Call of the Wild (Open)

[alexis]

Alexis Lovett

The wolf took little interest in their less than interesting talk about jobs and what they were doing. She had already solved one of the two problems they had and it wasn't as if she'd meant to help them. She was quite happy to have a quiet stroll through the woods until the other were ruined it.

Alexis took a look at her surroundings to try and determine the best and quickest possible route to get back to her motel room without the other two noticing and creating a drama.

As she was looking, her gaze fell upon the blue eyed man and a frown formed on her face. He seemed to ooze extreme dislike, maybe even hatred and it was directed at her. Despite this, it didn't deter Alexis in her plan to escape as quickly and as quietly as possible.

“You can’t stay out here without any clothing; I probably have something that can fit you back at my hotel room.”

'So much for quickly and quietly.' Before she had a chance to even spring into action, Ren was talking to her. Talking to her about clothing and going back to her hotel room. It was never a good sign when a hunter invited you back to their place and it was even less of a good sign when one of the hunters seemed to thoroughly despise you and your species.

"I'm alright actually, love. I'd rather not go with you. Call it a habit from when I was younger, not getting into stranger's cars and all that."

“My car is back at the base. I go back there they are going to want to know why I’m bleeding and in all likelihood find a dead body out here that I may find impossible to explain away. Can you get the dead body and us out of here? I’ll figure out what to do about my job later.”

The wolf rolled her eyes and gave the woman a flat look, "Take a good look at the naked man." She moved towards the woman, but not too close and not too fast in case the knife wielder perceived it as an attack. "Does it look like a human did that? No it does not. Therefore, we can leave it there for another of your friends to discover. To explain you're bleeding, you tripped, fell and knocked your head on a rock."

“And I’m not a fan of the idea of having a werewolf in my car. I don’t care how tame she seems.”

She bared her teeth to the man and ran her tongue over them all the while maintaining a smirk, "And I thought we were getting a long so nicely." To be honest, Alexis couldn't give a shit about his opinions. They were written all over his face and they were apparently deep set. You can't teach an old dog, brand new tricks. Hell, she didn't even know his name so why should she care?

"Like I said before, if you care to cast your minds back. I don't need a ride anywhere. I can shift forms and no one will be none the wiser, especially seeing a wolf roaming around the forest. So yes, Ren, you can leave me here. Thanks for the blanket and kind thoughts but I doubt you'll be this nice much longer. Best stick t with your boyfriend."

Alexis wondered back to the body and circled it, the crunching of the twigs having no affect on her feet nor the cool weather on her skin. She was quite used to these particular conditions and walking around practically naked was second nature. She liked to and preferred to be in touch with it rather than the pathetic, materialistic lives of humans...even if she was one, once.

]((Gah, I'm not proud of the amount of speech in this post but I'm getting back into the plot...sorry :/))

[Wil Marsh]

After a bit of discussion to work out the technicalities, it actually seemed like Greg and the werewolf were on the same page. He didn’t want her in his car, and she didn’t want to be in it. And they were both less worried than Ren that someone would find the dead, mangled werewolf. Greg gave the female werewolf a look as she made her comments, telling Ren to leave her there and stick with “her boyfriend.” He just rolled his eyes. If she didn’t want to go with them he wasn’t going to argue.

Greg watched as Ren took a sip of water, only to spit it out again, rinsing her mouth of some of the blood. She told him she’d be okay, but he wasn’t sure he believed her. With her behavior toward this whole situation, he was starting to think she was even more of a rookie than he was. She struggled to grab her pack. Greg was about to help her when she managed to grab a strap and sling the bag over her shoulder.

“See, smooth sailing,” she said.

Greg managed a smile, but he made a mental note to keep an eye on her, just in case. He glanced around and sighed.

“Alright, well we should all get out of here, one way or another,” he said.

He watched the werewolf – Alexis – circle the body. He wondered if there was any kind of law in the werewolf kingdom against killing your own kind. Particularly to save a couple of hunters. Admittedly, he’d never had the thing he was hunting turn around and help him out before, and he was having trouble figuring out what to do with the situation.

“Ren, we can head to my car and I can take you to the hospital. I know you might think you’re doing fine, but I’d feel a lot better if we got the okay from a professional.”

He hesitated, then nodded to Alexis.

“You should probably get out of here. We might not be the only hunters combing these woods, and I guarantee any other ones you come across won’t be so open minded.”

Regardless of what Alexis thought of Greg, he had done her a big favor by going against his better judgment. On another night, in another mood, he might have stabbed her without hesitation, despite the fact that she’d helped them out.

((I’m not sure where you guys are wanting to go with this. We could have Ren and Greg go their separate ways from Alexis and maybe meet up with her again later, or something can happen to keep them all together. Up to you guys.))

[ZZZ - R.I.P. - Ren Mercer]

She moved over to Greg’s side, sighing softly, giving into his request without to much more protest. She understood on some level that he was right and also that he probably had more experience as a hunter than she did, making this totally his call. As much as she’d like to make sure Alexis was going to be safe and fine out in the forest she also had to remember that the girl was a werewolf shifter something or other and probably would be fine out in the woods with just her blanket for comfort.

“Okay Mister Greg, if you can give me a ride into town I’d be grateful. I’m from Shreveport originally and there are a few hospitals here.”

Her little dog followed her, starting to sniff over Greg’s shoes carefully, making sure he smelled okay before looking up at the hunter with a wagging tail, big doggie grin on his face that just begged for attention. He was careful not to sit down though, lest he give his master the wrong impression about Greg.

Turning back to Alexis, Ren gave her a grateful smile and a small wave.

“Keep the blanket and it was nice meeting you. Who knows, maybe well see each other again. Thanks for the timely save.”

Quite aware that Alexis had just saved her life, the young hunter wasn’t going to forget that kindness and in the future would make a note to make sure that what she was hunting deserved the end she would be giving it. A new lesson learned for Ren, not everything with teeth and claws would use them in the name of evil and only those that would should meet with the other end of a blade.

((I figure with the time jump and seal plot underway this is a good place to stop as any, Ren going off with Greg to the hospital and Alexis going off on her own way, if either of you wants to post the ~Thread Complete~ to this that’s cool.))