Legend of Ghouls

Chapter Three ~ The Bird Den

Tokyo Security Committee granted permission to travel back into the Sawyer to work on a deep investigation on the abandoned hospital and old lab down the morgue that used to be ran by Takers. They are still trying to figure out how did our ghoul citizen turned into a killer flock. If one of the Takers are still hidden in the area, then it will become another raid in the abandoned areas of Wisconsin. They did a very deep search inside the hospital until one of the investigators found a secret door to the basement. Back up called for safety precautions as the investigators broke open the floor with a crowbar and ran downstairs with flashlights and weapons. Juuzou squad ran downstairs as Hanbee heard bird gobbling noises coming from the basement hallway. One of his squad members found a light switch for the lab.

“Everyone needs to put your masks and suits on. We are surrounded in a contaminated area of the secret basement.” Suzuya instructed all TSC members on the radio.

“I’m starting to scent a turkey farm back there.” Ayato said on the radio.

“Yuck! My wife and kids would not be happy if I came home with turkey stinkies!” Naki blurted out.

“You’ll be fine, dude.” Ayato said as doors automatically open. The dust and feathers blew into the hallway as investigators walked carefully into an indoor basement farm as a big crowd of turkeys making loud noises and walking around trying to peck on their legs.

“Ouch! Bad turkey! You pecked me on the leg! That hurts, meanies!” Naki whined as he scared it away.

“Stay calm, Naki. If they peck you, think of the peck as a turkey's curiosity. The calmer you are, more likely the turkeys will leave you alone.” Suzuya smiled under his ventilation mask.

“We are going to need an equipped bird mover and extra back up. We detected an unknown individual in a closed room in the back of a basement farm.” Suzuya radioed investigators.

“Roger that!” Investigators responses as a merging sound coming from the opening door. Two people used door blockers to keep it open to prevent from getting trapped in hostages or suspects try to escape from arrest. They enter the laboratory, the computer chair turned as they met with a big old woman dressed in a lab coat and smoking a cigarette with shiny golden chains touching her cleavage. It reminded Suzuya of Big Madame. He might think that she could be related.

“Ma’am! Are you running this turkey farm and laboratory by yourself, or do you have allies?” Hanbee asked with his weapon pointed at her.

“Now, now, sir. I do not have anyone to do my job for me silly. I am just doing my grandson a favor.” The old woman smirked and acted calm as she blew her cigarette at them.

“Tell me your name!” Suzuya asked.

“My name is Richter Hakujin. My grandson suggested that I transform the ghoul sinners into my precious flocks. Not only I made them into killer flocks, but we have incubated someone’s embryo into becoming my precious great grand baby who is blossoming into a woman now.” Richter smiled as she pressed the button that opens the wall behind her. “Now. Look how gorgeous just like her father.”

“What the hell?!” Ayato shouted. The glass incubator machine of a woman with longer hair and ukaku movement coming out of her upper shoulder blades.

“You need to put that cigarette out! Get up off that chair and put your hands up!” Ivan shouted as he felt nauseous looking at the glass incubator and she got off the chair with her hands up.

“I am still surprised that you all still found me. I am willing to corporate with you, but do not become alarmed if she hatches out of this glass anytime soon.” Richter laughed as Ivan grabbed the monitor hand cuffs and took her into custody.

“We are going to need something very important to confiscate the main incubator.” Suzuya radioed them.

“Copy! Air Force and Swat team are on their way!” Investigators said as helicopters flying around the area. The TSC members raided the entire basement of the laboratory and loaded up all the turkeys into the farm trucks. They must investigate all the turkeys by running tests before the lab can make the decision to send them to the incinerator for safety precautions. Akira and Amon arrived in the scene from the helicopter with ventilation masks.

“Who are we taking into custody tonight, Ivan?” Akira asked.

“Suspect Richter Hakujin. She claimed to be the grandmother of Pandy Hakujin.” Ivan said as he escorted Richter into the prison plane.

“Anymore suspects found in the area yet?” Amon asked.

“Negative. But team found a huge incubator of a human formed female specimen.” Hanbee mentioned as both looked at the direction in shock.

Dragon threw up in the middle of the night due to viral illness that has been going around from one of the killer flocks spreading in the forest few weeks ago. I traveled to work alone this morning in the snow. I decided to eat breakfast at the work cafeteria before my shift started. Miza offered to sit next her, and I said Yes to joining with her.

“Where is your soon to be husband?” Miza asked as she sipped her coffee.

“Dragon is sick today.” I answered.

“Did anyone in your guy's household meet with the killer flock in your area during your engagement ceremony night, Vi?” Miza asked with concerned expression.

“I know Hercules pulled a dumbass move by talking to the flock which indicated to be a female ghoul.” I said nodding.

“Ugh. He could have brought the viral s**t home without thinking about it. Men are stupid.” Miza rolled her eyes in the direction until Seika stormed out of the locker room and slammed her phone on the table in front of us that some of our coffee jump out of our cups.

“Jesus Christ Seika! What has gotten you pissed this morning?” Miza shook for a moment.

“Hercules would not stop talking about that stupid killer flock! He kept bringing up how this woman reminded him of someone he used to know! Did he used to date this person that looked like her?! After I had our son, he has been distant and too focused with his own f*****g s**t while I am taking care of our child!” Seika vented as I sipped my coffee.

“Sweetheart, lower your voice down. Is he supposed to be at work today?” Miza asked.

“He said that he was going to take paid time off this week to take care of the baby while doing his online TSC missions about that stupid female flock.” Seika cried.

“Hercules was part of that mission. Technically, you cannot blame him for trying to do his job. I agree that it was dumb of him to come close to chat with it, but he is just trying to investigate the flock.” Miza tried to calm her down.

“Why can he just love me instead of focusing on that thing?” Seika sat down in the chair and pouted. Dragon and I overheard Hercules and Seika get into loud arguments for weeks in the kitchen and dining room while all of us were trying to sleep. Hercules must have said something that really pissed her off that Seika punched a hole in the wall with her kagune in the dining room. All of us heard their baby crying upstairs. Dragon and I went into their room to go check on their son to comfort him. Shae ran downstairs barked and growled louder at both. Moira yelled at Seika to take her f*****g ass outside and cool off. Kaye was not happy that she had to grab the equipment from garage. Moira uncorked on Hercules that he can fix the damage by patching the big hole on the wall which took him over 2 hours to repair Seika’s mess. Neither of us were sure what is wrong with Seika. We tried to keep ourselves away from the situation until everyone started to become more concerned for her.

“Seika, I need you to meet me at my house tonight. Let us finish our coffees and head up to the floor. It close to our time.” Miza left the table as she grabbed her smock and helmet. I entered in the women’s locker room to remove my cloak and items off to put into my locker to put my hairnet, smock, and helmet. I walked up to the floor washed my hands and arms for twenty seconds, dried, and put on my long sleeve gloves with rest of my gear as I saw Egypt come in with her clip board.

“Good morning, Viola! Congratulations to you and Dragon’s engagement! How are you feeling?” Egypt asked with a smile.

“I am feeling well, and everyone is safe from the flock. Thank you! How are you today?” I asked.

“I am doing fantastic. Hercules is going to be out of work this week for childcare along with mission call. Will you cover his spot for him bleeding out the deer this week?” Egypt asked clicking her pin.

“Yes, I can take over for him.” I agreed.

“Thank you so much, Viola!” Egypt wrote down our rotations. I walked to the line with my knives ready as the deer hung upside down and knocked out from the CO2. I kept myself focused on work mode for hours of pumping blood out of arteries and watching the flow down into the blood tanks. The blood drained out of deer bodies are stored in safe containers in the blood room. When the blood tanks get full, blood goes through the filters in the processing machines for deep cleanse before containers shipped to the liquid room for blood to be filled in IV bags and bottles. In the blood processing department has the blood alcohol brewery, medicines, candies, and other blood consumptions. After the blood drained out of their bodies, deer lines moved into the skinner machines and skin turned into something useful. When skinned, they cut open the abdomen and remove the organs. They place the organs in separate buckets like livers, hearts, intestines, lungs, stomachs, pancreas, and tongues are sent to processing for nutritional food values. The other disposables are discarded in the orange waste buckets. The deer goes through the decapitation machine and carcasses are moved into the deboning department to cut the limbs off and remove the meat to be cut into several types. The meat is prepared for packaging steaks and grinding into ground.

Eight hours of long shift, I walked outside in front of the building to smoke a cigarette until Dragon showed up in his truck to pick me up.

“Good evening, honey. How was the rest of work? Is Seika coming with us?” Dragon asked as he readjusted the temperature.

“It’s just a long day. Seika is going to Miza and Naki’s place tonight.” I said as I went into my bag.

“Does Hercules know that she’s going to Miza and Maki’s?” Dragon asked with concern.

“I’m sure she already called him. How is your illness holding? You do feel warm.” I asked feeling his forehead.

“I’m recovering the best I can, honey.” He said as he stuffed his mask in a little baggy.

“Seika is really not herself.” I said as I stared at the snow plowed on the road.

“I know, but she will get herself back up again. I promise she is going to be okay, honey.” He reassured as he carefully drove back on the highway back home.

“Your right, honey. She will come back to herself. Are you going to be all right to eat supper tonight?” I asked.

“Well, I think venison soup might help. What do you think?” He asked rubbing his tummy.

“Moira is planning on cooking venison soup tonight. It sounds good right now.” I said as both of us smiled at each other.

We arrived home as Shae walked to sniff both of us and walked back to the kitchen. Dragon still felt lightheaded as he felt exhausted from driving his truck in snow weather and still recovering from this morning. I walked him upstairs to help give him a full body wash in nice hot shower, walked him back to our room to tuck him back to bed, and turned on the heating blanket.

“You didn’t have to drive if you are still not feeling great, honey.” I said as he held my hand on his chest.

“I know, but I wanted to pick you up because I’m worried about the damn flock sightings coming out in the woods again. I heard they caught the suspect held responsible for creating these flocks roaming free and an incubator confiscated from a hidden lab in the Sawyer.” He expressed with concerns.

“I heard about it, too. That was very odd. But I flew to work safe without issues, honey.” I said.

“I know you did, but I wish you didn’t travel alone in the cold. I would not want you to get sick, too.” He smiled.

“Let me bring you a tray of bowl of venison soup and medicines.” I kissed his forehead, and he smiled as he turned on the television and sipped his coffee. Dragon watched the Minnesota news about the flock investigation. Hercules came in the room to join Dragon to talk about the flock investigations as he showed him shocking images of the woman in the incubator. They were both shocked, but it will not be known until it hatches out of the glass. The flock that was captured on our engagement night. According to the papers, the flock told the investigators her name was Scarlett, and she was a female ghoul victim who was turned into a killer flock by Takers. Richter Hakujin tortured the women in the lab and transitioned them into flocks for to forced them into ghoul fighting pits. The news reporter said that TSC will update us for more information about the incubator.