Wisdom and the Wirewolf

Chapter 6

     Flying through the forest the raven reached an opening in the trees and soared up above the forest, making good time reaching the city limits just as the sun began to set for the evening. Circling around the raven scanned every inch of the streets looking for his target when he finally spotted Warp as he was walking down the street heading for a bar. Circling around once more the raven landed on the roof of the bar and sent out a single loud squawk that could only be heard by the vampire. Hearing where it came from the energy vampire appeared from the shadows with his hood drawn, looked around to see if anyone was watching, then made his way to the bar silently slipping in and stalking off to the shadows waiting for the right time to address the young lord. As for Warp he had spent the last few weeks trying to find out where Minerva had disappeared to after not seeing her around the first few days she had been gone. Going straight to Spyro and Bonnie to ask them first the two had to use every possible excuse in the book to keep him from finding out the truth every time he came to ask him. Especially since Spyro had to forbid Bonnie from saying a word to Warp since she was so infatuated with him.

     Getting absolutely no luck with them for the next few weeks Warp decided to change tactics that night and headed to the bar hoping to find someone that either knew where she went or had seen where she had gone to. Heading in he started asking the patrons at each table if they knew anything about what happened to her but no one didn't know what happened either and couldn't offer any help to him whatsoever. Feeling sullen and forlorn at that point he ordered a drink and sat down at an open table, completely unsure of what to do and where to go from there. Seeing that the moment had come the vampire silently moved over and stealthily sliding into the open seat opposite Warp and said encouragingly, "I can help you find your lost friend. From what I've seen you seem....very worried about her and want to get her back safe and sound."

     Jumping in his seat and gasping in shock Warp looked over at the robot and said as he let out a deep breath to calm down, "Geez, what did you want to do, give me a heart attack with that as well?" Calming down enough he cleared his throat and asked, looking the robot over with an unsure glance, "So...how can you help me find Minerva, exactly?"

     Chuckling a bit the vampire replied with a light smirk, "Oh, I didn't mean to do that. It's simply a function of my design I'm so quiet when I move around." Leaning back in his chair the vampire said to the second question, "Well, to put it in a way, I know a lot that goes on in this city; maybe even more than what the citizens truly know. I also know for a fact that the young woman you're so worried about actually turned down your affections for her. Just how bad did it feel to be embarrassed like that?"

     Quickly feeling his anger spike at that Warp lowly snarled under his breath, "Watch it, tin can. Keep talking like that and you'll be a broken heap of metal on the floor ready for the scrap heap."

     "Please, I never meant anything by that," the vampire replied, holding up his hands in a peaceful manner. "What I meant was that...perhaps she was...being forced to fall for another against her will?"

     Getting suspicious about that Warp slit his eyes and lightly glared at the robot, asking him, "Just what are you talking about? Who would dare do such a thing to her?"

     Leaning forward the vampire explained, "Well, in order to properly explain it, I need to tell you a little story. Deep in the forest there is a worn down castle and in this castle lives a terrible monster; a wirewolf with sharp, powerful jaws, glowing evil eyes, and a ravenous hunger that he can never seem to sate. This same creature dared to make a venture to the city limits, saw your friend, and knew immediately that he had to have her as his own. So that night he snuck into the city, found her walking down a street from an alley, and stole her away back to his refuge and has been keeping her there all this time, trying in vain to make her love him. Such a tragedy that no one saw this devastation and reported it."