The sun had just set with most of the village turning in for the night. Her parents tucked her into bed with her teddy bear and read her a bedtime story. It didn't take long for the six year old to fall asleep with blissful dreams. She awoke with a start as screams and gun fire rang out. Her parents burst into the room in a panic with her mother quickly scooping her up into her arms and holding her tight. They went for the front door but it was torn to shreds as claws ripped through it like paper. It was dark but light from the moon and the fires outside were enough for the darkened figure to easily be seen. It was large, furry and musclier with sharp teeth and long claws, yellowish and white in color with patterns of black spots. It looked like a large cat like the Jaguars the village people had to chase away from the village every so often. Her father upon seeing the creature lifted his gun but the beast was on him before he could fire. It had him pinned to the wall with him trying to hold back its claws with the hunting rifle. He yelled at them go before its teeth tore into his neck forcing a scream out of him.

Her mother still holding her tightly ran through the door and out into the burning, besieged village. They made it to the center of the village where she was thrown from her mother's arms. One of the monsters had jumped onto her mother and started tearing into her back as she screamed for her to run and not stop or look back. She heard the screams of terror the other villagers were making as they were torn apart by the monsters. The roars and growls the monsters made were terrifying and had her shaking with fear. The village was burning around her as she ran, the monsters running people down spilling there blood on the ground.

She was scared and crying as she ran out of the village and into the jungle clutching her teddy bear. She wasn't lucky as a few of them followed her giving chase to their prey. She could hear their footsteps and movements behind her as they chased her while growling and snarling. She ran as hard and fast as she could trying to navigate the dark jungle. As she ran a vine on the ground tripped her tossing her to the ground. Get up, she had to get up but it was to late. The creatures approached the small girl making her shake in fear with every step they took. She was afraid and it showed in her face and eye's, she didn't want to die and though she was young she was smart enough to know there was no escape. The beasts roared loudly as the one who was obviously their leader stood tall over her lifting its claws to strike her. The girl closed her eye's and waited for the inevitable pain and darkness of death but it never came.

Opening her eye's and looking up she saw the creatures standing there frozen with shocked expressions as they all looked at the same thing. She followed their gaze and saw the one who was about to strike her down struggling to escape a head lock from someone who was behind it. There was a loud audible snap as the monsters body went limp and was dropped to the ground. A tall muscle bound man stood there wearing a black and white wrestling mask. His muscles easily showed through his black tank top with his gloves doing little to hide the size of his large hands. The other monsters overcoming their shock all lunged at him. Their growling soon turned into yelping as the sounds of snapping and crunching rang out with every broken bone the man inflicted upon them.

At one point he even lifted one creature high above his head before bringing it down crushing it's back on his knee. One by one they all became lifeless corpses on the ground as he killed the monsters with his bare hands. They never stood a chance against the man despite their numerical and physiological advantage. When the last of the beats fell to the ground he looked at her and approached before kneeling beside her. With out saying a word the man started checking her body for injuries.

"Do you speak english child?" The man finally spoke with a Hispanic accent.

"Y...yes." The girl stuttered out.

"What's you're name?" He asked as he continued looking her over.

"Kara." She told him while still clutching her stuffed bear.

"Such a pretty name." He told her. "Your from the nearby village?"

"Yes but..."Kara looked down with tears forming in her eye's again. "It's gone. Everyone is gone. Mama and Papa their..." She trailed off as she started crying.

"Do you have other family? Somewhere I could take you?"

"No." She sniffled.

The man finished checking her and sighed as he pulled off his mask revealing his brown eye's and short brown hair. He was lost in thought trying to think of what to do with the girl. Her village was destroyed, her parents dead and no one else to take her. There was always orphanages but he knew that with her age she would only have a short window for adoption as people normally preferred younger children or babies when adopting. There was foster care but that life could rough. He obviously couldn't just leave her here either. There was another option however but it had to be her choice.

"Kara I can't leave you here and I only have a few options for what I can do with you." Looking into the girls blue eye's he places a hand on her shoulder. "I can take you to the nearest city and leave you with the authorities where you will most likely be placed in foster care or an orphanage. Or you can come with me. I'd adopt you, take care of you, you would become my daughter. You may be a child but it should still be you're decision. What do you want to do?" He asked her, his gaze un-breaking.

It was a big decision for her, a big decision for any child especially at her age. She knew her parents weren't coming back. Everyone she ever knew was gone, the only home she ever knew was gone and the only things she had left was the nightgown she had on and the teddy bear in her arms. This man was her savior and he seemed sincere in his kindness. She made her choice, to her it was the only choice she could have made.

"I'll go with you." She said with no hesitation.

"Okay. Let's go home then." Gently he picked the young girl up sitting her on his shoulders. "That's a nice bear you have. What's his name?"

"Pequeño and she's a girl." Kara said pouting a bit at him calling her bear a he.

"My apologies senorita Pequeño." He said with a smile.

"Did the monsters hit you in the head?" Kara asked with a confused look. "She's not actually alive you know...estúpido." She mumbled the last word.

As he walked all he could do was laugh at her remark while thinking how interesting this was going to be.