Here it is, the chapter you've all been waiting for... sort of. I had to update for you, since you've all been sweet enough to leave me reviews I'm so happy! Your so sweet to me.

This chapter was hard to do, since I had to find a good spot to end it...

Without further ado... here's the chapter!

Shadow

I looked at my mother, and turned to my litter sister. Both had their ears pricked up. They had heard it too. There were hunters in the forest. A great howl went up in warning to the other animals of the woods, so they could find shelter from the humans. There was something else I smelled, something that reminded me of something in my past that was forgotten.

I heard Moon yelp, and a splash, as I heard more and more humans thunder through the forest, blatantly disregarding the life they were destroying. In my head, I felt something whispering that it was the end of my family, that I would see none of them alive again, that it was my fault. That I was one of them, and it was I that brought them upon us. I howled in rage and forgotten pain, as I dove into the river, trying to reach my sister before she drowned.

I called upon the magic I had learned from the fish so that I could breath under the water. I felt the searing as gills appeared on the sides of my neck. I swam into the deep river, looking for my sister, hoping she was still alive. I found her at the bottom of the swift river, and grabbing her I swam for the bank.

She was ripped from my hands as I crawled out and bid the fish attributes farewell for now. I smelled humans, but my water sight had not left yet, and I couldn't see them well. I leaped up and tried to get away from them, but could not. I felt pain sear through my leg, my side. I landed on the ground and they hit me again, this time with something blunt. They threw me into the river, and I sank too fast into the blackness to call on my magic.

Hellboy

I heard a great howling come up from the forest in the direction we were headed. It was amazing, and chilling to hear such a sound. It was a pack of wolves. There was an angrier howl moments later, followed by shouts of men. I looked at Abe and knew that we had gotten there a little too late. But we could fix that. Get rid of these guys, and make sure they wouldn't come near the wildlife ever again.

We were out of the crates by then, and I heard a yelp of pain. It didn't sound like it came from an animal at all, but more of a human timbre to the voice. Abe was by now, in the water, swimming in from somewhere else. I hoped that he would make sure nothing bad had gone wrong.

I saw four men, one grabbing what looked like a wolf out of the riverbank. The others were attacking the girl we had seen on TV. One hit her aside the head with a rock and flung her into the waters. I sure hoped brother blue was in there. They were watching gleefully at the waters.

I approached silently, something I rarely did. I liked to make an entrance, but something told me I'd get better pleasure out of scaring the daylights out of these guys in a more subtle way. So I took that option. They were talking about the girl, and the wolf.

"I think we better be careful. Those blokes we sold the animal to are doing strange things. That girl, like a cat she was. Tail and everything." One said.

"She had gills I'm telling you!" Another shouted.

"We better go. If she can do those things, we better get this wolf taken care of. She'll come back to haunt us she will!" The third whimpered.

"Shut your traps you blundering fools! This white wolf is the spirit of the jungle. We have to sell it. Our buyers want something like this. We've watched her for a long time! She's not aging like normal wolves do!" The impromptu leader shouted.

I almost laughed. It kind of reminded me of the three stooges. Plus one really evil bastard. I didn't want to give away my position just yet though. It was getting dark, and I knew I could have them, if they didn't get out of there just yet. They set about arguing on how to get the white wolf out of there and I heard Abe talking.

"We need to get that wolf. There is something about her that is very different from the others that are about us. I'm still trying to get the young woman they threw into the river. I don't think she's going to last much longer, if she hasn't died already." Abe said quietly.

"Yeah, I know. Do your best brother blue. These guys are pretty dense. One thinks she's a cat, the other a fish. These are the slimy bastards that are selling animals for those sick rituals." I whispered.

"What do you plan to do about it monkey?" Abe asked.

"Scare the crap outta them, that's what." I growled

"Just don't do anything too stupid."

"You know me brother blue." I said

"Yes, I do. That's what worries me."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence Abe. Get that girl, I'll get the wolf." I said.

It was dark enough now that I could really use my size and appearance to an advantage about now. The stooges and slimy were out there, slimy being the only one with any semblance of calm. I could fix that. The wolves running about the jungle were scaring the stooges well enough, and I was glad. These guys needed to have the animals they captured fight back.

As sometimes happened when I was feeling pissed off, my eyes were glowing as I stepped out from my hiding spot, and loomed over them, achieving my full height. I wouldn't have been surprised if one of the three stooges had wet himself, but I'd rather have not thought about that. Two of them ran screaming from me, only to be cornered by another, Liz. She had Myers with her.

I smiled as menacingly as I possibly could at the remaining two. Then the last of the stooges did wet himself, and fainted. I looked at the slime ball that was left. He looked shaken, but didn't budge. I'd have to work a bit harder on him. He seemed to be getting his confidence back as I just stood there with my teeth bared.

"Your not real. Just some jackass in a damn costume. You can't scare me so easily bub." He said, his voice shaking.

I grinned; this was going to be fun. He seemed to shrink back from me a little, rethinking his previous statement. I heard Liz shouting something in the back, as I heard more wolves thundering about howling. I heard a growling behind me, and saw a female wolf with her teeth bared. At first I thought she was going to attack me, but I realized her attention was focused on the man in front of me.

She had a black coat, with a crescent moon shaped patch of fur on her shoulder, and a star streaking from the back of her head, down her other shoulder. A celestial wolf. I had the feeling that this was a special wolf. She looked young, but in my head I knew she was older than she appeared. The star streak was not normal, and I was pretty sure that she had gained it from a paranormal encounter

"That's my word pal. Now, you can come easily, or I'll use this hand." I said, holding forth the right hand… the hand of doom.

He looked at me and started to gibber. I smiled, making sure that he saw how menacing I could look. I heard Liz and Agent Myers come up behind me. Myers drew out his pistol, aiming it at the man, with his flashlight trained on him. I think all agents are trained to do that; it kind of looks cool, and is effective. It lights up the target, trains a gun on them, and keeps their center protected.

"Clay, cuff the guy. Liz, check on the white wolf. Myers, lets go help Abe." I said. All of them nodded and we split up.

"You think Clay is going to be alright?" Myers asked.

"Yeah. He's in pretty good shape for a guy that almost died. He's strong. Besides, I left the guy to the point where he was almost wetting his pants." I said.

"Good point. Hey Blue! You out here?" Myers shouted.

We heard a shout a few feet into the river, but downstream a bit still. We saw him carrying the young woman as he came to the bank. I ran down to help him out. I took her into my arms, praying she wasn't dead. Her lips were blue, and Myers quickly took his jacket off as I laid her on the ground. He began CPR as Abe and I watched on.

"We too late brother blue?" I whispered, hoping we weren't.

"I don't think we are. It is hard to tell, she has a mind that is completely different than I've ever felt before. Her heart was beating when I brought her up, but that does not mean it hasn't stopped." Abe said.

"Don't be such a downer Abe. She's gotta survive this. How else are we going to get our answers?" I asked.

"Like I said, her mind is different. If she were to survive, I doubt you'd be able to understand her, I hardly can." Abe said. He turned suddenly.

The wolf with the crescent moon on her shoulder had approached. Behind her was the white wolf, and a few others. John stopped for a moment, frightened by the sudden appearance, and trying to shake that fear. They were growling at him, trying to get him away from the girl I think.

"Keep it going John. Don't stop. We'll deal with them if they try to attack you." I said.

"Hold on. Let me try to communicate with them." Abe said.

I watched him, as he got closer to the wolf pack behind us. They were growling at Myers, the Crescent wolf approaching him with her teeth bared. Abe reached out to her, trying to talk to her. She stopped growling after a moment, but her teeth were still bared. Abe turned to the other wolves and said something to them; they looked at the Crescent wolf, and backed up a bit.

Suddenly the girl was coughing, Myers turned her over so she could cough the water out of her lungs. He threw his coat over her to keep her warm. The Crescent wolf came up to her and nuzzled her. There was a happy howl behind me, and suddenly the white wolf came bounding up and nuzzled the girl as well. There was happiness in her eyes at the sight of the two of them, wrapping her arms about them.