Chapter 6: A wolf's curse

Several days go by and Usa wakes up in the hospital. She sits up, looks around a bit and wonders what happened. She then notices Stephanie asleep next to her and Usa softly smiles. The doctor walks in and Usa's eyes widen. A loud scream is heard and Stephanie jumps awake, wondering what happened. She looks to find Usa awake and then looks over at the doctor. The doctor is a tall woman with very long blonde hair, large dark purple eyes and has a pair of oval glasses on. Usa growls with anger and throws a plastic cup at the doctor.

"Why the hell are you here?" Usa screams at the doctor.

"Got stuck," the doctor grins brightly. "I see that you're feeling much better now."

"Shut up, Krystal," Usa snares. "What happened?"

"You used that attack on Evila and it took a lot of energy out of you," Krystal states. "Fortunately, it broke that spell that was placed upon everyone. Everything is back to normal. What happened to Evila after using that attack on her?"

"Robbie took her," Usa pouts a bit. "That bastard must know something about demons. This could get very ugly."

"I think he already is," Krystal laughs. "Tell everyone that Usa is awake."

"Not yet," Usa says. "I want to surprise them. Just go on home. You need the rest."

"Okay," Stephanie smiles happily. "See you later." Stephanie leaves the hospital and heads on home to get some rest.

"Any idea on who the key is yet?" Krystal sits down after removing the glasses.

"Not yet," Usa sighs heavily. "Still at a lost. To make matters worse, my power is weakening. It's too close to that time."

"I see what you mean," Krystal nods her head. "If another demon attacks, we'll be in deep shit. I haven't been able to use my powers in several months now. I think it's this place."

"I'm beginning to think that too. Something about this town, this reality, that is making me feel weak in power. Something or someone has this special power to block out ours."

"But that's almost impossible. You're the angel of death. How can that happen?"

"It's very possible. I sure hope Angel can solve this."

"Me too…"

The very next day, Stephanie and the kids are playing wild animals when Usa appears. The kids, but Stephanie, gasps with shock then cheer with joy to see Usa okay. Usa happily waves hi to the kids and sits down, telling them that they can continue to play. Sportacus shows up and falls on his face the moment he sees Usa sitting on a bench near where the kids are playing. He grins a bit and decides to sit down next to her. Out of nowhere, a black ball hits Sportacus in the head and he falls forward once more with a huge lump on his head. Krystal appears in a long black jacket, black shorts and a pair of black boots to match. She places her one foot on Sportacus's back and says, "Don't go near her again, boy." Usa sighs heavily and forces Krystal off him.

"What'd I do?" Krystal stares in surprise.

"Sit," Usa says and a loud crash is heard. "Good girl."

"I'M NOT THAT DAMN DOG DEMON," Krystal shouts. "Besides. You told me that you didn't like having him hovering over you. So why protect him now?"

"Because he didn't do anything wrong," Usa snares. "If you question my authority again and I will make you disappear for good. Got it?"

"Yes ma'am," Krystal whimpers a bit. "You honestly do have some serious issues."

"It comes with the body, girl," Usa grins. "Besides. He already fell flat on his face."

"Hello," Sportacus stands up. "I'm right here, you know."

"Yea, we know," Usa grins. "But we don't care."

"Enough now," Krystal says. "We have more worse things to worry about than you."

"Hey," Sportacus glares at Krystal. "That wasn't very nice."

"Listen," Krystal gets right up close to Sportacus's face. "I am a demon huntress. I hunt demons. And if I have no power to stop demons from killing you all, then you better pray to god that you have special powers, boy. Got it?"

"Okay," Sportacus stares. "I got it."

"Good," Krystal steps back and crosses her arms. "Usa?"

"Thank you, Krystal," Usa stands and has everyone gather around her and Krystal. "Listen closely, everyone. This is important. We all know that my father is after the key. Krystal and I are losing power fast because of this key and we won't be much help once another, more powerful demon appears. We have to be prepared."

"What about that Laverna girl?" Pixel steps up. "Can't she help?"

"We lost contact with her a week ago," Krystal states. "Since we can't leave to get help or even call for back up, Usa and I will help you all prepare for the-…"

A loud scream is heard and they all turn their attention to Usa. Krystal tells everyone to back up and they watch as a set of white wolf ears appear on Usa's head. Krystal gasps a bit and looks up to the sky to find a faint full moon. Usa lets out another loud scream of pain and a shockwave forces everyone, but Krystal, Stephanie, and Sportacus, back. Usa's eyes turn completely white and wolf-like fangs show as Usa screams out more. Not knowing the danger of Usa's transformation, Sportacus walks up to her to see if she is okay. "Get away from me," Usa lowly says in a raspy voice. Sportacus shakes his head and he tries to help Usa. But Usa growls a bit and the next thing anyone knew, the air is filled with a loud scream once more. Not from Usa but from Sportacus. Usa has the wolf fangs digging into Sportacus's arm and the smell of blood forces Usa's eyes to change to a light blue color. She backs away after releasing his arm and she plops down onto the bench.

"What have I done?" Usa stares. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to bite you."

"Are you all right, Sportacus?" Stephanie asks then cringes the moment she sees the huge bite mark.

"She bit me," Sportacus stares. "Now what is going to happen to me?"

"Is she a were-wolf?" Ziggy ponders a bit.

"No," Usa says lowly. "I'm sorry, Sportacus. Soon, since you're mortal, a very sharp pain will begin right where I bit you and all body functions begin to fail. After that…" Usa's voice trails off as she looks away, afraid of telling them the rest. "I should have known this was going to happen. I'm such a fool. To be honest. I'm not entirely immune to curses and spells. I was cursed with the very soul of a wolf goddess by the name of Angel. She was imprisoned inside a silver necklace with a blue diamond in the middle but I lost it. That was when I only became a half wolf. But on nights of the full moon, I become a large, white, twin-tail wolf. This is what I call a wolf's curse."