A/N I know that this has taken so long to come out, but I had some serious writer's block. Really sorry for anyone waiting for the chapter. Thanks for everyone who stuck with the story. You're all really great. This chapter is dedicated to you.

Chapter 7 – Backup

Jake's POV

The leech was getting nervous. I could tell. Either that or he'd suddenly decided that fidgeting would make us think he was human. He kept glancing at Angua, then Mercy and finally to me, as if he was trying to work something out. I had a bad feeling so I backed up a few steps to give myself room to change. There was a blur of movement, and I heard Mercy shout/think, *Jake!* before she was skidding sideways, rebounding and launching herself at the vampire, who had been the blur of movement.

She connected, and I saw her teeth glance off his shoulder. He grabbed her out of mid-air, and spun her into a choker hold. If he'd had a chance to do more than that, he would have killed her. But at that moment, a huge, deep silver, almost blue wolf, hit him in the chest. All of this happened within a second, and just then, I shifted.

Mercy's POV

I saw Adam and Sam appear from behind some of the trees. Adam's pack followed. And Bran came from the other direction. Oh joy. Dominance competition. I was hardly noticing the vamp. Adam was leading. He was going to get here first. *Jake!* I yelled out as loud as possible. I was going to say, 'get down'. I didn't want Adam to rip him apart. I didn't get a chance however, because suddenly I was sliding sideways, and didn't know how.

I pushed off of the ground at the now moving vampire. I connected, and it felt like my teeth shattered. His skin was so hard! Somehow he had me in a sleeper hold. I felt him jerk as something hit his chest. I looked up to see that Adam had arrived. And so had Bran. Whoops. The vamp dropped me and I spun around, to see Jacob burst into his wolf. It was weird, like my shifting, but easily set off by anger, like a werewolf.

Samuel arrived, and I saw Leah stiffen. He did have that affect on some people, me included. It was only then that I noticed that Adam and the vampire were still fighting. They circled each other silently. The vampire was faster, but Adam was the better fighter. It was close. The others, all ten of them, waited in tense silence. I felt another wolf come closer and join the circle. Seth.

For some reason, Jake was standing protectively between Leah and Samuel. Seth joined his side. Not a good move. Samuel was getting angry, like Jake had challenged him. But he of all wolves should know and respect an Alpha's need to protect a member of his pack, especially an un-mated female.

The vampire used his speed, and caught Adam on the side. It wasn't bad, and Adam managed to spin the blow away, but I felt myself tense. This vampire had hurt my mate. I knew I couldn't do anything to help, but I still didn't like it. Suddenly the vampire's back was to me, and Adam was facing me. His eyes were bright, shining gold. His wolf completely in control. Before I could worry, Adam launched himself at the vampire, and before it could figure out why, he had its head off.

It was only then that I realised we didn't have anything to burn the body. I need not to have feared, wolves to the rescue. Seth stood, dressed in sweats, and held a lighter out, to show Adam. Adam stepped back and Seth set to work, quickly lighting the pieces on fire. Curiously enough, he burnt the head and body in different fires, at least ten feet apart. The smell that was released was something like a mix between bleach, smoke, vampire and something I couldn't identify. Something like diamonds, but rotting diamonds, if that was even possible.

I looked around and noticed that I could no longer see Bran on the horizon. I looked back up the road to see that he had shifted and was dressed. There was another man next to him. He was shortish and seemed to feel out of place. He walked on Bran's left, but looked like he wasn't used to being subservient. Obviously an Alpha. Must not be from North America. Maybe Europe. This all went through my head in a second as they jogged closer.

The man let out a low whistle as he took in the carnage and the rag tag pack around it. "You weren't exaggerating." He said to Bran. I was startled that his accent was American. How could he be an Alpha and not used to being at least submissive to Bran a leased? Oh, well. Puzzle for another day. "I told you that we were uninsurable David. No-one will touch a case if it says 'werewolf'." Bran told him.

"Oh, trust me. If we can insure Rachel then we can insure anyone. Seeming as you're werewolves then you won't have any problems. I am assuming that most of you have packs?" David asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Ah, no. Apparently not all. Adam is an Alpha, as you may have guessed. Samuel is a lone wolf. Mercy here is Adam's mate." Bran said as he gestured to each in turn. "Hmm, these are a little harder." He started 'guessing' what the others were. "Werewolf." Angua. "Shape-shifters." Jake and his pack. "Hmm, wizard." Sirius. "And, ah yes. The Fae. Although not the one's we're used to seeing. I'm guessing you ladies are from Tir Alainn attached to Sylvalan, correct?" Ashk and Selena nodded. I hadn't even heard of this place. Oh well. It was Bran.

"What about that one?" David said, looking over Bran's shoulder. We all turned to look. It was that same man from before. The one in the pinstripe suit and sneakers. Only this time he was running in a different direction. And the wolf was following him. "Hmm, the man or the wolf?" Bran asked innocently.

"The wolf." David replied in all seriousness.

"Let me get a closer look." Bran let out a sharp whistle, and the wolf stopped and turned to face him. "Just as I thought. Alien." Everyone rolled their eyes, and ran chuckled. "How about we reconvene back at the convention?" He suggested.

Everyone shared a look. It said loud and clear, 'let's go home'.

The End…?

Yes, that is the end of WWWC. I really hoped you all enjoyed it. It was way fun messing with the characters. If anyone enjoyed it even half as much as I enjoyed writing it, then I think I did really well. There might be a spin-off in the works, if I can figure out a plot. But I'll be working on my HP Marauder story and maybe starting a Heroes-Harry Potter crossover and a Heroes-Twilight crossover, so I wouldn't hold my breath for the spin-off. I thank-you all, and I bid you a ``goodnight.