The Hound of the MIB
Part 4: The Chase Is Afoot!
U and W sat in the back of the LTD, the windows rolled down so that W could catch the creature's scent. She only had a small sample of it's fur and saliva to go off. "This is pointless." she snarled, slumping back against the seat. "I could track this thing down much faster on foot."
Kay cocked an eyebrow, "You mean out in the open where you'd have a chance to run off and wreak havoc with your new friend?"
W growled at him but U tightened his grip on her wrist, "W please, the sooner we find this monster the sooner we can get you a cure."
"So you think I look like a monster now? Hideous and vile?!" she jerked away from him.
"No, that's not what I meant." he insisted, "It's just---I'm worried about you."
This made the young agent smile. "Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself."
"I know," U chuckled to himself, recalling all the times she'd used her wits and cocky attitude to get them out of tight spots.
W seemed to recall these times with him for a moment, but just a moment. When the laughter died down the memories were once again lost to her.
Jay was fidgeting around in the front seat. Looking into the rear view mirror and seeing her distracted for a moment he whispered to Kay, "Are you sure this is safe? I mean, she was ready to rip U apart a few minutes ago."
"Concern noted Sport." Kay nodded, "But you're overlooking one important thingā¦"
"What's that?"
"She's has a 'thing' for U." Kay replied.
"ME?!" Jay gasped.
"No." Kay frowned, "Agent U."
U heard this and stiffened. 'Did everyone know?'
W suddenly sat upright, "I smell it!"
Kay slammed on the breaks, "Where is it?"
W took a moment to sniff the air some more, "It's heading this way. It should pop out right in front of us!"
Sure enough, as soon as she finished her sentence the hairy beast sprang out of an alleyway and leapt atop the LTD.
Kay didn't even flinch, "Let's go for a spin." he stated calmly.
"Kaaayyy!!!" Jay gulped.
Too late, he pressed the red button. But instead of putting it in drive, he shifted it into reverse.
The force of the jolt knocked the creature off the car and sent it sprawling back onto the asphalt. The creature leapt up and roared angrily. The LTD stopped. Kay put it in drive. As the LTD sped forward to ram the creature it howled and darted back into the alley from whence it came.
"It's gettin' away!" Jay exclaimed.
"Not if we have anything to say about it Slick."
Kay motioned for the two agents to jump out of the backseat. Once outside he issued orders. "W, U, you two go around to the back of this alley and cut off that thing's escape path. Jay, you're with me."
"As usual partner." Jay saluted.
W and U headed off around the side of the building while Kay and Jay went down the long dark alley. "This is just how people get attacked in the horror movies." Jay shivered.
"This is no movie," Kay said grimly, "This nightmare is real."
"You're just making me feel all grades of safe, you know that?!" Jay mocked.
Meanwhile U and W had rounded the side of the building and were almost at the back entrance to the alley.
W chose this time to get flirtatious. "Grr, did you that the moonlight really brings out your eyes?"
U stopped dead in his tracks, "Huh?"
She gently stroked his arm, the one that held his blaster. "I just love a man of action. Or at least, I'm pretty sure I do."
U gulped and felt his grip on the blaster loosen. "Uh, we really should get over to that alley and help the-"
She laughed lightly, "You know I get the feeling that you've always been this---devoted---to the task at hand." she drew closer to his face.
U was sweating in now, "Yep, that's me, Mr. By-the-Book." he laughed nervously. Even as a werewolf, his partner still looked alluring.
"Maybe you should relax more." she suggested, grabbing hold of his tie. "I bet I could help you take you mind off work, partner."
Before U could make a move to back away she jerked his tie, bring his lips in contact with hers. The sensation was strange. Kissing someone with fangs and fur. But U had to admit, just knowing it was W, made it heavenly.
The kiss most assuredly would've lasted longer, had Agent Jay not screamed bloody murder from the alleyway.
U reluctantly pulled away from his partner, "W, we can't. Not now. We're on a case."
She seemed only mildly disappointed. Her concern for her fellow agents not completely gone. "We can always continue this later."
U grinned sheepishly at his partner. He loved the way her hazel eyes sparkled in the night. Like the twinkling stars. Yeah okay, so he was a bit of a hopeless romantic deep down. But it took someone like W to get past all the regulations and annoying traits first.
Without another moment's hesitation they darted around the alley and found Agent Jay firing random shots at the creature. Their eyes immediately searched for Agent Kay. Finally W spotted him lying lifeless by an overturned dumpster.
"Kay!" U shouted.
This got the creature's attention. "Smooth." W smirked.
"A little help would be nice!" Jay yelled.
A howl cut off the last of Jay's words as the creature glared at U. W noticed this and stepped between them. "Oh no." she snarled, "This is MY human!"
Her words were meaningless to the beast. It charged the agents, knocking them both to the ground. They wrestled there for a while, trying desperately to get to their feet. Finally Kay regained consciousness and found he had a clear shot at the creature. Taking aim with his weapon he fired and sent the creature flying against the side of a brick building. "Slick! Ice it before it comes to!"
Jay nodded and drew out his icer. "Okay freak of natureā¦FREEZE!"
W rolled off of U and onto her side, coughing up all the blood that she had somehow gotten in her mouth. U groaned and got to his feet. He turned and helped W up just as Kay pressed a button on his key chain that caused the LTD to spin around to the front alley entrance. "Let's get that thing in the trunk."
"At least there was no one to neuralyze this time," Jay grunted as he helped Kay hoist the large ice sculpture into the trunk.
"Let's get out of here quick and keep it that way." Kay added, slamming down the lid of the trunk. The creature had just barely fit in.
W got up and slid into the backseat first while Jay and Kay fastened their seatbelts. U lagged behind a moment to adjust his appearance. As he was rolling his sleeve back down he noticed that he was bleeding. Shrugging it off as a mere scratch in the line of duty, that he had probably gotten from rolling around in that dirty alleyway with all that broken glass, he sighed and took his seat beside W. Little did either partner realize, but they would soon have A LOT more in common.
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