Being Human: Mother Knows Best

By Ldynwaitin

Chapter Twenty

And a Bolt flies in the air

The bolt flew in the air, Oscar immediately ran to Josh. He always hated werewolf's. Even though Mother gave the order not to kill him, he had to let it know that it needed to know its place.

He stopped running when Aidan blocked him from getting to Josh. "Fine," he said. "Then I'll take care of you first." He lunged towards Aidan. His face was a mask of rage. He always heard that Aidan was the best, now was the time to prove it. Aidan came at him with a vengeance. He slashed, and clawed at him. It was all Oscar could do to stop him. He quickly realized that Aidan was stronger than him, he may just lose this battle. He arched his back as something sharp was shoved into it. The wolf was standing behind him holding a javelin. He was able to pull it out by spinning around. He grabbed the javelin from Josh.

"Not helping," Aidan shouted to Josh.

"Sorry," Josh quickly replied. He ran back to his stack of javelins. Oscar pointed the javelin at Aidan, he bared his fangs. Oscar hissed at Aidan, he lunged the javelin forward, poking it at Aidan. Aidan sucked in his stomach, he jumped back to avoid the javelin's sharp tip. Looking up, he leaped in the air, and grabbed a large exposed pipe. He swung over Oscar, landing behind him.

Spinning around the vampire was furious. Aidan knew this would be to his advantage. An enraged Vampire can not think straight.

He waited for him to make the next move, until he heard a shout from Josh. For a split second Oscar was forgotten. As Aidan searched the room for Josh, Oscar didn't hesitate. He rushed Aidan, calling for one of the other Vampires to help him.

Hearing the shout for help, Aidan returned his attention to Oscar. He only had seconds to react, as he saw another vampire rushing towards him. He immediately saw that this one must have faced Josh, a wooden javelin was sticking out of his chest. Jumping in the air, he kicked out at the javelin, pushing it through the vampire.

Rolling around him Aidan quickly grabbed the javelin and pulled it out of the vampire. Spinning it around, he finished what Josh started. The vampire roared in agony as he saw the javelin's sharp point come out of his chest. Falling to his knees he dusted away.

Still holding the javelin, Aidan pointed it at Oscar, they were now even. Instead of fear, Oscar wore a smug grin. "Oh I ain't going out that way, Aidan," he said. "You know me, I always have a back-up plan." Laying back his head he let out an ear piercing whistle.

The bolt flew through the air, Josh held a javelin in front of him. He saw Oscar running towards him. Bracing himself, he waited to confront him, until Aidan ran between them and began to fight. Josh ran to them, he lunged forward and stuck the javelin into the attacking vampires back.

The vampire spun around so fast, it was a blur to Josh. He managed to pull the javelin out and grab it from Josh's hands.

"Not helping," Aidan told him.

"Sorry," Josh cried out. He was just trying to help. He ran back to his pile of javelins and picked one up. He searched the room, Aidan was trying to avoid being stuck with the javelin Josh managed to give Oscar. He was about to join the fight when he saw two Vampires run around Aidan and Oscar.

Josh began to back up, he jabbed the javelin at them. Even if he did manage to kill one vampire, that left the other. They began to circle Josh, taunting him.

"Aw, look at the brave doggy standing up to us," a tall, skinny vampire said.

"Remember what Mother said," a muscular Vampire said.

"I know," the skinny vampire grumbled. "But I've always liked teasing the mutts. It's a thing."

The skinny and muscular Vampire both charged Josh. Josh chose to use the javelin against the skinny one. He pulled it back and lunged forward. The skinny vampire screamed in agony as Josh plunged the javelin into his chest. Josh shoved it forward until he actually felt it coming out on the other side. Unfortunately, Josh just missed the Vampires heart. It was injured, but it was not a deathblow.

The injured vampire spun around, as he tried to pull the javelin out. Once the vampire was impaled by the javelin, the other Vampire was on Josh in a blink. He wrapped his arms around him. Hugging him tight the Vampire laughed as Josh struggled to get free.

"Aw, you're just a puppy. Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you." Josh fought to break from the hold, but the Vampire was to strong. He squeezed him tighter. "Stop it I say! I don't know why, but Mother wants you back alive. But I'm not one to question her ways. If she wants you, then I'm the one whose going to take you to her."

Josh jerked in the hold of the Vampire, as he slowly began to drag him out of the room. He became frightened when he saw he was being taken back towards the balcony. Already he could hear the coughing and wheezing of the repeaters.

"N…no, don't, I can't go there, not there, Aidan!" Josh shouted, but Aidan could not help him. He planted his feet on a column and kicked back. He tried to force the Vampire back, but he was to strong. The vampire moved forward, pushing Josh against the column. Josh quickly realized that he was stronger than normal. He remembered what Ray told him, how they were stronger on the day of a change. With the super moon coming, he was the strongest he would ever be.

"I'm sick and tired of the disrespect I've gotten from your kind," Josh grunted. "You thought this 'puppy' was going to be easy to take. Well you just picked the wrong day to mess with me." Taking in a deep breath, he jerked his head back, smashing it into the face of the vampire.

He immediately released his hold on Josh. He grabbed his face, as Josh spun around to face the Vampire.

The Vampire looked down at his hand, it was covered in blood. "You broke my…," he wasn't able to finish his statement as Josh pulled his hand back and punched the vampire in the face. The Vampire fell on the floor. Josh jumped on him, he began to punch the vampire repeatedly. He felt good, he was winning, he was beating this vampire and he was winning! Then his high came down when he heard Oscar let out an ear-piercing whistle.

The bolt flew through the air, Randal managed to hit one of the vampires square in the chest. The vampire clutched the bolt, in seconds he puffed away into a pile of dust. Randal tried to reload his crossbow, but he would not be fast enough. Already two other vampires charged towards him. He quickly pulled out a knife and held the bolt in his other hand. He pointed it at the vampires as they advanced towards him.

"Really hate doing this, Randal," a woman vampire said. "You've helped me many times, it's a shame you got on Mother's bad side."

Randal held his stake in front of him. He slowly moved in a circle. He saw Aidan swinging on the ceiling, and Josh actually facing two vampires. Sally and Cecil were not in sight. He returned his attention back to the two vampires he faced. "Bina, you don't have to do this, just walk away. By morning Mother will no longer be our leader."

Bina had to laugh, "Roy, you hear that? Randal said he's going to be the new ruler of the vampires."

"I'm not saying that," Randal said. "I don't want any part of that. Mother's been our leader long enough, it's time for a change."

"Oh really," Bina said, "And what, Aidan's the one that's going to dethrone her?"

Randal slowly nodded his head, "If all goes as planned, yes."

At the corner of his eye, Randal saw Roy moving to his left side. He reacted in the blink of an eye. He swiftly ran to Roy, the young vampire had only a split second to react. He spun around, slashing his knife in the air. He managed to catch Randal on the arm, but it was not quick enough. Randal's aim was true, he plunged his stake into Roy's chest, he was willing to accept the hit as long as he was able to give the killing blow.

Randal knew that Bina would be instantly on him. He braced himself for her assault. It came with a howl and a flurry. She slammed into him, Randal stumbled back. She slashed her blades back and forth. Randal tried to block the killer blows with his knife. The blades sparked as they clanged together. Randal slowly backed up, he saw Aidan and Josh were beginning to lose their battles. He had to find a way to defeat Bina.

The one advantage he had was that he was the one that taught her how to fight. He could anticipate all her moves. But he could not hold her off forever, hearing Josh cry out to Aidan for help distracted Randal enough that Bina took full advantage. She slashed her blades on the hand that held the knife. Randal dropped it.

Bina pounced on Randal, she lashed out with the knives, his large hand was able to tightly grip both of her hands. Bina tried to pull free. "You will not hold me for long," she grunted.

"Not long is all the time I need," Randal said. His other hand plunged inside a pocket, he pulled out something from it, and lashed out at Bina. She screamed as he whipped something across her eyes. She immediately dropped her blades. She fell back, rubbing her eyes.

"You've blinded me," she gasped.

Randal held up the rope he made from past wolves. Kissing it he whispered, "Thanks guys."

Grabbing the knives, he booted Bina to the floor. Holding the blades crossed against her throat he said. "Tell me why I shouldn't just cut your head off?"

Bina struggled to see. Her eyes stung so bad everything was a blur. "Randal," she panted. "Please, don't kill me. I'll tell you something important, that Mother would not want you to know. If I do, do you promise not to kill me."

"Depends on what you're going to tell me."

Bina whispered to him, "The Lupe's are here."

She felt the blades begin to move back. "You don't have much time, Randal. They're just waiting for Oscar to call them. Once he does you only have a few minutes."

Randal was about to pull the blades back when he heard Oscar let out an ear-piercing whistle.

"That's the signal," Bina told Randal. "They're coming, get out of here while you can."

Randal immediately stood up. "Leave, before I change my mind," he told her. She stood up, he pointed her to an exit, and she stumbled away.

Randal ran to Aidan shouting, "The Lupe's are coming!"

Aidan saw a large grin blossom on Oscar' face, "That's right Aidan, you must have really pissed Mother off for her to get them to come here. Took some real doing, you know how much they hate Mother."

Aidan threw the javelin away, he knew this would be useless against them. He ran to Josh. He was surprised to see him sitting on an unconscious, bloody faced vampire.

Josh quickly stood up, from the look on Aidan's face he guessed that the whistle was not a good sign. "We need to get out of here," Aidan said. "NOW!"

Randal suddenly appeared by his side, "We only have seconds," he told them. Aidan had to think fast, he knew they could never stand up to the Lupe's.

"Wish we were back home," Josh said. "I'll never complain about the leaky faucet again."

Aidan joyfully laughed, "Josh, you are a genius."

"Well I know that, but…"

Josh gulped as Aidan grabbed him by the hand, "Josh I want you to know that everything I own is yours, is that understood, everything. Do you accept it?"

"O…kay," Josh hesitantly said. Aidan shook his hand, "Then it's done." He pulled Josh up by and began dragging him out of the room.

"Where are we going?" Josh asked him. He swept up the javelins on the floor as they passed them.

"Home," Aidan replied.