Night of the Wolf

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Ryou sat in the living room, staring at the flames of the fireplace, hoping that Bakura, the one he considered as a brother, was safe. Joey kept watch by the windows, while Tea and Yugi cooked food. Malik was going through the drawers, for something. "Malik, what are you doing?" Tea asked the blonde Egyptian youth. "Searching for something made of silver," he replied. "Why?" Yugi asked him. Malik sighed and glanced at them both, "Have any of you ever read myths about werewolves? Silver hurts them and silver through the heart or brain KILLS them," he recited.

"Ooh, ok, well I don't think there's gonna be anything here actually made of pure silver," Yugi thought aloud. "It's better to try and find out right?" Malik asked, shrugging. "RYOU!" Joey yelled in the next room, followed by slamming sound. The others ran into the living room to find Joey putting ou his coat and boots, "Joey, what's going on!" Tea asked her friend. "Ryou snapped and bolted out da door. So I'm goin' out dere and drag his ass back," he said opening the door. "Be careful Joey!" Yugi called after him as he ran out into the darkness.

Joey ran through the blowing winds as he called Ryou's name over and over again. Dammit, why didn't we just strap him down with duct tape? Joey mentally asked himself. "RYOU! WHERE DA HELL ARE YA!" he yelled to the woods. Ryou was ahead him by a good amount, determined to find his 'brother', sure Bakura had done some bad things in the past but who didn't? All Ryou knew was that Bakura was the only thing close to a real family he ever had, and he wasn't going to let him die out here and the hands of a monster.

Joey stopped after ten minutes of running and leaned against a tree to catch his breath. "Damn he's fast," he said, breathing heavily. A loud howl drifted into the wind, causing Joey to start panicking. "Aw, shit man," he groaned, moving behind the tree out of view. He poked his head out, eyes scanning for anything wrong. After not seeing a thing, he sighed and leaned against the trunk of the tree, relieved. "Haha, man, I'm gettin' worked up over nuttin'! There's nothing bad out here!" Joey laughed. A loud snarl caused him to stop laughing and look up, scared out of his mind. A black-furred wolf creature on it's hind legs, saliva dripping of its yellow fangs stood towering over Joey. "O-of course I could be wrong," he said in a shaky voice.

He pushed back against the bark of the tree as the werewolf lowered its head and began to sniff Joey. "Uh...good, wolf?" he asked nervously. The were-wolf seemed to grin, then it grabbed him by the arms and lifted him to eye level. Joey screamed as it sank its teeth into his flesh. Blood poured from the wounds as the were-wolf shook its head. It released him and he fell to the snow blanketed earth, where he tried to stop the bleeding. Joey crawled to the trunk and propped himself up, desperately holding his coat on his wound. He looked up and watched the monster huffed and walked away from him and in the direction of the cabin.

Yugi, Tea and Malik waited anxiously for Joey and Ryou to come back. They began to pray for everyone to come back safe so they could get the hell out of there. Banging noises on the cabin door jerked them from their prayers. "IS ANYONE IN THERE! I NEED HELP!" a man's voice yelled from outside. The three of them looked at each other, unsure of what to do. "C'MON IS ANYONE IN THERE! I GOT A KID THAT'S FREEZING OUT HERE!" the man screamed. "Bakura!" Malik said, running to the door, and before anyone could stop him, the Egyptian youth pulled open the door. A man with a shotgun on his back came inside, with Bakura in his arms, a thick winter coat covering him. "BAKURA!"Tea shrieked running to help him. "I take it you guys know this kid?" the hunter asked them putting Bakura in their arms.

"Yugi, start a hot bath going!" Tea ordered, looking Bakura over. "Dawn just started her bath, maybe I could stop her from getting in!" Yugi noted, down the hall. He opened the door and soon Dawn's voice echoed throughout the cabin, "YUGI! What the hell!" she shrieked before being pushed out of the bathroom with a towel on. "Uh," she stammered when everyone looked at her. Tea shook her head, "No time to explain," she said helping Malik carry Bakura into the bathroom. They took off the coat he was wrapped in and placed him into the steaming water.

"Is he going to be ok?" Dawn asked, shocked at Bakura's blue body. "I don't know, he's got a bad case of hypothermia," Tea replied. Yugi went out the bathroom and started talking to Bakura's rescuer. "Uh, thank you very much," he said politely. The man waved him off with his wrist...wrist? Yugi stared at the right arm and noticed he had no hand. "Your the guy from the radio! You're Ash!" Yugi cried. "Yeah, which one are you?" Ash asked him. "Yugi," he answered. "Ok, Yugi, answer a question for me. What the fuck is going on? I found that kid, all cut up, shirtless and tied to a tree branch," he yelled. Dawn and Tea came out due to the yelling.

"I don't think you'd believe us even if we told you," Tea told him. "Try me, I've seen a lot of weird shit in my life so take your best shot," Ash challenged them. "Ok then, he was attacked by a werewolf," Dawn started telling the entire story of them coming here, Bakura going missing, and the others splitting up to go hunt for the damn beast. When they finished, Ash just stared at them. "Damn," he commented. "He doesn't believe us," Yugi sighed sadly.

"I didn't say that Yugi. Hell yeah I believe you," Ash told him, moving towards the door. "If you do, why are you leaving?" Dawn asked him. "I need to get some stuff out of my truck," he said before shutting the door behind him. "What do you guys think?" Tea asked them. Dawn and Yugi just shrugged, "Don't really know, think we can trust him?" Dawn asked her.A loud crashing sound, followed by a roar which shook the dust from the walls and ceiling, was heard from the living room. The three ran into the room and to their horror, they found the black-furred werewolf standing there, in front of the shattered glass door, peices of it lying at its feet, and some of it on its fur.

It lumbered over to them, saliva dropping to the floor, until it loomed over them. Yugi stepped in front of the girls with his arms outstretched. "Don't come any closer!" he yelled, scared shitless. The werewolf looked down at the short one, tilted its head and gave him a monster's equilivent of a backhanded bitch-slap, sending Yugi flyingthrough the railing of the stairs and landing on the second floor, unconcious.

Dawn ran for cover behind a couch, while Tea slipped on its saliva, trying to get away. The unholy creature stepped over Tea and crouched down. It sniffed her and made a noise that sounded like a chuckle. It raised its paw and sharp, curved claws shot out. It roared once more and thrusted its claws down onto Tea's helpless form. BOOM! Blood sprayed from a wound the werewolve's shoulder as it roared. The monster grasped the shoulder and looked down at Tea.

"YO SHE-BITCH!" a rough voice called to it. The demon wolf looked up, snarling at the interloper. Ash stood there, loading shells into his double barreled shotgun. He clicked it closed and aimed at the wolf. "Let's go," he challenged.

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Kilnorc: Ash has come to the rescue! He's saved Tea from dying at the claws of the beast, but can he hold it off until the others make it back to the cabin, or will it finish the job it set out to do, beginning with Bakura?

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