Moonwolf: The hunted. (closed for ladyme)

[Ravenloft]

Clayton Zane now knew the family secret as he drove, white knuckled to his sister's home across the state from him. He'd known he was different from others since his teenage years, when his senses grew so keen he could track individual class mates by their scent. He, unlike his sister, saw it as a gift when the animal side of him awoke, it made him feel so alive to give into it. He never had any fear that it could control him if he didn't want it to.

For the longest time he thought it was some sort of blessing from an ancient goddess, Gaia perhaps, he never imagine it was because he was an alien, not of this earth! To be honest, when he learned the truth from the bounty hunter who had tried to kill him not but a week ago he felt quite let down to find his birthright was nothing more than genetic engineering so that he could survive on planet earth.

Crazy enough that he and his sister were lycanthropes, but aliens as well? He was having a hard time dealing with it all, especially if what the bug faced bastard had told him was true, that he and his sister were the last pure ones of his race and that someone was paying an impossible amount to have them killed. That was all he could get out of the bug before it forced him to kill it.

He took the bastards weapon and items, but had no idea how to use them, perhaps with his sister's help, the could figure some of them out. That is, if she would even let him through her door with this absolutely insane store of his.

Well, the time was now, as he pulled up into her driveway, he honked the horn in a pattern. Hnk hnkhnkHNK hnk hnkhnk! Partly to get her attention, partly to annoy her. He grinned to himself briefly remembering all the little ways he would torment her in their youth. Shit, she might not even open the door for me... He thought to himself with a chuckle as he got out of his shitty, beat up old car and walked up to her door.

 

[Ladyme]

~This thing my brother called a "gift" was more of a curse than a gift. I couldn't date anyone because I could lose control and kill the person I'm dating. I hated my extra senses. They just made things that much harder to pretend I'm normal. He could never convince me that this was a "gift"~
*hears your car horn, and ignores it at first, knowing only you would honk your horn like that, but when you stop, I hear your car door open and close, your footsteps drawing near. Groaning, I walk to the front door, opening it*
If someone isn't dead, then go away.
*only half meaning what I said, I open the door wider and step to the side, smelling that it was about to rain*

 

[Ravenloft]

Cee Zee, that's what she used to call him, stopped short of the door and gave his sister a guilty look, ribbing the back of his neck. "Not so loud! Jeeze sis!" He glanced back at the trunk of his car, where he'd stashed the body of the bugman, he knew his sister would never believe his story if he didn't have proof, and besides, earth probably still wasn't ready to learn it's not alone in the universe, not just yet.

Clay put a finger to his lips as the unfamiliar scent from his trunk reached her just before the rain hit. He smirked and guided her back inside her place as realization of what he had done washed over her face. "Oh, don't worry, it wasn't human, and besides, it was trying to kill me!" He whispered excitedly.

In the entryway of her house, clay shook the rain that had just briefly fallen on his head out, smattering her and the walls in cool November rain. She hated when he did that, so he loved doing it. "So... did you know, we're aliens?" He asked with a straight face, his hair a spiky wet mess, smelling distinctly wolfish. He flashed her a smile as she stared in disbelief before quickly stepping around her to check out her place. "Ooh my, what a big couch you have little sister." He observed as if he hadn't just dropped such a bombshell on her mere seconds ago. He sniffed the air then and froze in place. "Wait!" He put a hand up to stop her from talking and sniffed again. "Are you baking something?" He grinned a toothy smile from ear to ear. "Betty Crocker brownies? Double chocolate?"

Without warning he rushed off to find the kitchen so he could have first crack at them leaving her standing there, in the entryway, rather stunned.

 

[Ladyme]

*taking another sniff, I was relieved it wasn't human. But it wasn't familiar..... Almost... Otherworldly.....*
Aliens? What have you been smoking?
*sniffs you, making sure you weren't high. I growl, annoyed when you walked off*
Where are you going?
*as you approach the oven, I jump in front of it. Though you could easily push me out of the way, I knew you wouldn't. Not because you thought I was fragile, but you knew I didn't fight fair*
What are you going off about? Aliens? No such thing!

 

[Ravenloft]

"Peote..." He called back over his shoulder after she asked what he was smoking. "Where do you think? I smell brownies, I want some." He was about to pull them out of the oven when she got in his way. "Hey! Get out of the way, Snot nose! I want a brownie!" He stepped back, giving his sister a condescending look. "Really? Okay then..." He fished his keys out of his pocket and tossed them at her, using the opportunity to feint his way around her and get to the oven. "You tell me what that... thing, rotting in the trunk of my car is then. I'm gonna stay in here and eat all your brownies. Hey, got any milk?"

 

[Ladyme]

*growling, I grab your ear, digging my nails into it, and pull you with me. Walking to your car, the smell gets stronger. Reaching the trunk of your car, I let go of your ear*
YOU open it.
*crossing my arms, I hear you mutter under your breath about those brownies. I growl once I hear you call me Little Lupa Luna, the name you have me that you knew would piss me off. I hated how ironic my name was, Luna. I pushed my wet hair out of the way, the rain not easing up*
Holy fucking shit......
*staring wide eyed as you open the trunk, my heart nearly stops in horror*
What the hell IS that thing?!

 

[Ravenloft]

"Ow, ow, ow, OW, OW! Jesus, fuck! Let up, will ya, Lupa Luna! Damn!" Clay grumbled, annoyed that she dragged him back out into the rain and away from those brownies. He folded his arms in self satisfied victory as she tried to figure out what it was she was looking at in his trunk. "See? I told you! Some kind of bug man! Maybe next time you'll believe me, huh?" He quickly shut the trunk again. "Now, let's get out of the rain already! Last one in does the dishes!" And with that, Clay rushed for the door!

 

[Ladyme]

*i didn't bother racing you back to the house. I knew you would never wash the dishes. Sighing, head back in, trying to wrap my brain around what was happening*
Ok. Tell me what you know.
*sitting down, I cut the brownies, giving you half of them*

 

[Ravenloft]

"Well, I'm trying to sleep, right? But there's this nagging pull at the back of my brain, like somethings just not right... I thought it was just the pull of the moon, you know. Oh, thank you sis, these look amazing! Anyway, I'm about to down a whole bottle of melatonin when I hear this click and humming sound, right? I quick, roll off my bed and throw a pillow in that bug eyed freaks face! Then I leapt on top of him and pummel him within an inch of his life!" Clay started to bounce in this seat a little, reliving the excitement of the moment as he gave Luna a slightly subdued reenactment of the action using the brownies she sat in front of him.

"It dropped its gun, or blaster, or whatever his weapon was and desperately tried yo get me off of him. Good thing it wasn't a full moon yet, I had enough restraint not to kill it just yet. Then things got kind of weird. It clearly gave up, but kept clicking an chirping at me, I had no idea what it was saying... It needed me to poke some sort of tub back into its face mask before it could talk, took me a few minutes to figure that out. But finally I did and it must have had some sort of translator in that mask of his, cause he started sounding human after that. Scared shirtless, but human. I totally told him 'you have one chance to live, tell me why you tried to shoot me!' Action hero style and every thing, it was great! It looked like it was going to pee itself but told me we are aliens, the last of our kind, that we have a price on our heads... That's all I could get out of it, cause he started begging for his life so I punched him in the face, must have broke the communicator thing, he went back to clicking at me and reached for his weapon. I couldn't figure it out, so I beat him with it until he stopped moving. I cleaned up, stuffed him in the trunk then came her. Hey, got any more brownies?" Clay asked as he licked his plate clean.

 

[Ladyme]

*eats the brownies silently, listening to your story. Towards the end, I reach for another, but only grasp air. I look down and see that I was down to crumbs. Ugh. I always did this. I hate being a nervous eater*
Oh, uh, no. I used the last of the brownie mix.
*purses my lips, my nose scrunching up and my eyebrows knitting together. Staring down at my plate, I try to let this information sink in. Getting up, I take our plates and put them in the sink then grab my e-cigarette*
Ok. So...... What do we do now?
*my eyes widen in horror*
Do you think..... Mom and dad's murderer was..... One of them?
*looks at the door nervously, remembering mom and dad's mangled bodies left to rot in the kitchen while we were at school 18 years ago*

 

[Ravenloft]

"Well, first of all, I don't think we should stay here. If they found me, they're definitely going to find you eventually. We need to go on the run, don't worry, I can pay for hotels or whatever with the money from my online occult shop. Kids today, they can't get enough of the stuff."

Clay considered mom and dads murders for a moment. "Mmmmaybe? No, they were torn up, this guy tried to shoot me, whoever did mom and dad, they made it personal, this guy just wanted the bounty. Feel kind of bad about killing him now. I should have made him show me how to use his blaster first. Hey, maybe we can figure it out if we put our heads together."

As Luna got up and went to the sink Clay stole a glance at her behind. Damn, she was fine, he almost regretted tormenting her all those years, but hey, it was all in good fun, she knew that, right? Now, according to the bug man they were the only ones left of their race. "You know, that bug man said one other thing... didn't really sink in until just now. He said we are the last pure bred of our kind... said that we have to die to ensure our race is no more."

 

[Ladyme]

*goes to my room, grabbing some clothes and putting them in a suitcase. After a moment of consideration, I bring the jewelry (most of which I inherited from mom) to sell in case we needed money. I also grab my Running bag, which I keep in case I need to make a quick escape from the area, which held a lighter, $500, a thin blanket, my Swiss Army knife, some canned food, and other necessities*
Why do they want us dead so damn badly? What did we do?
*closing the suitcase and putting my Running bag on my back, I head back to the kitchen*

 

[Ravenloft]

"Well that was easy, I thought you were going to be harder to convince than that. What a relief." Clay got up and dug through her pantry and fridge for anything else that wouldn't spoil too quickly. No sense in letting it all go to waste. "Hell if I know, but it seems like they've been at it for a long time if you and I are the last. I guess we must be pretty dangerous to them or something. Ant man out there kept saying we were pure, whatever that means."

 

[Ladyme]

Weird.
*taking some water bottles from the fridge, I put them in my Running bag. Going to the bathroom, I grab toothpaste, my toothbrush, and a hairbrush*
I think we should take my car. They might recognize your car.
*smirking a bit*
Besides, I don't know how much more your dump of a car can take!
*sticking my tongue out at you, I grab my car keys. Before heading out the door, I grab the gun from behind the false back of one of the cabinets, also grabbing the magazines of bullets, and, with some hesitation, the small box I keep just in case*
Ok. Let's go.

 

[Ravenloft]

"Low blow, sis. Low blow." Clay said, rolling his eyes at her as she stuck her tongue out at him and got her stuff. "Really? A gun? You know we can do way more with our claws and teeth than bullets, right?" He sighed to himself and shrugged, she still wanted to pretend she wasn't a beast inside apparently. He was going to have to do something about that before she got herself killed. "Whatever makes you feel safe, I guess, just don't do anything stupid with that thing, last thing we need is the law after us, okay?"

He put his hand out, expecting her to let him drive but the look in her eyes told a different story. "seriously? Fine, whatever, just get us out of dodge, okay Pocahontas?"

 

[Ladyme]

*ignoring your Pocahontas comment, I head out the door. Unlocking my jeep, I put the suitcase in the back along with my running bag. Starting the car, I look at you*
Where to?

 

[Ravenloft]

"Don't care, anywhere away from here. We should probably do something about the body before we go though." Clay popped the trunk of his car again and grabbed the bug man's weapon. "Come here, help me figure this thing out, maybe we can just disintegrate him with this. I didn't fiddle with it at all, mainly didnt want to fuck anything on it up. It's all alien to me but you're smart, I thought maybe you could figure it out without breaking it or getting us killed. I'm guessing he probably had it set to stun seeing as he might have needed proof that he killed me to get paid? I don't know... you're better with guns than I am..." He gingerly pushed the odd, alien rifle into Luna's capable hands to figure out.

 

[Ladyme]

*taking it, I see a see a blinking circle. Pointing the gun away from anyone, I press it, but nothing happens. I see an area on the top that looked like it was pushed down, so I put the palm of my other hand over it and it started to hum. Pressing my finger on the button again, a lazzer beam shot into the ground, leaving a hole a half inch in diameter, and, on inspection, about two inches deep*
I think I figured it out, though I have an idea.
*pressing a harder on the top, I press the button again, this time, the later left a steaming hole about three inches in diameter and about a foot deep. Having you drag the body onto the driveway, I shoot it, pressing the top as hard as I can. The corpse erupted in fire, which was so hot, I thought my face was going to melt off*
Ok, let's go.

 

[Ravenloft]

"Holy shit!" Clay exclaimed after the first shot, jumping back and turning wolfish purely out of instinct for a moment. "Yeah?" He asked, hesitant to approach her now that she knew how to use it. She fired again and he took a step back, balling his fist up in front of his mouth in giddy surprise. "Holy shit!" Was all he could say as he saw what the alien weapon could do. After they had destroyed the alien body Clay couldn't help but give Luna a big hug. "That's my best girl! Holy shit! You just atomized an alien with his own death Ray! Princess Luna is a bad ass!" Clay drew back, holding her steady by her shoulders, giving her a good long look over. His eyes lit up with admiration and he suddenly kissed both her cheeks Italian style. "God Damn, you're beautiful!" He said with a chuckle as he let go of her and got in the jeep.

 

[Ladyme]

*a bit stunned, I stand there awkwardly for a second or two, as I had never been very good with recieving affection. Getting in the car, I buckle up. Pulling out of the driveway, I turn off the headlights and sped ahead, using my nocturnal vision to see. I decided to go to a small house on the mountainside I had built a few years before in case I became too dangerous for society. It was off the grid and away from civilization. I had used the last of my inheritance to build it*
We've got about 27 hours until we reach where we're going. That is, if I don't stop driving at this speed.
*glancing at the speedometer, I see we're going at about 95 mph. I kick it up to 125*
Scratch that. We'll make it in 21 hours now.
*it was nearly midnight, so I didn't have to worry about anyone else on the road. Glancing at you, I chuckle*
Relax, I'm a better driver than you remember. I'm not 14 anymore. We'll live.
*continues laughing at you, your hands gripping the sides of the seat in anxiety*

 

[Ravenloft]

"Gaia's tits, Luna! I can get us a hotel room, we don't have to go so Damn fast! Last thing we need is the law on our asses too! Night patrols, you know... Relax yourself, let's not push our luck here, at least slow it down to a few mph over the speed limit, if not put the lights back on. Try to pass for human a little longer, okay?!"

Clay hated cars, he could sense every time the tires left the road and how the air stream around it made them shift and wobble. It was like walking across a tightrope made out of dental floss, the lack of control he felt, going so fast. "I'll never get used to this shit..." He whispered to himself, trying not to hyperventilate.

 

[Ladyme]

*sighing, I slow down and put the headlights back on. I hated going slow. 65mph felt like a crawl*
Fine. But it will take us longer to get there.
*as dawn started to break several hours later, I stifled a yawn. More and more people start to to fill the highway*
Ok, let's stop until nightfall.
*taking the next exit, I head to a motel*

 

[Ravenloft]

"Take the freeway next time, we can go about 77 there without much of a hassle from the cops, but that's pushing it." Clay visibly relaxed a bit, but was still kind of on edge. He let out a sigh and looked over at his sister. "Thank you, we've got the time, besides, it's been a few years, we should catch up. You look great, your hairs shorter though. You're not seeing anyone, are you?"

The hours flew by as they caught up on each other's lives. Clay actually felt pretty close to her even after all those years apart now that they had talked. He touched her hand as she yawned and smiled at her. "Okay, sleepy head, let's get a room, you need some rest." He sniffed and made a face. "And I need a shower. Ugh! Why didn't you say something? I smell like a wet dog!"

 

[Ladyme]

*snickers*
You always smell like that!
*smiles, glad that we caught up on each others lives. I had admitted that I haven't found anyone who I felt I could be completely honest about myself with. I used my ability to talk to dogs to train service dogs, which payed handsomely*
Ok. We're here.

 

[Ravenloft]

"Hey, no I don't, not always, especially not after sex." Clay left Luna with that thought as he went and played for a room. He walked back with a pair of card keys, tossing her one as he got within a few feet of her. "We're in 2E, nothing fancy, no mini bar or room service, but there is a snack and ice machine in the hall and cable tv in the room, oh, and an outdoor pool... I'm going to be in the shower. See you in a bit." He said with a smile as he rushed off toward the room, leaving her to unpack the car.

He was already in the shower when he heard her enter. "Hey sis, we're in luck, they have a mini coffee maker and a hair dryer in here! Better than I thought it was going to be. Oh, and some weird mini spa kit on the left bed, foot cream, body spray, moisturizing oil... looked pretty kinky to me. All it was missing was some fuzzy cuffs and a feather for a real good time! Oh, and you might want to call the front desk, I'm totally going to use all the shampoo, it's so tiny! I'll leave you some soap though..." He started to wash his hair as he talked and spat out a couple of mouth fulls of water. "Hey, look to see if they have bbc america, will ya? I wanna see if we can catch Doctor Who!"

After blathering up his hair, using almost three fourths of the tiny bottle, he set it down and let the lather do its work on his hair as he bathed up the rest of the way. Relaxing, letting his guard down for the first time in weeks, just letting the hot water sooth him.