Chapter 8
Werewolf
"Was that a werewolf? What was it doing here?" I laid there in thought. I felt a great deal of relief as Ja'wok stepped in and saved Alei'u from being killed. I watched as it ran off before slowly sitting up. I quickly crawled over to Alei'u, the terrified look on her face angered me. She buried her face in my neck, tears streaming down her light blue skin. "You ok, how's the baby? Your not hurt are you?" I asked her rubbing her back gently as I held her tight. "I thought it was going to kill you… I was so scared I couldn't move." She said through her tears. I felt her body trembling against me, it really hurt to see her this afraid. I turned my head quickly as I heard a groan behind me, my mind remembering Ixke and Sun'gi. "You ok Ixke?" I asked, but soon saw the five gashes in his chest as I looked back. "Aw man…Ixke." I slowly stood and walked over to him and let Alei'u go as soon as she had the strength to stand on her own. She soon left me to look for Sun'gi and Ja'wok, I looked at Ixke from head to toe. The gashes were pretty deep but not bad enough to kill him thank god. I looked around and soon found the sap stuff and leaves Alei'u used when I got cut. I cleaned his wounds with some water from the plants I found around us and wrapped his torso with the leaves and sap.
I watched as Ixke slowly opened his eyes before smiling at me like a little kid. "You ok my friend?" He asked no where near concerned about himself. "I'm fine, more worried about you and everyone else…" I said helping him sit up. "Are Sun'gi, Alei'u and Ja'wok ok?" He asked squinting and grasping his chest as we stood up, "Alei'u is ok, but I'm not sure about Sun'gi. Alei'u is looking for her and Ja'wok right now." As soon as I finished saying that Alei'u emerged from some bushes with Sun'gi by her side and Ja'wok in her arms wrapped in bandages. Sun'gi was pretty bruised up but still retained her tom boyish, hard ass attitude. "You alright over there sun shine?" Sun'gi asked me, she had the nerve to call me sun shine, and who taught her that? Jake comes to mind. "I'm good." I said giving her a grin. She and Ixke held each other tight showing no sign of letting each other go anytime soon.
"Is he going to be alright?" I asked Alei'u gently rubbing Ja'wok's head. "He'll be fine once he gets some rest….But is your wrist ok?" Come to think of it I never really looked at it until now. It was sprained pretty good but not broken. "It hurts but I'll be ok." I said before kissing Alei'u on the forehead. "What was that thing?" Ixke asked as he and Sun'gi walked up to us. "A werewolf." I said looking at the blood on the ground next to me before looking through the brush before we began walking to the ikran. "What is a werewolf?… Another earth creature?" Sun'gi asked. "Yeah, their a cross between a man and a wolf… but this one is different, it was larger than the ones on earth…most likely it was a hybrid like me but with werewolf DNA mixed in it. Werewolves need the moon to change… and unfortunately this planet is a moon. So who ever the werewolf is can't change back or control their actions." I explained as we arrived at the ikran's resting place.
"Who ever it is, they must be suffering…" I said as a slid my hand down Zion's neck. Even thoe our queue's weren't bonded Zion could tell by our injuries and tired looks that something bad happened. Out of no where everyone's stomach including the baby's roared so loud with hunger it shook the ground a little. "Still no food." I said covering my stomach. "I'll go look for something to eat." I said, but Alei'u protested immediately, "No you can't go, not with that werewolf out there. I can't bear to lose you." She said pulling me close to her. "But we can't sit here and starve to death…" I said to her, "And I promise I wont go far or in the same direction the werewolf did." I said reassuring her. She hesitated to let me go, let alone stop looking me in the eye. "I'll come with you." Sun'gi said, Ixke quickly grabbed her, but she reassured him she was in good hands. "I'll be fine Ixke, I'll have Aj with me… At least that's something…" She said turning to me with an evil grin. "Wow thanks for the support." I said to her flicking her in the leg with my tail. "No problem leech." She said. Ok maybe I should stop giving her names to call me. "Ixke take care of Alei'u for me." I said before grabbing my bow. "You do the same for me…" Ixke said before I and Sun'gi walked out of their line of sight. We were on high alert of any usually noises or smells, watching for any sign the werewolf was here. I soon caught a yerik in my line of sight, Sun'gi stood right next to me as we paused for a moment. I crept a little closer but the yerik popped his head up, I stopped as quickly as I could and waited, Sun'gi practically breathing on my neck. The yerik took one last look around before it began grazing again. All of a sudden a black blur tackled the yerik and ripped it apart. I knew then it was the werewolf, Sun'gi almost screamed but I grabbed her and quickly put my hand over her mouth. She never struggled, she just shivered against me as we slowly took a few steps back watching the werewolf from the bushes. We waited until it darted off before moving again. I slowly let her go as I looked around. "Its still here, like it followed us…" Sun'gi said breathing heavily. "Lets go, we'll eat tomorrow… right now its too dangerous to hunt with the werewolf around." I said gripping my bow slightly. We walked for what was like two seconds before I heard deep heavy breathing, a cold feeling crawled up my back as I slightly turned my head. I quickly pushed Sun'gi out of the way as the werewolf leaped on top of me. "Run! Sun'gi run don't look back just run!" I yelled to her as I was pinned down on the ground, its strength incredible. "But!" Sun'gi turned stopping shaking in fear. This was the first time I saw her afraid of anything since I've been here. " Don't worry about me RUN!" I yelled as I saw a tear roll down her face. I suddenly heard a loud screech before the werewolf flew into a tree. I looked to see Zion standing over me, I watched as the werewolf shook itself off and ran at us. Zion opened his wings and with one flap of them sent the wolf even harder into the tree. I quickly stood up and mounted Zion, he bonded with me and ran toward Sun'gi, I reached out an grabbed her as we took off into the air.
It took seconds to reach Ixke and Alei'u, "Come on we have to go." I said quickly walking over to them. "Why what happened?" Ixke asked, it didn't take long for them to see the cuts on my arms. "Its back, we have to move from this area now." I said gently moving Alei'u toward Zion. We took off with out a second thought. All I knew was we needed to get as far away from this part of the forest as possible before some one got killed, and I wasn't going to let it be Alei'u. We kept flying for an hour straight, not taking any chances we rested in the trees instead of the on the ground. "Thanks buddy, I owe you one." I said to Zion rubbing his neck. "Any thing for a friend, but what was that?" Zion asked me tilting his head. "A werewolf, a monster from earth. I can't understand why one is here…" I said through our bond. "Hum… it looked like one, I'm just glad I sensed it." Zion said looking around a little. "Me too…me too…" I said before breaking our bond. Sun'gi looked at me for a second before jumping on me and wrapping her arms around my neck. I didn't know what to do, I was pretty much in a state of shock as I wrapped my arms around her waist. "Thank you Aj for saving me, I owe you big time." She said before letting me go, "But don't think I'm going to be a softy now, I'll still kick your ass." I received a little push in the arm. "No problem…" I said giving her a smile. Ixke gave me a hug too, which made me feel slightly uncomfortable. "Thanks for saving her, I owe you one too." Ixke said after letting me go. "Your welcome." I said before Alei'u approached me with creased eyebrows. "You broke your promise." She said putting her hand on her hip as she held Ja'wok in the other even though he was too big to be held anymore. "What? No I didn't… I had no idea it was still around…" She cut me off pressing her lips against mine before turning her back on me and tending to Ja'wok even though in my mind he looked fine. I scanned her body from head to toe as she walked away before grinning at her as she looked at me from the corner of her eye smiling. Sleeping that night was difficult since the event that happened earlier that day but I had to try. I felt the warmth of Alei'u's body as she moved her head, and I could feel her heart and the baby's beating in unison. The two most important things to me were in danger, the werewolf could be any where in this forest and my main goal was to keep it from attacking my friends, Alei'u and my unborn child. And I intend to do just that, even if I have to die doing it…..
Ok avatar fans this chapter is dedicated to Pandoramyland777. I don't own Pandoramyland777's character (Riley) he gave me permission to use him since we created a crossover into each others stories. Also I'll have a poll up soon for weather the baby should be a boy or girl. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to review please and thank you. ;) Do not turn off the TV. T-T
