Bloodhound

Two figures locked eye to eye, bodies set across from the massive room as each human awaited the other's reaction. It was another combat practice battle. But this time, the fight was taking place over a secret battlefield, a special room accessible only for those interested in private battling. The combatants: Wolfsbane and Bumblebee. Two competitive, talented, top ranking HIVE academy students, itching to prove something to each other.

"HIYA" Bumblebee screamed as she leapt towards the wolf warrior with a mighty roar. Smacking fists and striking legs clashed rapidly in the blurry, frantic eyed dash of mad combat. Bumblebee and Wolfsbane struck at each other in a vicious series of martial arts based techniques. Jump kicks, upper cuts, tornado kicks, a variety of wild styles of raw fighting displayed brilliantly by both fighters. Both students seemed dead even, fist to fist.

Suddenly Wolfsbane leapt right at Bumblebee and snapped his fanged jaws at her, then proceeded to slash his claws at her. The cross slashes and bites managed to force the dark girl back, more and more. Wolfsbane savage advances were forcing Bumblebee to back away. Bumblebee then used her wings to fly far to the right, just narrowly missing an oncoming slash cross. The wolf warrior gasped as the girl then punched him right across the face.

Bumblebee's left arm easily took Wolfsbane off guard. Noticing that the girl was planning to remove her bee blasters, Wolfsbane jutted his claws forward to try and stop her. Bumblebee smirked and slammed her arm pits shut over Wolfsbane's claws, locking him around her waist. The wolf warrior snarled at Bumblebee's grinning face and smashed his skull right into her face. The head butt forced Bumblebee to release Wolfsbane and stumble back in pain.

"Your destruction is at hand little fly" Wolfsbane said as he quickly removed his twin spear blades. Bumblebee laughed "We'll see about that"; the winged warrior removed her golden bee blasters. The fighters were at it again in a matter of seconds. Clashing sparks of metal against metal brightly flashed over the empty arena floor. Wolfsbane and Bumblebee slashed their blade weapons against each other, almost using them like pirate swords.

Furious animal swipes from Wolfsbane's spear struck at Bumblebee from all sides and angles. But the female fighter's slim shape and thin size made dodging them a breeze, and allowing her the chance to fight back. Wolfsbane snarled as he pumped raw muscle into his swings, the wolf warrior's savagery grew, the battle and his temper raged on and on. Bumblebee's body then suddenly shrank down, just in time to dodge a blow.

Wolfsbane's spear struck at dead air. The little insect sized human then flashed back to giant size, and slammed a surprise spin jump kick across Wolfsbane's face. The jungle warrior dropped to the ground and snarled in anger. But before Bumblebee could even gloat over the triumphant strike, Wolfsbane leapt back up and plowed his electric knuckle claws into her face. The Titan spy flew back and skidded her thin, insect wings on the cold floor.

Not wasting a single second, Wolfsbane hurled a black spear towards the spot where Bumblebee had fallen. The dark spear exploded into 5 smaller spears and surrounded the insect warrior. Bumblebee gasped and quickly reverted to her smaller size. KABOOM! The 5 spears exploded in a blinding explosion, Bumblebee soared safely away from the blast and headed towards Wolfsbane. The monstrous male screamed out his super sonic howl waves.

Sound wave after sound wave, each one was dodged easily, thanks to Bumblebee's small size. Wolfsbane had smashed holes all over the secret arena with is incessant sonic screaming. A quick flash and Bumblebee returned to her normal size, she then removed her bee blasters once more. Wolfsbane flipped back into a series of fast, lighting quick back flips. Each back flip was quick enough to dodge all of Bumblebee's bee blast attacks.

Once Wolfsbane had reached the far end of the room's wall, Bumblebee soared straight down with both blasters aimed forward. Wolfsbane removed his spear as he landed on his furry boots, and snarled as he stood his ground, awaiting his flying foe. CLANG! Both Wolfsbane and Bumblebee's razor sharp weapons had struck together at exactly the same time. Now, the top level super villain students both seemed to have reached a solid stalemate.

Bumblebee smiled "Not bad, I think my warm up is just about done". The wolf boy spat in disgust "Spare me you arrogance winged vermin, you cannot even begin to fathom the true power I posses". But the dark skinned girl proudly boasted "Oooh I'm shaking in my boots. Face it wolfy, you're out of luck. This is exactly what everyone's been waiting for. Your precious perfect record is about to be broken, and I'm the one who's gonna break it".

Enraged animal cries roared from an infuriated Wolfsbane. The lighting fast slashes between Wolfsbane and Bumblebee came fast, and without warning or hesitation. Violent steel clashes sparked wild glares of metal against metal as the blade weapons clanged as one. Bumblebee sliced her bee blasters into Wolfsbane's spear, the golden stingers sliced the steel spear into 2 halves. The wolf warrior laughed as the 2 halves had just turned into nun chucks.

Bumblebee cried out as the spinning ninja sticks knocked her stinger blasters away, and struck her down to the ground. Wolfsbane grinned as he raised the spinning nun chucks above the fallen girl. But determined and stubborn as ever, Bumblebee refused to give up. The young titan wrapped her black suited legs around Wolfsbane's neck, and tightly flipped him over her head. The boy was pinned to the ground as Bumblebee flipped herself onto him.

Spare bee blasters were removed from Bumblebee's belt. Wolfsbane blinked curiously as he looked up to his opponent, staring down the sharp end of Bumblebee's stingers. Rich chuckles escaped Bumblebee's lips "Game over Wolfy, you lose". Wolfsbane smirked "Not yet insect, I still get a free game". Both of Wolfsbane's arms suddenly jerked upwards and slammed into Bumblebee's stinger blaster, the one pointed at the wolf boy's face.

The raw electric energy from Wolfsbane's electric knuckle claws violently shocked both Wolfsbane and Bumblebee. BOOM! The student's blade weapons exploded and sent both students flying back against the walls. A choking cloud of gray dust surrounded the spot where Wolfsbane had fallen. But with 2 wings still on her back, Bumblebee managed to stay afloat after her sudden trip. Bumblebee smirked and aimed her blasters at the cloud.

"You're going to have to do better then that" Bumblebee said. A spear was fired from within the gray dust cloud, it was silver and it had a razor sharp drill bit tip on the end. The spear exploded into 2 separate spears before Bumblebee could even react. SHINK! Both of Bumblebee's wings were sliced apart by the twin spears, and the girl quickly began to fall to the ground. Another jungle based weapon was hurled from within that cloud.

This time, Wolfsbane had fired a powerful pair of black colored, metallic coated bolas. The spinning wire and balls locked around Bumblebee's wingless body just as she dropped down. "Ugh" Bumblebee grunted, tightly bound and helplessly trapped in her enemy's net like weapon. Wolfsbane roared as he leapt from the cloud and landed right on top of Bumblebee's back. The wolf boy grinned as he stood upon her body "Victory is mine".

5 minutes later……

The two quarreling combatants had taken a much needed from their seemingly endless battle. It felt like hours had passed, yet it seemed only like minutes to the twin warriors. Bumblebee smirked as she wiped her sweaty brow, "Not bad wolfy, not bad at all. Next time I'll have to make sure not to go so easy on you". Aggravated snarls of obvious disgust bitterly left Wolfsbane's growling lips, he angrily groaned "Your ego is nauseating".

Bumblebee frowned and nearly ripped her black hair out in aggravation. For the last 20 minutes, she's been putting up with Wolfsbane's macho ego and frankly, it was starting to piss her off. The dark skinned girl snapped back "HEY fuzzy, the only one getting an ego around here is you. I'm getting sick of hearing how great you are, and how good your grades are, and blah, blah, blah. Don't forget, I was once one of Brother Blood's top students too".

Wolfsbane snickered "Was, being the key word"; Bumblebee tapped her black boots with a scowl on her young face. The wolf skinned warrior grabbed his weapons and headed towards the door, not even giving Bumblebee a second glance. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have more important matters to tend to then swatting flies all day" Wolfsbane said. Curvy red lips on the young girl's face grinned as she watched him leave.

Bumblebee smirked "Yeah, like covering up the slime trail you left behind when you conned your way into this school". Furry boots skidded to a screeching halt as Wolfsbane stopped dead in his tracks. Bitter, animalistic hatred boiled fiercely in the dark corners of Wolfsbane's infuriated heart. Wolfsbane turned and growled "Are you implying something female, because if you are, I suggest you come out right now and say it to my face".

The Titan spy was indeed striking at some sensitive material, material that she knew was more suspicious then she was letting on. Wolfsbane returned to the room and awaited Bumblebee's response; of course, his hands remained tightly secured around his trusty spears. Bumblebee frowned "Wolfsbane, real name unknown, age unknown, hometown unknown, parents unknown, siblings unknown, unknown, unknown and unknown.

That word is smeared all over your record wolfy, and frankly, I find it pretty dam suspicious looking. I checked over your school records a hundred times, there's no indication of you ever being enrolled in the HIVE academy. No transcript requests, no school approval, not even a stinking birth date. And according to the records hidden in Blood's private office, you don't even exist. So the question remains wolfy, just who the hell are you anyway?".

Almost laughing at Bumblebee's supposed deduction and cryptic threat, Wolfsbane leaned in and whispered "That's real funny coming from a Teen Titan spy". Bumblebee gasped and her eyes nearly jumped right out of their sockets. The young Titan couldn't believe it, Wolfsbane had discovered her true identity. Casually trying to brush it off, Bumblebee nervously laughed "I uh d-d-don't know what your talking about". Wolfsbane coldly snarled.

SLAM! The savage warrior slammed Bumblebee right into the wall, pinning her throat with his powerful spear. Bumblebee gasped and gurgled in pain. Wolfsbane growled "Don't insult the both of us with your meaningless lies child, I've known all along that you intend to destroy our beloved academy". Bumblebee continued to try and hide the truth. "You got the wrong girl, I don't UGH" Bumblebee groaned. Wolfsbane was sniffing the girl's cheek.

"You reek of justice insect" the wolf warrior said. Regretfully admitting defeat, Bumblebee sighed "So what now dog breath? You gonna turn me over to Brother Blood?". Wolfsbane laughed "A task far too easy to accomplish, no, I intend on letting you keep up this little charade for a few more days". Bumblebee blinked in confusion "Why? What for?". Another laugh from Wolfsbane answered her "Leverage, at least for the time being.

Word travels fast around here. Once a few whispers get started that a Teen Titan spy is hiding amongst our ranks, I'll be there to drop a few more breadcrumbs onto the path, your path that is. Then I'll watch and revel in the glory of your utter destruction at the hands of your former comrades. Betrayal always comes with a price Bumblebee, in this case, your life". Wolfsbane dropped the young spy down and exited the arena, laughing.

Bumblebee gulped "This is not good, not good at all. I just hope Aqualad managed to contact the Teen Titans in time".

To be continued……