Face off
"Tobbie, let's go… now!" Zolfo shrieked as he lunged for him. He grabbed his arm and was trying to pull him back. "Tobias!"
"Well, would you look at that, he's alone too!" Liko laughed, turning his head back and forth. Tobias looked him up and down, then, as if a light bulb flashed over his head, he leaned forward.
"It's him…" He growled, squinting his eyes to get a better look.
"You think?" Liko replied moving closer to him and Zolfo. Tobias shrugged him off and stood very still.
"No!" Zolfo yelled at his brothers, grabbing Liko's arm now. "Come on!" Just then, Tobias moved forward, approaching Chester.
"Tobias NO! Let's go now! It's not him… none of these leeches are the ones from back home! Just let it go!" Zolfo yelled in a low growl. But as quick as it started, Tobias stopped. Chester watched as the three wolves fought amongst each other. I don't want to fight… that's not my thing. Dave and Liham would have jumped in in a second. But me… what would I have done if they decided to attack? I would've been in deep trouble. He thought, and moved back. Going against everything his father had taught him and his brothers, Chester turned his back and continued to walk toward the northern part of town. Toward his home.
"I guess your right… it's not him." Tobias frowns, and turned to face Zolfo. "Let's go home now." He pulled up his hood and walking back towards them.
"Uhh! You two I swear! I was about to leash you both!" Zolfo snapped, pushing Liko away into the empty street.
"Hey, we're not your dogs." Liko mouthed, laughing as he stomped back up on the sidewalk.
"We're Eros's dogs, but that doesn't mean we don't follow the rules." Zolfo laughed back, moving out of Liko's way.
"Damn straight."
Tobias flinched as Zolfo spoke their father's name. Eros had always been the authority figure of their family. Well, he WAS the Alpha. He was more Alpha then he was a father, but what could you expect when his mate, Lucinda gave him three sons to fight for the throne. It was normal for their people to have more sons then daughters. But when a daughter did come along, well, you saw more of a father than before. Because daughters don't fight to become Alpha. They grow up, get picked by a worthy male, and make babies for the rest of their life. Tobias and Eros weren't always on the same page no a days. Before Tobias's twelfth birthday, before he changed, their relationship was mutual. But ever since that day, Tobias was looked down on and practically banished in his own family. But there was no way he could be left alone, not with his Condition. That was what his mother called it. Eros was leaning more toward the Cursed word instead. It didn't help that he was also the Omega. So while his brothers laughed and joked around, Tobias was alone in his wondering mind. He didn't notice the black blur in front of them until he ran into Zolfo's still body.
"My my, look at what we have here, Liham." The tall figure said, as he crossed his arms. The other figure stood next to the him, with a smirk plastered on his face. His unmistakable long slender teeth gleaming at a point. Vampires.
"Thought I smelled them." The smaller one said, chuckling.
"Not hard to miss, it's an awful wet dog smell."
Liko stopped in his tracks, with an already pissed look on his face.
"Liko, just keep walking. Come on Tobias." Zolfo said evenly, eyes locked on the vampires in front of them. The two shadows stepped into the light, both smiling as the tall one said, "How rude of us. I'm Liham, and this is my brother Dave. And you are?" Liham asked, as he held out his palm toward Zolfo. Liko glancing at it and looked back at them.
"Leaving." Zolfo said flatly. Although he hated the creatures in front of him, with a strong passion, he was given an order to bring his brothers home, and engaging into a fight was the last thing he wanted. Because he knew, his brothers knew, and the leeches that stood before him knew, that this battle wouldn't be one to walk away from easily. It would be a fight to the death, even with a simple encounter like this, it meant war. It had always been like that, this feud against both races, since the dawn of time. Both histories stained with loss and blood, and the future to come would be the same.
"Leaving? But we just met, that's kind of rude, don't you think?" Liham said, taking back his hand from the empty space. He cocked his head to the side and continued, "So what are you three doing here? You know this is Vamp territory, right?"
"Yeah, and one mistake and your gone, or a.k.a… dead." Dave grinned, crossing his arms. Zolfo sighed and signaled to Tobias to follow behind him. Ss he stepped onto the street, he looked back over his shoulders and said, "Liko, come on… lets go." But Liko wasn't listening, instead he stood his ground and braced himself.
"Dead! Oh you damn leech, I would like to see you try! Who died and made you princess of the streets?" Liko snapped, the veins in his neck starting to bulge as he yelled.
"Liko!" Zolfo turned around quickly, returning to his brother's side. Tobias stood in the street between them, looking at his brothers, but not fully taking his eyes of the vampires. Dave approached Liko and grabbed him by his shirt and tossed him on the ground. He landed on his back with a thud. Liham squinted his eyes as he flanked Dave, ready for anything.
"Oh, your messing with the wrong guy tonight buddy! You see that in the sky!" Liko snapped from the ground, as he scrambled to stand up. Zolfo glared at the two vamps, bracing now too. Tobias joined his brothers the moment Liko stood back up.
Dave looked up at the sky, gazing at the moon, and looked back at Liko. "A moon. So what, everyone knows it gives you power."
"This is so boring… come on, lets annoy Chester." Liham yawns.
Liko snarled as he rips off his shirt, tossing it aside.
"No, you're staying right here, you piece of shit!" Zolfo then stepped in front of him, with his arm on Liko's chest, making it look like he's holding him back.
"Listen, we were just passing through, minding our own business. No harm done. So if we can leave before this gets ugly, then please move aside…" Zolfo said with a steady voice. Tobias stared at Zolfo's face, noticing it had no expression on it, which was unusual for him. But was surprised that he handled this in a calm manner. Then Tobias looked at Liko, who was never calm. His actions were an example of typical Liko behavior. So he was not surprise that Liko demanded war when the enemy stood no more then four feet away.
"Zol! What are ya talkin' about! We were here first! They can't treat us like, like those Mades! We're nothin' like them!"
"Ooh, scary. Come on Dave, lets go." Liham says as he pushed Dave the other way. But Dave kept his gaze on Liko.
"What are you looking at stud! Keep looking, and I'll make sure I'm the last thing you see!" Liko snapped, pushing Zolfo's hand away.
"What was that mud?" Dave yelled in Liko's face.
"Liko, calm down, now!" Zolfo yelled in his face, now placing both hands on his chest. In the back Tobias took off his hood and sniffed the air. He turned around to see the vampire from before, the smaller one, walking towards them. As he drew closer, he started to talk to the two vampires.
"Can there be one day where you two don't try to find someone to pick a fight with?" Chester asked, throwing out his arms, then slaps them down on his side.
"Aw Chester, you know us better then that." Liham said as he tried to drag Dave along. Dave, wouldn't move and continued to glare at Liko, their faces so close they could feel each others breath. Tobias whipped around, and starts to growl, knowing now that the fight was even, which would make it one on one. Chester stopped in his tracks and locked eyes with Tobias.
"Zolfo! Let go!" Liko shrieked as he pulled against his brothers grip. Seeing that Liko was shaking and ready to change at any second, he let him go and backed away. "I hope you know what your doing…" He mumbles as he and Tobias glance at each other, not needing words to know what each other were thinking. Tobias starts to pull on his jacket, not moving his eyes from Zolfo's.
Liko started to shake even more, a sharp bark coming from his throat as his hands clenched into tight fists. His fingers turned into dagger like claws. His whole body was covered in thick brown fur and his ears went up on the side of his head and twitched as he homed in on every sound around him. His face went out into a point and his mouth slid back into what looked like a smirk if he was still human. He had four long canine teeth and clicked them together to probably make a point to Dave as he continued to stare at the changing wolf. He wasn't the strange looking creatures like the Made wolves, he was more wolf like, only difference was that he was standing on two powerful hind legs. He had grown in size and stuck our his broad chest, breathing deeply as he bore down on the small vampire. A growl burst from his throat as he unclenched his fists and held his claws out, almost like he was ready to give Liham a hug. Chester gasped as he sized up the wolf in front of him. Tobias held back a smirk as he watched his brother, so powerful, so full of energy from the moon, a gift from the Goddess, Selene. Almost laughed as the skinny little vampire next to him gaped. Like he had never seen such a thing before, for he was too stunned to move. Everyone stood in either appreciation or fear, and was brought back to reality when a piercing laugh filled the night. Dave laughed as he looked up at Liko, like he had something wrong with him. Liko's ears perked up and the skin on his face balled and rippled as he pulled his lips back from his teeth.
"You think you're the only one who can change!" Dave laughed as he started to change into a demonic looking creature with huge wings and pale white skin. Dave's clothes ripped from his body as he began to screech at the wolf.
"Dave!" Liham yelled, as he was pushed back, leaving enough space for him to change. Chester watched in horror as he backed away. "Stupid!" He shrieked, "You know we can't expose that form in the open!" But Dave wasn't listening as he started to circle, making Liko do the same. He flattened his ears to the back of his neck, and attacked the creature. Howls and shrieks filled the air as the two creatures fought, both switching positions as they threw themselves against the walls.
"Liko!" Tobias yelled as he watched his brother get clawed at and bit. The wolf clawed back with all his might, leaving fissures in the pale bat creature's skin, biting at its wings and ripping through the thin skin. Tobias backed away as he and Zolfo take off their shirts and toss them aside, and just as Zolfo was about to help Liko, Liham had already changed, and attack Zolfo, slamming him into the ground.
"Zolfo!" Tobias cried as he watched his other brother being attacked.
"I'm not going to change into that! Never did, and never will!" Chester yells as he turns to run away. Tobias watched as he left then turned to his brother who was still unchanged and vulnerable.
"Tobias! Follow him! Don't let him get away!" Zolfo shrieked as he tried his best to hold off the monster. "We'll be fine, now go!" Tobias watched as Zolfo then changed into a white/brown wolf and began to bat Liham out of the way. He growled as the creature came back for an attack. Tobias turned away and dashed down the street, following the vampire. Chester looked over his shoulder as he saw his brothers getting smaller and smaller as he ran further away, while Tobias got closer and closer. Great! Liham and Dave start a fight and I'm the one getting chased for it! Chester thought as he dodged this way and that, trying to lose Tobias.
"Come back here, leech!" Tobias yelled as he closed the space between them. Just then, a howl sounds off in the distance.
