Sun's hot in the urban area of Burnham City. The cement is seething, hot enough that leaves dried and you could fry an egg on a car's roof. And meanwhile, Miguel runs barefoot, chasing after something, or someone. He leaps on the walls of buildings and manages to hop onto a car, with his fingers sticking to the roof like a giant bug. He crawls on all fours and jumps onto the next car, then a jeep, then another car, and another, eventually landing on a dark car. Miguel growls and punches the bulletproof glass, shattering it as he transforms into an Aswang and growls at the driver who shoots him in the face. Suddenly, they take out a shotgun shell and shoot him in the chest, causing him to be flicked off the car. He spreads his bat wings and flies toward the vehicle, landing again and tearing the car door open. He looks inside to see that no one he sees important is there.
Miguel roars. "WHERE IS THE CHILD!?!?"
They shoot again. Miguel withstands the shotgun shell and this time kill the gunman. They take out machine guns and Miguel just allows himself to get shot over and over, tanking each round where he finally blasts a fatally heated Hell Fire into the car, killing them before hopping onto the next van.
Miguel barks. "THE CHILD!!! WHERE IS SHE?!!?"
The mobsters shoot at Miguel, who teleports and snaps the neck of the gunman, before driving with his feet while he strangles the next few men with his monkey-like tail.
He shoots their foreheads with a bullet from his Cold Shot and proceeds to shoot rocks at the next van, blinding the windshield and causing them to crash.
Miguel prepares a stance and stomps on the ground, creating a powerful electric shockwave that disables the machinery of the van. He beats up everyone in the van, killing some of those who went for the kill toward Miguel, and proceeds to reactivate the van with an electric shock to drive off. Curiously, in the other van, the girl that they kidnapped has her eyes closed, and Miguel sees this from his own van, using his echolocation.
One man, who managed to open a portal behind Miguel, manages to shoot at Miguel from behind, where he dodges and releases his bone claws, stabbing him through the chin and kicking him away, ticking his wings furiously. One last van. One last van that Miguel uses his echolocation. They enter a shady-looking seeming abandoned tunnel, and Miguel deactivates the electricity of the location. Electricity? Indeed. They have reached the domain of the gangsters of Burnham City. The van just crashes. The mobsters grab the child, who sobs in fear, and Miguel beats them one by one, knocking the majority of the gangsters out killing some who went too far and tried to decapitate Miguel or injure his brain, which is his major weakness. Miguel roars and howls before being shot with a strange bullet, one that smelled of garlic.
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Miguel disarms and beats the guy, only to feel that he is no longer healing. He falls to the ground, with the specific wound on his right pectoral not healing.
Miguel wheezes and gasps. "Is this... Is this spice?"
"I heard Aswangs have capsaicin in their blood that directly affects how their platelets rapidly multiply... Put some spice or salt..." smiled the man. "In hindsight, I should've told the others... that we should've loaded our ammo with spice and salt... Eh! You live and learn, I guess!" He shoots Miguel over and over as he screams in horrific pain.
Miguel is punched by the gangster in the chest, causing him to scream in pain.
The little girl sobs in fear.
"That girl... Her mother... is worried sick... Please... Don't do this."
"What?" smiled the gangster, pointing it to her head.
"Are you insane? I thought you kidnapped her for ransom!"
"No. We were paid to get to you, dumbass. We knew this child has ADHD. Similar to an autistic fuck like you. You just can't bear watching your own kind get killed... And by the way, And maybe... Just maybe... I won't kill her. I'll just send her off to some nasty old man known for making very exotic films-..."
Miguel shoots him in the face with a rapid rock bullet.
The girl has her eyes closed the whole time. "Is it over?"
Miguel sighs and picks her up.
"Can I open m-?"
"I told you earlier, to not open your eyes," said Miguel. "The game isn't finished. Okay?"
"What were those scary sounds? Are they friendly monsters like you?"
Miguel sighs. "No. Not friendly. Be careful out there, kid. Not all monsters look like monsters. Some..." Miguel sighs, seeing the file on his Holo-Puck, revealing that the gangster is a politician. "Some look like guardian angels..." He looks at the other profiles. Others are just handymen, mailmen, even policemen. "Others look like lambs. In the end... That's why I told you to close your eyes."
"I saw you, Mr. Aswang. I got scared at first, but you were nice."
"I know... But the bad men look like you."
"That's scary," she smiled, moving aggressively left to right, trying to break free.
He smiles and laughs. "Easy kid. Control." He speaks gently. "I know. That's why people like us are here... to protect you..."
She touches his face. "Your face is wet... You're... You're hurt, aren't you? Are you hurt? Mr. Aswang? Are you-?"
"I'm okay..." he limped. "Let's... find your mother. Okay? You're gonna be okay."
"I can't see. Am I handy cared like Mom said?"
Miguel stops. Miguel sighs. "'Handicapped.'"
"Is that bad?"
"No. Sometimes not seeing allows you to see a different way. What do you see?"
"Darkness. But I hear you. I can feel your face!"
"Yeah. But you're not blind. You can open your eyes any time."
"What's HHD?"
"'ADHD.'"
"Yeah. That. Is that bad?"
"No. It just... lets y see things... Differently. And NO ONE... NO ONE ELSE... Can see what you do."
"Wow. Like a superpower!"
Miguel smiles. "Yeah. I like your strength, kid."
"Thank you!"
The pair both give a hearty laugh, walking away out of the tunnel and into the light.