Michael was sat on the couch with Eve curled up beside him as he messed around with his guitar. He didn't play anything in particular as his mind was elsewhere. He couldn't help that feel that something was going on, something that was possibly dangerous to him and of course his friends. No one was telling him anything even though he was a vampire and in the loop. But he did notice what was getting the council slightly worked up. Vampires were being attacked. That's all there was to it. Almost every night for over a week vampires had shown up at Founder's square with more than their fair share of battle wounds. But all were alive. Not one had been found dead though some of the fresh ripping scratches and deep cuts that Michael had seen made it clear that whatever had attacked them was more than capable of murder. Another thing was the wounds themselves- they couldn't be blamed on rebels as there were no bullets or stakes just bone crushing sucker punches and animalistic scratches that made the shape of claws. That was all Michael knew and that's what worried him. His question was when would whatever's doing this decide to make a fatal blow or even worse move onto humans?

What he didn't realise was how soon his knowledge on this subject would grow.

Michael put his guitar down after a moment and headed to the kitchen as he felt the beginning of the dull burn in his throat. In the kitchen he found Shane who was picking through a cupboard for a snack. Shane nodded in acknowledgement. "Hey bro."

"Hey." Michael replied as he headed to the fridge and grabbed one of his sports bottles.

Shane kept talking but turned away as he did so he wouldn't be able to see what Michael was drinking. "Something on your mind?"

Once Michael was done drinking he put the bottle down and wiped his face before replying. "What? No why?"

"You have your thinking face on. Is it about these vamp attacks?"

"How do you know about that?"

Shane shrugged. "Small town."

"Well yeah, I do keep thinking about that."

"Not surprised, from what I heard those attacks are pretty badass but to be honest it just sounds like a vamp gone haywire to me."

Michael shook his head. "It can't be. Amelie would know who it was and deal with it and the attacks just look kind of- I don't know- desperate."

Shane grabbed a coke and started towards the door to the living room. "Whatever you say, bro."

Right at that moment the phone rang and Michael walked over to where Eve had dumped it on the side to answer it. "Hello?"

"Michael. I require you to come to Founder's Square immediately." This of course was Amelie.

Michael could tell from her voice that whatever she wanted him for it was really important and could not wait. He had a feeling he knew what this was about. "Is this about those attacks that nobody has told me about?"

He heard Amelie sigh and the other end. "Yes it is. I require you to help put an end to it."

"By put an end to it you mean kill it."

"Most likely yes. Also bring your two human friends with you. I would appreciate all the help we can get."

"Ok, I- We'll be there as soon as possible. Bye."

The line then went dead.

Michael put the phone down and ran a hand through his hair. Shane and Eve aren't going to like this. He thought to himself. Finally he went back to the living room where Eve was still sat along with Shane. He stood behind Eve as he said. "Sorry guys but Amelie wants us all to go to Founder's Square to help deal with whoever attacking the vampires."

"No fair!" Shane complained. "Why do we have to deal with their problems? It's not our fault someone finally decided to give them an ass kicking."

"No but I'm sure Amelie could blame it on you if she wanted to so I would just go and get it over with." Eve pointed out as she got to her feet and went to grab Michael's car keys. "So lets just cut the crap." She threw Michael his keys. "Mikey you're driving. Now lets go."

Both Michael and Shane looked at her for a moment before shrugging and following Eve to the front door. It was still slightly daylight outside so there was no military operation needed when getting in the car. The sun was about fifteen minutes away from setting and as they drove they could see some vampires standing in the shadows of alleyways. Whether they were just waiting for the sun to completely go down or looking out for whatever it was that was beating them to a pulp was unclear.

Once at Founder's Square they jumped out of the car and headed for the building that held Amelie's office. They were surprised to found the ice queen herself waiting for them at the reception. "Well this must be serious." Shane commented half to himself which earned him a glare from Amelie.

"It is as a matter of fact. Now follow me."

Amelie lead them down a long hall lined with doors that had no indication of what lay on the other side. She stopped at the second to last door on the left and pushed it open. Inside were around seven vampires stood around a large wooden table that had a pile of what looked like weapons on it. Though the weapons intrigued Shane he still felt wary and uncomfortable in a room full of people who potentially wanted to drink his blood. Still, he kept his discomfort to himself and walked in. Once the door had closed behind them Amelie turned and spoke. "I'm sure you all know at least vaguely why you are here."

The vampires nodded.

"Although I feel that is all you need to know I'm sure some of you-" She turned her head to look at Michael, Shane and Eve. "-will want to know more of what is going on. So I will tell you what I believe to be correct though it is I must admit very little."

Amelie turned her gaze to everyone in the room. "As you all know there have been several attacks against on our kind. None of which can be pointed towards a human or vampire. So it appears with have something else within our town borders, something new."

"But what exactly is this something?" Eve asked.

"We believe- but this is just by the reports of the victims- that this creature is a werewolf."

There was silence for a few seconds before Shane said in a voice that made it clear he thought it was some kind of joke. "A werewolf?"

"Yes Mr Collins, a werewolf. Werewolf, Lycan, Shape shifter- give it whatever name you wish as either way it has proven itself as very dangerous."

Shane still didn't believe it. "Are- are you serious?"

Amelie gave him a cold look. "I am very serious and whether you believe it or not is irrelevant. This problem must be dealt with immediately and I have assigned you to do it."

One of the vampires next to the table spoke up. "Pardon me ma'am but I am unfamiliar with this particular... creature. How do we deal with exactly?"

"That is a very good question. Werewolves are not completely unheard of but they are extremely rare and though they are not of before my time I have never encountered one myself. However we do have written information about them, though it is very little it is also significant."

Amelie walked over to the table and picked up what looked like a dart gun. "The information we searched told us that like vampires these creatures are unaffected by weapons that contain regular ammunition. Nor does a stake to the heart hurt them either. However they have too great weaknesses, one of which they share with us. That of course is silver." She said it as if she'd known all along even though she had made clear before she didn't know anything about werewolves.

"And the other weakness?" Michael asked.

Amelie put the dart gun down and picked up a purple flower. "This."

"What the hell are we going to do with that?" Shane almost snorted.

"This is aconitum." Amelie said as she turned it between her fingers. "Also known as wolf's bane. It is believed to be poisonous to them, considerably more than silver is. We have both available as bullets and liquidised dart shots. One shot of this will not kill the creature but injure it enough to slow it down. If it is shot several more times or severely injured before given a chance to heal it will die."

"Or if you get close enough take the damn things head off." One of the vampires growled.

Amelie gave him a look that told him to be quiet before saying. "Take at least one weapon, advisably one that uses wolf's bane then follow me."

Shane grabbed of course a shotgun that contained silver buckshot simply because he thought shotguns were the coolest while Michael and Eve both grabbed dart guns containing liquid wolf's bane and vials silver nitrate. Once they were ready they followed Amelie back down the hall, into the reception and out into the now dark streets of Morganville.

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