Stormtamers: Lightning (Book 2)

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It was late at night.

The nightly singing had already been done, so everyone was sound asleep...except for two of the smugglers who were assigned to their next victim.

"Okay, we just gotta get in, get the girl, and get out. Got it, Tori?" Blake growled. Tori just gave a brief nod, getting in position to jump in through the window. Blake rolled his eyes and circled to the other side.

The two of them leaped into the room.

It was Orchid's room.

They both crept towards the sleeping, young werewolf. "You grab her, I'll use the bandanna." Blake whispered. Tori nodded, waiting for Blake to get the bandanna out and put a liquid on it before grabbing Orchid, causing her to jerk awake. Before she could scream, Blake put the bandanna around her mouth. She squirmed and struggled, but after a short amount of time her movements became weaker and slower. Her eyes fluttered closed as Blake tied off the bandanna.

"There, now let's get out of here before the others wake up." he whispered, jumping out the window. Tori did the same, racing back to the camp. Blake followed close behind.

They made it back and Blake ripped the bandanna away from Orchid's mouth before tossing her in one of the prisoner tents. An already captured siren looked at the unconscious werewolf as she was tossed in.

"Enjoy your roommate." Blake barked before leaving.

The siren rolled her eyes and muttered a curse under her breath before gently shaking Orchid.

"Hey. Wake up."

Orchid didn't wake up yet.

"HEY!"

She finally groaned and opened her eyes a crack. She was too tired to realize where she was. "Whaaaa...? Mommy?"

"I'm not your mommy. Snap out of it, idiot!"

Orchid sat up and rubbed her eyes tiredly. She opened them back up and froze when she realized she wasn't at home. She let out a loud yelp.

"WHERE AM I??" she whined.

"Kidnapped, that's where."

She snapped her attention over to the siren. "W-who are you?!"

"Name's Dessa. You are?"

"... O-Orchid."

"I'd say it's nice to meet ya, but we're kinda in a gang camp right now."

"..what?"

"It's hard to explain. We're probably about to get going soon."

"What do you-"

She was cut off as Fosc came in.

"Well, looks like Blake and Tori succeeded."

"...who?" Orchid whined nervously.

"SILENCE." Fosc roared. He chained her and Dessa together by their necks.

"Both of you, come." He tugged on his end of the chain, choking both of them for a second before they got up and followed. Neither of them were happy about this.

Rosa was bringing Choco and Barry on a separate chain. Choco was afraid, but knew better than to say anything. Ash and Crash were both dragging the cage with Lightning in it.

Orchid immediately stifled a whine when she saw Lightning. So that's where he is.

The other gang members got the tents disassembled and picked them up before joining the group. They all started heading out with Fosc and Rosa leading the way.

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Doug slowly woke up with a yawn the next morning. He got up and rubbed his eyes, then got dressed before going to check on Orchid.

"Morning sis-"

He let out a startled yelp when he saw his sister was missing.

"ORCHID!?"

He whined and looked around, sniffing the air to see if he could find her scent.

...he felt a mixture of confusion and anger when he noticed two strange scents.

He growled. It was a werewolf's scent mixed with a vampire's scent.

He kept that fact in his mind before going down to eat breakfast.

Petra was cooking some bacon (because even though werewolves can eat raw meat, Doug's family preferred it cooked) in the kitchen and looked over when she heard Doug came in.

"Morning, sweetie. ...where's your sister?"

"Don't know."

She let out a loud yelp and almost knocked the pan of bacon onto the ground when she heard Doug's words.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW!?"

"Not in her room. Went in to check on her. Smelled her scent mixed with two others. A vampire and another werewolf."

Petra gave an upset whine as Paul walked into the room.

"What's this commotion about a vampire and another werewolf?" he muttered gruffly.

"I think Orchid was kidnapped." Doug muttered with a low growl. His voice was filled with rage. It took all of his strength and self-control to not go into his wolf form and go on a furious rampage.

"WHAT?!" Paul snarled, his fangs bared. "They think they can sneak in here and steal my baby girl? Well, they've got half their mind to-"

"Paul, calm down." Petra insisted. "I'm upset too, but there's nothing we can do about it..."

Paul rolled his eyes and grumbled under his breath.

"... maybe I can convince my friends to help me look for her while we're searching for Lightning, too." Doug muttered. "Who knows...we might find them both in the same place...like Kasai found her brother and Snow in the same place last time."

"... let's worry about that after breakfast, shall we?" Petra muttered, taking the bacon out of the pan and putting it on a plate. Paul immediately went over and snatched a piece from her, eating it hungrily.

"Dad! That was my piece!" Doug complained playfully, going over and stealing a piece too.

"And that was my piece!" Paul teased back.

"Serves you right!"

"Oh, stop it, you two." Petra muttered, shaking her head. "There's enough for all three of us."

Doug and Paul continued snatching pieces from the plate. Petra quickly joined in before her chance to get any was gone.

After breakfast was done, Doug said his goodbye's to his parents before heading to the forest.