Disclaimer: so here I am, doing everything I can for an odds to what I am pretending I'm a superman.... well I'm not, and I'm not Stephenie Meyer either
Disclaimer Deuce: Yes, the title of the chapter is an Indiana Jones reference.
Alexis's POV
"Master, I believe that Ulrich is too weak to be one of our guard, he's not cut throat enough, he's not a killer like the rest of us, he's too docile." I heard from a voice I'd heard before but couldn't recognize. I remained silent, worried about Ulrich.
"While I agree with you my hands are tied? We're set up this tournament so your fears won't be realized. You man will have a chance to beat him in single combat." Singles combat? Tournament? What was he talking about? What was going on? Was that Marcus? I questioned silently.
"That isn't good enough sir, what if there is a fluke and he bests one of my champions?"
"There is always the winner of the other battle… Besides are you worried that someone too docile will accidently kill your best fighters?" he questioned with a laugh. The first person grunted his disapproval.
"What would you have me do Demetri? We can hardly have him killed because you don't like him."
"No of course not, but we can send him up against a werewolf…. After all do you really went a guard whose holds no special ability and isn't a good enough fighter to kill a werewolf?"
"No, of course not, but how will we get Felix away from him long enough, and what of Abhash? he seemed to have killed a werewolf with ease."
"Abhash is away on a mission right now… All I need is your Seal on a letter commanding Felix to return to Volterra immediately and a mission from you personally to kill a werewolf in Egypt."
"Yes this will work… I'll start writing the letter and get approval from Aro and Caius immediately." No! I need to get to them first! I turned and ran as silently as possible moving through the halls. I turned a corner and stopped short of running in to Evelyn. I made my way around her as quickly as possible but she caught my wrist.
"What's wrong Alexis? Why are you in such a hurry?" I didn't know if I should trust Evelyn but I didn't have much of a choice.
"Demetri has a plan to get Ulrich killed by a Werewolf… I need to stop them. Worse than that they are sending back Felix and Abhash is on a bounty hunt right now." I slipped out of her lock but she was in front of me again.
"Alexis, do you even know your way to the complex? Or how you're going to help? No offense Alexis, but you're not exactly a hardened Werewolf slayer yourself. You'd probably get in Ulrich's way more than help him." She said calmly.
"I can't sit around here doing nothing… He saved my life when they wanted to kill me."
"Well going getting lost while he gets killed won't help anything." Evelyn sighed.
"I'll tell you how to get there."
Felix's POV
I heard a sound at the entrance. I grabbed a Katana still in sheath and walked silently towards it I saw his figure as a slight silhouette I drew my blade making a slight noise.
"Put your weapon away Felix, you know who I am." he said calmly.
"I believe the knowledge that it's you gives me reason to pull out my weapon." He laughed without humor.
"I have an official request from Marcus for your immediate return to Volterra for a personalized report."
"This could have been conveyed through other means than you… it must be something important for you to be pulled away from the training of your pupils."
"Well I have other business, but you must head back to Volterra this moment. I've got a personal mission from Marcus for Ulrich." I growled.
"I'll talk to him about it." I said angrily.
"You are not to interfere. The Vulturi believe you might be… coddling your favorite pupil."
"Bullshit they do, you're trying to get rid of the competition." Demetri shrugged.
"If you're students can't survive everything anyone throws at them they're not worthy of being part of our guard… you know that, You and I were both put through worse than this."
"You must go though… Have fun at your review." He said with an evil smile. I turned to the door making my way to the door.
"A good Chess player can predict his opponent's moves and counter them before they happen."
Ulrich's POV
I heard the door opening behind me. I didn't turn but answered as I put my weapon away out of respect.
"Master, I thought you were working with Ivan the rest of the night." I heard a humorless laugh that made my body tighten. I drew my blade back at him.
"I seem to be receiving that reaction an awful lot." Demetri laughed again at me. He stared at me for a moment with a look of boredom.
"Put your damn weapon away before I kill you with it." I wanted to believe that He wouldn't be able to and I'd fight him off but I wasn't stupid and I knew better than that. I put away the scimitar hesitantly.
"You have an official mission from Marcus. I am here to give you direction on that mission." He said formally.
"Why isn't Felix giving me this mission?" he looked at me frustrated with nearly everything about me.
"He's giving a progress report on you and his other pupil." I didn't like the sound of this. Demetri pulled out a folded sheet of paper unfolding it slowly.
"Your mission is to hunt down the Werewolf north of Cario Egypt, longitude and latitude in closed. You must go within the next minutes. Bring any provisions you need." I nodded as Demetri showed me the official document. It had the Vulturi Seal and Marcus's signature. There was no doubt about it… this was from them.
"How do you kill a Werewolf?"
"Not unlike Vampires, you must destroy their bodies… but unlike vampires they regenerate at staggering speeds. The only way I'm certain to kill them is to take out both their heart and brain within ten seconds of each other, This isn't a precise number… I just know they only need one of those two to regenerate at any one time and like I said, they grow back quick." He said off handedly. It seemed like nothing to him.
"Werewolves of the past were killable by a vampire's bite, as they were hunted to near extinction those with that trait died… only those resistant the vampire's bite has survived, possibly breeded, thus making our current Werewolves." Demetri said almost as if he was getting bored explaining what was rudimentary to him.
"But Werewolf bites can be fatal, not always but if you're in their mouth you're probably fucked." I wanted to laugh at this but he was dead serious, as I should be.
"Oh and this one is a small one…"Demetri said as he looked down at his notes.
"Oh, a small one that's good… how small?" I asked relieved. He looked up at me smiling.
"Only twelve feet tall."
Demetri's POV
At first I had argued with myself that he didn't deserve the intelligence on werewolves, but I did want him to have a fair fight. I knew he wouldn't survive but I respected Felix enough to give his Student the same information I had on Werewolves when I first fought one, granted I had much more fighting under my belt it made no difference.
Ulrich's POV
(Cario Egypt)
I had come to the approximate area where I would find this werewolf but still had no idea how I was going to find him, I had been given a five mile radius of area he was believed to change at. I didn't know how I was supposed to find him. I carried a seven foot blade, slightly taller than myself, it was straight, about a foot in diameter but only four inches wide. I carried it slung across my shoulders. I wore dark sun glasses, both to shade my eyes and help hide my identity. The moon was just beginning to rise. I would have preferred finding him before he transformed but It would be awkward asking random people if they were Werewolves. That was the problem, Werewolves transformed, they were normal humans who transformed. They didn't smell any different, had no distinguishing features that I knew of. I knew Aro had a friend that was hoping to do research on their DNA but never had a chance before leaving the Vulturi.
I heard a loud howl and turned around seeing the Silhouette of a growing man. He was He was between myself and the moon. I ran towards him and from a distance I could see his clothes becoming shredded and hair growing on his body and face. His body was now full of a black hue of hair growing outward as he continued to grow larger. As he stood up he flexed his body with another primal roar. I ran at him. He turned and faced me.
His face looked like a cross between Anubis the Egyptian god, and a wolf. He was all of the twelve feet in height, and plenty muscular for his size, every inch of his body covered in the same jet black the only reprieve from his dark color was his feral bright yellow eyes that shown no sense of humanity. At the end of each finger was a claw that resembled a talon. They also stood out as a rust color, as if colored by the people he'd killed.
He was a monster, simple as that.
His nose flared up as he snarled at me realizing I wasn't a human. He couldn't speak anymore, now he only growled at his believed to be next meal. The time for assessment was over… it was time to fight.
I charged at him bearing my blade with both arms in the air. Before I could get close enough to get a good strike I had to dodge his four claws, he came back again but I caught four of his fingers with my blade locking in place then I spun my body and pulled myself back freeing myself from him and out of his reach. This isn't going to be easy at all. I realized I couldn't go directly for his heart or brain, either of his hands, and I'd assume mouth was plenty deadly enough to kill me. He reached at me open hand I jumped backwards keeping my right leg back and my left leg forward for defensive position. He got closer and I swung my blade cutting a shallow cut along the full palm of his hand. A sound that resembled a gasp escaped his mouth as he backed up and looked at his palm. I didn't see what happened but he started to laugh evilly. His laugh was extremely dark. Reaching out he put his palm up to show where I cut him. There wasn't even a mark… no sign that I ever cut him at all… I had only cut him ten seconds ago. I heard a slight movement before I saw it, he reared back and swung his arm and hand open hand at me, claws out to attack. I dropped to the ground coming back up to cut his hand clear off in one smooth clean fluid motion. His right hand that hadn't swung yet came across close fisted sending me rolling away in to the sand. I pushed my hand in to the sand trying to find something to grip Finally I caught ground and pushed my hand down hard spinning back up to my feet. He looked down at his wrist. I smiled victoriously. Regenerate that, you big oaf. As I finished that thought a hand sprung out of the end of his wrist. The hand was drenched in body matter. Looking down at his hand he flexed it naturally then smiled a dark smile at me. I pointed my blade to the heart of the beast and started to charge, passing his discarded hand on the ground. I barely slit a cut across his chest before ducking out of the way of a back and from a back and attempt, then I met his right hand knuckles with the edge of my blade. He roared then came back with his left hand to catch me but I turned away. His pointer fingers claw caught the tricep of my left arm. I ran backwards in pain creating a distance between us.
I had lost all movement in my arm. I couldn't lift it anymore and it hanging in the air was hurting like hell. I undid my Vulturi robe, leaving my belt on. I put my sword in the sand for a moment making sure the werewolf wasn't charging. I tucked my Elbow in to my sleeve making a sling for my left arm. I changed my stance, wielding my blade but holding it over my shoulder with one arm like I traveled with it. My injured arm was in front. I needed a new plan of action. I realized now I could move my hand but that was the extent of my power, I had no strength from my arm but my wrist and hand retained its ability to move. I wouldn't attack anymore, I'd defend myself and way for the opening.
He moved first striking swinging at me with his left hand I met it with the blade blocking it putting my body behind my arm for more strength but he was stronger than I was. I heard the wind behind me and turned just in time to see his right hand coming in to strike. I released and pushed past his arms as his claws scraped up the inside of his arm. I sliced quickly at his chest cutting an inch or two in to him before moving past him and slitting the backs of his knees. I turned around but not quick enough to completely avoid his middle finger that reached out slightly further than the rest, catching the side of my face and cutting me. The cut left by his finger nail was a thin line from above my right eyebrow down next to my nose through the middle of my cheek to my jaw. I felt the line. He turned and faced me the cut in his chest already healed. I backed up slowly trying to assess a new strategy. He stalked forward mouth open, tongue sliding between his teeth as if salivating at the taste of me.
I stopped as my foot hit the edge. I felt sand fall out from under my foot. Behind me were levels and levels of a lost city. At least that was what I'd describe it as. It seemed like sand rained over the rest of it. I turned back too late and caught his closed fist connecting directly with my chest. My body went sailing in to this lost city, because of how far there was to drop my body was probably thrown forty yards. I slid on the sand then pushed pulled my knees to my chest rolling my weight to my shoulders before pushing off my hand and swords on the sand behind me to get back up to my feet.
I heard a primal roar then I looked up to see a huge beast eclipsing the moon leaping at me. I jumped backwards as he landed where I was standing. Snarling he dug his fingers in to the sand. Warm breath hit me from his open mouth. Bearing his teeth I could see that some of them were bigger than my fist. My chest was still in pain from that hell of a punch he gave. I met his claws with my sword, this time cutting two of them off. Laughing I stepped back with a victorious smile. As if on cue his claws grew right back.
"Of all the bad luck." I groaned as I blocked the blade vertical blocking my body. He continued to push with one hand. I was going to lose this battle of strength. His fingers moved then he caught the opposite side of the blade and sent it flying out of my hand. I turned my body after it but felt a large clawed hand wrap around my left side with my arm in my sleeve, piercing my back with his claws. His other hand clasped my right side, arm down I wanted to scream feeling right claws digging in to my back.
"Every story must have an ending." I said out loud as if a final memento to my life. I felt his thumb claws dig in to my stomach before being lifted closer to his mouth. The horrible smell of his warm breath overwhelmed my senses. I saw a faint movement past him but it was probably just the last remnants of lost hope. I closed my eyes resigning myself to this fate. I heard movement but it could be a hallucination from the pain, hearing what I want to hear… apparently my endorphins weren't all gone. He roared as if in pain and it wasn't aimed at me. I opened my eyes and saw a Vampire around the same size as I was with a spear with a swords edge on the end. I felt my body fall to the ground with the arms wrapped around me still. I looked and the man had cut off both the werewolf's arms at the elbow.
"Regrow that, bitch." He said spinning the weapon in his hands pointing the blade back at the werewolf.
"You're the other Pupil? I had to save you, You drek" He said without looking away. I had my eyes closed focused only on breaking free. I flexed my body loosening the grip slightly but also digging the fingers deeper in to me. Finally I managed to get my right arm loose and after that I managed to free myself completely but I didn't get up I was in too much pain from the ten new holes in my body. I laid on the ground watching and waiting as I healed. The Werewolves arms shot out of his elbows, covered in body matter.
"Well… You never told me about this part… this will make it more fun." The Mysterious vampire said. Earlier he said something about the other Pupil… was he Felix's student? The pain was festering in my gut messing up my usually clear mind. His thumbs went the deepest, his other fingers barely dug in an inch, but his thumbs dug in at least three inches each. At first I struggled to keep my eyes open to watch but as time passed my pain was dulling.
The mystery vampire was relentlessly aggressive, always striking, putting the Werewolf on the defense, and every once and a while he'd get knocked back down, he wasn't making any progress. Finally he speared his weapon in to the werewolf's palm. The werewolf's other hand punched him sending him flying with the spear backwards. By the time he stood up the palm was completely healed. I stretched my body out mostly healed from his claws. My left elbow still tucked in to my sleeve.
"You want my help yet?" He looked at me angrily before charging again. Soon after his attempt he was lying on the ground next to me. He looked at me giving an angry yes, but not as far to say it.
"I'll work on distracting him, go for his head, you need to really pierce his brain… that will-"
"I know, I'm not stupid, it'll shut him down, shut up and go." I lifted my left arm out of my sleeve where the elbow was high in the air flexing it and looking at it… completely healed, I grabbed the blade with both my arms, left side lead again, right side primary grip. I smiled and lunged forward cutting at his left arm then jumping over his right. His left arm came back to swat me and I rolled out of the way before impaling the back of his hand with my sword sticking it deep in to the ground. The other vampire ran up his arm that I impaled and stabbed his spear in to the werewolf's temple. His grip loosened for a moment and I charged. I bypassed his arms stabbing my blade deep in to the monsters chest. First his body went rigid… then he stopped breathing… last he fell to the ground… dead.
"I guess I'll see you when I fight you next." The mysterious vampire said showing no emotion.
"What's your name anyway?" I said as he turned his back to leave.
"Ivan." He said before leaving. I pulled out my cell phone and Dialed Abhash who was in Cypress on a kill.
"Hey… I've kind of got a large Werewolf body I need to move before the morning." I closed the phone wondering where Felix was when I left… why he didn't come with me? Why did Ivan come to help me… it didn't look like he was here to help me.
Felix's POV
(some time ago)
I took one of the rare times of independent study to catch up on some reading. Everything had been relatively calm lately, as calm as it could be training two people to kill each other. In the distance I heard doors open to the complex in a rush, the sound of someone who was confused… It seemed as though my storm had came to ruin my calm. She came bursting in to the room in a rush. I stood up with an air of calm about me, a feeling she lacked right now.
"What is it Alexis?" I asked.
"Demetri is going to send Ulrich on a mission against a Werewolf, tonight!" I smiled at her worry. It wasn't that I enjoyed it, it was just unnecessary.
"Don't worry Alexis, if he does, I'll go with him, it'll be fine."
"No, he's got a signed paper from Marcus to get you to leave… he'll send him out alone since Abhash is out on a job." I thought quickly for a solution then turned back to her when the idea came to me.
"Thanks for the tip Alexis, I'll take care of it. Get out of here before Demetri finds you here." I told her. She nodded thanking me.
"Bye." She said turning her back and like that she was gone. I stepped in to the training room and saw who I wanted to alone.
"Hey Ivan… I've got a job for you… you need to bail out the other pupil in a fight." He scoffed at me.
"Why would I do something like that, if he dies then I won't need to fight him later." I shrugged theatrically.
"Fine… you don't need to help him… but you may never again get a chance to fight a werewolf." I said turning out to the door and opening it to leave. I had no intentions to leave.
"Wait… he's going to fight a werewolf, and I'm not?"
"Yes, all twelve feet of one… What a great fight it'd be… probably one of the greatest fights a vampire could ask for but there's only so many left…" He growled at me which stopped fazing me a long time ago.
"Fine… But I'm not doing this for him..."
(Current time)
I was just waiting for Demetri to return so I could kill him. He had seen off my pupil… he even was going to tail him so he could make sure he didn't run away… I would kill Demetri… Luckily Alexis helped me stay one step ahead of Demetri. He smiled as he walked in with a victorious smile. My hand shot straight for his throat he ducked away and jumped back still facing me.
"Hah… you've grown predictable Felix." He said laughing at me. I undid my Vulturi robe throwing it at him he swatted it away but that millisecond was all I needed to wrap my right hand around his throat. He managed one more breath before I closed my fingers around tighter. He laughed and coughed losing air.
"Face it…" he said gasping for air.
"You don't have… what… it takes…. An…y…more… You've…. Been… neu..tered…" he gasped. I threw him across the room grabbing two scimitars from the mantle near me. Tossing one to him I spun the other around my body.
"If that's true I wouldn't be able to kill you…" I took my first step forward but out of the side of my Eyes I could see Aro and stepped back defensively.
"You will both stop this… I heard what's happened, There will be no more of it. Demetri! You will do nothing like that again, you will stay away from Felix's students from now on."
"Student you mean…" he smirked.
"No… I mean students… Ulrich was successful against the werewolf." Aro corrected. Felix beamed with both pride and relief. Aro left the room leaving just Demetri and I.
"Even though your student somehow managed to kill him you've lost that killer instinct, the drive to win at any cost, you're still neutered." He said leaving the room.
"We'll see whose students are better." I said facing the area where Demetri was a moment ago.
"We'll see…"
I actually spent a long time on this Chapter… crazy huh? I made the Werewolf like I see em, freakin' huge, ripped as hell, covered completely by hard, and beastly. Thank you for those of you who are hardcore reviewers. Crazy ain't it? Right now I need some more Ideas for this story… I have more but they're more down the road, I need more filler kick ass chapters… Thanks for reading. Give high fives, knucks, rolls of twenty dollar bills and reviews in the review box (Ideas and comments always welcomed) (and yes the title is a reference to Indiana Jones)