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Sentinel Legend.
The distinctive silver Sentinel and Guide Foundation(SGF) mini bus slowly made its way down the country road, the group of young sentinels and guides chatted amicably with each other as they returned to the SGF school that catered to young guides and sentinels.
The two adults who had accompanied the ten youngster, where relieved that soon the day trip would be over and they could return the children safe and sound. The guide teacher who accompanied the children was unbonded and had just turned twenty she was keen to find her own sentinel, the sentinel teacher who was on the trip was slightly older and he was a low level sentinel and he found the female guide very fetching but he knew that they where not compatible, he was looking forward to Friday nights sentinel guide mixer that was going to take place, he hoped that there was a guide there who would do him the honour of becoming his guide.
Jerry the bus driver smiled to himself as he looked in his rear view mirror and watched the eight to ten year old children giggle and bounce excitedly in there seats. Suddenly Jerry noticed a car crashed at the side of the road, he pulled over and the young sentinel immediately rushed over to the car which had smoke billowing from the engine. Before he reached the car a dart struck the young man, he hit the floor immediately disabled by the tranquiliser dart. Jerry saw men swarm towards the bus and he attempted to reverse away, but found his way blocked by a large van.
The female guide was horrified by the sight of the young sentinel dropping to the floor like a stone, she rushed to the front of the bus and pulling out here cell phone she saw that they had no reception.
A masked gun man appeared at the door he held a sub machine gun up and indicated to Jerry to open the doors, Jerry did so reluctantly.
"Keep calm and no one will get hurt." The man growled. "Stay in your seats children and do as I say."
A couple of men got on the mini bus and the first man turned to the guide and looked her up and down, she shivered as she felt his cold gaze, he felt devoid of emotion it was strange and scary for the young woman.
"Tell them to do as I say." The masked man ordered.
"Children stay in your seats and do as the men say." The guide struggled to project calm to the frightened youngsters.
She felt a pin prick in her neck and before she had a chance to react the drug knocked her unconscious, Jerry suffered the same fate, and then the men began to sedate the children and move them into the large van which stood idle behind the silver bus, the men moved the sentinel back onto the bus and then left the scene.
Driving quickly away the man removed his masked and quickly made a phone call.
"The packages have been collected."
"Excellent." The cold voice responded. "Take them to the safe house and await my instructions."
The van pulled in front of a large log cabin, the men carried the children down into the cellar and placed them on mattresses which littered the room, a small curtained off area held a sink and toilet. The men left the children to sleep off the sedatives and locked the door behind them a camera covered the area so that they could be monitored all the time.
"Some pretty ones there boss." A huge hulking man spoke, arousal colouring his tone.
"Yes there is." The boss known to the others as Smith smiled. "But don't get your hopes up you couldn't afford any of them."
"Damn but I wouldn't mind trying one out." The man grinned evilly cupping his groin suggestively.
Smith grimaced.
"Don't go near them Skylar we don't need you frightening them." Smith commanded, he felt sickened by the man's obvious pleasure.
"Sure boss." Skylar chuckled as he used his imagination to fantasise about what he would do if he was alone with one of the children.
"I will be back in a couple of hours." Smith informed his men. "Remember to keep your emotions in check when your dealing with our guests."
Smith drove away.
Skylar noted that most of the children where awake and huddled together, he smiled to himself.
"I'll go take them some snacks." Skylar went to the kitchen and picked up the box of snacks, he unlocked the door and made his way down the steps. He noted that the children had moved away from the door and what he assumed where the sentinels stood infront of the guides. "Hello my pretties."
Green eyes shot open and the blond head tilted as if the man was listening, the man stumbled from the bed and quickly got dressed, Christopher Larabee did not know why he had woken from his drunken stupor with a sudden urge to get dressed, he felt a sense of urgency as he quickly made his way to his barn, he saddled the large stallion watching quietly in a stall. Chris mounted and urged the horse into a ground eating canter as he headed towards the edge of his property and the forestry land that bordered it, he realised he was headed to the large cabin that could be found there. He stopped a few miles or so from the cabin, he found that he could tell that there where people in the cabin, when there should not be.
A growl erupted from his throat as he sensed panic and distress from who ever was in the cabin. Suddenly Chris Larabee ceased to exist and the Dark Sentinel who had been lying dormant raced to the fore, he could sense the young guides and sentinels and there terror at being held captive. Green eyes glowed with an unholy internal fire as the sentinel stalked silently toward the cabin, noting the sentries that where patrolling the area, Chris smiled to himself as he imagined punishing them for touching the gifted pups. He looked down and saw his spirit animal stalking silently beside him the huge silver timber wolf tongue lolling seemed to grin up at Chris.
One of the men walking the perimeter stopped to look around him, he though this job would be easy money but he did not like the idea of hurting children, suddenly he realised that some kind of animal was stood infront of him, he raised his gun as he realised that the biggest wolf he had ever seen was stood staring at him, growling it took a step towards him. The man did not see or hear the sentinel stood behind him, he did not have time to do anything before Chris struck, snapping his neck like a twig the Chris stepped over the body and headed for the next man he would take out.
Ten minutes later everyone of the guards circling the cabin had lost there lives silently, giving the men inside no hint that anything was wrong. Chris stood listening he sensed the ten heartbeats of the pups he was going to rescue. His lip curled as he separated out the other four heartbeats. He noted that two where with the youngsters and from the conversation he could here they where arguing, Chris listened intently.
"You keep away from the kids Skylar." The young man pointed his gun at the huge hulking behemoth who was eyeing the children like they where candy. "I thought we where just gonna ransom them I never signed up to see anyone hurt."
"Then you're an idiot boy, now get out my way." Skylar growled he wanted to get to the children and the teenager was trying to stop him. "I won't hurt em."
"Don't make me shoot you." Jesse needed the money to pay his mothers rent but he just thought they where going to ransom the children but from what he had worked out from Skylar and some of the others the man called Smith intended to sell these gifted children to the highest bidder. "Just back off."
Chris entered the cabin he immediately attacked the man sat watching the television, a second man entered from the kitchen area and screamed when he saw his colleague being ripped apart by the enraged sentinel. Chris dropped the dead man and saw the second man attempt to flee, the dark sentinel grinned in anticipation as he hunted after him.
Skylar saw the teenager was distracted and used this to punch him, knocking the boy unconscious he kicked the prone body hard in the ribs, he then picked up the gun and headed towards the children grabbing one he waited, he pointed the gun at the others to keep them back as the child sentinels wanted to protect the guide he had held in his huge meaty fist.
Chris was covered in blood none of it his own as the second man had tried to use a knife on him, but he had been soon dealt with. Chris pushed open the door he saw one young man unconscious on the floor, he was discounted as a threat. His wolf sat beside him, Chris growled as he noted the nine children stood silent as they waited for him to come down the stairs, he saw the huge man holding the tenth child in his hand against his chest with a gun to her head, the child was a guide and her terror was making Chris rage grow.
"You come any closer and I'll kill her." Skylar barked at the man he could see stood at the top of the cellar stairs, a growl was his answer.
Chris moved down the stairs he stood silent at the bottom, his green eyes flashed at the man holding the child, his lip curled as he snarled. The Dark Sentinel demanded retribution for the crime the man was committing against the young guide, he would rip this fiend limb from limb.
The young guide could feel the animalistic rage the man holding her was feeling, he wanted to hurt the sentinel who stood now silent watching them. She tried to block out the man's emotions as her terror increased, she suddenly looked up and into the intense green eyes, a calm feeling began to infuse her, she realised the adult sentinel was projecting calm and shielding her from the evil man's emotions.
The Dark Sentinel smiled gently at the young guide as his mind wrapped around her and the other nine gifted children, the sense of peace and calm flooded their young minds, their racing hearts slowed to a more normal pace, each one now starred impassively at the giant of a man, who felt a great sense of unease overwhelm he began to back away from the silent man whose green eyes promised dire retribution.
Skylar heart began to race, he realised the sentinel was blocking the only way out of the cellar. The huge man could not understand why the child in his hand had relaxed, she seemed completely calm and unconcerned, even though he had a gun held to her head.
"I'll kill her if you don't get out my way." Skylar shouted his eyes searching the room for some way to escape. The sentinel smiled wolfishly back at him, Skylar realised he was not getting out of this room alive, he heard growling from behind him and turned slightly to see the biggest wolf ever growling at him, saliva dripping from the prominent fangs.
As soon as Skylar's attention was drawn away from Chris, the dark sentinel sprang, he pulled the young guide away from Skylar and pushed her behind him and towards the other children. Skylar saw his death in the other mans eyes as he felt the child ripped free from his arms, he did not even get the chance to beg for mercy as the sentinel ended his life by snapping his neck.
Chris spun round and growled at the man who had regained consciousness, the teenager waited for his death, he had heard that sentinels protected their own and he was sure that the man was going to kill him, he waited and tried not to let his terror overwhelm him. He had committed a crime and now he would pay for it.
"Please Sentinel he tried to protect us." The young boy moved closer to Jesse.
"Hurt you." Chris growled he moved closer to the man and boy.
"No Sentinel he didn't." The boy was the youngest of the sentinels and he looked deeply into the green eyes of the man stood poised to strike at the teenager who lay on the floor.
"I'm sorry I didn't know."Jesse could not maintain eye contact with the man who could kill him.
A snarl was his answer, the Dark Sentinel moved towards the man, he deserved to be punished, he stopped as the young boy stepped in front of the man, who made no effort to move. The Dark Sentinel considered the child in front of him, sensing the strength the young child had in his conviction the sentinel stroke the thick hair, the boy grinned up at him. Chris heart saddened when he remembered another boy's smiling at him. He nodded and moved away from the teenager and the young sentinel, he moved to where the other children stood.
"You just stay there." The boy looked down at Jesse. "What's your name?"
"Jesse." Jesse could not believe this young sentinel had managed to persuade the green eyed man not to kill him. "What's yours?"
"Billy Travis."