Return of the Beast

Alaskan Wilderness, 6 am;

Out of no where the storm came, like the one that dropped Tina off only far stronger. The winds threatened to uproot trees and boulders, lightning bolts struck, and the storm spiraled, forming a funnel. A miniature tornado touched down and spun for a few minutes before it was lit up by a lightning bolt striking the ground within it. The storm, like the one that hit Nome, calmed instantly, the tornado disappearing. The dust from it quickly settled. The Outsider rose from the smoking crater created by the lightning strike and the twister. It looked over its surroundings. Snow and ice, it found this interesting but it wasn’t completely unprepared for this, its hide was designed to protect it from far lower temperatures than this but if it was sleeping it could be plunged into a hibernation sleep since it was a reptile. It would have to create itself an area to sleep. That was a concern, self preservation, it was in the animal genetic code it was spawned from. It looked through the link and smiled. A small town full of people, easy pickings. Before it could think further, it was interrupted. It turned to see a grizzly rise from a nearby cave and roar. The storm must of awakened it, the Outsider didn’t care much, this creature was not a target, if it attacked it would be a threat and then it would become a target. The Outsider stood its ground and waited to see what would happen. The bear charged at it, stopping in front of the Outsider. Once again, the genetic horror didn’t move. Not even as the bear rose its claw to strike it. As the bear brought its claw down, only then did the Outsider react. Its left hand launched its hand up and caught the bear’s claw easily. The Outsider’s right metal claw extended and then it drove the weapon into the bear’s skull, piercing skin and bone like tissue paper. The animal struck the ground dead. The Outsider looked at the blood on its claw before licking it off and retracting its weapons. This wasn’t just a sadistic act, it had never encountered a bear before, it had to gain knowledge on this. It extended its claws and cut into the bear. Unlike the last victims, this was more like a dissection than just ripping its victim to shreds. It was learning about it, were the vitals were located for an easy kill, how powerful its muscles were, and anything else it could learn. It finished its dissection fifteen minutes later and heard footsteps, it smelled a human. It retreated into the darkness of the forest to watch.
A human hunter walked into its view in a couple minutes. He looked over the bear carcass. "What the-" the man was interrupted by a twig snapping behind him. He turned, his shotgun pointed in the direction of the noise. He heard another noise behind him and turned to look again, once again there was nothing. "Who is there? Show yourself!" He ordered. Suddenly, he was pulled to the ground and lifted upside down in front of the Outsider. The beast looked over the frightened man, its eyes locked on his gun. It identified it as an older model shot gun, not much of a threat. It roared and threw the man a good distance away. The man scrambled to his feet. He discharged his shot gun twice. The first shot struck the creature in the chest, doing nothing. The second shot struck it in the face, its head snapped backwards before it slowly brought its head back to focus on the hunter, then it simply cracked its neck and approached it prey. The man reloaded but the monster was in front of him too quickly. The Outsider’s long tail whipped around and wrapped around the hunter’s gun before pulling the gun from his grasp and throwing it away. The Outsider slammed its tail into the man, knocking him down a hill nearby. The man’s head slammed into a rock on the way down and he rolled onto the ice covering a frozen lake. The Outsider approached its victim, extending its claws to finish the job.