Most of my concentration was on what Doctor Chang has said. It was clear from her tests that I was a genetic abnormality, but what did that mean. What...caused it? Was I born this way? If so were my birth parents also like me? Or did they find out about me and decide to get rid of me because of it? Was I abandoned because I was some genetic freak?I weighed the possibilities of what this would mean with my life. I could see the clear upside. There was no denying the upside of having some kind of. Interested in helping organise it?" I suppose so." replied Jake, looking at Natalie and the stranger. He did not sound too interested, but Bill's next words really made him sit up!"We were thinking of having a Ladies Night to kick off with, with a stripping penalty for wrong answers. We had a licence for that sort of thing, as you know, and it's still valid. Any lady friends of yours that you could persuade to come along for a bit of a laugh would be more than welcome!"And Jake saw the answer. But it was harder and harder to face as the seconds ticked by."Well, what're you waitin' for? Get on with it!" growled Hawkins, now only a couple of feet away with his vicious four-legged companion at his side. The wolf obviously hated her perhaps only because she was a woman, but Hawkins was holding him securely by his heavy collar to keep him back, without that restraint he looked fierce enough to tear them both apart without much effort.Sarah tried to speak, but the words hung in her dry. A horror that increased as the column of smoke surrounded Ian.“Ian!” She shouted taking a step forwards. She froze at the scream he let out. A sound of intense pain and fear. Naomi froze to the spot as the scream suddenly ended. The smoke spread outwards, growing in size. It began to congeal into a shape, rapidly turning from black formless smoke into a solid form. Then, stood in the exact spot Ian had been was a monster, a demon. Ian had vanished completely. The thing that had taken.