A boy in the park

[Shehrazad]

It was night-time in the park, which when combined with the trees around the area meant that the world is a pattern of flickering shadows and a rustle of foliage.

Torsten, a teenage boy, is standing in the shadows with two very serious-looking men. One was standing in front of him with an arm reached out toward his shoulder, the other is standing close behind him. Both carry silenced pistols.

Then the air nearby flickered and reality split open to allow something to step into the world.

[Adiyah]

Adiyah had followed the spirit, keeping pace fairly well. Her tan and red wolf form stood out from the two darker wolves.

When it stopped in the park and disappeared, she knew they'd arrived where the cub was. She frowned, wishing there had been time to fetch some more backup in case, but three was better than one at any rate.

She looked about, thinking she'd found a relatively safe spot for them to cross and entered the park.

She saw the boy and the two men nearby in the dark. She moved lightly on her paws to them, bristling. She waited for the others to come through, ready to charge forward once they were.

She growled, low.

[Yvonne]

Another wolf appears beside the first. Though it's body is covered by a lush and even black coat it's head is topped by, of all things, a long blonde mane.

Yvonne turns to face whatever Adiyah has spotted and takes a few steps forward, until they really knew what was going on she wasn't going to jump into anything but she wasn't about to endanger Adiyah by staying behind her.

[Max Heller]

"Wait," the second black wolf appeared seconds later, just in time to stop both girls rushing in. He saw the boy too, and was pretty sure Adiyah's maternal instincts were kicking in right now. But they needed a plan. So far nobody had seen them. At least they still had the element of surprise.

"We run in there like this, we risk spooking him and turning this into a blood bath," he said. "On the other hand if we go homid they'll see our faces."

Max stayed low and quiet as he struggled to say all this in his wolf form.
"I will create a distraction," he said to Adiyah. "It will give you maybe a minute to get him to go with you. If we get split up, we meet back where we found the kinfetch."

Well it's not a brilliant plan but it might stop this turning into a bloodbath. There's a good chance these guys are just doing their jobs.

"If they attack," Max added, to Yvonne this time. "We kill them. Nice and quick, and leave no evidence."

[Torsten]

Courage cub help is coming? Torsten repeats silently. What the? His mind feels like it wants to explode, Who said that? he thinks. His eyes scanning the area for a second.

But the hand one his shoulder takes all his attention away from the whisper in his ear. His rage building at being touched by this man.
"Get ..your... fuckin.... hand... off me...NOW!"He shouts.

The only thing on his mind is to hurt him to lash out and punch him in the face, not once but as many times as he can.

[Shehrazad]

The man jerked his hand back from Tolsten and took a hasty step back.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I don't mean any harm."
Torsten could feel the rage pushing him to do what he's thinking of, pushing him to kill them.

As the three wolves spread out and got their bearings, the red one brushed against a bush and made more noise than could be mistaken for a gust of wind. The men looked at each other, then the one talking to Tolsten inclined his head towards the noise and the other one took the hint and turned towards it with his gun raised and ready.
"Who's there?"

The one beside Torsten had become more tense now, but was trying to give the boy a friendly face.

[Max Heller]

Shit, Max thought. So much for plan A.

The big black wolf stepped growling out of the shadows, getting the men's attention and distracting them from the red wolf near the bushes.

Cockroach, this is going to hurt. Where is our brother when I need him?

He growled and bared his teeth, hoping to frighten the men at least into keeping their eyes on him. To Torsten great surprise, he found himself understanding the wolf, even though he wasn't even speaking in a human language.

"Follow the red wolf," he said. "She will lead you to safety. We will deal with these men. Run! Now!"

Yvonne, make my day and tell me you're an Ahroun...
With that last thought he lunged at the man nearest to Torsten, slamming his body against him and trying to knock him down so that Torsten and Adiyah could make their escape.

[Yvonne]

"Kill them? Oh..."
She didn't get to finish talking though, things had already flown out of control. She bounds out of the bushes with Max and leaps towards the one with the raised gun in an attempt to send him sprawling.
She'd never been shot before. It looked like tonight was going to be her night.

((just a good ol' tackle for now))

[Torsten]

Torsten hears the strange voice but gives it no heed, It's all been too much for him.

He gives into the rage. The boiling point of no return! and as the men are distracted he rushes ahead
Screaming "Ahhhhhhhhhh"

He then smashes the one in front with a right and left hook.

[Adiyah]

Adiyah resisted the urge to curse at the brush with the foilage. It was her fault, not Gaia's for putting it there.

As the man turned on her she stepped forward until Max moved to distract him, reminding her of her place.

Come along girl you aren't a fighter as the others might be. Let them do that, and you get the boy before all.....

Her thought was interrupted by the boys scream. In it she picked up on the rage, and what it meant. They were out of time. Now, hopefully they could stop him when this ended. Ahroun, well she was betting not, but hope springs eternal.

She knew Yvonne was more than capable in a fight, but since the boy and Max were on the other, she charged the one who'd aimed at her.

"Trouble for you, that's who is here." She growled it in lupus, so he probably didn't understand.

She ran at him too, but went lower than Yvonne, teeth aimed at his leg. Between the both of them, he was going down.

[Shehrazad]

Max came out at a full run and caught the man off guard before he even knew what was happening. Though the collision sends the man reeling back he made an uncanny effort to keep his footing as Max pushed past and deftly circled around.
The man raises his gun and snapped off two quick shots at the black wolf as it regained it's footing making sharp cracks but the gunshot itself is only a whisper. The first shot only winged Max but the second shot hit him squarely and left him with a sucking chest wound.
Though Torsten attacked the man with more enthusiasm than skill, he managed to land both blows and caused him to gasp as the second blow hit him square on the chin.

Yvonne comes out of the bushes as fast as Max, catching the other man just as unaware but again he manages to keep his footing as Yvonne's slightly lighter form collides with him. Like max though, she keeps her footing well just in time to get shot at.
The second man double tapped at Yvonne similarly and sunk both bullets into her flank.
Adiyah came in with her teeth though and ripped a chunk of flesh from the man's leg, causing him to cry out but he doesn't look like he's going to give up the fight yet.

Torsten couldn't be sure that these seemingly wild animals weren't going to attack him next, but they certainly looked like they were attacking his enemies. He just kept his temper in check, such was it's intensity it felt like if he let go he might not be able to control it.

((Max takes 4 levels of lethal damage and is stunned, Yvonne takes 4 lethal))

[Max Heller]

"Good job, cub. Hit him again," Max barked as he almost stumbled backwards.

He spared just one glance at the girls before he lunged at the man, throwing his body at him once more. He'd never been shot at before either. He would definitely have to remember to tell Trick what felt like.
Stings like a bitch, Max thought those pretty much defined it. He wasn't going to try it again anytime soon.

(Rage to ignore stun. Dodging, Two rage to dodge again and attack)

[Yvonne]

Yvonne yelps in pain as she gets her first taste of lead, but it only drives her to take the man down faster before he can shoot her again. She leaps up at his chest in an attempt to sink her teeth into his throat, her jaws snapping at him repeatedly in an attempt to avoid getting shot again.

((willpower to ignore wound penalties, split action for two bites))

[Torsten]

He hears the voice of someone but doesn't truly comprehend where they are coming from or what they mean in this time of madness. His mind a blended mess of confusing issues.

Torsten gives no quarter to the man and continues to press his attack.

He sees blood spray every where when the bullets hit the wolf. His face contorts in the sheer madness of the moment, survival driving every instinct of his movements now.
Screaming that insane gurgle of rage. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh",
he throws every ounce of strength into a punch that is aimed at the mans throat.

[Adiyah]

Adiyah heard the yelps of pain after the guns went off and knew without really looking her friends were getting hurt. This was no good, especially with no healer, unless Max had a secret.

She had felt her teeth connect though, and that fueled her on. She stayed with the one she'd hurt, and as Yvonne leaped at his chest she jumped too, aiming her teeth at the arm with the gun, and raking a claw up at his back. She thanked Stag there weren't silver slugs in them at least, but if she could prevent the Fury from getting hit again, she could do what she needed to do, put this creep down.

(Rage for second action (claw), Leaping up to bite arm, reverting to dodge if he shoots at her)