Werewolf Love Story (19 page)

“I'm not.” The super tall guy said. “I heard that you were some kind of stud and I came to see for myself.”

“Nice,” I said. “Now, that you see me, what do you think?”

“I'm not impressed.”

“Sorry, I don't meet your approval, but then again, you’re built like a beanstalk, so what do you know?”

This obviously pissed off the walking bean pole. He said, “Everyone that is not a Mani, you need to leave now!” They all looked at each other and didn’t move.

Then the green-hair one said, “You heard him! All Tandra leave.”

“It's good to know your group respects their elders,” the tall guy said. He was clearly disgusted that no one listened to him.

“You know kids these days, Atticai. They have no respect.”

“Well, they better learn some, or I'm going to start making my presence known with your people, Timo. Your better get your crew together and get them on the right page.”

Timo, the green-haired guy, looked worried.  He obviously feared Atticai something fierce.   He yelled, “You heard him! All humans leave! Except the girl, she stays.”

“She better be staying or we have nothing to talk about,” I said.

About three car loads of people took off out of the parking lot. There were only six Mani left standing, seven if you counted Patrick:  Atticai, Timo, Monty, the two Mani holding Patrick, and the red-headed girl that was in the car with Maya.

“Okay,” I said. “Let Maya out of the car. I want to make sure she's alright.”

Timo snapped his fingers and the car door opened. The red-headed woman walked out with Maya.

“Let her go, and then we'll talk,” I said.

Timo continued to speak, this was obviously his deal and Atticai was just observing.  He was apparently above Timo in whatever vampire pyramid there was going on with these people.

Timo smiled with a devious stare. “We will let you two love birds get reunited when you agree to join us.”

“So if I do this, you will let her and Patrick go?”

“Patrick?” Timo laughed. “No, Patrick is going to die. We thought that he could be your first task in the Brotherhood. You know, help kill our dead weight.”

“That isn't going to happen, Greenie. There is no way I'm laying a finger on Patrick.”

“Don't tell me that this is going to be the deal breaker?” Timo said, all giddy and clearly mocking me.

“Say what you want, but that's the only way I’ll do it,” I said.

“You're not going to let this half pint dictate the terms,” Atticai said to Timo, insulted.

“Half pint?” I yelled at Atticai. “Everyone is a half pint to your freakish ass.”

“You better watch your mouth,” Then Atticai walked towards me. I was ready to fight his stringy ass at a moments notice. Timo yelled at Atticai, “Please calm down. This isn't about you.”

“You’re damn right this isn’t about me, because if it was, this bearded idiot would be dead.” Atticai pointed his finger directly at me.

I had obviously pissed him off.  I glance over at Maya and she looked petrified. “Maya are you okay?” I yelled over to her.

“I'm okay,” she answered back.

“Have they hurt you?”

“No, not at all.”

“Hurt her?” Timo said shocked.  “She got the spa treatment today.”

“She better have. If I ever find out that any of you pigs layed a finger on her I’ll never let you live it down!”

“I know, I know,” Timo said, bored and antsy. “You'll kick all our asses. Blah, blah, blah. Do we really need to play this melodramatic bullshit? Look, you in, or are you out?”

“No one is going to hurt Patrick.” I repeated myself..

“Damn, you really fell for Patrick didn’t you? Are you sure he isn't the one you're in love with?”Atticai laughed.

“He's my friend,” I said.

“Hell, we all have friends.” Atticai said.

“Maybe. I choose mine more carefully.”

“Okay, that is really sweet,” Timo said, returning to the conversation, “But the deal that’s on the table isn't Patrick. The only reason we kept him alive was for you to show loyalty to us by killing him.”

“Well, then you underestimated my loyalty to my friends.” I said.

“Are you for real, dude?” Timo looked like he was about to lose his mind.

Then I heard some commotion coming from down the street.  I turned around and saw a giant white truck come flying up the gravel.  The guy in the truck was dragging an animal behind his truck bed by a chain
. What the fuck is going on?
I looked closely and that’s when I saw it wasn't just any animal, it was a black werewolf. It was Sasha. She was all beaten down and mangled from being dragged on the road.

“What the fuck?” I yelled.  “What the hell are you guys doing?”

“Don't tell me you love werewolves too?” Timo pleaded, then looked at the remaining vampires and said, “This guy really isn't cut out to be a Mani.”

“Let the werewolf go!” I said.

Timo have had enough. “You know what I'm tired of this. You're going to need to show some loyalty here.” He looked at the driver who was also a Mani and said, “Moses, let the wolf go. I want to see what kind of fighter this guy is.”

“You want me to fight an injured werewolf?” I said, flabbergasted

“It's not ideal, but I'm in the mood to kill a werewolf and this seems like the most fun.”

I looked at everyone and all the Mani seemed highly entertained by the prospect of a human and werewolf tussle,

“You're crazy,” I said. “It's not even a fair fight.”

“Then you will win,” Timo said. “You will show some loyalty to us, or I’m going kill you right now.” Timo controlled himself and then said, “You need to despise the very sight of these primitive creatures.”

I looked over at poor Sasha and then I looked at Maya. She was shaking her head for me not to do it.  Then I looked at Patrick, and he mouthed to me, “Don't let her die, Tommy.”

“All right,” I said. “Let her go. I'll kill her.”

“Please don't!” Maya, yelled.

“I have to! I'm sorry!”  I took off my shirt, “Everyone back up,” I said. Moses took off the chain that was wrapped around Sasha's neck. The second the chain came off, Sasha try to run to the woods. Whatever survival mechanism that was in a werewolf's DNA was on overload right now because she knew she was in danger and did not want to stick around and fight for sport.
She was in luck. Neither did I.

I ran after Sasha and jumped on top of her back before she got to the woods. We rolled on the rocks and I landed on top of her pinning her wolf head back so she wouldn’t take chomp on my face. I held her neck back tightly with both of my hands so she couldn’t lunge forward and bite my neck either.

“Kill the beast!” Timo yelled out laughing.

Sasha took a swipe at my neck with her claws.  That was definitely not the place I wanted her to get me so I flipped her over and kicked her off me and she flew five feet in the air.

“Yes, that's what I'm talking about,” Timo yelled.  “Hey, Beard boy, you’re going to need this!” He threw me a silver stake from where he was standing. I caught the cold steel spike and dropped it on the ground.

Sasha and I were now squared off. I figured the best spot for her to bite me was my lower back. I had a lot of muscle back there and I would still be able to be flexible after she injured me by taking some of my flesh in her mouth. I jumped into her and turned my back, I practically giving her my backside as an offering. She bit down into my lower back and from that moment I blacked out.

I was told later that this is what happened.

Sasha bit down into my back and I dove off of her. She saw she had injured me and took off into the woods. She was able to get away.  I was lying on the rocky ground and within seconds, hair protruded out of my body from every part of me. My body grew bigger in mass to the point I ripped into my pants like some kind of Hulk.

I turned to the Mani and howled at them at the top of my lungs. The red-headed girl and Atticai transitioned into their bird form and flew away wanting no part of me. It was apparently not what they had signed up for.

There were five Mani men left with Patrick and Maya. Maya ran to my car with Patrick. They locked the doors so I couldn't get in. I hope I wouldn't have harmed them, but I was a crazed dog wanting revenge. I don’t think I could have figured out the good guys from the bad guys.

The five Mani men surrounded me and began to transition, periodically spearing me with their raven beaks like swords.

I swiped Monty out of midair when he became a raven and he fell to the ground. I dove on top of him and bit through his neck and killed him instantly.  He vanished into thin air.

Two other Mani saw what I had done and transitioned and flew off afraid. Apparently Patrick wasn't the only Mani that didn't have the stomach for fighting.

All that was left was Timo and Moses. Both deserved to die on this night.

They decided that transitioning into ravens wasn't the way to go. Timo ran over and grabbed the silver stake that he had thrown to me earlier. I flung my body at Moses. He apparently round-housed me and caught me in the head. I rolled across the gravel and then he jumped on my back.

I rolled and reversed him, so apparently my MMA instincts were in effect even when I'm a werewolf. I bit down into his collarbone. I bit down strong, crushing his bone.

Timo came barreling from behind me and tried to stab the silver stake into my back. At the exact moment he slammed the stake forward, I jumped off of Moses below me and Timo speared Moses right into his neck with the silver stake. It went completely through his neck and Moses also disappeared.

All that was left was Timo.  Timo and a werewolf named Kyro. It was a mismatch even if I was in my human form. But it had been a hell of an unfair fight now that I was a werewolf.

Timo still had the stake in his hand and we circled each other, and periodically he would lunge at me with the stake.

One of the times he lunged too far, and his arm was too vulnerable. I bit into it and snapped it like a twig. He cried out in pain, and then I jumped on top of him, and well… I wasn't told exactly how I killed him. But I was told it was pretty gruesome.

When I had finished all of them off, I ran into the woods.

I woke up the next morning and I was in the middle of the bushes somewhere on the mountain. I looked down and I was in my human form. I was drenched from head to toe, and I needed to pee real badly. I did my business and then walked out from the bushes. I was on the main highway on the mountain and across the street I could see my Mustang. Inside it, were Maya and Patrick were sleeping. Maya was asleep on Patrick's shoulder. Patrick was resting with his head leaning back in the driver’s seat.

I walked across the highway and went to the driver side and tapped the window.  Patrick woke up and gently placed Maya’s head to the other side of the car and then he opened the door and got out.  The sun had just come out and I could tell he was in immense pain for the heat.

“Transition, Patrick, you’re frying your skin.”

“I will. Just give me a second,” he said.

“All right.”

“Kyro, thank you.”

“Don't worry…”

“No dammit! Let me thank you. I'm going to go away, and I want to thank you for everything. You saved my life.  A few times.”

“Why are you leaving?”

“I need to get away from here. I need to start over. I stayed with Maya all night and made sure she was safe. I owed both of you that.”

“Don't go, Patrick.”

“I have to. This is no place for a vampire who wishes he wasn't one.  If it’s not the Brotherhood, it will be some other Mani wanting me dead.  The Mani are strong in these parts and I need to go to a place where I can just live and not be who I am.”

I looked at Patrick and I knew he was right.  He wasn’t a fighter.  You can’t make someone stand up and fight for himself. He was better off finding a new life. I reached out my arms and hugged him. “I want to thank you, Patrick.”

“What did I have possibly done for you?”

“You help me get my life back. You showed me what’s important.”

“And what’s that?”

“Friendship.”

Patrick nodded and then smiled at me. “Goodbye, Kyro.”

“Where are you going to go?”

“I don't know. That's the great part. I don't know where I’m going. It could be anywhere. All I know it will be far away from here.” With that, Patrick transitioned into a beautiful black raven and flew high above the clouds until I couldn't see him anymore.

The sun had started drying me off, but I was cold. I opened the driver side door and woke up Maya.

“Maya!” I said.

She opened her eyes, “Tommy!” You're all right! We followed you until you went into the brush.” She looked around for Patrick. “Where did Patrick go?”

“He went away, and I don’t think he's coming back.”

Maya nodded as if she had already been told about Patrick’s plan before she had fallen asleep. “How do you feel?” she asked.

I sat down next to Maya in the driver’s seat. “I'm exhausted. I'm just glad you’re okay. What happened?”

“You don't know?”

The last thing I remember was Sasha biting me. Did I get those guys?

“You sure did, babe.”

“Really?”

Maya smiled at me. “Yes, and guess what? You’re a beautiful grey wolf too.”

“Grey? Really?  I was hoping to be white.”

“White? I thought black would be sexier.”

“Black is so last year,” I said, jokingly. I stopped messing around and reached over and hugged Maya.  I sat there and just held her. It was the first time in a long time I knew we were both safe. “Are you okay? Were you hurt?” I asked

“Tommy, I have never been better.” She said, kissing my mouth. I kissed her back and took the keys out of my pocket and put the key into the ignition.

“Guess what, Maya?” I said.

“What babe?”

“We need to go find Sasha.”

THE END

To be continued in:

Werewolf 101

(Book #2)

Vampire to Werewolf Trilogy

in August 2011