DEUCALION AND THE WEREWOLVES OF OLD CREEK

BY JOHN PARRISH

CHAPTER 3: PARA BELLUM

“Charlie! Nathan! John!” Shouted Mr. Bobby, minute by minute they all trooped down to the living room where they saw their parents waiting for them eagerly.

Charlie whose heart was racing thought it was about him not setting a perfect example for the twins to follow wanted to speak up but he was hushed.

“Well, your cousins from Mallane county will be coming to visit us during the weekend and I want all of you on your best behavior especially you John.”

“Dad the last time it was” ……” keep quiet boy thundered Bobby you set his sleeping tent on fire while he was sleeping, you could have killed him. well, that’s all or is there anything I should know about?”

Charlie thought hard about whether he should tell them about Steele then he decided against doing so they all replied in unison no.

As the boys left Catherine looked at bobby shocked” why didn’t you tell the boys about your findings?” that you know you are putting them at risk

Bobby looked at her and said he needed time to think and left the house and walked down the street.

Due to the terrible weather, the school announced there wouldn’t be any school activity today on the television and that it was very risky to be outside Charlie and John smiled to themselves and went to their rooms respectively.

Charlie brought out his ps4 pro and mounted and then called Chris if he wanted to team up together, to which he replied “hell yeah.”

Bro, “have you spoken to Abby today?”

Charlie shooting at the incoming enemy said seriously dude right now? No, I haven’t spoken to her man.

Why bro? dude watch your back! I see him!

“Toss me a frag grenade,” Charlie said shooting the enemy behind his back.

Why do you need a grenade man?

“Dude toss it! “Yelled Charlie.   

“Hell no, replied Chris “you have got some experience points man use it to buy a fucking grenade!”

“I don’t have enough man! I want to buy the battlefield tactical visor enhancer man for me to see clearly” replied Charlie.

“How about you get some vitamin A while you are at it” snapped Chris. Then they went to face the chapter mini-boss.

Pooooof the lights went out, “fuck!” yelled Charlie as he threw his pad on the bed then yelled as he moved towards the window where he saw an electric pole that fell.

While looking through the window, the raindrops distorted his vision as they trickled down his window glass but he could see the wind lifting various objects in the air. He tried calling Abby but it didn’t go through. “Shit, the telephone lines must be down” he muttered.

Chris while playing saw that Charlie logged off and started swearing at the game saying if he should die in the game he will hunt Charlie down. He tried his best but the mini-boss was just better and more equipped than him.

Charlie clad in his sweatshirt took the back door out of the house and quickly slid behind the covers of the trees in the compound to avoid being seen from his parent’s window quickly jumped over the mini fence kept there and dashed into the woods.

While running into the woods, clothes soaked, water running through his face with the winds at his back ran faster now as he pushed branches blocking his path removed his top, and dropped his bag carrying an extra pair of trousers.

Suddenly he leaped and transformed into a fully black wolf with a white stripe running from his right shoulder to his paw. He then sank his claws in the moist soil while the raindrops bounced off his back which he then shook off and ran to the top of a ledge that overlooked the lake then gave a shrill howl that echoed around the woods with the sound of thunder which sent shivers to people in the town.

He caught a distinct scent from his surroundings, the scent of a deer then a gave a quick chase. the deer who pricked its ears at its surroundings after the howl heard the steps approaching It quickly ran at breakneck speed towards the neck of the woods.

The wind moved more violently, with the occasional lightning striking here and there. The deer ran faster and faster, Charlie enjoying the chase took the high road to cut off the deer which took the normal path jumped over some felled trees, and the deer dead in its track.

  The deer stood still trying to protect its neck moved back slowly but they were near a cliff. Charlie knew that this was a tricky situation because one wrong move would send him tumbling into the lake and moved closely trying to eliminate the distance from them.

Suddenly a growl came from the bushes behind him and another wolf leaped forward and pushed him aside it was a big grey wolf, the tail was very furry and big. He saw the stripe running down from the jaws to the center of his chest. He suddenly kept his tail between his legs it was his father, his alpha.

The bigger wolf then went forward towards the deer and growled showing it its fearsome canines, long and jagged waiting to tear the flesh off its bone leaped at the deer who had been backed into a corner in less than a few seconds it was dead.

Then Charlie walked up to his father who howled a long deep howl that went round the entire woods and then was joined by Charlie. They howled together as a pack then they carried the deer to a nearby cave and took turns in eating a little meat from it.

After the winds subsided a bit. The two wolves ran out of his cave after marking it their territory to outsiders and dashed out into the woods where they went deeper towards Irving Clark’s house.

Bobby stopped as he noticed a new scent though it was very faint, he noticed it because he was special as he was given birth to by powerful alphas of two different packs. He was born on a full-blood moon which gave him enhanced abilities more than that of the normal werewolf.

He put his nose on the ground and gave a deep growl then suddenly ran into the bush confused Charlie followed him into the woods trying to keep up with him.

The two wolves walked round in circles then the wind blew the scent again this time around Charlie could pick the scent. They knew that they weren’t alone in the woods, there was another!

The whole area became noiseless, time seemed to dull everything looked as if it happened in slow motion then suddenly the bushes behind them shook Bobby, and Charlie already on alert looked towards it.

Five big wolves came out from the bushes .one black and white, two greys, one brown-black and the other the alpha was all black with deep blue eyes which could pierce a person’s soul walked towards them grimacing and stood breathing heavily.

The alpha labored breath came out of his nose as if there was a locomotive somewhere in his lungs.

It was five against two. the odds weren’t in their favor. The all-black alpha walked towards Charlie who tried his best not to look down and surrender.

Then bobby growled at them together with Charlie, and the unknown five quickly charged at them. Bobby went straight for the alpha while Charlie went for the brown-black wolf.

The all-black alpha swiped his paw at Charlie who reacted and dodged it then replied with a blow on the left side of the all-black who simply got angry. Bobby then pounced on the all-black and bite him down hard on the back which made it yelp in pain.

The other grey wolves noticed their alpha in pain ambushed bobby by biting his tail and dragging his tail away from their alpha bobby quickly freed himself and slapped one with a paw which drew blood from the head and trickled across its eye and jumped on the other and went for the jugular which he quickly snapped in two. The other grey wolf saw this and ran away towards its alpha.

Charlie all bloodied now biting and scratching the brown-black wolf gave back tricking the other wolf thinking it had gotten him where it wanted. the brown-black wolf jumped at Charlie going for the kill then Charlie simply rolled away from there, as the brown-black landed, the ground gave way and fell to its death landing at the rocks below them at almost 300 feet.

The all-black alpha seeing what was happening howled a little calling his pack as they retreated into the forest in defeat. The black and white and grey wolf retreated with him.

Then bobby walked on a step majestically looking at the blood stain of his enemies on him and gave a loud piercing howl while the rain battered his body washing away the blood stains from his body then lightning struck which corresponded with a clap of thunder which gave him a godly silhouette.

Indeed, Thor Odinson was at work! 

The two wolves’ bobby and Charlie, father, soon ran out of Irving Clark’s house environs to their part of the woods. The weather was just starting to get better.

The rain clouds were dispersing to reveal the radiant ray of the sun which penetrated the woods. Then they slowed down, the crickets started chirping, the lilies opened, and the butterflies came out the forest was alive. The two wolves walked hand in hand till they got to the surrounding trees behind their house and transformed back into humans.

Little did they know that John was outside watching them from the garage window, shocked to see the whole visible transformation. The hair growing inwards, the snout readjusting back to jaws. the shifting of the bones back to normal human settings was excruciating.

John being so sick with what he saw mistakenly kicked an empty can that bounced and rolled on the ground. Bobby and Charlie heard this and hid carefully at the back of a big tree while john was finding another spot to peep from.

When they both transformed completely, Charlie picked an extra pair of cloth he brought from the bag he tossed aside and wore, while Bobby did the same. Then they walked in towards the house together only to find Catherine waiting for their hands akimbo.

“Well,” she said, are you guys done running around? Charlie and bobby looking half soaked looked at each other in unison and replied together “we were just down shutting down the current from the electric pole” Charlie nervous already didn’t catch the drift said “he went to see Chris.”

Charlie now realizing he fucked up bad sat on the chair next to him while Bobby was running his hands through his hair then open the fridge and brought out a cold beer.

Catherine seeing half-soaked Charlie on the chair yelled “get your bloody wet ass from my sofa before I send you to kingdom come!” Charlie bounced up immediately and quickly ran to his room to change.

 Bobby shrugging his feet moved around the dining room wetting everywhere with water dripping from his clothes looked at Catherine “well at least allow me to change my clothes before you crucify me!”

Catherine replied “am waiting for you” before going into the closet to get a mop to clean up the mess he had done.

“Catherine! Catherine” bobby called she came into the bedroom. He then gestured for her to close the door which she quickly did. Then she sat on the edge of the bed while bobby paced around the room.

“We are fucked” he said with his heart racing. Catherine looking more eager to know what happened looked at him well? Catherine, “there is a new werewolf pack in old creek county and they have come to stay and they are the ones doing those murders.”

“That they were a pack of five and they fought him and Charlie well two of them were killed while I injured the alpha before they escaped.” Catherine’s face now pale white looked at him in terror saying the old county is about to get some unwanted attention.

The all-black wolf now resting in his hideout with the other two wolves transformed back to their human self. He stood up and walked to the cave opening stark naked and looked back at the rest of his pack all writhing in pain bloodily from the battle that they had known he had to do something about it smiled to himself well knowing you can’t beat a narcissist in his game.

Bobby already knew what he had to do as he looked at a timeless quote from Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus “si vis Pacem, Para Bellum” if you want peace prepare for a war that hung on the wall.