No sooner had Josh spoken had, three silhouettes were seen racing towards their direction. Drake's eyes glowed faintly as he bared his fangs letting out a guttural growl which of course, Edwin and Josh heard. Edwin and Josh cast their gaze on Drake, quite confused on the growl they had heard. Drake spread his arms out as he growled even louder, while having his sharp pointed fangs out. He took on the stance of a real vampire, his eyes glowing with intensity while watching the approaching thugs not yet visible to Edwin and Josh. He let out a small amount of spiritual energy into the surrounding, the atmosphere getting thick for Edwin and Josh to breathe.
"Are they coming?"
Josh curiously asked as he observed that Drake was intently staring at the direction that they had used to enter the forest.
"They're be here in a matter of two minutes".
Drake replied, his stance more rigid as expected.
Just as Drake had said,in a matter of two minutes, the three thugs were clearly visibly seen by Edwin and Josh. Josh tensed in anxiety, seeing the remaining thugs that had ambushed them and killed all the bodyguards, minus, Edwin. He creased his brows, the anticipation of what would happen next, clinging to him. Edwin held Josh's hand as he stood behind Drake.
The three approaching thugs got to where they stood and immediately surrounded them, stalking them like a predator would usually do to a prey. They had guns in their hands and their leader being the strange man who had actually started the whole ambush (the man with the torn trouser).
"Hahahaha.... It seems we got our hands on our price"
The man with the torn jeans trouser, the gang leader spoke,a dangerous smirk playing on his face.
The other two thugs laughed simultaneously at the words of their leader. One of the two thugs, therefore spoke,
"And to think we lost all our men just to lay our hands on this little Governor's kid".
The thug said in response to the leader's words.
"And even more funny that we still got him despite all his tries to escape, even at the lives of his bodyguards".
The leader of the gang,yet again spoke.
He stalked closer to Drake, not noticing Drake's glowing red eyes and clawed hands. His imposing figure loomed over Drake but Drake remained unfazed, staring back at him.
"You're one tough kid. No wonder you were able to guide your bodyguards into putting up a good defense against us". The man with the torn trouser said while being a few inches from Drake. Drake could feel his very breath on his (Drake) pale skin. "Well, bummers for you, we'll still going to kidnap you".
"And what?... Hand me over to congressman vihilaro. For what.... Money?"
Drake said clearly unfazed.
The man's smirk faltered for a moment, hearing the information Drake spilled. His eyes darted away from Drake to the surrounding until it landed on a dead body. He recognized the dead body to be one of his men, skull. His gaze then darted back to Drake, the smirk still on.
"It seems, skull spilled out more than he should and it's quite surprising that you did kil him,maybe with the help of that bodyguard still alive,cause,a kid like you can't really kill a man like skull". The man with the torn trouser spoke. "And oh, I'm Baron by the way".
Drake smirked.
"Nice meeting you Baron but too bad, you ruined my day, killed my guards and forced I and my friend to a tight corner. You'll will have to die, the way your man ,called skull did".
Drake retorted.
Baron, the thug leader, getting enraged and angry quickly said. "It seems you have so much trust in your bodyguard and that's the reason for your confidence. How about I make that confidence falter a little?"
With that, he took out a pistol and quickly fired a shot at Edwin's leg.
Bang!
The shot resounded into Drake's senses as he turned back to see his personal guard tumbling to the ground. Fear gripped Drake's dead heart as he saw the pain and fear in Edwin, while he tumbled to the ground. He turned and rushed to Edwin's side.
"Edwin!!" Drake screamed as he squatted to the ground beside Edwin. For once Drake was scared,scared that he would loose his most trusted bodyguard. "Are you okay? Does it hurt?"
Josh as well knelt on the ground, beside Edwin and opposite Drake. He burst into tears as fear clouded his facial features.
"Edwin! Edwin!! Edwin, please don't die. Don't die right now".
Josh pleaded in sudden tears to Edwin who seemed to be in pains from the gunshot.
"Yeah Edwin. If you die, I'll have no one to guard and protect me". Drake didn't even know when tears were dropping from his eyes. The gang leader Baron, scoffed at Drake's words.
"It's about time you realize that".
Baron said, keeping the pistol in his pocket,of the torn trouser. Drake stared at him,hate and wickedness glowing along his red glowing eyes. But before he could do anything, Edwin was able to say something through gritted teeth and repeated groans.
"You dumb bastard! Picking on a child. Why don't you come face a man of your own size".
Edwin spat out, the pain generated from the gunshot, evident in his voice. Baron chuckled.
"Don't worry yourself, once I fully kill you and the other child and also deliver the son of the Governor to my boss, I'll be rich and you won't even be there to witness it.... Dumbass".
Edwin glared hard at Baron and turned to look at Drake.
"Young Master Drake, don't worry, I'm fine. The bullet only grazed my leg but didn't go deep".
Edwin said with sincerity. Drake and Josh nodded.
"Just rest here with Josh". Drake said and turned to Josh. "Josh, take care of Edwin while I deal with these guys and once I'm done,we will make sure Edwin is rushed to the hospital".
Josh nodded reassuringly to Drake, without saying anything.
Drake stood up slowly as he turned to the thugs that dared to ambush them- well what's actually left of the thugs. He supernaturally charged at Baron, the gang leader,at super human speed. In a matter of seconds, he was standing right before Baron. Baron, clearly caught off guard at the boy's speed,looked down to see Drake smirking. Before Baron could do anything, Drake delivered a devastating punch, sending the huge and big Baron flying. Baron hits the ground with a painful thud, rolling on the ground until he came to a stop.
Drake smiled, his glowing crimson eyes squinting in the process,then he bared his fangs out as he growled loudly, making the other two thugs to turn to him. The thirst for blood kicking in and he was going to drink every last drop of blood in that gang leader. Mostly for his ruined day.
*****
The white wolf, bulky and huge with a sloppy backpack hung from it's hind legs to it's shoulders is seen. Lucian,now in wolf form had stopped running moments ago and is now sniffing the grass floor. In his wolf form, he looked bulky as ever,taller and way larger than any ordinary wolf. His black snout is making movements as he sniffed around him, perhaps, searching for prey.
On occasions like these, he usually searches around for prey, especially when his mother finally allows him to go into the woods. The last time he went into the woods was on the night of the full moon. As well known, werewolves are more drawn to the full moon in reverence to the moon goddess,so is he. According to him, he always feels warmth and cool anytime he baths under the full moon while in wolf form. It's like he's stronger every full moon. Let's say, he can't wait for the next full moon.
After sniffing around for a whole ten minutes, he caught the scent of a rabbit. Nice! His white fluffy long tail, wagged continuously at the nice scent of food wafted into his snout. All of a sudden, just as he was about to trail the scent of the rabbit, his wolf ear perched up as he heard a loud noise. Followed simultaneously by a painful scream.
Bang!
AAAHHH...
Hearing the excruciating loud noise and the scream, he raised his large wolf head up as he sniffed into the air. He kept on sniffing, trying desperately to find the perpetrator of that noise and scream. He had never heard a gunshot before, that's the reason why he couldn't identify the sound of the gunshot, that's mostly because, he had lived all his life in the forest of Acrata. Can't blame the young Lucian in wolf form.
After some moments of sniffing the air in order to catch even the faintest scent (apart from the longing scent of the rabbit), he finally caught one- two to be exact.
'A vampire'
That was the first thought that came to his mind as he was able to identify the faintest scent of a vampire.
'What would a vampire be doing in the forest?'
Lucian subconsciously asked himself. Sniffing again, he immediately caught the scent of multiple humans.
'Humans! In the forest. I've got to check it out'.
With that thought, the white wolf stalked forward, picking up the pace and breaking into a wild run. It followed the scent swiftly until the scents got more pronounced. No sooner had he ran did he find figures- they were standing.