Suddenly, there was laughter in the background. A familiar figure approached them. His cheers were maniacal and his steps were slow and eerie. He crept closer and closer and his laughter grew louder. The group awaited his presence. He then turned and faced them.
“Oh, look at this. Jacinta and her parents are here!” he looked up at the net and gasped, “And they brought guests too!” he smiled and laughed even more. He had anticipated Declan’s lack of rationality. He had anticipated his rage and passion and now he was right where Johnny wanted him. Declan still struggled to break free until Johnny interrupted him.
“It’s no use trying to break free. The material is meant to ensnare vampires and prevent him from breaking free. Only I have the tool that can free him.” They all looked at him with utter disdain.
“I should have let the council kill you when we had the chance,” said Jacinta’s father mentally. Everyone could hear his thoughts. Jacinta and her mother agreed and began to growl at Johnny. They began to bark and snap at him. Johnny wasn’t even afraid. In fact, the more they barked at him, the calmer he seemed to get. He laughed even louder and sighed.
“What a cute family! You know how they say that family should stick together?” he smiled. They knew that he had done something, “well ‘family’ I made sure to bring you to this specific location in order to make sure that it’s possible! Now you guys are stuck here permanently. Oh! And that also includes the pretty boy! Since you know you and Jacinta got engaged.” Anthony’s fangs popped up. He hissed at him.
“Now, you might all be wondering how I was able to pull off such a feat.” He brought his hands together. His fingertips were touching, creating the shape of a pyramid with his hands. He then brought his hands to his face and smiled. He then made a light chuckle.
“I did this with the help of the creature. You know, that same creature that you have been hunting? He used to be a supernatural hunter. Although his command of the English language has diminished, he still seems to remember a lot about his former self. He taught me a few things. I could actually kill Declan right now if I wanted to,” he paused hoping that it would elicit fear into the hearts and minds of his audience. He then continued, “But I won’t. I need him for something.” His smile grew wider and he kept pacing. He didn’t sense fear from them but anger. He’d take it.
“You see I need him to convince Isabella to change back my friend into the human that he once was. I have…plans for the future.”
“What do you want with Isabella?” Asked Declan. He was still trying to break free from the net. He would not give up until he got out and was able to find his love.
“She is fine, ‘mate’. I will return her soon enough.”
Jacinta and her parents looked at him. They could not believe what they were hearing. Why would he do such a thing?
“You are insane! You are psychopath!” said her mother mentally.
“Ah well, they do say that genius borders insanity so, I will take it as a compliment.”
“But why would you do such a thing?” asked Jacinta.
He paused, “Oh Jacinta! My sweet beautiful and naïve Jacinta, isn’t it obvious why I want to do this?”
They then figured it out. He wanted to be their new alpha and leader! Once Isabella freed him then he could kill and attack them and become the new ruler!
She growled at him and began to approach him. He hit her nose and sent her flying. Her parents were amazed by his strength. Anthony, remaining in his bat form, lugged at him and was close to sinking his teeth into Johnny when Johnny just brushed him away. Her parents then lunged towards him and began attacking him but he just brushed them off. He then laughed.
“It is absolutely adorable that you just think that you can defeat me. As I have told you before, I have help on my side and he knows more about both of your types of super naturals. I can easily defeat you with my fingertip.” He smiled.
“And now I think it’s time that I brought out the leading lady for our festivities.”
The forest was silent until sounds of struggling could be heard in the distance. She then appeared and was accompanied by the creature. Her hands were tied and her mouth was covered. She looked ok and she seemed to be under a lot of pressure mentally. Declan saw her and began to freak out. He tried even harder to break free from the net.
“Isabella! Isabella!” he cried out. He needed to get free and to kill the man who did this to both of them. He is so naïve, Johnny thought. He kept watching him struggle. He enjoyed this. He loved having all of the power. He finally had the upper hand. He thought of every possible move and knew that there was no way around it. He had finally defeated them.
“Remove, the tape from her mouth, please.” The creature removed the tape around her mouth first. She began to cry out.
“Leave Declan out of this please! You wanted me and now you have me. Let Declan go please.” She tried to break free from the bondages but was stuck. The creature had tied her tightly. “Please, I’ll do what you have asked but let him go.”
“No! Isabella! Don’t do it! I’ll find another way to break free,” Declan said as he still struggled within the net. He knew that it was no use but he refused to give up. He kept gnawing and biting at the interwoven strings but he was getting nowhere.
“Please Johnny, let him free and I will do whatever you want.”
“Hmm…so that’s your decision?” he asked her. He liked what he was hearing.
“Yes, that is my decision. I will change him into a human if you free him, Johnny.”
He was about to free him when his common sense prevailed, “You know, on second thought, maybe I should let you change my friend back into a human first before I release him.”
She looked at him. Although she had acquired unlimited power, in this moment she felt powerless. She felt like there was no hope now and that she had no choice but to free him from his beast-like cage. She sighed mentally. She knew the spell but did not want to go through with it. She dreaded the thought that she would be the one to put their lives in danger. She hoped for a moment that some miracle would happen and that they would make it out of this alive. The creature nudged her and she knew that she had no choice but to transform him. The creature freed her hands and grunted at her. She faced the creature and raised her hands. She muttered some words which sounded like Latin and German mixed together. She then lowered her hands and stared at the creature. It seemed like it didn’t work at all. Then suddenly, the creature shrank in size.
“Oh, no!” Jacinta muttered under her breath. She was still on the floor writhing in pain. She was terrified. She didn’t know which one would be scarier: him as a beast or him as a human. She braced herself for the worst. She looked around her. Her parents were still down and Anthony seemed to be unconscious. She didn’t know what to do and she felt all alone. She sighed and accepted her fate.
The creature kept transforming slowly. He was now 6 feet and was becoming less furry by the second. His paws were slowly shrinking into hands and skin began to emerge. Johnny smiled and looked on. He was pleased by what he was seeing, “Because I am a man of my word, I will free Declan once the transformation has been completed.” He watched and waited for the transformation to be complete. He grew excited by the minute. The creature no longer had a hairy chest but had a torso. A neck emerged. The group grew terrified with each and every second. Anthony regained consciousness and looked like a human once more. He looked around him trying to make sense of the situation.
“Isabella, what did you do?” He then was fully aware of what was going on.
“Isabella, how could you do this? How could you listen to scum like this?”
Johnny cleared his throat and looked in Anthony’s general direction.
“Excuse me, ‘lad’ but this scum is about to become very powerful. And because I will be acquiring this power very shortly, I would appreciate your respect please and thanks.”
The creature had almost finished transforming. He was now mostly human wi
th the exception of excessive fur which still covered the majority of his face and body. He looked very handsome and rugged and shockingly enough, he almost looked like Hugh Jackman. He cried out. The transformation was very painful and his bones had reformed and were now setting in. The pain was so unbearable that he staggered to the floor in agony. His cries grew louder. He then remained on the floor for five minutes.
“Alright, since you kept your part of the deal, I will keep mine.” He began to fly and pulled out a special knife. He then cut the ropes of the trap and managed to free Declan. Declan was slowly falling to the ground when he transformed in mid –air. He lunged towards Johnny and began to attack him. Johnny was able to get rid of him with a mere flick. Declan did not put up much of a fight. Not only was he tired of trying to free himself but somehow Johnny’s power increased.
“Oh right, I forgot to explain the powers thing, like I said, my buddy Mark here knows things and he made a special potion that grants me extreme powers. I have super strength and can fly,” he levitated in order to demonstrate his point. They were impressed and terrified by his new powers. He then came down and began to move around. He noticed that Jacinta’s parents were still unconscious and that they were nowhere close to getting up. He seemed to enjoy this fact. Jacinta was still on the ground and tried to pick herself up now. She glared at him.
“You won’t get away with this!!”
He laughed, “Oh? But I already did.” He then kept laughing. He watched Mark’s body on the ground. He seemed to be unconscious as he hardly moved. Johnny walked up to him and checked the body. He didn’t seem to be breathing either. He then turned to Isabella and glared.
“You! What did you do! Why is he like this?” He pointed to Mark while he looked at her. Mark was not moving at all. “You killed him! You will pay for this!” He lunged at her in an attempt to kill her. He had his hands wrapped tightly around her neck.
“Oh no you don’t!” Declan charged towards him but Johnny stopped him immediately. Declan was unconscious. Then something strange happened to Isabella. Her eyes turned red and she glared at Johnny. Johnny became afraid. Suddenly, Johnny let go of her and was flung 10 feet backwards. Isabella began to levitate off from the ground. Johnny whimpered in fear.
“You, you wolf! How dare you use me like that! You are a power-hungry mutt and will pay for your sins.” Her hands were outstretched and pointed towards him. Before she could finish the spell, a sword went through him and he fell onto the floor. Johnny began to spew blood. His steps grew shorter and shorter. He was running out of breath and with each step, he staggered. He then fell onto the ground and lay in a pool of his own blood. He then struggled for breath until he could breathe no more.
“I am sorry that I beat you to it but he had it coming,” a strange voice said as he removed the blade from his chest.
Mark began to wipe the blade. He managed to get rid of the blood. He looked at Johnny’s dead body and shrugged. He was free and had no use for him anymore. He stepped over the body and introduced himself.
“Hi, my name is Mark and I am a supernatural hunter. I have been imprisoned into the body of a beast for many centuries. I have been trapped inside of that body given that I have killed many supernatural creatures throughout my life. The witches thought that I should merely take the shape of one as it brought them great amusement.” He stretched out his fingers and wiggled his toes. It felt good that he had human limbs once more and more so that he had his human brain which allowed him to communicate with others.
“Oh! That feels so good!” he said as he cracked his knuckles. The group was perturbed by his reaction to being human again. He seemed to be a bit too enthusiastic to be human again. He cricked his neck and shook out his hands and feet. He felt like a new man. He felt like himself again. He touched his face and his hair. He began to walk slowly and then quickened his pace. He laughed like a mad man. He enjoyed this body. It was even stronger and better than before. He was surprised that he even survived the transformation! Most persons could not even survive the first few minutes. He touched his arms and his legs and his torso. He felt like he could take on the world. He then looked at the group.
“Oh? I am sorry that I forgot about you. It’s hard for me to remember the people who I have killed or am about to kill.”
Chapter 31
Unexpected Luck
The group was in complete shock. They heard stories about this man but never thought that they would come face to face with the reality of his identity and behavior. They were terrified of his strength. They didn’t expect to be more scared of him in human form, but they were. They looked at his man who had the capacity to kill within a fraction of a second. They did not know what to do. They were taken aback by his statement.
“But I think it’s more fun if I leave it as a surprise. It will be more exciting to kill you all. I think it’s more fun that you don’t know when I will attack.” He then left the forest.
Jacinta’s parents then regained consciousness. They realized that everyone else was still in a state of shock. Jacinta then told him that Mark, the creature was once again a human. Her parents were terrified. They knew that all of their lives were in danger. When they asked about his whereabouts, they could only say that he ran through the forest.
“We need to find a way to kill him. We can’t just leave him out in the wild like that or he would greatly reduce the supernatural population until there is no one left.” They were stumped. They did not know what to do. They did not know how to kill someone who knew all of their weaknesses and could easily destroy them. They knew that Isabella could change him back into the creature but that would only solve the problem temporarily. They had to find a way to permanently fix this.
Isabella finally came back to her senses, “there is a spell that has the potential to kill him.”
Everyone looked at Isabella. “That’s great news! Can you do it?”
She paused for a minute and then sighed, “I can’t do it alone. It requires the assistance of other witches.” Their brief moment of hope immediately dissipated. They did not know of any other witches nearby. Then she said, “I can ask my family if they may know some other witches that would be willing to help. Given that this matter affects all of us, getting their help should be quite easy.” With this new information, they decided to leave the forest. Declan wrapped his arm around her and kissed her with such passion and desire that Isabella let out a small moan.
“I missed you so much! I will do everything in my power to make sure that no one ever harms you or takes you away from me again. I will kill them if I have to.” He looked at her. She kissed him and he began to touch her.
“Hey!” cried out Anthony, “get a room!” They laughed and looked at each other. Declan was at peace again. He kissed Isabella once again.
They finally got back to the house. Isabella said that she would contact her family immediately and get back to them. Jacinta’s dad called his brother to look at them. When they had all passed inspection, he left the house. Then everyone else left the house. Jacinta’s parents called the council immediately after they got home and informed them of the possible threat. They were not pleased to hear what had happened. They then decided that they will wait to hear what Isabella’s family had to say about the matter. Then the call ended and they went to bed.
Declan held Isabella tightly as they walked back to Anthony’s house. He never wanted to let her go. When they got back to the house, he was all over her. He snuck up behind her and began kissing her neck frantically. She moaned a little. She missed him too and loved all of the attention that she was receiving. She turned around to face him. He kissed her passionately, holding her as though she was the most fragile and delicate object that he had ever encountered. She enjoyed his caress and shivered once his fingertips made contact. He guided her to the bed and she removed the gown exposing her beautiful naked body to him. He gently touched each and every part of her. Her eyes rolled back into her head as he moved his hand downwards
towards her fleshy thighs. Goosebumps appeared and she was eager for what he would do next. He knew it had only been two weeks since they made love but it felt like forever. He had to have her now. She lay on the bed and looked so enticing that he wanted to just fill her up with himself right there and now. But he wanted to make sure that she was ready. He began to kiss her all over and touched her gently. His caresses were driving her crazy as she began to squirm in the bed. He knew that she was getting there. He moved his hand to their thighs once again and kept moving his hand upwards. She was ready. He stuck a finger inside and yes, she was. He began to circle a finger inside and went faster and faster. The volumes of her moans increased with the speed. He wanted to make love to her right now but had to restrain himself. She needed to be teased. She released on his finger and he slid the finger out of her. He then put it in his mouth and began to taste her. She was amazing. He then pulled her legs towards him and began to fully taste her, enjoying the taste of her flesh and savoring her juices. She liked that she was on the menu. He then felt her release and then held her legs up and filled her up. He then slowly moved inside. As their bodies became one, he felt as though the connection had been restored. He felt her breathe and he could sense her blood flowing through her veins. He felt relieved to have her back.
He stopped for a moment and looked into her eyes and said, “I don’t know what I would do if I lost you.” She looked at him and smiled. He then continued. Her body flew up and down in a state of bliss. He looked at her like he didn’t even deserve her but will find a way to make sure that she was always appreciated. He looked at her. Her eyes were closed but he could tell that she was enjoying and living in the moment of pleasure. He wouldn’t have it any other way. He sped up and her moans increased. He couldn’t even imagine not making love to her anymore as it would be the death of him. He felt her flesh and her soul while making love to her and was captivated not only by the beauty of her naked body and the sounds that she was making, but by the warmth and wetness that she was providing. It almost felt like a dream. She was in it but it was just too good. Declan was giving her everything that he got and she was an eager receiver. She kept moaning and Declan was trying to restrain himself from releasing. She held onto him even tighter and he let out a loud gasp. She was so amazing! He sped up going faster and faster. His thoughts were drowned out by the sounds of her moans. He then released inside of her and collapsed on the bed. They then fell asleep.
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