Chapter 29:

-The Incredible Hybrid-

It was night the fourth day, as the three arrived at the northerly side of the 'De Long Mountains.' this time Michael awakened alone from his feverish sleep, cause a feeling within him had awakened.Zed and Selene helped him out of the car.

"There…somewhere above..." Michael looked up the steep black rock face where only the light of the full moon found itself again. An icy breeze of the north blew through the night and entailed after few minutes snow. An easy blizzard spread. Michael couldn't make it alone to climb up there and furthermore he seemed faint again.

"Zed, can you carry him up there?"

"Not without to change."

"You don't have to worry about it."

"I know." few seconds later, a mighty, black werewolf stood before Selene. He could only growl to answer her, that he was ready. He seized Michael between his huge hands and with huge jumps, he moved, up the rock face. If he lost his hold just once, he growled annoyed. With his black eyes, he watched out for Selene, who had to fight through somewhat farther below, but she caught up with him fast.As he saw she was fine, he climbed further. Then, finally, he found a narrow opening in the rock face, which probably was filled up quite a lot already. However, the entrance was to narrow, so he put down Michael for a moment and he used both hands to get away the biggest stones. As he wanted to lift Michael up again, Michael refused and wanted to go further on his own feet. Zed changed back and followed him, as Selene had reached them. Tottering Michael groped carefully on along the wall for itself. A group of bats was startled and flew in direction exit. Everything what led Michael through this blind darkness, was a feeling. Suddenly the path became wider and he almost lost the balance, because he couldn't see where he was going, but Selene came now to his side and led him. The moonlight penetrated through a small crack into the cave and illuminated a little grotto.

"It must be somewhere here. I can recognize nothing. Could you be on the lookout for a C...I could recognize it on the cover."

"We try. Algae and salts quite raged here, but we will find it."

Michael felt helpless and useless and the time was running out, not only for him but also for his son, Kathleen, Erika and Caleb, which were at the whole matter's mercy.Zed sniffled in every bends in the cave, while Selene felt the surfaces of each individual rock and stone and looked at itself more exactly. Then, she called the two to her, as she in the middle of the cave found a big, nearly rectangular rock that had become distorted over the centuries. Algae and moss had have overgrown the surface, but she could despite all put feel an uneven part that resembled a C.

"We found him. If you can help me, please, to get ride off the cover, Zed. It becomes difficult, since the cover grew together with the low one part through the salts and lime."

Together they tried to separate the cover and lasted one it is, until it finally worked out. The cover of the stone coffin shattered in two pieces, through the power they gained together and dust whirled up. All coughed and Michael stepped closer, but he could still see nothing. As the dust settled down, the moonlight illuminated a dried up body.

"And what now? However, you can't eat dust, can you?"

"No... I have to awaken him."

"But you are a human, that's impossibly to do."

"It should be enough to build about his veins and muscles." with his still apparent fangs, he bite himself into his wrist and he felt dizzy. He trickled the blood into the corpse's mouth and really the veins, muscles and flesh started to build themselves. Still after the death, this body lived from human-blood.

"Do you know what... it's disgusting to drink blood if you are a human and that still from a dead one."

"Are you sure that you must drink first his bleeds and not after your transformation?"

"First I have to neutralize my blood, only then, I can...or my blood is capable again to enter a union."

"Then...you don't have any choices as have to...swallow the bitter pill." grinned Zed.

"Ha-ha funny."

"Michael...this already becomes. I love you."

"So do I. You're ready, aren't you?" both nodded. Then...Michael saw at this deserted body, absolutely not sure, whether he could do it. A few weeks ago, there he wouldn't have hesitated long to leak blood, however, now as human, it almost put up his stomach by the thought of to drink blood, however, he had no choice. It was difficult to find the carotid artery without his ability sensing it but as a doctor, he knew approximately where he had to bite in. he drilled his teeth into the tough flesh and began to suck the blood.Most of all, he would have liked to puke. As he had drained all blood, he tottered backwards and began to choke. he vomited.

"Now...Zed... now. You first."

It was the first time for him, to bite somebody only, without to kill him immediately, but he did it... for Michael.A growl came from his throat as his razor sharp fangs grew…his eyes changed to a cobalt blue and then opened his mouth and bite Michael into the neck. Michael screamed full of pains. A sore of a Lycan, was considerable dirtier than one of a vampire. Michael could sense already a change, the full moon and the blood accelerated all, the more Selene had now to hurry up. She bent over him...did like she it at that time and dug her teeth into the other side of his neck. Then she kept some distance from Michael. His eyes began change into the cobalt blue and, then into black. As his teeth, his bones and muscles began to mutate, he screamed from heart and soul until the screams fell silent and a yell brought hell to shake. He was back. The hybrid had awakened once more again, stronger and more angrily than before. He growled at the two in order to clarify for them that they should leave the cave. He self went back again to the coffin and began to eat the rest on, about to leave no trace... only bones. Then, he left the cave too. With one powerful beat against the wall, he brought cave to the collapses.The descend was somewhat simpler even if the snow became deeper. Below arrived, Michael changed back and stood half bare in the snow. Selene fell him about the neck and kissed him passionately to be happy, that he was back. Zed grinned, and hit him on the shoulder.

"How do you feel?" asked Selene to be sure.

"Never better. I feel redeemed... free however I have to settle up."

"As much energy as you have...there must be somebody that holds out the head." quipped Zed.

"And that will be Kraven and Taylor."

"Taylor?"

"Alexander's son."