FlashFicHive challenge for June 04, 2017:
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A 04.
Werewolf: 276 words ; 259 words
Update:
"She's out late," he says, pointing out the lone pedestrian walking the darkened pathway.
"Yes, past curfew," the vampiress agrees, "I've had my fill already. If you're hungry, get something to eat."
He smiles, his jaw lengthening as he begins to change into his other form. A wave of fur flows down his figure, covering and thickening the man as he changes into a werewolf. His snout is completed with a keen nose and sharp teeth enclosed.
As his feet finish spreading out, all four paws hit the ground and he leaps towards the pedestrian. A growl alerts the woman when he is within thirty feet and she screams. Though the odds are against her, she drops her purse and runs as fast as she can away. This makes the werewolf pleased and he catches up to her, his front paws pushing her down to the ground. He flips her over and bites her neck to break it. His teeth rupture the jugular vein. As the woman's dead eyes roll in her head, the werewolf begins to engorge himself on the fresh kill. His victim would be nothing more than bones when he is done and would be difficult to identify as the vampiress gathers the victim's purse. The vampiress smiles, wishing she could have spared the werewolf of the blood that is now staining his paws and snout, but she knows that all werewolves have to deal with blood.
"It builds character to be painted in blood," Alesar had told her once, "Let the werewolves experience it too."
B 04.
Werewolf: Yeah, I'm not cutting it down to half. I've already made it short already...
C 04.
Not interested in editing the sex-hungry husband story. Not really much there.
However, a different POV can be told. Enter Rising Wolf, my heroine from my WIP Atrevea.
Rising Wolf sits on top of a picnic hut in Atrevea's Long Park, a few miles from the center of town. As she has little interest dealing with the downtown villains, her position in Long Park has proven to be almost like a vacation for her. If she had been sitting in Governor's Plaza, she would have been challenged at least three times already tonight but not here. There were less crimes to be prevented and less victims to save.
"Might actually be time to head home for the night," she mutters to herself, checking her watch, before something in her peripheral vision catches her attention. The flash of fur tells her what she needs to know immediately. She jumps down from her perch and starts running towards the scene, swearing under her breath, "Shit. Spoke too soon."
A scream pierces the silence as a woman is pinned to the pathway underneath a black furred werewolf. Within seconds, he has her flipped onto her back and killed.
Rising Wolf growls as she approaches the werewolf. A vampiress, not seeing the approaching hero, picks up the purse of the victim. A smile appears on her face, one that Rising Wolf would love to tear off if she could get her hands on the vampiress, but the werewolf is her target right now.
She pulls out her sword without a sound and, before the vampiress can say something to the werewolf, she is behind the werewolf. Her sword slits the werewolf's throat with one slice. He gags, shocked to find that a hero would be found in this park at this time. Blood staining his snout from the victim is matched by blood from his throat as he staggers back. He knows that by changing into a human he would be more vulnerable to the hero but that his throat wound might heal up enough for him to get away. Rising Wolf doesn't give him the option as she delivers a swift stab to the chest cavity, the silver blade sliding past the ribcage and into the heart. The werewolf howls one last time as his heart is ravaged to pieces and then he collapses, dead.
As Rising Wolf turns to the vampiress, the vampiress smiles and says, "Not tonight, hero."
With that, the vampiress disappears into the night with the victim's purse. Rising Wolf retrieves her sword, cleans it, and turns to the victim. She decides not to disturb the crime scene though she doesn't want the body to be desecrated more without a guard. Picking up her own phone, Rising Wolf calls the police and informs them of the crime.
"I'll be here until you arrive. No more than that," she says before hanging up. She then turns to the victim and says, "I'm sorry I couldn't prevent this. At least that bastard won't be attacking anyone else. That's the most I can give you tonight."
[486 words]
