About the Series
Maria Valdez is a NCIS Special Agent with a secret: she's a Shifter, a species of beings that transform into animals (her clan's animal is the wolf). What's worse, humans have discovered her kind exists, and are bent on planning their destruction. And, oh, yeah, her partner is captured during a case and is turned into a Shifter-something she didn't even know was possible. Now she has to deal with teaching him about his new world along with the threat from the hunters.
This one is an English assignment. We had to write a narrative poem, and I figured I should just use characters from my Dark Agent series. Probably not my best attempt, but whatever. *shrugs* Besides, I hate writing poetry. The only time I do write poems is for English class.
That being said, it did get an A.
Lit & Comp 10 Honors
5 November 2012
Note: With this, I'm basically just playing around with a scene in mind for the first book in a series I'm working on. I'm not sure if this is even going to be the final version of it in the book. And for the record: short stories and novels, yes—poems, no. There's also absolutely no rhyming pattern or meter whatsoever, as far as I can tell.
"The Wolf"
". . . But you are only a lonely hunter
Some things you can't disguise
Just to look in the hallway mirror
Now it's howling in your eyes
The wolf
Prowling in the nighttime
The wolf
Howling in the moonshine
The wolf
Gives you what you want but he ain't no friend of mine . . ."
~ "The Wolf" by Heart
Dark, sweat-soaked hair is plastered to his skin.
Fevered blue eyes glare at the man cloaked in shadows
—that's all his brain can perceive of the figure at the moment.
Andy croaks out, "What are you doing to me?"
Honestly, he's not sure how much more of
Being locked in a cage in an abandoned warehouse he can take.
Combine that with the fact he has IVs with strange fluids entering his veins,
And his fear of hospitals is definitely working against him.
There's a hint of amusement in the Irish lilt now:
"Don't you know by now, Agent DeMarco? . . .
You know," he continues when Andy shakes his head,
"It's almost amusing, the way you threaten me with your precious NCIS team
—and as for your partner, you will soon see her for what she really is."
To which Andy manages to retort, "Which is what, exactly?"
The Voice actually chuckles, but there is no humor in the sound.
He says, "You'll find out soon enough, my little pet."
Despite his feverish and weakened state,
The NCIS agent knows there's a ring of truth in the man's words.
The full moon, high above, breaks through cloud cover.
He tenses involuntarily: the moonlight is blazing hot against his skin.
In the next moment it's soothing, cooling his burning body,
But it does nothing to help with the sudden onslaught of pain coursing through him.
His vision blurs, and when he glances at the door, he wonders if he's already gone insane.
Maria, his partner, is suddenly there, racing toward him—
But she's moving so fast, she's a blur.
As if from far away, he can hear her voice, but the words are meaningless—white noise.
He blinks to clear his vision, and suddenly it's ten times sharper.
The pressure in his head has vanished, leaving him with a warm, reckless feeling;
Instinctively he knows that a feeling this good has come with a price attached.
Hearing Maria's sudden cry of pain, he tries to stand up to see more,
But his body doesn't want to work like that—it wants to stay on all fours.
The Irishman, noticing the large black wolf, grins and reaches for a remote.
Within seconds, the angry lupine is outside the cage, snarling, thirsty for blood.
Dark blue eyes narrow at his tormentor, muscles tense, and he lunges.
Next thing he knows, he is blindsided, knocked to the ground.
His head twists, teeth snap, and he finds that it is Maria who's knocked him over
—only it's not quite Maria.
His partner's form shimmers, and in her place is a black she-wolf with fudge-colored eyes.
She presses her paws down on his neck and snaps her teeth close to his face, a warning growl in her throat.
Cool it, DeMarco, she says in his head;
He freezes, his wolf instantly recognizing an alpha, even if this one is female.
Then the reality sets in: He's a werewolf.
And his partner is one, too.
It's Shifter, actually, Maria corrects. Now shift back; the others are close by.
Somehow—he's not sure how—he is back in human form,
And the two other members of their team are there.
The unnamed kidnapper (would it be "agent-napper"?) tries to escape,
But Andy is already a black streak racing for him, claws extended.
Hanson, his team leader, and McGurn, the probie, yell for him to stop.
He doesn't hear them.
". . . But your kind is a dime a dozen
I've seen it all before
A parasite in a good disguise
Just another wolf at the door
The wolf
Prowling in the nighttime
The wolf
Howling in the moonshine
The wolf
Gives you what you want but he ain't no friend of mine"
~ "The Wolf" by Heart