Although Gary was able to use Controlled Transformation to just change parts of his body, so they were fully transformed like that in his Werewolf form, there was a large difference in power between the two skills. His status also clearly showed that the stats gained overall were just different.
Perhaps it was because the Full Transformation changed his whole body, including his organs, rather than just parts of his body. Unfortunately, this skill not only cost a good bit of Energy for the transformation to occur, but it was also costly to upkeep, making it less than ideal for prolonged fights.
While Gary had changed, the guards had positioned themselves to protect Olivia, but he wasn’t aiming at her anyway. From his position, he quickly leapt on one of the gang members of the side and pinned him to the ground.
[Skill activated Claw Drain]
[-15 Energy]
In quick succession, Gary started to rip at the man's chest as quickly as possible. Claw Drain only lasted two seconds, but the more damage he did, the more Health he would recover. The Werewolf had made the most of his time, managing to claw the man on the ground a total of six times.
[+8 HP]
[+4 HP]
[+5 HP]
[+6 HP]
[+3 HP]
[+6 HP]
[33/100 HP]
[Last Stand is activated (25 seconds remaining)]
While attacking, he felt another member try to stab their knife through his back, but his thick hide had only allowed it to shallowly pierce him, causing a small nick. A regular knife wasn’t going to do much, unlike an Altered Hunter’s weapons.
[-2 HP]
Turning around, Gary whacked the man and sent him flying off easily in the other direction through the air. He quickly started to run through and overpowered the guards. Single hits of his large arm, and kicks from his big feet, were enough to knock them out in one or two blows.
Gary had even activated his Claw Drain for a second time, restoring his Health nearly to the half point mark.
[44/100 HP]
[70/300 Energy]
The onslaught continued. As Gary took out the gang members, they tried to stab him, but as there were less of them, and the Werewolf was faster, he was no longer getting hit.
Charging towards one of the few guards left, Gary leapt up in the air, and had his knee facing forward. While mid-air, his body was reverting to what it once was.
[Full Transformation cancelled]
Still, the speed he had gained while in his full form for a fraction of a second had helped him, as his knee smashed into the man's face, knocking him out.
Now in the room, there were only two guards left and Olivia. The whole room was a complete mess, filled with blood. Seeing what happened, the Boss Lady was frozen for the first time. She had been shaking and hadn’t used the whip during the massacre.
“How?” Olivia screamed. “How can you still be alive? They’ve stabbed you over and over again! You were on your last leg!”
The reason for her fear wasn't just because of what she had seen, but it was the fact that this person in front of her, who should have been dead, was still alive and very much kicking. Not only that, he was moving perfectly fine, to the point that he looked somewhat better than he was before.
The wounds of his body were even healing in front of her. She had never heard of this before. It should be impossible for an Altered of this level to appear in a town like Slough.
One of the men dropped his knife out of fear, but Gary didn't let him off. He kneed him in the stomach, and when he knelt over, Gary kneed him in the face, making sure he got the punishment he deserved.
“You're a lot easier to deal with one on one. All of you are guilty… You tried to kill me just now, and you didn’t even hesitate.” Gary growled. “Not just that, but the workers on this street, and you even killed Stacy!”
“Is that what this is all about?” Olivia let out a mad laugh. “You came here because a whore died? Which one was it? I can give you plenty of other whores! Just take your pick! I can even send them all to you in our best suite!”
The last remaining guard soon felt his back being pushed, Olivia was the only one standing behind him, so it was clear what had happened. Gary whacked his hand, hitting the knife out of it, and grabbed him by the neck. The next second, he started running forward towards the woman.
Out of fear she swung the whip, but Gary held up the body as a shield, and continued to run forward, until he barged the body into her. Olivia fell over backwards, falling just a little away from her own office table.
Quickly, Gary stepped on her wrist and started to twist and turn, until she finally let go of the whip as well.
“Do you have anything to say?” Gary asked, looking at her.
Olivia looked back at Gary's face and that’s when she finally noticed, looking at his human form he seemed quite young. He couldn't have been older than twenty.
“I just can’t believe it, my life ending like this because of one of those damned whores. Come on, kill me, get revenge for you damn whore. … I used to be one of them, but I’ve managed to turn things around. You will learn that after getting rid of me, your life won’t be the same as it was before!”
Looking at her face, there was no guilt for what she had done, there was no fear in her death like she had been just a second ago. Olivia seemed to have accepted it, and seeing this, was just causing Gary's blood to boil more. He wanted her to suffer for the death she had caused, as well as for what she had done to the girls like Stacy.
“Fine, I was going to kill you anyway.”
Just as Gary was about to, he could hear the sound of chattering teeth, he then could see the snow-white girl up against the wall, shaking with her eyes closed. Her back facing towards him. When seeing her back, he could see several whip marks on her back.
It was easy to put the two and two together, Gary could tell the person that had caused all of this.
“No, just killing you would be giving you an easy way out.” Gary decided. “I doubt she was the only one you treated like this. Do you even think of them as human beings at this point? Using them as you wish… Were you really one of them?
“… Whatever, it just means you only deserve what comes next. I'm going to use you to make up for it!”
Olivia started to laugh like a madwoman.
“So what, you’re going to **** me?! Go ahead! It's not like it hasn’t happened before!”
“****? No, I have no interest in doing something like that with you.”
[Skill activated Controlled Transformation]
For the first time, Gary had activated the Controlled Transformation in place he hadn’t done before, and his mouth started to change slightly, his teeth began to grow.
“You treated the others with no respect, so you're going to become my little experiment!”
Gary lifted her off the ground, and before she realised it, he bit right into the back of her neck.