12 am.

His clock rang-shutting it down as he awoke still tired from before, filled with a great meal and not so much of sleep. Maybe it was only just four hours or was it three? Hino doesn't need to know, he needs to get going Princi had gotten them a job to do. She had already told him the address and everything when she visited him and with a fair warning. "We'll be competing with many others" her words played in his head, looks like they both need to work harder.

Dressed and with his teeth brush and a round of barfing out all that unwanted stuff floating around his insides. He was ready to go.

Sneaking out from his home, slowly tip toeing across the halls and down twelve flights of stairs he was on the streets of midnight with him being the only life around here.

Walking through fountain park reminding himself that the ducks could be like him also awake and hiding around the park grounds. There he climbs over a fence, slowly descending near the banks of the river as he fishes something out with his eyes closed, concentrating on it to just come. "Just wish for it with your eyes closed" Princi's voice spoked in his mind as he feels around the water for it before touching it as he pulls on it.

A burst of water blew over him, thank goodness he were a coat over his clothes. In his hands a faintly colorless chainsaw held tightly in his hand, the blade scratched but still in perfect condition. "Good enough " he told himself as he left the place on his way towards a bus stop waiting for the night bus to turn in.

The driver seem shocked but didn't protest against Hino instead just ignoring him and driving towards the next stop. Looking as all the houses and building around turn to blur as they gain speed, Hino just sat there forehead press on the glass looking around. "I really wanna see Mari" he wished before closing his eye to dream just a little.

His dreams are a mess. In here everything looks the same just the winds are more noisy and the water don't make much sense at all. He was sitting at a table and Mariko was sitting opposite to him just looking at him with her light-green eyes, smiling all the way. Dream Hino was smiling also. No no not true.....

The bus made its next stop as the driver calls out to Hino. Annoyingly he woke up remembering to grab his chainsaw and hoping off, annoyed that he couldn't keep dreaming yet relieve to be interrupted. He walks on towards this meet up place, just some kind of mall Princi had said before, some old mall holding on before being sold for demolishment. Unfortunately there's some monster needed taken care off and officials were to busy to assist so illegal hires was the next best thing, on that website Hino forgotten its name already. Monkey.com? or something he imagines.

The Jin Xuan mall seems to loom ahead with a gathering being obvious at its entranced as Hino reaches over. Tons of unrecognizable faces seem to gather around here, Hino counted to about sixteen-there he ran over to Princi as she stood looking at the entrance of the mall with something like a golf bag sling over her shoulder.

"Ah there's my second in command" she yells before wrapping her arm over his shoulder, fist butting him. "What going on here?" he asked. "Owner trying to make sure all this goes silent" she answered eying towards a feeble man nervously greeting everyone one by one trying to keep this whole thing a secret.

"Hey hey there...remember keep this under wraps alright. Do you need cash?" the owner nervously sneaks behind Hino, his gripping hands wrapping around his shoulders as he rose from behind, faking a smile. "He's with me!" Princi scoffs getting him to leave them alone. "Offered me an extra hundred to keep me quite" she muttered, "So did you take it?" he asked. "Nah I just asked for a thousand" grinning as she spoked. "Thats smart" Hino thinks pulling the fished out chainsaw closer to heart as he looks on towards the Jin Xuan mall, wondering whats inside.

Standing still, half dreaming while half listening to Princi's introduction of everyone around as he hugs against the chainsaw. The man in all black is just name Pink or Mr Pink, just a thirty year old with some bad stuff inside. Then one with the oversize beanie and a baseball bat is Ken, he's just that Ken nothing notable. The couple furthest from the group are Moe and Jess, Moe as combat experience while Jess is there just to support, their both dress in matching clothing. The one endlessly lighting and closing his lighter with oversized scruffy hair covering his eyes along with glasses is Fuji, he's well known on the Monkill.com website.

Aside a couple few others around, the most notable Princi wanted Hino to be aware of is Con. The one currently speaking with the mall owner, the one with the highest rank among all of them, the most muscular and experience of them all except for Princi........and Hino of course.

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Hino looks on still hugging against the chainsaw as he watches dazed as they all began to gather in front even Princi was already ahead of him running forward with whatever that thing she has sling on her back.

Somehow someone managed to sneak up behind him again and its not that old crusty looking mall owner, instead its the scruffy glasses dude Princi explained about. "Hey now don't keep everyone else waiting" he lazily spoked with this smile dragged across his face as he wrapped his shoulder around Hino. "So what brings you around" Fuji asked as they walked behind the group, Hino's eyes wandered for awhile before answering Fuji. "Princi invited me over" he answered. The perplexed looked on his face made Hino wondered if he said anything likely rude towards Fuji as he stands there spinning his lighter across his palm as he tinkers with whatever goes about his head. "I do this for action figures" he chuckles. Staring straight at Fuji, Hino asked "What kind?"-"The exotic kind of course" he smiles putting his hands as if he gotten caught.

Reaching towards the entrance with shutters blocking anyone from entry as the owner shuffles his way in front of everyone. "Hello everyone" he nervously smile as it wavers in front of everyone "Like I said before keep this silent and after today I'll pay the one what I owe" he nervously chuckles while clapping to a staring crowd.

"Alright Hino this my big day. Got it? " Princi pounce at him with her shoulders knocking against his, "Find that sucker and let me kill it" she commands. "Wait aren't we workin-" Hino wanted to ask before being cut off by another argument between Moe and Jesse. Now with a better view of the couple, he notices a gun strapped around Moe, shouldering Princi he whispers "Ain't guns illegal?". Holding her laughter she answers "Is this legal?"-smacking his back as she laughs.

"Quiet you two!!" Cob yells at the four of them.

The four cluelessly look at him, all in sync "Which two?". Flabbergasted he turns away from them, calling everyone to listen up as the shutters open up. Hands raised forward as Cob stood tall "Hold it down, we can do this quick and easy or hard. Your choice, you choose".

"I pick hard" Mr Pink yells running passed and in. "I too go hard" Ken yells rushing passed Cob with everyone else rushing else following the two behind. "Wait guys?" he stood there lost for words with Princi dashing pass him yelling something as she laughs leaving only Hino, Fuji and Cob behind at the entrance.

"Hey wait up" Hino calling tagging behind Princi as they get lost within the place.

"She's gone now" Hino spoked to himself surrounded by desolate stores with footsteps of others all through out the place. Stepping across debris and kicking up untouched dust, Hino carries on even without light, he could still see a little there he heard a click sound repeating itself somewhere within the solid black that ingulf this part of the mall he currently stands now. Preparing for his finger around the chord, he stood there readying to charged in.

"Hey dude what you looking at?" Cob stood next to him wondering what he's staring at. "Ehhh what you here for?" Hino jerks back falling to on the floor. "His job?" Fuji answered materializing from within the darkness. "Rawr" he says before walking off as he tinkers against his lighter.

Cob follows Fuji leaving Hino to tag along behind them hoping to stumble upon Princi somehow but right now his mind is currently occupied on something. No someone.

"Hey you guys got anyone?" Cob asked as they walked.

"I only got my figurines " Fuji answers "The naughty ones " he added. "You need help " Cob in disgust, "How about you, Hino right?" switching his attention to him. "I live alone" Hino answered. "That's a shame. I bet my kids would love to meet a guy like you" Cob answered. Curious Hino followed up "What you mean?". "I don't know you seem quite calm for a kid" Cob answered as they walk next to one another.

"Shhhh do you hear that?" Fuji stops, listening his hand raised towards the air as he slowly turns to find the sound. "I don't hear nothing" Cob protest. "There-!" he yells pointing between Hino and Cob as he charges forward pass them. "Why is everyone always running?" Cob asked as Hino follows on. "Hey wait Hino you too!!!".

"I hear it too" Hino mutter to himself charging pass Fuji before taking a quick turn down the powerless escalator, down another floor then another block forward before stumbling to a group already standing there. "Princi!!" he cries out only to look more in shock at her expression. It wasn't fear or shock or anything good, its a look they he could only describe as "We're fucked".

There he look over again, he could see Moe shooting up towards the air with a few others standing. His legs felt wet so looked down-petrified at whats he just step into. Ankle deep all around him Princi's and everyone else in this area, then the lights turn on, erasing the dark with old lights. Now he can see it clearly now, all over the floor is filled with water-red water-dark murky water-with the smell of iron. Blood?

Now he could really see what Moe was shooting and why everyone was looking up. Cuboid in shape with one of its corners pointed towards the ground, the opposite up with a ring of red wrapped around it, suspended in the air. Bubbles of this red water seem to float up in bubbles soon becoming part of the ring. A few holes scattered across its fleshy symmetrical being, a few miniature bullet holes that scatter across its surface with drops of the same water spilling from it but most prominently was the large hole that splits through to the other end with a waterfall worth of it pouring out from it.

"What is this?" Hino questions. "We gotta to run" Princi stares back at him, now he notice her bag was now open with a about four sturdy polls sticking out. "Spears?" Hino asked still in shock on what he's in, "Yeah pretty much, I dented that thing" she admitted before pointing towards the bottom of its shadow, something was rising out from the water.... first a hand then the top half of a head finally a full body and many more, rising up.