Damage Control - End to Beginning
An anthology series that focuses on themes of futuristic and sci-fi endeavors such as time loops, AI, paradoxes, and other such things. It seems that Serathin's rather reckless endeavors as a SHIFTer, or timeline manipulation expert, has finally caught up with him. Instead of getting fired the SHIFT Institute decided that he needed a taste of the havoc he wrought on others by working in the Damage Control division. Read through ten cases where the draconic sabrewolf tries his best, or maybe not quite his best, in order to rectify problems with rather unusual results in this furry anthology novel.
Rakan is part of a group of rag tag humans that are attempting to unlock time travel to save their world from a werewolf plague that has spread across the world. Just as they are on the cusp of victory the station becomes compromised and they are in a fight for not only their lives but all those they are attempting to save.
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Deep in a facility built into the mountains a group of humans worked tirelessly around the clock, all of them with the sole purpose of defeating a scourge that had completely enveloped the world. Looking back it would have been impossible to predict that humanity would come to an end, much less finding itself brought to heel by werewolves. Yet after the first werewolf attack several years ago in a mall at the heart of Louplande the spread of the creatures was unstoppable; within the first few days most of the city had been infected and transformed into the monstrous beasts, and from there it was impossible to stop them from spreading the curse. Even when they had turned to containment the mysterious nature of how the condition spread caused injured to be medically transported out, only to turn while in the hospital and start a fresh hotspot that only expedited the problem.
At this point there was no way to stop the werewolf plague and humanity was down to just a few huddled in bunkers, military installations, and other places that were at least somewhat self-sufficient so they wouldn't have to deal with the packs of roving werecreatures that hunted for those that remained. Instead humanity had one last hope in order to save their species, which was to ensure that the attack never happened in the first place. One of the mountain bases had actually been a research center for temporal studies and after they sealed themselves off started to work on creating a wormhole, a bridge between time to send a team to stop whatever had happened in Louplande. While they didn't know the specifics they knew the date and general time that the spread started to happen, and since they wanted to try and either destroy or capture whatever had caused it they looked to send a team back about an hour beforehand to lock down the mall for containment purposes.
Rakan was one of those men chosen to go back in time to stop the Louplande infection along with a dozen others, which was believed to be the maximum that they could send back without causing too much of a temporal shift. The entire squad had been called down to the briefing room where one of the scientists was waiting for them to sit down. “Alright gentlemen, it appears that the time for humanity's reckoning is at hand," the scientist said. “The final calibrations are being completed and soon we will create a wormhole that will allow you all to go back and stop the werewolf invasion from happening, but before we get you ready I wanted to ask if there were any final questions."
“Yeah, I have one actually," another of Rakan's squad said as he raised his hand. “I know we talked a lot about exposure and affecting past events, but if we're successful then won't that completely change the timeline? And if it does, what happens to us?"
“We believe that should you succeed then one of two things will happen," the scientist said. “Either this timeline will continue on and you will be stuck in the past of that timeline, or more likely this timeline will cease to exist along with this version of yourselves. I know that it means some semblance of a suicide mission but I'm sure your other selves would thank you if they knew of the sacrifice you're about to make."
“Screw my other self," another man said. “I watched my friends and family get turned into monsters at the battle of Beacon Ridge, I'm doing this for them." There was a round of cheers that came up from the group until the scientist had them all settle down.
“I'm glad to hear that you're in very good spirits," the scientist exclaimed. “Now remember that we will only have one chance to open this wormhole, which means that your mission is critical in succeeding the first time. Remember when you go back in time that no one will know what you're doing there and you have no idea who the enemy is, which means you are going to have to get creative with trying to shut the mall down while keeping everyone inside… and remember what you're dealing with."
The squad nodded to each other at that, the group had been well-versed on how to tell when someone was turning into a werewolf and what to look out for. There were a variety of ways that someone could get infected; in the heat of battle it was often a bite, or potentially their claws, and while a deeper chomp would result in a quicker transformation as soon as the venom was inside someone it was too late regardless. It was clear from the security footage that the werewolves didn't attack people to kill them and in most cases the hulking anthropomorphic beasts would bite lightly just to get someone infected. From the training videos part of the reason things got so out of hand was that the initial werewolves that seemed to come out of nowhere just nipped at several people, but as others went to help those that were injured they found themselves on the receiving end of a bite themselves.
There was one other thing that seemed to indicate an infected individual too, which was that most became incredibly horny after being exposed to the werewolf venom. While Rakan hadn't been part of that team there was a group that had gone into quarantine after a supply run when several of them sported erections, and it wasn't long until they had a sick bay full of werewolves that attempted to bite those that passed by their cells when they weren't rutting one another. The squad had been supplied actual video tape of that and while they jeered at seeing an increasingly muscular soldier grab onto his transforming squad mate and stick his reddening dick inside their butt they were quickly reminded that this caused the fall of the base that formerly housed them. It was just another example of underestimating their opponent since it looked like that infected squad had gotten bitten during the night while they were sleeping.
Once the briefing was finished Rakan and the others were told to head down to the squad bay in order to get ready for the jump. “Hey, you alright there?" Rakan said as he looked over at one of his squadmates, a slightly younger man with his hair a shaved brown similar to his own style. “You're not turning on me, are you Jesse?"
“Ha, no, of course not," Jesse replied. “Just nerves I guess. You'd think traveling through time would be more momentous of an occasion but we're doing it out of pure survival of the species."
“I suppose you're right," Rakan replied. “But think about it, if we do this it's likely that we won't even remember this happening, so while we don't get the accolades for saving humanity at least we won't know it." Though Jesse chuckled he was still clearly anxious, but while Rakan didn't show it he felt a knot forming in his stomach as well. It was unlikely that anyone on their team didn't have the same thought that if they failed it wouldn't just be a loss for them, it would mean that they will still have the same future full of werewolves and a flickering light of humanity that will likely go out very soon.
As the group made their way down towards the squad room where their packs and weapons were the hallway they walked down suddenly went completely dark. Rakan and the others found themselves in the pitch blackness with nothing to guide them down the modified cave tunnel, but as they continued to scramble for their flashlights the security lighting eventually kicked in. While it was much dimmer than the standard overhead lights they could all see the look of trepidation and a little fear on one another's faces. They had been told that the experiment would potentially kick off the power, but that wasn't supposed to happen for another two hours.
Though their gear was only down a few more corridors the protocol stated that they were to immediately regroup in the main testing chamber, which was also where the wormhole would be created in the first place. They immediately double backed down the hallway and towards the large blast doors that would separate the testing chambers from the rest of the facility. As they got to the other side the group wondered if they should engage in the lockdown; if this was just a power malfunction they would be cutting themselves and everyone inside from everyone else, but if there had been a security breach then it would keep the infection at bay and everyone inside safe until the experiment was complete. Just as one of the squad was about to push down on the button they heard a loud shout and saw the scientist that had just briefed them run in with his hands waving.
“They're inside!" the scientist shouted.
“How?!" Jesse asked as they watched the other man practically dive for the controls in order to shut the blast doors.
“I don't know, but they didn't trip the perimeter alarms!" the scientist exclaimed. “Must have gone through the sewers, clever bastards, waited for the tanks to purge and had to have swam upwards. We need to protect the experiment!"
Before any of the squad could do or say anything the irate man hit the lockdown button, which caused the steel door to slam down with such force it caused the stone beneath their feet to shake. As the squad looked on at the metal barrier that separated them from the side of the tunnel their tactical gear was on they realized what they had on them was what they would use to save humanity. Though they couldn't see or hear what was going on inside the facility they imagined that the werewolves were spreading like wildfire, Rakan and several others had seen what happened when only a few fully-developed werewolves got into a space and if it wasn't for those blast doors they would probably have those creatures on them in minutes. As they turned to thank the scientist the man just waved them off and wiped the sweat from his brow as he continued to pant from exertion.
“This is not good…" their squad leader said once they had a chance to catch their breath. “The werewolves knew to disable the generators, which means they might be trying to stop the experiment. Luckily the generator that runs the wormhole is in this sector… Doc, do you know if the other lockdown protocols were enacted?"
“I… I don't know…" Doc said as he put a trembling hand to his head. “Last thing I remember I was heading back to my office, and then I heard this low, terrible noise coming from further down the hallway. I looked out and saw… something, but then the power went out and I made a run for here…"
As the scientist paused for a moment to swallow he looked up to see that the squad had started to back away from him, which caused him to look at them in confusion. “I'm thinking Judas Sheep," the squad leader said to the others, which Rakan knew was a term for someone that had been bitten in a way he didn't realize it and then were released to run into areas of uninfected population. “Doc, I need you to stay right there, everyone else start moving inside…"
“What, no, I can't be," the scientist replied, though as he took a step forward his entire body shook slightly. “I wasn't bitten, I would know!"
“You know as well as I do that a werewolf bite has anesthetic properties," the squad leader said as he held out the only weapon he had on him, his taser sparking. “Doc, just calm down, if you're not bit I'll personally buy you a steak dinner, and if you are bit getting riled up just makes the venom spread faster."
“No… this is impossible," the scientist said, shaking his head in denial even as his lower jaw began to push out and his teeth began to lengthen. “I… am not… a werewrrraaggghhh!" As the body of the scientist suddenly filled with muscle and his jaws extended into a long lupine muzzle the squad leader shouted for everyone to retreat back to the experiment chambers. As Rakan moved into the next room with the others he watched as the one with the taser moved forward and pushed it into the increasingly furry neck of the mutating human, which was returned with the transforming scientist clamping his sharper teeth down into the soldier's shoulder.
The squad leader managed to push the scientist away but already the others could see that fur was sprouting in the areas of the ripped uniform as the infected man turned to him. He motioned for them to continue on, though it was interrupted as his finger joints popped and hands lengthened while claws pushed out from his nails. Rakan was the last to leave and as he did so he could see that their squad leader was already losing it, his pants tented before he ripped them away to reveal his thickening cock that was growing erect. There was still enough human left in him to turn and pounce on the mostly werewolf scientist, trying to pin the creature to the ground even as he was turning into a monster himself while the others retreated back.
Unlike the blast door the one that separated them from the two fighting creatures would not hold them back for very long, and after having everyone do a quick bite check like they should have done on the scientist they quickly made their way into the central chamber. There were several more doors that they locked and attempted to barricade along the way but they could already hear the two werewolves now working together to get past them, and between their augmented strength and sharp claws their efforts would buy them minutes at best. As Rakan helped Jesse put a bank of lockers between them all he could hope was that they started the process of opening the wormhole already. Eventually the ten men made it to the final gate, but just as they turned to seal the airlock door shut they heard a loud roar that was definitely not their squad leader.
The control room was besieged by several of the creatures that had somehow gotten in before them, and as those that were inside frantically worked to create the wormhole all they could do was watch. The control room and the wormhole manifestation chamber were both separated by a wall of plasteel that was supposed to protect against any potentially harmful radiation. That was where they found another problem; there were werewolves sniffing about the platform where the portal would manifest and if they started the wormhole now it would be them sucked through instead of their squad. Two fully formed werewolves in the mall would cause the infection to spread much more rapidly than whatever actually happened, which meant they had to lure them out while another group bought the control room some time to actually activate it.
With no time to waste they quickly divided into a team of four for the control room and a team of six to lure out the werewolves from the main area. The first team quickly went inside the blast shield and activated the locks for them so they couldn't get back out, then grabbed whatever weapons they could in order to try and feebly fight off the powerful creatures. While it meant that soon there would be four more werewolves to try and break into the station they only needed to give the control room enough time to start the process before they were turned. Back down in the chamber one of the bolder squad ran into the wormhole chamber and shouted to get the beast's attention, then quickly ran back out while the others hid behind the other threshold.
All the werewolves in the room suddenly found themselves distracted by the fresh humans that were in the area, and as the ones in the control room quickly launched themselves down at the four to bite them the others left the chamber to chase the soldier that provoked them. But before they cleared the room one of the squad started to head to the safety of the chamber before it had been vacated, and everyone recoiled slightly as the monster turned to look at them with glowing green eyes. At this point it was now or never and the five rushed to try and get into the chamber as the one that had made the misstep got pounced upon. Unfortunately the space between the two shields was rather small and as the other four tried to get past the werewolf lashed out at them, especially after he had bitten the one on the ground in the thigh.
“Get in the chamber!" Rakan shouted as he tried to push Jesse forward, only to suddenly feel a yanking sensation as the werewolf's fangs caught his belt and tossed him backwards like a rag doll. Jesse quickly rolled underneath the werewolf and managed to get underneath his head while another soldier reached out to stop him, only to get pulled backwards by the one behind him. As Jesse helped Rakan get to his feet they saw the one who had gotten pulled from behind had the jaws of the other soldier sunk into his bicep as their nose turned black and their ears lengthened into points.
With there being no way that the two could push forward Jesse and Rakan retreated back and made their way through the airlock, slamming it shut before the werewolves could regroup. “Things… things are not going well…" Jesse commented before both of them had to step back as the already transformed werewolves had started to slam into the door. “Listen, you remember where the infection started, right?"
“Yeah, third floor bathrooms to start and a secondary outbreak at the second floor nurses station," Rakan repeated. “Why?"
“Because you're going to have to save humanity," Jesse said as he pointed to a lip that the airlock formed. “The control room doesn't have long and they won't activate the wormhole generator if there's not a human in it, and when they break through the door hopefully the entire pack they created will chase me and you can sneak through to the other side. You didn't get bit, right?"
Rakan checked over himself and didn't see any torn clothing or bite marks, which Jesse confirmed with a quick look himself. He quickly crawled up onto the airlock port, nearly falling off when it shook from the force of the werewolf's hit, and then braced himself as he watched Jesse step back to avoid the door. Less than a minute later there was a loud crunch as the airlock door flew backwards and hit the opposite wall, and as soon as it did Jesse made sure that he had the attention of all the creatures on the other side before making a run for it. As expected the monsters gave chase and when Rakan counted the last one he hopped down and went back inside, only to turn when he heard another loud bang and saw Jesse run right into the arms of a hulking beast with the tatters of the squad leader's uniform hanging from his muscular body.
With the way cleared Rakan ran up into the wormhole chamber and sealed the door behind him, breathing a sigh of relief even though he wasn't out of the woods yet. When he looked up at the control room however he saw the glass had been broken and the werewolves that were around it were no longer there, but as he called up to try and get someone he saw one of the researchers poke their head up and went to the intercom to explain that everything was prepped and ready. Rakan told him to activate the wormhole and then stood in the middle of the platform where he could already feel the tingling of energy from the metal around him as the researcher worked diligently on the other side of the blast shields.
It wasn't long before the countdown began, and just as he gave a thumbs up to the researcher his eyes widened as he saw several werewolves appear behind him. The other man didn't even know what hit him as he was suddenly pulled down out of sight, but at this point it was too late for them. He could feel the power swirling around him as several of the werewolves from the airlock began to pour in and claw at the barrier, including one half-formed blonde one that Rakan recognized. Even though he knew that the creature probably didn't recognize him anymore he saluted Jesse, who just responded with a snarl as he pressed his nearly naked body up against the glass in an attempt to bite him before the entire chamber was filled with a blinding light.
For a few brief seconds it felt to Rakan like he was chewing on tin foil as the bright glow enveloped him and he felt like he was being swirled around in a tornado, but when the sensations stopped and he opened his eyes he found himself face down on a freshly cut lawn. His entire body felt like it had run a marathon and when he slowly got up he heard something that he hadn't in a very long time. It was a crowd of people, humans of all kinds walking about and talking or laughing to one another. Rakan couldn't believe his eyes; they had done it, he had managed to travel back in time to before the werewolf attack occurred.
But when it suddenly occurred to him that he was alone Rakan found that he had a problem. Even with twelve people it was going to be hard to close down the mall, now he was by himself and he had no idea when things got started. As he quickly got up and walked into the building he could see that there were probably hundreds of people in this place and any one of them could be the werewolf that was waiting to strike. As he went to the middle of the space and looked about at the kiosks he went to one and used his card to make a purchase, something his past self would be confused about as he grabbed the hunting knife that was all he had on him.
He was going to have to kill the werewolf himself.
The one thing that Rakan had going for him was that he knew where the attack first took place, his gaze going up towards the third floor where he saw the same bathroom sign as what had been in the footage. As he carefully obscured the blade he made his way over towards the escalators while wiping the sweat from his brow. It was quite warm in the mall and as he went up higher it seemed to only get worse, though he had no idea what the weather conditions were other than his brief sojourn outside so this could have been normal. He put any mild discomfort out of his mind and instead made his way up to the third floor, stopping to check the nurse's station just to make sure that the second werewolf hadn't arrived yet.
After checking to make sure the doctor was clean he left the office and made his way up to the bathroom, feeling his heart pump hard in his chest. This was it, Rakan thought to himself, even though he hadn't explicitly prepared for this he knew there was the possibility it could come down to him having to do this. He could only hope that the timeline would erase him so that he didn't have to go to trial, but even if it didn't it would be worth it to stop the werewolves from taking over. Even as he approached the door he could hear someone inside and as he looked at a clock that hung over one of the shops he knew that in a matter of minutes whoever it was would likely become a hulking beast.
The bathrooms were rather small with only a single stall and two urinals, which he saw the man he had heard using one of them. As he grabbed onto the blade though a thought came over him that caused him to pause his motion. He was about to kill someone, what if this wasn't the werewolf? What if the monster was about to come in but then sees him doing this, which would cause him to run off and transform somewhere else?
Rakan found himself panting as he once more wiped the sweat from his face, and as he tried to clasp back onto the knife the handle slipped through his fingers and fell to the floor. The noise alerted the man that was just finishing up his business and when he turned around their gaze met and he could see the look of confusion on his face. At first he thought it was because his breathing was growing shallow but then realized that the eyes of the other man had gone downward. As Rakan followed his line of sight his eyes widened when he saw the front of his fatigues were completely tented and they were practically pointing right at the other guy.
No… suddenly the pounding of Rakan's head could be practically heard in his ears as his vision started to swim, though as he brought his trembling fingers up to one of them he gasped as the flesh started to stretch. He could hear the guy say something but he couldn't understand it, but he did feel the hand of the guy reach over to his forehead. Rakan felt his body react almost instinctively and before he could stop himself he suddenly found his teeth had bit down on the man's hand between his thumb and index finger. The warmth of the blood in his mouth snapped him out of it and when he looked in shock he saw the guy clutching onto his bitten hand with a wound not made by human teeth, at least not completely human.
Before Rakan had a chance to stop him the bitten man ran out of the restroom with his shirt wrapped around the bite wound, and as he watched him leave all he could feel was… extreme satisfaction. In the back of his mind he knew what he had just done but as the venom coursed through his mind the only thing he could think of was how this happened. Even with his mind growing fuzzy he thought back to the events leading up to this point and he remembered the fight outside of the wormhole chamber, but he hadn't gotten bit… had he? He quickly pulled off his shirt and went to the mirror to see if there were any marks, and while Rakan hadn't found any at first as he turned to examine his back he saw that there was a dark brown fuzz that grew just above his belt line where there was the start of a red mark.
Rakan asked and pulled down his pants, revealing the long angry red line that streaked down his left butt cheek. It had only been a scratch… but that had just delayed the venom, and when his adrenaline shot up at the thought of having to kill a werewolf it got his heart pumping. While he already knew what was happening just seeing the wound put everything together as he felt his teeth starting to lengthen, his fangs dripping more of the potent venom into the sink as he looked at himself in the mirror. As his feet shifted he felt the knife against the toe that had burst out of his shoe, but as the white fur sprouted out from the torn leather he just kicked it aside since he didn't need it to kill the werewolf…
…because he was the werewolf.
Suddenly there was a loud bang and the bathroom door opened once again, which as Rakan slowly turned he used his thickening leg muscles to tear the pants that had been around his ankles to get the offending garments off of his transforming body. The one that had walked in was unusual, or it would have been unusual if a thick mane of dark brown hair wasn't cascading down his head and a tail was starting to push out from the base of his spine, with long purple hair, vibrant green eyes, and a pair of pointed ears. “Hey, I'm looking for anything… unusual…" the man said as he looked up and down the transforming man's body whose lips curled up into a slight sneer. “Ah, well, I can at least check off how the time loop here got started… uh… name's Serathin, yours?"
“Rakan," the werewolf said as he walked forward, the soles of his shoes remaining on the floor as he reached forward and grabbed the elven creature before he could turn to run as his increasingly canine nose sniffed up and down him. “Mmmmrrr… you will help… spread…"
“Actually, I-“ Serathin's words were cut off as Rakan bit into the shoulder of the other man, which caused him to yelp even though the werewolf knew he wouldn't have felt anything. Even though he was still changing the werewolf could sense that this one was more than willing to embrace the change, especially as he saw black fur start to sprout where the bite healed up as the elf let out a grunt. “Okay, guess I'm helping, I'm sure the naga won't mind…"
Rakan wasn't quite sure what Serathin meant by that but at this point he didn't care as his muzzle lengthened, brown and tan fur growing on his increasingly muscular body that started to grow taller as he pulled the clothing off of the other man. While he could have just left this one to change he knew that if he wanted them to be like him that he would have to increase his heart rate, and since Serathin was already half hard he knew how he could make that happen rather easily. Plus he was hard as a rock as well, his muscular chest heaving up and down as the strength and power of his new body grew with every second. With his meaty arms Rakan pulled Serathin over to the sink and had the elf brace himself there as he took his drooling member and began to slide it between the butt cheeks of the other man where the stub of a tail had already started to grow.
As Rakan saw himself in the mirror behind the one he was about to plow he saw that his eyes had shifted in color, turning a sky blue as his ears migrated to the top of his head. With his fading humanity he found a clarity in it, one that was helped with pushing the tip of his growing cock into the one in front of him. The way the one in front of him seemed to enjoy the changes happening, watching as Serathin licked his lips as they darkened while his new fangs grew in, made him wonder if this wasn't the future he had been sent back to make. As he found himself flexing his arms in the mirror he began to thrust his hips forward, slightly at first but as more of his shaft disappeared into the growing rear of the creature the more lustful he felt.
As the growing werewolf growled while the last of his human flesh disappeared under the cascade of fur that was growing down his flexing shoulder and back muscles he watched as each pump of his hips seemed to push the muzzle of the other man just a little further. He found himself fascinated, intrigued by the rather elegant transformation of his first true packmate. The mouth of the elf remained open even as his jaws stretched and Rakan could hear his voice deepen with each thrust as he managed to hilt himself. The sensations were so intoxicating he wanted everyone to feel this way, spurring on instincts that he hadn't had before that imprinted itself onto the very venom that had changed him in the first place.
As black fur continued to spread over the new werewolf they both began to snarl and growl, Rakan pulling Serathin back and rubbing a hand down the thick purple fur of the beastly creature before pumping on his erect cock. He couldn't take his eyes off the two creatures in the mirror, especially himself as he saw his thick brown tail wagging behind him while his stature continued to grow. With his feet already turned into thick lupine paw pads he hardly noticed when his ankles pulled upwards, extending his legs to make him even taller while turning him into a predator. As he licked his lips though the venom had taken a markedly different path, instead of creating a feral hunger to devour flesh the actions of the two created a carnal instinct instead and an intense desire to spread their newfound form to others as the elf's body grew furrier and with more muscle every time he was bounced upwards…
Back in the shopping mall those that were on the third floor were unaware of the happenings in the bathroom, and while some had their experience disturbed by an angry man that had run down to the second-floor infirmary it was quickly forgotten. Eventually those that were closest to the bathroom door however heard a loud series of growls and snarls that were punctuated by a short but intense howl, which was enough to get the attention of those nearby. As a few people gathered around some wondered if they should get security while others just shook their heads and moved on, but just as people were about to disperse the wooden door was smashed open and two muscular furry beasts practically flew out into the crowd.
There were a few that screamed but Rakan didn't care, instead he found the first person closest to him and sank his teeth into their upper arm. The man instantly recoiled but it had been a shallow bite and with the anesthetizing agent produced in their saliva they weren't even sure anything happened even as they gripped the spot. Serathin was quick to do the same and before the people there could do anything they had each bit four or five people before sprinting further down into the mall. While the creatures both had a fierce look about them both werewolves hadn't mauled or gored anyone like the movies, which made those that had gotten nips and bites on the arm wondering what was going on instead of frightened.
One couple had gone off as the chaos continued further down the mall's atrium, the guy looking at the bite that he had gotten on his forearm while his girlfriend examined it. “For the size of their teeth this is a shallow wound," she said. “Does it hurt?"
“No, not at all," the guy replied, which as he looked past her and towards the group they had just left he noticed that a few of them had started to sweat as he felt the same thing. “I do feel… really strange though…" As the girl was about to say something his fingers suddenly flexed, taking both of them by surprise as brown hairs began to rise up from the spot where he had been bitten. As the guy's fingers and hand began to swell while his fingernails darkened she told him that they should probably get to the nurse's station, only to be stopped dead in her tracks.
“I… don't think I need it…" the guy said as she turned back to see a grin spreading across his face, revealing increasingly pointed teeth as what looked like saliva dripped from his fangs. “I need… I need you…" the girl let out a shout as her boyfriend lunged on top of her and bit her on the shoulder, which was a scene that was playing out all over the mall as Rakan and Serathin continued to go around biting whomever they could get in range of their jaws. Though the venom had burned out most of Rakan's human life he still remembered that eventually the police would respond and be overwhelmed, followed by the military that the past version of himself was a part of with the same result as their kind spread over the land…
…the age of the werewolf had begun once again.