A/N: This continues from last year's horror week day one. You don't need to read it, just know that the Bellas are basically a paramilitary group that hunts monsters.
Beca clung tightly to the handle above her head. Two years ago she never would have imagined that she'd be flying around in a military grade helicopter hunting down dangerous monsters for the sake of humanity. But she also hadn't planned on being kidnapped and almost killed by a crazed cult. Now she worked with the people that had saved her life, and managed to get a girlfriend out of it in the process.
"Hey," Chloe's voice filtered through her headset. "You good?"
Beca shot her a grin and thumbs up. "Better than ever."
"One minute out guys," Their pilot, Cynthia Rose, called back to them.
"It's go time ladies!" Captain Posen said over the coms. She was in another chopper with the other half of their squad, Stacie, Flo and Lilly. Chloe was leading their half, consisting of Beca, Jessica and Ashley. They had been assigned to look into several mysterious deaths that had occurred in a large forest in northern Oregon. The prominent theory among the girls was that there was a werewolf pack preying on innocent hikers.
The helicopter slowed to a stop, hovering over a small clearing. The girls attached drop lines to their harnesses while they waited for CR's call.
"We are clear. Good luck girls." CR said just before the other women all leaned out the side of the helicopter. They repelled into the clearing, as soon as their boots hit the ground they unclipped their tethers and watched as the helicopter flew away.
"Everyone ready?" Chloe asked, when each woman had nodded she flipped down a visor over her eyes. "Night vision on. Our job is to search the east side of the woods while Bree takes the west. Check your gear and let's head out."
The group all made sure their rifles were loaded with silver bullets before plunging into the thick brush. They stayed close together, not wanting to be separated. The last thing they needed was a horror movie scenario where they got picked off one by one. A half hour into their search a howl echoed all around them.
Aubrey's voice came through the headset again, "Be advised, we have a visual on a pack of wolves moving south east in your direction."
"Copy that captain," Chloe answered. She motioned for her group to hold their positions. "Remember, only fire if you absolutely have to. We need them alive to find out how many victims they've taken."
Beca leveled her rifle in the direction the werewolves were supposed to be coming from. They waited for what felt like an eternity but soon enough the bushes in front of them started to rustle. Faster than anyone could react, something rushed passed in a blur. The girls grouped together as another shape shot through the forest.
"Is it just me or are they running from something?" Ashley asked.
"What would werewolves have to run away from?" Jessica asked back.
The forest was shaken by a bellowing roar, followed by gun fire.
"I'm guessing whatever made that noise." Beca tried to joke. "What's the play here Beale?"
Chloe placed a hand to her ear piece. "Aubrey, what's going on." They waited for several seconds but all they heard was static. "That's not good."
"We should head over there." Jessica shouldered her weapon but waited for Chloe's order.
"Let's move," Chloe led the way through the forest with her team following behind her. As they forced their way through the foliage they could hear the sounds of an intense battle. Gunfire was mixed with the bellowing of the mystery creature and howling wolves. They finally burst through the green to stumble upon a clearing. They ducked for cover when they saw what was causing all the fuss.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me! Bigfoot?!" Beca said in a loud whisper as she raised her weapon. Standing in the middle of the clearing was indeed Sasquatch, ten feet tall and covered in a thick coat of fur. The beast swiped its massive arm to the side as it fought off a pack of wolves that circled the clearing looking for openings.
"Jessica, Ashley, I want you two to look for Aubrey's team." Chloe ordered. "Beca and I will distract jumbo over there." The two girls split apart, Jessica and Ashley heading in different directions around the clearing while Beca and Chloe advanced on the beast.
"Will silver bullets even work on this thing?" Beca asked as they grew closer. They had prepared for werewolves not this.
"A bullet is a bullet," Chloe said. "I'm more worried that its hide is too thick for these weapons. Try not to hit the wolves, we don't know who the bad guy is here."
Beca watched as a brown wolf dashed forward from the trees, racing towards the monster before latching on with its teeth. Bigfoot howled in pain as it grabbed the wolf and tore it free, tossing it to the side like a rag doll. The wolf landed a few feet away from them and they watched as it started to shift back to a human. Bigfoot gave another howl before turning and running off into the forest.
Ashley's voice crackled over the radio. "We found Aubrey and Stacie. They're both pretty banged up but conscious, no sign of Flo or Lilly."
Chloe pressed a hand to her ear to respond, "Copy that. Beca and I are going to try and talk to one of the wolves. See if we can't figure out what's going on."
Beca was already kneeling by the fallen wolf, its fur quickly shriveling away to reveal a young woman with long brown hair. She reached out a hand to brush away some of the woman's hair when there was a menacing growl. Standing above her was another wolf, teeth bared with its lip curled in a fierce snarl. Beca held up her hands, "It's okay, I'm just trying to help." She heard the click of Chloe's weapon but Beca held up a hand to calm her commander. "It's okay, we're here to help."
The woman on the ground started to stir, her eyes fluttering open only to widen at the scene in front of her. "Benji?" The wolf stopped growling and turned its attention to the girl, its tail wagging slightly. The woman looked between Beca and Chloe, a very confused expression on her face. "Who are you people?"
"My name is Beca and that's Chloe." Beca explained. "We were sent here to investigate some strange disappearances in these woods."
"We thought it might be a pack of werewolves." Chloe said, keeping her rifle at the ready. "But given what we just saw I'm guessing there's more to the story."
The girl shook her head. "Our pack has a rule, never interfere with humans. But the reason we were hunting that beast was because it killed several members of our pack."
"Then I guess we have a new target," Chloe said before speaking into the radio. "Be advised, primary target has changed."
While Chloe relayed the new orders, Beca took off her jacket and handed it to the girl. "You must be cold. What's your name?"
"Emily."
"Well it's nice to meet you Emily." She looked up at the wolf that was still staring at her. "You and your boyfriend."
Emily blushed while the wolf went from fierce to bashful. Beca grinned at the pair before her comm buzzed again. At the same time Benji turned to the forest and snarled. "Chloe, Beca it's heading back towards you!" Gunfire rang out through the forest followed by another roar. "And it's angry."
"Copy that." Chloe answered before turning to the two wolves. "How about we work together to take that thing down?"
Benji barked once before raising his head and howled at the moon. Several howls responded throughout the forest while Emily managed to get back to her feet. "Thank you for this."
Beca grinned. "Just doing our job, miss. Are you sure you can fight?"
Emily nodded before falling onto all fours. She grunted as her limbs extended and brown fur sprouted across her body. Beca stepped back just in time to see Bigfoot crashing back into the clearing with Lilly clinging to his back. Lilly looked to be holding on for dear life, her dagger being the only suitable handhold.
Bigfoot lurched forward, stumbling over himself as he tried to fling Lilly off of him. The quiet girl finally let go, rolling as she hit the ground and safely escaping the creature's reach. Flo appeared behind the monster, struggling to reload her weapon as Bigfoot turned towards her. But before he could take a step a wolf rushed out of the forest and clamped down on Bigfoot's leg, stalling the giant long enough for Flo to open fire.
Beca and Chloe joined in, taking careful aim as to not hit their new allies. Another wolf appeared out of nowhere and latched onto the other leg while Emily and Benji ran forward, both leaping onto Bigfoot's back. Their impact caused the beast to stagger, nearly toppling over but catching itself at the last second.
Lilly pulled out a length of string from her belt, tossing one end to Flo. Together they ran around Bigfoot's legs and pulled with all their might. It was just enough to finally send the creature tumbling to the ground.
Chloe hurried to take advantage of the situation. Grabbing her own knife from her belt, she plunged the blade into the beast's necks. The matted fur managed to keep the blade from going all the way in but there was plenty of damage done. As the beast roared Chloe had to retreat to a safe distance.
Bigfoot managed to slowly rise to his feet, shaking off the wolves in the process. He definitely looked worse for wear, bleeding from several spots as he lumbered to the center of the clearing. It wouldn't take much more to bring him down.
"Everybody get clear!" Beca shouted. She pulled a small object from her own belt.
"Beca! What are you doing?" Chloe asked as she rushed back to Beca's side.
Beca looked down at the object in her hand. "Holy Hand Grenade. When else are we going to use it?" Bigfoot looked to be recovering, stumbling towards them at an increased pace.
Chloe looked at the weapon one more time before nodding her head. "Fine. Just make sure you count to three."
"Here goes nothing." Beca pulled the pin while counting under her breath. At three she threw the grenade at Bigfoot. When it hit the ground it felt like the entire clearing exploded, a blinding flash followed by a deafening *BOOM*.
When the dust settled there was nothing left of Bigfoot.
"I think it worked." Beca joked as she got back on her feet. The blast had knocked everyone over.
"Jessica, Ashley are you girls all right?" Chloe asked over the radio.
They called back a second later. "We're okay. Amy's above us in the chopper so we're going to get Aubrey and Stacie out of here."
"Good work girls." Chloe looked around the clearing to see Emily and a boy, presumably Benji, walking towards her.
"Thank you for your help." Emily said with a short bow.
"Don't mention it." Beca walked up to Emily with her hand outstretched. Chloe felt a strange sense of deja vu as Beca handed their calling card to the young werewolf. "I don't know if you people have phones out here but if you ever need us just call that number."
Chloe gave her girlfriend a fond smile. "Ready to go?"
Beca smiled back, "Yeah, let's get out of here."
A/N: Did you guys know that Bumper is getting his own TV show? Now that's scary.