Sackler was sat, feeling unbelievably bored, in a bush with a tranquiliser gun, until he jumped to attention at the sound of two different muffled roars coming from the door that lead to the back garden that Sackler was facing. Bulstrode also jumped to attention at the faint sound of the roars, but he wasn't crouched in a garden bush, he was lounging in a stylish black car that was parked outside Dr Mann's front door, with the back seat window open. Bulstrode smiled slyly, his plan was underway! Sacker on the other hand, gripped the tranquiliser gun tightly and raised it, resting the long barrel of the gun on a relatively sturdy branch of the bush, still concealed within the bright green leaves. He focused, ready for the two scrapping monsters to burst out of the door facing him at any second.
Hyde ran furiously towards the fur-clad ball of death and ducked underneath the gaping jaw and the grasping claws, rolling underneath the monster and standing up again when he was out of harm's way. The wolf flew over the rolling Hyde and crashed into the empty fireplace, causing soot and ash to fly up from the floor, consuming the wolf completely. Hyde turned around to watch the carnage and laughed triumphantly, before striding towards the dark grey cloud of soot. He had only taken a single step, however, before a low and angry growl began to emit from the cloud, causing Hyde to stop abruptly and the smug grin of his face to fade slightly.
Jekyll cried in fear and terror from the back of Hyde's mind, cowering and shaking all over, as two burning red eyes blazed with rage suddenly from the slowly settling ash. The gigantic, pointed teeth were the next to be visible, lips curled back enough to show gums, in a vicious snarl of fury. Hyde slowly started to take cautious steps back from the fireplace, bracing himself for the next attack. Jekyll covered his face with his hands, no longer wanting to watch what was happening through Hyde's eyes in fear of what might happen.
Suddenly, without warning, the red eyes and bright teeth launched themselves at great speed towards Hyde and Hyde sprang to the side, once again sending the wolf into the floor. Hyde landed painfully as his stomach collided with the hard, wooden floorboards, winding him slightly. As he struggled to get back to his feet, Hyde didn't notice that the werewolf had landed perfectly on all fours and was now lumbering towards him on its hind legs. Just as he was on his hands and knees and ready to stand, a large clawed hand grabbed him around the waist and lifted him off the floor, Hyde's arms and legs flailing wildly. The wolf laughed a guttural laugh before throwing Hyde through the house, where the man with two men inside of him smacked against the tiled floor of the kitchen, the wind fully knocked out of him.
Pain erupted from Hyde's back and the back of his head. He once again struggled to stand, his vision flashing with multi-coloured lights after hitting his head so hard against the floor. He could hear the thundering footsteps of the beast bounding through the house on all fours, roaring as it went. Hyde raised a hand to the back of his and found his messy, curled hair to be warm and wet. When he brought his hand round in front of his face, he saw through his blurry vision that his fingertips were now crimson red from blood that had flowed from the wound he received after his head connected with the floor with such force. Hyde stood on shaky legs, his vision still obscured by the on-and-off glowing lights and attempted to roar back, before closing his eyes and shaking his head furiously. His hands were back into fists as he opened his eyes to red eyes, tapering teeth, cutting claws and dark brown fur sprinting towards him.
Sacker was just about to lower the gun from the branch it was resting on, when suddenly Hyde crashed through the door in front of the bush, the wood shattering and splintering to pieces all around him. The black coat billowed out behind Hyde as he barrelled into the long grass of the back garden. This seemed to knock Hyde back into his senses, as he shook his head briefly, before quickly rising to his still slightly shaky feet, his blue-eyed face screwed into one of annoyance. The red eyes of the wolf glared brightly as the creature stepped over the broken remains of Dr Mann's back door, out of the shadow of the house and into the light of day.
Hyde! Move out of the way! Sackler thought angrily to himself as he looked down the barrel of the tranquiliser gun, finger on the trigger, waiting for the right moment.
"Come here, Wolfy!" Hyde growled, fists at his side, ready to swing a punch at the slowly approaching werewolf. The wolf bared its teeth and emitted a rumbling snarl as it gradually advanced towards Hyde on two legs, clearly exhausted slightly from the small fight. It never had that much energy to begin with, after transforming under a full moon the night before.
When the wolf was close enough, it raised a clawed hand and raked it down in a vicious slash at Hyde's face, which he easily ducked under and quickly returned with a powerful punch to the werewolf's lower jaw, its teeth clashing together. It howled in pain, before swinging two clawed hands down at Hyde in fury. Hyde only grinned and caught the werewolf's wrists and pushed against the force of the wolf. The two remained locked like this, roaring and growling at each other, until Hyde brought up a leg and kicked the wolf in the gut, causing it to recoil backwards. Hyde spun the wolf around towards the bush before letting go and adding an extra shove.
Sackler saw his chance and aimed for the large, tightly packed shoulder muscle as the wolf stopped clutching its stomach and ran at Hyde. Before one monster reached the other, Sackler's finger pulled the trigger and the tranquiliser dart shot out of the barrel and stuck firmly into the shoulder of the werewolf. It stopped abruptly and roared up to the sky, reaching round to find what had just hit it in the back. A triumphant grin slowly crept up Hyde's face as the werewolf's eyes began to droop and turn yellow, and staggered sideways before collapsing to the floor. As Sackler stood and climbed out of the bush, the fur grew shorter, claws and teeth shrank back and grew blunt, the tail recoiled and disappeared and the body returned to that of a man, with ordinary human proportions.
Hyde looked down at the knocked out Dr Mann, wearing nothing but the remainders of his black trousers, looking more like tattered shorts than trousers, before turning and walking with a slight stagger back through the house and out the front door. At the sight of him, Bulstrode leapt up from his seat and poked his head out of the car window.
"Well? Is he knocked out?" Bulstrode asked impatiently. Hyde, weary from the fight and wanting sleep, strode straight past the car, saying nothing but an irritated "yes!", heading home. Bulstrode noticed the blood trailing down Hyde's neck and clothing and the nasty looking wound on the back of Hyde's head, but thought nothing of it. He'll heal.
Hyde burst through the door to his house, only to be greeted by a worried looking Ravi and a bored Garson. He took one glance at each of them, before slamming the door behind him and collapsing into an armchair. Garson instantly knew which side of the doctor was present and left immediately, leaving him alone to heal. Ravi on the other hand scampered over to his brother, seeing the blood that was covering Hyde's neck and the back of his head.
"Robert! Are you okay? You didn't get hurt too much did you?" Ravi inquired worryingly, standing next to the armchair and looking at the wound on the back of his head.
"I'm fine, Ravi, I just got thrown around a little bit. Now leave me alone, I want to sleep" Hyde rasped, his eyes closed and swatting a hand at Ravi. At this, Ravi knew to leave him alone, and walked up the stairs, leaving Hyde to rest in peace.
Jekyll, you're gonna have a cracker of a headache after this…
