Though only out of it for a short few seconds, Scotty and Craig felt like they were unconcious for hours after they took that one massive hit into the solid wall. When they came to they saw Colleen standing her ground infront of them holding off the werewolves with a force field of some kind and they couldn't seem to penetrate it.
"Guys! Guys! Are you awake!?"
They had to shake the cloudyness out of their jumbled up minds before one of them spoke and when Scotty did it felt like his voice was many miles away.
"I'll live, how about you Craig?"
"Man, I feel I was just hit by a semi-truck."
"Well get your asses up and help me come up with a plan, I cant hold this thing much longer, I think they have a witch or two in here and I can feel the power being drained from this."
The two men helped eachother get to their feet then wobbled their way over to Colleen so they could see what was going on. The werewolves were pounding away at the invisible wall before them, howling bloodthirsty calls of evil into the air and savoring that first drop of blood that will come any moment now. Scotty forced himself to turn his eyes from those hideous faces and looked over at Craig who kept his focus on the werewolves, staring at them with an overwhelimg calm.
"Hey Craig, how can you be so calm man?"
"Guys, theres something I have to tell you that I've kept hidden until now, mostly because I havn't had to do much fighting until now."
"And what is it you have to tell us Craig?"
"Before I came to Jory and the others, God came to me and sent me on a sacred quest to help rid the earth of evil. He knew I would not be able to do it without an edge and so he endowed me with powers to help protect me and fight the war against things like this."
"Now you fucking tell us dude! What can you do?"
"I have the ability to create fire and lightning out of thin air and use it to my will's desire, I also seem to be able to control metallic items and if I could find some weapons I'd be able to bring some to us without having to go into that wild pit of angry wolves."
Scotty and Colleen could only stare at Craig after he finished telling them his secret. Colleen always knew there was something special about Craig, his aura was different from Scotty and the assassins and this was the reason why, but why not tell us in the beginning instead of waiting until now?
"Now that we know Craig here can do more then just fight, were going to need his ability if we are going to get out of here alive."
"What do you have in mind Colleen?"
"My forcefield will dwindle soon and they will be able to get in and try to have their way with us. When my forcefield goes down I want you Craig to throw up a wall of fire and try to push it against them, see if you can try to force them back while myself and Scotty search for any weapons of use and pick off any lone wolves looking to go for the kill regardless of their lives. If this does not work then try to use your lightning to pick them off and if you can maybe some fire balls. There will be a great many Craig and I know you'll only be able to do so much but you wont have to worry, myself and Scotty will be fine."
"No sweat, I'll be able to hold these guys off long enough for you guys to find a solution."
"If I find any weapons, I'll try to let you know so you can use your power to get them over to you."
"Thanks man, goodluck to you guys."
"You too Craig, get ready."
Craig slowly rubbed his hands together then closed his eyes and held his hands out infront of him as if he was prepared to throw up the wall of flame at any time. Colleen looked over at Scotty who gave her a nod then got into a low sprinting position needed if was to try and dodge any rouge werewolves brave enough to go through the fire. Colleen herself took a deep breath and let go of the power she was using to throw up the forcefield and as soon as she did a huge wall of flame staring from one wall and ending at the other shot up infront of them and the werewolves as if the Gates of Hell were about to break loose. Almost instantly the painful animal cries and whining shot from the werewolves and it didn't stop when the wall started to move towards them.
With the werewolves having no choice but to move back, Colleen and Scotty move forward in search of a way out or at least some weapons to use. Upon taking in the entire wall of fire Colleen noticed that it didn't burn anything it touched BUT the werewolves, Craig had made it that way and the werewolves probably weren't going to take that lying down. Ass they moved with the wall both Scotty and Colleen could see the wolves testing the fire by throwing their own into it. One was lucky enough to get through the flames with only minor burns but was met with Colleen standing above it, the werewolf could only watch as Colleen drove her foot down in a blinding speed faster then a werewolf onto its throat and twist causing the neck to break instantly.
Though the fire burned badly, the wolves were becoming braver with more and more coming through the fire after them. Most of the ones that were able to get through become too crispy for words and would collapse right at their feet, but others still had some fight in them and Scotty was forced to try and wrestle with these creatures who were more powerful then he could imagine. The fights were slowly Scotty down, but because the fights were one on one and the werewolves were so badly hurt it was hard for them to fight Scotty was able to manage just fine and take care of buisness just like Colleen. They got about half way through the room when they noticed that the wolves were no longer fearing the fire and began to jump through without a care, some even clever enough to bring buckets of water with them to pour the water over the burning bodies of their commrades.
"CRAIG!! PLAN B!"
Craig nodded and while keeping the wall of fire up he managed to form bolts of lightning out of thin air and flung them at the werewolves who passed through the fire. The first hit came when a werewolf was halfway through the fire when he was struck and flung all the way back into the huge group of werewolves still looking to get through. The ones that were lucky enough to survive the fire and lightning had to deal with a faster and stronger Colleen who was now occupied with two werewolves looking to jump her. One werewolf leaps into the air for her but Colleen sinks low to the ground and the wolf travels right over her head and from her position Colleen connects with a quick Roundhouse Kick on the jaw of a werewolf sending him flying a few feet. Scotty on the other hand is having a bit of trouble and the numbers are beginning to overwhelm him, soon he wont be able to fight or out-dodge these creatures, they were going to get him.
After dodging the claws of a werewolf and spearing it right into a lightning bolt, Scotty turned and saw that the pile of their weapons that they had left behind before entering the room were now piled up against a wall with a note on them. Scotty dove for the weapons and grabbed the note which he began to quickly read.
Scotty tossed the note aside and hooked himself up with his weapons as fast as possible. Craig saw this and used his ability to grab the rest of the weapons and bring them to himself and Colleen who was beginning to need them. With her gun full of silver bullets Colleen wastes no time in firing them off at the wolves who drop like flies instantly, meanwhile Scotty is barely hanging on even with weapons as the wolves are becoming too fast for him and has to resort to swinging blindly to take out his enemies. Craig on the other hand is starting to fair well with the fire and lightning keeping the wolves at bay giving him chances to come in with his sword and take a few out. Just when it seems though that the battle is beginning to sway their way, the wall of fire suddenly disappears and like a flood the wolves crash down upon the group who were caught off gaurd by their main defence failing so soon.
The wolves have Scotty pinned down so he cant use his weapons and Craig is now pinned to a wall with cautious wolves holding onto him making sure that they arent zapped for fried any more. Colleen, like Scotty, is pinned to the floor by obviously more wolves then it takes for Scotty & Craig, her strength is much more stronger then theres and its still a struggle for the wolves to keep her down. The Boss walks among his wolves and stops at Colleen, giving her a glimpse at the man and she notices that one of Craig's lightning bolts had struck him in the left shoulder and now it was smoldering and oozing with blood & other liquids a human tends not to have.
"That was impressive, you guys have a lot of fight in you, just a shame you weren't as powerful as us though."
"Oh, I wouldn't be too sure of that."
"Please, do not make me laugh, it would make the pain your friend has caused me much worse then it is now."
"In that case, let me end the pain for you."
The ground all around them began to rumble as if in an earthquake and suddenly all of the werewolves were levitating in mid-air. The Boss stared down at Colleen with a startled look on his half human half wolf face then he and his wolves were flung up against walls and pinned there much like Craig was. Scotty and Craig shook off the wolves beatings and walked over to Colleen who too was on here feet and holding her hands out towards the wolves.
"Now that kicks ass."
"What are we going to do with them?"
"They have invaded territory that isn't theres and have threatened our lives, there is only one choice in the matter."
"Death."
"Yes, now while I hold them up Craig I want you to set them ablaze while you Scotty stab them in vital areas with your sword, it is made of silver yes?"
"As requested by Jory."
"Good, get to killing boys."
"Wait wait! Maybe we can cut a deal!"
The Boss's voice, though sad, had no effect on either of the three people.
"I'm sorry, but no deal was offered to us when we were in the same situation, so none will be offered to you."
Suddenly huge balls of fire began to form within the middle of the room as Scotty started running his sword through the hearts of the wolves, blood splashing all over him. The fireballs grew with intensity and finally were fired off at all of the wolves, setting them on fire. The room was quickly filled with the cries of crispy wolves who had to sit there and take this cruel torture and soon they all started dying from being lit ablaze. Fire danced in Colleen's eyes while she watched The Boss's twisted face of pain and anguish finally give in to the fire and burn to smoldering ash like the rest of his filthy pack. After making a quick sweep and seeing that each and every one of the wolves were dead they turned their attentions to the two witches who aided the wolves in trying to kill them who were now cowaring with eachother behind the Wolf King Throne.
"Were you two their witches?"
They nodded slowly, fearing for what will become of them.
"You do realize that you could have killed us right?"
Once again they returned a silent nod.
"Would you care to explain why?"
A women with long red hair and a very slender body rose to her feet and began to speak.
"The wolves had threatened us, they said if we didn't help them that they would destroy all of us and have us for dinner."
Colleen turned and shared a look with Scotty & Craig which told them that she didn't believe the witch.
"A whole bunch of witches with surely enough power to keep the wolves at bay were threatened into slavery by them, I hope they had a very powerful weapon against you."
The two women exchanged a look with eachother that told Colleen that the wolves had indeed brought in a huge weapon.
"They brought with them a powerful demon named Durius who just laughed at us when we tried to use magic to flee from him and the wolves. He said that our powers were weak compared to him and that allowed him to crush us anytime he wanted to. Him and the wolves forced us to help them attack you..were very sorry."
"Sounds like something Durius would do."
"What do you think Colleen? They telling the truth?"
She stood there in silence staring down the two women who quaked in fear of her trying to read their eyes and what she saw was fear, fear that they would slaughter them without remorse, and beyond the fear was truth. They had acually been bullied into this by the wolves and Durius.
"They speak the truth guys, Durius and the wolves after realizing the witches couldn't touch them forced these girls to help them kill us."
"What do you want to do about it?"
"Maybe they can help us? Jory did say we need some witches to help us out."
"Yes, but you heard these two, they were no match for Durius's power."
"Jory? As in the "Wind of Death"?"
"Thats him."
"We've heard much about him, word has it that he is the who can bring down Durius and his army."
"Hes not doing it alone."
"I dont doubt it, Durius and his army is very strong. I take it you are apart of Jory's army?"
"Good guess, I am Colleen and the two men behind me are Scotty & Craig."
"You three possess some amazing power, may I ask what are the basis of your powers?"
"I'm just a normal human who knows how to kick ass."
"I possess the power of the Lord who sent me on a quest to fight the beings of Hell."
"I am a former general of Durius's army, I'm a demon."
"What of the rest of the army?"
"Aside from Jory we have another necropscope with us as well as another demon and three trained assassins."
"This is all?"
"We had a lot more, but they left Jory to defend their own home, we are all thats left."
"Doesn't even matter how powerful Jory is then, Durius will crush him."
"Thats why were here, we were looking to ask Colin and his wolves to join when this happened."
"Yes, a very unfortunate matter."
"Would you happen to know where Colin and the rest of his wolves are?"
"I was the one who put them away, so yes I do."
"Would you care to show us so we can free them and get them out of here?"
"Of course, we must hurry before Durius finds out about this."
The women helped up her friend and together they lead Colleen & the others out of the room and back towards the bar. The wolves that weren't hidden away were all huddled together in the middle of the room waiting to see who walked out and when they saw Colleen they all let out a huge sigh and celebrated for a short bit before following the witches to where their leader and the others were hiding. the witches took them past a hidden wall panel that was in the kitchen area and it took them deep into a very small storage area where Colin & his wolves were tied up with silver ropes and gags. The witches stood by with the others as Colleen, Scotty, and Craig untied them as fast as possible before the silver did anymore damage to them. Upon further inspection they also noticed that the rest of the witches were tied up down here too, all of which were knocked unconcious and bleeding from the spots where they were hit.
"I need all of your guys's help, we need to get these bodies out of here and now!"
Without another word all of the free werewolves and the two witches helped Scotty, Craig, & Colleen drag the bodies out of the storage room and up to level land making sure not to hurt them more then they already are..question is where to put them all?
The weapons were drawn and sweat was not touching the foreheads of these people, it was something everyone in the room was used to and this was no different except some of them were going to die this time around. Kain, Cloud, and Vincent were in a middle of a bounty hunter sandwich with theirs out ready to be used and vice versa, they were all trained how to kill and the odds didn't look too good for the assassins, then again these 3 fight beside Zeddicus and Jory this certainly is a piece of cake compared to the other situations they've been in. With his knife up against her throat and her gun pointing directly at his forehead, Kain and the bounty hunter woman infront of him had eachother in uncomfortable positions but looking into that woman's eyes Kain saw that there was more to this picture then at first thought, for some reason he didn't think she was going to kill him.
"Sad to see things go like this."
"Not really, its just business."
"Yea, I'm sure Durius is paying you a lot of money for doing this."
"More then you could imagine."
"I suppose then that some of these men will be missing out then after we kill them."
"Well, some of them yes."
Suddenly the woman turns her gun to a bounty hunter next to her and put a bullet hole right into his forehead. The man slumps forward dead and before anyone can react Kain brings his knife across the throat of another man and slits it with a clean cut. Gun fire from all around the room starts to go off and the assassins are forced to stay low to avoid any uncoming bullets at eye level. Using the skills they were taught they quickly spread throughout the room without anyone noticing then just watched as the bounty hunters turned on eachother and began killing themselves. Blood was flying everywhere, as was bullets and body parts..these bounty hunters were very merciless killers.
Cloud, kneeling up against a wall, was tackled from the side and a knife came close to going through his skull but he caught the wrist of his attacker and drove his own special knife into the side of the man who rolled off of him in pain. Cloud quickly snapped his neck and got back up to watch the ensuing chaos around him continue to explode with blood and inhuman screaming. Vincent watched as one man with a coldness in his eyes that could freeze anything in its place take his knife and gut a man who had just been shot and pulled out his insides all over the place, leaving a rank smell that Vincent had to get away from.
Kain found himself in the middle of a brawl between to burly hunters who both wanted a piece of him, but Kain wasn't about to go down easily. The man to his right swung a huge broad sword at Kain that would have connected had Kain not bent his body backwards, instead causing the blade to explode right through the other man's stomach. As blood flew everything Kain straightened out his boddy and landed a Roundhouse Kick right to the man's jaw snapping his neck right on the spot and both men fell down in a matter of seconds.
When it was all said and done only about half of the room was now standing, most of which were either slightly or severely injured. The entire room was caked in blood, body parts, and other bodily fluids that made the building reek of blood and human insides. The ones left standing put away their weapons, including the woman, and stood there staring at Kain, Vincent, and Cloud who were a bit confused about what is happening.
"Dont worry, we aren't going to kill you."
"I think the word "attempt" should fit in there somewhere."
The two shared a laugh and it brought the assassins out of their crouching positions and back to where they were standing before the bloodshed happened.
"I take it the money WASN'T that good then."
"Oh no, thats where your wrong. The money was excellent, but like you said he was going to kill us anyways so it would have made no sense to kill you. We pretended to take the money, well the ones still alive that is, and waited for you to come and give us an ammount we might find appealing."
"You mean after all of this you want us to offer you guys a deal?"
"Hey, even in a war like this we cant work for free."
The three men took in the room and all of the faces of the people who were still alive. Some were being patched up for injuries while others just stood and stared at them, knowing they gave up some good money for this moment. Kain sighed to himself and gave up.
"Alright guys, I'll take you to my bosses and they'll strike a deal with you, they have plenty of money so theres no worries there."
"How nice, lets go see your bosses and get a contract going, the killing here was just way too easy."
"And it'd be nice to avoid the cops before they see this little mess. Gather up the wounded who can be easily patched up and lets split."
It was set, the assassins have bagged a nice group of men and women who are willing to help them in this war, now the only problem is how to walk over all of the dead bodies with injured people in their arms.
Jory took a deep breath and straightened out his jacket and clothing after taking that hit from his grandmother. As Becca lays on her side trying to fight free the ropes, he walks back over to his gang and confronts his grandma once more.
"I didn't think that was needed grandma."
"Hush your mouth! This is your punishment! Evil children are not to speak when being punished!"
"The only evil around these parts grandma is that fool you are working for, Durius."
"All you are is talk grandson, I've yet to see you acually inflict any real pain in Durius yet."
"Thats because hes too much of a pussy to confront me."
"Am I Mr. Johnson?"
From the shadows behind the phantom appeared DaemonLord Durius. Everyone in the area with the exception of Jory, Zedd and Kerri took a big step away from the giantic demon. The only piece of clothing on his body was a rope that went around his large muscular waist that held a sturdy leather patch over his genital area and connected to his rope was the massive sword he carried around. he stopped beside the phantom who's eyes never left Jory then folded his arms across his chest in a cocky sort of way.
"Durius....."
Zeddicus whispered to himself as he stared at the demon. Durius tuned to Zedd and gave him a smile that bore his animal like teeth that could easily tear through any kind of flesh.
"Ahh Zeddicus, still hanging out with these pathetic beings? I figured you would have bailed with the rest of the army."
Durius's deep almost unhumane voice verberated throughout the area, sending shivers even down Jory's spine.
"You underestimate your enemy Durius, very foolish of you."
"Underestimate? Oh no, I take Jory and his "friends" very seriously, why do you think I've captured his whore and taken the soul of his grandma?"
"You have a death wish, and I'd be more then happy to carry that out."
"You humans and your silly emotions, and you wonder why I want to get rid of you, sheesh."
"I'd rather be a human then be what you are anyday Durius."
"The female speaks, and all this time I thought she was just your eye candy Jory."
"You truely are a clueless one Durius."
"Maybe, but right now your in no position to bad mouth me boy."
Suddenly Becca begans to float up off of the ground then stops after going up a few feet.
"As you know Jory, I have a former flame of yours who is in the position of dying because of the poor choices you've been making lately."
"Let her go Durius, she is no longer apart of this."
"Shes always been apart of this Jory, from the moment she entered your life she put herself in this position and now like you, she must suffer."
"She has done nothing wrong Durius, she chose to stay out of this and has not caused you any damage."
"No, techincally she hasn't Zeddicus. But her little boy toy over there has and because of that both him and her will suffer and at the same time as well."
"What are you going to do?"
"Tell me Jory, whats the one thing a human fears most in life?"
Jory thought over the question for a moment, weighing all the human emotions he could think of, mostly those that cause pain and suffering.
"Probably being hurt by a person closest to them"
"Thats one Jory, but I'm talking about the ONE thing that puts the most fear into humans, you should know this one."
Upon thinking it over more, Jory suddenly realized what Durius meant when he said "You should know this one", he was talking about death.
"Most humans have the fear of dying."
"Exactly Jory, tonight were going to find out if Becca is afraid of dying because guess what? Shes going to"
In a split second one of the vampires who brought Becca in was right up next to her now with a knife going for her exposed throat but the vampire didn't see Jory coming and he was there to deflect the knife and chop off the vampire's head. As it tumbled to the ground Jory only had another split second to catch his grandmother fly across the pavement towards Becca, but he was not fast enough. The phantom punched a hole into the back of Becca and it shot right through her chest with Becca's heart in her hand. Becca could only let out a short wail before the phantom crushed her heart in her hand and then she died right there just like Jory had died in his dream so long ago. His grandma pulled her hand out of Becca's chest cavity and tossed the lifeless corpse to the ground into a puddle of her own blood with a certain feeling a gratitude overwhelming her face. Durius could be heard laughing as Jory dropped to his knees and slowly crawled over to the body of his one time lover and then turn to Kerri & Zedd as if seeking some sort of help from them, but they knew and he knew they could do nothing for him.
"I most certainly enjoyed that grandson."
"Oh I did too my sweet, the smell of anguish and pain fills this night air like the blood of soldiers on a battlefield, I could live off of this forever."
Jory ignores the two demons who find happyness in this time of pain. Staring down at Becca he begins to remember the day she left him to get away from all of this. It had been shortly after Jory battled General Smith aka Colleen for the first time and he had heard Becca was in trouble at his NYC home, but when he got there all he found was the nurse's dead body and Becca's note saying she had to leave him and be away from all of this, it seems she never got her wish. The death of Becca and all of the pent up frustration he has had with this war began to build a storm of rage within him and he slowly stood up shaking with hate inside.
"Mark my words Durius, in time I will hunt you down and cut your heart out of your still living body then feed it to you while I torture you in ways you can never ever imagine."
"I'm standing right here Jory, why not take your shot?"
"You know I cant as long as shes here."
Durius turned his head to Jory's grandma and gave a wicked smile.
"This is true, then I guess we take our leave from now Mr. Johnson, leave you to greive and all."
With that a blinding white light shoots through the night sky and then they were gone, leaving Jory and the others behind to deal with the mess they've made. Zeddicus, Rain, and Maxwell slowly walked over to Jory who was now looking back down at Becca and stood close to him incase he needed any comfort.
"Kerri, help him take her up to the mountain and bury her, she deserves a properly burial. Maxwell, I suggest you gather up all of your vampires and your animals to call and bring them up to my place for protection, this place is no longer safe. Zedd will lead you to our base."
Maxwell nodded and went back into his building to make plans for a major evacuation. Jory picked up Becca's body and held her head to his chest as Kerri opened up a spiritual portal much like the one Jory made in New Orleans to take them to the cabin. Zedd stayed behind to help guide Maxwell when he was ready and he gave Jory a pat on the back of support letting Jory know he was there, but at that moment all Jory could think of was plunging his sword into the dark heart of DaemonLord Durius.
In the time it had taken Jory & Kerri to dig up a spot for Becca to rest in Zeddicus was able to bring Maxwell and his vampires to the base as well as Maxwell's animals to call..the weretiger clan. Jory carefully laid Becca's body at the bottom of her plot then placed her hands on her chest with a single red rose in one of her hands. he ran his fingers through her hair one last time then pulled himself out of her grave and together with Zeddicus and Maxwell they began to fill in the hole. Kerri took this time to brief the weretigers of their situation as Maxwell didn't have much time to explain and they quickly understood what was at stake now. With the hole now completely covered up Jory placed a single wooden cross ontop of the grave then bowed his head in a moment of silence, which was then followed by everyone else.
"Dont forget Becca, I can always talk to you now whenever you need me."