The four arrived at The Valley, all of them panting and sweating. The Valley had seemed to come even more alive with howls. John felt the hair begin to rise at the base of his skull and a shiver ruin down his spine, he truly hated these beast.
Challenger handed the bottle of pills over to Veronica. "If everyone's ready...." he trailed off meaningfully. With simoltanis nods they headed downward.
As they slithered down the hill Roxton kept a firm grip on his rifle, "You know that lead won't hurt them!" Margueite hissed in his ear causing him to jump slightly.
"Perhaps the 'gods' will shine upon us?" He hissed back reminding her that he had heard her earlier statement. "They surely know we could use Ares about now," he continued, eyes still shooting back and forth watching his surroundings.
Marguerite frowned, 'How could she have said something so small yet so telltale?'
"Forget the greeks John, let's just get our friends."
Once they reached the bottem Veronica suggested trying the cave the two women had been held in, Marguerite wasn't to hasty to return but agreed that it was the best place to start.
"Challenger, why did Ned transform? What's going on?" Veronica as they made there threw the thick mist, the mist was so thick they ahd to walk now.
Challenger mulled over the first question for awhile, "I suspect it had something to do with the wolfs mating season. The first time we were here I never noticed any females, but according to Roxton he's see several. So I believe that once year, or more they go out in search for females to turn into there own." Veronica held up a hand as she jogged a steps ahead and bent to retrieve an object.
She picked it up and even in the mist it glinted, Finn's crossbow. A few feet up she noticed something white, dropping the crossbow she made her way cautiously to it. Malone's pants.
That disturbed he slightly, not just Malone's pant, but Finn's shorts underneath his. She then noticed a hairy form, a moving hairy form. Drawing her knife and moving closer she realized it wasn't A hairy form, but TWO hairy forms. They were easliy digstenginshable (:) to my beta (I will delete this before posting) How bad is that for mangling a word? :) lol) from the others by the remants of upper body clothing.
Veronica slinked backwards untill she backed into something hard. She spun fist drew back and just nearly clobbered Marguerite! She twisted her fist as it left her shoulder and sent whistling past her friends ear instead of into her face.
"I knew you didn't really like me......." Marguerite couldn't help but grin despite the seriouness of the situation.
Veronica clamped a hand over Marguerite's mouth and made shushing motion with her other hand, then pointed back towards their two hairy then usual friends.
With the jungle girls hand still over her mouth Marguerite peked over her shoulder and gasped into Veronica's hand when she saw the two bodies still moving slightly againest eachother.
"Oh that's diguesting!" Marguerite said, but it sounded more like, "Ohthetdigstin!"
Roxton appeared just as Veronica released Marguerite he saw the two wolves and grimaced as their motions intensified. Challenger behind him seemed to go into a trance as he approached the two without thought, wondermeant in his eyes.
John grabbed him before he got to close, thankfully! "George! Get ahold of yourself! This no time for sceintific curiosity!" Roxton roughly hissed into his ear before relasing him.
"Veronica, I'll...um get there attention you get those pills into there mouths," he moved to circle a tree and come at them from the other direction. He had to admit the view from this angle was worse, but he had seen worse. Silently sliding the bolt of his rifle out he watched as a bullet clicked into view. Slowly he slid the bolt back into place, he watched as the bullett dissapeared into the chamber. Taking careful aim he fired just on his side of the two. They jumped up quickly with a hiss of air Finn/beast choked slightly before hitting the jungle floor and begining to transform.
But before Veronica could get another pill into the blowgun Malone pounced on her, knocking the bottle and gun from her grasp. His hand came down to grasp her shoulders as his mouth lowered to the fragile skin of her neck, mouth bared he prepared to take achunk from her flesh.
Her own hands came up to grasp his head and hold him off. He was strong, very strong. It took all of jungle warrior's strength to hold him off. But 20 someodd years of built up strength and toning couldn't last long. Just her grip lessened and he once again made headway towards her neck a shot rang out.
Malone slumped onto her and she quickly shoved him off and jumped to her feet, he wouldn't be out long she knew that. She barely took time to notice that it was Marguerite that had fired the shot and that the other two were hovering over Finn. She was focused on grabbing the blow gun and fallen pill. She heard him stuggle to stand and dove the weapons, she snatched the tube and slamed the pill into it as she landed. Rolling onto her back she saw that he had left the ground as well and he was rapidly falling towards her. His mouth opened in a howl and she brought the gun to her lips, with a strong breath she fired the pill and rolled out of the way. He landed, hard, but she could already see the dissapearing hair.
Veronica lay still for a moment just breathing, thankful to be alive. She heard a groan and and rolled onto her side, propping herself up on an elbow she saw that Marguerite was crouched down next Ned holding a canteen to his lips. Finn was now sitting up between the two men Challenger's coat laying on her lap covering her unmentionables. That thought caused to her to glance back at Ned and she saw that he had his hands stratigicly placed. Then Marguerite handed him a blanket and he quickly used that to cover himself.
John helped Finn to slowly stand, being careful to keep the coat in place. Malone was sitting up now and had a blanket draped accross his lap, he couldn't but wonder how much Marguerite had seen. Veronica lay a little ways from Malone, propped up on one elbow and watching all of her friends. He was a little surprised that he hadn't fallen for the jungle girl when they first arrived. Instead he'd fallen for a ruthless, angry, mysterious and totally unmannered (sure she acted mannered, sometimes) woman. His complete oppisite. 'Maybe who ever said Opposites attract was right,' he mused.
Challenger handed the bottle of pills over to Veronica. "If everyone's ready...." he trailed off meaningfully. With simoltanis nods they headed downward.
As they slithered down the hill Roxton kept a firm grip on his rifle, "You know that lead won't hurt them!" Margueite hissed in his ear causing him to jump slightly.
"Perhaps the 'gods' will shine upon us?" He hissed back reminding her that he had heard her earlier statement. "They surely know we could use Ares about now," he continued, eyes still shooting back and forth watching his surroundings.
Marguerite frowned, 'How could she have said something so small yet so telltale?'
"Forget the greeks John, let's just get our friends."
Once they reached the bottem Veronica suggested trying the cave the two women had been held in, Marguerite wasn't to hasty to return but agreed that it was the best place to start.
"Challenger, why did Ned transform? What's going on?" Veronica as they made there threw the thick mist, the mist was so thick they ahd to walk now.
Challenger mulled over the first question for awhile, "I suspect it had something to do with the wolfs mating season. The first time we were here I never noticed any females, but according to Roxton he's see several. So I believe that once year, or more they go out in search for females to turn into there own." Veronica held up a hand as she jogged a steps ahead and bent to retrieve an object.
She picked it up and even in the mist it glinted, Finn's crossbow. A few feet up she noticed something white, dropping the crossbow she made her way cautiously to it. Malone's pants.
That disturbed he slightly, not just Malone's pant, but Finn's shorts underneath his. She then noticed a hairy form, a moving hairy form. Drawing her knife and moving closer she realized it wasn't A hairy form, but TWO hairy forms. They were easliy digstenginshable (:) to my beta (I will delete this before posting) How bad is that for mangling a word? :) lol) from the others by the remants of upper body clothing.
Veronica slinked backwards untill she backed into something hard. She spun fist drew back and just nearly clobbered Marguerite! She twisted her fist as it left her shoulder and sent whistling past her friends ear instead of into her face.
"I knew you didn't really like me......." Marguerite couldn't help but grin despite the seriouness of the situation.
Veronica clamped a hand over Marguerite's mouth and made shushing motion with her other hand, then pointed back towards their two hairy then usual friends.
With the jungle girls hand still over her mouth Marguerite peked over her shoulder and gasped into Veronica's hand when she saw the two bodies still moving slightly againest eachother.
"Oh that's diguesting!" Marguerite said, but it sounded more like, "Ohthetdigstin!"
Roxton appeared just as Veronica released Marguerite he saw the two wolves and grimaced as their motions intensified. Challenger behind him seemed to go into a trance as he approached the two without thought, wondermeant in his eyes.
John grabbed him before he got to close, thankfully! "George! Get ahold of yourself! This no time for sceintific curiosity!" Roxton roughly hissed into his ear before relasing him.
"Veronica, I'll...um get there attention you get those pills into there mouths," he moved to circle a tree and come at them from the other direction. He had to admit the view from this angle was worse, but he had seen worse. Silently sliding the bolt of his rifle out he watched as a bullet clicked into view. Slowly he slid the bolt back into place, he watched as the bullett dissapeared into the chamber. Taking careful aim he fired just on his side of the two. They jumped up quickly with a hiss of air Finn/beast choked slightly before hitting the jungle floor and begining to transform.
But before Veronica could get another pill into the blowgun Malone pounced on her, knocking the bottle and gun from her grasp. His hand came down to grasp her shoulders as his mouth lowered to the fragile skin of her neck, mouth bared he prepared to take achunk from her flesh.
Her own hands came up to grasp his head and hold him off. He was strong, very strong. It took all of jungle warrior's strength to hold him off. But 20 someodd years of built up strength and toning couldn't last long. Just her grip lessened and he once again made headway towards her neck a shot rang out.
Malone slumped onto her and she quickly shoved him off and jumped to her feet, he wouldn't be out long she knew that. She barely took time to notice that it was Marguerite that had fired the shot and that the other two were hovering over Finn. She was focused on grabbing the blow gun and fallen pill. She heard him stuggle to stand and dove the weapons, she snatched the tube and slamed the pill into it as she landed. Rolling onto her back she saw that he had left the ground as well and he was rapidly falling towards her. His mouth opened in a howl and she brought the gun to her lips, with a strong breath she fired the pill and rolled out of the way. He landed, hard, but she could already see the dissapearing hair.
Veronica lay still for a moment just breathing, thankful to be alive. She heard a groan and and rolled onto her side, propping herself up on an elbow she saw that Marguerite was crouched down next Ned holding a canteen to his lips. Finn was now sitting up between the two men Challenger's coat laying on her lap covering her unmentionables. That thought caused to her to glance back at Ned and she saw that he had his hands stratigicly placed. Then Marguerite handed him a blanket and he quickly used that to cover himself.
John helped Finn to slowly stand, being careful to keep the coat in place. Malone was sitting up now and had a blanket draped accross his lap, he couldn't but wonder how much Marguerite had seen. Veronica lay a little ways from Malone, propped up on one elbow and watching all of her friends. He was a little surprised that he hadn't fallen for the jungle girl when they first arrived. Instead he'd fallen for a ruthless, angry, mysterious and totally unmannered (sure she acted mannered, sometimes) woman. His complete oppisite. 'Maybe who ever said Opposites attract was right,' he mused.