Knight of the Wolves
Two blacker than night wolves circled each other in the midst of a small patch of dense forest. They snarled and growled at each other, never leaving the others gaze. Bright yellow eyes glowed in the darkness, full of fury as they bore into each other like daggers as they continued to circle.
But if you could tear your gaze from all of the snapping, snarling, growling and devilish glowing yellow eyes, you would see that these wolves were far from normal. They looked like something straight out of the Twilight Saga movies. For these wolves were the size of a horse. Their paws the size of dinner plates. Their 3 inch long fangs and teeth razor sharp and pearly white, glistening in the moonlight. Their fur standing on end as if an electric current flowed through it. Tails horizontal and board straight. Sharp black claws out and ready to rip open their opponent at a moment's notice. Ears flat against their huge muscular skulls…
Yes. These two wolves were something straight out of a movie….or hell maybe, as some would say.
Suddenly, the slightly bigger wolf with a white front right paw, lunged at the other black wolf. But the other wolf saw it coming and side stepped out of the way to the right with an obvious smirk plastered on his face. Safely out of the white pawed wolf's line of fire. So instead of the white pawed wolf barreling into his opponent….
He barreled into the tree that was behind his opponent….face first. The white pawed wolf let out a yelp as he crumpled to the ground against the trunk of the tree. All the while decreasing to the size of a big German Shepard. His opponent did the same, wagging his tail in a friendly manner with a chuckle as he calmly walked over to where his attacker lay. Still crumpled on the ground and now rumbling to himself.
"You ok?" His opponent asked him while giving a soft nudge to his snout. His opponent's eyes turning back to their normal eye color of bright sky blue.
All the smaller wolf got in response was a frustrated growl. This made him chuckle more.
"I'm sorry I caused you to run into that tree." The smaller wolf said gently. "I forgot I was standing in front of it. Are you ok?"
The wolf with the white paw slowly perked his head up. He painfully stood up before shaking himself. His black choker collar jingled noisily as his black bone shaped tag danced and clinked against the metal of his collar. On the black tag was the name Karr engraved into it in white lettering.
"Just...remind me the next time we train, we go to an abandoned field out in the middle of nowhere and not here in owl's haven." Karr muttered dryly, his eyes turning back to their normal eye color of red, but the darkness made them glow.
His opponent just smirked wolfishly.
"We're not in owl's haven. We're just deep in the heart of the Foundation's grounds." He stated calmly.
"Whatever Little Brother." Karr said as he playfully tugged on his younger brother's collar. It was the same exact set up as his own, but the tag read Kitt in white lettering instead.
"C'mon. We should get back before the others throw a hissy fit over where the hell we've been." Karr said as he began to bound through the dense brush. Kitt gave a bark before taking off and following Karr.
They barked and yipped and yapped all the way back to the wooden deck in the back of the mansion. Laughing as they raced each other and jumped over rocks, logs and bushes. By the time they got back to the deck, they were both panting heavily. Beyond the wooden deck was a huge swimming pool completed with a rock slide and a built in spa to the right of it. It also had a big outdoor kitchen completed with a bar, near the back door, tucked away in a corner. Safe from splashing and jumping.
They walked to the foot of the stairs and stood alongside each other before changing back to their human forms. Fur morphing into clothing, paws becoming hands and sharp teeth and fangs becoming normal human teeth and their collars magically becoming short silver necklaces with small black charms. When they finished changing, two normal looking men stood there that looked to be in their early 20s. Both had short jet black hair, olive skin tones and dark facial features. The only difference was their clothing and height.
Kitt had on a black t-shirt with denim jeans and black tennis shoes. He stood a height of 6 feet and had bright sky blue eyes. Karr had on a blood red t-shirt with gothic graphics on it and dark denim jeans with black tennis shoes. He stood a height of 6'2 and had red eyes that matched his shirt.
Karr stretched after he changed. His back cracking and popping in the process. Kitt winced at the sounds when his sensitive ears heard it loud and clear.
"I don't think your back is supposed to make those noises, Karr." Kitt said warily.
Karr stopped stretching and smirked at his brother's comment, chuckling slightly.
"You worry too much, Kitt. Besides, even if something was wrong, are bodied heal quickly. So there's nothing to fear."
Kitt just sighed defeated.
"Oh and by the way, you did good during training today." Karr leaned against the railing casually. "I liked that last move you did. Even if it did cause me to eat a tree trunk." He said with a small chuckle and a pearly white smile.
Kitt smirked and shook his head slowly in a thoughtful manner.
"Thanks. Again though I'm sorry for doing that. If I had remembered I was standing in front of a tree, I wouldn't have done that."
"Don't worry about it, Little Brother. It didn't hurt that bad anyway. Hey is Bonnie's car out on the drive way? I don't hear anyone inside."
"Yeah I don't either. Let me check."
Kitt walked around to the side yard and unlocked the rod iron gate. He followed the little path way all the way out to the drive way, sticking to the shadows the whole time. The others had warned the brothers that since they were werewolves, they would be prime targets for prying eyes on the outside. But everyone that worked at FLAG knew of Kitt and Karr's "dirty little secret."
Of course, they weren't planning on becoming werewolves. It just happened by chance. The whole idea of even becoming human turned up 3 years ago…
*Flashback*
Karr had been working successfully with FLAG for the past three years and actually seemed happy and enjoyed what he was doing. And about his new second chance at life. The brothers were in the garage one night when Karr suddenly brought up the question of becoming human. Had Kitt been human back then and drinking a glass of water, he would've spit it out in shock and surprise. Kitt though he was crazy for thinking such a thing and told him that he knocked something loose on his last turbo boost. But as Karr started to persuade his younger brother by telling him about all the things humans could do without a driver, he eventually agreed to it.
You can imagine the others faces when they finally mustered up enough courage to tell their human companions about what they wanted to do. They all took a double take, but they too ultimately agreed to it after much explaining of how and why and if they were truly sure they wanted to do this on the AI's parts. So the man hunt for two bodies began that very next day. It took good 6 months, but they found two suitable bodies. Orphans with no record of known family locally or in the US. A bonus for them was that the two bodies were already brothers. The AI's were happy about that.
Soon after the bodies were selected, operations began for the AI's. Kitt was set to go into the younger body and Karr the older. Both operations were able to start and finish at the same time. The surgery alone to put in the memory chips, was 8 hours long for both of the brothers. This on top of the felt like year-long recovery process made all of them anxious to get out. But they still supported each other nonetheless. Thankfully though, the brothers made a full recovery and where able to go home. The brothers loved their new bodies and being human. They got to do things and experience things that they never would've been able to do as AI's. It even allowed the two brothers to grow closer together. Everything seemed golden for the brothers and their futures.
But that all came to a screeching halt one day when the brothers suddenly got headaches so bad, they thought they were honestly going to die. The others rushed them to the doctor that performed the surgery, Dr. Allan Frank, to have them looked over. He was a deeply trusted man who had been friends with Devon since middle school. He looked over the brothers and took blood samples. He prescribed them to take stronger pain meds as the head ache was most likely just a mere side effect from the surgery. He told them all that he would call them when the results for the blood tests were back in. When the brothers got back home, they took the pain meds as prescribed. They never had another head ache attack after that.
That is…until 3 months later to the date of their last attack. The two brothers both woke up screaming and clutching their heads like they were about to explode. Bonnie and Michael were the first to come bursting in through the door. Bonnie at Karr's side, Michael at Kitt's who was in his arms. Devon ran down the hall and called an ambulance. The family was whisked away to the emergency room, praying the whole time that everything would be ok. At the hospital, they met with Dr. Allan yet again who was just as surprised as they. But Michael was furious with the doctor. Saying that Dr. Allan did something to them and was purposely trying to cause them harm. Dr. Allan was appalled by Michael's words and firmly told him that he never do such a thing to patients that he openly called family. And especially not to such a sweet being as Kitt. Michael apologized shortly before a nurse came by and told the family that Kitt and Karr were doing much better and were currently asleep. But they would like to keep them over night just in case something else popped up. The family reluctantly agreed and bid the doctor good night and a thank you before leaving.
The next morning Bonnie got a call from Dr. Allan telling her that the family that they needed to swing by his office ASAP. So the family packed up and raced down to his office. When they got there, they were quickly escorted to his office by the good doctor himself. Making sure to lock the door behind him, he laid out a manila folder and pulled out Kitt and Karr's blood results. He set them down in front of the family for them to look at. He told them not to pay any attention to anything else and to just read the circled fine print at the bottom of the paper. Bonnie was the first to pick up Kitt's record. She read it once at normal distance and then suddenly pulled it closer and read it again with a squinted gaze. Shock was slowly beginning to claim her features. Her eyes went wide before she calmly set the paper back down on the desk and kept her gaze on the ground. Michael and Devon then reached for the records. Michael had Kitt's and Devon had Karr's. Michael did a double take after reading the circled fine print as did Devon. Confusion, fear and surprise all claiming their faces.
On the bottom of the record in fine bolded print read:
There are no obvious causes or deficiencies located in the blood that would indicate causes for the severe headaches. However, there appears to be 50% canine blood within the patient's own blood stream. Causes for this are unknown. Secondary blood tests will be performed. Final results are to be determined.
Everyone in the room was deathly silent. That is, until Michael broke it.
"So, what exactly does this mean?" He had questioned warily.
Dr. Allan just shook his head.
"I..I don't know to be quite honest. But I can promise all of you that these records will not be seen by anybody else, but myself. We don't know what we're dealing with here. But in the meantime," He said getting up and unlocking the door. "keep an eye on them. I'm sure the nurses have already taken more blood so I'll call you again when those come in."
The family left Dr. Allan's office and went back to the hospital to go see and take the brothers home. Upon their arrival they were escorted to Kitt and Karr's room and after some last minute checks from the nurses, got to go home. Everything played out well the rest of the day and into the night. Early the next morning however, about 5:30, Kitt and Karr both woke up to a severe hunger strike. It felt like they hadn't eaten in weeks. The brothers went down to the kitchen and just about ate everything…
And then something really strange happened. They began to feel really dizzy. Like someone had spun them around a 100 times. Kitt clung to the counter top for support and Karr sat in the chair. Suddenly the pain disappeared and left the brothers extremely wary. They were right to be wary because in that same instant they felt their bodies…changing. It wasn't painful, just extremely uncomfortable. They felt this odd sensation for about 5 seconds and then it all stopped. They felt completely normal.
That is until they looked at each other. They were far from normal then. They both howled a scream when they made eye contact. For they were no longer human, but wolves that were about the size of a big German Shepard. A size they soon would learn to be their smallest size. Michael, Bonnie and Devon all came stampeding into the kitchen only to find every cabinet open and two black wolves standing there, looking sheepishly up at them. The brothers huddled close together in a scared but protective manner. Michael though, had a sneaky suspicion and crouched down a few feet from the two wolves. One look at those bright sky blue eyes and a warm smile passed across Michael's face.
"Kitt? That you Buddy?" He heard Bonnie and Devon gasp slightly.
The blue eyed wolf barked and stood up, wagging his tail as he came over to Michael. He scratched him behind the ears while he chuckled. Karr soon came over as well, wagging his tail and wanting attention like a typical dog. Bonnie and Devon both crouched down as well and scratched Karr behind the ears.
And so that's how the rest of the day was. Kitt and Karr exploring their new found forms, testing their abilities and such. They also eventually found out they could talk both mentally using a mind link and regularly. They found out that their bodies could change size ranging anywhere from the size of a horse to the smallest being what they turned into in the first place. But what really stuck out to all of them was when they changed back to their human forms. Fur magically becoming clothes, paws becoming hands and sharp teeth and fangs becoming normal human teeth. All in the blink of an eye. And so their new lives began. And they never looked back.
*End of Flashback*
When Kitt rounded the corner, he poked his head out just enough to see if the Trans Am he once called home was parked on the driveway….
It wasn't. And neither was Devon's limo. However, he knew the Tran Am Karr was housed in was parked in the garage. So that meant that they either took Devon's limo while they were out, or Bonnie was still out and about and most likely met up with the others somewhere.
Kitt frowned. Usually they were the ones that were late and paid the price by getting an hour long lecture from Bonnie.
"Anything?" Karr's sudden voice almost made Kitt yelp in surprise.
"No. Neither is Devon's limo. They shouldn't be out this long. Its late." Kitt said worriedly, still keeping his gaze locked on to the drive way as if they would magically appear if he stared hard enough.
"Don't worry Kitt. I'm sure they're fine. They probably just went out to eat or a night out on the town since they knew we were going to be out as well tonight." He said comfortingly while laying a hand down on Kitt's shoulder. "In the meantime, how about we order a pizza? I'm starving."
"I'm not exactly hungry right now Karr. But thanks for the offer."
Karr sighed. "Ok, well I'm gonna go order one. C'mon. Let's go in." Ha patted Kitt's shoulder before walking back around and heading inside.
Kitt stared for a moment longer before reluctantly following Karr back inside the mansion. Worry clouding his features the whole time.
