The Strongest Beast Tamer

After waking up the next morning Lachlan quickly realised he slept on the roof. His back felt slightly sore from that but stretching never felt so good. After that he hopped down onto the balcony, only to be greeted by Sarah.

Who came up and gave him a hug, "Morning Lachlan".

Lachlan went down and picked her up, "Morning Sarah," Lachlan said as he threw her up into the air, catching her on the way down. After that, he plopped her on her feet and walked downstairs for breakfast.

In the kitchen Flynn was already eating a bit of the leftover food, Lachlan sat down and joined him.

"Morning Lachlan, you sleep comfortably?" Flynn asked while waving at Lachlan.

"Morning Flynn, and yes, I believe it was incredibly comfortable," Lachlan said in a sarcastic voice.

"We should probably get the others and have a chat, there is something I need to tell you all," Lachlan quickly changed the tone, Flynn got the message, whatever Lachlan wanted to tell them was serious.

"Alright, I'll send a message," Flynn said as he picked his phone up from the table. He quickly turned it on and sent a message, Lachlan almost found it impressive how fast he was with the phone.

"Alrighty then, they should be over in maybe an hour, some of them are probably still sleeping," Flynn explained, he placed his phone back on the table and continued to eat, ripping the juicy fried meat off the bones.

After they finished eating Lachlan went back upstairs and had a quick shower, he didn't have one yesterday, so he was still dirty from the fight. His clothes also got a bit torn up due to the bullets, fortunately, he had more pairs. Or more specifically, fortunately, the previous owner had more pairs.

Fitting into the clothes he went towards the mirror with caution, after getting close he stared at his reflection, waiting for it to move again.

"Hey, you there?" Lachlan asked with a whisper. Silence, no reply, no movements, nothing. Lachlan did have to admit, that thing's personality is a bit quirky, the way it spoke was as if this was all some form of entertainment to it.

Lachlan brushed his teeth, rinsed, dried his face and walked out.

He went downstairs and waited for the others to come.

20 minutes later Georgia and her family walked through the doors, followed by Joe, Zoe and their family. They came over, sat down and began a bit of idle chat, something to pass the time till everyone's here.

A few minutes passed and Phoebe, along with her family walks in. They immediately joined the conversation, giving their two cents.

The last to arrive was Simon and Maddie. Simon looked exhausted, almost like he had no sleep last night. Maddie on the other hand, she looked perfectly fine, like she slept the entire night.

Finally everyone here, Lachlan could finally begin to explain his ability.

"As you all know, I'm slightly different and no I don't mean I'm talented or anything. But rather, I had a certain ability, one that uses my eyes. Every time I use to word "Analyse" a status screen appears before me, on the screen is all of your abilities, strengths, weaknesses, stats, everything," Lachlan told them everything he knew about the ability, then everything he knew about them. Their compatibility, level and the description of their race.

Every bit of information was shocking to everyone, the only one that didn't react was Dylan, but that was obviously because he had hints from before. Lachlan's behaviour was always odd to him, and now he knows why.

"Why not tell us sooner? Don't you trust us?" Simon asked, he was slightly disappointed that Lachlan kept such a large secret from them all.

"Nope, while I can trust you when I fight with you, trusting anyone with this secret is slightly difficult. Especially if it spreads, just like those children, people will begin to see me as something other then human," Lachlan told them about his concerns, his fear of being rejected by everyone.

Everyone was stunned by Lachlan's honest words, but they really couldn't refute them. Although they spent two years on an island together they barely talked, Lachlan was too busy training, getting stronger. So while they were disappointed they couldn't be trusted, they also couldn't blame him for not trusting them.

"Anyone else know?" Flynn asked.

"Everyone else that knew is already dead," Lachlan dropped a bit of an emotion bomb on them. Although it took a few seconds for everyone to understand what he meant.

"I'm sorry," Flynn said.

"No need to be, it wasn't your fault," Lachlan said.

"So why did you tell us now?" Simon asked.

"Because we're going to be cooperating for a while, as such, you should know at least that about me. At least it makes it easier to explain how I get some information," Lachlan explained, and everyone nodded.

"So, that brings me onto the next part, amongst the children there really is an intelligent beast," Lachlan said. What Lachlan said dumbfounded everyone, but at least he told them how he knows this, which also meant he wasn't lying.

Simon and a few others jumped up and were about to rush off before Lachlan told them, "Wait, the child is only half intelligent beast. Also, it is still incredibly young, only 1 year old, it can't do anything".

"I don't want it to do anything," Simon said.

"It might not just remember what you're doing, going over to kill a 1-year old child," What Lachlan said annoyed them. Although they wanted to kill it then they wouldn't be any different to the authorities.

"I plan on letting it grow up with our organisation, should it at any point bare its fangs to its helpers we'll kill it, but only if it bares its fangs," Lachlan explained.

Everyone sat back down, Simon was still on edge about it, "So what now?".

"Get someone to invite the family over, we can discuss this matter with them," Lachlan said.

"Alright I'll go, who is it?" Flynn asked.

"Michelle Scott," Lachlan said.

"What no, she isn't an intelligent beast," The girls were quick to say, this was someone they knew after all.

"No, she isn't, but her child is half so that only leads us to one conclusion," Lachlan explained.

Nobody needed anytime to think about that, someone people reacted in confusion, wondering how it was possible. Others reacted in disgust, thinking that a person would have sex with an intelligent beast.

Flynn was already out the door after that, walking down the street to the house Michelle and Brain chose with their group of two.

In the room, they continued to have a bit of idle chat, talked about where to next and such.

They heard the door open and the room went quiet, one could hear each other's breathing. Flynn came down the hall, followed by Michelle with the child in her arms and Brian right behind her.

"Hello, so why am I here?" Michelle asked.

"I want you to explain your child," Lachlan said, his arms crossed as he stared at the child.

Michelle froze, she was a bit shaken, she hesitated for 10 seconds before finally talking, "Whatever do you mean?" She didn't think they could possibly know, it shouldn't be possible.

"We know the child isn't human Michelle, so tell us, what happened," Tamika said, she looked towards Lachlan and mouthed, "I got this".

Lachlan didn't doubt her.

Brian was starting to get fidgety, it was almost like he was about to pounce at them at a moment's notice. Lachlan released a bit of pressure on him, making him quickly realise the difference and what would happen should he confront them.

"It happened near the start of the collision, my husband and I decided to stay in our area and not rush towards the city, how big of a mistake that was"

"We ran out of food and we weren't strong enough to hunt any of the beasts, so we tried making our way to Adelaide where my brother was. We had full knowledge that we had a pass through a death zone, but we couldn't wait"

"Near the end of our travels, just as we escaped the death zone we were attacked. My husband was killed instantly, but it didn't kill me, instead, it decided to have its way with me, possibly attracted to me"

"After it finished it left me, for a while, I stay slightly broken deciding whether or not to commit suicide. I decided not to, I still had plenty more of my life to live, so I continued my way to Adelaide. For some reason no beasts approached me, rather it seems they ran away"

"After that I finally reached Adelaide, they let me through without a problem and I made my way to my brother, explaining everything to him. Fortunately, he was kind enough to let me stay at his place, but unfortunately, I didn't think I would end up pregnant"

"At the start, I thought it was just a mistake, but then I realised what the child was and panicked, I told my brother and we talked it out. I decided to have the child for some reason, I always wanted to be a mother"

"And so I kept my child's identity a secret, only my brother and I knew. My sister in law just thought it was one of those other children, the ones that were unique"

"So, does that answer your question?" Michelle asked.

"Indeed it does, you can go back now," Tamika said.

Michelle nodded and went left, followed by Brian.

The room was silent for a bit, no one knew what to say.

"Suppose that concludes this meeting," Lachlan broke the ice before leaving and going upstairs. He also needed some time to think about it all.

Everyone did the same, going back to their areas to rest or make plans.