Jacob's Arc: Four

Doureena stepped into the middle of the arena. She threw her hands out, smiling to the crowd as they howled and hollered at their Alpha. She waited for them to settle down before she began her speech to start the event. 

"Thank you all for showing up here. I was challenged by a young mutt by the name of Sous. See, I don't even know her last name but I tend to not focus on mundane things." The crowd laughed. " Sous, step forward so we begin and end this quickly." 

Sous stood up, being met with taunts and boos but none of it bothered her, not when she had a good support system. So she stepped in front of Doureena with pride and confidence. They bowed to one another. 

Doureena struck at Sous and to her surprise, the eleven year old quickly flipped out of the way. The blonde child came down with a kick and when Doureena jumped back, the kick made contact with the arena floor, causing a small crack. A crack Doureena noticed, taking note the child got strong. 

Sous managed to compose herself and jumped up, attempting to do a tornado kick that Doureena blocked with her arm. Sous took hold of Doureena's shoulder, flipping over her. She landed on the other side so as to kick the adult's knee cap, but Doureena jumped out of the way, using that same momentum to extract her claws and threw some of the broken floor to Sous. 

Sous took out her wand, quickly calling out the parry spell. She blocked the small pieces of the floor but skidded back when Doureena came down on the protection spell that formed a shield. It was a force that was so powerful, the spell broke, particles dispersing in the air. 

The entire stadium was quiet, so many were coming to terms that Sous, an eleven year old, was holding her own against their Alpha. It was surreal for many members of the pack. Shadow smiled, his eyes making contact with Monica's. 

"You were always good at sparring. You taught her well."

"Why thank you, kind madam."

They said to one another telepathically. 

Sous and Doureena collided fists, pushing each other away. Sous landed on the wall while Doureena slid back on her shoes. Sous jumped down, staring at Doureena. Doureena hadn't transformed into her wolf self. Sous had to calculate the battle correctly. If she spent too much energy, she could potentially lose her life when Doureena finally did decide to transform into her werewolf form. She was unsure how long she could last in a fight; she knew she could at least last about an hour because that's how long she and Shadow sparred one another, sometimes two. After the second hour, Sous knew for sure she would be getting tired. She needed to find a way to get Doureena to transform into her werewolf form. Sous also needed to think of a spell that could potentially be strong enough. 

She pointed her wand at Doureena, calling out the fire spell but just as she thought, Doureena was able to dodge it quickly, even as Sous kept throwing the fire attacks at her. Doureena jumped up and slammed down onto Sous once more. Sous barely had enough time to call for the parry attack to protect herself, Doureena brought her to her knees. 

"Gladius!"

The shield dissolved quickly turning into the sword; Sous struck it across the chest of Doureena who didn't have enough time to dodge it, drawing blood. The blood caused the crowd to gasp. 

Kara smiled bringing together her hands that she held close to her chest. Zhiliary's eyebrow lifted, the youngster clearly impressed by the mutt. 

The Alpha tried to step back but she slipped on her back, almost falling but was able to save herself the grace by rolling to a kneeling position. Sous prepared herself, tightly holding onto the sword, for the Alpha began to change. Her claws began to get longer and sharper; her canines larger. The fur started to grow, her muzzle grew, her ears, all of her body transformed into her werewolf form, bursting out of her clothes, followed by a gnarly howl. 

In an instant, the Alpha was in front of Sous, Sous barely had time to blink before she felt herself being knocked to the ground. Her nose broke as it hit the hard arena floor. Blood splurted out; she quickly got to her feet and dodged the next attack, only to be met with a kick to the back that sent Sous flying to the other side of the arena, landing hard on the floor, where she rolled to a stop. 

The crowd cheered! Sous may have had a chance prior to Doureena transforming but it was becoming evident she was no match for a true Alpha wolf.

Sous called out the parry spell once more but Doureena was stronger than the spell, kicking it and having it dispersed before her eyes. When Doureena kicked Sous in the stomach, her claws dug into the stomach.

"SOUS!" Kara stood up, screaming for Sous to get up. "GET UP, SOUS!" 

Doureena looked at Kara, disgusted her daughter felt so strongly for this mutt. She kicked Sous again, sending her soaring to the audience who grabbed her and threw her back onto the arena floor, laughing and howling. 

"KILL THE BETRAYER!" Someone yelled. Then the crowd started to chant those words to the utter dismay of Monica, Kara, and Derrick. Is this really how their pack was, just hell bent on blood and death? 

Kara looked at Monica. "Mommy! Make Siree stop!" She pulled on her mother's arms but Monica wasn't sure she could step in. That might be taking it too far. Kara turned to Zhiliary. "She'll listen to you, right? Tell her to stop," she pleaded to the older teenager, tears starting to form. 

Sous struggled to get up from the floor, coughing up blood and holding her stomach. She felt around for her wand and found it, broken in half probably by one of the crowd members. Doureena walked to Sous, picking her up by the collar of her shirt. She smiled as best as a werewolf could smile, placing her large claw on Sous' face, covering the entire head. 

"You stupid mutt," Doureena growled. "I hate my daughter has to see this…" Doureena began to close her claw, tightening her grip around Sous' head. 

CRACK!

The bones began to break, first Sous' jaw, causing blood to flow from her mouth, teeth falling out. 

CRACK!

The right eye socket broke, popping out Sous' eye. Her body jolted, the pain was too much. She couldn't scream because Doureena covered her mouth and nose. She was losing air-

"SSSOOOOUUUSSSSS!" Kara screamed. 

Shadow, Monica, Kara, Jacob-all four got up from their seats unaware what the other three were doing. They only knew they were going to try and stop the Alpha from killing Sous. 

BANG!

Shadow pulled his shotgun from his back and shot Doureena's arm. Having it fall to the ground along with Sous who was caught by Monica. Kara ran to Sous, crying over her along with Jacob with Derrick not far from his side. 

The blood spilled from Doureena's arm, leaving her with a stub as she look at Sous' disfigured face. 

Shadow was glad he was able to shoot at the Alpha, tearing off her arm but then he nearly fainted when he saw Doureena's arm begin to regenerate. 

"What the-"

Doureena laughed at Shadow, changing back to her normal form, nude before the crowd. 

"Look at how compassionate my Omega and offspring are. See how they forgive this mutt and who ever the fuck he is," she yelled, pointing at Shadow. She turned to the crowd once more as they cheered. "WHAT PACK ARE WE?"

"APEX!" Screamed the crowd. 

"WHAT PACK ARE WE?"

"APEX!"

Zhiliary now stood looking at the situation before her. She smiled at the crowd, at the pack screaming out the words that they were Apex pack. They were a strong pack, one of the strongest packs in Canas; they will continue to rise and dominate, she will see to that. They all will see to that. 

She sat back down on the bleacher. She wasn't sure how the relationship with Kara was going to form but after seeing such a fight with Doureena, witnessing her power, Zhiliary wanted that. She would be next in line for Alpha and she will continue on the legacy of this pack. When Kara becomes of age, she would have her. The Apex Pack was history and the future, nothing could stop them!

Shadow ran over to Monica and the kids as Doureena concentrated on hyping the crowd up. 

"Jacob, pick up her teeth so we can put them back in her mouth," he ordered him. 

"Only pick up the adult ones and the fangs. Any baby teeth will grow in." Monica corrected.

Jacob nodded his head and proceeded to pick of Sous' teeth with the help of Derrick. Kara picked up Sous' wand, tears still falling. She cupped the two piece wand in her hand, wishing she could have done something to help. 

"Kara, give me the wand." 

Kara handed the wand to her mother, only for them both to see the wand was no longer broken. Monica quickly took the wand to prevent Kara from asking questions. All of this emotion probably was causing her magic to surface, something Monica didn't expect until she was eleven or twelve. 

"I'll take her back to the shack. I think there are potions she made last night that could help with healing," Shadow suggested since both knew Monica couldn't be caught using magic. 

"WHAT PACK ARE WE?"

"APEX!"

"WHAT PACK ARE WE?"

"APEX!"