The Turning

Chapter 6: Scout Test

I would wake up to the heavy pounding of paws and feet against the dirt outside my door, a large amount of yelling could also be heard which made myself get a headache. I would sit up straight and stretch, rolling head around in circles as I stretched my arms across my body, after hearing a few cracks in my shoulders, arms and legs from stretching I would stand up and look around my room. My room was now damp and quiet, I wanted my room to reside with how my soul normally felt, cold, dark and lonely. After washing my face in a basin of water, I would open the door to my room and poke my head out, werewolves, demons, and other creatures were running around and yelling, I couldn't tell what was going on which made my headache even worse than before.

I would see Storm run up to me, "There you are Luke, Vylad wants to see you immediately".

"Alright, will do. Do you know what is going on by the way?" I would ask him, still tired and confused with all the ruckus.

"A group of humans has been spotted towards the south of the cave entrance, we are mobilizing to deal with the threat". Storm would explain to me as he started shouting to a few creatures that were slacking off and doing nothing.

I would nod at what Storm had said and ran to the briefing area of the cave, Ice and Storm had been kind enough to show me around the cave system. I would run into the room, Vesryn was there in his werewolf form with Vylad standing beside him, the room contained a few chairs and a large table in the center, a few weapon racks were on the walls of the room, all the racks had a variety of weapons on them.

"Good, Storm told you to come here" Vylad would chuckle as he motioned me over to come and look at the map that had been placed on the large table that was in the center of the room.

I would walk over to the table and stand beside Vylad, Vylad would point to a shaded area of the map, Vesryn and I would look on in interest, wondering what this was all about.

"From what we can tell, this is where the group of humans are, but we have no idea what their armament is, they could have steel melee weapons or even guns. I want you two to go scout the area and find out what we are up against, I don't want the pack going into something we are unprepared for" Vylad would explain to us, looking at myself and Vesryn after the explanation.

I would feel my heartbeat become heavier but in a good way. I felt happy that I was going to be able to do something for the pack, for the last couple of days I had been doing nothing around here. Vesryn would nod, understanding the mission he had been given as if this was normal, I would simply nod as well, I didn't know what to say, my vocal cords felt dry from the fact that I was happy that I could do something for the pack. Vylad would notice and sense my happiness, he would chuckle and ordered us to get moving immediately.

I and Vesryn would step out of the cave and feel the bright sun glow and burn onto our fur, it felt warm and it would make both of us relax.

"Seems like someone is really relaxed" Vesryn would chuckle as he looked at me, the part that made me slightly confused was why did he have to look down to see me eye to eye.

I looked myself over, "Yea......didn't think this would happen". I had transformed into my wolf form now, I had guessed this was due to the fact I had eased up or it was due to the fact this is what I had wanted. I decided to think about it later as I saw Vesryn turn into his own wolf form. He would let out a long howl and sprint off into the woods, I would follow behind him in a fast and quick pursuit. The heavy pounding of wolf paws would echo around us as he would leap and crawl under rocks, trees, and other obstacles. I felt so alive and so happy, my blood felt warm and I could feel it pumping through my body quickly, my muscles felt relaxed and I felt much stronger than ever before.

Vesryn and I would slow as we decided to take a breather, unfortunately, the spot we had decided to take a rest at, would cost us some of our own blood. The crack of a firearm would be sound as the tree beside me would splinter, we both laid low and stayed as quiet as we could, the footsteps of what seemed like multiple men would get close to us, my heart started to beat a lot faster.

"What's the plan Luke, we are pinned down.......we need a way out" Vesryn would whisper into my ear, he was staring at what seemed like a human's head.

"It's either them......or us, and I am taking this into my own hands" I would whisper back to him as I leaped out of the low ground we had established ourselves in, my frontal paws digging into one of the men's chest, my paws drove him into the ground, killing him instantly. I would use his body to keep my paws and claws embedded into him as I flipped forward, as I moved into a standing up position my paws would remove themselves from the body as most of the men turned on me, aiming their guns at me. What now stood before them was a large red werewolf that towered over them, that wouldn't be the end of their problems though. Vesryn lunged out and directed his mouth towards one of the men's necks, he drove the man to the ground and started tearing him apart, starting with his neck. I would grab one of the men's guns and fling it into another man, causing the carrier to be flung into his fellow mates.

I would feel a slight sting as blood seeped out of a graze that one of the men gave me after trying to shoot me in the shoulder, I would feel myself becoming bloodthirsty, I snarled at him and lifted my hand, causing the man to suddenly float and start to choke, I would glare at him in the eyes as I clenched my hand together, causing the man's neck to snap and break, the limp body would fall to the ground as the rest of the men ran for their lives, wanting to live to fight another day. I would glance at Vesryn, he had torn one of the men to shreds as his muzzle was covered in blood, guts, and flesh laid all around him, making me chuckle demonically.

"It seems someone had a very nice meal" I would chuckle to him as I walked over to him and towered over him. Vesryn would turn into his werewolf form and laugh, "Can't go on if I am hungry, now can I?" this would cause me to laugh and shake my head with a smile.

What would take me by surprise would be the loud bloodcurdling screams of men and the gunshots in the distant, my face would have stricken as I feared the worst for the pack I had just joined. "We should get going Luke, we need to make sure everyone is alright", I would nod at his words and we both sprinted towards where the screams and gunshots came from, hoping that our pack wasn't hurt or injured.