Another update! Things are starting to happen...
12.
William pulled me out the door and just then I saw a dark haired person sprint down the street.
"Shit!" William growled and I saw his eyes started to glow.
"What is it?" I asked hurriedly as we made a run after the person.
"Ann, one of Erik's lapdogs. She's a wolf pup, brand new and a tad too bloodthirsty and if we don't get a hold of her she's gonna rat us out to Erik!" William's voice was dark and rumbling.
"I'm changing and I'll get a hold of her in a second, follow!" He roared and just then his body started to ripple and change as he ran. A second later he was on four, all black shiny fur and tail whipping. His speed tripled and he dashed after the girl. I swooped up his clothes and ran with all my might and watched as he floored the girl, growling at her only inches from her face, keeping her from screaming. I came up to them and watched, to my surprise, the black haired girl literally growling back at William.
"You won't get away with this!" She hissed with a rusty voice.
"Get away with what?" I asked, not bothered or scared by her attitude.
"You won't bring the pack down, we'll get you and kill you all!" I chuckled at her unhidden guts.
"You are aware that you are only a few inches from two rows of deadly sharp teeth right?" I said, resting my hands on my hips.
"I'm not scared of him, you fucking fang-banger!" She spat at me and William growled louder, stomping his clawed paw at her shoulder. She roared in pain and her body shook. Her inexperience was visible. She wasn't able to change.
"Really? How about me? Are you afraid of me?" I said with a cold voice, kneeling down next to her.
"Why the hell waste my time." She grumbled at me. Her black eyes firing in front of me. I smiled and reached out a finger, pressing it against her lower arm. It instantly started to hiss and blister and she screamed in shock and pain.
"Afraid now? Tell me where Erik is!" I yelled. The girl was scared now. She twisted and coiled but was unable to get away from William's heavy panther-body.
"I don't know where he is! He never lets me in on his plans!" She screamed, her voice more high-pitched now. I saw the truth in her eyes and after hearing what William said about Erik and his gang it was most likely this wolf-cub was at the bottom of the food-chain. I sighed and looked at William. His green, glowing eyes were firm and I knew what he was thinking. We couldn't let this one go. She would call Erik the first chance she got. I was about to do one thing for the first time in my life. William straightened up his long body while still pinning Ann with his four paws.
"Are you afraid to die?" I said lowly, staring down at the girl. Her reply was pretty clear. She spat in my face. I slapped her across the face in black fury, leaving a hissing stain of melting flesh before I pounded my hand in to her chest, pressing down as the skin melted away under my hand. And screamed and coiled. Right up until my hands touched her heart in a grabbed it and squeezed with all my might.
I was sitting on the ground, breathing and cold sweating, staring at the bloody girl in front of me. My hand was just as bloody. I felt William changing back behind me and quickly pulled on his clothes. His breathing was heavy and he grabbed my shoulders.
"You did good, Luca. You did good. Relax. Breathe." He said lowly against my ear.
"I killed her." I whispered, my voice trembled fiercely.
"She would've killed you without blinking. You did the only logical thing. You…" He stopped dead, staring at the bloody body.
"Smear yourself in." He said and I stared shocked at him.
"What?"
"Smear her blood on you. Your clothes, arms and neck. That will dampen your smell! You will smell more like Ann and less like a lianaed! That way you can get closer without them scenting something is off!" William's eyes sparkled and I shivered in disgust.
"Oh please God can't there be a better idea?" I moaned, raising my hand as William moved to shake his hand.
"I know. I knooooow." I moaned and I twisted my mouth as a took a handful of blood out of the open chest and started to smear in my clothes. I was losing so many nice garments lately…
"I'll leave my clothes here. We'll just stop by here when we're done." William said and started stripping down after he'd dumped Ann's body in a dumpster. I looked away quickly as he pulled off hit pants.
"This is weird. This is too freaky. Naked man. Smeared myself in blood. This is…not…everyday." I mumbled and shook my head. I had an itch on my forehead, but I had no interest in getting blood on my face! The air rippled and crackled behind me and I turned and saw the huge panther looking at me with those familiar, green eyes.
"Start sniffing." I said and smiled a crooked smile. William instantly got at work. I followed him quickly as he headed down the street.
William seemed to stray a bit. He found several different tracks and he tilted his head a few times, debating which trail to follow. Then he found something. He padded silently down the street, his shining eyes on the horizon and he moved faster and faster. I paid no attention to where we were heading, I had my eyes locked on the black figure, afraid I would lose him in the dark.
When he suddenly came to a halt we were standing by a huge barbed wire fence on the outskirts of the city. On the other side of the fence, across a long field of weed and mud, lay an old bricked factory building, abandoned years ago. A huge, brown pipe reached up in the sky and big, black windows had several big holes. William turned to me and made a gesture with his head, indicating that Erik and his gang was inside there. I took a deep breath and searched the ground, looking for any breach so I could slide under. William walked a few paces back before he crouched down and made one insane leap over the fence. He landed silently and lightly on the ground and turned to look at me. I could've sworn he grinned at me.
"Oh haha. Funny. Wipe that smirk off your face and help me find an opening!" I hissed at him, ignoring the chuckle-like sound he made. I walked quickly down along the fence, grabbing at it and pulling. Just a small hole was enough, I could dig out the rest. The ground felt soft and muddy.
"Ah! Here we go!" I said as I saw the fence coming apart a few feet further down. William followed me and started digging on the other side. I didn't need much before I was able to squeeze through. Safely on the other side my stomach and legs was covered in mud.
"Ah look. More to cover up my smell." I grumbled. My sweater was definitely destroyed. William walked up to me and bumped his side against my hip.
"What?" I whispered. William looked up at me and bumped his side against me again.
"You…want me to ride your back?" I whispered, raising an eyebrow. William made what looked like a nod.
"Oh. Because I make too much noise. Gotcha." I said and with a sigh I carefully climbed up on him. He didn't seem to be bothered with my weight as he silently and easily trotted towards the abandoned building.
Silently, like a…well, cat, he snuck up to the wall and I grabbed two handful of fur as he crouched down and jumped up to a low ceiling, then up another floor and crawled towards a broken window. I slipped down silently and pressed my back against the wall. William stayed crouched and when he didn't move he was pretty much invisible in the pitch black darkness. I moved as closely to the window I could get and peeked around the corner. Under a dim light bulb hanging in a long wire from the ceiling lit up a small circle on the empty factory floor. Someone moved in to the light and I heard a woman chuckle. A red haired woman coiled in to the light and after her came Liam, snatching at her skirt.
"Settle down!" The booming voice of Erik made me flinch and I almost blacked out of fear.
"Have anyone been able to find that wretched little stinker?" Erik's voice carried easily up along the bare walls.
"No father. She…she's strangely hard to find. Even William, who I sent out specifically to find her, has come back empty-handed." I heard Liam say. The rest of his gang came in to the light and settle down on the floor.
"Why is this so fucking hard!" Erik roared and I heard the wolf in his voice.
"Master, we are going to get this. We'll hunt down Northman's followers one by one. Come on! We've already gotten one and his blood was…" One of the older men, Frankie, coiled his back in pleasure and licked his lips.
"We'll get good money, just for those tubes!" The girl, Doria said and chuckled pleased. I felt my body go cold.
"And have no fear father, we'll get Eric and his little bitch creation last and with the improved and twice laced silver chains we've made, hell he won't even be able to drop his fangs when we've got him tied down and screaming in pain." Liam's voice was dripping with hatred and bloodlust I actually felt sick with fear. Erik chuckled darkly and nodded his head.
"And we'll drain them for every last drop and become fucking millionaire!" He raised his arms in the air and the rest howled and cheered.
"We'll have the bar surrounded Friday morning and the second they come out of ground we'll be all over them." Erik's voice rumbled deeply and I stared at William in shock. Friday. It was Wednesday night now. Thursday…then Friday…It was closing in on dawn, Thursday morning already and there was no time to head back to Fangtasia now and warn Eric!
William crawled over to me and his eyes looked desperate. My body felt rigid with fear and I was having trouble breathing. I didn't need to hear more. I had to get to Eric at first dark and get some kind of plan together. These guys had to be stopped. I grabbed a hold of William's fur and managed to pull myself up on his back before black dots spread in front of my eyes. I cried silently as William dashed back the way we came.
Now what? ;)
