Rhylor [The Ultima Manhunt B2]

Chapter 13 - A Horror of Vacuums

"You know you don't have to snap at me. I'm just being a friend who's worried about you. But hey, if you want; I'll leave." Nico says.

"Leave me alone!" Blade snarls loudly; his eyes turning full on red.

Nico takes a step back, his tail hitting the wall behind him. "What are you?" he whispers.

"NANA!" the two hear Zane shout at the top of his lungs. They can see a pale hand being pointed at them.

Nana gasps and quickly runs to the two boys. "Blade, calm down. Your eyes are red." she says softly in his ear.

(TWO HOURS LATER)

Blade leans his head back, resting it on the wall. Nico is on the floor beside him, twiddling with his tail as the two friends sit in silence. Nico's mom scoots over to them, pushing a tray of cupcakes towards the boys.

"You have to eat something." Nana murmurs. "You'll just make yourself sick if you don't."

Nico reaches a hand over and grabs a cupcake. He undos the cupcake wrapper then turns his head to face Blade.

"You aren't human, are you?" he asks aloud.

Blade casts a silent expression with his eyes to Nana.

"He saw your eyes, Blade. There's no point in hiding anymore." she says with a sigh.

"Right." the werewolf mumbles as the door bangs open.

Zane bursts into the back room, his right hand on a vacuum cleaner.

"Z...Zane. Is that....a vacuum?" Blade stumbles with his response.

The emo human shifts his eyes to the vacuum. "Yeah. It is. Why?" he eyes Blade.

Blade responds by quickly jumping to his feet and scampering away from the vacuum cleaner. His meif'wa friend is in shock as a pair of fluffy ears rest on his head and a tail that curls up around his legs.

"You're a werewolf." Nico whispers.

"Aunt Nana, tell Zane to put away the vacuum." Blade mutters.

"Zane! Put the vacuum away! I think you proved the point!" Nana shouts at her husband.

"I still need to clean the carpet in this room, though." Zane grumbles.

Blade snarls. "Not when I'm in here. Vacuum cleaner out or it's your precious ponies that meet my claws next." he threatens.

"You think you can threaten my ponies and live to tell about it? Well, kiddo, you might be a werewolf and Aarmau's son, but that won't help you fight against me." Zane tells the teenaged werewolf.

The teenaged werewolf in question merely smirks. "Then let's fight; human." he flickers his eyes red again.

(FIVE MINUTES LATER)

Zane lays on the floor of the back room in the café. The two meif'was close to his heart are crying while Blade just stares at the downed body.

"Mom? Is dad going to be okay?" Nico murmurs quietly.

Nana engulfs her son in a tight hug. "We can only hope, Nico." she replies.

Nico nods his head and turns to Blade. "You did this! You attacked him! What are you even?" he cries loudly. "You are the worst friend ever! Normal friends, real friends would never hurt other's parents!"

"Just go! Stay out of my life!" Nico snarls at him.

"Fine. Have fun living your life, then." Blade replies then turns on his heels and jogs out of the cafe.