Roman Reigns was the guy that everyone called "perfect". Rival clans and mundanes agreed.
Valkyrae called him the human depiction of Poseidon. Shinsuke on the other hand preferred "Zeus" for their one true alpha.
Shinsuke also felt a vampire had no business describing a werewolf. That led into a mini-brawl that Roman and Corpse had to step in to separate.
Roman chuckled as he remembered, looking out his window waiting for feedback from his family if it was safe to run tonight. It was not a full moon or even near but the 'wolves were straining and complaining for a walk.
Sasha and even Felix had stopped selling Schmoozing potion to them.
"If you want to go and run rampage on the town cause you puppies want to go for walkies that's not on me," Felix had said.
"What do you mean y'all ran out? That's it, no more Schmoozing for you," Sasha then proceeded to slam to the door on Naomi who was sent over to her.
Roman called her phone, it kept going straight to voice mail. He then dialed Corpse as a last ditch effort.
Corpse called him back not five minutes later that the two alchemists in town were both out of ingredients. Felix's shipping of goods came at the end of the week and Sasha off course wasn't going into the woods before Saturday.
Roman went round the packs and they all brought the last of their potions together, rationed it and decided it was time to break the law. They were going to run wild in the woods and that's that. Fuck the mundanes.
He'd sent his cousins Jey, Jimmy, Nia and Tamina in the woods to scour for any mundane movement and to look out for traps.
The return howls came soon and he smiled. He was about to do his own special howl to alert the packs to move out when he got a phone call.
He looked at the screen, it was Sykkuno. He put the phone on speaker.
"What the fuck is this? It's not the full moon yet... Why are you guys doing your Morse code howls?" Sykkuno let out without even waiting for Roman to say hello.
"Yeah shit happened and the packs need to run in the woods today."
"You didn't tell me first? And why couldn't you get a potion to quell your urges like everyone else?"
Roman rolled his eyes, "the clubs are closed today. Felix and Sasha are out of Schmoozing ingredients. It's either we go running or we risk some of my packs going insane and attacking the town's people... The Fae included."
"Is that a threat? I'm calling the police..."
"You wouldn't dare!" Roman snapped.
"I can and I will... Call this off, now."
Roman was silent for a moment, taking in the situation. There was no way Sykkuno was going to call the mundanes, right?
And after having to chain up Maaz and Joel, he knew The Darkling would not be able to make it till weekend without a massacre.
The other clans could protect themselves but the mundanes cannot. Sykkuno would not dare incite his wrath by calling the cops.
"You know what? Fuck you, Sykkuno!" he yelled and hung up.
He opened his massive windows and howled into the night, "ooh ahh!"
The excited growls echoed throughout the town.
The mundanes off course thought it was the usual fauna in the parts. Roman closed his windows and dashed outside.
The chill air greeted him as he got outside. He could already see some of his packs dashing into the woods.
He heard a whistle and he turned in its direction. Corpse was waving at him with a guarded smile.
"Sykkuno is so mad, be careful out there," Corpse warned. Roman nodded in acknowledgement.
Corpse turned into a bat and flew off.
He entered the woods and begun to turn. His sounds made the packs chortle in excitement as they knew their leader was among them.
He let out an excited yelp when his transformation was complete and opened his eyes to see his family by him.
Jimmy and Jey looked at him. He grunted in amusement, they were challenging to a race most likely to the pond they used to play as kids.
They took off barking excitedly with Naomi, Nia and Tamina following behind them.
The pond was a long ways off actually so Roman just let his thoughts take him.
To be honest, besides the need to run, things had been going well for him. He'd renewed the feeding programmes for his schools and had employed some new teachers.
He'd also, after frequent persistence from Charlotte, started taking his own fitness class in the high school. He'd honestly been wrong about the Flairs, he thought their only purpose was to turn a profit.
Well Ric was still the same, his daughter was not.
The nagging guilt kept tugging at his mind however.
He had stepped down from his position as mayor immediately after his second term was up without even waiting for elections. He wasn't cut out for politics, that was Corpse.
The latter had majored in political science and public administration but had opted for a business route instead. Sykkuno on the other hand was a famous fashion designer and vlogger.
'I mean if Corpse stopped dodging responsibilities,' Roman thought as he felt the breeze course through his fur.
He turned and observed that Maaz had begun to run alongside them. Charlotte joined a moment later.
'Do you think you werepuppies can outrun me?' he asked sarcastically, amusement in his tone.
Charlotte snorted.
'Who you calling a werepuppy, Uce?' Jimmy called and overtook him.
'Hell no!' Roman let out and dashed after his cousin.
Minutes later, they arrived at the pond. Jey beat Charlotte, his brother and cousin by a millisecond.
Maaz stood a short ways back, his ears shot up and he pawed at the ground. Something was horribly off. He could feel it.
'That's barely even fair. It's barely a hair's length... I won,' Charlotte argued.
'I fucking won, okay? Suck it up, Char,' Jey said, hoping around joyfully.
Nia and Tamina proceeded to play-wrestle whilst Naomi ran off into the forest with her husband.
Maaz tried to enjoy the woods but he couldn't shake off the feeling. Not even when Joel lunged playfully at him.
'I thought you had the fastest reflexes in your pack,' Joel laughed. Maaz growled and chased after him awhile before coming to an abrupt halt.
'What happened? Why did you stop?' Joel returned to his side.
"Guys... Something's wrong," Maaz let out a terrified howl.
The first thing he saw was the bright light then heard the sound of a gun.
For a brief moment he thought he had been shot but he opened his eyes and saw Roman in human form laying in a pool of blood before him.
The packs nearby quickly surrounded their leader. Jey, Tamina and Charlotte attacked the unsuspecting police officers. Only one escaped.
The one holding his gun.
The other three were ripped to shreds before they could even pull out their guns.
Maaz finally recovered and let a sharp, telepathic howl.
Kendall was startled awake.
Sykkuno was in his office the next morning when he heard a knock. He sat up straight in his chair and asked the person to come in.
The man entered his office looking unsure.
"Ah, Toast. Welcome, welcome. I thought you wouldn't show, have a seat," Sykkuno said, gesturing at one of the chairs at the order side of his desk.
"Good morning, Mr Mayor," Toast greeted.
"Oh please, cut the pleasantries. Call me Sykkuno."
"Okay. I'm here for the personal assistant position, Sykkuno," Toast informed.
"I know. You can start immediately... My emails have been piling up since my past assistant left," Sykkuno stated, disdain creeping into his voice.
Toast quirked an eyebrow and wanted to ask a question but he restrained himself. He knew damn well Sasha wouldn't just up and quit a job just like that.
Then again, it was none of his business and he needed the money so... Whatever.
Toast had just exited when Jimmy and Jey Uso barged in.
Sykkuno stood up in annoyance. He could already feel the effects of the shots of Twisted bliss he had in the morning wear off just by their very presence.
Before he could say anything, he felt himself being lifted off the ground and his back slammed into the wall.
He let out a gasp and a groan.
"You've gone too far this time, Sykkuno!" Jimmy was screaming in his face.
Sykkuno blinked in surprise, "what's the meaning of this?"
"Don't act like you don't know, Uce!" Jey yelled from behind his brother, "you sent the cops on my cousin... They shot him, he's been in critical condition since last night!"
Sykkuno was internally surprised but he schooled his face to blank. Sure he'd sent the police, to send a message to Roman so that the werewolf leader would know better than to cross him.
He heard that three had died... The poor, foolish mundanes. They didn't know anything, they were just told to check on the fauna creating a raucous in the area. They had complained that checking on the fauna was the job of the animal control unit but he had threatened to relieve them of their jobs so they did as they were told.
But he did not know that Roman himself had been shot.
"I have zero idea what you're talking about," Sykkuno said, feeling the throbbing pain on the back of his head.
The twin brothers scoffed.
"You threatened my cousin to call off the run," Jimmy stated.
"No, I told him to call off the run. It wasn't a full moon and it wasn't fair. What if The Fae decided to do our ritual on a random night? What would you say?" Sykkuno defended.
"We're just running, not bathing in human blood," Jey snapped at him.
"He didn't listen to me..."
"So you sent the cops on us, huh? I don't even blame you, I blame Corpse. If his flakey ass didn't constantly dip on the mayorships position, I wouldn't be talking to you right now," Jimmy spat.
Sykkuno struggled against Jimmy's rough handling, "if you don't unhand me right now, I'll..."
"Call the cops again? I'd love to see you try, bitch," Jey seethed.
There was a knock on the door. Jimmy let Sykkuno go, carelessly.
"What's going on? Sykkuno, are you okay?" Toast asked, peaking in.
Sykkuno was sitting on the floor, looking disheveled.
"Oh he's fine, he just tripped," Jey asked with a warm smile.
Jimmy helped the Fae leader stand up.
"You better watch your back, Sykkuno," he whispered and plastered a smile on his face.
The twins made their exit.
"Nice to see you, Sy," Jimmy called when he got to the door.
Sykkuno touched the back of his head and sat down.
Yep, he was bleeding.
Toast still hovered at the door.
"Cancel all my meetings and appointments today, Toast. I'm going to be busy," he stated.