Fahrenheit 451 - The Hound

In this book there is nothing quite as scary as the Hound. This mechanical demon is sort of like a bad nightmare brought to life. With spidery like legs that make rather unsettling noises as it slowly creeps towards it's next potential victim. Though treated as a machine this monster kills without prejudice, evenly giving death to any who may give it reason. The sinister way this thing locks on to a person is by smell. Once given a piece of sample clothing the mechanical monster can begin to hunt it's prey. Tracking the soon to be deceased by a sense of smell exponentially greater than that of even dogs. The hound does not make a mistake, moving ever faster along the trail it's victim has traveled verbatim. Step by step always coming closer, never straying. With the ability to keep track of 10,000 different scents at one time the hound will never run out of space. Neither will it ever forget someone who may have miraculously gotten away. Back to the chase. As the bringer of death comes ever closer to it's prey everything becomes easier for it. With the scent more fresh than ever the hound knows in it's mechanical brain the time is near. Finally at long last the victim is within sight, suddenly gaining momentum the mechanical hunter launches its self in to the sky. Automatically determining the proper angle and velocity. While in mid air everything seems to slow down. The hound extends the needle that will be used to kill the man. This needle is packed with enough morphine inside to kill a large man. The average sized middle aged man in front of the beast stands no chance. The hound lands on it's victim, injects the venom it carries and kills the man all withing a split second. Barely discernible to the human eye. The man slumps over, falling to the ground dead before he lands. Most likely not knowing how he died. His last sense of feeling probably being of cold metal on his bare skin.