Chapter 18: One last Fight

As instructed by Aurora, Muldoon arrives at the river in the south jungle. "Gently put me in," Aurora said, pointing to the water that was coming out of the cave.

Muldoon was skeptical at first, but he obeys and gently lowers her into the water. Aurora let out a wail as her leg touches the water, but the water's magic went to work.

The black skin and muscle on Aurora's leg began to turn pink again and Muldoon watches in amazement as her leg became normal. It was as if the burns never existed.

"How in the world...?" Muldoon said.

"This is one of the reasons why we had to exterminate your colleagues. If they knew of this river, I don't know what they do, but it would be dreadful," Aurora explains to Muldoon.

He gently touches the skin on Aurora's leg, "Does it hurt?" he asks.

"Not anymore," she answers.

"I was sure that I had to amputate it," Muldoon adds and looks at her leg, again. "This is incredible," he said.

Just then, they heard a noise, and they stood up on their feet. Since they had no weapons, they knew they didn't stand a chance against whoever it was.

Suddenly, a shot rang out, and a bullet almost hits the two. Then, Esteban appears out of the brush, gun in hand. He stares at the two, but he looks at Aurora with vicious hatred in his eyes.

"You have guts you little bitch," Esteban said to her. Muldoon stands in front of Aurora, blocking Esteban. "Get out of the way," Esteban orders, but Muldoon refuses.

"Why do you hate your daughter so much?" Muldoon asks him, but Esteban trains his gun at him.

"Do you want me to shoot you, too?" he asks.

"Answer me first," Muldoon demands, still holding his ground. Esteban looks at him, but still holds the gun up, ready to pull the trigger.

"You know something, I never met a man who hates his own kin. What made you sell your own daughters?" Muldoon asks, again.

"You will never understand, my wife and I did what we could to survive in poverty. Four daughters to support, well sending them to brothels meant they got whatever they wanted. But they didn't get the message," Esteban said.

"What are you talking about?" Aurora asks.

"Your older sisters, they committed suicide together by jumping off a bridge while they were on their way to the brothel," Esteban answers and Aurora nearly collapses.

However, she felt a rage siege through her and she pushes Muldoon out of the way. Aurora charges at Esteban, he was flabbergasted when she crashes into him at such force.

He lost the gun and Aurora began to punch and bite him. "Get off of me!" Esteban orders, pushing at her, but Aurora was like a vicious beast wanting to tare him apart.

"Help!" Esteban shouts, but Muldoon does not move.

Suddenly, Esteban punches Aurora in the nose and she falls off of him. He sees the gun and reaches for it, but suddenly, a foot with a talon stomps on it. The talon tares into his skin and Esteban cries in agony.

Aurora looks up to see that it was Blue and she hisses at him. The other raptors, including Ulyssa and her pack were behind Blue. She looks at Aurora, noticing her bloody nose, and the raptor opens her mouth.

'You just made the biggest mistake ever,' Blue growls and then chomps on Esteban's neck. He doesn't have time to scream as Blue crunches his throat with the force of her jaws.

Esteban dies and his body withers away in black ash. Aurora releases a sigh of relief, the bastard who claimed to be her father was dead, he will no longer come after her and her pack.

"Blue, are you okay?" Aurora asks the raptor.

"Watch out!" Muldoon shouts and encloses his body around Aurora just as a shot rang out. Blue and the other raptors shriek.

Aurora places Muldoon down and saw the bullet wound in his side. His face showed pain and agony. Aurora then notices Joana, the gun in her hand. Blue and the other raptors notice her, too, and were ready to charge at her.

"No! It's just me and her!" Aurora orders her pack. She stands up to face her mother and walks up to her. Joana's hands were shaking and Aurora pulls the gun out of her hand and throws it away.

"What kind of mother would shoot her own child?" Aurora asks Joana.

"Didn't you hear your father? Four daughters to support in poverty, well, we had to do what's best for all of us," Joana answers, but Aurora looks at her with horror.

"By selling them into sex slavery? And letting them die? Did you honestly think that was best for your daughters? My sisters?" she asks, again.

"Oh, we were not interested in any of you, we didn't care what happened to you. As long as we got a big payload, then we were satisfied, but it didn't last," Joana answers. This causes the raptors to growl angrily at Joana.

'You sick bitch,' Aurora heard Ulyssa hiss.

"You know what? I'm glad you and Esteban ended you in Hell. Now that your husband has ceased to exist, I'm going to do the same to you," Aurora said to Joana.

Just then, Joana jumps on Aurora, then begins to choke her. The raptors wanted to intervene, but they had their orders from Aurora.

Aurora grabs a stone and hits Joana on the side of her head. Joana wails in pain, letting Aurora loose, and she kicks her off. "You were always the little shit!" Joana shouts and pulls on her hair.

Aurora punches her in the stomach and runs away from her. Joana goes after her and the raptors follow behind. Ulyssa and her pack, however, stay with Muldoon.

The two women ran, Aurora tried to avoid Joana and get her away from the river. However, Aurora stops when she realizes that she was trapped, a cliff with a waterfall stood before her.

Aurora looks around for anything useful, just as Joana arrives. "End of the road for you," Joana said in an icy voice.

"Bitch, this is the end for you," Aurora replies. Suddenly, Joana charges at her and they fall from the cliff.

'Aurora!' Blue screeches as the two women crash into the pool below.

The raptors hurry down to see where their alpha was, but no sign of her. Just then, Aurora broke the surface, gasping for air. The four raptors screech and howler for their alpha.

Suddenly, Aurora was pulled under by Joana and they resume their fight. Fighting under water was something Aurora was not expecting, but for reason she could easily avoid being hit by Joana.

Aurora then delivers a knockout punch to Joana's face and she stops moving. Aurora broke the surface, again, and grabs onto a boulder. Blue jumps on it and takes a mouthful of Aurora's shirt and pulls her up.

Just then, Joana appears and grabs Aurora. She didn't throw punches this time and pleads, "Please, don't leave me Lidia."

Aurora finally had had enough of this woman and replies, "I am not your daughter, bitch!"

With whatever strength she had left, Aurora delivers a forceful kick to Joana's face, and a sickening crack was heard. Joana fells back into the water, but then became ash.

Blue pulls her alpha out of the water and she chirps, 'Aurora, are you all right?'

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just glad that it's over," she answers and hugs each of her pack members.

Then, she realizes something, "Muldoon!" she exclaims and they hurry back to where they left him.

From the author: At long last, those people are long gone! But what of Muldoon? Find out next time!