"Amelia!" a blond boy with glasses called while walking through the city. His steps were light even though he was giving his position away by calling for his sister. She had been out since this morning and should have been back by now.
He was just about to call for her again when he noticed movement to his right. He blinked glancing over to see his sister in her wolf form running up to him. The second she was in front of him she skidded to a halt and changed to her human form smiling at him.
"Hi Alfred!" She said in a cheerful voice. No sign of the fight visible on her features. She trying to hide any evidence that she was in a fight, not that Alfred noticed.
"Amelia-" Alfred started, attempting to be stern, but his sentence broke off into a snort, and he laughed at his inability to be strict with her. "Where have you been Sis? We were getting worried."
Amelia just smiled up at him in that charming way of hers. "I can handle myself. Plus I've been hunting, we need the food."
Alfred looked confused. "Aren't the animals in the forest?" he asked curiously looking around. "Unless you decided to hunt Mutants."
Amelia laughed. "Animals come here too silly! Remember that rat I caught? Or, umm, that raccoon? I found them in the city," she told him with a nod.
Alfred wrinkled his nose at the mention of the rat. "Yea but we were hoping for a deer or something tastier," he told her, shaking his head.
His sister glared at him, crossing her arms. "Hey! At least I'm bringing food home!"
Alfred automatically put his hands up in defense. "Hey, hey, relax Sis, I'm just kidding. The raccoon at least was good," he said with a small smirk. Seeing her relax, Alfred smiled more. "So, need any help?"
Amelia shook her head. "Nope, but you can come anyway." She smiled up at him. "If you can keep up that is," she teased before turning into her wolf form. She turned then quickly took off into the city.
Alfred blinked in surprise then smirked. "Oh you're so on!" he called after her before turning into his wolf form as well to chase her. Alfred was, naturally, much bigger than her, and unlike her's, his fur was black.
Alfred followed his younger sister through the ruined city, weaving in and out of ruined buildings, running down streets, and skimming around corners. The second they got to what used to be Main Street, Alfred launched forward, tackling his sister playfully. Amelia yelped in surprise by the sudden playful attack.
"Hey!" She laughed as she playfully wrestled with the bigger wolf. The two of them were laughing and too distracted with each other to even notice the two Mutants watching them.
They rolled around on the broken road, barking playfully as they lightly nipped and batted at each other. It wasn't until Amelia had her brother pinned down that she finally noticed the Mutants. Two more had come to join the first pair, attracted by the sounds the two siblings had been making.
Amelia crouched down with her ears back. "Whoops," she whispered to her brother, who tilted his head back to see what she was looking at. She could feel him tense underneath her paws.
"Alright Sis, when I say run, you run," he whispered.
Amelia narrowed her eyes and growled softly. "No," she told him stubbornly.
Alfred sighed softly with annoyance. "Dude, I'm not gonna fight 'em, just do it," he told her, not taking his eyes off of the Mutants. Amelia seemed to hesitate but she finally nodded with a sigh.
"Alright fine," she whispered.
Alfred kept his eyes on them, waiting for one to move. Two of them were those spider mutants. He always felt bad for the humans that had to go through that mutation. They still had the body, legs and arms of a human; however they also had the creepy spider legs to go with them. Like all Mutants, they had black eyes, making them look almost deadly.
The third one was an actual beast. It barely looked human anymore. Hunched over with long sharp claws. It was a massive thing with horns, like those of a bull, on top of its head. The last one looked more like a skeleton with skin. Its sunken in, black eyes staring right back at them with a menacing look. It flexed its fingers, looking like it wanted to rip right into them.
The fourth one was the first to make a move. "Now!" Alfred barked, making his sister jump before she bolted. The second she was off of him, he got to his feet and launched after her. The two of them could easily outrun the first three, but the skeleton was fast. The Skeleton quickly made a grab at Alfred's tail, but missed. Luckily, Amelia decided to take a route that required the two of them to duck under a piece of metal. The beast couldn't duck in time and ran into the metal, slicing itself in half.
The two siblings continued running, both silently agreeing not to stop until they reached the safety of the forest. The sun was slowly starting to rise in the distance; it was too late to finish the hunt.
The second the two of them were in the woods, they both came skidding to a halt. Both of them were out of breath. Amelia looked back at the city while Alfred scanned the forest. He glanced at his younger sister once he was sure it was safe.
"Dude, we gotta stick to the forest, that sucked!" he told her, before he slowly started padding back to the den.
Amelia opened her mouth to object but then quickly closed it. He was right. First the Vampire, then the Mutants, obviously the city wasn't safe. She still wondered about that vampire. Why did he let her go? Why didn't he finish her off? She did attack him after all.
She sighed softly, deciding not to linger on the thoughts about the boy. With a last look at the city, she slowly padded after her brother, dragging her tail along the ground.
A/N: Alright so I'd like to say thank you for lasting through the first part of the chapter for me. I started working on this chapter when I first woke up and couldn't remember what I was doing with this chapter until I was half way through it so it might sound like I was putzing around with it. On the plus side, its longer then the first chapter! Whoo!
Explanations for the chapter:
Mutants - Mutants as you learned in the first chapter are humans that got a little too much radiation from all the nukes that went off. Not all mutants look the same of course and some are more deadly then others. The skeletons being one of the most dangerous. Depending on the person depends on what mutant they'll turn into, more about this will be revealed in later chapters. All mutations have black eyes and they tend to stick to the city, rarely is there one outside the cities.
Alright, now the thing about the werewolves. They can still talk, speak and communicate in their wolf form. Only creatures can understand them though. No human or Mutant can, all they hear is barking.
Gonna add a little Credit thing here... XD
To VixonVulpe for helping me get the story situated! Without you, this story would be a grammar mess!