Hybrid: The Begining by Eli The Great (books to read in your 20s TXT) 📖

                                                        Prologue

The furry beast was prowling around for the hunter. The hunter hid behind a tree. Silver arrow notched, waiting for his enemy to get into range. He was breathing quietly and had hardened his feelings, for the beast could sense fear. The hunter slowly peaked around the tree and saw the animal's back was toward him. The hunter ran and then rolled to another tree, closer to the beast.

      He had a better view of it now. It was sniffing for him around the bushes, where the hunter placed a bluff scent of himself. The hunter had already killed the monsters companion and now the thing was angry. It kept sniffing for him and when it finally realized that it was a bluff scent, the beast dumbfoundedly searched the circular grove of trees.

      The hunter decided to make his move, he cautiously turned from the tree, aiming at the beast's rear end. But then, the hunter stepped on a small twig. The smallest snap sounded from the twig but that was enough for the beast, for it had a keen sense of hearing, as well as smell. It's senses is what it relied on. Like a Tyrannosaurus Rex if you didn't move it didn't see you. But for this beast that was only in the morning. It was dark and raining the beast could see everything, like a HD television. The thing spun around speedily and lunged for the hooded warrior. The hunter ran towards it and, right before collision, the hunter rolled under the jumping beast. The hunter got up and shot the silver arrow into the monsters back the monster screeched once, in pain and tried to attack again but the silver was tearing away its essence. It fell dead and the hunter won, yet another trophy of victory. Then The Temptation started happening at the sight of blood. The hunter's teeth gritted and grew. His body was about to change shapes to an unruly beast, that he now knew how to control. The hunter relaxed and The Temptation disappeared. But before all of this had happen, there was a beginning to it all. Back when this hunter was a boy, who knew nothing of this world.

Chapter 1

Jordan woke up in a startled gasp. He saw that it was raining outside right now. Jordan was having strange dreams lately about a hooded warriors and beasts. Every night he would see them and every night he would wake up in cold sweat. He always woke up before, the hooded warrior was going to reveal him/herself to Jordan. It always bugged him, that he could never see the face. But he didn't have time to worry about that right now, right now he had to get to school before he was late. He went downstairs to his mother's cooking. Everyday, Jordan would see his father in his bathrobe. His father was a buff, grizzly man, and he only worked late into the night. Jordan's father, Jonak, had a tattoo of Greek symbols going down his arm:

                                       θηρίο φονιάς

Jordan always asked what they meant and his father always said he didn't know and that he was drunk when he got them. Jordan didn't think it was all Jonak always wore a sharp tooth and furry claw necklace. Jordan knew they were real but he was never sure what animals they came from.

"Morning, mum." Jordan greeted and kissed his mother

"Hello, pops" Jordan said giving his father a fist pound.

"Hey, there tiger. Ready for today?" Jonak said.

"What's today?"

"You're football game, my boy. Don't tell me you forgot."

"Yeah I sorta did. I'm sorry"

"It's alright, sport. But you'll go get em."

After about an hour or so Jordan's father went to go drop him off at school. For some odd reason, Jordan felt as if he and his father were followed to school. This was the first time he had ever felt uncomfortable around his father. Whatever it was it seemed to be stalking them.

"Hey Dad, do you think someone is following us?"

"No, it's probably nothing," Jordan's father said fiddling with his necklaces, which he did rarely. Jordan has only seen that happen when, his father was in danger. Like the time when a bear was in the middle of the street swinging at cars that passed by.

When Jordan was dropped off, he began to calm down. But just as his fear cooled down, a pair of eyes glowed through a bunch of trees. Jordan ran as fast as his football speed could take him all the way into his girlfriend. She was a beautiful young lady, with long natural reddish brown hair, curvy silhouette. an adventurous yet powerful gleam, always rested in her amber eyes, like she knew things others didn't.

"Hey there, what's the rush JJ?" she said. She usually called him that. Jordan looked back and saw that the eyes disappeared. He kept telling himself he was hallucinating.

"Hey Hope, no rush, no rush at all." Jordan said.

"Why do you insist calling me Hope amigo, the names Esperanza, a little respect for my latina side eh?"

"Whatever you say, but I hope  we do well today on the field, yeah?"

"¡Dios mío," Esperanza said in spanish. Having a have Latina girlfriend you get used to it and then later on, you can translate it. Jordan knew she was calling out to god in exasperation.

"C'mon babe, Esperanza is a beautiful name, for a beautiful girl like you. But it gets too long at times. Why can't I just call you, Hope, for short. After all, that is what your names mean, mi amor."

"Look at you catching up to my spanish business. But no I like Esperanza better." Esperanza said and walked her pretty self to the school. Jordan gazed at the grove of trees. Again, the pair of eyes appeared. He ran to catch up with Esperanza

Chapter 2

Something was definitely going on. Something scary and big. Jordan didn't like the looks of any of it at all. He had to stay out after dark because of his after school football game. It was a big game too and he didn't want to miss it. Jordan decided to get over it and just play his game. His father came with a black cloak with a hood and long black armbands on each arm. It was a very windy night, the wind was howling hard. Like a wolf howling to the moon. It stung at the players bare arms, like mosquito bites. Something was wrong, Jordin sensed. He didn't like the looks of this. It's like an evil was approaching and the wind was telling them that it was coming. Jordin didn't have time to think about that, because the game was starting. His team had won the toss and elected to receive. The wind blew a little faster and harder. The kickoff was complete and the kick returner (a guy named J) got ti the fifty yard line. The moon seemed to get bigger when Jordin when out there. He barely listened to the quarterback's plan, he was starting to get worried about what's going on. Luckily, he heard that he was going to run a fly pattern and he was getting the ball. Jordan thought that it would be better to run the ball then throw it because of the wind was heavy.

"Ready!"

"Ready Set"

"Red 78, Red 78"

There was a long pause and then:

"Hut, Hike"

Jordan swam past his cornerbacks jam. He was already half way down the field and he was open. The quarterback saw his dime, pushed against the wind, and launched the ball at Jordan. Time slowed down the ball was a little ahead of Jordan. He pushed harder, the ball descended right into his hands, and as soon as Jordan had it and took off. The safety tried to get him, but Jordan looked right in the eye and knocked him down. He was pushed by somebody to his left. The game was tied with 5 seconds. He needed to slow down to decrease any good chance of an overtime or loss. He stopped and a rival ran right past him then Jordan ran again. The guy turned around and got low for the tackle. Jordan ducked down ready to make contact and rushed him. The guy rushed Jordan. But then Jordan forced his torsos energy into his legs and sprung over the crouching defender. He scored a touchdown and won the game, for the Vamperdam Wolves against The Wolverstand Vampires. Then a big dark shadow knocks Jordan to the ground. Jordan could feel a strong furry arm throw his helmet off and slice his face. Jordan screamed in pain. He saw his father running up with a bow and arrow. He shot the beast and the beast fell dead after screaming in major pain. Jonak had grabbed a large piece of meat and he stuck an arrow through it. He shot it in the woods. And 3 more furry beast came out chasing after the smell of meat. Jonak begin to pursue the beasts. After a while Jordan followed, bleeding, exposed, and confused

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Jonak was rushing through the woods and then found the wolves in a circular grove of trees fighting, for the right to devour the meat/ At this point, Jonak, calmly, took out his bow and aimed at one of the 5 beasts. He let one silver arrow fly and it hit the beast with ease. Jonak quickly notched another and killed another beast, before the monsters could even look up.There was only 3 animals left and Jonak could kill them easily if he was careful enough. He grabbed another arrow and aimed at the charging beasts. But then:

"Dad!" Jordan called. Jordan was bleeding profusely and was in major pain. He could barely see out of his left eye If only he knew how much concentration his father needed, would the events that follow happen. Jonak flinched letting go of his bowstring and missing the beast completely. In the moment of their attackers distraction, the beast pounced on Jonak and clawed and bit at him. They were drawing blood. The beast began to draw blood and devour the human like they devoured the meat.

"No!" Jordan cried. The beast heard this and began to go for Jordan. Jordan was frightened he saw something silver and grabbed it. It was a knife with the same Greek Words on Jordan's father's arm. He did not have time to think about that. A beast came upon him and Jordan simply stabbed it. He saw the other one and stabbed that one too. But The biggest one came. Something snapped in Jordan and he was off. Running back from where he came from, the thing leaped at him and it fell right on Jordan, impaling itself on the silver blade that was ripping away it's essence. There was blood all over Jordan, and the trees. Jonak laid dead in the middle of the circular grove of trees, Seeing all of this made Jordan cry. He just cried for the rest of the night until a rescue team came in to help . The team rescued Jordan from the images of his father torn apart, but they could not rescue Jordan from his sadness of his father's death.

Chapter 3

Jordan was in deep sorrow, he didn't want to go to his old man's funeral but he wanted to see the last of his father at the same time. He decided to go to his father's funeral. He saw his father in a casket with his necklaces still on him. When the crowd went up to go see the body,and wish it luck in judgment, Jordan heard his grandmother mumbling something.

"Oh dear Jonak, why did you take that job. I told the Paranormals would be too much for you. You just wanted to carry the legacy that bad