Wolf Village 16.9.4

The mysterious guy rides closer and hops off the bike letting it hit Rowen in the face. As he lands, he pulls out the shotgun on his back and aims it at Rowen and pulls the trigger. Rowen starts to mummify with smoke coming off the wounds and then bursts into flames. Kaelen shifts back into human form. Kaelen stood still for a breath, as the last remnants of fur receding into skin, shadow melting from his frame as he shifted back into human form. The scent of burning vampire filled the air, acrid, ancient, and final.

 

He looked at the stranger, the one with two-toned hair, standing like judgment with a smoking shotgun in hand. The bike still rattled where it had fallen. Kaelen steps closer to the mysterious guy, glancing down at what little remained of Rowen, a charred husk, still twitching as fire devoured it.

 

Kaelen: *Looks at Rowen* Well that's one way to make an entrance. *Shifts gaze to the stranger* Name?

 

The mysterious stranger says nothing as he puts the shotgun back in its back holster and looks at the charred body without flinching, as if it's an everyday occurrence for him.

 

Sylas: The name's Sylas Marren. *Looks at the car* This your car? Let's get going, need you to speak to someone.

Kaelen: Speak to who?

Sylas: Someone who’s watching the pieces move before the rest of you notice the board.

 

 

Before Kaelen can ever say something in return, Sylas just opens the passenger door, getting in and shutting the car door. He just shakes his head getting in on his side, closing the driver's door. Kaelen then rests his hand on the lever and presses it down like a stamp. suddenly the missing back window, is replaced with a new one. Sylas messes with the center consol setting up a GPS. Kaelen follows the coordinates.

 

 

Aways back the guy in the random building gets out of the broken window, brushing the shards of glass off and tossing his helmet on the ground bearing his fangs, growling in anger. He starts to run to where he heard the shot. He arrives to find the bike on its side, still running, and looks at Rowen's smoldering corpse. He goes to reach for Rowen, who just crumbles to a pile of ash. He mutters "You protected me well, like you were told by my father." and then stands up pulling out a phone.

 

 

Unaware of what happened after they left that location, Kaelen and Sylas arrive at a building that overlooks a cliff behind it. Kaelen shuts his car off and follows Sylas inside. They walk upstairs, to a guy with white dreadlocks sitting in a throne.

 

 

Jax: *looking at the floor* Ah you have returned and brought The Veilwalker with you.

Kaelen: You say that like I’m a weapon that got dropped off at your doorstep.

Jax *Looks up at Kaelen with the one good eye and chuckles* I may have only been around since the A.I. Wars, but a lot has changed in that amount of time. I'm looking to rebuild the Council. Without a representative from Holmfirth Village and Alvoria.

Kaelen: What does reforming the Wolf Council have to do with me?

Jax: To have The Veilwalker who's home is Avoria, would be an asset to the new council.

Sylas: *thinking to himself* So this is Jax's next move? Then what purpose do I have? I know this sickness of mine is going to kill me soon.

Kaelen: Alvoria isn’t even a village anymore. It’s ash and silence. Or did you forget that part?

Jax: *Leans forwards and speaking serious* It's true that when you were about 5 you were exiled for your mysterious abilities, and shortly after it was destroyed. What nobody else knows is some survived, albeit broken spirited. They rebuilt the village. It doesn't look like it once did, but it's still around. Kept hidden.

 

Jax gets up from the throne after sniffing the air. Kaelen looks at the moon and feeling something is off. Sylas pulls out the shotgun pointing it at the stairwell. Jax's arms shift to wolflike. Sylas pulls the trigger as a vampire comes up the stairs, and turns into a mummified corpse catching fire, just like Rowan.

 

Kaelen: What the hell kind of ammo are you using?

Sylas: holy water-soaked wooden buckshot, with an ultraviolet solution inside each wooden ball. It's designed to instantly kill any vampire.

Varrick: *Speaking with a cold anger tone of voice that echos* The Veilwalker. And the White Wolf. How Bold of you both to be in the same place. But boldness doesn’t win wars. It just marks where the bodies fall.

 

 

As soon as Sylas goes to reload Varrick smacks him against the wall, causing Sylas to go unconscious. Varrick moves over to Sylas's unconscious body and goes to take a bite but stops and stands up.

 

 

Varrick: This one isn't even worth killing, his disease is already going to consume him. I'd say he has only till sunrise.

Kaelen: What the hell are you talking about?

Varrick: Just ask the white wolf. *Motions over to Jax and grins showing his fangs*

 

Jax rips a vampire in half his arms reverting to human as he walks towards the throne and staring out the window at the ocean. Varrick stops another vampire, going to lung at Jax, with just holding up his hand.

 

Jax: *Voice dripping with sorrow* Sylas was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Dreadwither. It is incurable, and some people will never show any physical signs of it.

Varrick: *Still grinning* It's only been found in humans.

 

Jax lets out a low growl saying nothing but transforming into a normal white wolf and runs towards Kaelen. The wolf jumps at Kaelen and vanishing into thin air. Kaelen blinks clearly confused of everything. Varrick grins and just walks away.

 

Varrick: Don't worry we will meet again. *Laughs coldly and maniacally while walking away*

Done