The Hound of the MIB

Part 3: I Hate to do This…

W drew closer to U's neck, he gasped for breath, her knees were right on top of his chest, pressing down hard! "W, y-you don't wanna do this!" he begged, "Aw c'mon W, we're partners, remember?"

She snarled at him darkly, "Guess ya do."

U braced himself for what was coming, he had never really expected to go this way. Did the MIB Handbook even cover werewolves?? He seriously doubted it.

"W! Freeze!!!" Kay shouted as he charged in the room. W growled darkly at the armed agent as he held his icer level with her.

"Kay don't!" U pleaded, he didn't want W hurt, this wasn't her fault!

Too late, Kay hated to do it, but he couldn't risk W ripping U's throat apart, not that U'd be missed. He pulled the trigger and froze W's arm to the floor. U stared wide eyed at his partner as she tugged at the ice, trying to free herself. He felt terrible, why did this have to happen to W?

"It's alright W," U said softly, "Try to calm down."

"Wait," Yazmine stopped Kay before he could fire again, "he's getting through to her."

It did look like W was starting to relax, she stared deeply into her partner's eyes and a look of recognition swept over her harsh features. She tugged herself free of the ice and sat back on her haunches, she was still on top of U, but at least now he could sit up.

"There," he panted, "she's calmed down, no need to ice her."

W studied the agent before her carefully, his features did seem familiar, she didn't know why. She was so confused, her mind was a tortured and her memories blurred. Something had attack her, she remembered that much, but not much else. This puny male was certainly no threat to her though. Neither was the other human who had shot her, his weapon was formidable, but she strongly doubted that he was.

U sighed as she stretched out then resumed her position. Zealtor carefully stepped forward, intent on examining the woman turned werewolf.

"Grr….."

"I don't think that's such a good idea." U whispered. W didn't seem willing to let anyone else near her. She looked as though she were trying to figure the whole situation out.

'What the heck is that?' she snarled, looking at the light blue doctor cautiously approaching her. The human beneath her seemed content to stay put and not evoke her wrath. Weak but sensible, she'd let him live, for now. 'I'm starving.' the hunger suddenly hit her. She whiffed the air a minute then sprang off of U and into his kitchen area.

"Follow her!" Zed shouted.

Jay was the first one there, he stared up at the torn apart cover to the air vent, "Looks like she got away."

"Where would she be going?" Yazmine asked Zealtor.

"Maybe her metabolism is sped up in this new form?" he pondered, "She probably needs to eat a lot more."

Kay thought a moment then turned to Zed. "The meat locker!"

"That sounds right, her diet is a lot like a wolf's now, it will consist mainly of meat!" Zealtor agreed cheerfully.

"Then lets get down there and catch her!" Zed ordered, "Kay, Jay, get the tranquilizer guns."

"No…" U sighed as the agents and Zealtor left. Yazmine stayed behind with a concerned look on her face.

"I don't like this," she said softly, turning to U. "You got through to her once," an idea was forming in her head, "do you think you could do it again?"

U nodded, anything to protect W. He didn't wanna see her drugged and locked away. "Good, then maybe we can keep her out of the MIB Mental Ward."

He quickly followed Yazmine out of the room and down the hall, "I've just got to make a quick stop by the lab," she called, "You get over to the meat locker and try to keep her calm, I'll be there in a minute!"

U raced down to the meat locker, it was freezing, "Kay!" he shouted as the agent fired another dart at W, she was dodging all his shots with remarkable speed.

Zealtor was astonished as he watched. "She has incredible reflexes and agility, it won't be easy to hit her."

"You don't have to hit her!" U snapped stepping in front of Kay, he wasn't usually this defiant but he had a soft spot for his partner. "Yazmine's gone down to the lab to get something to calm her down. W doesn't need to be tranqued."

W watched from behind a stack of meat filled crates as the human from before blocked the aim of the human who had been firing at her. 'What's a girl got to do to get a decent meal around here?' she grumped. 'At least that human's proving useful, and he looks so darn familiar.' she stared at him a moment longer, he was kinda cute, for a wimpy little male.

The nagging feeling of familiarity wouldn't leave her as she slowly emerged from her hiding place and crept up behind the human. U had his back to her and didn't notice the dangerous position he was in.

"U, oh man, look out behind you!" Jay stuttered pointing behind U.

"I'm not falling for that Agent Jay," U scoffed, "Why that old trick has got to be the oldest one in the bo--"

"Boo!" w tackled him and knocked him flat on the floor. U turned to look at her, she wasn't snarling at him or anything this time, she had a sly smirk on her furry face this time though. In a raspy voice she spoke to him, "And exactly who are you?"

"U," he stammered, she had him pinned to the floor, her knees pressing down hard on his back again.

Kay raised his gun to fire but Zed motioned for him to hold off.

"Oh now that's funny!" she snapped.

"No," he explained, "my name's Agent U, I'm your partner."

W gazed down at him questionably, she couldn't recall whether or not this was the truth. "Then who am I?"

"Agent W."

Her yellow eyes narrowed, "And I'm supposed to believer you because??"

"Because I'm your partner!" U desperately cried, "C'mon W, don't you remember fighting over the radio? Picking on me about that alien suit I wear? Anything??"

W shook her head, he did seem to believe what he was saying. She backed off him, as he sat up she glared accusingly at Kay, "And why was THAT human shooting at me if I'm your partner?!"

"Because you were attacked by a werewolf," Kay explained, "you nearly killed U a minute ago. We can't let you go off on a rampage like that W, it's against MIB policy."

W growled again, U noticed Kay fingering the trigger of the tranquilizer and sat up between the two.

"Ah," Yazmine smiled and hustled into the locker, "there you are!"

W had seen the female back in her quarters, she hadn't looked dangerous, but she kept up her guard anyways. "What do you want?" she hissed.

"Just to provide you with a cure dear." Yazmine smiled waving a dusty brown book on Earth legends and superstitions in the air. "And this will tell us how to do that!"

U looked quizzically at the book, W placed a bloody hand on his shoulder and leaned forward for a better view, U didn't know how in the world he was going to get the blood stains from all that meat out of his uniform.

"And what does it say?" Zealtor asked.

"Something about the saliva from the werewolf that bit her." Yazmine replied, scanning the appropriate text. "It's supposed to cure her if she drinks it before the next full moon."

"Is that all?"

"No, you have to mix it with something called wolf's bane." she continued reading.

"Then I guess we'd better get down to the holding cell and get that sample," Kay concluded.

"I suppose so Agent Kay," Zealtor agreed, "since the sample I got from her wound isn't nearly enough to mix an antidote with."

"Can you keep her under control?" Zed asked U.

U nodded, 'CONTROL??!!!' W sneered.

"Then let's move." Zed ordered.

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U walked down to the holding cells, he and W were in the rear. Probably not a smart move. U blushed a bit as W's tail wisped around his legs. At least she seemed to be a bit more restrained now.

"And I'm really a human?" she asked him as they walked, this was all very confusing.

"Yes," U nodded, and added when he noticed no one else was listening, "a very attractive human, not that you make a bad looking werewolf."

W smiled at him. He didn't mind the fangs. "And this cure, will it hurt?"

"No." he assured her, "It might leave a bad taste in your mouth though."

She laughed at that, it felt natural to laugh and kid around with this human. He seemed trustworthy anyways. "How long have we been partners?" she asked, fumbling with his hair. She half expected him to complain that she was messing up his regulation haircut, she wasn't sure why though.

U just smiled and walked on. It was good to have w acting like herself again. He'd been terrified that she was lost to him, but everything was going to be alright now, he was getting her back and nothing could go wr…..

"Aw man! Give us a break!" Jay whined.

"What?!" U demanded rushing down the steps with his partner close behind.

"The werewolf's gone!" Jay grumbled, "Split right through the bars!"

"How can that be?" Zealtor puzzled, "They were titanium, virtually unbreakable."

"Well," Kay commented sternly, "they weren't UNBENDABLE in this case."

"What happened here?" Zed raged at the agents that were in charge of guarding the beast.

"It just grabbed the bars and pulled them apart Sir," the astounded agent gasped, "Our shots didn't even slow it down. It just dodged them and charged us! We had to run for cover. It got away!"

"Great!" Zed groaned, "Now we've got a werewolf loose in the city and one here that nearly tore our agent to shreds!"

"Hey!" U objected then reluctantly grew silent when Zed shot him a look.

"Well maybe W can help track him down?" Yazmine suggested, "She should have an excellent sense of smell, and if she picks up the scent…"

"Too risky," Kay interrupted, "what if she turns raging monster on us again? We can't put any more agents at risk."

"But it's our fastest way of tracking the creature down." Yazmine insisted, "Besides, U can go along to keep her calm?"

Zed didn't like where this was going, having a werewolf out in the field was bad enough. A lot of unpredictability was present there…but relying on U to keep the creature under control! Now there was a first rate disaster waiting to happen!

"It is the best way to go about this Sir." Zealtor turned to Zed.

"Alright," Zed sighed, glaring at U, "But I'm holding you responsible! And Kay and Jay are taking their tranquilizers along to get subdue the werewolf with. So W had better stay focused on tracking that thing and not attacking my agents!"

W sneered but U had a tight grip on her wrist. "Affirmative Sir, I won't let you down."

Kay and Jay turned to each other, this was going to be a LONG night!

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