Separated by the Sea

The Grand Rescue

Dez POV
While I was getting dragged away, Darren went back to Piero and was about to end it. He had his front leg pulled up and was going to strike, but shots were fired and several bullets stopped him. I was dropped and I turned to see was what was going on. I whined in relief. Piero's pack was here, guns blazing. If it was any other time, I would have laughed seeing how good Clover was with a gun, but there was just too much going on right now. Jay and Theo cleared a path and lifted Piero off the ground. They were carrying him around the side of the house when a crowd of guys started pouring out of the back door. I assume they were part of Darren's pack because Malia, Clover, Reece, Gianluca, and Ignazio were gunning them down as they came out the door. They seemed to have their area under control, so I ran to catch up with Jay and Theo. They were setting Piero down in the back seat of one of their cars, when a few guys started to run at them. I barked to warn them, charged at one of the guys, and lunged onto him. He fell on his back and I ripped out his throat with my sharp fangs. He lied there choking on his blood with what was left of his neck and I attacked another guy, biting into one of his legs. He fell and on the way down, punched me in the face. I let go and he grabbed onto my neck with both hands. I tried to get out, but wasn't able to function as well without oxygen. Theo came to the rescue and kicked the guy in the face. Another guy was coming up behind him, but he seemed to know long before he got there and elbowed him across the face. The guy fell to his knees, clutching his broken nose and Theo mercilessly grabbed hold of his head and snapped his neck. It was quite gruesome to watch. "Guys we need to get out of here!" Jay called out as the rest of the team rounded the side of the house and was sprinting over to us. Jay opened the passenger door for me and I jumped in. He shut the door in the back and jumped into the driver's seat. The others loaded into their cars and we all sped off as guys from Darren's pack chased after us in their wolf forms. I watched through the side mirrors with my heart beating against my chest as they got really close. A little ways behind us, Malia and Clover were sticking out of the windows of their car and shooting at the wolves. Reece was coming out of the sun roof shooting as well, and throwing the occasional knife. We were nearing a large bridge that arched over a river thousands of feet below. There were huge rocks jutting out of the river and the sides of the "walls". The bridge was very old and narrow, so the cars had to drive through single file. I watched in horror as Reece popped out of the top of the car holding something that looked like a metal ball. He pulled something out of it and used two hands to toss it at the bridge and the wolves chasing us. The wolves barked out in terror and tried to run away, but ran into each other instead. There was a loud explosion and a part of the bridge was blown up. Pieces of rocks and pavement shot out in all directions and the wolves could be seen falling to their death, if they weren't already killed in the explosion. Reece was laughing like crazy and flipped off the remaining wolves that were unable to chase us. I sighed in relief and set my head on my front legs. Talk about chaos. We were driving very fast and when we drove over a pothole, the car dipped abruptly and Piero groaned from the back seat. I looked over to see if he was okay, but quickly turned away. He was stark naked in his human form. Jay cursed and slowed down the car speed. We drove for quite some time before we finally got to the nearest hospital. Jay quickly got out of the car and sped inside the hospital. Several nurses came out pushing a gurney. Jay opened the car door and helped the nurses load Piero onto the gurney. The nurses had looks of horror when they saw Piero drenched in blood and full of deep cuts.
"Oh my God, what happened to him?" one of the nurses asked.
"Uh, he was mauled by a bear," Jay replied.
"I've never seen a bear do something this bad before."
They wheeled him into the hospital and I wanted to follow them, but couldn't. I would probably get shot or something if I just walked into a hospital in my wolf form...
It was like Clover could read my mind. She came over bringing me clothes. You're the best Clover! She set it down on the seat with a sad smile and closed the door. I jumped into the back seat, but yelped when I landed on the seat drenched in blood. It was torture having to change on the same seat where Piero was bleeding out. I put on the clothes and ran into the hospital. The others were already inside. I was about to charge through the doors that led to the rest of the hospital, but Clover stopped me. "We're not allowed to go back."
I growled in disagreement. "But-"
"I know, it's killing all of us. His family is on their way. Oh, his mom is going to lose it..."
I was pacing around the waiting room and was majorly worried about Piero.
"Would you just sit down already! You're making my stomach hurt!" Malia scolded from a chair.
I reluctantly sat down and rested my head in my hands. I hope he's ok...