A/N: Happy Halloween

Chapter 15 – New Day part 2

Having exited the establishment, Jesse asked as to what Bruce and Voris were doing here. The answer to this was given by Voris, "We were nearby kid, and Heimdall informed us of a possible ritual killing."

"Ritual killing?", Ava asked.

"In the old days, gods and people used to sacrifice other living beings for power, protection even knowledge. Hell, if rumors are true, then both Odin and Thor sacrificed their eyes for knowledge, Thor may have even sacrificed his arm.", Voris spoke.

"Tarre himself sacrificed his eyes to make that statue of his protect Mandalore.", Bruce said.

"I don't understand. Why would someone ever sacrifice another being?", Jesse asked.

"We just told you.", Voris said.

"It doesn't seem worth it.", Jesse protested.

"Jesse, everything has a price.", Bruce said. Jesse started to say something, but was interrupted by Bruce, "There'll be time enough to discuss the moral implications of sacrifice, but right now we need to find out the one responsible for this."

As they walked towards their ship, Voris entered the cockpit, while Bruce talked to the two youngsters. "Now according to reports, there have been similar incidents, but mostly on outlying worlds."

"The reports also tell about sightings of a mysterious armored man.", Ava said, "But the descriptions provided aren't accurate. One claims the armored man had a wolf shaped helmet, other claims to be a circular visor."

"I can guess who the armour belongs to.", Bruce said.

"Who?", Ava and Jesse asked.

"Fenrir.", Bruce answered.

"What?", Ava asked shocked, "You mean to say that he…"

"No.", Bruce kindly interrupted, "Fenrir had bargained away his armour many years ago, in a desperate effort to locate his father. Over the years, that armour has changed its ownership quite a few times. The new owner of this armour is responsible for the killings."

The ship took to air, but unbeknownst to the pilot and passengers, a stowaway had gotten aboard and was now hiding in the engine room.

In the dragon tombs, Tarre and Balthazar had descended to the lower levels. With each step, the dread felt by the two was increasing. "My hand won't stop shaking.", Balthazar whispered.

"It's in the air, a fear inducing toxin.", Tarre whispered back.

"Maybe not. I've heard stories of a shapeshifter so terrifying that it doesn't need claws or fangs, or any other physical attribute. Its greatest weapon is fear."

"I doubt its anything like that. Perhaps, it's the dragon spirits. They won't like being disturbed.", Tarre said.

"No. It's not them. Tarre this shapeshifter has two halves. Both of them cause irreparable damage as they seek each other. Once the halves combine…", Balthazar spoke but was interrupted.

"Look, we don't have time to go through this. Let's find the source and get out of here.", Tarre said. Before they could proceed, some malevolent presence took control of Balthazar, and immediately started to attack Tarre.

D49/4 ABY

Back on Wyoming, the investigation led by the four had led them to a rather empty looking dock, with sparse security. The four had decided to split in two parts – with Voris staying above ground, and the remaining three – Bruce, Jesse and Ava going underground.

"Master, something's not right.", Jesse whispered before the group could disperse.

"I know. There are more people aboveground, than we can see. This sparse number of guards is just a show to lull us in a false sense of security."

"Then why is only master Voris staying aboveground?", Ava asked.

"Because I can fly, and being a phoenix angel, I can see the heat emitted by our foes.", Voris answered, "Besides, someone has to keep an eye on you two delinquents."

"We're not delinquents!", Ava and Jesse spoke together.

"Let's go.", Bruce said. With that the three of them snuck to the lower levels of the dock, via the sewer system. As they navigated the various tunnels, the three found themselves in a vent above the control room. There they glimpsed an individual wearing a rather unique armour. This armour had a wolf motif, the helmet was in the shape of a wolf head. There were fibers on the armour which clearly looked like a wolf's fur, and the metal itself looked new and shiny.

'I'll be damned.', Bruce thought to himself.

The three of them heard the armored man bark an order, "Release the beasts." His subordinates then pressed a button, and immediately the three of them felt an immense disturbance through the force.

"We need to get topside.", Jesse whispered. Bruce snapped his fingers and immediately teleported them to the surface. As soon as they got outside, they saw chaos being unleashed across the city. Flying, flame covered monsters with the top half of their skulls missing were roaming around, such that their brains were visible and surprisingly were not on fire. Voris was currently fighting four of them, while hundreds upon hundreds were attacking the city. Bruce immediately turned into the Hulk and ordered Jesse and Ava to aid the law enforcement and protect the civilians. The two got to work as they watched Hulk and Voris take on the monsters.

Reaching the city Ava pulled out her lightsaber, while Jesse used blasters to attack and defend. Asking one of the law enforcement officers about the status of this attack, they learned that reports of similar creatures were coming from all over the planet. As time passed, the city grounds started to look like a warzone, with no sign of reinforcement. The creatures attacked from both the air and the ground. Ava and Jesse themselves were having trouble with one of them, while there was no sign of Hulk and Voris. The creature they were fighting let out a fiery breath, demolishing everything in its path and creating a lot of smoke. The two of them barely dodged this attack, thankfully the civilians behind them had been taken to an underground bunker. Through the smoke, they could not see where the enemy was. Suddenly Jesse tensed up, feeling something coming from behind and quickly warned Ava. Before they could run, a shadowy figure approached behind them and moved so quickly, that its strike seemed inevitable. But before the strike landed, someone hard, fast and big collided with the figure and threw it into the air. This someone then blasted that being out of the sky. As the mist cleared, the two of them saw Bendu wielding his Uru staff.

"Reinforcements are here, courtesy of Bartholomew.", Bendu said.

With a single swing of his staff, Bendu cleared the smoke around them and revealed a small army of Angels, Pagans and Apprentices fighting the monsters. With this the battle started to turn in their favor.

D52/4 ABY

Fourteen days had passed since the incident on Tarrgoviszla. The battle on Wyoming had come to an end, casualties were very high. The monster remains had been analyzed, revealing a new type of monster – cross between zombie and fire spirits. Having submitted their reports, Ava and Jesse were now talking with Fenrir.

"The armour you saw… are you sure of its description?", Fenrir asked, whose body was still covered in bandages. Kanan and Hera were in the same room with them, while Chopper and Jacen were under the care of Ezra and Sabine. Tarre and Balthazar had still not returned from their mission. Bru

"Yes.", Ava answered.

"I am quite interested in the design of this armour.", Kanan asked.

"Ok then. You two can leave.", Fenrir gestured towards Ava and Jesse.

With that the two left, with confused looks.

Fenrir waited a while after the two left before turning to Hera and Kanan, "That armour was mine."

"How did it end up there.", Hera asked.

"Back when Tarre had left 300 years ago and I had followed a few years later, I did so to find out my father.", Fenrir began, "But I was getting nowhere. Having spent every cent, I had and calling in all sorts of favors, I had reached a breaking point when I traded my armour for information. That information had led me to Sakaar, where I was discovered by Tarre and well… you know what happens next."

"Oh… but to whom did you give your armour to?", Kanan asked.

"Pirates. Who then later traded it to a smuggler who gave it someone else and on and on…", Fenrir said, "After the apocalypse, I was spending most of my free time locating the armour… and now its in the hands of someone horrible?", Fenrir spoke, the last part to himself.

D53/4 ABY

Tarre and Balthazar had finally returned to Asgard. But the odd thing was Balthazar was unconscious and being supported by Tarre to the healing room. After putting Balthazar there, Tarre went straight to Thor to give his report.

D78/10 ABY

Satine Kryze was currently in her office on New Coruscant. The years had not been kind to the New Republic, and the fledgling Jedi Order that had formed. Mandalore itself was now having some of problems which was consuming much time of her sister Bo Katan. Satine herself was looking forward to the end of her workday and to go back to her family – Fenrir and her five-year-old daughter Erin. But before she could, the doors of her office opened and entered a human man with a mohawk and bright yellow eyes.

He walked with a distinct limp and as Satine stood up he spoke clearly, "Please do not be alarmed. My name is Skoll. I seek the help of Prince Fenrir, high lord of all werewolves. I am told that he can be reached through you."