War of the Wolves

Chapter 27

                           Everyone gasped, and they all stared up at me with wide eyes.

“What are we going to do?” Christine asked.

“The only thing that we can do,” I replied, “We’re going to fight.”

“But we aren’t ready!” Laura called out.

“Then we better start preparing,” I said, “Meet me out by the lake tomorrow morning. Be ready to spend the entire day fighting.”

                           They all groaned, and I rolled my eyes.

                           I was the first person to be at the lake, but that didn’t surprise me. I waited for a few minutes, and then people started to show up.

                           By the time that everyone got there, I realized that we needed a lot more room. I tried to think of places on the property that we could go.

“I think there’s a big clearing somewhere close to here,” I said, “Follow me.”

                           I walked through the woods for a good ten minutes before I found the clearing. I could remember walking into it the first day. It still gave off the same eerie feeling, but it wasn’t as nerve racking with all of the people that I had coming in behind me.

“Alright spread out. I want Keepers fighting other Keepers and wolves fighting other wolves. Keep it fair, okay?” I stated, “Go find a partner.”

“Gaughan,” I yelled, “Come here.”

“What is it?” he asked.

“I want you to be my partner,” I answered.

                           He nodded, and we took our stances on the battlefield.  I looked around and made sure that everyone was in his or her position to fight before I yelled the magic word.

“Go!”

                           The air was filled with the sounds of fighting. I ran towards Gaughan. He tried to catch me in his arms, but I ducked through his legs. He turned and growled at me. He shifted and jumped at me. I pushed him back and kicked his legs out from under him. He bounced back to his feet without even being on the ground for half of a second.

                           I watched him cautiously, and then I shifted. I moved quickly through my in-between phase. I waited for him to make the first move, but he made it obvious that he wanted me to. I ran straight towards him, and he moved to the side. I stopped, and he took advantage of my downtime. He tackled me to the ground. I shifted back to human and he pounced on me.

                           I used my feet to kick him off, and then I stood back on them. Gaughan growled and jumped towards me. I ducked under him and kicked him up under his ribs before he could land. He howled, but he was back on his feet a second later. He seemed more vicious now. He began to push me back. I took a few steps backward until I hit a tree.