THE REVENGE OF A WEREWOLF

Running through the woods. panting hard. All of me hurts but my legs cannot stop moving; Not when the pursuers are getting closer. Bullet wounds feel like repeated stabs with every movement, every inhale, every exhale I caused this. If only I knew. I deserve death… The Voices in my head rage. The hunters with silver Bows have now known my name…. Hunters? no, these are no hunters. “BANG!!”…. “BANG”…. “Common boys don’t let the freaks run free.” (Their voices echo in the distance.) These are no hunters of the ordinary… These are monsters in human skin. The Monarchs of the dark, the monsters to monsters. The Primis lex: The First order. I should have known all along but my stupidity clouded my intelligence. But what is love to intelligence? It’s ironic, how love can change you from worst to best or in my case leave you for dead. “come on boys, don’t let them escape.” A voice deep and commanding Echoed from the distance. “f**k” He caught up to me — The fearsome leader of these pack of monsters. I need to run faster, I need to hide but where? In the open forest where can I run or hide to when……. “Hold!!!” His voice prolonged in the distance. What was that command? “FIRE!!!!” His voice vibrated through the air with excitement. My heart skipped in fear as my ears listened in anticipation of a “BANG!” but this was different, there was only silen….shit…This is an arrow attack. The Trees shake and crackle from the violent blast of the wind. The rain; like shards of glass from the sky as lightning danced violently with the vibratory crash of the thunder following close by. My heart in my mouth as I anticipated and calculated where the arrows may fall. On a quiet night, I would pick up the sound of an arrow being shot from a bow but now…. “BOOM!!!” (Thunder crashes) I am tired, I am weak but that is just the tip of my problems; I wasn’t alone, Running with me was my sister who has uttered no word ever since she saw the cruelty of death in the flesh but also, she has refused to look me in the eye ever since we started running. Maybe she bla… “Phewwww! Thuck! Thunk!!” the arrows fell from the darkness plunging into the earth. The rain dulled my senses and the thunder disrupted my focus; I am potentially blind but luckily, I could dodge all attacks at the last minute before they hit, though I did all the work, Liaris beside me followed my lead. As I ran, I seasonally looked down at my little sister whose eyes were clearly still in shock. But in that shock was tiredness; Her steps few, her speed reduced. I was basically dragging her rather than run with her… Then suddenly in the distance his voice Echoed once more. “Phase!!!” This guy really does not know when to giv.. “Thump” I was his… “Ahk!” I was hit in the left ear. From where? How? I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t see anything? I didn’t…. Then I suddenly remembered my father’s words. *Now this is a crucial part you should all get. When you hear a half command, like HOLD, BLEND and Cloak, then stop running and hide or when you hear the words. Foray and Phase. The last two are rare but if you ever hear them then honestly is better you fight than run. * These were the words of a worried man who wanted the best for his kids, but now, he is….. Blood Gushed down to my shoulder. As I ran dodging trees to find my way. It’s going to be okay, its gonna…… “THUMP!” I heard. As I suddenly felt a weight drag. “AHHHHHhhhhhhh!!”. A blood curling scream awoken from my left side. Liaris was hit. “Fuck.” I let out as I immediately cover her mouth and dragged her behind a tree. She was hit. A silver arrow straight through her leg. “Don’t worr..” I sprouted out of pity until, I looked into her eyes filed with fear and anger; Her hands trembled as they held me. Her down casted face filled with pain but also with anger, the anger of who’s to blame… “Liaris?” I called out, in the heat of the moment as my heart tightened… I know that look anywhere. “Do you blame…” I was going to ask when a loud “HOWWLLLLL” from the left met our ears. “Its Lidus” Liaris let out as her eyes lightened up in surprise and fixated to the left side of the forest. My head racked in confusion as I tended to liaris’s wound. But then it became clear. Now two pursuers will intercept each other and maybe that will give us all time to escape amidst their confusion. The brilliance, the accuracy and careful planning, if anyone was to pull this off, it will be my brother. LIDUS DEVOVEO. “HHHHHhhhhhhh” We exhaled and inhaled in anticipation as their torches came into view, Their shouts and grunts ever loud, the earth vibrating at the rhythm of repeated stomps from their horses in Unisom. I sat against the tree, backing my pursuers as I clung to my sister, my head turning left and right as the water from these wet branches above heavily smacked my head. Where is he? I asked as the fear began to creep in but then “HHHHH!!!” Liaris Gasped in surprise which prompted me to look down to her and then forward and there he was. The next alpha, the one Favored by the night and blessed by the moonlight... VALIDUS DEVOVEO. My brother. He was close, I could hear it but then suddenly in all the noise, his pants, his destructive pounds upon the earth, eased and then completely disappeared. There was only one explanation to this, he had transformed back to….. “My dear, you have been injured.” He said at my side. His voice soft as silk, his presence calm but menacing. He was here right in front of us. Bare he was with the tree shadows covering his lower extremity. “I thought something happened to you…. Val, I am scared.” Liaris said as she tightly hugged him. He carried her like a child and amidst the chaos was still able to smile at her and kiss her forehead. “It’s going to be okay my precious, you can’t die here, I promise you.” He said as he pats her head and kissed her head once more. “Now I will tend to your injuries so you will feel better.” He said taking a look and then glaring at me. “Cut a cloth big enough to cover this.” He said as he went down to his knees touching the earth with one hand as he chanted while I ripped the left short sleeve off of my shirt as he ripped the grass his hand was once upon. He was performing an art, an art only he could perform at the time as the alpha. Liaris calmed down in his arm, so clam and quiet, it lifted my spirit a bit but then…” You see all of this.” He said as he stood up after dropping liaris. “The hunters running angrily towards me like I am the cause of their nightmares and horrible dreams.” he glared at me as the rapid rhythmic pounding of the earth became louder and louder. “Is all because of you.” He said as the horses began to slow down and come to a stop. “What kind of dumb f**k plans to merge his pursuers together?” Vox said as his men laughed. “The great Devoveo name…is this it?” He said dragging my families name through the mud. “ I mean your parents whom were known as the twin Tsunami and wind hardly put up a fight..” “And damn, your mom had it all with all that thickness, it made us regret not taking turns before killing her regardless of whom she was, I mean that’s got to be a compliment right ….” The bastard blurted out as his men laughed. I stood up vibrating in rage of what I heard them say, but then he spoke. “Tame that useless anger of yours you fool.” He said as I looked him in his eyes. But indeed, I was a fool, quick to anger, what anger did I have compared to the one that made the man I have never seen in my life shed a tear. Validus, my brother cried in front of my eyes as he said. “Brother I am…” I was saying when he shunned me. “Shut up…..You better remember this, remember these words they said about your own kind.” He said as he glared at me. “On the count of three…I will run out, the minute I say three, I need you to run as fast as you can to the south, I will hold them off.” He said as he prepared. “Tha….” …….. “ Keep it to yourself, I don’t need it, I am doing this for liaris not you” He said, wearing a face of disgust when he looked at me. It was clear in his eyes, from the glare to the harshness of every word, Lidus didn’t care for my presence. A seamless transition occurred as he looked further down and seeing liaris, he let out a smile but that smile faded when he looked back at me. “1” He began to count. My focus to the south, his to the north, liaris in my arms as I focused on my route with the prowess of a hungry animal. “2” My eyes shut as I deeply inhaled and then exhaled, as the noise of the enemy muffled in my ears, the rain , the sound of water and the cool breeze, my heart beating in aggression as my muscles twitched in anticipation, I was on the edge, I assumed my running stance for the command, for the call, I was on the wait for…. “BOOM!” Thunder stroke in resounding echoes. “3” …. He commanded.. my legs pushed down forcefully against the earth propelling me forward with speed birth from raw hope in desperation. The pain, the urgency, the death, the anger. Yes, it all forced my legs, pounding against the soft, wet grass. He had gone forth as the hero but I, the coward ran beholding my name in truth. Heavy was the guilt of my heart than the weight of my hands. Difficult inhales and forceful exhales, those are the only words that do justice to the situation I was in as I ran carrying liaris while going uphill on the slippery earth. I was aware with my pace and liaris’s weight, making it will be a stretch but it was possible, it could be done. . as we got farther and farther above the hill, The growls, grunts, shouts and bangs of the battle echoed through the forest. Every punch, every pierce and every shot, I could hear it, I could feel it, in my heart, I know very well, Lidus is at a disadvantage but he can win.. if only he would--Only if he would use his forbidden art, if only he would use. PURGE He said there would be a way in the south and truthfully there was one, coming into view was a huge fallen tree but that wasn’t all, there was a gap, it wasn’t the most visible but it was there, the tree laid at the edge of the hill with a gap in-between it and another hill, it gives the illusion that the land goes on but that is false and is an easy trap. But I am not human. I ran to the edge at full speed but as I got closer and closer my heart raced faster and faster something was going to happen, I could feel it. “Creek” The tree echoed as my weight imbedded on its outer bark. “Hooowwwlll” A loud howl coming from the North of the forest. “Validus” I said as I ran on the tree, my heart plunged in a massive guilt trip once more. I could feel it, the presence of the alpha was no longer with us, Validus is dead? …..my brother… “JUST WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!!” I said as tears flooded my eyes.. Then suddenly in the distance. “c**k!!” I heard in the distance. Shit here comes another wave. “Fire!!” He shouted. “PARRY!!!!” he shouted again. Double commands? Wait no… “s**t!” I let out. As I got to the edge ready to jump. High pitched whistles, Trees cracking and breaking. Something big was coming. I was at the wedge my body prepared, I was jumping, when the questions came. Wait, what if? I tried to think but the noise of the arrows numbed my senses again… “…”…”Phweem….BOOM!!!!” “HUH!!” I let out, opening my eyes to see my right hand from my elbow downwards separate from my body. Now I was sure... that wasn’t a command but an ART MANIFESTATION. When did arrows go boom? I asked as I lost the lift in flight. The impact of the arrow disrupted my momentum and also broke off some rocks from the other side of the cliff. I hit the mountain with my side and fell straight down. It was over, it was all over, all I could do was hold Liaris to protect her, the dirt, the rocks, the water and all, matched the same speed as us as we fell, even gravity had forsaken us, I looked down at Liaris and looked back up, hoping for a way out of this as my mind slipped into the sweet relief of death. I had let it all go but then I saw a mountain a mountain cave, at the left side of the mountain, I saw a way to survive and then my instincts kicked in. I can use my claws to negate my fall. i thought as I fell. I immediately balanced liaris on my back, using my neck to secure her arm in place and my teeth to hold the sleeve of her cloth until I got close and then. “METAL CLAW!” I shouted, Manifesting a basic art. Forcefully i dug my finger claws into stone to slow me down. It was painful, it was hellish but I persevered as I used my claws from my foot to support. The rain reduced my friction potential but still, I stopped. Blood profusely flowed down from my claws, but I wasn’t done, the cave was at the other side of the mountain, where I was wasn’t high enough. Jumping to the other side of the mountain and climbing up would be the best plan but I can’t. Not with liaris adding to my weight, Not with one hand also. So I climbed up. Forcefully breaking rocks with my claws until I got high enough. “Now I can...” I said as I prepared to jump. Hanging from the edge the thoughts of danger rushed. I could break all my bones on impact. I could die. This was true but, this was something I needed to do this. I jumped. My back facing my destination and my face facing the sky. It was a leap of faith. My body curled around Liaris, my back facing the cave as my eyes looked up to the moon. I braced for impact. A deep “THUD” followed by a sharp “c***k” echoed in my landing. “….” I can’t breathe. I am trying but….I am stiff. My head, my legs, every part of me is numbed out. “Riiiinnnnnnngg” The only sound I could hear in disturbing pitch. The hunters? I had to move, I am too exposed, I am at the mouth of the cave, I can be spotted. I have to move but I can’t breathe. Slowly my sight blurred as they began to shut close.