Xander told his Guard to stick with me… but at least two should be with him. Besides… his Guard might find that order to be difficult. I was faster than them. Freya purred, “They are proud we know Latin.” I could see there were impressed I knew their language.
I’m sure they knew that would come in handy. Not many in the earthly realm learned Latin. Elise linked me, “You need to be careful. EJ linked me they know you’re the white wolf.” I warned, “You need to be careful as well. I’ve never fought Werebengals… but there is a scenario here where they target the women. They could want to take out the females first.” I thought about it.
Wherever they traveled from they might not want to leave. If they thought they could weaken the males and defeat them… they might want the territory itself. To take out the Conners would be a big statement.
They might believe others would leave them alone. They could also just try to surround… well me… all to subdue and take me back to wherever they had planned. They could also be waiting to see how things developed. UGH! I hated not knowing the tactics of the other side.
Tristan linked me, “Stick with me. Dalton said that EJ linked him that they know who you are.” I rolled my eyes. I told my older brother, “I can protect myself. You and Apollo just focus on who comes for you.” Tristan growled in our link.
I linked my friends, “Watch them carefully. If they start targeting powerful females… we have a problem.” Masonscoffed, “THEN we have a problem?! We already have a damn problem!” I explained, “If they target the females… they’ve done their research, and they know who is in charge. That’s a problem because they could want to take over the territory.”
Sierra reasoned, “That would be suicide.” I warned her, “You watch your back. If that’s their battle strategy… they want to take you down.” Sierra snorted, “I’m not going down to Werebengal…. no matter how cool it is that we are about to fight them.”
Xander opened with his Fairy powers. I pulled the knife from my shoe watching a group of Tigers advancing on me. Apollo and Ajax bounded over to engage them. This first wave was a distraction though. There was a wave behind them.
While we didn’t know how they fought, the Werebengals had done their research. They knew they would be engaged first and were ready. These were people prepared to die to get me. That did not bode well. People ready to die had nothing to lose.
I killed my first Werebengal. One seemed to be smirking at me. I grabbed the Werebengals claws. Freya hissed, “They are coated with silver, wolfsbane, iron, and Mintor poison.” Great. That was great. I felt an itch on my shoulder.
I looked the opposite direction and saw Emma Frost fighting, but she’d gone pretty far away from the group. She was about to take a swipe across her arm. She had no idea how much pain that would cause her. I couldn’t warn Emma in time, and she screamed in agony.
Finn Frost howled but he wasn’t close enough to her to do anything. Dylan Frost was though. The Werebengal went for Emma’s throat. She was in too much pain to do anything to stop the blow. One Werebengal shifted back and dropped a dome. It wasn’t very powerful though… for some reason I could sense that.
I didn’t know if it would keep the Fairies out… but I knew it couldn’t keep me out. I took off running for Dylan as he literally put his life on the line for his daughter in law. The Werebengal clearly didn’t care who it killed first. I knew they’d plan to kill Emma after Dylan.
I felt myself pass through the barrier that everyone else was stuck outside of. I tackled the Werebengal before he could kill Dylan. He’d managed to slash the former Beta across the stomach though. It was a deep gash too.
The wolfsbane had him shifting back. The combination of silver and wolfsbane was not helping his ability to heal himself. Xander had figured out half the plan, so I told him my theory… which was confirmed by this Werebengal going for the kill.
I linked Elise, “They want the females in positions of powers. They are going for the kill. Be careful. Because as they know who I am….they know who you are.” Elise growled in response. I wanted to go to her, but I couldn’t right now.
I knew Xander would take care of this threat, and I had to trust him and our Warriors. Freya said, “Rhea is fine. I can tell you if she needs us.” I replied, “Good. Let’s do this.” I assessed Dylan. He linked, “Hmmm this seems like you are trained. Are you doctor, MelAshley?”
I replied, “Uhh… what? No… I mean... I could be… maybe… someday.” I was a certified EMT though. It was a practical license and certification to have. I pulled out some gauze and put it on Dylan’s wound.
Dylan wheezed, “You have to help Emma first.” Emma gasped between breaths, “Dylan….you… have… to… tell… Finn… I love him… and I’m sorry.” Freya said, “If it was her wolf, I could heal her. It’s a good thing you have that serum.” I knew that.
Dylan snorted, “I will do no such thing because you are not dying, Emma. You’re not allowed to die so you just put those silly notions aside. This is a mind over matter deal. The scratchthat awful Werebengal, who is not cool at all, gave you isn’t too bad. My goddess and the Mini Moody SGAP will fix you right up. Have no fear, daughter in law of mine.”
Emma wheezed, “Mintor poison with wolfsbane and silver will do me in.” Dylan’s eyes widened in panic. He looked at me frantically demanding, “Now would be the time to do something with your go go gadget special watch. You’ve got something to save her. Right, MelAshley?”
I nodded, “I’ll save her… it’s not a go go gadget watch… but it does… I don’t have all of them… but we can get them… here. I can absolutely save her… it’s a… she’s important to Xander… and like family… so yeah... I got this.” Emma coughed.
We could hear everyone on the outside of the barrier, but they didn’t seem to be able to hear us. Eric linked me, “Can you save her?” I answered, “Yes… because… umm… I can. So… plus there’s a whole plan if I couldn’t.”
Eric questioned, “What plan?” I replied, “I’m pretty sure I could bring Haley or Xander in here with me…if I couldn’t save Emma… but it’s ok… I’ve got it.” I pushed three buttons on my watch. The small vial I had for the partial Wolves and Hood members came up.
I had one just for the Hood for Mintor poisoning, but Emma needed the big dose. I told her, “This is going to really hurt, but it will help you. I didn’t get the pain side of this one worked out yet… because… poison is hard… but Olivia and I….”
Dylan squealed, “Ohhh they combined their science brains to use their powers for awesomeness.” I added, “And Paige so… it’s a group effort… but Olivia and I are trying to isolate the…” Emma tried to laugh which made me wince.
Emma assured me, “It can’t hurt worse than dying.” Dylan wiped a tear out of his eye. Her father in law said, “Now, now I’ll not have any more of this dying talk. MelAshley is here. There will be no dying.”
Dylan waved in Eric’s direction, “I have declared it and thus it is so. I’m tapping into my empathetic connection with LGSAP. No one can deny my decrees at this moment. You know that’s true love right there, Emma Frost. I ignore that connection we share after both becoming dads and being in laws. Only for you and special others will I open that ability we share.” I bit my lip, so I didn’t laugh.
I injected Emma with the dose. I linked Sierra and Valentina, “You need to get to my place in Nashville. We need more of the partial Hood serum, Laxenread, and MDTJ.” Sierra told me, “You could tell your family you named the Werewolf cure after them.” I could….but to be fair they hadn’t asked. It did stand for Mom, Dad, Tristan, and Jason. If they asked… I’d tell them.
I touched another button and the dose for Dylan came out. I linked Gage, “You’re with Abigail, right? She’s going to be targeted.” Gage replied, “I won’t let them touch her.” Good. To my surprise Dylan shook his head declining the Werewolf Serum.
