7: A Showdown of Power

Glossary: Futuo = fuck

Kenzie heard the thunderous roar, and it was like music to her ears. Maybe she would not die today. Maybe, she would live to see her next birthday. Or at least the next few hours. She looked through the window and saw the wolf’s gargantuan paw connect with the big guy sending him backwards. Or she could die in the next few minutes.

Hobbling away from the window, Kenzie picked up her gun. Again, if she was going to meet her maker, she would send that ugly bitch to meet hers as well.

"Where are you going?" Colby asked.

"I'm not just going to stand around here and wait for her to eat my ass. I'm going to go out there and help him."

"I'm coming with you."

Kenzie shook her head. "No, you stay here. It's dangerous."

Colby scoffed. "And everything else we've been doing isn't? I'm not a coward. That oversized dog doesn't scare me…much."

Kenzie simply nodded before making her way to the exit of the warehouse. She opened the door and walked out cautiously, making sure the big guy and the wolf were both still on the other side of the building.

From where she was Kenzie could clearly see the jeep. If they could get to it, then they would be able to get rid of this damn thing. They could blow her ass sky high. Kenzie saw a fatal flaw in this. Even if they were able to blow her up, she was sure they would need a big blast to do it, and they may not have enough time to get far enough away. She leaned against the building to support her weight. She was lightheaded and in extreme pain, but she would be damned if she let that stop her. She had faced worst in the armed forces. She had a large deformed canine to kill. Think Kenzie. Think.

"Gramps, if you have to estimate, how far are we from home?"

"We're not too far. A mile maybe. Why?"

"If we can lead her back into the town, then we can kill her."

"How do you suppose we do that?" her grandfather asked.

"We'll blow her up. Hit her with everything Colby has."

"What about the other people?" Colby asked.

"What people? They're dead. And those who aren't probably already got the hell out of dodge," Kenzie replied.

"How do you purpose we lead her back to town?" Gramps asked.

Kenzie looked at Colby with a smile.

"Oh hell no," Colby stated. "Not again."

"Yes, again. I'm glad you have your running shoes on. Here's what we're going to do."

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Viper charged at the wolf, shifting only his claws into full Lycan form. He knew it would be much simpler to shoot her, but he wanted her head as a trophy. He would not, however, take another hit like that. Using his elongated claw, he sliced through the side of her with ease. She let out a loud howl. One that Viper barely heard.

He was momentarily distracted by the human female emerging from the building. What in the futuo was she doing? Within a slip second, Viper turned his attention back to his opponent, narrowly missing a blow to his head. Charging at her, Viper slammed his body into her hers, knocking her off balance. Using her feet the alpha wolf pushed him off of her.

Viper hit the ground with a hard thud, and once again was distracted by the sound of the human transportation coming to life. He pushed himself onto his feet as he heard the female human's voice. Yelling. Screaming.

As the werewolf switched her attention to the humans Viper charged at her, but she had already taken off towards the humans. The sound of their weapons firing came closer, and Viper wondered why they were not moving. Then he realized the weapons were getting louder.

"Get on!" the female human shouted as they neared him.

Viper jumped onto the moving transportation, and turned to see the werewolf chasing after them.

"We're going to blow her up," the female stated.

Viper cocked his head only half listening. What caught his attention was the howling he heard. The howling that greeted his ears in different octaves. He tensed and readied his body cannon.

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Kenzie watched the big guy as his whole body tensed. She was about to ask him what was wrong when she heard it. There were more of those things coming. She could hear the distinct differences in the pitches in which they let out that ear bleeding howl.

"Colby drive faster," she commanded her brother.

"I've got the pedal to the metal here, Kenzie."

"Well put it to the damn gold and move this thing faster."

Lifting her gun, she mounted it on the back of the jeep. Her side screamed in protest, but she ignored it. At the moment, there was nothing she could do about it. And if she died, there would still be nothing she could do about it. So right now, screw it. She would worry about it later. She knew her gun would not be enough to stop this big beast of a thing, but it would slow her down some. That was all she needed to do. The others that were coming…well she was basically winging it now but was hoping Colby had enough explosives to kill them all.

Kenzie took a few shots at the big wolf, trying to slow her down. She glanced behind her quickly to see the house come into view. The jeep shook a little and Kenzie noticed that the big guy had jumped out. He was standing in the middle of the road, as Colby brought the car to a stop right in front of the house.

Kenzie heard the big guy let out another thunderous roar, as she fought through the pain in her midsection to get out of the car.

"We've got to work fast before the other ones get here," Daniel stated.

"I think it's too late for that," Colby replied staring into the distance.

"Alright, well since I can't move that fast anyway, I'll hold them off and you two can set up the explosives," Kenzie suggested.

Her brother and grandfather both nodded before heading off hurriedly around the house. Kenzie's plan had been to lure the big creature to the house and blow it up. There was a bomb shelter in place of a basement in the house. They could hide there while they blew the bitch to smithereens. She had not thought about what would happen if more came. Hell, she didn't think there were any more.

It felt like time had completely stopped as she saw the other ones come into view. At least these are smaller. Out of the corner of her eyes, Kenzie could see the big guy charge at the large alien. She began to shoot at the smaller ones that were in range, listening out for her brother. She continued to fire until she heard the gun click.

To her luck, Kenzie was completely out of ammo in her assault rifle. She pulled out her handguns and began to fire but knew they would not do her much good. Just as quickly as she pulled them out to use, she was replacing them with another weapon, having used all of those bullets.

A loud growl caught Kenzie's attention as she saw a wolf headed her way. Pulling out her machete Kenzie scrambled back a few feet. She knew she'd have to be careful. Too close and whatever had caused her clothing to disintegrate could get on her skin and she didn’t want that.

A flying object flew through the air. What looked like to Kenzie, from the short glimpse she got, to be some sort of boomerang weapon. She watched as it made its way back to the big guy. He caught it in midair, his eyes still on the larger creature.

She was grateful for his help. She would have been even more grateful had he not missed. She immediately turned her attention back towards the wolf that was on the attack and noticed it wasn't charging her anymore. What was it waiting on?

Kenzie didn't have to ponder it long. She soon saw the creature’s head slipping slowly from its body. The big guy hadn't missed. Her relief was short lived however as she saw another one of those things coming her way. She readied herself, but gunshots took this one down. She turned behind her to see her grandfather.

"Colby's almost done," he told her turning to the street and firing at more of the them.

Kenzie turned her head just as a nail from the large wolf’s paw pierced through the side of the big guy. Without thinking Kenzie ran at full speed for the ugly thing, ignoring her grandfather's calls. Gripping her machete, Kenzie sliced through the side of the hideous bitch. Causing it to launch the big guy across the street and towards the house.

Skidding to a stop, she noticed that there were more smaller wolves approaching in a large pack, and Kenzie couldn’t help but wonder how many of those things she had given birth to. There aren’t enough explosives.

Air was knocked out of Kenzie as she hit the ground. Landing on her already injured side. She looked up to see the big guy take aim at the large creature, only for his gun to be knocked off his shoulder, to Kenzie only knew where.

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Viper had, had enough of this. As much as he wanted to take her head as a trophy, he could not allow the female to be injured any more. As he locked on with his cannon, the alpha female swung her tail. Viper ducked narrowly missing the blow, but his cannon was not as lucky. It went flying off in some direction. Futuo.

"It's ready!" He heard the younger human male yell.

Throwing his boomerang, he leaned down grabbing the female human and hauling her over his shoulder all in one swift motion. Catching the weapon as it came back. Running towards the other humans, Viper risked letting go of the female. She instantly wrapped her arms around him to keep herself from falling. Setting his explosive, he took it off and flung it behind him.

"What…was…that?" the female asked between being jostled.

Following the other humans into the structure he could hear all the werewolves howling in the background. He made his way down an incline behind the males. Following the older one, when the younger one stopped to do something. When they stopped, he sat the female down.

"What was that thing?" she asked gripping her midsection tightly as blood seeped through her hands.

"It's a bomb. You know explosive. Big boom," he mimicked her.

She seemed shocked for a moment, before her lips formed a smile as if she were amused but what she said, instead of insulted as he knew some people might have been at his mimicking, even when it was not malicious.

He looked around him and noticed that they were in a small space. It was filled floor to ceiling with boxes and crates. Viper went to scan them when he felt a small shake. Too small to be his explosive. He looked to the male humans.

Soft hands reached out and touched his side. Vipers head turned to the small female. She was examining his wound. One that hadn't started to affect him yet. Mostly due to adrenaline.

"You're bleeding. It must hurt," she told him.

Viper cocked his head to the side, studying her. It was obvious that her wound pained her and was much more severe than his, yet she worried about him. He rumbled in amusement.

"It is fine."

The female's hand stilled, and her eyes grew. "You can understand me?" she asked.

Viper simply nodded his head. A large blast irrupted, and Viper reached out to grab the female as she swayed. He steadied himself and her. When he went to sit her back up, he saw that her eyes were closed.

Running through his scans using the technology equipped in his mask, he found that her heart was still beating, but her breathing was a bit shallow. Viper shook his head and lay her down. The female had passed out.