Chapter seven a little late but still up! I wanna thank my other betas since sara is busy… weeeee real life… I know its gotten in my way… so here it is.. thanks to betsy.. the great and Onikoneko83 the cool!
And here weee goooooooooo…
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The car ride to College was tense. The pack was very much intent on what lay ahead. Ash sat in the driver's seat barely following the law with Rose beside him her fingernails digging into the arm rests. Damon curled herself into a ball in the back seat while Danny began to pull of his shoes. The camo green Hummer was followed at the same break neck speed by a black Mercedes driven by Cain. His black armani suit was pressed, the only person who didn't look as if he was going to battle. Seth rode shot gun and was fiddling with the radio while Amy sat quietly for the first time in back.
College Avenue was a long stretch of road reaching all the way from Lake Michigan to six miles away or so. The mood of the pack, even though separated, sobered quickly as the vehicles approached the Cudahy Nature Preserve. The black Mercedes within the parking lot was the one tell tale sign that something was amiss, but only to those who had the knowledge.
The Dumb Luck pack withdrew from the cars and began to test the area. Even Damon, with her limited knowledge of the wild, could feel the corruption emanating from within the forest. Danny walked slowly into the woods and motioned for the others to follow him. Ash had already shed his shirt and shoes, with Seth following his example. Rose had left her shoes in the jeep and her jacket found its way to the pile with Ash's and Seth's belongings.
As the pack emerged from the shadow of the foliage, they saw the activity Random Access had called them about. There was a group of five crinos Spirals in a circle chanting gruffly. They were so intent on the rite they were performing they did not notice the silent interlopers creeping up on them.
The following moments were a blur of action. Five of the six garou shifted quickly to crinos, the full embodiment of a werewolf. Ash and Amy became the twin towers of red fur and fury, Rose and Danny both turned striking shades of blond while Seth turned a tawny brown. Cain went crawlerling and thousands of spiders poured out of his crisp suit leaving an empty shell.
Only Damon was left in homid. She summoned the two guns dedicated to her wrists and entered battle with her pack.
Ash and Rose disposed of the first spiral in a flurry of blood and bones. The red garou clawed the left shoulder apart with the yellow garou mangled the right knee cap on all fours. The spiral gave a garbled scream as Ash bit the spiral's throat.
Several thousand spiders swarmed the next black spiral in the circle which caused the spiral to drop to the ground and roll to get the spiders off. As the spiral turned face up, Seth quickly stepped on his sternum while the spiders scurried away from his foot to safety. Seth pressed down with all his weight and smiled when the sickening crack of splitting bone was heard from the spiral's chest.
Amy let out a shriek that startled the spiral so badly that he fell. However, the spiral was able to regain his feet as he back rolled away. Amy followed him, both arms raised, and began to swipe with razor claws at his face, sufficiently incapacitating the spiral.
On four limbs Danny rushed the fourth spiral, head butted him in the gut, knocked the air out of him, and sent both wolves to the ground in a heap.
Damon carefully fired a single shot into each of the spirals in rapid succession, hitting each target, except the fifth spiral she didn't realize was near until it was on top of her. He hit her as a lineman would sack a quarterback, hard and sharply. Damon only saw the black of his fur as he landed on top of her. In a single motion he spun, lifted her up from the ground and swung her in front of him. She felt his claws press against her neck and slowly insert themselves into her soft skin.
A soft gasp and a sharp mental cry was all she could manage.