Chapter 7; The first showdown.

Drexel

We found ourselves in an area of dense and swampy vegetation filled with trees, I signalled to Oyumar and he prepped it a little before letting the hawk fly, on seeing that I tapped my throat mic and got connected to Oscar.

" Oscar the drone's online" 

" Affirmative I have you in position" he said the connection was so clear I could hear his fingers bouncing on the keys of his laptop. 

" Do you spot Xander around" I inquired. 

" Gimme a sec... Okay yeah his not too far from you it seems he couldn't elude his captors long enough, he's currently being dragged towards a pickup and it seems they are going to some kinda cave which is kinda weird since Okefenokee is generally a forest of flat terrain" he said and hesitated. 

" What?" I asked 

" I'm getting heat waves from it, probably from generators or a lot of people,but they did quite a good job of masking the heat signature, that should be their torture facility, if you guys move now you can get to them before they get there" he concluded. 

I together with Xi'an and Oyumar had a dash eastwards passing through the tiniest of openings and the soft soles of our boots making almost no sound while we ran, I got to the ambush spot before everyone else and waited for a few seconds before I spotted their pick up's headlights Xi'an and Oyumar were probably lying in wait. 

The pick up stopped a few metres from me and one of the occupants alighted and came towards while I stood with my hooded head bowed. 

" Hey who the f*ck are you?" He barked and laid a hand on my shoulder, big mistake I slashed nearly his entire neck in one sharp move and saw the pickup's driver speaking into a walkie talkie before a bullet passed through side window and penetrated his skull. I knew Xi'an or Oyumar would have dealt with the guy in the back pinning Xander down with a gun to his head cause I heard another shot, then Oscar's voice came on the radio bud. 

" Get moving guards on the far side and they're coming in hot!" 

" Roger" I said in reply and faced the other three 

" Nice to see you again Xander and boy!, Is your face a mess" I teased 

" Nice to see you too and it feels worse than it looks, besides whose the new guy?" He said and nodded towards Oyumar.

" Tell you later, you guys had better leave we'll meet at the rendezvous point, some guys are coming I wanna hold them off for as long as I can" I explained. 

" What about you?" Oyumar asked. 

" I'll survive, I've always had" I said absent-mindedly and they boarded the pick-up and drove off. 

I pulled out my pistol and loaded it giving it a satisfactory cock, eventually I saw a pack of werewolves partially still human with claws sticking outta their fingers and I took a deep breath feeling adrenaline rushing in my veins, if that were possible.

" C'mon" I said and they lunged at me, they soon regretted it because within minutes dead men were sprawled across the ground in different forms of agony. One, two, three... Ten more I thought and flexed my fingers. 

" Let's end this" I said and charged hard with blood rage which fueled my speed and power and took them within five seconds I stood over the gore and flexed my wrists my chest heaving with exertion and perspiration before I heard a loud roar and turned to come face to face with Scar. 

" Drex?" He said in surprise making me take off the hood of my black leather jacket. 

" Scar" I countered. 

" I see you're still in good health" he said scornfully and extended his claws and added " You must be thirsty for revenge right now". 

" Yeah... I am" I said and dropped my pistol replacing it with another curved dagger his eyes glowed red while I let myself feel the power of my rage, we charged at each other with me trying to utilize every opening and slash at him we fought for a while before he laid hold of my hands and applied pressure on the veins making me drop the daggers automatically he then gave me a kick that sent me flying and crashing my back against a tree, he lunged that moment with his outstretched clawed hand which I ducked and landed a gloved fist on his jaw breaking it, he stumbled back and with the rage still powering my reflexes, I moved with nearly the speed of sound laying hold of his hand I twisted it behind him and with a wave of my foot, I broke the connection between his feet and the ground. 

I saw my chance and went to retrieve my dagger, I came up to him while he was still trying to recover and threw him a mischievous smile and tried to stab him but that moment a sudden pain tore through me and I paused my hand in mid air unable to move. 

" Hurts, doesn't it?" He said and snapped his jaw back in place, only then did I notice the gaping gash in my stomach and fell, while he stood I noticed drops of some black liquid on his claws. 

I was beginning to lose focus on him " I'll finally have the pleasure of killing you" he said and ran to deliver the final blow only to be sent back by the graze of a bullet that carved a deep trench on the side of his head, he looked ahead of me and skillfully dodged a few more shots shifted to a full wolf and ran off. 

Soon I was surrounded by Xi'an, Oyumar and Xander who without warning tore a slit across his hand letting the blood drop on my lips, unable to control myself I dug my fangs into his hand and drew some more of his blood before I forcefully released his hand and stood up my composure partially recovered. 

" Thanks" I said curtly

" Drex we gotta leave here more wolves on the far side" Xi'an repeated what I already know, we linked hands and I closed my eyes in concentration, we got covered in mist and it soon seemed like we were moving.