Chapter 4 Taken away

"Will you please take my shift tonight Lance? I'm exhausted man. Oliver had me working double shifts for almost a week now." The first voice complained. He sounded very young. The other laughed, it was deep sound but I could detect a certain kindness in it, "Fine but you'll owe me Roy." "Thanks man. I don't know why Oliver keeps on insisting we run so many shifts. The red head hasn't been back for weeks and the others haven't broken the treaty yet and I doubt they will." I carefully peaked around the corner and saw them, their bodies angled just enough that they wouldn't see me.

Both were large and muscular like the others, wearing just as little clothing. The one on the right in particular was massive and this one spoke next. "You have a lot to learn kid. Treaty or no treaty you should never trust bloodsucking leaches and besides that doesn't mean others won't come across our land. Hell I'm hoping that red headed parasite comes back. She won't escape this time if I have anything to say about it. You know it's our job to protect the people even when there seems to be little threat. It's who we are and what we're built for." His voice was clear and contained a great deal of authority that seemed to go beyond his actual age. Throughout the entire conversation my mind zeroed in on one particular word. Bloodsucking! I knew it, there were vampires in this area and these two knew, how they knew I wasn't sure but it confirmed my suspicions. What's more they talked about a treaty. Who would make a treaty with vampires or rather why would a vampire make a treaty in the first place? What did this treaty entail? And why were they protectors, hell how were they able to protect anyone from those monsters? I'll admit they were large but that would mean nothing against vampires. Nothing about this was making sense. I moved slightly closer, probably a little risky, eager to hear more but at that moment I heard a wolf howling in the distance. That halted my movements and I took a step back. As I looked east towards the sound I felt the two guys begin to walk towards the woods. "Come on, Oliver's calling and you know he'll make slippers out of us if we're late again." The one named Lance said. The two of them laughed. Oliver's calling? I heard no one calling them, what were they talking about? I risked one more glance around the building and saw their retreating figures disappear into the trees, though I could still feel them. Moments later their aura's changed dramatically and I let out an audible gasp. What the hell! How was this possible?! One second I felt two humans, each containing animal qualities but still mostly human, walk into the forest. Two seconds later it was like... like it was reversed. An animal with human like qualities but still mostly animal! Once again I heard the cries of a wolf but it was much closer this time. The two left at immense speed and within seconds I felt nothing. I stood there for a moment stunned and slumped slightly against the building. "No... they couldn't be... not... how..." I was at a loss words, which was rare for me. I don't know why I shocked but I was. It was clear that members of the Amazon tribe were not one hundred percent human and if I had to guess they were... werewolves. It was the only explanation I could think of. But wait, that made no sense. It was broad daylight and I knew for a fact the moon wouldn't be full for another two weeks. How could they transform without the full moon? Yet, I knew nothing about the actual existence of werewolves, though I always suspected the myths to be based in some form of reality. All I had to go on was Hollywood's version and that wasn't much. They messed up royally in their depiction of vampires, so why not werewolves. This was becoming more complicated than I could have ever imagined. I recovered from the shock and started planning. I had to take action and in order to do that I needed answers. They said Oliver called them, this meant that Oliver must be their leader. I was fairly certain it was that man I saw earlier, flanked by the other two. I was good at reading people and he had an air of authority around him, power even. I needed to speak to this Oliver and soon. I was going to get to the bottom of this. I had felt the other two head east towards the wolf's cry, or should I say call. While I was an excellent tracker and could easily hike through the trees I was new to this area and not familiar with my surroundings. It would be stupid and reckless of me to go barreling into the forest with no real guide on where to go. Plus I doubted I would be able to catch up to them before nightfall. I ran back to my car and quickly threw open my door and jumping in. I left the little parking lot and began driving down the road that led in the direction they left in. They had to come back sometime and judging the way they were staring at me earlier they were suspicious of me. If I was alone somewhere they may just come to me with little effort on my part.