Chapter 10: Pursuing A Vampire
When they got outside, Manic wasn't there. Sonic sighed.
"Great. I have a bad feeling about this."
"What should we do?" Shadic asked. "Continue on to Solitude?"
"Let's look for anything that could tell us what happened to him," Sonic said.
Shadic and Shadow agreed, and the three began to look. A few minutes after looking, they found evidence of a fight.
"Well, Manic didn't just wander off," Shadow said. He sniffed and saw the corpse of a werewolf. Shadow growled, his eyes flickering yellow. "Of course it's werewolves." Shadow looked at Sonic. "Do you happen to know if he's really pissed off anyone recently?"
"Not that I know of," Sonic said. "Aren't vampires and werewolves enemies?"
"That depends who you ask," Shadow said. "There isn't a war or anything going on. I don't see any reason for them to attack Manic simply because he's a vampire..."
"Well whatever happened, Manic isn't here."
"If this guy wasn't dead, we could question him. I doubt there's anything on him that can tell us where he came from."
"You have enhanced senses because you're a werewolf, right?" Shadic asked. "Can you lock on to Manic's or the other werewolves scent?"
"I could, but it's easier if I transform first." Shadow concentrated and transformed into a werewolf. Finding Manic's scent didn't take long. "I've got it. Do you want to follow it?"
"Yes," Sonic said.
Sonic and Shadic followed Shadow as he followed Manic's scent.
"How long will it take us to find him?" Sonic asked the werewolf.
"I'm not sure. They're moving pretty fast."
"What do you mean? Who's moving?"
"The werewolves that kidnapped him. They're heading... straight east. We can catch them if we run."
Sonic smiled. "Okay."
They started running after the werewolves with Shadow in the lead to make sure they stayed on track. Shadow ran on all fours to run faster as he sniffed the ground. Soon enough, they could see the werewolves up ahead with Manic.
"I see Manic," Sonic said.
Sonic sped up, charging at the werewolves before jumping and kicking himself off the nearest one. Shadow and Shadic fought also. A few minutes later they were paralyzed with some sort of magic.
"What the..." Shadow asked. He tried to move but couldn't. The werewolf growled angrily and looked at his family. "I can't move. Can you two?"
"No," Sonic snarled.
"Damn it. What now? The werewolves are getting away."
"There isn't anything we can do," Sonic said. He looked around as best as he could but didn't see anyone else nearby. "They have to have a mage around here somewhere..."
"There has to be some way to break this paralysis," Shadic said. He looked at Shadow. "Can you use your magic in your wolf form?"
Shadow shook his head. "Unfortunately not. It'll wear off soon though. The caster isn't going to hold us forever."
Sonic sighed. "As we wait, my brother and those wolves are getting further away from us."
"If I could do something about it, I would."
After what seemed like five minutes, the paralysis spell broke. Shadow sniffed for Manic's scent but couldn't smell it.
"They made sure we couldn't follow them." Shadow growled and shifted back to normal.
Sonic groaned. "Great. How the hell are we going to find my little bro now?"
"I'd suggest looking for similar situations, but not many people like vampires to begin with. Most of Skyrim wouldn't care if vampires were going missing."
"Well, what do you suggest we do?"
"Look around everywhere possible for him. Keep our ears open for anything that might help find him. I can see if any other werewolves know anything, but I'm not sure how well that'll go."
Sonic sighed. He hated leaving Manic behind, but if they had to gather information first..."Okay," he said. "I just hope nothing bad happens."
"Manic's gotten through situations as bad as this before," Shadic said.
"I know...well, should we continue on to Solitude?"
"Let's get going."
Sonic smiled, and they headed towards Solitude.