Sorry it took a couple days to update.
Chapter 14:
Cara:
Careful out there, Cara- how you doing?- I'm starving- we know- This is it, Kid- Need anything, just ask. Grinding my teeth, I nodded and trudged off on my own, leaving the Pack behind at Sam's house.
Boys. They all thought that just because I was a girl I couldn't take care of myself. So, they may be bigger and slightly stronger but that didn't mean anything in a fight. Look at Jake. He was probably the biggest wolf in the Pack and he was laid up for two weeks.
I wouldn't stand a chance in a fight according to him. Even five hours later, I was still fuming about that.
The forest was just as gloomy and dark as always, but there was something different about it. It felt… colder and more hostel. Shadows I wouldn't have noticed before seemed to crawl after me. Far off echoes of birds and hopefully other animals carried over to me… the woods seemed hallow. That's it. Like I was stuck in a sound warp.
A shiver traveled down my spine and along my tail. The only sound within two miles was my own footsteps. No scurrying, no twigs snapping. It was almost worse, the silence. The feeling that I was all alone…
"Alone?... never" I whipped around at the low hissing voice. Crouching low, my eyes sweeping the area, my tail sweeping the ground, I tried to pinpoint where it came from. A chilling laugh echoed.
"Little wolf… where's your Pack?" There, a blur of white. Wait… no there! My eyes were playing tricks with me. "Never hunt without your Pack"
Sam!- No Sam here, little one. You're alone.
I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. There was no scent to pick up, no trail to follow. Panic slowly started to set in and my heart beat so fast it hurt. Maybe I should have had one of the boys come along. Maybe I never should have gone in the first place.
"And miss out on all the fun?" A twig creaked, then snapped under a heavy boot and when I turned, there he was. Not quite what I was expecting. So small and compact. The trade mark pale skin and stunning beauty, but his eyes gleamed red, not gold. "Here I am"
A growl I felt way down in my stomach escaped my lips and he grinned. Probably thinking I was too tiny, that I couldn't defend my little old self. That just made me angry, but I knew better than to attack first. You have to find a crack in the enemy's armor then go for the weak spot.
His hair was black as night, almost blue in the dim light from the moon as he circled me. I turned with him, never leaving my back open.
"You're smarter than that other one… headstrong, he was. So easy, shame I couldn't finish him off" He flashed a flawless smile, two sharp points of teeth gleaming at me. I realized I wasn't afraid of him… just irritated. Annoyed.
What right did he have? Who said he could come over here and kill innocent people? And why? That was my main question. Why do it in the first place, but a look in those crimson eyes told me everything. He was just evil… he did it for the fun of it. Because he could.
"Oh I have my reasons, and they are none of your concern. So, since you and that Pack of dogs of yours did not learn from the example I made, I'll have to use another one. Maybe that'll teach you not to get involved in someone else's business" For a second, his eyes turned black, then eased back into red as he blinked. He looked at me like I was some main entrée and in a flash, he disappeared.
But his voice still filtered through the air. He hummed a tune I didn't know and in the dark, I felt like I was stuck in some old horror movie. But I knew I wasn't in a movie, because this was real life and a vampire was really stalking me from the shadows. This was real danger.
Please, let this work. I thought and closed my eyes, blocking out the eerie melody. I could feel it ripple through me, this energy somewhere deep in my core. I had practiced it over and over but it never worked when I was stressed out or under pressure. This would be one of those times. But I begged it to work.
The buzzing I felt in my bones grew more and more until suddenly, it stopped. With a grin, I opened one eye, then the next and waited a split second for my mind to adjust.
The world that had just been full of dark shadows and figures was now illuminated in Technicolor. Reds and oranges fading into blues and whites. Heat vision, built in to my Wolf eyes…. You just had to know how to use it.
The vampire was still invisible, hiding in the dark but not for long. That was his only advantage. If I could just find him… at first all I saw were the trees in dim yellows and the ground in oranges. Small animals in red and then I realized I wasn't looking for a normal person so I focused on the opposite.
The coldest thing, the most blue… dead leaves frozen on the ground, some patches of snow, and even colder- the vampire. He was creeping slowly around me, walking at a steady pace.
I took a hesitant step towards him and he flashed in a blue streak to my other side. Walking forward, I watched him follow me, every once in a while taking a step closer to me. I measured my speed, waited for the right time and in a startling blur, tackled him to the ground.
He was taken off guard and my claws dug into his arm, pinning him down. With one swift shove, he pushed me off of him, but my nails dragged along his skin, leaving long gashes in his shirt and arms. He glanced down and hissed then turned his black eyes on me.
"Foolish… I'll finish you this time" Then he was on my back, arm wrapped around my neck, twisting. I saw a flash of fang near the skin and took off, running with him on top of me.
The sudden lightness made me stop and I whirled, searching again. There. Crouching low, I crept around a tree to his right and in one swift motion, clamped down on his leg and pulled, dragging him to the ground again.
My nose wrinkled at the taste. It was odd… like plastic or Styrofoam- not that I'd know what that tastes like. It didn't taste real. I was suddenly thrown against a tree trunk but I landed on my feet.
We faced each other, circling. I sniffed the air and still there was nothing but the forest. There wasn't the usual smell of the undead. I noticed something silver flickering around his neck, a chain. I crouched on my hind legs and pounced, landing square on his chest but he didn't stumble. It was like hitting a brick wall.
So I raked my paws down, tearing his clothes into strands and my claw snagged on the chain around his neck. It fell into the dirt but instead of attacking me, he froze, mid scowl.
And just as suddenly, he turned and ran. Blue trailing after him until he disappeared altogether. Closing my eyes, I settled back into my normal vision and sniffed the ground, taking the chain into my mouth.
Sam? Paul?- Cara! Where have you been?!- We need to talk, now.
yech, I don't like this one for some reason. Review if you feel the need. Chapter 15 will be up tomorrow for you. And it will be better than this one!