Clair breaks out of her stunned state and backs away,

"What the hell did that?" Clair asks gagging and fully walking away from the scene, Devika and Caritas walk away with her. Devika orders some of the stronger willed soldiers to dispose of the...body?

Clair sits down on a bench outside and Caritas sits next to her, they exchange glances but no words, after a bit Devika stands in front of them and sighs,

"She was a prick and a murderer but...she didn't deserve a death like that." Devika says and Clair nods rubbing her face, it's been an extremely long day and all she wants is some sleep, maybe when she wakes up this will all be a dream, maybe she'll wake up in the research station with Boran and Kit, and she give Boran a big hug tell him about this story and he can laugh along with her. Clair looks over at the small grave they're digging for Sadie and imagines if Boran was really here, he'd be crushed. But at least he'd be here to comfort Asu and Cecilia.

Clair starts to tear up and stands up excusing herself. Caritas frowns and nods, knowing Clair needs some time alone right now. Clair doesn't make it very far as the water works start, she ducks into an alleyway and sobs crouching down and holding her head. She pictures a giant wall inside her mind holding back all the insanity, she pictures it strong and ever present, but with a few cracks. Clair sighs and shakes her head, she needs some sleep and she needs it now, if she waits any longer she'll go insane.

On her way back to her house she sees Kit entering Malachi's house, sleep is going to have to wait there's no way she's leaving them alone with that psychopath. Clair steps down from her house and makes her way to Malachi's. She peaks in the window and sees Malachi and Kit arguing. Just as Clair is about to enter, she sees Malachi pull a knife out and stab Kit, pinning them against the wall.

"Kit!" Clair screams and kicks the door open pure adrenaline guiding her, Malachi turns and smiles before turning into a cat and running out the backdoor, Clair runs over to Kit and applies pressure to the wound. Kit grabs the knife and pulls it out bleeding out profusely, Clair's eyes widen and grab the knife tossing it to the side.

"Damn it Kit, why'd you pull that out! At this rate..." Clair presses hard and hears footsteps outside, she looks out the window and sees Brock yelling something at Devika as they both run towards Malachi's Kit places their hand against Clair's cheek and turns it to them,

"Don't worry Clair...It'll be..." Kit trails off and slumps their eyes closing.

"No! Kit!" Clair stands up as Brock and Devika rush in, aiming their guns. Brock looks around and lowers his gun but Devika looks behind Clair and keeps her gun trained,

"Clair, what did you do?" Devika says shakenly

"It wasn't me! Malachi killed them! I saw him! He turned into a cat and ran away!" Clair says and holds up her bloody hands.

"Okay. Let's all take a breath, Devika lowers the gun. A lot has happened, just let's sort this all out." Brock says and Devika hesitantly nods but lowers her gun. Clair walks to them just as Charlie, and Kit rush in. They see the body of Malachi, and Kit walks up to Clair,

"You okay? What happened?" Kit asks and Clair tears up and tries to mumble out an answer but is hyperventilating.

"Woah, calm down Clair it's okay just go take a seat, and wash your hands," Kit says and Clair nods walking over to the sink and washing the blood. Kit walks over to Charlie and looks at her sighing,

"I've never seen Clair like that before, she's usually so calm," Kit says and Charlie looks over at Clair nodding,

"Yeah I know what you mean" Charlie responds and then looks over at Brock who's inspecting the body of Malachi. He raises an eyebrow,

"This body is abnormally cold, and the skin feels almost like leather," Brock says and then Caritas runs inside looking at the scene before him and narrowing his eyes at the body of Malachi. He turns his attention to Clair and walks over to her,

"Are you alright?" He asks and Clair rubs her head and nods,

"I think...No, I know what I saw. It was Malachi stabbing Kit and then turning into a black cat running out of the back door and then when I turned around again the body of Kit was actually Malachi." Clair says and Devika looks over at her.

"Did you say black cat?" Devika asks and Clair nods

Devika thinks for a moment, she saw that black cat follow Sreya out of the gate, and furthermore, she saw it go towards Malachi's before. No, she saw it go in Malachi's. But Malachi was already there, so she slapped him. She widens her eyes and turns to Brock,

"Did you say his face was leathery?" Devika asks and Brock nods

Devika runs her hand through her hair and she remembers that when she slapped him he felt strange but her adrenaline was spiked so she thought it was just a random feeling. Devika looks over at Malachi and then at Brock inspecting it, remembering that Leela used to say Malachi was reported in multiple places at once, not only that but Caritas a man of God has bad feelings about him,

Malachi. A black cat. Multiple places at the same time. Shapeshifting? Malachi got here a week ago and since then...Devika's blood runs cold and she turns to Brock,

"Brock get away from him," Devika says quietly and Brock raises in eyebrow,

"Why what's wrong?" Brock asks and Devika aims her gun at the body,

"Because that's not Malachi. It's some shapeshifter that's the only explanation.I didn't want to believe it when Caritas told me during the storm, but I think he's right. Malachi is the Father. So whatever that is...Isn't human" Brock turns to the corpse of Malachi and its eyes shoot open grabbing Brock's arm, the pressure on his arm breaking the surface skin, it smiles and pulls him closer before it can attack Devika fires straight into its head, and then again, and repetitively until her gun clicks.

Brock stumbles away holding his arm and Charlie rushes to his side making sure he's okay, he nods but upon closer inspection, Charlie can see that the arm is broken. She swears and starts to wrap it, as she does so the body of Malachi explodes into a cloud of smoke. Devika sits there dumbfounded and then shakes her head and grabs her radio,

"Attention all soldiers, keep an eye out for Malachi. At this point, he is the largest threat we face. He can seemingly shapeshift into a black cat and other people. Keep all citizens indoors until further notice, and if there are too many people in one household, investigate. We will not allow him to ruin our town." Devika orders into the radio.

    They all sit there unsure of their next move,

    Malachi however, has a sinister plan.