A/N: Okay so here's the deal. On the show Oz's wolf form is kind of human-esque/dog/wolf. For my purposes when Oz wolfs out he looks like a wolf. That's all. Enjoy the chapter… oh yeah you guys totally rock. Thanks for all the reviews.
Chapter 19: Protect Me Please
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Fenir howled as Oz's human body changed to that of a wolf's. 'Save Wash.' Oz whispered urgently. Fenir immediately jumped onto the reaver attacking Wash. And in a spray of blood, clawed the reaver's throat right out.
Wash looked up and froze as a wolf with fur as dark as the night stared down at him. The wolf nudged the pilot's dropped gun towards him. 'Fenir they're starting up the stairs.' Oz said. Fenir quickly jumped over to Wash and leaped onto the group of about twenty reavers that had managed to get past Jayne and were headed towards the stairs. He ripped through the maneaters, tearing off heads, clawing throats, and biting off arms.
As the last one dropped to the floor, Fenir looked around. There about ten left but Mal and Zoe were having trouble with them. Fenir gave a howl of warning before running straight towards the last of the reavers.
Again Fenir ripped through the reavers, the "men" that were threatening his might be pack. Only this time one of them got a lucky shot and Fenir yelped in pain as a knife cut into his leg. He snarled and leapt on the one that had cut him and ripped his head off with his teeth. And then with one more slash of the claws and bite of the teeth. All the reavers were dead.
Fenir froze as eight guns were trained on him. Oz could only imagine what he looked like at the moment. A black furred wolf who was covered in blood and standing over the dead bodies of crazed men. 'We look like the Norse god I named you for.' Oz said.
Fenir took a few steps back. He didn't understand, this was pack, he had protected, he had saved, why were those things that could hurt pointed at him.
'Fenir let me change. It'll be okay.' Oz said reassuringly.
Fenir only whimpered, 'Pack?' He was too scared, too hyped up from the fight to let Oz take control.
Mal and Jayne cocked their guns at the shaking wolf who was starting to bare his teeth. Then suddenly came a scream and River flung herself over the balcony to land gracefully in front of the wolf. "Don't shoot him!"
"River get away from it." Simon yelled.
River backed up so that the wolf's head was bumping against her hip and she gently petted Fenir on the head. "Good wolf. Protector of the night. Keeping away all the other hunters and nightmares that try to come out and play." River whispered to him. Fenir started to calm down and began to almost purr.
"Girl, you didn't see what—" Jayne began.
River interrupted him, "Didn't see what? There's not much I don't see. I didn't see him try to hurt any of you. I did see him save you, all of you." River began moving off of the dead bodies to a clean spot on the floor with Fenir following right behind her.
Oz projected one thought at River as loud and clear as he could before he let the change take him again, 'Please don't let them shoot me.' The moment his body became human again the world went black and the werewolf passed out.