2.5 Selene.
Unlike his father, the new Crawler held half his
Windingo form in the Main frame with his long fangs on all his limbs and thin
furred coat on his upper body. His expression showed his fangs on the jaw when
he heard the lady creature spoke its name. He had done his share of killing
these werewolves on the land.
"I am not here to fight you but to assist
you." Selene spoke out. "Like you, I am a discard of the packs. The
Tiberian Pack only survivor is I. I have come far to seek you. We shared a
common foe; the Vampires."
The Vampires and werewolves are foes for eons but
the later was not a killer unless provoked. They only seek a life without fear
of being hunted but it was never fulfilled as Man and others have hunted them.
Their other breed, the forest wolfs were fouled by Man with their evolution and
genetics tampering that now the other breed hunts all including their own. Crawler
had hunted those wild ones when they come too near to the walls.
"I know you cannot speak, but you can read
minds and communicate by it." Selene spoke to him, but soon they were
alerted to the presence of some intruders. They were the enemies of the Queen Wolf
and thirst for her blood. That was then, and with the passing moons, she was
his constant companion. They hunted together, and communicated by signs and at
times, by howls. Selene avoided the other packs and would cling to him for
comfort. She had called him the Quiet One. It was the relationship that Crawler
could not reconciled, but that was to end soon.
Crawler and Selene were on at the forest after the hunt;
she was in her human form running with him, although at a slower pace. They
were taking a slow run back to the hideout of Crawler when Selene stopped him.
"They have tracked me." Selene reverted
back to her other ego and snarled her fangs. At that moment, three dark
leathers figures appeared before them. On their back were not rifles but the
long handle machete that was the favored weapons of the Vampires Brigade. He
had encountered one of them before, some years back in the wasteland and he
barely made it out of the fight alive.
Crawler crouched down with his back bent forward,
his upper limbs braced on the ground for the coming attack. The Vampires spread
out before pulling out the machete. They did not attack him until he moved to
stand in front of Selene. It was then Selene attacked first but not at the Vampires
but at Crawler' back. It would have ripped the spine on Crawler if not for
Sergei's shot. The shot from the Colt hit the Wolf Queen at her extended right
hand with a hole blown at the palm.
"Aargh!" Selene pulled her wounded hand
back and rolled onto the side. She looked up and saw approaching duo. She
screamed out and revert to her original self; the ego of the shape shifter. In
her true self she was one of the Vampire Queen; then a lady with dark flowing
hairs dressed like the Vampire holding onto the wounded hand.
"Attack them!" The Shape Shifter commanded
the Vampires to draw out their machete blades. The trio spaced out while
another two arrived to assist the half Man Windingo creature.
"Allow me", the lady dressed in leather
rushed forth and swung her right hand. From it, the long streak of the laser
whip appeared. Its swing got the middle Vampire figure on the left forearm and
tore into the flesh severing the arm. Then she pulled back and lashed it out in
a forward motion making it thrust into the Vampire on the right. The Vampire
did try to deflect the whip but was too slow in intercepting it. The whip
penetrated the Vampire into its chest and out in the other side.
The shape shifter saw the odds are against them and
shouted for a retreat. The two remaining Vampires disappeared into the darkness
alongside with the shape shifter.
Crawler looked towards the two and decided to run to
hide but he paused on hearing the familiar voice of the Man from within the
walls. He recognized the Abbot and held his stay there.
"Protector, please stay. These are the
Crusaders." Abbot Adrian explained to Crawler. Meanwhile Sergei was
studying the half Man Windingo before him. He was sure this could be the
elusive Crawler who went missing some thirty years ago. He was never seen since
then.
Meanwhile Crawler was overwhelmed by the scent he
was getting; like the one he was to find but had remain elusive till now. He
looked at the two strangers but he found the lady more interesting.
"The Vampires!" Abbot Adrian who had
walked over to examined the dead adversary. "These are from the Vampires
Brigade. They used to plague the land right after the bombing but had
disappeared for some time now."
"We must get to back to the monastery before
more arrived." Abbot Adrian advised the trio.
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