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man pleaded as he saw Emily standing still, hypnotized by the monster
gripping his neck, almost choking him to death.
     
    As the criminal’s voice pierced her ears,
Emily wagged her head to wake up and come back to her senses. Then she picked
up the knife the man used to try and kill her. Bringing her gaze back at the
bear, she swung the knife to wound the brute, but in vain her effort became
futile as the bear ran away into a small alley with the man in his grip. However,
she managed to cut him on the arm, enough to slow him down.
     
    Emily stood still, petrified at what was
happening.
     
    Shaken and mentally disturbed, all she did
was to slump herself against a pole light. Her brain couldn’t process what just
happened. “Is this real?” she wondered, pinching herself to wake up from the
nightmare she got herself into.
     
    Moments later, an agonising cry of the man
reverberated across the street, alarming the neighbourhood that there was a
crime, or rather, homicide taking place. Only, the suspect was no closer to a
human – far from it.
     
    Eyes wide open, Emily imagined how the bear
chopped the man’s head off using its mouth. She shivered. “No. This isn’t
happening. Calm down, Emily, this is just a dream. Just go home and have a
rest,” she persuaded herself as if it was going to help her forget everything.
     
    Standing back up, she picked up her purse
and phone. Cautious someone had seen her, she scanned the vicinity first before
walking forward to get home as quick as she can. Grandma was waiting.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter Four
In The Office
     
     
    “I heard you were in an accident last
night?” Mark pried.
     
    Emily placed the files on the other side of
the table before bringing her gaze to him. “Um… yes, I was, unfortunately. It
wasn’t really an accident…” she paused, hesitant to give any more details as to
what happened.
     
    Mark looked worried. “What is it then?” he
asked, unaware of what Emily was going through right now.
     
    “Oh, it’s nothing. It’s not really part of
the job, so I guess I have to let you know later,” she said sternly, making her
point pronounce and loud.
     
    Mark’s stomach turned. Sweat of fear dripped
down his forehead as he watched Emily typed on the computer.
     
    “Did you get home safely last night?” he
tried, hoping for a positive answer.
     
    Sighing, Emily dropped her hands to her
sides. She still hadn’t recovered from what happened and her brain was somehow
adrift somewhere no one could probe. Yeah. The bear and the man, without a
doubt, took a huge toll on her.
     
    “Do you believe in werebears?” she asked,
frowning in suspicion that Mark would think she’d gone mad.
     
    A calculated look registered across his
face as if thinking hard about her question. “Perhaps. I don’t really believe
in supernatural catastrophe, but yes, I do believe there are werebears out
there. Why did you ask?”
     
    Emily sighed again. “Right. Don’t think I’m
crazy, okay?”
     
    “Okay.”
     
    “So last night on my way home from here, a
thief approached me and tried to kill me. And then, all of a sudden a bear, or
rather, werebear came and pulled the man off me. I don’t know why, but I guess
the werebear wanted to save me. I know it sounds retarded, but that’s what
exactly happened,” she explained, letting her madness out.
     
    Mark crossed his arms against his chest. “I
understand.”
     
    But as Emily glanced at him, her eyes
caught a weird looking shape on his arm under his long-sleaves. Frowning, she
couldn’t quite figure out what happened to his arm. Yesterday, he was
completely fine.
     
    “Sir,”
     
    “Yes?” Mark’s face looked puzzled.
     
    “What happened to your arm? What’s that
bulging thing on your bicep?” she queried, intrigued of what happened to him.
     
    Mark’s throat tightened, disallowing the
air to enter. “This? Oh, um… I was playing with my dog and he accidentally bit
me. You