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"Good. Then I suggest you get some sleep because you're going to need it. I'll see you tomorrow then." Jason said, extending his hand.
"Tomorrow." Jarod answered, taking Jasons hand.
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Chapter 3
-- Training and trouble --
Jarod been training with Jason for over a week now. He'd made incredible progress. He had been able to boost his senses using his wolf nature. He could hear a pin drop at 30 feet away in a room full of people. He could see beter than any human possibly could, both at daytime as well at night. He was learning how to use his wolf strenght without having to transform, though he still couldn't transform. There had been a second full moon since they first met and with the presence of a Master Werewolf nearby, Jarods wolf side had aknowledged its mentor. So, basically, Jason didn't get splitting headaches every time he went near Jarod.
Currently, Jarod was doing some meditating to get in touch with his wolf side. Up until now, it had had no effect. Jason was getting hungry from the combat training he was doing. "Hey, Jarod!" He yelled.
Jarod opened one eye, looked at Jason, decided that meditating was out of the question for the moment and stood up. "Yes?" He questioned. "I'm starving. You want something to eat? After all, you just spent the entire afternoon training." Jason told him.
Now that he mentioned it, Jarod WAS pretty hungry. "Sure, I could use a meal. How about pizza?" "Sound just fine with me. Why don't you fresh up a little and I'll make the call." Jarod nodded and walked to the bathroom.
-- 15 minutes later --
Both men were eating from the pizza that had just been delivered and talking about their lives and such.
"Jason, while I was training this afternoon, it was like I felt another of our kind, but it seemed to weak to be real. Did you feel anything?" Jason stopped eating when he heard that. "Now that you mention it, yes, I have felt something. And you were right, it was another of our kind, at least it will be."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that the person we felt, is a Latent. He, or she, is either a newly Turned or a young Born one. Newly Turned haven't transformed yet since they were only Turned since the last full moon. If its a young Born one, it hasn't transformed either."
"But how? I thought that every werewolf, with the exeption of the Master Werewolves, transform with the full moon."
"To transform, a Born one needs be exposed to the moonlight, at least the first time. After that, they will transform with every full moon, whether exposed to moonlight or not. That is why you only transform since last month. You never looked at the full moon before. It's interresting actually. Born ones seem to have a dislike to days of the full moon before they change the first time. Their human side instinctivly knows when there will be a full moon, so they go into hiding."
"So, there are Born ones out there that don't even know they are a werewolf?" Jarod asked.
"Exact. Don't forget, you were one too." Jason said, taking another bite from his pizza. "So, how is the training coming?"He asked.
"I'm able to use my wolf strenght and speed, although I don't think I'm at my maximum yet." Jarod responded.
"You're both right and wrong." Jason said. Recieving some curious and confused glances from Jarod, he snickered and continued. "You're about at the maximum you can physically get, but you're not at your total maximum yet."
"You're even more cryptic than me when you want to be. Speak english, man." Jarod said.
"Allright. Around us, there is energy. Most call it magic, but it has other names as well. You can train yourself in using this energy. You can use it in many forms, wich I'll explain later in greater detail if you want. For example, you can use it to cast magical spells of sorts. Or you can use it to give your physical body a boost. But all of this comes with a price."
"Do YOU know how to use this energy?" Jarod asked.
"Yes, I do. Remember the jump I made when we first met? I used some of that energy in that jump. Only a little though."
"Can you teach me?"
"Sure I can, but not now. Now, we eat." Jason said and dug into another pizza.
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Meanwhile, outside the warehouse they used to train, 2 black sedans stopped. The first one opened its doors and Ms. Parker stepped out. Soon after, a complete sweeper team stood ready to attack.
"Allright, listen up. Jarod is in this warehouse and I'm not taking any chances. Surround the building and secure all exits. Nobody, but nobody, goes in before I say so. Understood?" She yelled.
The sweeper team nodded and mumbled their responses. "Ok, then. Move out." She told them. The sweepers began surrounding the builing. Sydney and Broots walked up to Ms.Parker. "Do you think you'll be succesfull this time?" Broots asked. "Off course I will, Broots. This time, he's mine."
5 minutes later, the entire team had checked in. "Allright, we're going in." Ms. Parker said.
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"I think I hear something." Jarod said.
"What?" Jason asked, tuning his supersensitive ears.
The answer to his question will remain a mystery, because Ms. Parker and a whole sweeper team entered the room from various sides, weapons drawn. Ms. Parker had an evil smile on her face.
"Running is useless this time, Jarod. All the exits are blocked. The only way your getting out of here, is with us."
To her surprise, Jarod stayed calm and just looked at his companion.
"Jarod, I think it's time to put some of that training of yours into practice. Don't you think so?" Jason asked.
Jarod nodded. "You take the ones on the left, I'll take the ones on the right."
"Deal. But try to get out of here as soon as possible, cause I don't want to travel all the way to Delaware to bust your ass out off the Centre. I'll take care off the rest of these goons." Jason said.
"Let's boogy." Jarod said. He reached to access his wolf strength and speed and he moved. Jason also accessed his wolf strengths and decided to make a show of it. He jumped to the nearest goon and knocked him out with one punch. He ran at impossible speed towards the goon's neighbour and gave him a headbutt that knocked him right out.
Jarod, in the meanwhile, tried to get out of the building, but there were goons all over the place. "Jarod! Stop right there or I swear to God I'll shoot!" Ms. Parker yelled. Jarod slowly turned towards her and smiled. "Ms. Parker. Long time no see. I've been training since we last met. You'll find it harder than ever to catch me, let alone take me in." Ms. Parker was about to reply when he took a mighty jump onto the second floor of the warehouse. She wached in amazement as Jarod jumped 8 foot in the air. Suddenly, a shot rang out. Everyone turned towards the sound.
Jason stood there, a growing blood stain on the lower part of his T-shirt. "JASON!" Jarod yelled. He felt anger rising from deep within. Jason could feel his friends inner power rising and started drawing magic to finish the scuffle before it became any more serious. His wound was painfull, but not lethal. He'd been wounded far more serious at earlier times. "Jarod! Now would be a good time to get the hell out of here!" He yelled. Jarod saw that his friend was not that seriously injured and he calmed down considerably. "What about you?" He yelled back. "Don't worry about me! I've been in worse situations than this! Now get out! We'll meet where we first met, 2 days from now." Jarod nodded and took off. Jason started a partial transformation. He let his mucles expand beyond their human capacity. He gathered his more magical energy and jumped backwards onto the second floor. The stomach wound was bothering him, but it would be healed in a day or four, maximum five. It had allready stopped bleeding, so Jason didn't worry much about bloodloss.
"Time to finish this."
Gathering great magical energies from around him, he prepared for an attacking technique he hadn't used in 18 years. Forming the magical energies into a glowing ball in his hands, he stood.
"I'm giving you one final chance to get out of here relatively unharmed. I assure you, that if you don't leave right now, you won't be leaving at all." He stated. 'At least not right away...'
Normally, Ms. Parker would have thought he bluffed, but seeing that man standing there, with muscles twice the size of those of a normal man and overall not looking entirly human anymore, holding an glowing orb of whatever-it-was, made her reconsider whether it could be real. He already had taken out half of her Sweeper team and even the gunshot wound to the stomach didn't seem to slow him down. She was about to reply that tthey would surrender when the man called her a name that made her blood freeze in her veins.
"Catherine?" Jason asked. He only now noticed the similarities between his first mentor and the woman in front of him. The likeness was so great, he could have sworn that it was her.
Ms. Parker looked at him with an emotion in her eyes Jason could not identify. She didn't know what to do. This man seemed to know her mother, but he was allied with Jarod. Did this mean Jarod knew about this? Finally, she found her voice again and called for him to stop.
"Stop. We'll go. Put your weapons down." She said, the last comment directed at the Sweepers. They hesitated for a second, but put their weapons down.
Jason was no fool. He knew that the moment he'd let go of his attack, they'd rush for their guns again. "Now walk away and pray that we don't meet again in the near future." Jason growled. He knew that he wouldn't be able to keep his attack up much longer. The attack was never meant to be held that long, just to be gathered and used. The concentration it took to keep the attack up was draining him. If they didn't leave soon, he'd black out.
Ms. Parker was smart enough to realise that this man, whoever he was, was not someone to mess with without serious backup. Not to mention that she didn't want to kill a man who possibly knew some information about her mother.She signaled to the remaining Sweepers and after collecting their fallen men, they retreated. She stayed for a moment longer, but then she turned to walk away.
"Wait."
Ms. Parker stopped and turned around. The man had lost the glowing ball of whatever, but his muscles were still impossingly large.
"I know what you want from Jarod and know that I will do whatever it takes to prevent him from ever getting captured again. If I should fail and he does get captured, rest assured that I will come to Delaware myself and rip the Centre apart with my bare hands if that's what it takes to get Jarod out. But I won't harm you, unless you leave me no choice, because you're one of us, only you don't know it yet." Jason said. He could feel the werewolf presence it this woman. And though it was scrambled like someone used a strong magical spell on her to keep her werewolf side locked away, it was powerful. 'She's a Born one, that's for sure. Maybe she's related to Catherine. The resemblance was too great to be just coincidental.'
Ms. Parker was puzzled. She was like them? What was that supposed to mean? Did that mean that the man was a Pretender too? But before she could ask anything, the man spoke again.
"Go now, and give up your quest to return Jarod to the Centre. When the time comes, we'll meet again." And with that, he was gone. Ms. Parker was now completely confused. How could he dissapear like that? Maybe Jarod would call her later and then she would ask. It looked like there was nothing special here, so she walked away. When the door fell shut, Jason came out of his hiding place. He was exhausted. The bullet wound, the partial transformation, the magical attack and the quick displacement to hide himself, all those things were taking their toll on his energy reserves. He hid himself better, just in case they came back and drifted off to sleep. In 2 days, he'd find Jarod and they'd resume their training. Then he'd ask if Jarod knew who the woman was and tell him that she was one of them. The image of Catherine White, his first teacher in the ways of the wolf, was the last thing he saw before drifting into unconsciousness.
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Done! I finally found the interest to write another chapter. It amazes me that people still read the story months after the last update. For that, I thank you all. REVIEW!!!
