Cora kicked the door open and swung the katana at the approaching bullets knocking them out of the air before they made contact with anyone. She sent the katana spinning through the air towards a trigger happy werewolf, it hit him in the forehead and pinned him to the floor.
Cora held up her hand while she scouted out the room to make sure it was safe.
"How did you do that?" Poppy squeaked through tears as she watched Cora pull the katana from the wolfs head and wiped it on her t-shirt. Cora looked across and shrugged her shoulders.
"You get used to it." Taylor replied and steered Poppy towards James's embrace.
Thierry's desk was covered in blood, and Cora knew it belonged to him. A small envelope was perched neatly on the desk, and she ripped it open without hesitation and began to read;
Cora Harvey,
There is no doubt in my mind you will be the one to receive this letter. This attack is not the first and will not be the last. Sir Descoudres is in our company, and will remain to be so unless you come to meet us tonight at sun down at the old cotton warehouse on 42nd street. Come alone or he and your team will die.
Yours sincerely,
Finbar Redfern
Cora folded the letter calmly without speaking and placed it into the pouch hanging from her belt, also securing the katana into one of the many holsters around her waist.
"We need to find the rest of the team." Cora began to move back down the corridor and there was the loud familiar spray of a machine gun from upstairs, then the unmistakable bang of a grenade.
"Get to our room." She said seriously to James and Poppy, and then nodded to Taylor. They both burst into action, running towards the sound of machine guns. On the way towards the chaos three werewolves attempted to corner them, but they only slowed them down by a minute or so, the katanas did the rest.
Cora jumped the set of stairs in one and could see various limbs strewn amongst crumbled plaster.
She put her fingers in her mouth letting out her usual high pitched whistle just as Taylor arrived at her side.
A familiar whistle made the knot in Cora's stomach loosen slightly as Harriet stepped round the corner holding a machine gun in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Cora laughed and Taylor looked at her incrediclously.
Harriet nodded to her left and Logan and Emily stepped out into the corridor. They both had Caddy's arms over their shoulders. Cora was in front of them in a second and took Caddy's face in her hands and lifting it higher so she could peer into her eyes.
"Take her down to our room you two, we'll need to search around and make sure there is no one else injured or anymore wolves." Emily and Logan both began to move off and Cora looked around at Harriet who was moving sheepishly.
"You're bleeding."
"It's ok," Harriet said, passing half her cigarette to Cora. "I'm ok to carry on."
Cora moved quickly around Harriet who had a stab wound in her lower back.
"It's healing already." Harriet said as Cora raised an eyebrow at her. "Boss I'm ok, I promise."
Cora hesitated inhaling but nodded. "If it gets rough, you take a step back ok?"
Harriet nodded.
They all moved down the same corridor, splitting up only to check individual rooms. Most of them were untouched, but those which weren't tended to be empty and bloody.
Cora entered a room and saw a giant black panther wining on the floor, deep claw marks across its ribs. A werewolf stood above her but quickly transformed and Lupe's amber eyes were looking at Cora with relief.
"We fought off as many as we could." Lupe said almost apologetically.
Around her there were various bodies of dead werewolves. The werewolf in the basement had lied to her; there were at least 5 in this room alone. She would take that up with him later.
As Cora moved towards the panther and it lashed its tail against the ground, bearing its teeth.
"Keller, it's Cora." She kept her voice gentle. Keller let out another loud whine which turned into a groan as she returned to her human form.
"Galen!" Keller whispered.
"Keller for fuck sake stay still!" Keller was pushing against Cora's grip attempting to sit up.
"Have you seen Galen?" Keller rasped.
"No, but the rendezvous is our room so we'll head down there soon, just stay!" Lupe was staring at Cora.
"You know Cora, you look a bit like Xena." She finally whispered.
Cora let out a short laugh, and shredded a bed sheet into pieces using it to first dab at the wounds on Keller's side and then fixed it tightly around her waist.
"Are you ok to stand?"
Keller nodded and allowed Cora to heave her up.
"You're gonna have to let me save your life sometime." Keller murmured, wincing.
I've got more of an idea where this is going, but it will have to be quite long over all for me to be satisfied, so I'm trying not to cut each chapter too short. Is this an OK length? I'd prefer longer haha, but let me know!
Cheers!
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