.

 

SOILDER

What if he transforms

 

MRS.IVY

At this point he can't. unlike the

other mutants, hydrion can't just transform anytime. he needs a day or two off

. so for the next two hours he'll be human

INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY – NIGHT

 

TYBEAST

Miss Kelinza, they're here.

 

MRS. KELINZA

I'm aware. You and Nayoka should leave .

 

TYBEAST

What about you? I'm sure he can

protect himself.

 

MRS. KELINZA

Stop being silly. I have these 4

around me . and nayoka try as much not to get caught but if you get captured

don't let them get the best of you . resist any transformation. That's the

state they need you in

 

NAYOKA

Yes madam .Lets go

 

Nayoka and Tybeast leave the office

 

KOTAN

Your Highness, the school's

surrounded.

 

MRS. KELINZA

As for the rest of you, you're coming

with me.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE – NIGHT

 

MRS. KELINZA addresses the intercom.

 

MRS. KELINZA

 my dear students today is a free day. Please

go home at once.

EXT. SCHOOL GATE – MOMENTS LATER

 

Students pour out of the building,

ignoring the soldiers. The soldiers try to stop them, but the crowd finds

clever ways to slip through. The building is now empty.

INT. RADIO COMMS – SOLDIER POV

 

SOLDIER (V.O.)

She's not in there, Boss.

 

MRS. IVY (V.O.)

Obviously. The students were a decoy.

Find her!

EXT. BUSHES – NIGHT

 

Kotan and Mrs. Kelinza open a tunnel

entrance.

 

KOTAN

Um, Your Highness. I have something to

say.

 

MRS. KELINZA

She drugged him?

 

KOTAN

Didn't seem like it…

 

MRS. KELINZA

If you've got something to say, make

it fast.

 

KOTAN

Leniel… he passed out.

 

MRS. KELINZA

I don't get what you're trying to say.

 

KOTAN

She… cooked something for him. Then

she kissed him… and he just passed out.

 

(Mrs. Kelinza's eyes shadow

ominously.)

 

MRS. KELINZA

Huh… I see. Well, change of plans.

 

KAYA, MIDAS & FIONA

Crap!

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS – NIGHT

 

Soldiers scatter through the area.

Tybeast and Nayoka sneak through bushes but get spotted by Vatrion.

 

TYBEAST

Shit.

 

All the soldiers, Rodan, and the girls

begin charging toward them.

 

NAYOKA

This is bad. What now?

 

TYBEAST (sighs, transforming)

Guess we're left with no choice.

 

NAYOKA

You can't possibly defeat them all.

 

TYBEAST

I've got Hydrion's cells too. Now all

I need is permission.

 

NAYOKA

To do what?

 

TYBEAST

I'm not to kill unless protecting

Leniel. But if things get this bad, Mrs. Kelinza said to…

INT. PHONE CALL – CONTINUOUS

 

NAYOKA

Hello?

 

MRS. KELINZA (V.O.)

Is Tybeast around?

 

NAYOKA

…Yes.

 

MRS. KELINZA

Have you been spotted?

 

NAYOKA

…Yes.

 

MRS. KELINZA

Put the phone on loudspeaker.

 

NAYOKA

Okay. (Does so.)

 

MRS. KELINZA

Tybeast, you have my permission to

kill anyone or anything in your way and…

 

(as she speaks Tybeast transforms.)

 

MRS. KELINZA (CONT'D)

…protect Nayoka at all costs. But make

sure you're captured after a while… and avoid the mutants if you can.

 

TYBEAST (howls)

understood!

EXT. CITY – NIGHT

 

A massive pack of wolves and dogs

respond to tybeast's howl and storm into

battle alongside Tybeast. Soldiers fall like insects, limbs torn, screams

filling the air.

EXT. VALLEY – CONTINUOUS

 

Vatrion charges in, tries to land

attacks, but Tybeast dodges them. Then…

 

ARKRION

There's nowhere to run… whatever you

are.

 

TYBEAST

Wait… where's Nayoka?

 

ARKRION (holds Nayoka by his shirt)

Take him away.

 

NAYOKA

Sorry, dude…

 

(Maxi flies off with Nayoka.)

 

TYBEAST (pissed)

Try not to be captured not do your

best to get caught

 

 

ARKRION

You're next.

 

(They clash. Tybeast dodges, runs,

gets caught and thrown by Vatrion, but lands on his feet and escapes.)

EXT. RIVER – MOMENTS LATER

 

Vatrion searches a valley… pounced by

Tybeast! Face-first into the water. Wings torn. Arm ripped. Blood floods.

 

TYBEAST (leaps out )

Stay put.

 

(He runs along the river.)

EXT. RIVERBANK – MOMENTS LATER

 

Arkrion swims fast, jumps! Tybeast

flips over him, kicks him back into water, runs away. Arkrion fires a laser—

yet missed.

INT. SKY – CONTINUOUS

 

Vatrion and Arkrion fly overhead.

 

ARKRION

There he is.

 

Arkrion leaps and dives, draws a laser

circle around Tybeast.

 

TYBEAST

You're starting to piss me off.

 

He jumps , bites Arkrion's waist,

spins, tosses him.

 

Vatrion grabs Tybeast's spine and

takes him up.

 

TYBEAST

No!

 

Tybeast twists Vatrion's ankle and crushes

them into a mountain.

EXT. OBSERVATION HILL – SAME TIME

 

RODAN

He's not that strong. He's smaller

than Hydrion. All he can do is…

 

MRS. KELINZA

…survive. That's Tybeast's special

ability—pure defensive reflexes. He could even hold off the original Hydrion.

EXT. BATTLEFIELD – SAME TIME

 

Tybeast lands before Arkrion.

 

TYBEAST

I feel like I'm forgetting something

Mrs. Kelinza said and—

 

(Both Vatrion and Arkrion leap at

him.)

 

TYBEAST

Oh yeah, that's right!

EXT. RIDGELINE – NIGHT

 

MRS. KELINZA sets up a missile

launcher.

 

MRS. KELINZA

There she is…

 

KOTAN

Your Highness, this isn't part of the

plan!

 

MRS. KELINZA

We made changes, remember.

 

KOTAN

No—guys! Help me!

 

Kaya knocks her out with a karate

chop.

 

FIONA (shivering)

What did you just do?

 

KAYA

Our Only option.

 

MIDAS

No it wasn't.

 

KOTAN

Statistically, 97% chance she'd ruin

everything… so, yeah, it kinda was.

EXT. SHORE – NIGHT

 

Dinna lands with Nayoka. The BOSS

approaches.

 

MRS. IVY

You must be Nayoka. Not what I

expected.

 

NAYOKA

Uh… who are you?

 

MRS. IVY

I'm Mrs. Ivy Genkasa, the head of…

 

NAYOKA

GKI? …not what I expected

 

MRS. IVY

Yes.…Heard of us?

 

NAYOKA

Only in stories.

 

MRS. IVY

Good. Take him aboard.

 

Two soldiers drag him to a ship.

EXT. BUSHES – SAME TIME

 

MAXI

I should check on Rodan and Kelton.

 

RODAN (drops Tybeast's limp body)

No need.

 

MAXI

You beat him?

 

RODAN

Yeah.

 

DINNA

But last time—

 

RODAN

That was last time. And they weren't

the same

 

MAXI

Is it just me, or does he look like

Mrs. Kelinza's dog?

 

DINNA

What do you want him to look like, a

cat?

 

FLORENCIA

That's because he is hers.

EXT. BUSHES – CONTINUOUS

 

A soldier approaches their location.

 

KAYA

This is bad. What do we do?

 

MIDAS

You're asking me?

 

SOLDIER

Who's there?

 

KOTAN

This is why you don't knock her out.

 

KAYA

Look who's talking!

 

SOLDIER

Come out!

 

Fiona leans to Mrs. Kelinza's ear.

 

FIONA (whispers)

Florencia is making out with Leniel…

hardcore.

 

MRS. KELINZA jolts awake. Missile

launcher in hand.

 

SOLDIER

Found them—!

 

MRS. KELINZA

Die bitch !!.

 

(BOOM. Explosion.)

EXT. RIDGE – NIGHT

 

KELTON

What was that?

 

MRS. IVY

She's here.

 

MRS. KELINZA reloads.

 

MRS. KELINZA

Where is she?

 

MIDAS (points in panic)

Down there.

 

MRS. KELINZA fires. Rodan sees it.

 

MRS. KELINZA

That's for stealing my son's first

kiss—without my blessing!

 

GROUP

…Huh?

 

Only Florencia hears.

 

RODAN

Florencia!!

 

Rodan jumps in, takes the missile.

Smoke clears—Florencia safe.

 

FLORENCIA (coughing)

EXT. CLEARING – NIGHT

 

MRS. KELINZA and team are captured

before Ivy.

 

MRS. IVY

Hello, Mrs. Kelinza.

 

MRS. KELINZA

I'll tear you apart.

 

MRS. IVY

Since when did you hold such a grudge?

 

MIDAS, KOTAN, KAYA AND FIONA (V.O.)

I don't think she's talking about you…

 

MRS. KELINZA

You thief.

 

MRS. IVY

What did I steal from you?

 

FLORENCIA (thinking)

How does she know…?

 

MRS. KELINZA

You'll live to regret it.

 

MRS. IVY

Heard you've got a son. Maybe I'll

marry him. We'd be family.

 

MRS. KELINZA (sinister smiles)

I will murder you.

 

MRS. IVY

What was his name again… Leniel?

 

TYBEAST

The one and only.

 

MRS. IVY

Not bad. Where is he now?

 

FLORENCIA

Probably asleep by now.

 

MRS. KELINZA

 leave him out of this!

 

MRS. IVY

And if I don't?

 

MRS. KELINZA (devilish smile)

You know me, Ivy.

 

MRS. IVY

Fine. Where's Hydrion? Better yet—who

is Hydrion?

 

MRS. KELINZA

Huh?

 

MRS. IVY

Nayoka doesn't look the part. That

over there is just a dog.

 

MRS. KELINZA

He doesn't look the part, huh?

Tybeast… call him.

 

TYBEAST (smirks, howls)

 

Suddenly—

 

One of the ships explodes , the one

Nayoka was sent in. Screams, blood, gunfire. Chaos erupts.

 

MRS. KELINZA

What did they say about judging a book

by its cover?

 

From the flames…

 

HYDRION (emerges from the burning

ship)

(Roars)

 

ARKRION / VATRION / MAXI / DINNA

(ready for battle)

 

HYDRION (cracking his neck)

Finally… my turn.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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