Supernatural Task Force: The Wolf and the Ancient.

The Ancient Revealed

There was no video coverage from the two cameras. David knew what was happening. A fully powered vampire could run straight up a wall. The vamp was using the rooftops. He could go straight up a wall then leap from building to building. Dropping down into any alley any where that the buildings were close enough to jump across.

Which also meant that David was looking in the wrong place. At the wrong video cameras. It also meant that David knew where to hunt. He could mover the rooftops as well as anyone. Better then some. He decided he would bring Carlos with him. Andrea would stay and monitor the rooftop cameras and other monitoring devices that might detect rooftop movement.

Older vampires like Carlos were capable of jumping from rooftop to rooftop easily. David proved he could keep up. Of course, Carlos could smell something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out. Carlos knew all of the old ones. So, David couldn't be one of them. Yet, there was that wild scent. Carlos wondered if vampires weren't the only legendary creatures within the city.

Andrea watched the two of them leaping across the rooftops and knew something wasn't right. There was no way that David could make those leaps as a human. Andrea suspected that she knew what David was. Which would make him a perfect hunter. Both of them were dressed in black, so Andrea could only see their faces. Carlos was pale, but David had the human skin tone. Andrea wondered how long ago it had been when David became a supernatural.

That was when Andrea caught a glimpse of him. "Got someone jumping rooftops between Cassia and Davis Streets. Moving fast."

Hearing Andrea over the radio both creatures moved towards the other creature jumping across rooftops. "Roger that, heading that way."

Carlos watched David go down on all fours. "Ancient one." He said in awe as David took the form of a wolf. Carlos had not seen an 'ancient one' since he was first converted more than four hundred years ago. Only the very old vampires could shift their shape.

David ran on all fours now and still jumped the rooftops as quickly as he did in human form. He left Carlos behind. As a result he was alone when he found the vampire. This vampire wasn't a young vampire. He was old, very old. Not quite a thousand years old, but close to it. Much older than Carlos. He spotted David heading for him, knowing exactly what David was. He transformed into a wolf and the two in animal form collided.

Snapping and snarling the two supernatural wolves circled each other. They would lunge at each other. Cautious. Carlos could smell the ancient, but David smelled wild, organic, while the ancient smelled sour, like old blood gone rancid. The ancient one turned into a demonic human form that was possible for Carlos to obtain. In this form the vampire had deadly claws, fangs, and glowing red eyes. Their skin harden into touch leather.

David turned into something else entirely at this point. His form became humanoid, but certainly more wolf-like. "Not possible." Carlos said to himself. As he transformed into his own demonic form to join the attack.

"A werewolf." Andrea said as she got ready to join the other two. She had a special gun for killing vampires. It looked like a shotgun. For all practical purposes it was.

The ancient vampire collided with the werewolf. David took his elongated canine mouth and bit down on the ancient's shoulder. Dug his talon tipped fingers deep into the vampire's back. He felt the ancient try to dig his own claws into the thick animal flesh on David's own back. The vampire snapped with his fangs. Not able to find a hold with his teeth.