Wolf and surfing Girl
(Request von FeralG3)
Chapter 1
Ten years before
The sun had gone down an hour ago, only the light purple shine at the night sky reminds the world that there was light not too long ago. A dark figure appears at the edge of the jungle and watches the buildings, people had built in the last few decades. Taking away more of the jungle and reaching further into the area that wasn't supposed to be buried under the human civilization. Wood breaks under the strong steps as the figure takes his last step out into the city he is supposed to live in.
The figure is revealed, a giant, dark wolf. Covered in what looks like black fur with piercing golden-shining eyes and a little scar above his right eye. No one was out on the street or the wolf had thought about walking around in a city´s subarea. It felt normal to walk in this form and where he comes from, it is.
All this, the city and all the humans that he will meet are stranger to him, a different kind he didn't have contact with since his mother had left. The last message the village got from her was the news of her death not a year later. It still hurt thinking about it but the wolf had learned not to mention it in front of his father or any other member of his pack. It was a sign of weakness and he was everything else then weak. He had promised her to be strong, to become the strongest, he is and that's why he is here.
A scream cut through the night, the cry of a child but not from pain of falling down and getting hurt, no, his ears could hear the tone and this was a cry of fear, certain-death-fear.
Without thinking his instinct takes over. After training for year to become the protector and leader of his pack the wolf was ready to attack, ready to protect. His paws tromp on the street in a fast rhythm and his claws slice the concrete underneath them. His strong leg bring him to the people and the child he had heard, only seconds later he cuts around a corner and find himself confronted with the first human that weren't his mother.
His load growling got him the attention that he want to and for the first time he sees the fear humans have against the unknown and potential dangerous more than seeing it, he smells their fear, sour and ugly. The two men were holding a young girl, a third man was in the car they want to use to get way. The wolf locked his eyes with the girl for just a second. There is fear but not of him, only the men, there is a tiny nod from her and the wolfs start to run.
The men hat no time to react, the first loses his whole arm as the wolf attack, he bites down in the arm that is holding the girl minding her at the same time not to touch her skin with his teeth. The potential kidnapper wasn't so lucky. The wolf´s teeth went deep in his flesh and with a short but strong pull with his head had the wolf a human arm in his muzzle. Blood was dripping down from his mouth and the limp in it, the men too shocked to react, even the man who had lost the limp hadn't reacted jet. The pain needed a few seconds to reach his brain but it was too late for them.
The wolf let the arm fall to the ground and attacks the second one. This one had an opening for him to attack the neck, only with the girl´s feet in his arms. The man drops dead to the ground, more blood spills on the street and let behind dark spots that look black in the dim light of the night.
The girl had fallen to the ground, as far as the wolf could judge it, unharmed. The first one had finally get the message that he lost a limp and was screaming on the ground, pain and shock would take his conscious in a few second and will let him bleed to death slowly. An ungrateful way of dying, perfect for people that want to hurt a child. Children have to be protected, there are pressures and very important for every culture.
The one in the car seem to catch up with the situation, he starts the car and wants to drive away but no chance, the wolf runs in front of the vehicle and tackles it with all his strength. The car comes to a stop as it hits the wolf like a brick wall. The airbag explode and knock out the man. Deciding against going further to open the door to get the man out and kill him, the local authorities could deal with this one. The car had a massive bulge at the front and the wolf smelled fresh blood from the inside. This man too was hurt and will not be able to run away.
The girl was still there where she had fallen to the ground but standing. She was standing between (most likely) two dead bodies unimpressed by the blood that was starting to touch her naked feet. She was watching the wolf with open eyes, no fear, no pain and to the wolf´s surprise she starts to smile and walk towards the wolf.
The wolf had heard that human children (like most children of any kind) were endless curious and don't know fear. But he had thought that would end at a certain age. He would guess the girl is around eight, maybe nine years old long after this phase. As the girl reached him he stays still. He knows he is huge and sometimes too strong, he could easily hurt the little human.
It surprised him more as the girl starts to talk. "Thank you for saving me god of the jungle." Confused and not sure what to do next with the child he waits what she is doing next. He had never heard of a god in wolf-form that humans believe in but what can he do to tell the girl something else. Better believe to be saved by a god than by a wild animal. Her parent's won´t believe her or support this story to let the horror of the reality disappear. "Mr. God would you mind taking me home? My father is waiting for me."
The wolf get up and let himself be led by the girl through the dark streets. He nearly reached her shoulders with his and he tries to keep a bit of distance between them, he could push her by accident and she would fall and get hurt after surviving all of this without major injuries.
As they reach the small house the wolf stays back, the girl seems to understand and waves her goodbye before disappearing inside her home. The wolf waits another few minutes before he begins his way to the city and the building he was looking for. While he walks away from the girl and her home he thinks about this city. There are more criminals then the three he had taken care of. So many more and it seems that it got worse over the years. At least that´s what his father had told him. Why don't they change it. Is it really that complicated to take care of this criminals and protect the children, protect everyone that wants to live a normal and peaceful life? He hopes the person he is going to meet can answer him this question. This person should, as far as he had understood, this person was the leader of this people, like his father is the leader of their pack.
The girl runs into the arms of her father, finally what had happened had catches up with her and she starts to cry. She tells her father about the men that wanted to take her and that she was afraid. She had prayed to the god to safe her and they had send her a wolf that came out of the jungle.
Her father wasn't really sure about the wolf thing, but he called the police, that told him later about the incident that was only named an animal attack. He was glad his daughter was safe and he thanked his gods for protecting his daughter.
The wolf was hidden in the shadow; he walks from one spot of a street light to the next, every few steps covered in the darkness of the night. One patch of darkness swallowed the dark wolf and spills out a human figure as the man steps in the next spot of light. The man pauses for a second, sorting his clothes before he continues his long walk to his destination.