Chapter 12: The Demon Arises
*Blackjacks POV*
"A-Amber," I said in total shock. Amber looked up weakly at me and smiled.
"Who else," she laughed slightly. I couldn't believe it, she was still alive. I looked down at the deep cuts on her chest and liked her cheek.
"Don't worry, you're going to be alright," I promised. I looked over at the others who were too stunned to speak.
"Come on, my den is the closest, someone go get Eve," I ordered as I lifted her onto my back. She was still bleeding pretty badly, I could feel it dripping down my back as I ran her to my den. Candu, Winston, and Kate must have went to get Eve, because they were the only ones not following me.
My vision was blurry from my tears, but I managed to get past most of the obstacles without slowing down. I could still hear Garth sniffling from behind me as I walked into my den and sat Amber down gently. She crigned a bit from the pain but other than that she acted like she was fine. But the cuts she held told a different story, she was hurt badly.
"Blackjack, I'm sorry. for what I said earlier," Amber said as tears started to roll off of her cheeks.
"Shh, don't wory about that right now, just try to rest," I pleaded licking her cheek again. She nodded slightly and layed her head down softly onto her paws. She closed her eyes as she did so, yet tears were still rolling down her muzzle.
"How did this happen," Garth asked as he cleared his face of all sorrow.
"Lexus, he did this, he made her my enemy, and then he betrayed her," I replied with anger. I was enraged at what he had done. It didn't matter what Byron or Haze did to stop me, I was going to kill him. And by this time I'm sure that Amber would completely agree with me. He may have been her only living relative, but he tried to kill her.
After a about a minute Eve came rushing in with more healers. We were forced outside so we didn't get in the way, despite both mine and Amber's pleas to let me stay. We waited down below the path to the den, and just sat in silence. Byron and Haze would occasionally look over at me. Which finally caused Hutch to speak up.
"Blackjack, who are those two," he asked a little edgy of them.
"That's Byron and Haze, they are identical twins, and my older brothers," I replied.
"Why are they here," Winston asked.
"To keep him safe from Lexus," they both replied.
"So you know what he is capable of," Tony chimed in. They both nodded and everyone looked at them in confusion. Well, almost everyone.
"Woah slow down, who is Lexus and why is he here," Kate asked. The two sighed and looked over at me.
"Go ahead, I already remembered it," I said guiltily.
"Well, a couple years ago, before Blackjack came here, he was with another pack, and was about to become mates with a wolf named Alexa," Byron stopped knowing Haze would continue.
"Tradgically the entire pack was murdered by a pack of rouge alphas. They captured Blackjack, and they made him watch while they raped Alexa, and then killed her,"
"Blackjack wondered around for days until he came across the alphas. Once he found them, he killed them all. What he didn't know was that one of the wolves he killed had a son,"
"That wolf grew up seeking revenge on Blackjack for killing his father. The unfortunate part is, those alphas were the founders of a dangerous technique. They named it 'Sleep-talking', because they talk to their victims in their sleep. It can completely change their perspective of things,"
"He already managed to do it to Hutch. Sure Hutch already disliked him, but he turned that dislike, into pure hatred. That's one of the reasone Hutch got so violent so quickly," it was incredible how Byron and Haze could communicate like that. It's like they knew what the other was giong to say before they even said it. But, it was too hard to be amazed. They were telling my friends that I was a killer, and I just knew it would ruin any chance I had at becoming friends with Hutch.
"I guess we were right Tony, it is exactly who we feared it was," Winston said finally. I guess it could have been worse.
"Wait, you know who this is dad," Kate asked. Winston sighed uneasily.
"We didn't know exactly who it was, but we did know about the pack, and their technique. I didn't want to believe that it was one of them, but my fears have been confirmed," Winston said looking over at Tony.
"At least we know he is the last one," Tony said as if it would contain some solace.
"No, there is another," I said gritting my teeth. They all looked over at me with curiosity.
"Who is the other," Garth asked.
"Amber," I replied.
*Lexus' POV*
"Dammit," I shouted as I slashed a tree. I knew that I had just fucked up everything. I made my move too soon, and too close to the others.
I wiped the blood from my muzzle and cursed at Blackjack. I wasn't expecting such sudden surge of anger like that. He was much stronger than I had anticipated, and slashing Amber didn't help weaken him at all. But I did learn something from the experience. The angrier he gets, the more straight forward his attacks are. He focusses more on head on attacks than planned out ones.
That, would play out to my advantage. Unfortunately, one wrong move, and his increased strength would rip me to shreds in a second. For now I couldn't do much besides sit back and wait for the right opportunity. Then, there was the most disturbing part of the entire operation. Both Byron and Haze were here, and together, those two are lethal.
I thought for sure it was just Byron here. How foolish I was to think he would leave his twin behind. Those two were inseperable. Now with Blackjack, they formed a trio that could probably never be beaten. Things definately were not turning out in my favor. I was hoping it would all be over quickly, but this would drag out far longer than anticipated.
"There has to be someone that I can use against him. I need at least one ally in this," I growled as I paced around. My mind was racing frantically, trying to think of someone who I could use.
'Why not just take him out in his sleep,' called a small voice. It wasn't from anyone in the physical world. It was a miniscule voice from inside my head that followed my slow setting insanity. The pure solitude had slowly driven me mad over the years.
"You're clearly not looking hard enough," the voice was absolutely bone-chilling. Even the air felt colder as the horrifying presence closed in on me. The air felt dark, and I grew sick to my stomach. What was this?
"Who are you," I demanded. The laugh that insued could have turned the air to pure ice it was so cold.
"Poor Lexus, so blissfully unaware of his protector," finally the wolf appeared, and it was the most horrifying thing I had ever seen. His fur was a mix of black, crimson, and deep purple. His eyes were completely purple and looked like they had tiny souls floating around in them. His teeth were blood red, and I didn't want to know why.
"What the fuck are you," my voice grew shakey as he stepped closer to me. I backed up slowly from him, not wanting him to get too close.
"Do not be intimidated by my ghostly appearance Lexus, I'm still a mortal wolf," he laughed.
"The hell you are," I shouted.
"Lexus, I am your packs great defender, creator or the 'Sleep-talkers', the most powerful being in existance, my name, is Bane,"
*Byron's POV*
I felt a sudden chill in the air and shivered. There was something dark in the air, something that wasn't normal. I looked to the others to see if they showed any sign of feeling it too, but they were too worried about Amber to notice it. Don't get me wrong I was worried too, but this presence was too dark to ignore. It was terrifying.
"Haze, do you feel that," I whispered. Haze shivered as well and nodded in response.
"How could I miss it," he whispered back.
"This isn't good, we need to warn the others," I said.
"Not right now, they're worried enough as it is," he pointed out.
"Yeah, you're right, as soon as Amber's condition improves we have to tell them,"
"Can we be sure that it's him though,"
"There's nothing darker than him, who else could it be," Haze finally fell silent and sighed. I looked up to see a few of the packs healers carrying some blood stained herbs.
"I hope she's alright," Haze said aloud. I looked over to the others to see Winston and Tony had gone off, to where I didn't know. Probably to discuss the next plan of action.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Hutch said, trying to keep Sadie comforted.
"That Lexus is going to pay for this," Garth growled. I waited for Blackjack to agree with him, but he said nothing. He hadn't said anything since we told the others what had happened to him. I figured he was upset, so I decided to go try and keep him calm. I layed down beside him and looked straught at him.
"You alright Blackjack," I asked him lowly. He sniffled and I finally noticed he was crying.
"I'm fine," he replied. I shook my head and nuzzled him.
"Don't worry little brother, everything will be alright," I tried to cheer him up.
"What if the others hate me now, what if they think I'm a cold hearted killer," he said with a sniffle.
"They haven't said a thing to you Blackjack, and if they do, me and Haze are here to back you up. And, if things get too bad, we can take you home," his eyes shot wide open as I finished and he looked over at me.
"You mean, home, home? With mom and dad," he asked.
"Yeah, back to your real home," I replied. He finally let out a smile and nuzzled me. Finally Eve came back down and gave me and Haze a look that said 'You better explain this,' before she looked to everyone else.
"How is Amber," Blackjack asked. Eve sighed and shook her head, then let out a tiny smile.
"She is just fine,"
