19 When death comes knocking (1/2)
”Mom! Who was that!?” Sasha cried as she carried Kara.
”Damien obviously!”
”Why!? Why would he do this!?”
”Only he could tell”
They both stopped sliding when Damien was infact waiting for them.
”You bastard! We trusted you!” Sasha roared.
”Its all part of the game now, a game Derrick started”
”You're selfish! All you could think of is getting back at him! And in doing so involved us!”
”He saved Kara by killing my brother! Now the payback is simple, Kara will never have to see that bastard Derrick again, and on top of that, she gets to awaken fully”
”At what cost her free will!?” Sasha roared.
”Ill make her happy, now hand her over, she belongs to me now”
”You realise youre standing infront of an amarok right?” Luna asked exposing her fangs.
”A rusty one, you haven't seen combat in a long time, ill be able to take you both on!” Damien roared and dove towards them. Luna as small and quick as she was, barely made it out of his way, but Damien's attack connected Sasha, sending both her and Kara tumbling. Luna recovered and attacked from behind, but one swing from Damien's giant paw grounded her. He was right, Luna thought, she was out of shape, she didn't have to fight, always hiding behind her title as amarok, now a mere alpha, fighting fit, had her on the reel's. Sasha also attempted to attack, she and Damien collided and entered a maul, clawing and biting at each other, but it wasn't long and Sasha also got sent tumbling, bloodied and beaten. Now with both her girls down Luna felt helpless, how could she have let herself go like this? She felt after that one blow her body trembled, and using the water element was useless, there were no water sources close by. Damien saw the defeat in her face and smiled.
”Your daughter won't live the life of a slave, she will be treated well, Luna” Him directly addressing her by her name made it clear that he knew his victory was assured, so he turned to Kara who was now lying in anguish on the ground, grunting and roaring as Damien's venom coursed through her vains. Just as he wanted to approach her he got kicked, sending him flying back so viciously Luna heard the bones break during his tumble.
***
Claire had a fire going, after the bombardment from DPK she was able to survive thanks to Cleopatra's curse and dragged the three battered corpses of Seth, Shiva and Silvia away before the rescue services arrived. Now with the moon out, the regeneration was quicker, and as they regrew all the blown away parts, they also shifted into wolves.
”Fffuucck!” Seth roared as he came by whilst a leg was still growing back.
”Here, eat, otherwise you won't regenerate completely” Claire said holding a piece of meat out to him she got from killing a cow in a nearby field. Seth took the meat and ate it. When the women woke up she gave them meat as well, with the gained energy from eating the cow they had their wounds healed and limbs grown back.
”What the fuck hit us!?” Shiva asked.
”That was DPK” Claire said.
”What!? It felt like we got hit by a hundred men with assault rifles, and dpk are only three!” Silvia said.
”The weapon they used was a Ratel, a modified one, and it seems it has alot of firepower” Claire said blankly staring at the fire.
”The way you reacted just before they fired on us, and now, knowing what type of vehicle they use, sounds like you know a thing or two?” Seth asked.
”Yes... I was in the Angolan war back then, i fought along side Michael and Dianne”
”Our parent's!?”
”Yes, so now you have a way of linking me to you, Cleopatra wants to get back at Michael for the trouble he caused her, thus she sent me to aid you by reaching your goal, Michael's own son. When you are strong enough she will join you, and together you will conquer a lot of things”
”I see, so its some long lost revenge hey?”
”Yes”
”Then how did you end up serving her?”
”She has a technique called Anubis mummification, and im under that curse, by body has been mummified, i cant die, but im not alive either. I also dont have free will, if she gives me an order i am to follow it to the end”
”Even of it kills you?” Shiva asked but Claire looked at her with the navy blue lifless eyes.
”Im alreadg dead, the Anubis mummification holds my life force with Cleopatra, i am only a walking corpse, beating heart, warm body but no soul, half lifed”
Shiva felt a shrill ”Like a fucking zombie”
”Something like that” Claire said standing up.
”Your strength is recovered, if we run fast now, we can make it to Pretoria before sunrise”
The three Black woves got up, and the four of them sprinted into the dark.
***
Damien furiously got back to his feet and faced his assailant, huffing from the pain, but as soon as he got sight of it, his ears dropped. Standing over Kara was none other than Quintin himself. Damien has never seen him before, only heard stories of this monstrous cat, the fact that he was even bigger than himself, told Damien all he needed to know about who this was.
”Scram wolf! before you end up being a stain in the grass!” Quintin roared like a lion, the sound so sheer Damien felt his heart almost stop. He backed off and gave Luna a glance ”This isn't over” he mumbled and ran off.
Luna looked back at Quintin, who now looked at Kara with concern.
”Quintin! Im so sorry, i couldn't protect her”