Red Like Roses

Chapter 5

Heather charges out of her room, Crescent Rose in hand. She sprint down the hallways ignoring the people around her completely.

"What's wrong,"asks Solace keeping pace with her.

"Meghan's injured and she and Crow are in danger," she growls the frustration bubbling up again." DAMN IT!" she takes a deep breath. "Tell the others to set up the medical bay and put everyone on a higher alert while I'm gone. Then get to sector 9 point B32 and be ready to extract Meghan and Crow from there. If I'm not there do not come for me. Understand?"

Solace hesitates but Heather sends her a look and she nods heading off in a different direction. Heather bursts outside into the cool night air. She pulls her hood down and looks at the moon. It was full.

They'll be stronger then usual, she thinks to herself and shrugs. It doesn't matter they messed with my family and now they will pay the price.

She points her scythe at the ground and places her feet on the inner curve of her scythe firing up into the air and then using her semblance to jump from branch to branch. She travels to the place where she had last seen Meghan and Crow and hears howling. Her eyes narrow and jaw clenches. She travels further towards it and quietly jumps down from the canopy of trees. She came upon a clearing where the sounds of battle can be heard. She steps to the edge of the trees and sees Meghan laying on the ground, her leg bleeding freely, while Crow desperately tries to fend off the wolves. At that moment a wolf jumps at Crow from behind. Her eyes open wide and her scream pierces the air. There's a flash of silver light and the wolf is gone replaced with a dazed young man who quickly flees into the forest. Heather shakes her head to clear it of the fuzzy feeling and the wolves turn to her. She smirks and steps out from her hiding spot slowly walking forward. The brisk winter air hits her as she steps out into the open meadow. The frost crunches beneath her feet as she makes her way to her family. Her smirk show amusement, but it doesn't reach her eyes. Her silver eyes seem dead and cruel. She slowly takes out her scythe it unfolding as she continues to walk forward. Then suddenly a small group of wolves rush her. Heather doesn't flinch, she shoots the first one immediately. Another tries to claw at her, but she jumps up and lands behind the wolf its momentum carrying it forward toward the blade of her scythe as she fires, propelling the blade toward the wolfs neck at a speed fast enough to cut through bone. She then uses the momentum to turn it sideways and finish off the final wolf attacking from her right. She turns her attention to the rest of the wolves and her arm shakes a bit but not enough for the wolves to notice from the distance. Then in a blur of red, two wolves go down. She appears between the two dead bodies of the wolf. The other take a step back in shock. She grins and her cloak which had been previously been billowing around her ,pushed around by the cold winter winds, wraps around her as she dashes forward once more. And just as before several wolves go down again. Then she sees Meghan again and all she sees is red. Her friends and flash before her eyes through the red haze spurring her on. Then she remembers Meghan, her life leaving her with the blood and Heather lets out a roar of rage. She mindlessly starts shooting and slashing at the wolves her, her heart blackened by grief and fear. When she finally stops wolf's bodies lay on the ground shifting back and fleeing into the woods. Her chest heaves, and then she hears a deep low howl that seems to surround her. She looks around searching for the source calmly, and then she sees him. The black fur and icy blue eyes. The Alpha slinks forward and eyes Heather gauging whether or not he can take her down during her rage. She stands up straight to her full height, although it doesn't do much being a small 5 feet 6 inches. She holds her weapon at the ready and tries to give off the aura of invincibility that she has come to know how to use so well. But of course this is when her arm decides to begin shaking under the strain. Knowing this might get messy she turns to Crow who is next to Meghan trying to stop the bleeding. He looks at her and she nods. He quickly picks up Meghan and runs off to the usual pick up point for when they're in that area. Once he disappears into the forest Heather turns her attention back to her opponent, but quickly realizes that he had disappeared. She closes her eyes listening. Then she hears several small rustles on the outskirts of the clearing. The smirks and raises her weapon in its sniper rifle form. She turns quickly keeping her eyes closed and fires. In the next moment there is a howl of pain and Heather grins under her hood.