Hunter: Part 4
Dean’s mind goes blank; he’s completely speechless. Everyone looks at him for direction, but he looks terrified. Cain noticed Dean’s fear and decided to take charge.
“Blake, is there a back door?”
“Yes, there is a tunnel system that leads outside.”
“Okay, we need to grab all we can and get out of here now!”
Everyone grabs different things; clothes, guns, ammo, and bags full of stuff.
Blake opened the tunnel door; it smelled metallic. You can tell nobody has been down there for years.
Blake tells Davina, Lily, and Rose to go first. Blake and Jack climb down, but Cain yells down the tunnel that Mack is staying behind.
Dean tries to talk Mack out of staying behind.
“What are you doing? Let’s go now!”
“Nah, somebody has to slow them down. You need to slay all the beasts, and Mr. Vampy over there needs to play house, so I’ll stay.”
“Nobody has to stay!”
“Dean, let’s go!”
Cain can hear the steel door quickly caving in.
“Just a minute!”
“We don’t have a minute!”
Mack grips the bomb Detonator tightly; sweat drips down his fist.
“Go!”
Dean refused to leave. Mack nodded at Cain; Cain grabbed Dean and threw him down the tunnel; he managed to grip the ladder before hitting the ground. Cain slammed the door shut and jumped down, landing on his feet. He dusted his shirt off and noticed the hole in his shirt again. Dean looked at Cain in rage. His eyes narrowed, and his nostrils flared.
“How could you do that? What happened to your weird care for humans?”
“I do care, but he made a choice. You need to respect that.”
“No, I-“
A loud boom blasted through the tunnel; luckily, the door was able to keep the aftermath on the other side.
“RIP Mack”
“You don’t get to say that!”
Cain understood his frustration but ignored it, considering he wanted his help. Mack sacrificing himself is sad and unexpected. Dean pushed past Cain and followed the others through the tunnel. Cain ignored Dean’s frustration.
The tunnel had water leaking. The consistent dripping sound was the only sound heard the entire walk as everyone was dealing with the death of Mack.
They reached another ladder at the end of the tunnel; a small glimpse of light shined through the tiny holes in the door. The rust falls off when Davina turned the handle.
“Ew, gross!” said Lily
Once outside, Cain's phone rang; he knew it meant trouble. Eliza told him that she and Kai had been attacked and had to leave in a hurry.
“Where are you?”
“Right now, we are coming to you.”
“How do you know where I am?”
“Tracked your phone”
Cain laughed.
“Meet us on the road”
Cain hung up. Everyone was staring at him.
“Everything alright?” Asked Lily
“Where is the closest road?”
“That way”
Dean pointed west, and Cain took off.
“Wait!”
“Shit, we need him” said Blake
Dean looked at everyone to see if they all agreed. He was offended that they would suggest Dean couldn’t do the heavy lifting without some vampire’s help. He ran behind Cain and the others slowly followed.
Cain came to an abrupt stop when he reached the road. He didn’t see any cars; he waited patiently. Eliza and Sam were his life; whenever they were in trouble, it made him feel fear like he had never felt before.
Dean caught up to Cain.
“Hey!”
Cain raised his eyebrow at Dean.
“We still need your help,” he said irksomely
“Funny you say that because you sound like you don’t want it”
“Man… whatever”
Cain started to hear a car and immediately put all his attention in that direction. He could see Eliza and Sam in this big midnight blue pickup truck.
“I’m assuming your human family.”
“Yea”
Eliza pulled over to the side of the road, inches away from Cain. Sam opened the door and rushed over to Cain. Cain embraced him with a big hug.
“Hey buddy, you okay?”
“Yea, I’m not afraid”
“Of course not”
Cain hugged Sam tighter.
Eliza got out of the car and approached Dean.
Holding a tiny blade behind her back, she stood directly in front of him.
“Who are you?” She asked aggressively
“I’m Dean”
“Relax E; he’s a…. Acquaintance”
“Rightttt” she said suspiciously
She slid the blade into her back pocket. She then made piercing eye contact with Cain.
“I thought this was a different type of interaction”
“It was supposed to be but-“
“Then why is he alive”
“E… relax”
“Your girlfriend is very hostile”
“Yea, well she-“
“And! Aren’t you the vampire hunter”
“The one and only”
“So you understand my problem with him being around you”
“If I knew how to kill him he’d be dead. No doubt about it but I don’t, so I can’t, so I won’t”
“I’m keeping an eye on you”
Dean and Eliza stared at each other for a good 15 seconds before Cain decided to break the tension.
“Okay! Now that the formalities are out the way let’s talk plans”
Davina, Lily, Jack, Blake, and Rose finally caught up. Cain introduced them to Eliza and Sam. Rose was intrigued that Sam loved Cain so much; he wasn’t frightened at all.
“Hey Sam, I’m Rose”
“Hi”
Cain was about to put Sam down, but a single howl echoed through the trees. Everyone prepared their weapons. Dean and Cain looked at each other in respect.
“How many?”
“About 30”
“Great!”
“All of you get in the truck”
“What! Hell no Cain, leave them here!”
“E, I can’t let them die you know that”
“No!”
Cain just looked at Eliza; his piercing gaze made her cave quickly. She knew he wasn’t asking.
“Fine!”
They all loaded in the back of the truck. Cain, Eliza, and Sam rode in the front. Sam looked unfazed. He felt that Cain was his superhero and that nothing would harm him as long as Cain was around. Eliza took off at full speed, but the wolves caught up with them; they surrounded the car. Jack, Blake, Lily and Davina started shooting off the ones close by.
“Any ideas anyone!” Asked Blake
“Yes, I do; they seem to be after all of you, so if all of you could just get out, that’ll be great for us!”
“Eliza”
Eliza rolled her eyes.
“Okay fine, how about the vampire hunter do something about it.”
Everyone looked at Dean. Dean's forehead began to sweat. His hands trembled a bit.
“I am a vampire hunter! Sometimes I hunt werewolves or shapeshifters, but what am I supposed to do about a pack!”
“Use your powers or something,” said Rose
“They aren’t magic!”
“Where is your teacher Dean!” Cain asked
“Dead! Thanks to your brother! He killed my family including my teacher! How do you know about-“
The wolves banged their bodies against the truck. Eliza struggled to keep control.
“Cain, this isn’t our fight! We have to protect Sam!”
Before Cain could argue with Eliza, two wolves bit into the side of the back tires. The truck swerved out of control. Eliza screamed as the car drove off the road into the forest. The truck hit a tree, Eliza and Sam went hurling forward, but Cain grabbed them both. The impact tossed Lily and Jack out of the car. Davina got knocked out, Dean caught Rose, and Blake injured his arm trying to brace for the impact.
“Is everyone okay?” asked Cain
“No, but I bet Eliza and Sam are!” said Dean
