《(Old) The Time of Night is Midnight》Chapter 2
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The winds in this small valley kept pushing me this and that way, making it hard to keep myself balance. There were two sweet spots in the air that are not as bad as the air around them but they kept changing too much. It was getting too much time and energy consuming to deal with finding the sweet spots that I decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
There wasn't anyway of telling where I'm at but I kept heading Northwest to the forest areas of the United States. Though by going up north, I could hunt for some delicious moose, deer, or bear meat.
Plus it was taking more time than wanted to reach the area that could give me great cover. This valley was way too barren for me to survive here and I haven't seen or heard a mouse or rabbit squeak from the time I have been flying over the land.
Another gust pushes me out of sync and causes me spin out control. Gladly this it was only a quick burst of air and I was able to catch myself before plummeting to the ground. The impact wouldn't kill me per say but it would be a pain in my ass having to wait for me heal to a point of where I could fly again. It would most definitely break at least a bone in one of my wings.
That was a close call from almost plummeting into the ground and a decision was made; instead of staying out view and so low to the ground in the valley, I'll fly as high as my lungs can handle. There was a point if I fly too high; there was a chance of me blacking out. It has happened a couple of times from getting my lungs use to the low oxygen
Pumping my wings hard against the blowing wind, I was able to get myself high above the land. Hopefully no stupid humans gaze up at the sky to see and freak out. They'll most likely take a picture or call the cops then take a picture because they want to show that monsters do exist.
The sun was once more leaving the sky once again to allow the stars to take over the sky. It was getting colder than the old hideout that went up into flames and explosions. Though the cold temperature of mid thirties wasn't slowing me down one bit. The cold barely bothers me, like it was below freezing than I might have some trouble feeling my limbs.
Far off in the land below me, I could see the pine trees of some state in the north. The blanket of darkness that takes over the night didn't stop me from seeing far. It felt natural to be the darkness like this and helped calm me down a bit from being on high alert from the attack.
Flying over the tall pine trees, all different kinds of smells took over my nose and gave me a small headache. It was over whelming and will take some time get use to all the smells that are of the forest below me. And all the noises of the prey and predators that live in these parts.
Finding a small clearing to land safely, the trees are too thick to land and will give me a hard time flying away if I needed to escape, I land gently on wet ground. It seemed as if it rained earlier in the day or yesterday as the wetness hasn't left yet and the air still hung onto the high humidity.
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Glancing around the small clearing, I turn to the left and start heading that direction. My new mission is to find a thicket to have as my home or have some kind of cover for the night. Once I get some sleep and rest, I'm going to go out do some hunting and seek out water.
Nothing was grabbing my attention for some kind of place to rest for the night except the strong odor of wolf marking. I could tell I had entered their territory many paces away but following them into their territory could lead me to a kill sight.
My prediction was correct as I could smell the fresh kill of some kind of prey. It smelt delicious and made my mouth water at the thought of tearing through the delicious meat of a fresh kill.
The sound of many creatures tearing into meat caught my attention and I begin to close onto that noise.
It wasn't long until the crunching stopped and a low growl could be heard from the same direction. I let a deeper growl to be released from my throat to show my dominance to said creature. By now I could tell it was a wolf from the sound of the growl.
Continuing my way towards them, I could hear the sound of paws hitting the ground quickly. They are leaving their kill and coming towards me to probably ward me off or kill me. Most likely me since I'm an intruder in their territory and they will do anything to defend their land.
The pack of wolves, seven of them, surrounded me like doing their normal take down. If they do attack, I must stay on my feet or they will have the upper paw in the battle.
Without speaking in their native language which I can understand from my ability to shapeshift, they send two of their strongest to attack first. One goes for my right wing while the other goes for my left forearm. They sunk their teeth deep into my muscle, giving me a hard time to pulling my limbs out of their mouths.
Using my free hand, I use my claws to slash at the eyes of the wolf to get him off of me. He backs off stumbling and whimpering in pain, my claws must have hit his eye or both. His partner didn't back off and I did the same thing but tearing both clawed hands into his back. That for sure made him back off and whining like a bitch.
Another pair of wolves decided to attack but this time go for both of my forearms. A small whimper was released my mouth as the female wolf dug her teeth almost in the same spot the other wolf bit. Both of my clawed hands are unable to be used, unless I tear my hand out but that would cause my muscle and tendons to be ripped. That would take too long to heal if I needed to run or flee.
My next option was to use my acid venom that I can spit from my fanged teeth and that was used. Lifting up my upper lip to show off my long, sharp canines, I hiss and shot the venom on the female to my left right in the face. She instantly let go and tried to wipe it off, it only spread to her paws and more around her face.
The wolf hang on my right arm let go after knowing half of her group has been defeated and badly injured. The alpha growls low in a warning but his tail is in between his legs, he is scared shitless because of me.
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The pack of wolves run off, dragging the female that I spit venom at, and I follow the smell of delicious meat.
Skipping the part where I devour almost the entire carcass of the moose, I lazily climb a random oak tree in the middle of a pine tree forest. The bit marks on my arm aren't too bad but will have a possibility of getting infected. All animal bites do get infected no matter what you do; unless you're me, then you're chances are much lower.
Not wanting the bites to get infected, I drip some of the acid venom down on the cut on my left arm. I use my hand to rub it in to the bites to kill any bacteria inside or around. The venom doesn't affect me as I'm immune to the acid that it's made from.
Doing the same thing to my right arm and wing, I lie back down on the branch and wrap my tail to secure me from falling. Sleep came crashing like a wrecking ball and I welcomed it with opened arms.
Morning rolled around and the sun rose to take the place of the stars. My eyes groggily open to be greeted by the brightness of the morning sun. Rubbing the sleepiness from my eyes, I unwrapped my tail and stretch out all my tired limbs. Except my wings, the limbs of oak tree were in my way.
My mouth was a bit dry from not having any water for the past few days; the only liquid I have had was from the moose and its blood. A water source was needed to be found soon or there will be consequences and I can't have that happening.
The soreness from my bitten arms almost held me back from going out on my mission. Instead, I jump down from my perch and listen carefully for any sound of running water nearby. Something to the south of my position sounded to be running water and I begin making my way towards it.
After getting myself a nice drink and a bath without soap in the somewhat clean water, I decided to head into town to steal some clothes. Food isn't needed as the entire forest is filled with it.
My hair was in dismay and I used a slate of ice as a mirror to see what it looked like. I use my talons like a hair brush to make myself at least a bit of presentable. Later in the morning, I left to take a quick flight in the direction of northeast and pick a random store to steal from. With there being a water source not too far from my tree, that'll be my hideout until they come after me again.
It didn't take long to reach Oregon, not really where I wanted to be but it'll work. I found myself in a larger city called Bend; it was nerve racking having to be around so many people walking around. Also I was to shapeshift into my normal human form without the extra limbs so none of the people freak out.
When some of the humans would get too close or be stupid enough to bump shoulders, they would get a little burnt from me holding a piece of fire in my hand. It was there just in case I needed to protect myself. The human would jump and yelp in pain and it was a funny sight to see.
While strolling around to find a store that isn't super popular, a loud explosion shook the ground. More sounds of gun fire from humans rang out from the tall buildings. I flinch at the loudness of the gun fire and had to cover my ears when another earth shattering rang out.
Thinking the stupid humans that are hunting me are here and for some reason attacking the city, I shift back in my draconian form. My wings catch the air underneath them and I pump them hard to take me high in the air.
My ears could easily hear the screams, gasps, and other not-so-nice human sounds. They saw me take off and that's the reason they acted in fear or disgust.
Following the explosion, I find something you would see in movies; giant robots finding each other with one team having the help of humans. The thing that stuck out like a sore thumb was the blue eyed bots are fighting with the humans and protecting civilians the best they could.
Something over came me and my body acted on its own, I dashed forward and into the face of a red eyed bot. It was about to smash a group of idiotic humans who didn't move or get to cover. I go for the glass eyes and was able to dig my claws in his right eye. It grabs me and throws me no-so-gently in to a nearby building.
By him throwing me in to that building only fueled the adrenaline to kill the motherfucker.
"What the fuck?" I heard a confused voice to the right of me. Glancing to said direction, I spot a group of seventeen soldiers; nine of them had their guns pointed at me, ready to shoot. A smile ghosts my lips and I give a short wave to them before racing out of the hole I made with my body.
The bot who threw me was battling a blue eyed bot that has cannons on the top of his arms and a black paint job. Intercepting him before he could steal my kill, I take the water from a nearby broken fire hydrant. Controlling it to swirl around the red eyed bot, I force it to go in between its armor and freeze everything the water/ice touched.
It freezes and stays still as the ice didn't allow him to move an inch but it could still yell at me in its native language. A thought crosses my mind; expand the ice until he is ripped apart by it and that I did. I had to dodge a few flying pieces so I wasn't knocked out of the air.
A whirling of cannons sounded to the left of me and I snap my head in that direction. The blue eyed bot that was going to steal my kill has its cannons pointed strait at me. A scowl covers my face as he keeps holding his threatening pose.
"Put those down honey. Didn't you just see me take down that bad bot?" I grounded out and sassed. The bot thought about it for a few seconds before lowering its guns and nodded in appreciation.
Now knowing it won't attack me for saving its ass, I take off towards another red eyed bot. Let's call it Dorito of Doom as something that is a part of its back is in the shape of a Dorito.
The mini battle against Dorito of Doom didn't last long and it fled with its other team mates.
Landing on the ground roughly, I lean most of my weight against a wall that hasn't fallen. The adrenaline was wearing off and tiredness was taking its place. There wasn't any way for me to take off again and at least flying away from peering eyes.
My body was spent from the battle and healing my bones as quickly as possible.
"Hey, Hey! Miss are you alright?" A voice spoke to me from the left; it sounded a bit muffle as if I had cotton in my ears. Releasing a growl to ward off the human coming towards me, my knees buckled underneath my weight and I fell onto my hands and knees.
The inky darkness of blacking out was slowly inclosing my vision. The last thing I remember was falling on my side and letting the darkness over take my vision.
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