Wolves and Men

“Showed you how to do what with the wolves?” Charles pressed, ignoring the outburst.

“He showed us how to…” but before Rachel could finish answering she was tackled to the ground by Brian.

The two scuffled in the dirt for a few moments, before a sickening thud of fist on flesh sounded out through the construction site. Brian got up from the ground and Rachel’s form was left limp and motionless.

“You didn’t kill her, did you Brian?” asked the lone companion.

“No, I didn’t fucking kill her, though I probably should have, stupid bitch.”

Unphased by what just happened Charles asked, “So, you were telling me what you were training the wolves for?”

“I wasn’t telling you shit, dog,” Brian answered roughly. “But I was told to kill you and bring back your lifeless carcasses.” Without another word the two vampires charged.

Katherine knelt down and punched deeply into the hard ground. A ripple in the earth moved and a fissure was created that streaked its way towards the charging vampires. This caused them to change course and William was already charging to meet them. They turned just enough to allow William to tackle one of them from the side.

Charles jumped into the air and crashed into the other vampire as their arms wrapped around each other. Charles twisted and pulled Brian into a suplex and landed with his full weight on the vampire. Brian used the sudden impact to get loose of the grip and jumped away from the werewolf as he grabbed Charles’ tail.

Brian ripped Charles backwards and hurled him several feet behind him before he let go of the Tracker’s tail and let him fall. Charles was a little slow to get up.

William was having a hard time dealing with his target. The vampire was skilled at everything. He had quickly kicked out of William’s tackle and had turned the hold back on him. William flooded his body with adrenaline and other natural stimulants to augment his strength. The chemicals that his body produced responded to his will and this time was no different. It took everything he had to escape the grip of the other.

He slashed and kicked out at the vampire as he dodged and blocked everything William could throw at him. He was not used to a fight taking this long and this vampire seemed to be playing for the long game. After William had escaped his grip, he seemed content to play defense and attack only enough to keep William engaged. This immediately made him nervous and very weary as his eyes started darting all over the construction yard.

Suddenly there was complete silence. Brian turned his back on the Shape shifters, brushing his shirt sleeves and pants, as if to get dirt on them. William looked back and saw Katherine on the ground with the vampire, Rachel, standing over her with a wicked grin on her face. William caught a fist across his jaw that sent him sprawling into the dirt.

With a twisting roll he sprang back to his feet and charged to where Charles was standing and surveyed the three vampires as they regrouped. The vampires that William had faced in the night clubs and farms up till now had been challenging but nothing like this. These were elite fighters. No wonder they had been able to capture Ansuya. These vampires were far more dangerous than they looked.

William caught the briefest glimpse of something that cut through the moonlight as it arched gently through the air. It fell directly in front of the vampires and they all stared at the object as a small red LED light blinked consecutively faster with each blink.

The three vampires hissed and raced back through the construction yard. William jumped in front of Katherine and shielded her with his body as he covered his eyes with his arm milliseconds before the object detonated.

A loud high pitched crack rang out through the yard as a blinding white light splashed throughout the area. William had never heard anything like it, except when he had gone to see military jets at an air show. The air around them seemed to sizzle and shriek. Then there was a roaring silence as his ears rang in protest.

He lowered his arm and looked around the area. His night vision had been damaged and it took a few moments to recover so he could look at his surroundings. Charles was getting to his feet and Katherine was stirring underneath him.

He stood up and hoisted the sage to hers. Nicolas and Aceso ran over to where they were. Nicolas still hadn’t shifted to werewolf form yet. He threw the back pack onto the ground and threw some sort of weird gun belt at Charles.

The Tracker caught it easily and wrapped the leather around his waist. The oversized gun at his hip looked natural for his seven foot five inch werewolf frame. William took one as well as Katherine was clipping her belt to her waist.

As Nicolas threw the empty backpack aside, William caught a small gleam of white moon light against metal off in the distance and dove right into Nicolas’ exposed chest. Just then a shot of gunfire, probably from a rifle of some kind, rang out against the quiet night. Nicolas hadn’t even protested as the five of them picked themselves up and ran for the large stack of 2X4X16’s that Nicolas had told them about earlier.

More gun shots rang out as Charles and William returned fire as the five of them took cover behind the stacked wood. William could hear at least 3 different weapons firing at once. That could mean that some of the vampires were using the same weapons or only three of them were firing at them.

It was too loud and they were pinned down. Nicolas was not able to enter his Scout trance and there was no way any of them could leave their cover without taking heavy fire. William looked behind them. They might be able to make the fence and escape that way. A sniper bullet did travel a long way though, any idiot knew that. But if they stayed there with their heads down like this it wouldn’t take the vampires long before they flanked them and gunned them down where they stood. It was time to go.