<div class="floatleft">(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z69/Neji121/hoodedtrenchcoat5.jpg)</div><br/><strong><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Hideo Saitou</span></em></strong><br/>Football Field<br/>TAG: Nikki Drake<br/><hr/><br/>"Well, she's their boss, right? Maybe they're just keeping quiet so they don't lose their jo-"<br/><br/>Nikki hadn't had a lot of time to explain, and likewise Hideo hadn't had enough time to respond completely before everything had begun going to hell. The ground quaked and trembled beneath them, which certainly left Hideo rather shaken up (no pun intended) and reaching somewhere to stabilize himself. However, it wasn't until the football field began to crack that Hideo truly began to panic. It was as though the ground was opening the way to Hades before them, and though he could see, hear, and feel the ground as it gave out before them all, he could still hardly believe what was happening.<br/><br/>No sooner than the tremor had begun and cracked the earth before them came the emergence of those...things. He wasn't sure what they were at first. They approached closer and closer, followed by gargantuan, flailing tentacles which threatened to impale any nearby and unlucky souls with massive spines. He was only able to pick out certain details like Pincers and thin legs as the initial force of creatures raced forward. They were like crabs of some sort, but the longer one looked at them the more obvious it was that these were no crabs. They were...he didn't know what they were, but one thing was clear: Ms. Knight had been right, and he'd been wrong. He'd been so sure this was all just a load of hyped-up, fairytale bullshit. He would've put money on it. And yet here he was, frozen in place, watching helplessly as the students at the lowest level of the bleachers were over taken by the creatures. He felt so cold, so out of touch with everything that was happening around him. He felt the pace of his heart hasten, with his breath following close behind as he watched with silent terror. Nothing could've prepared him to witness such carnage first hand. Nothing.<br/><br/>Despite all this, His mind had to have been working to some extent, assessing the situation and making connections even if his body had been frozen. The screams practically mirrored those he'd heard from his window just that previous day, and as the college goers were torn asunder and reduced to dark ash and crimson blood before Hideo's eyes everything was made clear.<strong>THIS</strong>was what had happened just yesterday. There<strong>ARE</strong>monsters, and several students around him made it clear that the SoulBlades were just as real. Talk about a shot to the world view.<br/><br/>Nikki's words were left unheard, but the tug on Hideo's arm forced him out of his bout of paralytic fear and sent him shambling behind the girl as she tried to lead them to safety. He certainly wasn't going to fight her, but he did hold her back as he tried to come back to reality. It didn't take long for him to realize that he didn't want to die obviously, and once he got his head back running was much easier for the both of them. He was no runner like Nikki was, but he took long enough strides to keep up at least, and there was nothing like a life or death situation to put a fire under someone's ass.<br/><br/>"S...So..about...that apology.." He muttered between heavy breaths.