Streak And Pack

Chapter 18 - Defeat

"Zarina..." Akila muttered. "Stay back, Akila. I'll take him out, as quick as how he struck our friends and my mother down." Zarina said. Akila ran aside. Akila and Lexer woke up from their unconsciousness. "Z-Zarina?" Lexer said while on his wolf form. "She's... woah." Amaris stared.

Zarina began walking towards Dracyian. Dracyian looked so shocked with everything that's happening. "I-Impossible!" He snarled.

"I thought so, too. But the key is to believe." Zarina said, keeping her gaze at Dracyian. "Hmph! Let's see how you handle this." Dracyian said as he shifted, gathering all the power of the vial hanging on his neck. He turned into a wolf, a bit larger than normal.

Zarina just kept on walking towards him casually. Dracyian snarled and charged towards Zarina. The Ailuran casually dodged him. Dracyian growled, annoyed. As he turns, he was surprised to come face to face with a huge tigress, standing mightily from the distance. Her stripes glow, so as her eyes that the iris is nowhere to be seen.

Dracyian once more charged towards Zarina. The Ailuran raised her paw and swung it, hitting the Lycan and scratching him on his face. After being thrown aback, Zarina charged this time, clawing Dracyian harshly. She pinned him down, striking him with multiple scratches. Zarina also ripped the vial's chain that keeps it hanging on Dracyian's neck and crushed it. Dracyian managed to hurt Zarina and crawl away from her.

Now that the vial is destroyed, her allies and friends began to have consciousness. The wounds that are inflicted to them through Vossler's vial also vanished. Their strength came back. Cleona and Quamara began tending all the wounded.

Dracyian kept his distance. "You're... too strong." Dracyian growled. Zarina charged towards him again but all Dracyian can do is keep his distance.

"B-But your army is not enough! Lycans! Attack!!!" Dracyian said. The Lycan warriors that are with him charged towards Zarina's allies. Zarina stood in front of her friends and allies to defend them. She inhaled deeply to take a momentum to roar. Instead of roaring towards the Lycans, she roared towards the sky, believing that all who were killed by her necklace's power will rise from dead. The Lycans were stunned.

It was successful when Zarina motioned Amaris to howl. Amaris shifted and howled, followed by Lexer. Zarina's friends and allies shifted into their shifter forms and all the Lycans began howling with Amaris. The howl from the Lycans increased in volume, indicating that many wolves are joining them: the ones who were killed by the necklace. They emerged from the dungeon. Zarina stood aside, protecting Akila, and she turned to her human form.

Dracyian was frozen in place and his allies are terrified too.

"My allies and friends! It's your time to get back at him." Zarina shouted. She faced the Lycan village and gave them protection so that they will not be involved. "No!!! My allies! Charge! Fight!!!" Dracyian shouted.

"No! How dare you kill your own kind! Y-You promised to give us good life than what the queen offered!" One Lycan who stands by him said those words. "That's true! I only killed because I only want what's best for the Lycans! She will end our line!" Dracyian explained.

"Lycans, it was never my intention to end your kind. I wish to bring peace between our line." Zarina clarified. "Liar!!!" Dracyian shouted. Delaneia shifted to her human form and walked towards Dracyian, followed by a hard slap, making him fall down. She grabbed his neck, pinning him down to the ground. "Molester! You... you... you molested me!!!" Delaneia shouted. She released her claws and she scratched his cheek deeply. Dracyian groaned in pain.

"H-He molested the queen! He molested not only her but Kiara and me! He deserves to be punished! To be banished!" Quamara protested. "He deserves to die." Kiara said, her face shows a very heavy anger.