Blessed by Night

Malachi and Anna were so busy kissing, they barely noticed the sound of her door being beaten on. Besides, with how loud the music currently was, they couldn\'t exactly be sure if it was the beat or not.

But when the song began to die down, the two of them could finally hear the alarming banging coming from the front door.

"I-I\'ll get it." Anna muttered, her face still red from the kiss. Mal wanted to get up, but his body was still showing signs of the mind altering first kiss they\'d just had, and he didn\'t think it\'d be wise of him to answer the door like that.

And as he watched Anna wobbly climb to her feet, he knew that she hadn\'t exactly gotten off easy either.

\'Nice to know that I ain\'t the only one who enjoyed it...\' He could still remember the fulness of Anna\'s lips and the playfully mischievous way she used her tongue.

"You bitch! What the hell took you so long to answer, huh!? Who the fuck do you got in there??"

"What the fuck are you doing here, Nick?! Piss off before I call the- Kyaa!!"

All Malachi heard was arguing followed by the sound of Anna\'s screaming and his heart plummeted to his shoes. Sprinting to the door, he found Anna swinging wildly at some lanky pale bastard, but his hands were already around her neck.

After seeing that sight... Mal couldn\'t really say what happened. All that he could recall was that he wanted so desperately for this man to stop breathing, when he was assailed with two strange sensations.

A twinge of pain in his heart, and a feeling of something cracking within his mind. A flash of blinding white light burst from Malachi\'s forehead, and a horrifying creature like nothing he had ever seen shot out of his body. Before Anna realized it, she was in Malachi\'s arms and the man who had been assaulting her a mere moment ago was now being held up in the air by some kind of monster. "Anna, are you alright??"

"I-I\'m fine, Mal but... what is that thing...?"

It looked like a demon from the lowest level of hell and an alien creature got a hotel room for the night, and this was the result. The monster had the lower half of some kind of octopus or squid-like creature, with pinkish gray skin that was reminiscent of a hippo. 20:34

Judging by it\'s upper body, the creature was female, as it had two small pronouncements where breasts would be, but no nipples or any kind of obscene looking flesh. It\'s arms were long and frail looking, but there were massive black claws jutting out from it\'s four fingers and they were currently digging into the shoulders of the crying intruder. Right above it\'s arms, it had a second pair of appendages that were more like bladed scythes for cutting and shearing flesh. Down it\'s back were six large, pointed spines divided into two rows, and they easily pierced the ceiling. It\'s face was a bulbous gray surface with no eyes or ears, but it\'s mouth was like that of a praying mantis.

"W-What the hell is this thing?! Please god get it away from me!!" Nick cried. Malachi thought that maybe his contracted beast would end up being some kind of bird, or mythical creature. Hell, if he was really lucky, he thought he may even get a dragon. But surprisingly, what he received was nothing like that. It was infinitely more special and frightening.

Somehow, the words of the god of lightning, Raijin, began to play within his mind once again.

\'Do not grow complacent for even a single second, for there are worse things than those that lie in the gates.\'

He always wondered what kind of \'worse things\' could have had the gods so paranoid, and now he knew.

But he absolutely never expected to meet one of those creatures like this.

"Wait."

The creature seemingly recognized Malachi\'s voice, and it turned it\'s attention from the prey in its grasp towards it\'s master, seemingly waiting for further instruction. Malachi gently brushed Anna\'s neck that was already showing some signs of bruising, and his eyes clearly showed just how hurt he was by the sight. "Anna... What do you want me to do..?" He wanted so desperately to kill this man, but he knew full well that Anna was a regular human girl. Seeing a brutal death in her own home would no doubt scar her for life, and he did not want to do something like that to her.

Anna\'s heart only hurt more when she saw how gently Malachi was looking at her, and she buried her face in his chest as her entire body shuddered. "Can we just call the cops...please..?" "Yea, just stay here." He said gently. He pulled out his phone with one hand and held the trembling Anna in another. It took less than ten minutes for the cops to show up, and when they did it was honestly quite a show. They went from being starstruck from seeing one of the most famous men in the world with a young woman in his arms, to being downright terrified of the creature that was still holding Anna\'s abuser captive. Malachi\'s contracted beast appeared to be rather mild mannered when she hadn\'t been given an order, as it didn\'t really budge from it\'s spot no matter who showed up. The creature politely handed the officers the captive that was within her grasp and returned back to Mal\'s side. After giving a statement to the officers, they hurriedly took Nick away, who had long passed out and wet himself from the fear of certain death. Quite a few procedures had actually been skipped possibly due to Mal\'s identity or maybe it was due to the horrifying floating creature that remained at his side. It was really anyone\'s guess. Now, Malachi and Anna were sitting on her couch, staring at the very large monster that had curled up on the floor. "I guess our date is kind of ruined, huh?" Anna said hoarsely. Her throat was still sore from being strangled, but as far as she was concerned that was nothing compared to how she felt inside. She was angry, hurt, depressed, and embarrassed. "No... it wasn\'t. We just had a slight hiccup is all." He said comfortingly.

Anna wasn\'t sure if she wanted to laugh or cry. "You shouldn\'t be with someone like me, I-I\'m a total mess. Despite loving you I don\'t have anything to offer and I feel like I\'m just being some kind of burden and-"

"Did you just admit that you love me?"

Anna\'s bad habit of rambling when she became frustrated appeared to have shown itself once again, and she became even more embarrassed than before.

Malachi decided not to tease her since she\'d already been through a lot today, and he held out his hand to call the resting monster towards them. "I don\'t need you to give me anything, just be yourself and that will be more than enough. Besides, whether or not you should be with me, shouldn\'t you leave that up to my discretion?"

Just like Mal, his contracted beast appeared to be really gentle. It\'s body was formerly around 7 feet tall, but it gradually began to shrink until it was around three feet, and all of it\'s sharp appendages and spines retracted into it\'s body. She gently rubbed her head against Malachi\'s palm, allowing him to feel her cool and smooth skin.

"And besides, I think you\'re far from a mess. I wouldn\'t be able to walk away from you even if you begged me to."

"Seriously.... You\'re such an idiot."

"I\'ve been called worse, love."

Anna giggled softly and placed a long lingering kiss on Mal\'s cheek. "You can\'t change your mind later, alright...? I told myself I wasn\'t doing relationships anymore so if we do this then you\'re stuck with me forever."

"Fine by me."

Anna also held her hand out, and hesitantly tried to pet the strange creature in her living room.

Unsurprisingly, the creature looked more cautious when Anna tried to touch her, but ultimately she did not pull away. "Thank you for saving me, umm... What are you going to name it?"

Malachi stared at the monstrous creature that now appeared to be much more harmless.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn\'t get that image of the first time it appeared out of his mind.

"How about Shear?"

"Shear...?" Anna recalled the giant scythe like appendages that were above the creatures arms and immediately understood where the name came from.

"Totally fits."

"Right?"

-

Back at Mal\'s apartment, he and Bianca were standing at the front door, being seen off by Luna, Aubrey, Sei, Serana, and even Anna.

There wasn\'t really an expected timeframe for Mal\'s training, but it was expected that he would be gone for at least seven days.

Luna: "Leaving right after we\'ve begun seeing each other... I hope that you intend to make up for this when you return."

Anna: "You better text me when you can... and I also want to be apologized to when you come back."

Sei: " I\'ll be waiting for you, honey..."

Suddenly, Luna and Anna gave Sei a look of intense jealousy, as if they just remembered that she was the only one of them to have slept with Malachi, and even shared a bed with him every night. Aubrey: "Hey bro, can I drive your car while you\'re gone? It\'s not like you\'ll need it."

Serana: "Remember Mal, if you run into Ryo Amaki, show him my sexy selfies on finstagram! The ones that make my tits look big!"

As usual, Mal only felt genuine concern from his girlfriends and rolled his eyes at the two young girls that seemed to be unbothered with his departure. He embraced all three of his beautiful girlfriends while simultaneously making promises to make up for this when he returned.

Only Sei seemed to know what that meant though, and she felt a small shiver run down her spine. As Bianca watched Mal go from kissing one great beauty after the other, she could not ignore the longing feeling she felt in her heart.

Luckily, Aubrey was there to give her a small nudge and act as her wing woman.

"Don\'t worry, that\'ll be you soon enough." She whispered.

"Thanks Aubrey... I hope so."

The two of them hugged each other warmly before Malachi picked up his bags and began heading towards the door.

"Be back soon, girls. Try not to miss me too much, yea?"

Okay so when I was in like high school or middle school (I can\'t remember which one I\'m only 21 but I already have memeory issues give me a break.) There was this video game that i loved to PIECES called Evolve. 

In evolve, you can play as monsters or hunters, and I always played monster, but more specifically, I played as the third monster; Wraith. 

That video game is the inspiration for Mal\'s contracted beast. AnathaShesha n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om