Unlikely Heroes

Chapter 7: Capture

The morning light came streaming in. It hit the two werewolves who hadn't changed back into human form yet. Liru was pretty cozy on top of Nicholas's head. But she stirred first and woke up with a yawn. Looking down saw the male was also awake. "Sleep well?" he asked.

"Like a pup," she responded and licked his forehead with happiness. The male blushed but smiled. "I didn't think staying in the same room with a guy would turn out this great. Even though it was my first time."

"I don't think you can count this one because honestly when people mean that Liru they mean sharing the same bed. What we've done is more like what could be a sleep over." What she said stuck in his mind though. Now the male knew that this female was a virgin and hadn't slept with a guy before.

"So what's the plan for today?" she asked.

"Well first thing first, let's get back to our normal forms." This only took a second for Nicholas but it took her a bit to do so. The male smiled. "You will learn to do it quickly; for now this will do."

"Why though? Why is it necessary?" she asked.

The male didn't speak at first, but regarded her. "Let's just say that just like with humans not all vampires, werewolves, witches, and androids are good. There are those that go bad as one can get. And there have been whispers of a shadow that has been growing steadily strong. Something that will threaten not just monsters but humans as well. That's what I've taken upon myself to do; to stop these threats." He pulled out the second necklace. "This happens to be one of the tools used to stopping such evil. It's known as the Angelic Power or Enkeli Ruin. All who fight this have things like this. With it weapons and attacks are imbued with angelic properties that can wipe clean of eve traces, and prevent evil beings from healing. There are others, but this is the first you'll see."

Liru just looked at it with greater interest. "And what about the other necklace you have?" the female then asked. "Does that have any powers?"

"No, that's just something I like to wear. And also before you ask, my friends do know about my true form and what I've told you so far. There's more but for now this will do. I hope that's fine." She nodded with a smile.

"So then, what about this training you mentioned?"

"That will have to happen back at my place. There's a room for combat and training which will help you. Come on." The werewolves left the hotel and headed back to the mansion. Along the way at one point Liru couldn't help but hug Nicholas.

"By the way I never got to thank you last night for the date. Even though you showed that I had a fun time with you."

"I had fun as well," he responded and gave the female a squeeze back. She couldn't help but blush at the feel of his strong arms holding her. "So then…. maybe latter on we could do more of them? How does that sound?"

"I would love that." The two then got to the mansion before anything else could be said or done. They got inside.

Since Liru needed to do this it was decided for the time being she would live at the mansion. This had to be talked over with the chaperone who had come with the girls. Although Nicholas couldn't see by expression due to being invisible, her tone made it seem that this was alright. However, nothing was mentioned about this to the other three females. The male werewolf figured that since it wasn't important yet, there was no need to mention it. But in time it would be. The two spent their time in a place that had workout machines, and a space for combat practice. Next to this was a simulator area. The female had no problem with speed already. Only a bit of improvement was needed there. The real one was in actual combat. Liru began to be taught on how to deal with bigger and stronger opponents. Using their strength, speed, and momentum against them. And then there were the transformations training. That was one that the female had the most trouble with. And it left her panting and sweating.

"Don't worry about it," stated Nicholas. "This isn't something you can get quickly. It will take time. Some parts of it more than others. But you've been making tremendous progress in just the past two days. Ryo wouldn't stand a chance against you now."

"He wouldn't?" she asked after catching her breath. Both werewolves sat down.

"You're already stronger than any human. Now you're getting to the point that you can deal with the monsters who strength goes up to medium. But there are those that are far stronger. This training will help you handle those ones."

"Do you think that maybe the rest of my friends should be warned about this?" asked Liru.

The male considered her a moment. "When the time is right they will be told. Since you and them are in no immediate danger, and believe me I know when that will be, then we can tell them."

"Okay. Although I bet they can't help but notice by now I'm not living where they are."

"I wouldn't put it past them since it's been two days already. If you do run into them when they come visit just make something up."

And his words were right. Pachira was pacing back and forth in the main room of the tree house. Her steps kept getting faster and irritated. But Uma and Aiko didn't seem to notice. Finally the vampire snapped. "Seriously, what is Liru playing at?!"

"I'm sorry did you say something?" asked the witch and looked up from the manga she was reading.

"Haven't you noticed that Liru is nowhere to be found?!"

"I'm sure she's fine. She's probably with Nicholas or something."

"That's not the problem!" Pachira shouted. "Why should we be stuck here to take some lessons and she's not part of it?!"

"Pachira…" Aiko mumbled, trying to help. The vampire began to head towards the door.

"Well I'll just see what she's doing." Pachira left in a huff. And wasn't watching where she was going, running straight into Napoleon. It was like running into a solid brick wall.

"Oh hey Pachira," stated the male. "You okay?" The vampire nodded hastily, fighting the mad blush that had come onto her face. "So what brings you out and about?"

"I'm trying to find Liru. She hasn't been at our place in two days."

"Well maybe-" began Napoleon but then stopped to turn. His nose sniffed the air. "Wait… something's not right."

"What do you mean?" asked Pachira. "I don't see anything."

"Pachira, get behind me," the male whispered and moved her with his hands. The vampire blushed hard, but could sense what he was feeling when they made contact. "Who's out there?"

There was no answer but now the female felt that something wasn't right. Suddenly she heard the sound of a whizzing object. The next thing the vampire knew was that something had got her in the neck. And felt weak before blacking out. Napoleon whipped around to help her but got hit as well. The guy was out like a light. Suddenly two figures in black cloaks came out of hiding. They picked the two up and took them to a van. The vehicle then drove off.

Well this didn't take long to go unnoticed by Cosmo and Logan. And they realized that Uma and Aiko were most likely in danger as well. But they also didn't get far before the same thing happened to them. Nicholas and Liru were the only ones left. And didn't realize that something was wrong yet. The two were heading up from the combat room. The female was feeling more confident in how the training was going. "Did you see the way I was able to dodge what you threw at me?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes, you're improving quite fast," Nicholas responded. "I figure it shouldn't be much longer until it's finished and we tell your friends. Of course they will also have to go through their own type of training since it will be needed in order for them to survive."

But when the two got to the dining room, they saw that the other three weren't there. "Uh-oh…" the male mumbled.

"Wait, where are they?" asked Liru.

"I fear that the worst has happened," Nicholas muttered. He turned to the female. "Liru, I think the time has come to put those skills of yours to the test. I fear that our friends have been captured by someone. And probably yours as well."

"You mean kidnapped? By who?"

"I don't know, but we'll find out soon. Luckily finding them should be the easy part. Even if we have to go halfway around the world, it will happen."

"How?" asked the female. "They could be anywhere."

"It won't be hard to track them down. Just leave it to me."

The male made good on his word and got the location. To Liru's surprise he then met up with her again really quickly but came armed with a katana and a few other weapons. "Is this necessary?" the female asked weakly.

"We don't know what's going to be in there," Nicholas stated with a shrug. "And I like to go prepared a bit."

The two werewolves were out in a flash. The male and Liru were in a car that he stated belonged to him. The ride went out towards a deserted part of the city where there was nothing but woods. And storm clouds began to gather as they got closer. The vehicle then pulled out and they could see a mansion. One that had a creepy factor to it. "Go figure," Nicholas muttered to himself as both of them got out. The female couldn't help but remember what had happened the last time she went to a mansion like this. He then noticed the look on her face. "Something wrong?"

Liru had no choice but to tell him about it. The male made no comment about that but was doing some hard thinking. Both got to the door which was unlocked for some reason. As soon as it opened, the female caught the whiff of something. "Do you smell that?" she asked.

"Yeah," answered Nicholas.

"It smells like… Matsuzaka Beef!" Before she could take one step, she was pulled back by him.

"Have you got any sense at all?!" the male growled. "That's obviously bait to catch you like last time!"

"But I want it," Liru whined and gave him sad puppy eyes.

"I don't think so miss," Nicholas responded gently. "Tell you what; if we save them, I'll cook you some when we get back, okay?"

"You know how to make it?" The female couldn't believe it.

"Sure, along with other types of meat." She was so happy Liru couldn't help but hug the male and kiss his cheek.

"I would love that!" she exclaimed. Both couldn't help but blush.

"Yeah, and also now I'm sure everyone in here heard that." The female got a look on her face that she'd messed up. "Don't worry; that makes things more interesting. Let's move."

The first area was the foyer. And while it looked nice a sense of something not right about this place could be felt. Nicholas led the way forward to one of the doors on this floor. The male seemed to have a good sense as to what to do. Because the path the two took lead to a switch that when pulled caused the sound of some bar like doors on the second floor to unlock. The stairs that lead to them were right in the foyer. Going up lead to a place that required Liru to jump and head on ahead. It didn't take her long to get back to the first floor and open the door that went to a dining room. The search in the room beyond that got them a diary that had nothing in it but a sheet that had a password on it. Two more of these were found and used in a computer found on the first floor. A door opened up to reveal some stairs leading to the lower levels. Nicholas was in the lead and on high alert. "Get ready to move at any moment," he whispered to Liru. "There could be traps set up."

The two kept going down the stairs and reached the lower levels. To their surprise these weren't murky and dark, but rather clean and bright. The second the first step was taken in the male heard the faint sound of something being shot. He shoved the female back and his katana came out, deflecting two projectiles. She let out a startled shout. Nicholas's heart and hers was racing. "What…?" Liru asked. The male pointed and she could see some kind of gleaming metal needles.

"Silver to weaken us," he explained. "Keep your guard up."

They then turned a corner and found themselves in a square room that was quite large. The male and female walked in, eyes looking around. "Hmm… I sense something isn't right," stated Nicholas. He suddenly growled. Liru got the same feeling as well and went behind him. From the celling figures dropped down. Strange humanoid like ones that looked human but had strange skin colors like grey and brown. There were even bloody spots on parts of them.

"What are these things?!" the female cried in fear.

"Just run; I'll take them out!" the male responded. With a flash his katana was out and had sliced one of the enemies in half. Blood and gore sprayed everywhere. Liru didn't stop to think or worry about Nicholas. She just ran. But had to punch a few of the enemies in order to get pass the room. The male in the meantime was swinging his sword in all directions. The blade was a blur and the humanoid opponents kept falling. Only when a path had opened up for him did the male follow the female. He could see that she had gone down the path which was a long, white hallway. But Liru couldn't be seen. Nicholas knew though that she was alright; the guy was able to smell her scent.

Suddenly one of the humanoid enemies following him managed to grab the male. The werewolf flipped the opponent onto its back. It rose up only to meet a chain like weapon Nicholas carried. His katana had been seethed. The guy turned his head and saw two more enemies running towards him. He kicked the first one into the side of the hallway. The chain weapon the werewolf had lashed out and got the second humanoid. Nicholas spun it around his neck in order to attack the third enemy. The one from before rose up only to meet a shot to the head with a hidden gun the werewolf whipped out.

The third humanoid got the chain around the neck as the first rose up to meet a second bullet from the gun. Nicholas then jumped up, kicking a fourth enemy that had appeared in the chin and sending the second flying to the side. The male dodged a fifth humanoid that had appeared and shot at the second one who fell to the ground, dead. The new enemy was then pinned and shot in the head along with the fourth. Two more humanoids came running in. The male shot at one who leapt at him. Another quick flick of the wrist wrapped the chain like weapon around the ankle of the second new enemy. But then Nicholas tried to fire the gun, only to discover it was out of bullets. The werewolf flipped the humanoid up and quickly reloaded the weapon. Even more enemies were coming in. The male shot two and used his feet and legs to break the necks of the ones still on the ground.

Picking up the fallen chain weapon, it was used to attack the new ones. Nicholas began to make his way towards the end of the hallway, but had to deal with the rest of the humanoids that hadn't been killed yet. When they had been, the first one from before rose up. The two beings walked towards the other in what seemed to be slow motion. The enemy opened its mouth and a growl came out. From the wrists, two blades of silver sprouted out from the arms. The werewolf just fired with his gun, and this time the humanoid went down for good. He then turned his head, hearing the sound of even more enemies coming. It was a hoard of them. Without thinking, Nicholas rang for the end of the hallway. A door there opened up, and the werewolf got through with it closing behind him. The enemy couldn't get past this. But this new area was pitch dark. But only for a moment.

Lights then came on. It was a huge white room. The male werewolf could see operating tables of some kind with more humanoid figures that while not completed yet, would become the enemies that had been faced against. There were also glass tubes big enough to fit a person in that came from the floor. "What the hell is this place?" Nicholas whispered as he walked forward, footsteps echoing. He then turned his head and saw everyone else chained up, mouths covered so they couldn't speak. But their eyes said it to rescue them. And the other guys even looked angry. But one look at the binding showed that some were made of silver.

The male werewolf quickly pulled out his gun and shot the bindings to pieces. The others fell to the floor and had their mouths free. Nicholas went right over to Liru and placed his arms on her shoulders. "Are you alright? he asked. "You and the others?"

She blushed and managed to nod. "So who was it that got you here?"

"It all happened so fast I'm not sure," Napoleon answered. "But we should find out soon enough."

"Not unless we get the hell out of here," Cosmo said.

"I'm afraid that's not possible," stated a new female voice. Everyone but Nicholas was grabbed by more humanoid like enemies. The male werewolf managed to shake off the one that tried to grab him and stabbed it in the head with a quick movement of his katana. He looked and could see everyone pinned down. But the then the other guys broke free of the ones holding them and knocked them back with a kick each. The females however couldn't do it; not even Liru. From the shadows out stepped two people. One was a midget with a typical lab coat, tie, and glasses. The other was a women with long purple colored hair, typical lab coat, quite the chest that had a spider like pattern on it, and high heels. From the celling the two black cloaked figures descended down and took off the articles of clothing. They looked like huge muscled people with grey skin, no hair, and had visors on colored orange.

Cosmo, Logan, and Napoleon all glared at these two. But Nicholas just smiled as the grey skinned enemies went in front of him as he turned to face the ones in charge. The girls recognized them having encountered the first one twice. "Well isn't this one big pleasant surprise," stated the male werewolf as the grey skinned humanoids brought out shooters; the same ones that had been used to hit Pachira and Napoleon. "Super Doctor K-Ko and her assistant Hongo. You two have started to become quite an inconvenience for me and the others."

"These things I've built will capture you this time," the female enemy responded. "This time the whole world will know of the threat you possess."

Nicholas reached up and took of his glasses. "You should've made more," he said dangerously while smirking. The male threw his glasses back to the grey enemies and ran towards them. On instinct one caught them which was a distraction that Nicholas used to his advantage. He elbowed the one that had caught the glasses down, and flipped the second onto its back. While at the same time grabbing his glasses and turning to face the first enemy who slowly rose up. The male put them back on. The other males in the meantime tried to step forward but their opponents were back up and moved to block them.

The enemy fired with the darts. Nicholas moved and was like a blur, dodging the attack. The one that had fired charged and managed to move the male back, but the werewolf wrapped his arms around the enemy so he was only moved across the floor. As soon as the two stopped, the guy cracked his neck and kneaded the humanoid before bringing his elbow down and throwing the opponent to the side. The enemy rose up and fired. The werewolf jumped back and did a few flips to avoid the shots. Nicholas then went after the second enemy and managed to wrap his arms around the humanoid, pining it there. The first one began to move in slowly, watching the werewolf's moves. The other brought out a knife and stabbed Nicholas in the right leg. The male let out a grunt of pain and threw the enemy to the side. He pulled the knife out and threw it on the ground. The wound could be seen along with the blood. But it didn't seem to affect Nicholas as he was able to easily dodge a shot fired by the first humanoid. More were fired before the werewolf got in and punched the enemy in the face and to the side. The second fired and the male leaned back to avoid the shot. Growing tired of this, Nicholas grabbed both of the enemies by their arms and threw them headlong at the glass tubes. These had open areas that then closed, trapping the humanoids inside.

Suddenly one of the humanoids blocking Logan lunged at him. The guy was able to dodge this attack. The next one going up against Cosmo managed to knock the guy down. Before it could do this person any harm, his right wrist transforming into a gun shooter and blasted his opponent. The bullet continued and hit some glass above. Huge shards of it rained down and Napoleon had managed to knock his opponent back. The long haired guy kicked at one of the huge shards of glass at the humanoid who had begun to charge. It worked like a blade, killing the enemy. Logan moved and brought out a wand of some kind. This one was straight but had ruin designs on them and looked far more powerful than the one Uma had. It was then spun around in the palm of his hand. "Lord of lighting, lend me your power." A magic circle appeared under his feet and glowed green. "Strike down the enemy! Lighting Beam!" From the wand came the stuff, hitting the opponents that were holding the girls and killing them.

The females fell to their knees in shock as they looked on the others. Suddenly a shot and the sound of a person being stabbed drew everyone's attention. Hongo had brought out a knife and stabbed Napoleon through the arm. The long haired male gasped in pain, and tried to pull the blade out of his trembling arm. The two humanoids that had been dealt with by Nicholas had broken free of their prison. Cosmo managed to take care of Napoleon while Nicholas turned to his opponents. With a growl his arms transformed. His two enemies lunged forward and with a shout the werewolf stabbed them in the head with his sharp claws. The two stumbled back. Hongo made a move which Nicholas was able to sense. "Don't even think about it," the taller male growled. The midget stopped short with the silver knife he had. His boss had just slowly begun to back up, seeing as how all her plans were ruined.

The humanoids who had been stabbed in the head slowly rose up. Meanwhile Hongo retreated back to where K-Ko was. With a roar Nicholas transformed into his full werewolf form. The opponents lunged forward but the guy sliced their heads off with his katana. The human enemies quickly retreated as the bodies fell. The male seethed his sword and turned to the others. All the female but Liru were looking on with shock. "I know you have questions, but now's not the time," he stated. "Let's get out of here. And it seems those two have retreated for now. Let's go."

They all then left, unaware that miles of way in a darken room. There were groups of people looking on at one in particular. In the gloom only a pair of rounded frame glasses with yellow eyes could be seen. "All is well gentlemen and ladies," stated this person in a German accent. "Our plans can move ahead. Ones that can produce the impending war. Und for the war beyond that. Und the war beyond that. Und the next. Und the next."