Kain knew he had to keep going even if the police had found them. Silently his body transformed into a long scaly body as much as his snake DNA told him that the snake he was interpreting was small he managed to become the size of a python. Kain hurriedly swam in his new long body into the pipe though out to the other side then slithered up the bank and into the long grass. He came to a stop when a roar of gun fire came from the trees making him panic and turn back into his naked human form only to be spotted.
"Freeze" the third group came at him holding their guns from the other side of the creek. Kain put his hands in the air he began to shiver from the cold as his bare feet stood in the light layer of snow. The cows began to rustle though the snow over to him without him even calling them over. Kain began to lightly whisper to the cows one of them letting him give them a pat to absorb the DNA.
"Don't move" one yelled as two jumped across the small creek. Kain pretended to fall over into the cold snow landing on his hands and knees disappearing into the heard of cows.
"Hey get up now" the two guards ran into the heard to find he was gone.
"His power has grown he can morph"
"He has to be one of the cows, start shooting!" he yelled lifting his gun when the other put his hand on top of the gun lowering it
"No you may kill him we need him alive and unspoiled, we have to be smart and pick him out"
The cops where getting pissed off at the armed group that they would not unarm themselves and kept yelling ridiculous lies of monsters pointing at what was in the cops eyes, innocent children making them believe Lilly and Marcus all the more. The woman cop crouched next to Selene and the twins
"We need back up" she said into her shoulder com then faced them
"Alright, I don't know what's happened to you but let's take you and your children to the road and into the patrol car where it's safe" She gestured to the road and held out a hand for Selene to take.
Selene glanced at Marcus who was nodding for her to go it was better in the hospital in public view where she could get away then out here in the cold he didn't want the twins in much more of this mess.
Selene got up taking each of the twins hands when more police cars and an ambulance arrived.
"Good they can take care of your back" the woman lead her out when one of the armed attackers shot at Selene narrowly missing Sophia's head clipping Selene's shoulder. Both Selene and Sophia let out a cry, Selene in pain and Sophia at shock of the sudden air sting past her head and her mothers blood spraying onto her face.
"Get down" The woman pulled her to the ground standing in front of them holding her gun up at the attackers.
Marcus, Michael and Viktor gave off a low growl picking up the weapons they had collected earlier. The cops open fired onto the group of attackers mainly aiming at the masked person who shot Selene embedding at least ten bullets in him before he hit the ground. The cops all dove behind trees and to the mud as the fire was returned Marcus remained standing even as the bullets hit his chest with a thud he snapped in half the handle to the pitch fork and threw it like a javelin at the accumulating attackers who had also called up their own back up. He ended up spearing one right though the heart.
Sirens filled the air as police cars came to a screaming halt on the wet road, armed police poured out crouching behind the opened doors using them as shields and began to open fire.
"Stay down" The woman officer kept telling Selene who was watching the ambulance officers running for them, her shoulder had already healed but it was still a good way out for the twins until she saw one of the ambulance officers.
"No stay away you bastard!" Selene yelled at the first man she recognized from the base she was being held the ambulance was a cover up disguised for them to capture her and the twins. The woman police officer turned
"It's alright there here to help"
"No there not they are not real ambulance officers" Selene sat up pulling Sophia and Saxon in tight against her.
"Your in shock it's alright come with us where here to help you" he said grabbing Sophia trying to pull her away. It was the fatal mistake that gave him away the woman officer knew paramedics did not grab or talk to wounded people in that manner they where calm and talked softly gaining trust of wounded people in shock
"Alright let her go and back off" She aimed the gun at his head. He let go and stood back holding his hands in the air, then in the blink of an eye the second so called paramedic pulled out a gun and shot the woman officer in the side sending her to the ground. She fired two shots on the way down killing the first medic Selene hunched over the twins keeping them down, as soon as they where both on the ground she picked each twin up in each arm and headed back in toward the swamp away from the flying bullets. The second medic jumped onto her back waving a syringe, she let go of her twins letting them fall to the ground and opened up her wing arms grabbing him before he stabbed one of them. She spun around grabbing his wrist and pulled the syringe out his hand throwing it away then using her wings that where still an extra pair of arms using the pointed ends to stab into his body then holding him up without using her hands.
"Demon!" he yelled in pain trying to kick her, she stood still her arms at her sides her wing arms holding him put a good half meter off the ground in front of her.
"Demon?! This is for taking my son" She punched him in the chest cracking his ribs
"This is for shooting my daughter" she punched him in the stomach with her other fist
"And this is for cutting off my wings!" She tilted her head back and butted him in the head so hard it cracked open his scull and threw him off the points of her wings to the ground dead.
She turned to see Saxon and Sophia on the ground watching there eyes wide and glassy.
"Its alrig…" she was cut off by the turns both yelling at the same time
"Mum look out!" Selene turned to see another attacker run at her about to bed a syringe into her back when Viktor jumped out in front getting the syringe imbedded in his chest instead. In an instant Selene reached past Viktor who fell to the ground and grabbed the human's neck twisting it in a second snapping it clean. The drug hit Viktor fast sending him into a drugged coma instantly she pulled the syringe out his chest and swirled around diving it into the neck of an attacker going for the twins to see two more arms attackers running for them
"Go to your father what ever you do stay together" She pulled them to their feet and gave them a nudge in the direction of the trees that where more sheltered. Not caring about the whole sibling rivalry they held each others hand staying together as their mother had told them and ran though the mud into the trees. Selene watched them for a moment then turned back to the incoming running intruders.
Lilly was upon the ground with the blind mute staying down with her hands over her head avoiding being shot when she felt one of the attackers grab her buy the feet and pull her away. She screamed and tried to kick him
"Let me go ass hole" She tired to get up but the human was strong and pulling her away at quite a speed almost running dragging her though the mud making it hard to sit up or pull away let alone grab hold of anything. She summoned her power of phase making her feet fall right though his hands she finally sat up and tried to get to her feet when her legs where kicked out from under her. She looked up at the masked being who punched her in the face trying to knock her out her head flung back and she felt a trickle of blood ooze from her nose, the attacker was about to lay another punch when he yelled in pan after a thump hit his back so hard she heard it. A little dozy she looked up to see the blind mute randomly swinging the fire poker thought the air trying to hit the attacked striking him a good few times. The attacked cowering in pain stepped back avoiding the swings then finally blocking the attacks he grabbed the poker and grabbed him by the collar to have the mute bite his hand.
"Argh!" he pulled way letting go when Lilly kicked him behind his knees taking his legs out from under him she grabbed the gun from his belt leapt to her feet and held it aiming at his head.
"You don't know how to use that thing girl"
Lilly looked at the small hand gun then at the safety catch remembering what Selene had taught her. She lifted her thumb and flicked the safety off and held it out holding it properly in both hands. Erika didn't want Lilly carrying a gun if she was ever stopped by police and didn't want Selene to encourage her so Lilly in secret still go Selene to give her a few tips and lessons on using a gun 'effectively' which now has come into good use and Selene still loving her weapons gladly taught her loving teaching combat.
"Just because you know how to turn off the safety don't mean you have the balls to pull the trigger, I know you've never killed anyone and you won't"
"Shut up!"
"You're the same as them nothing but a monster you're a unnatural creature who should have never been born" he snarled in his cold scratchy voice he had a bit of a accent but she couldn't tell what let one care.
"I told you to shut it prick"
He slowly began to sit up and without her noticing he slid one hand behind his back
"Stay still" she snarled her hands where shaking a little holding the gun
"You're scared, I know you are" he smirked when the mute kicked him in the stomach
"Thanks" She said as it put the attacker back on the ground. The mute nodded his head up and down still holding up his fire poker ready to clobber him again.
"I told you to stay still"
"Really…" he pulled out another gun from his belt, and in fright and reaction she squeezed the trigger firing the gun imbedding a bullet in his brain right between the eyes. His body fell limp with a small squelch as his blood splattered head hit the mud along with his now limp arm and his hand that held another hand gun.
"Oh god…" she breathed deeply her eyes watered it was the first time she had killed a person. A stream of tears flowed down her cheeks dripping off her chin and onto her blond hair that was covered in mud. Marcus came running after seeing her shoot the man
"Lilly?" he asked approaching her from behind he saw her tear filled face and red eyes as she turned back to look at him her hands where still locked around the gun.
"Its alright you did what you had to do" he took the gun out of her hands and slid it into his belt then picked up the other gun out of the mud.
"You both did well you make a good team come on" He positively phased the both of them and took them away from danger back to the trees. He spotted Sophia and Saxon in the trees when more attacked from the third party came in between him and the twins
"No!" He started yelling and screaming at the attackers that seemed to swarm them to distract them away from the twins who ran back into the swamp when they realized they where being chased.
Sophia and Saxon still hand in hand ran back along the wooden dock though the dark with a human attacker after them.
"Come on faster" Sophia said squeezing his hand there was no point in denying it they where both afraid.
"Get back here you little shits" He yelled pulling out a tranquilizer gun as he ran along the docks. He stopped holding it up taking aim when Lucian jumped on his head sinking his teeth into his shoulder biting off a hunk of his flesh protecting them. Sophia and Saxon never looked back just kept running they had no idea where they where going they just kept running. Lucian narrowly avoided the swings the human swung up at him and the shot fired finally he took the large human down after ripping his arm out of socket and tipping him into the bog below. Lucian climbed back onto the doc and looked around
"Sophia? Saxon?" he called for them but with the blood on his clothing made it harder for him to track their scent he could only follow blindly in the direction of the way they went.
Sophia and Saxon had picked up quite a speed going in the direction they thought may have been the house but it was a maze and they ended up at a dead end with a broken doc and huge trees with large tree roots.
"Come on here" Saxon climbed onto the large tree root then over to the other side where there was a large hole creating a dry wood cave big enough for the both of them to hide.
"In here" he whispered then climbed in she was quick to hop in after him. They sat close together keeping warm in their little hideout still holding hands. They could hear the faint gunfire in the distance with their sharp ears.
"Do you think they will find us?" Sophia whispered
"Not the human's mum and dad will they will call us like mum did when we where at that humans base, she'll find us" he reassured his sister wiping off some of their mothers blood off her face he didn't want to see it any longer. She smiled a little nudging him then wiped her own face clean.
"What if they capture mum and dad?" Sophia asked still doubtful
"They won't believe me you should have seen how many humans mum killed at the base place there where heaps and she kicked all there asses and not to mention the police are helping us"
"True" They where more at ease after convincing each other it was going to be fine. Sophia let out a small giggle
"What?" he asked whispering
"No one messes with our mum ay" She said with the biggest of smiles Saxon joined in the giggle
"I know, we have a cool mum"
"Yeah I guess we do" she continued to whisper very lightly. The suddenly fell silent when their sensitive ears picked up incoming footsteps coming along the dock. They looked at each other
"Who is it" Saxon mouthed to her wondering if it was Lucian or another attacker. Sophia decided to copy what she had seen her parents do many times she put her head forward out the hole a little and sniffed the air Saxon copied. They both sat back shaking no at each other both realizing it was a human attacker. They sat perfectly still and silent as the human's torch flicked on and scanned the area it slowly past the water over to their tree
"Little footprints" the human muttered.
Kain now a brown and white patchy cow mingled like the rest of the cows until he came up with an idea he managed to get them all to come in a circle closer to the humans surrounding them
"Okay I will never not eat beef again" One muttered to the other still unable to figure out what cow he was. Kain's sharp ears heard Lilly scream setting his heart racing he looked up over the hedge to see Lilly bong dragged along by her feet he had to do something and something quick.
"It's that one" he pointed to Kain knowing that he would look to Lilly's scream not the others. Kain gave a loud moo sending all the cows charging in at the two head butting them in the spine stomach and side pummeling them as soon as they where on the ground Kain ran to the gate while the cows trampled the two attackers and unlatched the gate with his nose and mouth. He looked out the gate to see Lilly shoot the human on the ground then Marcus run to her side at least she was safe. He saw his mother fighting off more and more attackers to the point bodies where once again starting to accumulate in a piled radius of Selene as she stood in the one place killing off what ever came at her. More and more police arrived and unfortunately along come the TV cameras and reporters.
An air headed looking woman jumped out of a van along with a scrawny guy with a camera and a tall mannish looking woman with the microphone and cables.
"Quick get everything in the background" She stood up strait and waited for the cameras to roll, Kain knew they would get Selene who was more busy fending for her life and stopping them from taking Viktor who was still in a drugged coma never even noticed.
"Here at the scene we have a large shoot out between the police and what appears to be masked group of some sort amid the mist of this danger as we've heard there are innocent civilians involved including children, and now there is a stampede of cows the ciaos down here is growing by the minute!" the reporter said turning a little to see the cows run out the paddock toward Selene. At that moment one of the car engines caught fire police dove to the ground as the engine blew apart and shot sky high causing flaming engine debris to fall.
"My lord now there are great explosions and by the looks of it they are calling in the military, we'll update in a moment… cut, shit did you catch that explosion?"
"Sure did" the helicopter cam in from above and started firing at the attackers upon the ground with heavy weaponry.
"Good this will surely win me an award! Capture this!" the woman jumped up and down only to slouch her shoulders when more news cameras showed up. Selene grabbed Viktor by the collar and dragged him over the bodies and into the trees out of the way of the helicopter who seemed to be killing everything in its path as it swerved about. A large spot light beamed down from the unmarked chopper lighting up the night looking for her and the others she managed to get into the trees in time from being seen. She dropped Viktor looking into the trees, Lilly and the mute where the only ones she could see they where huddled behind a trunk protected by three police and the first wounded officer that tried to help them to begin with.
"Where is everyone else?"
"Um Marcus and Michael chased off a group into the logged trees over there and I don't know where mum is or Lucian"
"The twins where are the twins!" Selene yelled over the gunfire
"I thought they where with you"
"They weren't with Marcus?"
"No"
"Fuck" Selene screamed grabbing handfuls of her own hair ramming her hands against her head.
"They might be with mum and Lucian where is Kain?" Lilly tried to put some hope into Selene or at least calm her before she revealed what she really was.
Selene's eyes where already turning red her body was generating heat from her powers of flame she was struggling to keep her human form.
"Selene I'm sure they are safe" Lilly nodded her head toward the woman officer who was watching her. Selene gritted her teeth taking a deep breath forcing her anger and powers to stay unseen. Her eyes cleared to their normal chocolate brown
"I have to find them they'll be scared and I don't know where Kain is" Selene fell to her knees in the whole of fifteen minutes she had lost all her children again.
"More of the force is on its way they'll find your children ma'am just stay put your still bleeding" The officer tried to instruct her in her strong British accent it was much like Selene's but stronger.
"No I have to find them now!" Selene said getting to her feet. She had to tell Marcus and get his help maybe he saw where they went she thought hopping he had. A cow came running into behind the trees down the bank and over to Selene.
"Kain?" Lilly asked to have the cow reply with a nod
"Kain have you seen your brother and sister?" Selene asked desperately
The cow nodded no
"I'm going to find Marcus stay here!"
Kain mooed at her to stop her to quickly change into his human form
"No wait it's a death trap out there even for us" he pleaded with his mother.
"No I have to find him stay here and take care of them" she turned and ran out into the open.
"MUM!!!" Kain yelled at the top of his lungs but she didn't listen.
"Shit" he cursed running down into the ditch he first crawled into to get his cloths that still lay on the bank side.
"My god I must be loosing blood I'm suffering hallucinations…" the woman officer next to Lilly muttered shaking her head how else could she see a cow turn into a young man.
Kain came running back in his warmer cloths out of the freezing snow and crouched behind the tree trunk to see if he could spot his mother.
Selene charged out up the bank and onto the road right between each side of gunfire she felt bullets shoot right past her limbs the ground shot up little sprays of mud stones and snow she felt a trail of bullets follow her as they aimed for her legs to take her down without killing her. She kept her speed seeing a large log a head when a bullet clipped her ankle causing her to trip and let out a small squeal of pain slowing her down, the trail of bullets caught up with her hitting her in the thy and shin but she kept going as much as the pain stung.
The wounds healed from bleeding but still made it hard for her to run the bullets where still lodged deep in the wounds.
Kain cringed as he watched her get struck trip but keep running for the log. Selene's sharp shrieks of pain summoned Michael and Marcus's attention, Marcus was on the side of the road dealing with the humans he chased away from the twins and Michael was behind the log strangling a human for stabbing him with a knife that was still in his shoulder. They both watched her run toward their direction when a bullet bounced off her cheek cutting along the side of her head almost blowing her ear off.
"No!" Kain yelled watching his mothers head fling to the side with a spray of blood, she hit the ground holding her head in pain the force of the bullet disorientated her and her ear rang so loud.
"Not the head you idiot" a captain from the human group punched the masked male who shot her in the head. Marcus lunged at the arguing pair with his claws out he didn't care if they caught him or saw him as long as Selene got away.
The chopper light came around again landing on Selene remaining on her as she awkwardly got to her feet and with one eye closed kept running for the log. Humans came after her ready to take her down capturing her when the helicopter turned on them and began firing at the humans around her giving a deathly rain of large bullets. Selene reached the log and in one push effort leapt into the air tucking her chin under she flipped cleanly over the log and landed on her feet with a groan of pain on the other side right next to Michael who was waiting for her. The chopper light followed her and hovered above them shooting the humans off Marcus from one side of the chopper and anyone near Selene and Michael the other side.
"Must be a police chopper protecting us" Michael said knowing the cops where trying to help them. Michael pulled Selene in toward him holding her to rest for a moment while she held the side of her face waiting for the loud ringing in her ear to stop.
"Where are they…" she groaned
"Above us"
"No the twins…"
"I don't know" Michael answered honestly stroking her cheek watching the side of her face heal right before his eyes.
Selene shook her head gaining her senses again as the ringing came to a stop she pulled the knife out of his shoulder then used it to pry open her thy then fished out the bullet with her finger then again the same with her shin.
"Will you be alright?"
"Of course I have to find my twins there all along we've lost them"
"It's Kahn!" Selene heard Marcus yelling, she looked up to see Marcus full of bullet holes and cuts jump down from the log
"It's Kahn!" Marcus pointed to the chopper, she looked up to see Marcus's M mark on the bottom of the chopper. Selene had missed the mark from the bright light upon the bottom, a rope ladder swung down as the helicopter lowered for them to climb aboard.
"No Marcus where are the twins?"
"Lucian went after them in the swamp"
Selene let out a sigh at least someone was with them or tracking them so she thought. She pulled her self up onto the ladder and climbed to the top to be greeted with Duncan's held out hand and his usual big warm smile.
She took it gratefully happy to see him
"You have no idea how glad I am to see you two" She said as Duncan pulled her up. Kahn who sat on the gun at the other side gave her a nod which he received in return.
"Hey Selene" Julian said flying the chopper she had been taking lessons for years no one could out fly her in a chopper not even Selene with her wings.
Marcus was next up then Michael
"Who is he?" Duncan asked pulling him up anyway sensing the hybrid in him.
"Michael" Selene told him Duncan's face dropped
"Kain's father Michael?"
"Yes" Michael held onto the roof staring at the others still feeling alienated. Duncan gave him a bigger warm smile
"Hi Michael I'm Duncan" Duncan held out his hand
Finally Michael thought a friendly face other than Lilly who was the only one who had not seemed to take offence to his presence.
Michael smiled and shook his hand realizing who Duncan was when he smiled
"Your Lilly's father"
"Yes"
"Are I can see where she gets her smile from" Michael could also see where she got her friendliness from. Everyone held on as the chopper tilted when Selene pointed out to Julian where Lilly and Kain was.
"Lilly and Erika they're alright?" Duncan asked desperately
"Yes, when last I saw where heading over to where Lilly and Kain are unfortunately we don't know where Erika or the twins are we have lost them" Marcus explained with hurt of not helping the twins in his voice.
The chopper swilled round to where Lilly and Kain where sitting to find Kain fending off three attackers.
Thanyou for your patience sorry about I can finally post I don't know why my Chapter managment feature was disabled but its all running now :). This was two chapters put into one I still wrote while I couldnt post so I have a couple more chapters I will post later on.
I hope you enjoy
-Evelyn-