Circle Of Rage

It took the beast collapsing with him beneath it for him to realize that it was dead and it was with an angry grunt that he pushed it off his body, sending it flying into the air and dropping to the side.

Free of the oppressive weight that had been crushing him, Rio took in large gulps of air, spitting out particles of flesh that were stuck in his mouth as he tried to make sense of the situation but unfortunately he didn't have much of that luxury.

Grrrr! Grrrr!

It hadn't been up to 10 seconds since Rio dealt with the previous beast that he heard the growl of another and when he looked towards the broken door of the garage he could only gulp as two beasts, same as the one he had just killed walked in.

"What the hell is going on, was there an accident in some nearby underground science lab.

Surely someone must have seen something by now and called the police," Rio thought his eyes leaving the beasts for some seconds and observing the oddly quiet and deserted streets behind them through the garage gate.

"Man, I feel like I am missing something important" Rio thought and a new round of rage couldn't help but fill him again as he remembered how out of the loop he had been at the office this morning, no one telling him about what was to happen.

"Fred, Mark, Scott, not even Jane told me a thing."

Grrrr! Grrrr!

It took the loud growls from the beasts to bring Rio out of his mind and make him realize that in the face of the dangerous creatures before him, he surprisingly felt calm.

Unlike with the earlier beast where it's mere sight had sent his adrenaline immediately pumping, before these two beasts, his mind had actually felt liberated enough to wonder off.

"Unlike the other beast, they also aren't attacking me immediately, something is off"

Pushing himself off from the ground, Rio unhurriedly stood to his feet even whining his waist as he sort to work out the kinks in them.

"Man what the fuck is wrong with me, why I am not taking these guys seriously"

Rio was still in the middle of these thought when the beast decided they had had enough of him and charged forward.

Their aggressive move immediately put Rio on guard but there was no fear in him. He waited for them to get close and just as they were a step from him, with all his might he jumped into the air, soaring over them and then dropping to the ground with a roll, he pushed his body to the side, picked up his axe and turned to face them.

"All right guys, let's make this snappy, I have to figure out what the hell is happening to me."

The beast growled at him and charged once more, but this time, in a show of intelligence, they attacked from both sides, their mouth dripping with saliva.

"Bad doggies" Rio called out and with a grunt he shot towards the beast on his left, tightening his left hand into a fist and then when it lunged at him, just before it could bore it's claws into his face, putting all his weight into his left side, he moved to the side and released a punch on the side of its face.

Rio's hit sent the beast flying to the side and straight off passing out and then to the other which was right behind him, he let the weight of his punch carry his body into a spin and as he turned, he swung the axe at the second beast which had already leapt at him.

There was a splash of blood and while Rio fell to the ground, the beast crashed to the side, letting out a long howl as it's cradled it's left limb which it had used to stop Rios's axe from taking off it's head.

Standing to his feet, Rio licked his lips as he stared at the whimpering creature, but then as he moved to end it, his gaze snapped to the gate of the garage from where he could hear several distant growls.

"Oh, you called your friends, that's nice" Rio said, grinning and showing off his bloody teeth.

Though Rio didn't know it, the sight of him birthed fear into the beast heart and it was with a terrorized gaze that it remained frozen as Rio's axe fell and separated it's head from its body in one fell swoop.

"Strong on the outside soft on the inside" Rio thought as he decapitated the other passed out beast.

"Hmm they are getting closer" Rio thought as heard the distant growls got stronger and then without thinking he fell to his knees and using the axe to tear open the body of the beast, dug his hand into it and pulling out it's red warm flesh devoured it..

A sense of satisfaction filled Rio as the bits of fatigue which lingered in his body cleared away and though the blood and meat created a burning sensation as they went down his throat, the aftermath of the burn was a fresh whole new surge of strength going through his body.

Rio didn't know it, but there was a deep invisible hunger within him and it was only after he had somewhat satisfied it that, his mind cleared and he looked at his messy hand and surroundings.

"What am I doing" Rio asked himself but unfortunately once more he didn't have time to think about it as menacing growl reached his ear and when he turned around, he found that he was face to face with more than a dozen beasts all of them same as the one he had just killed.

"What the hell is happening with me, what the hell is going on with this world.

Subconsciously liking his lips clean Rio stood to his feet and turned to the beasts. There were many questions on his mind, but in the face of the deadly intent which the dozen creatures directed at his being, his mind was calm as his questions were kept to the side and his priorities et straight.

"Are all of you as tasty as him" Rio asked pointing at the beast behind him.

Initially, the beast had all stood at the door of the garage looking at him warily, but after he spoke, they growled in rage and charged at him.