Death makes an unexpected call *open*

[angelica]

Alex was on patrol, about two hours in, and she hadn't seen one single vampire. Damien had made himself known in the past three weeks, killing humans whenever he could. He was tougher than Alex thought he would be and he was extremely clever, something she wasn't used to. Most vampires went for the kill when it came down to fighting Alex. Not Damien. He would run whenever he found it would cause an attack. It was as if he was waiting for instructions.

She had come across the park when she realized her feet were kind of tired. Ewan was patroling the forest, since she knew Damien hung out there most. She had to assure Ewan that she would be fine on her own, a mission that took her almost twenty minutes. In the end he caved and let her walk by herself. She assumed the vampires stayed away because of the werewolf smell.

Over the weeks she had been studying about the different monsters more. Ryan was the same though at points he would forget what he had done the night before. He seemed bewildered by it, but spoke no more on the topic.

She had taken a seat on one of the swings to rest for a couple of minutes. She didn't think it would hurt if she rested for a short while. It's not like she had seen anything so far.

Five minutes had passed and she was about to get up when she heard a rustling in the bushes. Before she could turn around to see what the noise was, something hit her in the back, flinging her across the playground. She landed in the grass, face first, recieving a few scrapes as her face hit the rough dirt.

She turned around just to be knocked down again by the same thing he had been hit by before. It took her a second to realize it was a monster. It was a gigantic dog with pitch black fur and blood red eyes. She knew imediately who it was. Damien. He was the only other werewolf in this town, besides Ewan and Hunter, and neither of them ate human. She had seen what Ewan looked like in his wolf form and was relieved that it wasn't him.

Fear boiled up inside her but before Damien could sink his teeth into her face she placed her foot on his lower body and kicked hard upwards, sending Damien flying over her body. She quickly got up and reached for the gun Ryan had given her for the patrols. She had never fired one but knew how to work it. She pointed it straight at Damien as he recovered and bouded towards her again. She shot but it was too late.

The bullet had hit Damien, but in the shoulder only. She had missed the heart. He jumped angrily into the air at her and swipped the gun out of her hand, breaking a few fingers in the process. He ran a few feet away, turned around, and with a loud SNAP, broke the gun with his teeth. Alex stood there, the pain from her fingers were numbed by her fear. He had ruined the one chance she had at killing him.

[hunter]

"NOOO!" in a quick flash, Ewan rammed into Damien's side, transforming in the air. He bit down on Damien's fur covered neck and shoulder. Before Damien could attack, Ewan was at Alex's side, nudging her with his snout. His expression, even as a wolf, was pained. He wanted her to get up and leave. Or atleast move....

He glanced back at Damien still on the ground and knew that he had a few moments. He changed back into a human and wrapped his arms around Alex. "You have to leave. You dont have a chance. Go back home. Please. Dont let what Kris warned us about, come true." Alex didnt have a knife, a gun, or a silver fork. He let go and backed a few feet away. If for some reason Damien attacked, he wouldnt hit Alex on "accident". Ewan was new at the whole wolf thing and he didnt know if he could survive this battle with Damien. 'Tell her how you feel Ewan. It could be your last chance.'

[angelica]

A loud yelp could be heard as Ewan bit down on Damien's neck and shoulder. He was already in pain from the bullet wound, but he wasn't going to back down. He looked up and saw Ewan had changed back into human form, lucky for him. He charged at Ewan, surprisingly not Alex, and swiped his large paw at him, claws extended. Ewan was pushed back about ten feet, giving Damien free reign on Alex.

Alex had recovered from her little daze and dove out of the way in time for Damien to miss her. She wasn't going to go and leave Ewan there, not when he was so new at this. He hadn't needed to change much in the past few weeks, he would easily get hurt against Damien. She ripped the chain off of the swings and wound up, hitting Damien in the face as he came hurling back at her.

She ran to Ewan's side and helped him up. "I'm not leaving. Your just as capable of handling him as I am. Kris isn't always---" She couldn't finish her sentence because at that point Damien caught her offgaurd and jumped her where she stood. He clawed at her, making deep marks in her stomach. Blood poured out of the wound, but Alex didn't waver. She threw Damien off of her and stood up, wincing as a result of the pain. She was surprised by how little she felt the pain, and wondered whether it was as bad as it looked.

[hunter]

Ewan got up in haste, hoping Damien hadnt gotten his claws in Alex so soon. 'Crap!' he thought as he noticed the blood around her. He transformed, and flew through the air, tackling Damien to the ground. He snapped his teeth and made loud snarling noises. He bit down on his side and pulled with all his might, hoping to remove some skin. He stayed on top of Damien, putting all his weight and strength into it. That is, until he changed back. Not on purpose this time.

So now, he was human and on top of a very dangerous man eating werewolf. He was frozen with fear. What had happened?!? He didnt want to change back yet! He got off of the wolf and stumbled over to Alex's side. "We really need to go. Im having a small problem with my transformation process. You ok?" he asked, noticing her wounds.

[angelica]

"I'm fine.." Alex lied. She was was starting to feel a little lightheaded, probably from the blood loss. She wouldn't admit how scared she was, expecially since Ewan was having problems transforming. "I don't think we'll be able to get away...it's a fight to the death now." The thought freaked her out but she wasn't backing down. If she was going to die she would want people to know she fought and lost and not just ran away.

Damien growled angrily at the two and charged after Ewan. It was payback for the marks he left. Damien slashed Ewan across the chest, his claws cutting deeply into Ewan's skin. Then with his hind legs he kicked Ewan hard, making him fly back and hit a tree hard.

Now it was the slayers turn. Damien rounded on Alex, tackling her hard to the ground, his front paws pushing down on Alex's shoulders. One snapped, followed by a piercing scream from Alex. The pain had flown in all with that one snap and it was overwhelming. Her body seemed to burn and the pain just increased as Damien slashed at her body, cutting deeply into her arms and once on her face. It wasn't long until Alex blacked out, the screams died, but a yelp from Damien followed.

Before Alex had passed out, she was able to break one of his front paws. Once she stopped moving, Damien turned to look at Ewan, hunger in his eyes. He started to limp towards Ewan when suddenly he heard something. His head snapped into the direction of the noise and he watched as Ryan appeared out of the trees.

"Enough Damien. You have done well, there will be no need to kill him too. Not yet, anyway," Ryan said in a calm voice that was full of athority.

He looked at the bleeding lump that was Alex and grinned. He walked over to Ewan and knelt down beside him. "It was nothing personal Ewan, I just can't have a slayer walking around my town." He stood up, beckoned to Damien to follow him, and left.

[hunter]

Ewan had tried many times to get up but all failed. His ribs were broken and his back felt like someone had dumped hot coals all over it. He kept his eyes on Alex and almost died inside when he saw her limp body. Of course, he listened intently to Ryan's words and tried to growl. It came out small, but rough. "I knew it...." he growled. 'Of I wont say, I told you so'

After Ryan and Damien had disappeared, Ewan managed to crawl over to Alex's body and layed down next to her. He didnt have the strength to carry her anywhere. He'd heal quickly, but not that quickly. "Alex.......please wake up. Please. I left you unprotected and its my fault. Its time to wake up. You cant leave yet. I need you. Please open your eyes," he begged, gently stroking and caressing her cheek. Ewan could hear a hearbeat, but it was much too faint. "Will you trust me now...." he mumbled.

[angelica]

Alex could heard Ewan, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't wake up. It was better that she didn't; she couldn't feel a thing. No pain. It was just her surrounded by darkness. She couldn't tell if she was dead or not. She was convinced that if she was alive she would feel the pain, but if she was dead wouldn't she see a familiar face? Something, anything. It was just dark.

Ten minutes had gone by and surprisingly, Alex was still breathing, but still bleeding. Some of the smaller wounds had clotted but most of the deep cuts were still bleeding and by each minute that went by, Alex got colder and paler. Then there was a sudden rustle of the bushes as the wind picked up.

Kris entered the playground from the front entrance and walked over to Alex's body and Ewan who was still trying frantically to wake her up. "I'm not going to say I was right, but maybe next time you'll listen to my warning."

[hunter]

"Shut. Up. I can't believe you're doing this Kris! She's alive! Cant you see? Cant you hear her hearbeat? I can, and I know she's gonna wake up from this. I WONT LET YOU TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME! Got it?" He couldnt move much, but if he had to, he'd go after Death. He'd.....kill her? Was that even possible? "Just leave Kris. Ill carry her to the hospital...."

[angelica]

"Her heart's beating now..." Kris wasn't smiling, she didn't like this anymore then Ewan. She was sure Ewan was going to flip on her again but she had to do her job. "Ewan, I can sense death like you can sense if someone is human or not. Hospitals can only do so much. If she wakes up she'll be in immense pain. Do you really want to make her go through that? Are you willing to make her suffer for your gain? I told you at the beginning that she was a slayer. They come and go." What could she do to make Ewan listen to her? He was being completely unreasonable.

[hunter]

"If she goes, you might as well kill me too. Im not going to be like Hunter. He's miserable. He's mean and im not going to turn out like him. I can save her......" he looked down at her and smiled. She needed medical attention badly. "Kris, can she hear me? I wish she could. I have so much I need to say. I dont want her in pain.....but...."

'So, I can save her in two ways. Maybe two. I could make her go through the immense pain, just so I could see her again. What if she didnt want to go through the pain just to see me? Or I could maybe....bite her. But what if she didnt want to be a werewolf? Maybe I should just let her leave this terrible place....and leave me, alone and cold,' he thought.

[angelica]

Kris growled under her breath. She was going to get in huge trouble for what she was about to do. She walked over to Alex and picked her up, gloves still securely on her hand. "Can you stand?" She asked, sounding a bit irritated. She had no idea why she was saving Alex and defiying Satan. "Meet me at the hospital." She pointed out and turned away from Ewan. "I'm going to be in so much shit." She mumbled to herself. Without another word she teleported to the hospital and handed Alex over to a doctor who took her away on a stretcher.

[hunter]

Ewan stayed on the ground for a few minutes, still shocked by Kris' actions. "So....is she gonne be ok?" he mumbled to himself. His bones were snapping loudly, moving back into place. He'd have to re-brake them later, but it wouldnt be a problem. He got up and hobbled as fast as he could to the hospital. He'd picked up a jacket from a guy on the street (paying him for it of course) and entered the hospital. He didnt even bother asking the receptionist. He sniffed around and followed Alex's scent. The fact that she was bleeding made her scent even stronger. He tried to ignore the shouts from the receptionists. He was almost there.....her scent was maddening. 'No! Control your hunger. SHe needs you.' The security guards came around the corner, guns pointed (loaded with silver bullets of course).

Ewan charged at them, and threw into a nearby wall. He was about to bite into the other when five more guards came in. Once shot him in the neck with a tranquilizer. It took a while, but he finally passed out (to his suprise). They kept him locked in a silver covered room. Atleast there was a bed he could sleep on.

[angelica]

Kris had been waiting for Ewan then when he didn't show she went to the front desk and asked them if Alex had any visitors waiting. When the response was a no she asked about any werewolves, knowing they wouldn't let them in here. "Yes he was put into the lockdown room in the basement, don't worry we won't let him near the girl."

Kris nodded and thanked the girl. She grumbled something nasty about Ewan and teleported to the basement. She started to walk towards the 'jail' they had created for creatures they've caught trying to sneak in. She pulled off one of her gloves, clearly not about to enjoy this.

"Sorry ma'am you shouldn't be down here. The creatures are dangerous." A gaurd said politely from behind her.

Kris turned around, smiled, and touched his face with her bare hand. He fell to the floor beside her, dead. "Sorry." She stated sincerely. She turned back around and walked until she saw two more gaurds by a door she assumed held Ewan.

"Hello gentleman. I've come to take him off your hands."

The guys laughed and one shook his head. "We were told to stay here, miss."

"Too bad." Kris replied and took off her other glove. She grabbed both of them by the neck with her hands and threw them behind her, they were dead before they touched the floor.

[hunter]

Ewan had been half way asleep in his 'jail' cell, when he heard the two guards crash to the floor. The silver in the room had exhausted him and taken most of his energy. He mustered enough up to stand and walk to the door. 'Ok you can do this....' His fist went flying through the thick door. Once it was through, he opened the door from the other side. Walking out, he gave Kris a nervous smile. "Sorry. I couldnt stand the smell of her blood. It drove me into a frenzy. Wont happen again...promise." He saw the three dead guys and felt really guilty. "I really am sorry. I know you dont like doing it. Wait! I have to talk to you about something!" he said, remembering the Damien and Ryan thing. "You wouldnt happen to know Damien and....Ryan, would you?"

[angelica]

"Yes I know Damien, and the guy whom you call Ryan. Why?" Kris asked, looking at Ewan. She put back on her gloves and took hold of Ewan. She teleported them out of the basement and into the back of the hospital so they could talk before sneaking in to see Alex. She sat down on a boulder and looked back at Ewan, waiting for his answer.