The hunt for the beasts!

"Wake up! Wake up! Prakash! Wake up, Prakash!"

Pain filled his chest as the nightmares continued to haunt him, and Prakash felt untied from the shackles of his unconsciousness. A voice rang in his ear, a familiar one, calling his name.

As he tried to open his eyes, he was being oppressed by the light. But with little effort, he could see the surroundings- the deserted alley, the constant noise from the main road, and his guardian angel disguised as a human. His dear Leonard was present there as he had first seen him, wearing his usual coat and pants with a tie half tied around his neck, his white skin and blond hair still in its youth.

When he regained his consciousness, he noticed that his body was leaning against the wall, and pieces of cement and rocks were scattered on the street.

"Hey, boy! Are you okay?" Leonard asked.

"Yeah, I am okay."

"Don't lie to me. I can see the broken bones on your back. Even after warning you over a hundred times, you still tried to transfuse. Pray to whoever god you worship that you weren't dead by now."

"Look who's talking." Prakash scornfully replied.

While Leonard sighed at the statement, he extended his hand to support him as he stood up. He felt little pain in his whole body, but probably due to the effects of adrenaline, it was all under control.

"I am talking right now because I barely made it alive since the last time I tried to transfuse."

"So, what do I do? They have my son. I can't sit here and wait for them to kill him. I don't even know where he is, and what they are doing to him right now." Tears escaped his eyes, melting in the newfound scars.

"Don't worry. You know they wouldn't kill him. So we have time till they leave this country. You should calm down."

"Don't fucking irritate me, you damn fucker! They are not after him. They are after that, Piero. My son met him."

"What!? How's that possible?"

"I don't know how that happened." He was breaking down, crying intensely.

Leonard was out of words. He felt as if he had gone numb. Everything that he planned went downhill. He didn't understand what to do, but when he saw Prakash's crying face, he felt a surge of emotion. He composed himself and said, " Come here, my boy! Don't cry, don't cry. Crying will change nothing."

"I don't know where to start, where to go, what to do now? I can't believe everything that I've been doing to them would come to haunt my son." Prakash said while washing off the tears.

Leonard, too, felt some guilt about this situation. From the very beginning, he was confident in his abilities and plans, and that is true for most occasions. It is a well-known fact that his plans were flawless. This is the reason why, after so many attempts, they were never caught. But now, due to some weird fate, the hunters are being chased, and the beasts they hunt are in their territory.

Leonard cracked his fingers and placed his hand on Prakash's shoulder when he replied, "Hey, hey, hey! Don't forget, kid. We are not the bad guys. We are not wrong. So, don't worry. We have never lost and we never will. I swear to you that they won't be able to leave with your son."

"Eww.. That's too much cheesiness coming from someone who likes to sound practical." Prakash said, cracking up.

"I thought it might work. You laughed. So I guess it did."

As they both sat down on the ground, Leonard removed his watch and placed it on the ground. He then pressed the screen three times in a row, where a password screen appeared hologrammatically. He entered the code, and a map of the area appeared.

"So what's the plan?" Prakash asked.

"Okay! Let's be quick on what we know now. First, your son can see Seven, and he saw him. Those chimeras know your son saw Seven and has now been taken by them. At present, your son's girlfriend is in their captivity."

"Yeah, that seems to be the case."

"There are tons of things I don't understand right now. But let's keep the questions aside and focus on how we can find him."

"..."

"This was the last place where they used their teleportation devices. Then they must be somewhere near. Since they are here to find Seven, I don't think they would take him back to the HQ right now."

"Very probable. But if their only objective is my son, then why haven't they left that girl Ananya yet? What are they trying to do with her?" he stopped and gasped, " Do you think in some way they have changed their protocols. Do you think they might be torturing her right now?"

"No, it's impossible. Of the hundred rules and laws, we are trying to change just three, and they haven't changed even one. Do you think they would change the protocol on which the whole system is based? I don't think so."

"If she is not in captivity, then why is she not home yet?"

"Listen, kid. You still haven't lost your habit of overcomplicating."

"What!? What did I miss?"

"When they leave her, as soon as she gets in the open, she will forget everything that happened to her. When she doesn't remember, there's a chance she just might be wandering."

"So, we just have to wait for her to go home. Is this what you say?"

"That's my only theory right now. Guess we have no choice but to test it." Leonard announced.