It's about 4 am and I'm  already  deep asleep, lying warm and comfortable in my bed.
My tail is now my best buddy here, it keeps me warm and it is great to cuddle with too, the perfect plush toy for naps.


Then, out of nowhere
a very, very loud sound disrupts my peace and quiet..

"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!."
It relentlessly keeps repeating the same sounds, hurting my ears.
 
 
It's the sound alarm 
 
I'm already standing on my feet before I fully realize that I'm awake.
"Mia!"
Nyana is shouting my name, so she's also still half asleep. It takes her a few seconds to realize that I'm simply standing next to her, beside the bed.
"What is that dreadful sound, Mia!?" She shouts while covering her ears. I have been covering them since the first beeping sound,
it's just too damn loud!.
"It is an alarm! Something bad must have happened. Follow me nyana!" I shout my reply.
We both quickly grab a coat and put on our shoes, then I motion her to follow me.
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
It just won't stop. What the heck is going on?
But just before we leave the room, someone approaches us. He's almost out of breath from running.
It's Ben, the guard I met when Katie first showed me my home.
But before he can speak up, the alarm sound changes. From an annoying loud "BEEP!" to an even louder and more annoying and slow
"WHOOOP! WHOOOP! WHOOOP!" sound. This one also keeps repeating without an end.
"You two! We are...huff.... evacuating the building! Hufff...go...huff....to the roof immediately!!"
"What happened?" I asked, because I just need to know what's going on.
"Something came through the mirror just now, that's all we know!. Now go up!, there is no time waste!"

The guard runs back to the hallway, probably to checking in on other people.
Apparently my running speed is too slow for Nyana pace, she turns around and princess-carries me while I point where we have to go.
We must use the stairs as we aren't allowed to use the elevator in emergency situations.
I'm now sufficiently filled with adrenaline to think clearly while being carried.
Within only a second or two, the following questions pop up in my mind:
"Did I really just act like a child before? What's happening to me? And what's happening now? I just want some peace and quiet!"
My attention is forced back to reality when Nyana makes a quick turn, making my feet brush against the wall.
"Ouww!"
"I'm sorry Mia!, but it can't be that bad?. Now where do we go!?"
I point at the door leading to the stairwell!.





Point of view from the parking deck, only a few minutes ago
It's in the middle of the night, and all is quiet on the parking deck. The mirror is safely stored in its crate box, with multiple layers of insulation material wrap around it.
The fluorescent lights are still on, probably 24 hours a day.
Swan has ordered to augment the defenses with two genuine M1A1 Abrams tanks, more armed personnel, another machine gun, and even flamethrowers are available.
A small barricade in close proximity to the mirror is set up to allow the personnel here at least some form of protection, should the need arises.
Then, without any warning,

a strange sound comes from within the crate, splintering the wood on one side and showing a bright light being emitted to the outside.
Then, only a second later, someone activates the alarm.
"BEEEP! BEEEP! BEEEP!."
The people on the scene follow protocol and go into high alert.
The tanks' engines are now roaring, emitting black clouds from their exhausts. There is a very noticeable diesel smell in the parking lot now.
Only a moments later additional lights are turned on, each making a switch sound when activated, then flooding the area with an abundance of light.
The location changes from an ordinary parking deck at night to the equivalent of a cloudless morning day. 
 
The sound of orders being shouted can now be heard echoing everywhere.
 
This is bad.
 
Really bad.
 
Five large, dark, bear-like crocodile head creatures are jumping through the mirror, landing on the parking deck, right in front of the mirror's opening.
They are taking a moment to scan the area, identifying what they are up against.
But one of the guards doesn't intend to give them the time and shouts "FIRE AT WILL!."
He simply carries out Swan's orders.
The closest machine gun targets the creatures who are now howling in pain.
Three died nearly instantly, two are now on the move trying to get away.
One tank and an armored car with a roof-mounted machine gun are in pursuit of them.
The tank needs to be careful, it needs to avoid the parking deck's concrete support pillars and has to stop moving to move around.
The armored car activates its high beam light's in order to better follow the dark creature.
The creature uses one of the support pillars and climbs towards the ceiling.
This is the moment when the machine gun starts firing "BVRRRRRRRRR!."
"Howwwwwl!" The creature manage to got hit, it's not going anywhere ever again.
The concrete pillar however, now resembles  swiss cheese, but so does the creature.
 However,Apparently nobody notices the fifth one slipping through the defenses...
..Managing to escape their grasp
Before they can chase after it,
From the barricade of the mirror, soldiers can see more and more creatures approaching...ready to step through the mirror any moment.
 
Then the order is given to blow up the mirror at all costs.
One soldier picks a flamethrower and started firing until all defenses are again facing the mirror.
At least it prevents more creatures from stepping through alive.
One of the creatures tried anyway, resulting in a sickening barbecue kind of smell.
"Kriiiiiiiiiiiiaahh!" It exclaims in pain. Yep, it's not moving anymore.
When the flamethrower is run out gas, another soldier throws a hand grenade through the mirror.
With a loud 'bang!' on the other sound can be Heard 
Let's just say that the other side was unpleasantly surprised with the effects.
"All personnel! Initiate plan B!"
All possible scenarios had already been discussed beforehand. These people are trained soldiers, they know exactly what to do in these situations and how to coordinate their attacks with the others.
Everyone without the protective hull of a tank or a vehicle around them now clears the area.
"FIRE THE STINGERS!"
Then three stinger missiles are launched from about sixty feet away.
The missiles lock on to the mirror and are fired in intervals of five seconds.
All three impacted the mirror, shattering the crates and causing massive damage to the parking deck.
But the mirror is still standing there.
 
No scratches whatsoever. 
 
Not even a dent.
 
The image from the other side is also still clearly visible.
 
Suddenly,More creatures are approaching, ready to step through it again.
"FIRE MACHINE GUNS NOW!"
Two machine guns mounted on the humvee are firing at the mirror, but only causing their ammunition to ricochet only.
The order is now given to switch to an EMP blast.
 
One tank is fitted with an EMP device. It's already fully charged and will soon release a high electromagnetic pulse at its target.
EMPs are not common practice in the military...yet, but still....the prototypes are standing right here and now.
The tank fires one blast at the mirror, causing the images of the mirror to flicker for a second.
"Continue alternating EMP and ABL!"
The EMPs are now being fired in ten second intervals, as the weapon consumes enormous amounts of energy...the weapon simply needs to recharge.
While the EMP is charging, the ABL is deployed.
The ABL was originally intended as an Air Born Laser, a high energy weapon, and also only experimental.
It aims multiple highly focused laser beams at a single point on the target, causing massive heat to build up in a small area,
thus increasing the odds of disabling or causing secondary explosions in targets.
But will it work against an alien mirror?
Not sure but,
After several alternating blasts of the EMPs and ABLs, the mirror no longer shows any more images.
The location where the ABL hits the mirror is heating up visibly. The mirror is now red hot from the receiving heat. But it still won't surrender to the destructive force the humans are throwing at it.
Then the order is then given to stop firing,
and one tank, weighing about 62 metric tons, drives full speed ahead towards the mirror,
attempting to crush it.
When the tank is on top of the mirror, its surface suddenly shatters, malforming the edges.
Then, suddenly, without any indication what would happen
....the mirror casing shatters
...and it violently explodes.
Several concrete support pillars close to the mirror's proximity are completely destroyed in the explosion process.
But the same applies to the tank....killing three brave men who were the tank Crew.




And now back to Mia's point of view


Just before reaching the stairs, we hear a loud explosion occurring far down below us.
BOOM!
The whole building trembles for a few seconds, making it feel like at least a magnitude 4 quake. What could possibly be going on down there!?
Nyana is barely able to keep standing and leans against the wall for support,
then she opens the door to the stairs and runs upwards, while carrying me towards the roof.
What happened next is almost impossible and unimaginable,
let alone something I could describe in words.
While standing in the stairway between two floors, with only a few more floors to go, we both hear a loud growl sound coming from far below.
"Grrrrowwwwwwllll. Shhaahhhhhhh!. Shaaaaaaaa!."
Then we hear loud and fast moving footsteps. They are coming closer and closer, becoming louder and even louder.
The emergency lights in the stairway continue to flash yellow above us and Nyana decides to quickly release me, planting me firmly on the floor.
"Oh goddess. Please no!. Don't tell me that's what I think it is." Nyana said. She looks downwards and her worst fears are confirmed.
"Nooo! Noooo! Maya! Run! Run! It's a Vordoug!"
She's entirely focused on the thing that's climbing up the stairs at a fast paced. I can clearly see it in her eyes, she's preparing to fighting!
"But......" But she interrupted me.
"No Mia! You must Go! Go! Go! Now Go up!" She pushes me away towards the stairs.
But I can't leave her. Why aren't my feet moving?

Then I can see it.

It's already here.


There really was no time to flee in the first place.


The creature stops while breathing heavily. It releases a loud "growwllll!."
The Vordoug now slowly approaches Nyana, stopping less than twenty feet away.
It's a dark creature. It looks like a standing bear, but its head resembles a head of a crocodile.
And has the teeth to match it too.
It's salivating and seems to be analyzing if Nyana is a threat to it or not. It glances at me for a moment, then at Nyana again.
Nyana quickly turns her palms upwards and within a seconds...a blue ball-shaped flame appears in both her hands.
She throws them at the creature.
"Krrrriiii!" the creature screams while falling to its knees. Then it steps back and waits around the corner, the stairs which lead a floor downward. It seems badly hurt, but I can see it preparing for a new attack soon.
I feel so defenseless...

I'm shaking on my feet. Every atom in my body is panicking, trembling in anticipation of what might come next.
Nyana then releases another attack of...of whatever she's using.
And the Vordoug is hit between the eyes in the face.
"Kriiiii!! Groowwwwllll!!."
Oh no...now it sounds really pissed!. But I can see the scorch marks, it really is badly hurt.
It tries to stand up, but can't...its paws seem injured as well.
 
Do we have a chance to survive this?
 
Huh?
 

I don't know what's happening to me now.

But I suddenly feel weird.....a complete and utter anger towards the creature.

The sounds around me vanish.

My vision suddenly improves substantially...it seems like daylight to me now.

"Mia!, run! I can't continue fighting like this. We must go up NOW!"
But just before she can pick me up, because I won't stop staring at the wounded creature,
I saw it move again.
Its eyes are now focused on me.
My instincts took over and do something which I wouldn't even consider for a second...
I maneuver around Nyana at an impossible speed.
My claws extend and I feel my fangs In My mouth extending as well.
"Hissssss!" my mouth makes a strange sound. Followed by a growl of my own "grrrrrrrr! growwwll!."
Nyana is nailed to the ground, she can't comprehend what just suddenly happened.
She's afraid that I'm as good as dead now. But it's too late, I'm in it's striking range of the Vordaug.
I approach its neck and let my fangs sink in its thick hard hide, while my newly extended claws sink into other random parts it's body which I could reach with my hands.
"Kriiiiiiiiiiiiaahh?!"
It screeches so loud that my body decides to return the screech with a growl of my own that would make a wolf run away in fear.
"Grrrrrraaarr!" I said while sinking my teeth further and further down its neck, quickly shake And twist my head as if to tear its flesh away peace by peace.
 
Only seconds pass.. 
 

but it feels like minutes to me.
The creature falls loudly to the floor with a bang!, this time truly lifeless.
"Mia! Stop! Stop! It's already dead!. Come back to your senses!"
I turn my head towards Nyana while still feeling the creature's flesh between my teeth,
its vile disgusting blood oozing out in the corners of my mouth.
Nyana stepped back a few steps when she saw my glowing red eyes focussing on her.
I was about to growl at her,
until a part of my brain that's less primitive, calls me back to reality.

I can finally think again.

My eyes stop glowing and I release the creature's neck, spitting out whatever is in my mouth.
Yuck! Yuck! It tastes awful!
But before I can wipe my mouth on my sleeve, Then 
I-I suddenly lose consciousness.
"Oh Mia. What did you do? At your age? Oh goddess...... we don't have the time!"
"WHOOOP! WHOOOP! WHOOOP!"
the evacuation alarm just keeps repeating.
Nyana then takes me in her arms again while keeping an eye on the dead creature.
Making sure it's really, really dead. Then she runs all the way up to the roof where many more people have gathered.
Most are taking shelter from the wind below the helipad platform.
The cold, fresh air wakes me up and memories slowly start coming back to me.
Where did all these people come from? Did they just use the elevator?
"Mia!? What happened?" Katie shouts while running over to us. She seemed to be coordinating the evacuation. Helicopters are coming and going to evacuate all the staff.
"She's fine Katie, really. I'll explain later. We both killed a monster back there." Nyana points back to the stairway by tilting her head and turning it left.
"You...you did? It's dead? Are you sure?" Katie looks pretty surprised at my clothes. She just keeps staring at the fresh blood stains.
"Yes, it really is dead. But I don't know if there are any more of it..."
"Thank god, Nana. Only one escaped. If you are right, then we are safe now. Excuse me for a second, I need to have it verified."
Katie then ordered an armed team to go back where we just came from, making sure that the creature is dead.
Only few minutes later did she receive word that the creature really is dead.
 
We all took some breaths to calm down, while Katie informed Swan on her radio.
She then received the order to cancel the evacuation.
Katie turns to the people on the roof, shouting, trying to overcome the loud noise of the helicopter that is currently landing.
"People!, people!. Listen to me!. The evacuation is canceled, I repeat, evac is canceled!. The situation is now under control!. Report here for a roll call!."
She then approaches the helicopter's front side from a safe distance and makes an "X" symbol with her arms, then points away from here.
The pilot understands the signal  'cancel evac and depart immediately.' And nodded 
The helicopter left and the sound level on the roof quickly returns to the quiet you would expect around this time at night.
Katie takes a few deep breath, then checks her personnel lists, taking into account who had already been evacuated by helicopter and makes sure that everyone is accounted for.
 
After a few minutes Katie approaches us, who are still feeling the effects of adrenaline coursing through our veins.
"Mia, Nana, report to the conference room. Use the elevator. Swan wants to see you there."
We nod and Nyana then carries me back inside, using the elevator, following my directions to the meeting room.

We find Swan in the meeting room, still handling the aftermath of whatever happened here. I believe he has been here the whole time, making this some kind of crisis control room.
He motions for us to sit down while he's still speaking to people in person and on the radio.
Nyana releases me and I run towards the windows.
My hands are leaning against the cold glass while I take a closer look all the way down to ground level.
In the distance I see flashing blue and red lights approaching.
Probably the police. Shouldn't they have already been here by now?
I think I can see multiple fire trucks coming this way as well. They appear really tiny from this height, but I think they really are fire trucks.
"Finally! Hahh Things are under control now. Please, sit down ladies. !? Mia! What the.. ....heck happened to you!?" Swan only now notices the abundance of blood on my clothes.
"We were attacked by a Vordoug on the stairs." Nyana said.
"You mean 'that' hideous creature we saw lying dead there?"
"Yes, I attacked it with my Fire, and then Mia went wild." Nyana looks at me, but I ignore her. I continued looking at the lights moving this way.
Nyana then picks me up and puts me down in a chair, ignoring my complaints.
"What do you mean, 'wild'?" Swan looks confused while Nyana is washing my face to get the creature's blood off of me using a cloth.
"Mister Swan, do you see her silvery-white colored hair, ears and tail?"
Swan nods.
"That means that she has ancestral blood in her veins. Every few generations such an anomaly manifests in some families.
When those people are in danger, the body uses a unique defense mechanism,
but it temporarily shuts down their brain's higher functions. I couldn't keep her away from the creature, afraid she would attack me.
Believe me Mia, you were pretty ferocious."
" I'm Sowwwie!, Nyana..." I said meekly.
Wait, why don't I speak like an adult anymore?
Whatever happened, I'm still supposed to be an adult here!.
Even though my body sometimes seemingly forces some odd behavior onto me.
I'm older than her, just not in appearance. Or is my mind really regressing bit by bit everyday? In any case, I shouldn't have attacked something nasty like that.
Why did I even do it?
"Mia, focus! Stay with us!" Nyana seems angry with me.
" Huh? What? What did I do!?" I really don't understand. I'm just sitting here!
"Your eyes were glowing again for a second. Don't fall back to that state again. It takes time to master that technique. The fact that a young child attacked a Vordoug is unheard of...."