Reeko purred as Christian stroked along his hair. It was a funny sight to see actually…An eighteen year old with his head settled in Christian’s lap crooning and purring like a pet. I guess he was kind of a pet in a way. I looked over at Edge and he shot me a cold look so I quickly moved my vision somewhere else. Rachael looked at me concerned.

" Matt? Matt are you okay?" I looked at her and nodded.

" I’m just a little worried about Essa and Jeff going out clubbing is all." She smiled at me.

" Oh Matt…They’re a married couple, you have to let them go a little wild some nights."

" Why can’t they go wild in their safe apartment?" ‘ Getting a little overprotective again, are we?’ Oh for God’s sake, not you again. ‘ But of course.’ Look, just butt out for now, okay? ‘ Such disrespect for the wolf.’ Blow me…you almost killed Christian. ‘ Correction…WE almost killed Christian.’ I narrowed my eyes.

" Matt?" I turned to Rachael again. " Listen, they’re going to be fine…What harm can a night outing do?"

" Remember Kitty?" I whispered to her so that Christian didn’t hear me.

" Matt…That was just an accident…Essa won’t let anything bad happen to Jeff…You know that." I nodded my head. ‘ Something bad is going to happen to him.’ Don’t say that! You’re making me upset! ‘ Trust me…I can sense these things…Some old friends are coming back.’ Shut up! I looked to the side as Reeko crawled further up into Christian’s lap purring as the younger Canadian gently rubbed under his chin.

" Affectionate little rascal, ain’t he?" laughed Falcon. Christian looked up smiling.

" Yeah…Reeko’s kind of a relief to have around." Lita folded her arms and looked over at the black hairball sleeping on the arm of a couch.

" Why can’t you be more like that?" Trafalgar glared at her.

" What? And lower myself to a creature of their standers…" Reeko perked up and scowled at Trafalgar.

" What’s that supposed to mean flea farm?" he barked at him.

" Just grateful I’m not some smelly hound you slobbery tick factory!" Reeko quickly morphed into wolf form and sprang at Trafalgar.

" Reeko!" snapped Ogonz. The fledgling landed on the couch just as the feline leaped off. He quickly worked his way up to the top of bookshelf. Reeko’s ears flattened and he snarled up at the warlock.

" Oh that’s your answer to everything," snapped Ice. Trafalgar hissed at him as Reeko trotted back to Christian and rested his head back on the young man’s lap.

" What a surprise…Another wolf almost kills somebody," Edge growled. I flushed and looked at the floor.

" Oh get off it Enigma!" snarled Gangrel. " What’s done is done…Put the past behind you!"

" Put it behind me?! He tried to fucking kill my baby brother!"

" Well that over now, isn’t it…Might as well let it go," hissed the Brood leader. Edge folded his arms and shot me a look. ‘ You’re not very popular with the Canadian brothers, are you?’ No thanks to you. ‘ I was just doing what the instincts instruct.’ Well don’t try anything that will put my friends in danger. Reeko’s tail thumped loudly on the floor as Christian resumed running his fingers along the soft silver fur. I had to smile at this…Reeko had become quite a companion to Christian during his period of healing. He seemed to be by his side all the time in his room, and when he left, he would change to wolf form to be a canine companion in public…True we had to explain that it was a half wolf breed to get people to stop panicking, but it seemed to all work out. Christian has grown rather fond of Reeko and the fledgling seems to thrive on the love and attention that the younger brother gives him. Something that disturbed me. ‘ You know I’m right you know…I have the instincts to know about these things…Sometime bad is going to happen to your brother.’ Just stop it…Essa’s with him…Essa won’t let anything bad happen to Jeff. ‘ You’d like to think that, wouldn’t you?’ Just keep quiet. ‘ Matt…Listen to me…If you don’t care that something bad happens to your brother, then that’s your opinion…But you have to trust the wolf instincts or you won’t survive this world.’ Oh shut up. ‘Alright…Be that way….I’ll still be here when you need me.’ Yeah right….I know that Jeff was alright…Vampiro was off in Mexico…WCW was in California…Cassandra is dead…The Ministry is still busy with DX…No one out there would want to cause harm to my baby brother….But like the wolf told me…I’d like to think that, wouldn’t I?

***** *******

I exhaled the cigarette smoke and turned to our leader. God knows why they approved of this mission…Werewolves aren’t even in our league.

" Are you sure about this?" He turned to me and narrowed his eye sunder the black ski mask.

" Do you want that bloodthirsty animal running the streets?"

" Of course not."

" Then I’m sure of it."

" Look!" I turned to where our third companion. I saw two men exit the club…

" They got a fashion thing going on with their hair or something?"

" Quiet…I think that might be him…Let’s move…" He started up the van and we followed the two. After watching them for a while in my seat I took notice at the way the two acted with each other.

" Huh…They’re gay…"

" No shit Sherlock," hissed our troop leader. He stopped the van and we piled out. " I’ll take care of the spick…You two get the other." I pulled out my gun and we moved behind the couple. The pink and blue haired one was being cooed at in Spanish. The troop leader rushed forward and cracked the back on his gun into the back of the fiery haired one.

" ESSA!!!" My partner and I rushed forward and I stuck my gun under his jaw.

" Now just calm down…Come with us…" I looked down as the Mexican’s assailant checked on him. " How is he?"

" He’s out…No problem here…" The boy trembled as I dragged him over to our van and threw him into the back. My partner hurried to the front and started up the van and the troop leader got in the back with me and shut the doors behind him. The boy whimpered as I kept the gun to his head.

" What do you want? Money?…I have money…" Our troop leader kneeled down next to him and reached into rainbow’s pocket. He pulled out a wallet. " I have a hundred dollars in there…Just take it!"

" Keep quiet!" I barked at him. He opened the wallet and pulled out the ID.

" Jeffrey Nero Hardy…Born August 31, 1977….Hometown Cameron North Carolina…" I looked into Jeff’s eyes and saw the confusion in fear in them. He then looked up at the boy. " That wouldn’t happen to be any relation to Matt Hardy…Would it?"

" Why do you want to know?" he whispered. He removed the hood to reveal the large scars across his face.

" Because he and I have a little unfinished business." Jeff shivered started to get up and I pressed the gun harder into him.

" You stay still!" My leader nodded with a smile on his face.

" He’s human, but this is definitely his brother…I can see the resemblance."

" Leave my brother out of this…He’s going through a hard time as it is."

" Well then…I guess the only humane thing for me to do is put him out of his misery." He gave me a look and I cracked my gun across Jeff’s head and he fell to the floor of the van limp.

" I don’t understand why you need to drag the boy into this…Why not just hunt the wolf down like we do with vampires…"

" Because he’s with other vampires and I’m not going to try and bite off more than I can chew…If we have the brother he can tell us where to find him and we won’t have to worry about running into any problems." I sighed and looked down at the unconscious man.

" I just hope you know what you’re dealing with here man…We’ve never had any experience with werewolves…We know nothing about them….Hey…Why don’t we try and take it alive…We can learn about it."

" Maybe…But if it causes any real trouble, I’ll destroy it without question."

" Sounds fair to me."

" Of course it does."

***** ****

Matt growled and held his head pacing. I lifted my head from Christian’s lap and whined.

" Matt, what’s wrong?" asked Gangrel. Matt whined and snarled.

" The wolf…It’s driving me nuts!"

" What’s it telling you?"

" That something bad is going to happen to Jeff…He’s okay…He’s okay isn’t he?" Christian stroked my hair and rested my head back on his lap.

" Guys…That don’t sound good…Usually when Matt reckons something bad happens to Jeff it usually happens."

" Don’t talk like that!" hissed Luna. Essa will protect Jeff.

" No offense, but Essa isn’t exactly a threatening presence to our enemies," muttered Jericho. I leaped up and Christian grunted as my entire wolf weight rested on his lap. He wrapped his arms around my neck and nuzzled into my fur.

" I don’t have a good feeling either," admitted Lita. " They really should have been back by now…It’s after midnight…" The trilling of the phone then came on and Matt and I howled as the sound hurt our sensitive ears. Chyna hurried over and picked up the phone.

" Hello…..What?….Oh my God…" I saw Matt frown and terror fill his eyes. " …Oh God is he alright?…..That’s a relief….Was Jeff with him?….Shit!…DO you know…..Okay…Okay we’ll be right there." She hung up and grabbed her coat. " We have to go!"

" What happened?" asked Rachael.

" Essa was mugged!" I leaped off Christian’s lap as he got up.

" What about Jeff?" cried Matt. The Ninth wonder of the world looked at him sadly.

" No one can find him."

********** ******

I whimpered as I slowly began to come back to reality….I felt like I had been hit by a truck…No! A gun. I opened my eyes and was terrified when I couldn’t see anything. I also found my arms and legs bound to a chair.

" So you finally decided to wake up."

" Who are you?" I stiffened when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

" Just a couple of guys who want to take care of a dangerous animal…"

" What are you talking about?" I pulled at my binds but couldn’t free myself.

" We know your brother is a werewolf…Don’t act like you don’t know anything."

" What do you want to do to Matt?" I stuttered.

" Just make sure he doesn’t become a hazard to society…He’s already done his share to me." I wished he could at least remove the blindfold so that I could see who it was. I whimpered as he rubbed my shoulder.

" What did you do to Essa?"

" Your boyfriend was of no concern to us…He was left back at the club to be picked up…You Jeffrey are my main interest." I trembled and he ran a hand down the side of my face.

" Please…Just let go…My brother won’t hurt anybody…"

" You’re lying…"

" No…I…" I cried out as I felt a harsh slap across the face.

" Don’t lie to me again…Your brother attacked me and I’m sure I’m not the only one." I sniffled as my face stung from the strike.

" You keep me and my brother WILL tear you apart," I hissed at him.

" Matt cares about you, does he?"

" Let’s just say that if anyone lays his hands on me and he finds out they usually know better than to touch me again."

" Well then…This sounds very promising."

" Let me go!" I yelped when two strong hands grabbed my shoulders.

" Calm down boy…Everything will be just fine."

" I wanna go home…Please….I want to go home…"

" You just rest…Don’t give us any trouble and we’ll get along swimmingly." I sniffled and leaned my head back….Matt…Don’t let him hurt you…Please.

******* ******

I winced at the sight of the bandage around Essa’s head. His eyes were glazed over but I think he was alright.

" Essa….How many fingers am I holding up?" I held up three and put them to his face.

" Five?"

" That’s close enough…He’s fine," stated Jericho.

" What happened to Jeff?" asked Matt.

" I…I don’t know…We were leaving the club and the last thing I remember is getting hit from behind…" He held his face in his hands. " I can’t believe I’ve gone and let my amigo get hurt again….I’m his husband for Christ’s sake!"

" Do you know who could have taken him?" I asked.

" No…But I know it wasn’t the Ministry…"

" Well…At least that narrows down the prime suspect," growled Matt.

" My little Skittles…Matt…I would have protected him if I could…You know that!"

" I know Essa," hissed the Hardy. I shook my head and looked back up at the Mexican.

" Do you have any idea who it was that took Jeff?" Essa sadly shook his head.

" No…They were wearing all black…I couldn’t recognize them." Matt froze and slowly turned to Essa.

" Did you say…..Black?"

" Si." Matt released a shuddering breath and continued.

" Did one of them have a scar on his face?"

" I couldn’t tell…They had masks…That’s all I can remember." Matt shut his eyes for a moment and then turned to Rachael.

" Chorites…"

" No…Matt…They only work with vampires….Not people."

" No Rach…Don’t you see the connection?" He brushed his hair back. " The last time Tony and I met, I wolfed out…"

" Oh God Matt…"

" I attacked him…I nearly killed him….Rach…It’s not Jeff who he wants." He shuddered then. " It’s me." Gangrel frowned and leaned against the wall.

" If only that fad had died out back in the nineteenth century."

" What are we going to do man?" asked Christian. " We can’t risk any vampires with these fucking Chorites."

" I also assume ‘ Buh Buh and D-Von’ are out of the question," muttered the Ayatollah.

" Good guess Chris….That’s another thing, we have no idea if it even WAS Chorites…I mean, true werewolves aren’t human…But they aren’t vampires either," stated Ice.

" Right on Topaz," said Ogonz.

" None the less…Someone has taken Jeff, but it would make the most sense if it were Chorites," added Edge.

" Could we PLEASE stop mentioning the word Chorites? Some of us have had bad experiences," hissed Falcon.

" Aw quit your belly-aching!" hissed Ogonz. Reeko leaned back against the wall and looked up.

" These freaks are now going after the wolves…What’s next? A warlock raid? A unicorn massacre?"

" Unicorns aren’t real," snapped Falcon.

" Says you!"

" Everyone shut up!" barked Gangrel. " Listen, we all have to look for clue. Matt….You and the vampires and I will go to where Essa was found…We can sniff around there for clues."

" Good idea," answered Reeko with a grin.

" Not you fledgling," Gangrel said with a grin. " You’re staying home."

" But I wanna help!"

" You’re too young partner," explained Falcon. " You let the big boys handle this…You take care of Christian."

" Why can’t I do anything?" pouted the pup.

" Because you haven’t even grown in your fangs yet," kidded Ogonz.

" I have too!" The fledgling’s eyes glowed purple.

" Calm down, Reeko…Calm down…" said Ice. " We need a vampire back at the apartment to protect the others if something happens there."

" So…" He began to brighten up.

" You’ll be helping us by doing the job of protecting the entire family." A hint of pride glowed in the young vampire’s eyes.

" I won’t let you down!" He then hurried back to Christian. I smirked and snuggled next to Ice.

" Well…You sure know your way around fledglings."

" What can I say…It’s a gift," he purred before kissing me.

" Yo! Ice, we’re going!" Matt called. Ice sighed and got up.

" We’ll be back soon."

" Be careful Icy." He flashed me a fanged grin.

" Hey…You know me."

" Unfortunately," I answered with a smirk. Ice growled at me.

" You’re just lucky I have to leave now or you’d get it!" I laughed and waved at him as he left. I just hope wherever Jeff is he’s alright….And that we get him back soon.

******** ******

Reeko prowled around the room stopping a moment to sniff growl and then resume prowling. Trafalgar watched from the safety of the bookshelf.

" Getting a little overworked about this, are we not?" the warlock purred. Reeko stopped and glared up at him.

" I was told to guard this room and I’m going to do just that!" Reeko barked. Trafalgar chuckled and shook his head.

" You little fool…Do you really think anyone is going to try and break into here?"

" Who’s to say they won’t?" the fledgling snarled. I sat back in the chair and sighed….It was going to be a looooong night.

" The reason they put you in that position was because they needed an excuse for you not to come along and botch things up."

" What’s that supposed to mean?!"

" Stop it! The both of you," snapped Luna. She shook her head as she took a seat on the couch. " I swear the two of you…."

" Fight like cats and dogs?" finished my brother with a grin. I giggled and Trafalgar glared at him.

" Laugh it off Enigma! Soon I’ll get out of this stupid body and return to my true form!" He then grinned. " Then we’ll see who’s laughing." Reeko left his post and curled up next to the chair and rested his chin on my lap. I began to run my fingers through his silver hair and his purring began. " The way you suck up to that human is disgusting."

" Oh, kiss my silver furry ass," growled Reeko.

" It’s degrading to how much you’ve become more like a house pet than a wolf."

" As to the great warlock who goes about hacking up his hair and licking his butt to get clean." Ow…That’s one for the fledgling. Trafalgar hissed and leaped off the shelf and landed on the floor.

" An insult! You’ll pay for that! I’ve killed fledglings bigger and smarter than you!" Reeko pulled off my lap and grinned at the feline.

" But you’re not exactly yourself now…Are you?" The young vampire then morphed into his wolf form and started towards Trafalgar.

" Boy’s….C’mon, we have more things to worry about then your little PET peeves," muttered Lita. Trafalgar hissed and swiped his claws at Reeko’s snout.

" Fight me you worthless weakling!" Reeko snarled and made a snap at the warlock but he leaped out of the way. The black fur puffed out making the cat look bigger.

"Reeko! Trafalgar! Stop it!" scolded Luna. Trafalgar let out screech as Reeko pounced onto him. The wolf grabbed the cat by the scruff and began shaking him despite the warlock’s screaming.

" No! Reeko!" Edge grabbed him around the neck and began pushing against the muzzle. " Drop it! Drop him!" Reeko finally let go and Trafalgar scampered to Lita and leaped into his lap. He hissed angrily before curling up with an embarrassed and furious expression on his face. His tail swished angrily. Reeko grinned and morphed back into his vampire form leaving my brother with his arms wrapped around his chest. Rachael walked in and stared at him.

" Why Edge…I had no idea you and Reeko were so close."

" What?!" Edge quickly let go of the vampire and stood up. " No way!" Rachael gave him a smirk. " Look! It’s not what you think Rach!"

" I’m sure Edge…You don’t need to talk to me about it." She giggled and strolled to the couch and sat next to Luna.

" I wasn’t hugging him!!" Reeko snickered and got up to resume his prowling. Edge fumed before disappearing into the bedroom. I smiled…I know that was my brother…But hell, it was funny. Trafalgar growled as Lita began stroking down the puffed out fur.

" Don’t worry warlock, I’m sure you’ll get him next time," stated Lita.

" Try throwing catnip in his eyes," added Luna. The two laughed and the look on the cat’s faced remarkably turned sourer.

" I don’t have to put up with this…I’m Trafalgar….I was the most powerful warlock on the continent…Man and vampires feared me alike…The mere mentioning of my name was enough to send chills up the very bravest warriors’ spines." He huffed and his ears flattened. " Now it’s nothing but a joke."

" Aww, c’mon…You’re pretty scary for a cat," chimed Rachael.

" Oh yeah…Why just yesterday I think you made Jericho jump when you leaped onto the counter," explained Luna. The feline then sprung from Lita’s lap obviously pissed.

" Mock me all you like…It just digs your graves deeper because I SHALL return to my original form and you all will have hell to pay." Reeko snorted as he leaned against a wall.

" Don’t get all fussy kitty-cat…I think you’re doing rather well as a feline." Trafalgar hissed at him and then spun back to Lita.

" A lion! A hawk! An anaconda! Your lover could have turned me into any of these….But he HAD to turn me into a damned housecat!" he snarled furiously.

" Don’t get so worked up about it," said Luna. " I think it’s all for the best…God knows we’re all better off knowing that you can’t cause any more damage than knocking over a vase." Trafalgar scoffed and started into the next room.

" Just you wait….We’ll see who laughing when this little joke is over."

************* *******

I circled the young man and smiled to myself. He was still blindfolded and his entire body was shaking.

" Now Jeffrey…I’m going to ask you a few simple questions." He sniffled and picked his head up.

" I thought you only concerned yourselves with vampires."

" For the most part, you’re right…But I’ve decided to make an acceptation." I placed a strong hand on his shoulder and the boy stiffened.

" Please…What’s done is done…Just leave us alone…"

" Shhhhh…Just answer the questions boy." He sniffled again and his head lowered. " So tell me…How many people has your brother killed?"

" Matt’s never murdered anyone in his life! He’s not like that! He wouldn’t kill anyone!" Jeff barked at me. I nodded my head and continued.

" Alright then…How many has he attacked?" At this mentioning…Jeff fell limp.

" Three people if you’re included," he answered softly.

" I thought so…Is Rachael with your little group?"

" Why do you wanna know?!" he snapped. That made me angry and I grabbed him by the side of the neck. He released a yelp and shivered.

" I’m asking the questions you little bastard….Just answer them!" I hissed into Jeff’s ear. He swallowed and his entire body shook. " Alright…Is she with you?"

" She comes to visit every once in a while," he answered softly.

" And where is your brother staying?" He grinned and snorted.

" I’ll be damned if I tell you where to find Matt." I narrowed my eyes and punched his jaw making him release a cry.

" Where is your brother staying?" I asked him in a more fierce tone.

" Fuck you!" he screamed at me. I punched him again in the mouth and he cried and his head fell down. I had made his jaw bleed…But the little shit was going to give me my answers.

" I am going to ask you one more time…Where is your brother?"

" You’ll have to kill me first," he hissed angrily. I would have done that, but in order to get the wolf, live bait was required. Fortunately for the boy, he was that and he was too valuable to bump off. I grabbed him by the hair and he growled as I forced his head back.

" Loyalty is all well and good…Would it be any consolation to let you know we want to take your brother alive if possible?"

" And stick him in some cage and run tests on him for the rest of his life? Go to hell!" I slapped him hard across his right cheek and then let him go. I growled and leaned back against the wall. Jeff cried softly while shaking…The boy was scared but he had enough heart to not give into me. My partner Roger joined my side.

" Any luck?"

" The kid won’t tell us where to find the wolf," I growled at him.

" Well…We don’t necessarily need to find the wolf to get him here…"

" Wasn’t that the plan…Show him the brother to get him to follow us?" Roger shook his head and handed me some printed papers.

" I’ve been doing some research on the ancient history of the werewolf….This report taken in the 16^th century states that a blood member of the family’s scent has a strong effect on a wolf…If me can make a trail of the brother’s scent that goes right here, the wolf would walk himself right into our hands." I grinned as I looked over the papers.

" So all we need is to get this kid’s scent and make a trail of it back here?"

" That should be all it takes…A werewolf is believed to be able to recognize a scent from over fifty yards away so that should make it easy to believe that our wolf will find the scent."

" That’s great, but how do we get the boy’s scent without taking him from here?"

" Blood, sweat and urine all pretty much carry the scent…If we can get these from our little friend here and use it to make a trail, it won’t be very difficult to get the wolf here." I looked up at the crying young man and smiled.

" Alright then Roger…Let’s get us some samples and get that wolf’s ass over here."

********* ******

I sniffed around the club area. My brother joined my side.

" I can smell ‘em…Can’t figure out where they went to though," I growled. Falcon nodded his head.

" Yeah…I know there were other people here…Must have gone off in a van." I turned around and saw Matt sniffing around furiously.

" They don’t leave much clues…Do they?" Falcon shook his head. We walked over to Ice and Gangrel who were crouching and inspecting the street.

" Jeff was dragged over here and then the scent just ends."

" We’re dealing with some serious masterminds here Gangrel," I stated. " These people hunt down vampires as a living…Them gotta know how to work without leaving any traces of their presence."

" I know…It’s just…I can’t believe they would do this to Jeff…He’s just a mortal human…No more, no less."

" They didn’t take him because of who he is….They took him because they somehow found out that he was MY brother….How could they have known about Jeff?!" snapped Matt. I motioned him to calm down.

" I don’t know Furface…They got their ways," I answered.

" Them assholes could find out what size bra Lita wears if they wanted to," added Falcon.

" You keep quiet!" hissed Ice. Matt shook his head and his eyes flashed amber.

" I’m going to kill him….I’m going to fucking kill him for this….He has no right to get involved with my family like this….This is our lives! They have no right to stick their noses into it!"

" Calm yourself Matt," growled Gangrel. He brushed his hands and then stood up. " Wherever they took Jeff, they’re long gone…"

" What do you mean by that?" asked Matt.

" He means there’s no scent…No possible way of tracking down the place where they took your brother," explained Ice.

" What am I supposed to do? Just forget about it and leave Jeff with those monsters?!" snarled the older Hardy.

" I’m not saying anything of the sort," Ice defended.

" Look…Matt," I stated. " If they took Jeff they are most likely going to try and use him to get you…So my guess is you WILL find out where they took Jeff…The downside is I don’t think you’ll be going anywhere once you do."

" Listen Gonzo…I’d got to hell and back to get my brother…"

" And that’s exactly where they’ll take you!" I snarled at him. " Hell! Dammit it Matt I spent a decade is hell! That laboratory was hell! Trust me, nothing is worth that! I guarantee you!"

" I guess you wouldn’t know…You didn’t make much of an effort to get your brother out once you were free did you? Guess you don’t really possess the brotherly loyalties that are necessary." My eyes flashed green and Falcon hissed.

" Listen here Furface…Don’t you go pissing me off! Just because I’m trying to save you from a lifetime of needles and tests…."

" I don’t care what happens to me Ogonz! My brother is my life! I’m not going to let any slime ball keep his hands on him! I don’t care what the outcome is!"

" You don’t care because you don’t know what it’s like!" I roared at him. " You don’t know how it feels to be strapped down and poisoned for the sake of science! You don’t know the shame of knowing that you are nothing but a mere lab rat!"

" The two of you! Stop this nonsense…This is not going to help us any," ordered Gangrel.

" You don’t know what it means to be a brother, do you Ogonz?" Matt barked at me. " Hell, ten years and you don’t even give a shit! When did you decide to start mentioning your family huh? When you found out someone could get the job done for you? Too much of a hassle to rescue and think about your own flesh and blood?" I hissed at him and my eyes glowed green.

" Don’t you go on pissing me off! I’ll kick your fucking ass!" Matt snarled at me…I jumped back in surprise when Gangrel leaped between us and hissed viciously baring his fangs and his eyes glowing a bright blue.

" Enough! I cannot believe the two of you! There is someone in trouble and all you can do is bicker and pick fights with each other!" I growled and shoved my hands in the pockets of my trench coat. " I know that you have had a hard time Ogonz, but Jeff is really important to Matt and you must respect the fact that he feels he must do what he must to get him back!" Gangrel then spun to Matt. " And don’t you try and criticize Ogonz and Falcon’s relationship! What happens in their family is their business, not yours!" Matt frowned and looked to the side. " Now for God’s sake, let’s try and get through this." Gangrel brushed his hair back in exhaustion. Poor ol’ Grel…If he weren’t a vampire I think he would have died of stress years ago. I turned to Falcon and shrugged.

" Come on guys…We’re not going to find anything here…We’ll come back tomorrow night." We all agreed and started back to the hotel. I shot Matt one last look before storming to the front…What Matt didn’t understand is that the reason why I felt like it was such as hell was because I was separated from my brother and there wasn’t a damn thing I could do about it…That was the key factor to why I was miserable in the lab.

****** ****

I groaned and tilted my head back in exhaustion…I was stripped down and hung up like a piece of meat…They left me in some kind of incubator for God knows how long…I’m scared, I’m hot….And worst of all, I smell. Not to mention earlier I had some kind of blood transfusion….And don’t you EVEN get me started on the humiliation I was put through before the incubator….Don’t even go there. The blindfold had finally been removed but now I have to squint my eyes because the lights were so bright. I gasped when the lights toned down and the door opened. I stared at the floor too weak to even lift my head up. Someone took my chin and tilted it up. A tube was put to my mouth and water came out. I began to drink greedily.

" How are you holding up boy?" he asked me. I didn’t even answer him…I was too thirsty to concern myself with whatever he wanted to talk about. I narrowed my eyes when the tube was pulled out.

" I’m still dehydrated!" I snapped.

" Calm down…I’ll let you have some more in a minute." I growled at him and tried to pull loose, but it was hopeless.

" Why are you doing this?"

" We need your scent…The processes you’ve been going through were means of getting possession of your scent." I stared at him in disbelief.

" You guys are nuts, you know that?"

" Actually, we consist of some of the very best scientists."

" Oh forgive me….MAD scientists," I hissed. He shoved the tube back in my mouth to shut me up. I quickly began to drink again.

" Come now boy…We’re only doing this to prevent anyone from getting hurt."

" Huh…Get hurt? Matt wouldn’t harm a soul in cold blood," I said my voice muffled from the tube.

" That’s besides the point…We hardly know anything about werewolves and a live specimen would help answer many questions about the creatures."

" Then find another werewolf!" I stopped to drink some more water before continuing. " Leave me and my brother alone!" I began sucking again trying to get myself hydrated again after having lost so much water weight through sweating.

" I afraid it’s not that simple…No one has seen a werewolf in over 300 years…We can’t wait that long to try and find another one. This could be a major breakthrough in science." What an asshole! I narrowed my eyes and continued to drink to my unending thirst.

" You don’t seem to realize that those vampires are people too and have feelings and emotions…Are you any way sentimental? My brother is a man with a family and a life…You think you have the right to take that from him?" I mumbled with the tube.

" Well…It’s probably hard for you to understand why we do this…We’re just scientists who crave the information that no one else can contemplate accessing."

" You don’t care at all! You don’t care at all that you take their lives away!" I barked and quickly drank more water in fear that he might take it from me.

" Well…They’re basically murderers…They kill people," he explained.

" They have to do that to survive," I growled.

" No matter…Taking them in makes them in a way pay for their crimes…But instead of being put to death…" He chuckled. " We take their lives away." I finally had to stop drinking or my bladder might explode. I let the tube fall from my mouth.

" And you want to do the same to Matt even though he doesn’t kill anyway."

" Jeffrey…I promise you we’ll give your brother a very nice environment to live in." Yeah…Right. He leaned down and pulled out the tray that had been under me to collect my sweat. I flushed when he looked up at me.

" Would you at least avert your eyes until I get some clothes on?" I hissed. He shook his head.

" Not like I’m the first man who’s seen you naked," he muttered as he picked up the tray. I wanted to slap the life out of his face. " The workers will be here soon to bathe you and get you dressed." I nodded my head and scowled as I watched him leave. If it’s the last thing I do, I’m going to get the Chorites for this horrible treatment to both me AND my family.

***** ******

I sighed and brushed my hair back as I reclined in the chair. Rachael came over and rubbed my shoulders.

" Don’t worry Matt…We’ll get Jeff back. The Chorites can’t hold a mortal for very long…Their policy forbids it." I looked at her sadly.

" But then they could just kill him," I said. She bit her lip.

" Yeah…They could." Gangrel growled and turned to me.

" Don’t get yourself all worked up Matt…You’ll morph."

" How am I supposed to keep calm when my brother is in the hands of those physcos?" I exclaimed. He shook his head.

" Try…We’re going to do what we can."

" Why haven’t they contacted us if they already have Jeff?" asked Jericho.

" I don’t know….The ways of the Chorites are unpredictable…I would have thought they would have sent us a threat by now," stated the Brood leader. I moaned and held my face in my hands.

" Rach…" I looked up at her. " Rach….Will they hurt him?" Her eyes widened.

" Matt…I…I don’t know…I’ve only seen them deal with vampires…I don’t know what they do with humans."

" Oh God…If something happens to him I’ll never forgive myself."

" Hardy….I promise you we’ll get your brother back," Ice told me. I looked up at him.

" He must be so scared…But if this breaks him?…What if this effects him mentally?"

" We just have to hope that doesn’t happen," answered Gangrel. I whimpered as I stared at the floor with my fingers wrung up in my hair. " Matt…We’ll all search tomorrow night…" I nodded my head softly.

" What about Matt?" asked Lita. " You know the Chorites are after Matt…"

" We’ll make sure that he is well protected….Ogonz, Edge and Reeko shall go with him tomorrow," answered the old Brujah. I nodded my head and looked back up at him.

" If that sick son of a bitch has so much as left a scratch on his body…."

" Matt…It’s late….It’s time for us to get our rest," stated the Brood leader.

" I’m too worried to sleep," I whimpered.

" Try," hissed Gangrel. The vampire then left and disappeared into his room. Ice picked up Lita and went to their room as well. Jericho turned to me.

" Don’t worry junior…Jeff’s a fighter…He’ll be okay." The Ayatollah then left to return to Chyna. I sighed again and rested my head in my hands. Rachael wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me.

" Come on Matt…Let’s go to bed."

" Rachael…I just can’t stop thinking about what they might be doing to my brother."

" Matt…There’s nothing we can do until tomorrow…You look exhausted." She pulled on my arm. " Let’s get you to bed."

" Oh God Rach…." I groaned. ‘ You can take my word for it…Those Chorites aren’t giving your brother the treatment of Alpha.’ Why the hell won’t you go away? ‘ Little here pup! You’re not going to survive this without me!’ All you’ve done is cause trouble. ‘ You just wait and see…There’s a reason for me being here…You need me to help you.’ For what? ‘ I just might save your life someday.’

" Matt?" I groaned and looked up at her. She got me up and I started to walk out with her to our room. " Just try and sleep baby…It’s going to be alright." I nodded my head as I stopped in front of the door and Rachael got out the key. ‘ Matt…Give me a chance…I’m an not here for my health, but yours…’ Leave me alone. ‘ You can’t go through with this pup…Those Chorites will kill you…Kill us.’ So what am I supposed to do? Just let my only brother die? ‘ Aye….You just won’t listen…Loyalty to your pack is all well my friend…But don’t throw your life away…Go with the ways of the wolf of hunting and stalking in the shadows…One who runs in the light spends the time of the moon as a pelt.’ I growled and collapsed onto the bed, not bothering to take my clothes off. Rachael settled down next to me and began to stroke my head.

" I hope he’s okay Rach…"

" Me too baby." She kissed my head and then snuggled close to me. I sighed and shut my eyes.

********* *******

I huffed and tightened the rope of the robe as tight as I could…You can’t possibly imagine the embarrassment of having total strangers wash me clean…With Essa it’s totally different…He has the right to touch me. I watched angrily and curiously as I saw two men pour something into a large canister. I rubbed my shoulders as I looked down.

" So…What exactly is your excuse for treating me like that you chicken shit?" I hissed as Tony who was guarding me. He gave me a deadly stare.

" One more remark like that and I’ll rip that colored hair of yours out by the roots," he threatened. I hugged myself tighter.

" Well…Why was all of this necessary?"

" You see that container that’s being filler up right now?" he asked. I looked over where the two men were.

" Yeah…"

" That’s the substances we took from you to get the scent." I shuddered and squeezed my eyes shut. " We probably got enough for the trail from the park back to here…If not…" My eyes popped open when I felt his hand on my shoulder. " We can always get more." I slapped him hard across the face making him back up a little.

" Get your hands off me! Don’t you even THINK about touching me again!" I shrieked at him. I took a few shuddering breaths before continuing. " Rachael was right about you…You’re nothing but a conceited monster." I yelped as he gripped me harshly by the hair and threw me to the floor. Pain filled my back. He then leaped onto me with his knee pressing down on my chest. I cried out and her placed his palm on my chin and pushed my head back.

" You best keep quiet boy…We have the scent already…It would not be difficult to kill you off and get away with it….We have ways…You keep that in your mind." He then got off and I gasped and quickly got to my knees and shivered. " Now this is your final warning…One more outburst from you and the news crew will come upon the unfortunate boy who was doped up and committed suicide." I whimpered and gave a small nod of my head. " Good." He grabbed me by my shoulder and dragged me back to room…If you could call it that…and threw me inside. I found my clothes washed and folded waiting for me…Oh this is real ironic….A prisoner of lunatics, but I get my laundry done for free. I quickly lost the robe and got my clothes on. After slipping on my pants I went through my jewelry…I found my ring…My earrings…My black choker…Terror then struck me…The cross! The cross wasn’t there!

" That son of a bitch…." I rushed over the door and began pounding madly on it. " Give it back!! Give it back you heartless bastards!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. After five minutes of screaming and pounding, I gave up. I threw myself onto the cot and curled up into a ball….My mom’s cross…They took my mom’s cross…Why the hell did they want it? I whimpered and shut my eyes…All for the best I not find out, maybe I don’t want to know…Somehow I managed to calm myself down and shut my eyes…I let out a shaky sigh… " I love you Matt," I whispered before falling asleep.

******* *****

I grunted as I leaned out from the open door of the van with the large container in hand.

" Okay…Lets move. The engine started up and I pressed the button that released the contents in a mist of spray. We started from the park and would make our way back to the HQ. A werewolf…We’re never seen or captured one before…Was it going to be easy?….Hard?…I kept spraying the substance that contained the boy’s fluids and scent.

" Man, that’s nasty," growled my partner.

" Well…Tony wants that wolf."

" Good reason too…You see his face?"

" How could anyone miss it?"

" I know."

" Look…" I bit my lip. " What are we going to do with the boy once we get the wolf?"

" Probably keep him around as a way of making sure our wolf doesn’t do anything we may regret."

" You mean we’re not going to let him go?"

" What? And tell the whole world about us? We’d have news crews and interviewers from all around the world getting into our business."

" That’s a good point." I sighed and continued to spray as we turned a corner. The mist slowly sank to the bottom so the scent of the boy stuck to the ground.

" If this doesn’t get us our wolf, I don’t know what will."

" Oh he’ll come…It’s his brother after all."

" Yeah…Hey…Don’t you think we’re being a little easy on Tony? He’s treating the kid like one of our vampire catches…He is human like us after all.

" Tony does what he does…Besides…He’s the only running this show until Steve gets back unfortunately." I shook my head and sat down on the floor of the van.

" It’s going to be kind of worth it though…To finally get information on the legendary werewolf…We’re going to be famous in the Chorite world."

" The Chorite chicks are going to be ALL over us," laughed my friend. I grinned and nodded my head.

" We may even get to be transferred to Romania to work with the big dogs."

" Sweet." I turned back and called out to the driver.

" Pull over!" The driver did as I asked and stopped at the curb. I jumped out with the canister and sprayed it around and area of brushes. I then reached into my pocket and pulled out the silver choker with the cross and hid it in the bushes.

" Come on man!" I rushed back and leaped in and we were on the move again. I began to release the spray.

" Wolf’s going to be pretty pissed when he arrives you know."

" Why else do you think we gave Tony that gun with the special tranquilizer…One shot and the wolf will be sleeping like a baby…Could take out an elephant!"

" Alright…Just don’t want to end up like Tony with my face scarred for life."

" Hey man…If worse comes to worse…We’ll leave Tony to deal with his wolf problem."

" Sounds like a plane to me." He nodded and played with the black fabric of his shirt.

" Whatever happened to D-Von and Buh Buh?"

" I don’t know…Those two cousins disappeared…Maybe they went to work on the vampire problem in New Orleans."

" Yeah…Hope we get out of this dump soon."

" You mean away from Tony." We both laughed loudly. I slapped my knee and grinned at him.

" You hate him too?"

" The guy’s a fucking asshole!" I laughed again and then leaned back. " When we’re done this I’m going to Engine 46 to get me some streaks…You in?"

" It’s a date." I nodded my head and continued to spray as we made our way back to the HQ..

******** *****

I purred to myself as everyone left to search for the young Hardy. I grinned and immediately began my search. I then heard a wailing and rolled my eyes. I leaped off and hurried into the bedroom to find David whimpering and reaching over trying to get his teddy.

" You want your bear David?"

" Ba!" I took the toy in my mouth and tossed it back into the crib. David giggled and began to play.

" You just take care now baby…When I’m done I’ll destroy your father once and for all," I cackled and rushed back to the bookshelf and leaped up. I searched frantically nosing out books and knocking them off the shelves making them fall to the floor. " Come on…Come on…"

" Ka!" I tried to ignore the baby. " Ka! Ka!"

" I’ll play with you later! I’m busy!" I snapped at him. I pawed as a black book and pulled it out and it toppled to the floor. I leaped down and pawed it open…I could barely read it with my cat eyes…Damn my eyes.

" Da!"

" Your father’s not here either! Just be patient baby David!" I snarled. Was this crying brat really the son of Hamarabi’s childe?

" Ma!"

" Your mother is out as well! Not hush!" I nosed to a page. " This looks promising…" I tried to read the words as best I could. "Otiosa agebamus, mea Amadea, nocte. Verba remittentes verbis quos missimus." I hissed as a lamp lifted up into the air and smashed itself into a wall. David began wailing nonstop.

" DA!!"

" It was just a lamp baby! No harm done!" I called out…Obviously that was not the spell. I growled and nosed through the pages. I heard something break in the bedroom. " David?!" I rushed in and frowned when I saw a clocked knocked over with David’s teddy once again outside. The infant reached for it.

" Ba! Ba! Ba!" I sighed and took the bear once again in my mouth and I hopped up and dropped it into the crib.

" I’m not going to get it for you again! I’m not a babysitter…I’m am the great Trafalgar!"

" KA!" David cried reaching up to me. I growled and leaped out and rushed back to the book. I flipped through the pages again and meowed happily. This MUST be it. I took a deep breath. The reign of Trafalgar shall be once more.

" At last.." I chuckled wickedly. " Victory is mine if I can read this correctly…"

" Ma!!" wailed David. What was this infant’s problem? Sometimes I wish he’d just be gone.

" Hush!" I hissed at him…I then read from the book as the child’s wailing continued. "Nescivimus quomodo incepissemus aut ubi mentes. Nos ducant sed tunc eheu! tam brevi hicSedimus. adveni tardus cito tam cito abisti. Tempus nostrum actum, nondum verba tacent." I purred and waited…Nothing…Absolutely nothing…I hissed in frustration…Then…David’s wailing stopped…Just dead stopped. I swallowed…. " David?"…..Silence… " Baby?" …..Dead silence. I swallowed and slowly pawed my way forward…What did I do? What did I do?" I poked my head into the bedroom. " Little baby David." When I looked in my jaw dropped revealing my white cat teeth and I stepped back in horror. " Shit! Gangrel’s going to KILL ME!!!"

********* ********

I growled and sniffed wildly trying to pick up any kind of trace of Jeff’s scent. Ogonz tilted his hat back as Reeko sided closely to the vampire.

" I just hope you realize what you’re getting yourself into is all Matt," stated Ogonz.

" I know what I’m doing!" I snapped angrily. " Look! All I want is to get my brother back."

" And I wanna see the sunrise…But it don’t come without risks." I glared at him and continued to sniff around. ‘ The scent must be around somewhere…We can pick them up from great distances.’ Thanks for the info. ‘ That’s what I’m here for.’

" It will be okay Ogonz…We’re here with Matt…We’ll make sure nothing bad happens," explained Edge.

" I dunno Edge…These Chorites…Thems bad people…You never know what trick they’ll have up their sleeve." I continued to sniff deeply…Come on…Where did you take Jeff you twisted bastards?

" I don’t doubt it…I’m just saying that we have a better chance if we stick together," replied the Enigma. Ogonz nodded.

" Do you think Jeff’s okay?" Reeko asked.

" I don’t know kid," answered Ogonz. " It’s not their business to use humans against their will…I don’t know what’s going on."

" We’re going to get my brother back," I declared sternly.

" We’re gonna see what we can do Furface," snapped Ogonz. " God forbid one of us winds up back in the slammer or worse."

" I know the risks…" ‘ Do you?’ Oh, don’t you start on me now! ‘ I’m just thinking that this could prove dangerous…Do you know how heavily armed they might be?’ I want my brother. ‘ Forget about your brother for a damn minute and think!’ But… ‘ Listen! I won’t have you getting captured or destroyed because you weren’t thinking! Don’t you realize that they’ll be expecting you?’ What am I supposed to do? Just leave my baby Tigger for dead? ‘ No….Pup…What I’m saying is don’t go charging in like a bull seeing red…Be the stalker…’ Thanks…I’ll keep that in mind.

" We’ve been walking for two hours strait…Can’t we take a rest?" asked Edge. I groaned and turned to him.

" Climb on my back if you’re so damn tired!" I snapped. I was almost insulted at how quickly Edge jumped onto me…If it weren’t for the wolf, I’d be flat on my face right now. ‘ Oh! So now you’re a horse, are you?’ Ah shaddup. ‘ I don’t believe you’re actually carrying him…’ He’s tired…Cut the guy a break. ‘ Hmmph…Great moon, pups these days.’ Yeah well… ‘Wait!!’ Huh?…I sniffed…Jeff! That was Jeff’s scent. I bolted forward after it making Edge my hair painfully tight.

" Matt! Matt slow down!!" he shouted. Ogonz and Reeko screamed after me, but I didn’t listen to him…The scent led me down streets and around corners….It also was driving my Canadian friend nuts and he was pleading for me to put him down. I finally did stop and began to sniff the shrubs…I growled as I sniffed. ‘ There’s something that fumes of the scent in there…’ Indeed. Edge leaped off me and stared.

" Something’s in the bush," I muttered as I felt through the leaves and bristles.

" Okay…Just take it easy Matt." My eyes widened when I gripped something cold and hard. Pulling it out it made my blood boil…It was Jeff’s necklace…The cross… ‘ Ahh…The captors have left a trail for us to follow no doubt Pup.’ I’ll rip them to shreds. ‘ Easy there…Remember what I told you.’ Growling I nodded my head. I then looked at Edge.

" I’m making a sprint to where they have Jeff…You got two choices Edge."

" What would that be?"

" You either stay here…Or you ride my back again and we do this together." He groaned and held his face in his hands.

" Grel would kill me if I let you do this on your own…Just…Don’t get hit by a car or something…Okay?" I grinned at him.

" Deal." I waited patiently as Edge once again got onto my back. ‘ You’re spoiling the man…’ Yeah…Yeah…I then took off with the Enigma gripping onto my shoulders in a tight hold. The scent led me further and further…It soon began to weaken and then finally disappeared. ‘ Curse it all…What happened?’ I don’t know…It just ended! ‘ Well the boy just didn’t vanish!’ Stranger things have happened.

" Uh…Matt?" I looked up and in the distance was a trail that led up to a large building….And Bingo was his Name-o. Edge got off and we quickly made our way up the trail.

" Jeff’s in there…"

" Maybe we should have waited for Ogonz…He at least had a shot gun."

" Edge…That’s my brother in there…I’m not going to wait for anything…We’re getting him out…NOW." Edge frowned as we drew closer. I stopped at the slightly opened door. ‘ Careful Pup…’ I know…Edge and I flattened ourselves against the side and I peeked in…Hmmm…Pretty dark in there… " Let’s move…" I got down as did Edge and were crawled on our stomachs inside. My wolf eyes focused and I looked around and sniffed for any sign of danger….There were scents of strangers, but I couldn’t tell if they were present or were from the past. ‘ This does not look good…’ Hush! ‘ They can’t hear me you fool! I’m in your mind!’ Well…Don’t talk so loudly… ‘ Aye…Pups these days.’ I heard a whimper and looked up…JEFF…He was hung up by the feet…A good twenty feet in the air…Close to the wall…I could use the crates and such to reach him…There were few crevasses…I would be an open target. I heard Jeff whimper again and try and free himself from a gag that was tied tightly around his mouth separating his jaws in want was most likely an uncomfortable position. ‘ This is obviously a trap…’ Then I’ll just have to be careful, now won’t I? ‘ I beg your pardon?!’ " Edge…Keep an eye out…Shout if you see something bad."

" Bad as in…"

" A gun…"

" Gotcha." I took a deep breath and once again crawled forward…I stayed in the shadows as best I could and away from the dim lighting. ‘ You’re insane! Turn back!’ Not while my brother is still up there!…I began to climb up the crates that would bring me in what would be an arm’s reach of my brother…I took a moment to look back down at Edge. He gave me an OK signal. I nodded and began to climb again…Hang on Baby Tigger….Mattie’s coming.

****** *******

I stayed crouched down and I watched Matt carefully. He was in a bad position up there…I don’t know if anyone else could see him…But something continued to eat at me….Something was wrong. I saw Jeff squirm trying to free himself. Matt froze for a moment and disappeared out of my site for a moment. He soon appeared again and continued up and began to get further and further into the light. I then noticed that Jeff saw him. He began struggling even more and pitiful whimpers were made. Matt reached out trying to grab Jeff. Jeff thrashed and began shaking his head. What the hell is Jeff doing? He’s going to attract attention. Matt looked like he was shushing him as he leaned out further. I then gasped as I saw something in the shadows…Shiny….A gun!

" Ma.." A hand clamped over my mouth and a strong arm wrapped around me. I struggled and tried to scream but the clammy hand prevented any sound from exiting.

" What do we have here?….Welcome back D-Von…Or is it Buh Buh?" hissed a voice. I trembled and struggled furiously trying to free myself. I had to warn Matt. I groaned and the grip became tighter. " Thought you were going to help your friend? Think you can save this wolf?….Not likely boy…In a matter of minutes we’ll have the gun aimed and that wolf will be sedated…We’re going to have the first werewolf in captivity is what we’ll have." No! Matt! I growled and continued to struggle. Matt growled as he leaned further forward trying to grab his struggling brother. He then went back and I saw him hold his head and start shaking. Oh shit…He was changing so that he would be able to reach Jeff….Matt! Get out of here! I thrashed almost as much as Jeff trying to free myself.

" I’m coming Jeff," he growled in the midst of transformation. I heard the man who was holding me chuckle.

" Oh yes…This shall be a most excellent specimen…I knew that getting the boy would bring the wolf into our terrain." Matt growled and once again reached out to grab Jeff. He yelped and held his head trembling…The Wolf! The wolf must be talking to him! Tell him to run wolf! Tell him to get out of here! Matt shook his head and reached out again…Jeff wailed through then gag and continued to struggle and shake his head.

" Mmpph!!"

" Go ahead and try and warn your friend boy…It won’t do you any good…That wolf is ours…He won’t leave until he gets his brother back…You and I both know that…" Unfortunately what the fiend said was true…Oh God…Matt… this time he didn’t go back…Matt pulled back and tilted his head and his large black ears flicked forward and then flattened. He released a growl and reached forward just managing to run a hand softly down his baby brother’s face in an effort to calm him…What he didn’t know was Jeff was trying to warn him…Jeff knew what was planned…Oh God Matt! Get the fuck out of firing range! Matt nodded his head and released a soft and soothing howl…He then whined and reached a large arm out to get to his brother…He was trembling but he reached out and managed to grab Jeff’s shirt. He released another light howl. I watched as he pulled Jeff towards him…Matt looked into Jeff’s eyes and ran a tongue gently over his face licking away the tears…Oh God…Matt….I then heard the deafening shot…MATT!!!

***** ******

I whined as I reached forward. Jeff…I’m here baby brother…Mattie’s here. He whimpered and I saw the fear in his eyes and sweet tears were all over his face. I reached out and managed to grab his shirt. I got you Jeff…I pulled him forward and he began crying and sobbing. I leaned down and licked away his tears with my large tongue. I have you baby Tigger…No one will hurt you now. I began to undue his wrists after licking away all the salty tears… ‘ DANGER!!!’ What?! ‘ DUCK!!!’ I ducked and heard a blast and a dart crashed through the wood splintering it. I then realized that I let go of Jeff. I heard his muffled shriek as he began swinging. Jeff! ‘ Get down!’ I fell down again and another dart whizzed past and just brushed against my long black fur. Those idiots! They’re going to hit Jeff! I have to move….Edge! They must have found Edge. ‘ Run! Now run!’ I leaped out from the crates and landed to the hard floor and sprinted into the shadows. I looked up and noticed that I loosened Jeff’s binds enough to free himself. He ripped the gag out of his mouth.

" MATT! Matt get out of here!!" he sobbed…No…I’m not abandoning you baby… ‘ Follow his advice! Leave!’ Fuck you! I’m NOT abandoning my brother! I then snarled as I saw people approaching. I leaped out with a howl of fury and knocked them down. With a powerful cuff I rendered them unconscious. I then shrieked as I felt a dart hit me in my shoulder. I quickly ripped it out and looked at who shot it….Tony…My lips curled back revealing my fangs. You bastard…. ‘ You’ve been drugged! Run now! Escape while you still can!’ Not until I make that monster pay for what he’s done to my sweet baby brother. I leaped at him snarling. ‘ Fool! Wasting energy will make the drugs act faster!’ I pinned Tony to the floor and he lifted up his gun and lodged it into my mouth separating my jaws and holding my head back. I roared and snarled.

" C’mon Doggy! Try and kill me! You’re mine!" He was laughing at me! Rage was quickly overtaking me. I got off him to get the gun out from between my jaws. I crouched back and released my howl to begin the hunt and kill…I was going to kill Tony I started forward but released a yelp when he fired again and the dart hit me in my neck. I collapsed and released a whine.

" Matt! MATT!!" Jeff began wailing…I could hear him clearly. ‘ Now you’ve done it! Now you’ve done it! I told you to run…You brought this upon yourself pup! I told you to listen to me..’ Why won’t you ever shut up?….I whined and weakly looked up and saw Tony grinning down at me.

" Well wolf…I got you right where I want you." I managed a small but weak growl. " Did you really think that you were going to get away?…Don’t you worry though…I’ll make sure you brother will be here to keep you company…That bastard isn’t even going to let Jeff go. I snarled and rose up my claws and tried to swipe at him. " I should expect that the boys should be here any…" I then heard another howl… ‘ What in the great moon?!’ A silver wolf pounced onto Tony and sank his teeth into his wrist.

" REEKO!!" screamed Jeff….Reeko?… ‘ What is that pup thinking?!’

" You took away my family! You won’t take my friends!" snarled Reeko and he yelped as Tony kicked him off.

" Reeko? I would have thought you’d know better than to mess with me…You’re just a baby fledgling…You don’t stand a chance." Reeko howled angrily and rushed at Tony. Lifting up his foot he kicked the young pup in mid air. Reeko yelped and toppled to the side. He quickly got up and growled.

" You’re not going to keep my friends…You’re not going to hurt them."

" Reeko get out of here!" pleaded Jeff. " Reeko!" The silver wolf howled and bolted forward and leaped at Tony knocked him to the floor and snapping his jaws on Tony’s shoulder. The man screamed in agony.

" Back up!!" he hollered. I heard the rumbling of feet. Oh no…Reeko…The wolf was too involved in killing Tony. The man cuffed Reeko to the side of his head. Reeko yelped and rolled onto his feet. I heard a shot Reeko yelped and fell to the floor whimpering.

" REEKO!!!" shrieked my brother….Reeko….Reeko whined and swiped his paw against the floor. Tony got up and pulled out a large wooden stake.

" I have no use for you now fledgling…You’re just in the way…" Reeko whined as the drug of the dart kept him paralyzed.

" Don’t you dare hurt him!" barked Jeff. Tony grabbed the wolf by the scruff and rolled him onto his back. Reeko whined again as the man held him down. " It’s about time I put an end to you…" Reeko…Another loud gunshot then rang out and the stake splinted into pieces. Tony froze and stared up. I weakly turned my attention up. Ogonz was perched on a crate and had his shotgun aimed. Smoke came from the barrel from the recently shot weapon…His eyes glowed an intense green under the shadow from his hat in fury.

" Tony…You touch that fledgling one more time, and so help me God I’ll blow yer friggin’ head off."

********** *****

I narrowed my eyes as I kept my shotgun aimed at the bastard who caused me a decade of suffering.

" You heard me Tony! Git!" The Chorite let go of Reeko’s scruff and started to slowly back away with his hands in the air. I leaped down from my perch and moved forward, my gun still aimed right at him.

" So Emerald….You do talk," he muttered.

" Damn right I do you son of a bitch…And the name’s Ogonz," I growled. I released a sigh and lowered the gun slightly. " You just can’t let it go, can you Tony? Face it man…You ain’t putting me or any of my friends in that prison."

" It’s a laboratory…And we’re just trying to help mankind."

" HAH!" I barked. " You know, that sounds real peculiar coming from you…Since when do you wanna help anybody?" He shook his head.

" You know…I really should have killed you when I had the chance…"

" Well it’s a little too late for that now, ain’t it?" I hissed. I lowered my shotgun and glared at him. " You had your fun Tony…You’ve done enough damage…Just let the kids go so that we can get on with our lives." I looked to the side and noticed that Matt had changed back to his human form, but was still paralyzed….Shit…Where’s Edge?

" Oh come on Ogonz…I’ve got a major find here…No one else has ever captured a live werewolf before…" I growled at him and bared my fangs. " Ogonz…Try and see this…For once…In a scientific perspective…"

" Don’t you give me that science crap!" I snapped at him. " You ain’t doing this for science! You doing this because you like to torture anything that’s not entirely human!" Tony scoffed and shook his head.

" What the hell do you know? You’re just an animal!" he snapped at me….Okay there…He just made me really pissed. I cocked my gun and aimed it back at him.

" You wanna pass that by me one more time Greenhorn?" He froze and stared at the gun for a moment….Dammit, where was Gangrel and the others? They should have been here by now. I made my way to the side and kneeled down next to the fledgling and ran my hand along his fur, never allowing my eyes to leave Tony’s. " You okay Reeko?"

" I can’t move," he whimpered softly.

" Don’t worry kid…Help’s on the way." I stood back up…Jeff was hanging above…He’d have to be cut down soon or he’ll suffer from a never-ending migraine…I squinted my eyes. " Where’s Edge Tony?" He tilted his head.

" I beg your pardon?"

" You heard me! Where’s Edge?" I snarled.

" I don’t think I follow you."

" Tall…Blond…Canadian…."

" Oh….Him…" Crap…That meant they really did have old Big Teef.

" I ain’t playing any games here Tony…Where’s Edge?"

" Somewhere safe, I assure you," he answered smuggling. A felt a tingling in the back of my neck…That ain’t good…Back up…I don’t know how many, but more Chorites were coming….God Grel…Get your big ass down here…

" Tony…I swear…If anything has happened to him…." I hissed when I felt something hit me in the back. I turned tail and dashed back leaping behind the crates. I pulled my coat off and saw a dart sticking in the back….The leather protected me from injection…God bless thy trench coat…

" Come on out Emerald!" jeered Tony. " What’s the matter? Getting a little tired?" Like hell you old coot! I growled and stayed in the shadows…I’m going fucking kick Grel’s ass for this. " Let’s go vampire! Move your…." I then heard Tony scream and angry snarling was heard…I recognized the snarls…

" Son of a…." I stood up and saw Falcon and the Chorite rolling around on the floor, each trying to attack each other. Falcon hissed as he tried to sink his teeth into Tony. " FALCON!!" I heard a gunshot and my brother flinched and got off of Tony shrieking…Oh damn…Whatever they hit him with…It ain’t a sedative. Falcon twitched and groaned weakly. I pulled my trench coat back on and rushed on. I hissed furiously and stood over Falcon and aimed my gun once again at Tony. " Tony! Your bitches fire once more and I promise you I’ll blow your head off and decorate the walls with your splattered brain!" Tony looked at me coldly…He knew I wasn’t bullshitting him…I growled angrily and kept my finger placed over the trigger of my gun. I didn’t even hear the man sneaking up from behind…I was so focused on Tony. Something hard cracked down on my back and I collapsed to the floor dropping my shotgun in the process. I hissed again when the Chorite’s foot stomped down onto my wrist pinning it. I snarled when my other arm was pinned painfully behind me. Tony made his way over and the assholes that had been firing came out…Two! There were only two of them!

" Well Ogonz…I see once again I have the upper hand." I snarled angrily at him baring my fangs. " Death would be too good for you…I think it’s about time you returned to your place in sector 27-C." I growled and struggled to get loose. " As for your vampire companions…I’m pretty sure there’s a healthy bounty in store for them somewhere…I…" I then the squealing of tires and my head picked up. " What the hell?!" A van smashed through the doors and screeched to a halt. Jericho was the very first leap out with….Where the tarnation did he get a gun?!

" Freeze mutha fuckas!" he snarled loosing the Canadian accent. He then coughed a little but kept the gun aimed. The Chorites acted quickly…Jericho was far too inexperienced to use a gun…A Chorite fired getting him right in the shoulder. " Shit!" Okay…Ayatollah’s down and out for the ten count…Ice then appeared out from the other side and snarled something in Latin…A spiral of flames formed and shot right at us. I shrieked and covered my head as the flames shot over me and knocked ¾ of the Chorites out….That left only Tony. I looked up and glared at Ice.

" You frigging idiot!" He simply shrugged at me. Rachael then came out of the van and joined Ice’s side. Tony’s jaw dropped.

" Rach?" She smirked at him.

" Hey asshole…" She pulled out a gun and fired at him. A dart stuck into Tony’s chest and the dipshit went down. " THAT’S for my boyfriend!" I got up slowly and brushed myself off. The other members of the Brood got out of the van. Chyna went to inspect Jericho.

" He going to be okay?" she asked.

" He’ll be fine," I answered as I straitened out my coat. " It’s a vampire sedative, it just takes human’s out faster than vampires is all…" I then narrowed my eyes. " Took your damn time getting here too I see! What the hell you doing out there? Herding cattle?!" Gangrel growled and let his arms fall to his sides.

" What do you want from me?! Your scent was hard enough to follow!" I shook my head and kneeled down and nuzzled my brother who was whimpering. Rachael hurried over and looked him over.

" It’s the venom…" I looked up at her worried.

" He gonna be okay?" She looked up at me.

" My kit’s in the van…I’ll go get it." I nodded and watched as she hurried to the van. Falcon whimpered again and I nuzzled him and purred trying to comfort him.

" HEEELLLPPP!!!!!" I looked up as did the other.

" Well I’ll be damned," muttered Christian. He then began laughing at Jeff’s expense as the young Hardy thrashed trying to grab the rope that held his feet.

" HEEELLP!!!"

" Well…Someone better get the poor guy down," stated Lita as she looked up. Luna grinned and leaned on Gangrel’s shoulder.

" Just HANG in there Hardy…We’ll get you down!" shouted Ice.

" I’m gonna fucking kick your ass when I get down Ice!" Jeff hollered down at us. I chuckled as Essa scurried up the crates shrieking in Spanish. I then looked around….Something’s missing…Oh crap…

" Edge…" Gangrel frowned and sniffed around. He shut his eyes and continued to sniff until he came upon a door that was close to the trashed entrance. He sniffed the door carefully and tilted his head. Opening the door Edge fell onto and released a muffled grunt as he landed chest first onto the floor. He growled through the electric tape that covered his mouth and struggled against the wire binding his wrists behind his back.

" I think we’ve found our Enigma," purred the Brood leader. Edge growled again and had a deadly look in his eyes…Much like the one he had after Reeko broke the coffee machine. Rachael came back over to Falcon as Christian tended Reeko and Luna, Lita and Ice checked on Furface. Rachael pulled out syringe and filled it with a yellow liquid.

" Here we go…" Falcon growled a little when she injected the serum into his arm. I shushed him and gently stroked his hair. I purred and nuzzled him again. I then heard a squeak and looked up. Jeff had his arms wrapped around Essa and had the Spaniard pinned in a deep kiss. I grinned and helped Falcon up. Christian scooped up Reeko and placed the fledgling over his shoulder. I sighed and picked up my shotgun with my free hand.

" Okay guys…We’ve had our fun…Let’s get the hell home."

****** ********

I sighed as we made out way through the apartment.

" Hopefully that shall be our LAST Chorite encounter," I mumbled, as I made my way forward.

" Amen to that partner," sighed Ogonz who was equally exhausted. Chyna easily carried the still drugged Jericho over her shoulder.

" Man, how long is he going to be like that?" asked Lita.

" Well…That drug usually keeps a vampire out for about five hours…SO Jericho should be up in around ten," answered my brother.

" The whole Pulp Fiction act didn’t really work for the Ayatollah," snickered Rachael. Christian giggled as he carried the fledging who was nuzzling and purring the whole time. Matt was coming around and groggily walked with the help of his brother and Rachael.

" You okay Mattie?" asked the purple and yellow haired Hardy.

" Mmmm…"

" Is that a yes or a no?" snickered Rachael.

" MMM….Fine…" Hey…I said he was coming around, not he was all there. Ogonz and Falcon began swatting at each other and soon growled and began to scuffle in the middle of the hallway….Best to let those two have their fun. Edge hurried to my side.

" I have an idea Grel."

" What’s that Enigma?"

" How about we take a break from this shit for a month…Just our jobs…No werewolves…No Chorites…No Warlocks…No rapers…Just our jobs of wrestling."

" HAH! God forbid we have a month of peace," I laughed. Edge nodded and looked at the floor.

" Guess it was kinda much to ask for…Huh?"

" Indeed…" I grinned when the door came into view. I began to unlock it and Luna hugged my arm.

" Ever so humble…"

" You said it love." I purred and nuzzled her. I then opened the door and stepped inside. I hissed…There was another vampire in here…I growled softly and held out my arm to prevent anyone else from entering. I scanned the area sniffing out the intruder who was most likely looking for a snack. I growled softly and my eyes gold blue…Then I saw him…Looked about eighteen or nineteen…Long blond hair…And he was wearing one of my shirts. I released a roar and pounced into him snarling and ready to protect my family! What horrified me the most was he came from the room where the baby was…

" You bastard! If you’ve touched my child!" He began whimpering and yelping as I clawed at him. I then heard a hiss.

" GANGREL!! GANGREL NO!!!" Claws raked down my back and I shrieked and pulled away as the others entered and stared at the scene. Trafalgar jumped in front of the vampire protectively. His fur bristled. " You can’t hurt him!"

" Why not? Is he going to give you The Book so that you can once again be turned back to human?" I growled.

" Dad…" whimpered the vampire…I froze and sniffed…He wasn’t completely vampire…And that scent…My God…It couldn’t be…The vampire got up and looked at me in a mixture of pain and fear as my claw marks I gave him bled. " Daddy…"

" We had a little accident," muttered the feline as his ears flattened.

" Dios Mio," whispered Essa. I swallowed and Luna joined my side. I kneeled down and the vampire whimpered afraid that I was going to hurt him.

" No more Dad…I’ll be good…" he whimpered. I trembled as I ran a hand gently along the side of his cheek.

" David?"