The door exploded outward in a flurry of black fur and teeth.
Roy was knocked backwards onto the wooden floor, bashing his elbow as he came down. He looked up to see an alpha beowolf standing over him; its eyes glowing like coals and saliva dripping from it's gaping maw.
It raised its head and let out a roar, shaking the rafters with the force of the sound. The alpha then raised its paw and swung downwards. Roy swiftly rolled to the side as the paw smashed into the floor where he'd just been, reducing the floorboards to slivers.
Scrambling up, Roy rushed for the door. Behind him, He heard the beowolf move and activated his aura, bracing himself.
The beowolf dealt him a blow that sent him flying out the front door of the house. He landed on his feet and skidded backwards, drawing Μόνος in the same movement. His semblance had absorbed the main impact and he could feel his aura thrumming with the energy. The Alpha slunk from the entrance of the house, regarding Roy with an almost haughty look.
"Sorry I interrupted your nap!" Roy called.
The Alpha reared back and howled, the sound making Roy's ears ring. He covered his ears and gritted his teeth; The howl seemed to echo through his very bones and made him want to curl into a ball. Then he heard them; answering howls, ringing from all over Oniyuri.
Multiple thuds and scrapes sounded all around him and he turned, watching as beowulves emerged from under houses and inside the different dwellings, slowly moving toward their alpha.
About 15 grimm slowly surrounded him, eyes glowing and teeth bared. An icy claw gripped Roy's heart as he took in his situation.
Beowulves fought with extra ferocity in the presence of their alpha and he'd never faced a pack this big before. His lack of sleep the past few weeks made him far more vulnerable, Roy knew he was about to be fighting for his life at less than his best and it scared him to death.
With a roar, a lone beowolf suddenly charged him, he swept Μόνος up, lighting quick, and cleaved through the beast's body from hip to shoulder. The two halves of the beast fell behind him with an unpleasant thud.
Another grimm charged and he allowed it to get a hit in. He absorbed the blow, swung out with his fist and caught the beowolf in the underside of its jaw, sending it flying backward with a broken neck.
The remaining beowulves, learning from their fellows' demise began do attack in pairs.
Two flew toward him claws bared, mouths open, revealing glistening teeth. He dodged one and stabbed upward catching the second in the chest, the first beowolf spun around swiftly swinging its paw into Roy's stomach. He activated his semblance just in time. He absorbed the swipe and kicked out with his right leg. His foot connected with the beowolf's chest and it slumped backward with a gurgle.
Roy pulled the trigger on Μόνος' handle and the blade segmented with a sharp *Ting* noise, shifting into its bladewhip form. He lashed out and hooked another beowolf around the neck. He yanked the beast closer and slammed his other fist into its chest. He felt ribs fragmenting under his fingers and his hand sink into the beast.
As he pulled his hand free, what felt like a punch slammed into his face.
Blood flew from his mouth and drops of blood flecked the flagstones. He struggled to recover and another beowolf clamped his jaw around Roy's forearm. He pulled and the sleeve tore off his coat, leaving him bare armed, apart from one of the bracers he was wearing. He swung Μόνος around and scythed through the beast's neck.
Yet another beowolf slammed into him from the side and latched onto to his sword arm. His aura was so low that the beowolf's fangs clashed against his bracer. He twisted his arm around and went to flip Μόνος from his trapped hand to his free hand. He fumbled and the sword fell to the cobblestones with a clang.
"Shit" he hissed.
The beowolf swung him around and threw him 6 feet away.
He landed harshly, bouncing and skidding on the cobblestones. He scrambled upright and whirled around to face the remaining beowulves.
The beasts were growing restless, pawing at the ground, licking their chops and snapping at him. One lone beowolf, bolder than its fellows, began to venture forward and Roy readied himself.
A loud bark came from the alpha, halting the smaller grimm in its tracks. The giant wolf had been sitting to the side, watching the fight. Apparently it wanted to deal with this intruder itself.
The alpha walked down the steps of its house with a terrifying grace. Even on all fours, it was nearly 2 ½ feet taller then Roy was and now that he looked at it closer, there was a evil beauty about it.
Roy quickly scanned the ground for Μόνος. The ring of beowulves had reformed and just beyond their clawed feet, he saw the red glint of Μόνος' blade. Cursing his clumsy hands, he reached under his backpack where the plasma bayonet hung in it's sheath and drew it, twirling the bayonet around as he waited for the giant beowolf to make the first move.
The beast swung its massive paw at Roy and he dodged to the side avoiding the swipe. He slashed the beast's arm and opened a small gash, foul smelling smoke seeping from the wound. The alpha roared and swung the wounded arm again in a ferocious backhanded swipe that caught Roy in the chest, sending him tumbling across the cobblestones.
He landed in a kneeling position and pushed off the ground with one foot. He shot toward the alpha and swung the bayonet around, stabbing at the beast's face. The beowolf blocked the blade, taking it through the paw. To Roy's horror, the beowolf snapped its hand shut on the weapon.
The alpha swung Roy around by the hand and slammed him into the street. Roy was forced to release his hold on the bayonet. the blue chord handle to slip from his fingers.
The alpha regarded the blade lodged in its paw and used its teeth to yank it out, tossing the blade far out of Roy's reach. The faunus slowly got back to his feet and clenched his fists, left with no other options but to take the beast on weaponless.
Charging forward, he launched several punches into the alpha's torso. It was like punching a brick wall. Unfortunately, the punches left him vulnerable for a single second and the alpha swiped out, it's claws scoring several deep cuts along his ribs. Roy sucked in his breath at the sudden pain and jumped backwards away from the beowolf.
Clapping a hand to his side he felt blood drip between his fingers.
This isn't good. he thought.
With open wounds like this, the fight became a race against the clock; beating the alpha before he collapsed from blood loss now became the priority. He straightened back up and charged in again, swinging his foot into the Alpha's face with a resounding crack. The beast actually faltered slightly, shaking its head as if to clear it. It recovered and swung its large paw at Roy.
He dodged the alpha's swipe and threw a palm strike into the beast's throat. Unfazed, the alpha struck out with its boney head and connected with Roy's face. His head snapped back and nose began gushing blood. Stars danced across his vision, disorienting him as the alpha sank its teeth into his shoulder.
The grimm lifted him bodily and tossed him across the square, where he landed hard, the impact causing all the air in his lungs to leave him. Roy wheezed and gasped desperately trying to regain the air he'd lost. He started to rise but a clawed foot slammed into his back pinning him to the ground.
Gripping Roy's hood with its teeth, the beowolf sank its claws deep into the young faunus' back. Roy cried out as warm blood flooded across his back, the pain overcoming his resolve. The beowolf slowly dragged its claws down Roy's back opening up deep bloody valleys in his flesh.
Roy almost fainted from the excruciating pain and scrabbled weakly against the unyielding cobblestones of the street. The Alpha released him and backed away, awaiting its foe's next move.
Roy lay in the street, his mind racing furiously He had to end it before he lost his remaining strength due to blood loss. He struggled to his feet and turned to face the beowolf. His aura flickered weakly back into existence and a risky plan began to form in the back of his mind.
His aura was dangerously low but if he allowed the alpha to overload it, it might give him enough force to defeat the wolf.
If this plan backfired, Roy would be dead.
Either way the fight would be over.
Roy stood up, shoulders slumped and blood dripping off of him. "Hey big guy let's go!" He yelled at the alpha, "Come take a bite if you think you're big enough!"
The alpha growled and charged. Raising its claws, the beowolf slashed down, intending to break Roy's neck. The faunus allowed the beowolf's attack to connect and felt the energy thrumming to a fever pitch. He seized the beowolf by the fur of its throat and drawing back his arm, plunged his hand into the Alpha's chest.
He could feel the internal organs giving way under his hand as it plunged deep into the beast's heart. His aura finally overloaded, exploding outward from the arm buried in the beowolf. The blast left a large hole in the beowolf's torso and the grimm let out a whimper, sliding to its knees.
The beast was now on Roy's level and he watched the glimmer fade from its wild orange eyes. Withdrawing his hand, Roy allowed the beast to slide the rest of the way to the ground with a thud. He stumbled back and sank to his knees, his head light from blood loss. "W-who's...th...the alpha n-now?" he asked weakly. The remaining beowulves regarded him and then, in unison, turned and retreated out of the village. Roy slowly slumped from his knees to the ground, his body broken and bleeding.
"Help…" he called weakly.
But no answer came, the only sound that greeted him was the sound of the wind whistling eerily through Oniyuri.
Damn, Kitty's got claws. XD I loved writing this fight, it was a challenge but I think it turned out okay. I'm back in the proverbial editing saddle! expect more chapters on the way.
Until next we meet!
-Ar3mRising.