Taming Hellhounds

Chapter 1

As I released the latch on the cages releasing the harpies back into their aviary. They squawked at me and stretched their wings. I walked out finally letting out the breath I'd been holding the entire drive back to Lawrence, Kansas. I felt my phone ring and I reached in my back pocket.

"This is Jez" I answered tiredly.
"So I got a call from some dude saying he has a job offer for you" said the familiar voice. I smiled knowing Liam would try his hardest to get me to go on a another hunt.

"What is it this time?" I asked. It was cold as hell and raining, I pulled my jacket closer to my body to stay warm.

"He said meet him in Bakersfield" he said.
"Ugh California? Last time I was there I rounded up a sea monster and got it out of the bay in San Francisco" I muttered.
"Well he won't tell me what kind of creature or creatures your wrangling this time" he said.
"Alright I'll do it" I answered.
"The great Jezebel going on a hunt blind?" Liam gasped.
"It's peeked my interest" I said snickering.
"Well get to it loser" Liam laughed.
We said goodbye and I got in my truck. I revved the engine a little to signal to the harpy owner I was leaving. He waved goodbye as I rolled down his driveway. Eventually I made it back to the highway and got on heading west.
"Might as well settle in for the drive" I said.
I was about halfway through Colorado when I noticed my gas light was on. I looked around and saw an exit about 2 miles up the highway that led into town.
When I pulled into the station I noticed about a half a dozen red eyes staring at me from across the road. I instinctively put my hand on the handgun I kept strapped to my hip at all times, but I didn't feel threatened so I didn't unholster it.
Bad move.
As I went to unscrew the gas cap I noticed movement on my right and quickly unholstered my weapon and pointed it at the source of the movement. It looked like a large dog, but this was about the size of a full-grown Great Dane, but even larger than that. It had black fur with white markings on it, and red eyes.
And it was looking right at me.
I automatically went into tamer mode. It paced back and forth in front of me growling lowly, never taking its eyes off of me. I saw it's muscles rippling under its coat and was suddenly nervous.
"Alright, easy now" I spoke. It stopped growling but kept pacing.
"Easy now I'm not going to hurt you" I said. I put my hands up along with the gun and it suddenly snarled menacingly. I froze and looked at it. I then put the gun down slowly so as to not startle it too much. Last thing I needed was an angry hound right?
"I ain't going to hurt you, boy" I said calmly.
I put the gun on the ground and sat on the ground calmly. It then stopped walking and we just sat there staring at each other. Until some idiot in an Impala decided to come screeching to a halt next to me. A tall guy with longish hair got out and promptly pointed a shiny gun at the hound, preparing to fire. I was on my feet in an instant.
"No!" I yelled, grabbing the gun quickly releasing the clip and emptying the chamber of bullets at the same time, and yanking it out of his hand.
"What the hell!" He exclaimed.
"Don't hurt it!"I growled.
He looked at me with a look and said.
"Why the hell not?!" He said.
"It's not going to hurt you" I snapped.
"Listen lady as much as I like you for not killing Sammy, Fido over here has been wandering around making puppy chow out of humans lately, we got sent out to kill it" another man said coming up beside the tall guy, who I'm assuming is Sammy.
"Oh Jesus, you guys are hunters, aren't you?" I asked.
"Yes ma'am" Sammy said.
"Oh great, I was hoping not run into your kind for awhile" I muttered.
"Your kind?" Asked the other man.
"Yea the kind who kill the animals instead of save them and return them to their owners" I said sassily. I turned back to the hound thing and when I looked at where it was.
It was gone.
"Who are you anyway, that you just had to ruin a perfectly good money opportunity" I said putting my hands on my hips.
"I'm Dean and this is Sammy" Dean replied.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jezebel" I snapped.
"If you don't mind, I'm in the middle of something so see ya" I said walking away from them, back over to my truck to get gas.
The duo walked into the store part of the service station and about ten minutes later with food, which made my stomach gurgle uncomfortably.,I sighed.
Might as well get some snacks while I'm here. I thought. As soon as my trucks tank was full I grabbed some money and headed into the store and grabbed a few things for on the road. I paid for my items and quickly left the store and almost ran smack into Sammy.
"Oh woah there, you okay?" He asked concerned.
"I, Uh, Yea I'm fine" I said, blushing slightly.
"You sure? You look like you've just seen a ghost" he said. I looked at him appalled.
"Not funny, and I'm fine" I said and I moved from in front of him to head back to my truck.
"Hey Jezebel!" Sam called.
I sighed before turning around.
"Yes?" I asked.
"My brother and I aren't exactly getting along right now" He started.
"Listen Sam, I have a job I have to get to and I need to be there in a few hours, so if you'll excuse me I'll be leaving" I stated and turned around again.
"I want to learn the way you capture these animals instead of killing them" he called out. I froze on the spot and turned around and gave him a casual glance. I figured if he wanted to help them instead of kill them, why not let him in.
"Then get in here ya big lug" I smiled.
"Let me get my stuff real quick" he said and hurried back to that Impala.
I got in my truck and started it up. He came around to the passenger side and slid into the warmth of the inside. I heard a tap on my window and rolled it down to see Dean.
"What do you need?" I asked.
"Just take care of him" he said.
"Don't worry I'll teach him all I know" I said and gave him a reassuring smile.
"Alright then get to wherever your going and get him back soon to check in" he said.
I grabbed Deans shoulder with a firm grip.
"I will" I said.
"Well get going then" he said.
I rolled up my window and pulled out onto the road and couldn't help getting the sinking feeling that I was biting off more than I could chew.

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So I'm back doing a another story but this is different from my typical stories. I'm gonna be sticking with this one for awhile, my other ones are on hold while I do this one. But anyway this is the first chapter. I hope you babes enjoy it, and give feedback if you want it's always welcome.

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