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The wolves

"Do you know why wolves howl?" Asked the new figure. None of the Ed's responded. "To summon their pack."

The effect of the howl was fast but the statement seemed to be the signal. Out from every corner came multiple figures. They were mostly concealed by the shadows. The moon however made them visible enough to see.

Each took a position on top of a mountain of trash. Beside them seemed to be a few dog shaped figures. They were obviously wolves.

It wasn't long before they were surrounded. There seemed to be a slightly large amount of them. It was a total of seventeen, twenty three with the wolves, if Double D counted correctly. With the level of skills that he could count, he most likely was. Those were the ones in the immediate vicinity. He could see the outlines of more in the shadows of the junkyard.

At their arrival they seemed to give a slight nod to the one who howled. It seems that he's the leader. Thought Double D

"Gentlemen." Spoke Edd, trying not to show his fearful side. "If it's money you want we don't have any."

The statement seemed to be as if he told them a joke. All of the strangers were laughing a dark laugh. Even the wolves were barking out what seemed to be a chuckle.

"Money." One laughed. "We don't need money, we have something else in mind."

It was then that Ed took an unconscious step in front of Sarah. No matter how afraid he was one thing mattered to him, protecting his little sister. He may not be very smart but he was still an older brother. It was his duty to protect her.

Double D noticed this action and felt a small since of pride for his friend. Unfortunately he wasn't the only one to notice this.

"What is this?" Spoke the leader. "The lone, little Omega's attempting to protect a pup." Another chorus of laughter

"Alpha." Ed spoke seriously. "I'm an alpha."

"What do you plan to do against us?" The leader asked. "You're a one-wolf pack." He sneered. "You're no better off than an Omega."

That seemed to strike a nerve with Ed as he took a threatening step forward.

Double D wasn't brave, that was a well known fact. However, he wouldn't leave his friends to stand alone. As unnoticeable as possible he leaned down and picked up the silver pipe Eddy dropped. He wasn't unnoticeable enough. Eddy saw this and did the selfish thing, he took the pipe from Double D. This caught every ones attention.

"Drop the pipe." Spoke the leader.

Double D was not too keen on abandoning a friend. He was however, too terrified to voice his thought. He was trying to think of a way out, the order gave him an idea.

"Here take it." Offered Double D. "Its silver you can go have it transferred into it's proper currency."

"No way." Shouted Eddy as he held the pipe close. "That pipe is mine…ours" He corrected himself.

"Eddy!" Shouted Sarah. "Just give them the pipe."

"Eddy?" Questioned the leader. "Oh, it is you"

"Yeah…uh…oh well here he is Alpha, just like I promised."

"Eddy what in Sam-hill is going on?" Asked double D with growing worry.

"We only needed the one." Spoke the now dubbed Alpha. "The rest are useless to us."

"Well consider the rest gifts."

"Fine, now get…" He waved the short boy away.

"We had a deal…AHH"

He cut himself off with a scream of fear. One of the strangers from the back jumped on Eddy and pinned him. No one could react as he growled and bit into Eddy's shoulder. As fast as he had bitten him he was back into his place by a wolf. As if he had never moved from that spot.

"Eddy!" They cried. "Are you okay?"

"Leave." Ordered Alpha.

Eddy didn't even acknowledge them. He dropped the pipe and ran off into the dark. As he ran he let out a laugh, as if he had won the lottery. He never looked back to see what would become of his friends.

"Eddy!" Screamed Sarah. "Get back here!"

She then began to scream out profanities no one, not even a sailor, would or even should know. Let alone say them. Even the strangers seemed to turn their heads in embarrassment.

"My word…" Was all Double D could muster.

"Sarah?" Asked Ed as if he couldn't believe his ears.

It was then that she came out of her verbal rage. She looked around and noticed that all eyes were on her. She at least had the decency to blush. Not that it could be seen in the darkness.

"Sorry." She mumbled.

"Time to bag our prey." Spoke a wolf.

Wait…

"Did that wolf just talk?" Asked Double D as he cleaned out his ears.

"No." The wolf answered in a cocky tone. "Now it's time to hunt."

That seemed to be the trigger word for all of them. They each seemed to start grunting and growling. Their bodies seemed to grow in size. It was thanks to the moon that they could see this.

When it was over they wished that they couldn't.

They seemed to grow to the size of a bear. Hair seemed to force its way out of their bodies. Their mouth grew until it was a muzzle. The fangs inside were an inch long and matched their clawed paws.

They may look like bears but it was obvious they could kill one in moments.

The wolves seemed to grow as well. No more than a foot or two in length and height but it was still noticeable.

Not all seemed to change as drastically. Some seemed to become more feral. They grew hair, claws, ect. But that was the extent. If Double D wasn't panicking he would have been intrigued.

"Double D." Spoke Ed in a rarely seen serious manner. "I want you to take Sarah and run."

"What?"

"I said RRRRUUUUNNNN!" Ed fell to the ground as he discarded his jacket. His body became both hairy and larger. He was becoming one of them. While in the middle of his transformation he looked at them with his wild eyes. "NOW!"

With that he leaped into the fray as he continued to change.

Double D didn't need to be told twice. He quickly picked up Sarah and ran. Grabbing the pipe he went into the woods.

"After them!" Someone yelled.

"The chase is on!" Another responded.

Not cool, not cool! Edd chanted from forced habit.

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