The Second Level
this is part two of the sixth level series, as always comments are welcome as well as ratings and please bear in mind that this is only my second story. and i hope to hear from you soon, thanks for checking out my profile and stories and with any luck there will be part 3 comming soon
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The moon was bright, its light filed alley, giving all things a light sliver glow. I was aware of nearly all things, in the ally at least. The three i stood before, the one lying unconscious behind me, the two small furs and one young dragoness huddled together and binded with rope, at corner of the alley all looking terrified, tears filling their bloodshot eyes, i could even feel the light breeze as it swirled past my unwavering face.
The three remaining former wolves ( the wolf image was a disgiuse to find they're pray) their real form that they were showing now was that of a giant anthro bald rats with dragon like wings all were looking with between me and the seemingly leader lying unconscious a few meters behind me, a look of shock and anger washing over each of their faces.
"That buddy was the worst and last mistake you are ever going to make." The middle and biggest one of the three said. they were by no means weak looking, even though they were rat like they still had powerfull mucles under their flesh and with their wings unfurled they looked impressive to say the least.
"mmmm you have good quailty fur as well how about we finsh you off take your fur and leave whats left of you in a ditch somewhere out of town, how would you like that then buddy?" it was the on on the left that spoke and as he did he broke out laughing causing the others to chuckly alone with him. It wasn't much of a threat to even with the homemade of blades that they pulled out of their clothing after the laughter was finished.
"You can try." It was simple, there was no longer any need for words, i think we all knew now that. It was then that i pulled out the sword on my back. It was nothing special as swords go im sure there was better and worse ones. It was special because for as long as i could remember it was with me, i'd caught a few rare sights as a cub, trained with it and a number of other things as an adolescent and protected myself with it as an adult. As it glinted in the moonlight, creating light shows on the alley wall.
Then without anymore warning they attacked. They either had been a team for a while or kept some of their wolfish forms instincts as they moved as one towards and around me. the two on either side went to flank me and the one in the center ran right at me trapping me beween them and the alley's back wall. It was also a fomation i'd come to expect from these type of beings. Because the two on the sides where slightly smaller and faster the reached me faster as they came parallel with myself i charged, going straight for the one runing directly towards me. He had his blade holding arm outstreached and looked like he was diving towards me.
It was over in less a second. We all stood seemingly like statues, the girls, the fallen leader, the two running from the sides and me and the middle one even the wind seemed to have died for that moment as if the world itself was holding its breath. It took a few seconds for time, seemed to, get going again. It even took me a while to catch up with what had happened, yet the picture told the story, i had ducked under the blade he was holding and my katana had found its mark with perfection and never little mess going straight through, just a trickle of blood escaped the wound.
As the realisation washed over everyone involved in the scene it slowly became clear to all after a few seconds and if it wasnt i quickly let go of my katana's handle and turned pulling my sword out of the corpse with my other hand in one fulid motion, turning to face the remainging two at the side still standing corpse, yet as i stopped it fell forwards its head spashing into the puddles on the alley floor.
With me now blocking the only way out of the alley the last two ran at me blades in hand. It didnt take much, i threw my sword with one hand and caught it in the other and paw it at the ready just as they got in range, it was over in one flash of moonlight, in one swing. They stopped, a look of surpise etched on both their ratlike faces as both fell backwards defeated.
The wind blew again. i went to my coat safe near the back door to the club i had come through and pulled out a cloth. I gently cleaned my katana with the cloth, there was hardly any blood on it but it was a habit i saw no need to break. That done i put my coat back on it blew in the wind, i also quickly and carefully put my sword into is carrier attached to my back and with one tap on my right sholder the sword and carry case seeming was absorbed into my coat and shortly after the handle slowly moved it seemed digging deeper into my sholder untill there was nothing but leather and no sign of anything else.
My attention was quickly caught by a sudden loud wimper, it was the young furs at the bottom of the alley. As i walked up to them they were clearly scared to death, red bloodshot eyes, their fur matted with all their tears, tied up with ropes bearly able to move. I walked slowly up to them, they tried to get back away as i approched but in the couner of an alleyway there isn't much chance of boing back further. i slowly kneeled infront of them.
"Stay calm i wont hurt you." i said it didnt seem to help but there was little i could do about that. I looked it was only simple rope they had conjured to bind the girls and with the help of a small knife they were all free and on their paws still frightened.
"Go home dont tell the police about this just forget it." i told them, they couldn't seem to belive i was letting them go.
"Who are you?" the dragoness asked.
"Furs who know that have a drop in their avarage life expectancy, just go and forget this ever happened." they all started runned out of the alley "oh and try to avoid dark alleys i know its hard and theres so much to see..." they vanshised round the courner "am i getting older or are girls getting thicker?"
I moved over to the only other remaining living being in the alley, the unconscious body of the one that had seemed like the groups leader. He had turned back into his wolf form thankfully as it made everything easier. With ease i picked up the body and carried it on my sholder out of the alleyway.
"Your gonna be fine just a headache and some qestions i want the answers to, when you decide to wake up that is."