Shadow the Hedgehog

"Sure, if we live that long."

"Not yet. We can't leave this things to roam the countryside."

"Running into the woods not far away from the houses," thought Hope.

"Why did things have to go this way?"

"Get up you lumbering idiot," yelled the woman in frustration.

The woman missed and let her associate go after Melody. "We neecto move. This won't kill them but it'll slow them down," said Topaz, pulling the pin off a grenade before chuckibg it at incoming werewolves as the group ran away. "Ok Nelody, I'm counting on you," thought Hope.

The woman lunged at Melody; trying to grab her again. Outside, the others were trying to help Topaz take care of the wolves, but more kept coming.

The woman looked outside angrily. "Another blasted interruption!?" Topaz stabbed one of the knives into the nearest wolf before shooting it and yanking out the blade. "Yep, that's Topaz" thought Hope.

"Indeed. Have you made your choice?" Outside there was a brjght flash.

"They don't exist anymore. This is the way things are now."

"No. I suggested that idea many years ago, but no one else agreed. So I thought it best to at least be discrete. I don't wish to get hunted myself."

"She'd never live like us, nit least because of her likely view of our hunts."

"She'd never go along with that. Probably kill us all then herself."

"Exactly. Shouldn't take her that long." "They'll be unharmed. Like I said, we just need the princess gone."

"I hear all. Just got a message, Topaz is gearing up," thought Hope, her eyes on the large male wolf from before, seeing him as more volatile than the woman. "You don't have to hunt anyone. You can use it to become stronger, protect yourself and your friends. We all want that power and this could give it to you," said the woman, still smiling.

"Why don't you think of thisike a new form?" asked the woman. "A whole new experience."

"Interesting. And why exactly would you do that?" --- Topaz hurried to the apartment and used the key to get inside. Finding the silverware, she took all the sharp knives from it and tucked them into her belt.

"What can you transform then?" --- "What can we do?" asked Shadow. "Do you have anything silver?" asked Topaz. "Silver? Yes, a few things, you going off to hunt the supernatural?" "Unfortunately yes. Hope's gotten into some trouble in another Zone, I'm gonna pull her out as you two can't." "In the apartment there's some silverware. Just make sure you return it, and if you come across anything nice don't forget 'lil 'ol me," called Rouge, chucking her a key.

"Females who practice magic are generically called witches. What other types of spell can you do?" ---- Pondering for a moment, she headed to the break room to find Shadow and Rouge still waiting for their evaluations back. "I've got a favour to ask." (LOL! That'd certainly be something.)

"Spells? You're a witch?" ---- Topaz coukdn't believe the message she was reading. "Werewolves? I ask if she's serious but that teleporter can take her anywhere," she thought "Where am I gonna get silver?"

"Your body contorts and shifts. I'm not sure what experience you have with transformations, but this one is probably different."

"The initial transformation is agonising even for us. But over time it gets easier " ---- At GUN, Topaz was familiarising herself with the teleporter when she saw she had a message on her phone and opened it.

"Yes, by biting them and waiting for the next full moon.'

"Ok. I'm trying to get through ti GUN, I just hope I'm not spotted," thought Hope. The woman smiled. "Smart choice. And we are simply another race of creature on this planet, born as we are rather than turned."

The woman relented. "Perhaps I was tio rash. You don't want to join us,but you must want to live? Help us and you'll be free to leave. We have no quarrel with you." Outside, Hope was trying to discretely send a message to Topaz on her watch.