Time:DuskLocation:Woods outside of Vie-Et-Mort The female alpha, Sorrel, had her attention on Liam, noticing that he was an alpha as well. It was quite the curious thing for Sorrel as she wondered if he had a pack or if he was like her, an alpha wolf on his own. Those thoughts were questions for later, however, as they needed to focus on the task at hand.
"That sounds perfect. We'll catch them off guard and take out the ones that look to be leading the hunt first. Cyrus will protect the wolf from any that might skip past us. We take them out swiftly and then vacate the area in case any others show up." She explained to both of them, then paused as she glanced up to Cyrus in the tree.
"And Cyrus, my love, please try to refrain from any more battle cries until we've taken a few out." She said it in a teasing manner. That battle cry, however, echoed far to the edges of the forest, through to the corners of the beach where Boris was walking home; His ears twitched as he snapped into a sprint.
“You sound like you’re afraid, Sorrel.” Cyrus said in the same teasing manner with a cheeky grin.
“Well I guess we wait at this point. Injured wolf, you stay on the ground and act like you are hurt even if you heal; they won’t see me up here right away hopefully.” He crouched down on the branch making sure he was well hidden in the leaves. Cyrus lifted his nose into the air to get a scent trying to see if he could estimate a distance of the vampires. It took a few minutes of sniffing before he looked down at the others.
“They are nearby; we should get into position everyone.”Once Liam had the approval from the other alpha, Sorrel, he nodded and took off to the right, running on all fours keeping close to the trees and brush for cover, his black fur helped keep him camouflaged in the night. The first vampire he found stood little chance, and he was fueled by the rage of finding another wolf so battered down. Liam leapt from the brush, his jaws clamping down on the neck of a vampire, tearing at its flesh and violently shaking the creature. The taste of vampire flesh was repulsive; like cold meat that had lingered long past its expiration date, but he continued gnaw until his teeth scraped against bone and he severed the vampires head. Despite the effort to keep the vampires from Luna, he saw another heading that direction, and again Liam took off in a sprint. Though the vampire was faster than him, effortlessly vanishing from his line of sight, he knew where the vampire was headed; back to Luna.
"These are the Vie-Et-Mort vampires, by the way, these aren’t ordinary vampires.” Luna told them while she curled into a ball.
"Be careful. I'll stay here as a distraction for them."“Vie-Et-Mort does not scare me; I will rip their insides up before they realize what happened to them.” Cyrus said to Luna, his voice monotone, his expression nonchalant. He was unphased by the situation. He was here for a fight and if it was a challenge, it was better in his eyes.
“Remember that fear is a strength in itself.” Sorrel grinned before she took off to the left. She took note to what Luna had said about these vampires, but she hoped that between her and the others they would have enough skill to take them out and if not, well at least she’d die doing something good. It would be something she could accept. So off she ran, her footsteps surprisingly silent on the forest floor. Her eyes scanned the trees while her nose kept locked onto the scent of the vampires.
She soon spotted a vampire, but didn’t see any others near him. She followed him for a moment, waiting to see if she spotted any more, and when she didn’t - she attacked. She went straight for his throat and he wasn’t quite expecting it, or so she thought. He put up a decent struggle, but in the end she managed to tear his throat out. She continued to bite down and tear until his head was torn clean off. What she hadn’t expected was for the second vampire to come barreling into her. The speed and force of the hit had sent her flying through the trees. She stood up, disoriented and aching. She was pretty sure she’d broken a rib or two and she looked down at her arm to see it bleeding. She growled as she looked around for the vampire, ready to kill the bastard. Her head was still spinning, however, so she didn’t smell the vampire when he attacked again until it was too late.
She managed to deflect his first major attack, but that’s when she realized he had a knife. His second attack she was just a bit too slow and he impaled the knife in her left side. It was then that she realized it was made of silver and the burn was excruciating. She let out a screaming howl before wrenching the knife from her side and his grasp. At least she could keep him from stabbing her again with it, but she now had a vampire very intent on killing her.
Liam stopped his pursuit of the vampire as the sound of wolfen scream cut through the air. He paused for a second, unsure if he should continue after the vampire headed towards Luna or towards the sound of the scream. But made his decision swiftly after considering that Cyrus was there with Luna. He ran, sniffing the air for where the scent of blood was strongest. He found Sorrel, bleeding and holding a knife, along with another vampire. A low snarl escaped from the back of his throat as he locked eyes with the vampire, he wanted to make sure this vampire didn’t get a quick death. The vampire had hurt a werewolf, it deserved to feel pain. Sorrel sensed him there, but was too concerned about taking her eyes off the vampire. If she dropped her guard for a second it could be deadly.
“You okay?” Liam asked Sorrel, in a wolf-like telepathy that all werewolves shared,
“Wanna give this asshole some payback?” He asked, keeping his eye on the vampire.
She was relieved when she heard Liam's voice in her head.
"Yeah I'll be alright." She replied, not sure if it were a lie or not. She could tell the cuts she'd gotten from being knocked were healing quickly and the ribs would take a day or two, but the stab wound was definitely not healing rapidly. She had the damned silver to thank for that. While she was bleeding decently, it wasn't life threatening yet. As long as she bandaged it soon she would be just fine.
"Yes please, let's make this fuckers life a living hell." She said, a darkness to her tone that was menacing and a little frightening. She grinned at the vampire which, in her werewolf form, was a bit unsettling. She decided to wait for Liam to make the first move, wanting to follow his lead.
The vampire’s gaze continued to shift from Liam to Sorrel, both alphas blocked his path towards Luna, and no doubt he debated his chances now that a fight was less than evenly matched. But the leech had no options; the vampire would not accept failure, if he ran, he would be pursued, his best shot was to hope he’d injured Sorrel enough to even out the fight. Liam lunged towards the vampire with every bit of speed his wolf form had to offer as the vampire advanced forward as well. The vampire used Liam’s size and momentum to knock the werewolf onto his back, then hit Liam with a swift strike to the muzzle, and during the few seconds Liam was dazed by the hit the vampire sank its fangs into Liam’s neck. The pain only served to make Liam more alert, snapping him out from the daze and using all his strength to shove the vampire off him. As the vampire scrambled to get back on its feet, Liam’s teeth locked around the vampire’s calf like a bear trap, ripping, shaking, and slicing through flesh before crunching down onto bone. The vampire screamed and desperately tried to pull what remained of his calf and ankle through Liam’s teeth, shredding the limb further, until the werewolf finally let go of the vampire’s leg. The vampire stumbled forward, limping, unable to put any weight on mangled and blooded leg.
Meanwhile, Cyrus had caught sight of the vampire Liam let go, closing in and looking at Luna.
'Oh, yes here we go...' He thought as he prepared to jump him. The vampire had made it to Luna and had a blade raised at her and that's when he made his move. Cyrus jumped onto his back, snapped the vampire’s arm and bit his neck. The vampire’s body went limp, but to make sure, Cyrus decided to rip it's head off, throwing it into the woods behind him.
"Sorry, for the bloody scene Luna." he said before turning to look if he could see the other wolves.
What he saw was not the others but another vampire with a bloodlust look in his eyes while holding his partner's head. The vampire was suddenly in front of him causing Cyrus to struggle against the oncoming force.
’Holy fuck, you piece of shit get off of me.' He thought as he gained some advantage before pushing him back. That's when the vampire threw something at him. Cyrus's skin burned all over with pain as a pouch of silver dust clouded the place he was standing in.
"ARGHHHH!" He screamed and growled as he moved away from the cloud trying to shake the dust off himself while writhing on the ground. He crawled, trying to pull himself out of the silver cloud, when suddenly the sound of cracking bones could be heard, with nothing but a faint cry from the vampire’s mouth. As the cloud of silver dust dissipated, the scene became clear. The vampire was on the ground, and on top of him was a large man - Boris, still only in his white tank top and jean shorts, having leapt from the tree above. As the surface on his forearm was sizzling from the dust, unfazed, he pulled a bold tree branch out of the vampire’s chest which he had torn from the tree he leapt from, and stood back up.
Boris’s gaze remained on the vampire, distracted by the fact that this was the first vampire he’s ever killed. Only some minutes ago he befriended a vampire, and now he’s killed one. Of course it didn’t surprise him that he was able to kill as swiftly as he did, he had been a killer for 30 years without rest, and his ability to kill has not wavered. But the fact that he didn’t hesitate had somehow surprised him. He had heard the howls coming from this direction when he left the beach, and immediately ran into the forest. That’s when he caught onto his alpha’s scent; and something within him activated. The desire to put his life at risk if it meant helping Liam, which drove him to leap toward this vampire as soon as he saw it hurting another wolf. Still distracted, he kept staring at the vampire, as horrific images from his past outlined its body, putting Boris in a trance.
Sorrel had watched as Liam and the vampire went at each other, using this opportunity to move and get behind the bloodsucker in order to flank him. She definitely wasn’t as fast as she typically would be thanks to the injury, but Liam had him pretty well distracted. When he bit the other alpha she felt anger rise in her and she knew this vamp needed to suffer. When the vampire stumbled forward due to his shredded leg is when she pounced on him from behind. Her jaws clamped down on one of his arms as she pulled him to the ground. She promptly pressed a paw on his chest and tore his arm off. This caused him to scream out, but Sorrel didn’t stop there. She moved to the other arm, tearing it off and throwing both limbs far away. He lay there writhing in pain as she now backed off for the moment.
“Let him die from our bite.” She said as she impaled the knife that had wounded her in his chest, returning the weapon.
That was when she heard Cyrus cry out and worry came over her for her friend.
“Time to get back to the others.” She said with a brief glance to Liam before heading back in the direction of Cyrus and the injured wolf. There in front of her was a man who seemed to have impaled a vampire with a branch. Cyrus also seemed to be brushing something off of him while still looking to be in pain and on the ground. She moved to Cyrus side and looked him over for a moment. Her concern was obvious, but once she assessed that he wouldn’t die she felt a bit better. She then glanced to the others once more.
“We need to get out of here before others show up. My car is nearby if we wanted to use that. Just give me a destination and I can drive people there.” She suggested, ready to be out of these woods. She also needed to find a moment of calm to bandage herself.
Liam was more than happy to leave the vampire to die a slow and painful death alone in the woods. He nodded his agreement towards Sorrel as another wolf cried out, he wished there was time to ensure all of these vampires went a similar, slow and painful death, for their crimes against werewolves but leaving this one to send a message would have to do, at least for now. He followed Sorrel back to Cyrus and Luna, and was pleased to see his newest recruit, Boris there as well. Although he wondered why Boris stood still as a man and not as a wolf, he was more than impressed to see that he had killed a vampire as well.
“Boris!” Boris snapped out of his trance looking at the dead vampire when his alpha greeted him with a toothy grin.
“It’s good to see you here.” He added, while Liam knew very little about Boris, knowing that he too had heard a werewolf’s call and came to aid them meant that he was an excellent addition to the pack. Boris gave Liam a smile, but as silent as he usually is, did not say anything.
Liam looked back at the other alpha and wondered why she had asked for a destination. Was she keeping her own packs meeting grounds a secret? That made the most sense to him, he’d been to many places where rivalries between packs seemed to take precedent even over that which threatened all wolves. Clearly it would take more than shared bloodshed to earn Sorrel’s trust, but this was a sign of a vigilant leader and a trait he could respect.
“My pack’s at the campgrounds, we will protect your friend while she heals, should any vampires try and follow us.” Liam volunteered the information, he kept no secrets from fellow wolves as all that would do is hinder trust, and he sought nothing from other packs except alliances.
"Perfect. Follow me." Sorrel said as she, slightly awkwardly, lifted a blacked out Cyrus up and began heading back the direction of her backpack and vehicle. She reverted back to her human form once she made it to her backpack. Blood was splattered all over her including her pale moonlight blonde hair which made for a stark contrast. She took a brief moment to toss her shirt and pants back on, ignoring the fact they would soon be blood stained, and then pull out a few blankets that she always kept with her for the others, handing them out and wrapping Cyrus in one. She then moved to pick up Cyrus, but it was a bit more difficult now in her smaller frame.
"Mind helping me carry him the rest of the way? My cars just over there." She asked as she looked at Liam, her car now in sight in the distance. It would be a bit of a squeeze to fit everyone, but it was definitely doable.
Liam nodded, taking a minute to shift back into his human form. He was bruised, and a more than a little bloody, but most of the blood that coated his skin was not his own. The vampire’s bite however, still bled, and it sure as hell stung, but he knew he’d heal quickly enough. He wasn’t sure the extent of the other’s injuries but his pack was more than used to dealing with battle wounds. Werewolves, after all, couldn’t exactly go to the hospital.
As Liam helped Sorrel carry Cyrus to the car, Boris behind them leaned down toward the unconscious luna, and gently picked her up. He followed them to Sorrel’s car as he gazed around the scene, seeing the other vampires that they have killed. He then glanced down at Luna as he carried her to see her just how injured she was. He had questions, but didn’t feel comfortable enough to ask them in the company of individuals he does not know. So he remained silent.
“We’ve got a former army medic in my pack, he can help fix you up.” Liam said as they got Cyrus into the car.
"Thank you, that would be very much appreciated" Sorrel said as she gave Liam a tired smile after getting Cyrus in the car.
Boris helped lay Luna in the back seat, buckled her in before he spoke to his alpha;
“I meet you at the campground.” he said in his thick Russian accent, insinuating that he rather walk home.
In the front seat of the car, Sorrel started it up before glancing back at Cyrus and Luna. She knew both would be fine given time to heal. She wondered what the story was of the female werewolf, how did she come to be chased so viciously by vampires. That would be questions for a later date after everyone had time to rest and heal.
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