Thursday, September 12, 2013

Chapter 13

Chapter thirteen
The thick black fog twisted into different forms; some the exact face of Zachary Taylor himself, others were that of monstrous creatures with sharp teeth. It flew through the trees, splitting and then collected together once again. The black fog quickly flew through the woods and then dove into a clear patch in the middle of the dark woods. The fog exploded into smaller clouds and then quickly gathered together once again to form the arms, head and body of Zachary Taylor.

In his humanoid form, Zachary closed his red eyes and his ears pinned back. He sniffed the air and darted his head into different directions. For a few moments, Zachary sniffed and listened, darting his head to many directions until he finally stopped. His snubbed nose was pointing to the far right of him when his ears returned to their normal position. He opened his eyes; the red irises glowed with great red power. Zachary took in a deep breath, expanding his chest with air. Then, with lungs filled with cold air, Zachary quickly ran through the dark woods. Leaves and pine needles slowly flew into the air as he passed them by with his enormous speed.

The fast being dressed in brown sped through the forest without making a sound. He did not sniff the air, or did he let out his breath. Zachary ran through the speeding trees before he entered a clearing and saw the form of Selena standing the darkness. He sped as fast as he could towards her. Zachary held out his right hand, ready to clutch her throat. Finally, Zachary let out his breath as he slammed into Selena's frozen form. His fingers wrapped around her throat and held her up high into the air.

Selena gripped at Zachary's wrists as she stared down into the red eyes with terror in her black covered eyes. "Shit ..." She gasped.

Zachary slowly lowered her, enough for him to stare face to face with her. His face was lacking expression and the red glowing eyes slowly flickered. "Hello again." He said in a stern voice.

Selena gasped for air as her face grew red. "I thought ... I thought people like you ... Only existed in fairy tales .... But I was wrong ..."

Zachary pulled her close to his face. "If you believed in fairy tales, you would be informed it is not safe for a young woman to roam the woods alone."

Selena gave a hesitated scoff. "Or what ... The big bad wolf will get me?"

Zachary nodded. "Among other things."

Selena released her grip on Zachary's wrists and gave a smile as drops of blood ran down both of her nostrils. "I'm not the one wearing red all the time."

Zachary released his grip and was thrown onto the ground by a harsh slap from a giant paw coming from within the darkness behind him! He slid into the dirt a few inches before stopping. His red eyes stared forward as Selena fell onto her knees and began to giggle at him.

Zachary pushed himself onto his feet; dust clouds formed around him as he did. He darted his eyes to the wolf like beast emerging from the dark woods. Its white eyes stared blankly at him as drool fell out of its mouth. Anger grew on Zachary's face. "Ezra ... I really wish you could understand what is going on here." He gnashed his teeth and the sharp canines quickly slid down to his bottom lip. "You dare try your mind tricks on my friend!" He roared with an unearthly, almost demonic, voice.

Selena gently stood onto her feet and popped her neck. She slowly walked over to the beast and began to pet its head. "I think of it as my friend now."

Zachary took in a breath and let out a heavy sigh. "I will make a deal with you then, release your mental grip on her mind and I will let you walk out of this property without harm."

Selena laughed as more drops of blood ran down her nose. Her left eyelid flickered for a moment. "What? Scared of the big bad wolf?"

Zachary held out his hands beside him, twisting his fingers into claws; the sharp black nails pushed against the fingertips of the leather gloves and sliced right through the fabric. "I am more afraid of the pain I will cause to my friend. Release her now."

Selena swayed her head in a circle, her blond hair ran across her face as she did. She raised her hand into the air, just above the wolf, and held her index finger, thumb and middle finger tight against each other.

The wolf started to snarl, raising its large lips to reveal blood covered sharp teeth.

Selena coughed. "No." Then she snapped her fingers.

The wolf lunged forward to Zachary with an open mouth filled with razor sharp teeth! The small ears pinned against its head and an evil growl escaped its throat as it neared to Zachary.

Zachary hunched his back and held out the claw like fingers. He opened his mouth wide, unhinging his jaw like a snake!

The wolf collided into Zachary's chest, but as it did, Zachary's form exploded into a black fog! The wolf ran through the fog and stumbled forward for a moment in confusion.

Zachary's fog form returned into his humanoid one and he ran over to Selena with a loud demonic hiss! Before he could reach the young woman, he was thrown onto the ground by the massive strength of the beast behind him!

The beast bit into Zachary's back and clawed at his clothing! Zachary forced his palms onto the ground and then shoved his body upwards. The two flew five feet into the air before slamming back down onto the ground. The beast landed on its feet a few inches away from Zachary. Zachary landed on his stomach on the pine needle covered ground. He rolled over onto his back and groaned in pain.

The wolf like beast shook its head and licked its lips in a daze.

"Finish him!" Yelled Selena. "He is right there!"

Zachary pushed himself up just enough to look at the beast. It snarled and slowly crept towards him. Blood dripped from its lips as it readied for another attack. Zachary sighed and closed his eyes. "Lord, forgive me." He whispered to himself. He could hear the wolf snarl and growl before he heard the four heavy paws slam down onto the ground. Zachary quickly took in a deep breath and pushed himself onto his feet.

The wolf like beast was right beside him with open jaws and wild eyes. There, it stood frozen in time along with the large dirt cloud that was rising into the air from its massive feet.

Zachary walked over to the young woman. As he slowly walked over to Selena, the wounds in his back, made from the wolf's bite and claws, slowly closed and healed themselves; only the tears of his leather jacket and shirt were left over the pale skin that shown through.

Selena stood frozen in time; she was yelling with blood spraying out of her nose and spit flying out of her mouth. Her hair sat in a wild frozen state and her arms were outstretched.

Zachary slowly walked over to Selena; he walked behind her and placed his hands on her back. He arched his elbows he began to lean forward. He closed his eyes and shook his head before he let out his held breath. As soon as he did, Zachary shoved the woman forward as hard as he could.

Selena screamed as she flew into the air and landed right in front of the wolf! The wolf's teeth sank into Selena's shoulder. Blood ran out of the bite wounds and through the teeth of the wolf.

Selena screamed and tried to fight the wolf. Her black eyes began to lose their power from the shock of the attack. The blue eyes were filled with terror as the wolf continued to bite into her arm!

The wolf's eyes slowly lost the white glare and the piercing yellow eyes emerged with such great fury. The beast shook Selena with its teeth and tossed her to the side. The sound of the blood dripping from the wolf's mouth onto the ground was followed by the heavy paws snapping pine needles in-two. The victim laid on the ground in a shocked daze in a pool of her own blood. As she panted in fear, steam shot out of her mouth. The wolf did not waste time, it opened its jaws and bit down onto the back of Selena's neck. With one heavy twitch of its own head, the wolf twisted Selena's neck. The snap echoed throughout the woods.

Zachary stood back and watched as the wolf killed the woman. His fingernails began to slide back into the leather gloves and his sharp long canines slid back into his mouth. The young man dusted off the shoulders of his leather jacket. The sound of flesh tearing and bone snapping could be heard from the direction of the wolf and Selena's dead body. He closed his red eyes and lowered his head; with a whisper in his throat and his lips moving quickly, Zachary said a prayer.

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