A hunter story

Chapter 2

After I thought it over and pulled myself together over what I had just seen, I took to his demands, I wouldn't usually do as he says so easily but the time for childish behavior and messing around wasn't the way to handle this, so I set off back to my apartment to deal with my captive, walking home I couldn't take my mind off of Fed, pondering what could have pushed him to be so angry, why this group was so important and different from the rest that was presumed to have the weapon.

Then laughter caught my attention, a familiar laugh I had heard merely an hour ago, a gentle cute laugh that tickled my stomach, I slid my self behind a wall as the scent suddenly grew stronger, pushing myself into the darkness of a gap placed between two walls, my Allie, as the group of women from the bar passed me, but my eye was only searching for one, Ellie waters, in the middle of the group telling them a story of a weird guy that tried to put the moves on her it would seem as they all laughed along.

Her beauty caught me again as I gazed upon her silk like hair that shined in the moonlight, suddenly she stopped talking and stood firm, and her friends looked too her in confusion, her face was the same confused image as she sniffed the air gently, I pushed my self further into the gap I had found, she looked all around her as her friends asked her what was the matter.

After a while she said “nothing, I just thought I...nothing” with a voice even more gentle then her laugh, springing up them tickles within my stomach again, she too had a Northern English accent, maybe Leeds or Sheffield. A bit more weaker than mine though.

The more I learned of this women the more she grew on me, even as a Nephilim.

She was confused on what she was smelling in the air, but I knew she had caught my scent as I did hers, and she couldn't seem to realize why, my mind once again pondered did she not know of her species, had she not yet learned how to use her powers, or was she just pretending and when she figured out the scent decided to play it dumb to catch me off guard, either way I was going to follow her, see who she really is.

After twenty minutes of walking around and some ridiculous story's from her friends who all seemed a little loose, she went along with the grim story's of sex with strangers and nights of humiliation and abuse, but I could hear the simmer of disgust in her tone as she replied to them. They came across a club called “mint” as they walked up to the line I stayed hid around the corner and a group of 3 guys caught my eye as they saw the group of girls make their way there. They said a few words to them as they walked past, a few arrogant remarks to their looks, she ignored them but the friends seemed interested and gave them a little attention before getting pulled away by the rest to go wait in line.

They stood glaring at them smoking their cigarettes, I could smell the tar from here, I could see the hunt in their eyes as they studied the girls, they wasn't done with them, not by a long shot, the group entered after showing ID and paying the fee's, then soon after the men chucked their cigarettes and followed, as I heard one of the men say “their ours” and one replied “I've got the stuck up brunette yeah” their arrogance angered me, to talk so childish and disrespectfully, I knew their kind of men and when liquored up, can become quite the monster.

She could handle her self I knew that even if she didn't, a human man would stand no chance, and I had to go see to my captive, but I had a pull on me towards the club and as much as I knew I had to attend to my job or Fed may come and possibly kill me with the mood he is in, other forces were at work here and before I knew it the bouncer was asking for ID, I looked directly into his eyes as he asked again, my eyes slightly burned with concentration and his face dropped to complete dumbness, I had him in my compulsion, I gently spoke so the other bouncers could not hear, “you will let me in and forget my face as soon as I am out of sight”.

And like a zombie he replied “I will” I made my way past him and came to the fee booth and with the same burning feeling in my eyes I looked to the women, she went dumb “I've already paid and you will forget my face when I leave” and like a clone of the bouncer she replied “I will” walking through the doors the music blasts so loud I had to adjust my hearing to the noise, I scanned the room, seats circled the room with tables and a dance floor in the middle, the bar was to the left of the building full of people lining up, I tried to catch her scent to find her, but the room was horrid mixtures of scents. Sweat, all kinds of alcohol, horrific music that made it hard to concentrate, places like this repulsed me, theirs no social convention here, just raging humans on drugs and liquor desperately trying to find a mate for the night, women of all ages dressed down to the standards of a street whore with no shame, no pride.

It takes me back to a time when men respecting women and women respected them self's, courting was an enjoyment not an obstacle, then suddenly bang, I caught the fresh Nephilim icing smell to the right of the room sat down in a booth. The girls were by them self's which took a knot out of me stomach. Getting worried over nothing, getting my self worried over a Nephilim, what is going on with me, I had a job to do and I needed to get back to it, I made my way to the door keeping my eyes on Ellie all the way, then suddenly as she was speaking, out of no where she looked straight at me, no scan of the room nothing just locked onto my eyes in a split second, I stopped on my tracks and stared at her gaze looking into my eyes, she ignored her friends and stared blankly for a few seconds, her eyes pulled me in, she had the perfect face, small button nose and perfectly rounded lips, filled with lip gloss creating a shiny alluring feature, then she gave me the cutest little smile, a picture of perfect as I let myself indulge in her beauty and felt the slight raise of a smile approach my lips, but I could feel her nerves from here, she had no idea who I was but she recognized me from the bar that much I could tell, this girl had my head all over the place I couldn't work her out, did she know, Didn't she, then out of no where a drunk women clung on to me screaming into my ear, I looked for a split second in reaction then went straight back to Ellie ignoring the drunk women, but she had continued with her friends glancing over quickly, and the look on her face was nothing less than jealousy, I have seen that look a thousand times and there was no doubt in the matter. Just as I turned to leave with a small smirk on my face I must admit, I caught another scent, this wasn't Nephilim, this wasn't Angel or Human. But the strong horrid smell of wet dog, a scent so strong and awful it makes the undead feel sick, I scanned the room quickly and there he was, a few seats down from Ellie was a “Lycan” better known as a “werewolf” he could just be an average Lycan on a night out, all of them aren't bad and I hate to admit it because they are cocky and impossible to talk too but they have better control of their hunger than vampires, but the way he was staring down towards Ellie's table made me think other wise.

Like us Lycan's are used by the Angels to fight Nephilim, they are easy to detect with the horrid smell, but they are just as strong as Nephilim in their human form, if they change which takes a good few moments, by then any creature could kill them, but if they do get the chance to change their isn't many that can stand up to them, big hairy beasts with huge teeth and large claws, they will take your head off in seconds.

We hunters come across each other from time to time and if we are on a job we just simply leave them be, but apart from Ellie I catch no other scent of Nephilim, and he can't seriously be here for her, she has no idea to my knowledge that she even is Nephilim, there is no way she could have gotten onto his radar.

Like me he's wearing a long jacket, mainly to hide the blades, no drink in his hand, just that stare of urgency, the stare of a hunter on the prowl.

I sat my self down on the nearest booth contemplating this scenario, how could I deal with this, if he is on a mission from his Angel to kill Ellie what can I do, a hunter has never killed another hunter to my knowledge, it is strictly forbidden, and we kill Nephilim, that's what we do, but I can't let her die, she is too innocent, what if she has no idea, she will not be a threat, she won't be bad, we don't kill innocents.

After a confusing hour of sitting watching this Lycan watch her go back an forth from the bar the booth and the dance floor I still had no idea what to do, during her dance floor moment I made the mistake of taking my eyes off of him, her dancing was appalling, it made me laugh, like a rag doll chucked back an forth, which ever men wanted her sitting down it went away when she started dancing, but she didn't care, just flung her self around laughing and shaking to the music.

Her friends made a move to the toilet leaving her alone, then I saw him make his move, with out a thought I jumped out of my booth speeding towards him, but he was closer than I, he quickly sat down in her booth across from her, she looked to him with a smile and said “hi” but I saw the hand going for the blade, her reaction to him made him halt for a split second giving me the chance to push my way through the people to the side of her table, he quickly looked my way with confusion instantly realizing what I was, Ellie then looked to me with an instant smile to her face “its you” she said.

“its time to go” I said to him calmly.

She looked back to him then to me again still confused, I didn't take my stare away from his gaze, he knew I was confronting him to make a move, the room grew tense, he looked down to see my hand squeezing my blade handle, she had no idea two creatures where literally about to kill each other in front off her, he took a few seconds grinding his teeth in the process, I could hear the slight growl rise as he stared me down, then stood up and raged out of the club, I began to walk away after him, but my arm was grabbed and spun around and she stood in front of me, a foot smaller than I was but she had a look on her face what could scare any one, “what the hell was that”?

“I'm sorry what”? I replied playing dumb.

She stood her ground and went off again.

“what the hell was that?, you don't come speak to me but when another guy comes up you scare him off then try running away your self, what the hell is that”?

The fiery edge she just showed me put a smile to my face.

“what you think this is funny”?

“no, no, I'm sorry, it wasn't what it seemed”

“It wasn't, then what was it, because it looked like you didn't want that guy speaking to me”.

“I didn't” I replied quickly and she dropped her hard look for a second.

“why”? She said gently.

A million answers went through my head, I couldn't tell her the truth she clearly has no idea what was going to happen, so I shakily answer.

“he wasn't right for you”

she crosses her arms and she tries to hide it but a little smile comes to her face.

“what, then I suppose you are”?

and cautiously I reply

“no”

which was clearly the wrong answer because there she was off on a rant again.

“what, who the hell are you to tell me who is good for me or not, I don't even know you, I've seen you twice today and this is the most we spoke, what are you following me or summat, I don't even know your name”

I quickly jump in cutting her off.

“its William”

“what”? She replies in fury.

“my name, its William”

she drops her fury stance a little bit more when hearing my name.

“William, well William are you”?

“am I what”?

“following me god, how many times do you make me repeat my self”

after a quick look around to make sure hes gone, I gently reply.

“no”

“then why did you come to my table”? She says not angrily but frustrated, because I wasn't telling her much, because she was hoping for a better conversation than this when she first saw me, I could see it in her eyes. But I couldn't be here speaking to her, I had to find the Lycan, had to find out why he is after her. She could be more than I know but I let my head get the best of me.

“I'm sorry Ellie I need to go”

Just then she grabbed my arm again and I knew why, I had messed up.

“how do you know my name”?

I looked into her confused scared eyes now for what felt like a life time, no words could be said, I had messed up and she deserved an answer, but one I couldn't give, I saw her mates coming back to the table from the toilet “I'm sorry” I quickly said and walked off leaving her there disappointed and confused watching me leave her life.

I made my way outside crossed the road and lent on the wall beside me disgusted with my self with how I handled the situation, I knew I had done wrong but I couldn't let it happen, and I know this won't be the end of it, Fed will get wind of this, me protecting a Nephilim and it won't go down too well, I set off walking around the corner and suddenly I hear my name been called, Ellie jogging over the road to me throwing her jacket back on, but this time I think smart, once out of sight around the corner, I leap the houses scaling the walls up the roof to escape another interaction, just as I pull my self over she makes the corner.

I keep my eyes on her but she just stands there looking around clearly wondering how I could of got away on an open road so fast, but she doesn't leave it there she continues down the road shouting my name. Snow was piling down hard now like a blizzard, settling to the ground, the wind was growing heavily, I could hear her bones rattling her lip shivering, she was freezing but she continued down the street determined to find me, determined to get answers.

In the distance I caught noise, a scream, a mans scream in pure agony growing louder, suddenly Ellie heard the same noise and shot off down the street to investigate, confused I set off ahead of her to see what the screaming was, leaping over roof after roof, as the noise grew significantly louder, I came to a stop as a gust of wind nearly knocked me down and like that was gone, the gust of wind was all too familiar, but this wasn't fed and the Angel hadn't just landed, and suddenly the noise was below me, There was no doubt in my mind what had just happened, the hunter had called his Angel, told him of our stand off between Ellie, and now he had new orders.

I peered my head over and in an ally was the Lycan, mid change, his bones cracking all over his body, slowly snapping every limb into his Lycan form, throwing himself all over the floor in absolute agony, the noise was horrific, each crack was like the noise of thick tree branch snapping, then his face lifted up in his human form and he screamed so loud it echo's over blocks turning slowly into a roar as hair began to cover his face, his jaw cracked out of place then suddenly began to stretch out into a snout, this was the first change I had witnessed and it shocked me, so much I almost forgot about Ellie as she rounded the corner and saw him, her face dropped, her mouth opened and her scream almost masked his sending a shiver through my spine, forcing him to look to her, still bones snapping but he was almost done, there was no human form left in him now.

With out a thought I leaped down and landed in front of Ellie and grabbed her shoulders to make eye contact with her.

“Ellie, ELLIE”

I shouted trying to get her attention.

Her fear almost brought a tear to my eye, she couldn't fathom what she was looking at, this huge monster, suddenly she recognized me but that didn't stop her fear “run Ellie run” I screamed, she looked straight into my eyes and stopped screaming, “get to the club now” her mouth shaking trying to speak “what about you”?

“don't worry about me just go” I screamed in frustration making her jump out of her skin, then just like that she shot off back towards the club. But it was too late, the roar had stopped by this point, and vicious growls masked the wind, as I turned around I pulled both Angel blades out of my jacket, he was done, making his way up to his hind legs not taking his hungry gaze off me, claws the size of kitchen knifes, teeth like a lion, red eyes gleaming straight at me like I was his prey, sliver dangling from his teeth like a rabid animal, matted hair all over his body, a beast you couldn't imagine.

We stood there staring each other down, well he looked down I stared up at his enormous size, my anger raised as I saw Ellie still running but barely making it any where, the familiar feeling of tickling grew around my eyes pushing the blackness into them, my fangs stretched out showing my true self, if any human was to see this now they would see nothing but pure monsters in this ally, a sight of nightmares, pushing out his claws and scratching the wall carving through it like butter he tries to intimidate me, but I've battled his kind in true form before and he see's no fear in my face, with one loud piercing roar and a huge lunge he comes at me jumping for my throat, I dropped to my knees as he leaps over me and strike his leg with my blade, he lands a turns around, barely touched it, he drops to all fours growling as I bring the blades back to fight stance ready for another attack, looking down to his leg as a dribble of blood leaks out, he then shoots off down the road towards Ellie, with out a second thought I shoot off after him, gaining on her quickly she must have heard the trampling of his claws as he scrapes the ground with every leap, she turned and saw him raging towards and her scream runs through my ears forcing me to give everything I have to catch the beast, as I saw her stop running, knowing I had no chance of getting to him before he was on top of her I had one cause of action and with one huge throw of my blade it glided through the air just as he leaped towards her striking his shoulder, with a huge roar he goes down throwing himself around trying to remove the blade as it burns away at his cells. Ellie cowering in the corner with her hands in her face still screaming I quickly lunge the other blade through his chest, when he stopped flapping around his body slowly turned back to his normal human form as his life burned away with the blades.

After making sure he was dead I quickly race towards Ellie,

“Ellie, are you ok”?

she continued too cry into her hands shaking like a rattle, as I scanned her body hoping he hadn't marked her, things could get very weird if his bite had touched her skin.

Again I tried to get her attention.

“Ellie, your ok, your ok he's gone”

after a few seconds of shaking and crying into her hands she brought her head out of her hands, head and lips still shivering, red puffy eyes with cry marks all down her face, pure white with fear and coldness, but still beautiful as ever.

“your ok Ellie hes gone, are you hurt”?

she slowly shook her head side to side looking at the naked man lying at the side of us.

Eventually she got a few shivering words out “who is that, wheres the, the big thing”?

her description made me smile, but she just looked at me with her mouth dropped open waiting for me to explain everything with what she had just witnessed, I knew it wasn't over, the hunters Angel knew of our stand off most likely, and it wouldn't take long to find out which hunter he was talking about, their can't be that many vampires that are hunters in Manhattan.

And if she knew what was going on, what she truly was, she would be involved and I can't let that happen, she has a normal life and she deserves to keep it that way, so I cup her face with my hand feeling electricity with a simple touch, the urge to kiss her as she looked innocently into my eyes was difficult to fight, then my eyes began to heat up and like everybody else her face dropped into a complete dumbfound look, gently saying.

“you was attacked by a dog nothing else, a man you don't know saved you and left, and now your going to stand up unafraid, and go have a good night with your friends, oh, and you will not go home with any one tonight”.

And before she could come around I shot off down the street, out of sight, I know it was selfish of me to throw that last part in, but hey, I couldn't help my self.