Chapter 4

Julian reaced out for his phone as his alarm rattled on. How he hated getting up after a day of travelling. He would rather sleep the entire day rather than getting up for a mission. Groaning he rolled to the other side of the king sized bed and away from the phone that was buzzing away.

The alarm kept buzzing until enough was enough. Raising his head off the pilow before he looked at the time. Snarling he dropped his head back into the soft pillow of his king sized bed. 5am was too early for him. He was more of a afternoon wake up person. He liked to have his breakfast and lunch at the same time. Whoever came up with brunch was a genius and he loved them.

His phone started to tremble like a gaged prisoner. Growling he looked back at his phone and hissed as he saw that it was Edward calling him. Allowing the call to come through he snarled, "Edward this better be good! Or else I'm going back to sleep!"

Edward began to laugh on the other end. "That's why I am calling! Knowing you, you would fall asleep and won't wake up until its like afternoon!" Edward snorted back another laugh on the other side of the line. "And besides Nightshade ordered me to make sure that you get up!"

That was enough to get Julian out of the bed. Tumbling out of the bed in a massive heap of limbs and bed clothes he landed with little elegance. Jumping up as quickly as he could he reached for his phone. "You've got me up!" he shouted at the Maiden on the other end. How he hated that zombie in the morning. Edward always made sure he was up before him so that he could pull the biggest pranks when Nightshade was going out for the morning newspapers or was training. "What did Nightshade say when you last spoke with her?" he asked as he straightened the clothes that he had travelled in and then slept in. They were alright to him but his hair needed some work done to it before he went out.

"The only thing Nightshade told me other than to make sure you get up was that she was headig for Skaro and that was it!" Edward replied back. The sound of water splashing on the other line was followed by Edward cursing. "Julian, get going! I need to take a boat trip to Japan! The trail in Europe and Asia has gone cold!" Edward snorted over the phone.

Sniggering, Julian tidied his snow white hair as best as he could. "Why not take a plane? I mean all of UNIT knows that you hate water!"

"Budget cut!" Edward replied before the call went dead.

Julian sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror. How he could cope with Edward was unknown. True they were friends but there was only so much a Werewolf could take when dealing with the alien version of a Ghoul. Then there was Nightshade. Nightshade was always moving about, something that kept everyone at UNIT on their toes. Shaking his head he grabbed the gear he was going to need for his first day in Blithe Hallow. Stuffing a hundred dollars into his jean pocket as a rifle vanished into shadows he opened the door of his room to see Hazel.

The owner of the Judges House Inn took a startled step back when the door suddenly opened. She wore a simple red dress with a black belt around her waist. Her blonde hair was up in a bun and out of her face. And a smile was plastered on her face. The smile was a fake and already Julian was already tensing up.

"Good morning, Julian! I heard that you were already up and came to see if you wanted breakfast!" Hazel said keeping the fake smile on her face.

Julian narrowed his eyes. His back made a slight cracking noise as the Wolf started to make an appearance. Unlike other Werewolves, Julian could transform at any time. And right now he needed to be ready to fight. All his years fighting in wars beside Nightshade and Edward came to mind. He remembered transforming in front of the Howling Commandos for the first time and had then been shot by a HYDRA soldier. That solider was then ripped to pieces by an enraged Werewolf.

"Hazel, I don't mind missing out breakfast! If it would mean that you get some more hours in bed!" Julian replied to her. He was still keeping a strong stance in front of her. "And besides I'm used to not eating until around 12ish!" he continued saying.

He felt something pick at the back of his mind. Something was wrong here. Narrowing his eyes he kept them from changing into the eyes of the wolf.

"Your a brunch person?" Hazel asked as she allowed herself into Julian's room. "But anyway how was your sleep?" she asked looking back at him.

Julian kept the door behind him. His military training shouting over the wolf to keep an escape open. "I slept very well!" he replied. He kept the door close to him and he was ready to make a dart for it. "And I thank you for your hospitality!" he said as Hazel got closer to him. Her blue eyes shifting to a bright yellow and before he knew he was staring at the eyes of an Anubid.

"So are you going to tell me why a Werewolf has wondered into Blithe Hallow?" Hazel asked as black fur burst through her skin. Her shoulders popped as the desert cousin of the Werewolves began to appear in Hazel. "I thought that bag of bugs chased all of your kind out of town?" she snarled leaning in close to Julian as a muzzle filled with sharp teeth burst outward.

Julian wiggled in her grip. Snow white fur burst out of his skin as a muzzle much broader than Hazel's came forward. His shoulders popped and cracked as the wolf leapt out of its cage. The sound of other bones and muscles snapping allowed the towering Werewolf to stand over the much smaller Anubid.

The much broader Werewolf snarled down at the slender Anubid. Lips pulled back to show sharp teeth. His ears were also pulled back as the thick white fur on the back of his neck raised up and making him look bigger than he really was. A white busy tail was also puffed up. Julian narrowed blue eyes at the smaller Anubid. It's more humanoid body had smooth fur while he had fur that was more adapted for a colder climate.

"I'm not of this town! Now are you going to tell me by what you mean by 'bag of bugs' or I'm going to have to go through the whole poltergeist to get the information that I need?" he asked as gentle as he could. But that was not going to happen. He had a loud growl in his voice that he couldn't do anything about it.

The Anubid narrowed its yellow eyes. Dark fur bristled as it faced a much bigger Werewolf than any before it. "Why should I tell you anything? Oggie Boogie is about to change Halloween for the better! We will soon be able to life in this world without being hunted down like animals by the Hunters!" Hazel snapped with a growl of her own.

"Oggie Boogie?" he asked. His ears flopped to the side as he tried to think of where he had heard that name before.

"Yes! The new King of Halloween! He will make the humans cower before us like they once did!" Hazel cheered her fur smooted out as she relaxed. She thought that they had won a snow white Werewolf. Little did she know that the snow white Werewolf was in fact a ghost. "And he is getting the support of the Wereset!" she squealed like an oversized schoolgirl.

"Seth!" Julian snarled. Already he had a lot of information than he did when he found out that Hazel was an Anubid. He knew that Seth was working with something called Oggie Boogie and they were both planning in turning Earth into a Halloween party.

"You know him?" Hazel asked him. Her muzzle pulled in close to him as she took in his scent. A scent that did not exist. "What in the?" she asked. She tried to pull back but Julian had grabbed her arms. "Let me go, Wolf? This is my Town and I command all the creatures of the night! You should be thankful that no Hunter has came into town lookinylg for your blood!" she shouted. Her claws tried to scar the wolf but they could went through empty air.

Julian pulled in close. His tongue slapping across his teeth. "Kate hates it when I pull a haunted house trick but I think for this time she will be thankful that one of Seth's lackies is locked up and waiting for pickup!" he snarled while breathing into Hazel's flattened ear.

"You? You're the Wolf that has sided with the humans?" Hazel asked. Canine eyes larger as she couldn't take the truth. He would never side with the humans? Would he? But as far as she was concerned the Werewolf, Maiden and the unknown shapeshifter were all traitors. And there was no place for them in the new world that Seth was building.

"That I am! But I'm not just a Werewolf!" Julian rasped as he dissolved into a black mist. His blue eyes remained visible for a few seconds before they were gone too.

Hazel felt her arms being freed after the death grip Julian had. The air around her became cold and before she knew what had happened she was flung out of Julian's geust room the door to which slammed shut. She was flung throug the open door of the kitchen before it slammed shut behind her. Every cupboard door swung open and then slammed shutbas if a toddler was having a tantrum. This toddler only happened to be more dangerous than the human boy that Oggie had ordered to be captured.

"Stop this at once!" Hazel shouted. Her clawed feet scrapped against the wooden floor of the kitchen. "This is my house and you are not going to be getting your deposit back!" she screeched flattening her ears.

Everything stopped so suddenly that it did feel like she was talking to a toddler. Julian reappeared before her. His white fur was on edge making it look like he had stood close to electrical battery. "Am such a bad guest! I will become a good guest once again if you answer all my questions! If not I will drag your furry hide back to the Tower and await for someone to come and see you!" Julian snarled at her.

The Anubid and the Werewolf started snarling at each other. The two Werecreatures had a long hatred against each other. "I will never surrender to a Werewolf! Not one who throughs their lot in with humans!" Hazel growled as her clawed hand grabbed a kitchen knife and showed it to Julian.

Julian could only laugh at the small knife. "You think that knife can harm me, Hazel? I'm a ghost who also happens to be a Werewolf! That's a bad combination already!" he snarled through clenched teeth. "Are you going to tell me what is going on in this town?" Julian asked as he took a step back.

Hazel narrowed her eyes but soon she looked at the floor. "All I know is that Oggie Boogie has made a deal with Seth! A deal that will see him as being the King of Halloween!" she replied. She did not even look at Julian as she weighed up the kitchen knife in her hands.

"You must know more about the deal that this Oggie Boogie has made with Seth?" he asked her. He could see the knife poised and ready to dive into his chest, but he kept that knowledge tucked away from Hazel.

Hazel snorted back a laugh at him. "You don't know? A ghost doesn't know what's made this town brining in more money from stupid tourists?" she asked narrowing her eyes. Her ears flicked upwards as she watched Julian put two and two together.

Julian was about to say say something else to her, but the Anubid raced out of the back door before the Werewolf could do anything. Snarling he ran after her. Dissolving into nothing but shadows he started to track Norman Babcock. He needed to get to him before the insane Anubid got to him. He would also have to alert Kate Stewart and Nightshade what was happening. He hoped as he ran on all fours that either Nightshade or Edward finished up their missions and came to the small town. Things had just gotten bigger than what was first anticipated when he came into town yesterday.

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It was well into the day and Julian had lost track of Hazel to the strong odour of humans and other supernatural beings that hid within the town. The Anubid was not in the main street otherwise the ghost that leapt from roof to roof of the buildings would have spotted it.

No he was tracking Norman with the knowledge that he had from the briefing that he had on the plane to America was that Norman was nothing more than a secondary school student who was on his last day at school before it closed for the Halloween Break. With that in mind, Julian raced towards Blithe Hallow's secondary school as fast as he could. He would watch the boys back until the right moment to make contact. He had learned patients from Nightshade who could keep low for a month or two as she gathered information before making a big move.

He found following the kid like a guardian angle was too easy. All of his senses where on high alert. He didn't want to be jumped by one of Seth's crazy supporters and he did not want to bw jumped by Seth himself. During the night he had received a text from Osgood warning him that Seth had somehow escaped the Tower. First Leatherback fron New York and then Seth who was next? The Red Skull return from the dead?

Shaking his head he pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind as he kept a good distance away from the two boys. They were chatting and did not know that they were in danger. They would only find out that they were in danger when it was standing right in front of them.

He would have kept to the shadows and await word from Kate but that was out the window before he even finished the thought. Hazel had jumped out of where she had been hiding and towered above the two humans. The two spoke at each other before taking a step back and away from her. The Anubid licked its lips just as he jumped out from where he was hiding.

Pinning Hazel to the ground he snarled in her ear. The much smaller Anubid remembered how badly beaten they had been when they first fought against the Werewolf ran into the forest. Snorting Julian got up and towered above the two boys.

"Norman Babcock?" he asked while looking from the skinny boy to the chubby boy. It was the skinny boy who responded and Julian handed him the spare key to the boy. "Meet me at the Judges House Inn in an hour! I need to take care of that Anubid and it will also give me time to ge a shower!" with that being said he ran on all fours after Hazel.