Olivia, Kai, and Gary weren’t given another drop of food to eat, and they were already feeling the effects of their hunger. The closer it was to the full moon the higher alert they would be in the first place. “Ahhh this sucks!” Olivia screamed from her cell. The three of them had been tied up, next to each other, and could see one another through the metal bars, but due to the chain length they were unable to reach each other or the bars that were in front of them. The order of the three went Kai, then Gary, and finally Olivia. “You never said this was what was going to happen when you turned me!” Olivia complained. “Will you relax?” Kai replied. “You remember all of us are in the same pain, and besides I thought you would be used to your emotions getting high strung once a month.” “Ah, I swear if I turn into a werewolf, the first one I'm going to kill is you pretty boy.” Olivia said, licking her lips. Gary immediately turned his head to look at her, and stared her down. It wa
Before the day of the full moon, Gary had already informed Kai and Olivia that he was next to a 100% sure that as long as they starved themselves, and therefore kept their Energy low enough, they shouldn’t be able to transform during the full moon. Taking their leader’s words with a grain of salt, Kai had come up with some theories of his own on how to deal with that starvation, so he had suggested they test those out to find out more about their condition. After drawing straws, Olivia had ended up being the one who had been forbidden from eating enough 72 hours before the full moon, making her by far the hungriest. Although she had been complaining a lot, the Lady Boss had acted fine when the clock had hit midnight and only towards the end had she displayed signs of aggression.Gary was the one who should stop eating meat starting one day before the full moon, and he had even used Claw Drain a few times before midnight to get his Energy down. Then there was Kai, who had done the s
The night of the full moon, or rather the day of the full moon, was putting an immense amount of pressure on the mental strength of every Werewolf in the room. It had been hard enough as it was already and as time got closer to the 6AM mark everyone was starting to feel a bit relieved knowing that it would all be over soon.Alas, the moment Gary brought up the possibility that they might have to continue with the current situation for perhaps even the rest of the day, everything changed. It might have been a different story if it had been a few more hours, but this… this was simply soul-crushing.“Alright, Gary, I can see where you're going with this, but maybe you're wrong,” Kai said after a minute of staying silent. He focused all his energy on breaking out of his cuffs. Fortunately, his he was far too exhausted at this point, so it only stayed at the level of attempts. All it was doing was making him more exhausted and annoyed, sweat dripping down his forehead onto the floor.“Wron
Seeing Kai grab onto the spear, Innu immediately tried to pull it back. The Anti-Altered weapon only worked by singing the tip of the spear. As long as the end didn’t directly touch the target, then it would electrocute nothing but the air.‘Damn, what is this strength? This scrawny blonde kid would have been able to overpower me this easily in the past!’ Innu thought, but the next moment he gulped down, as he noticed that Kai’s attention was fully on him. Those blue eyes glaring at him made him aware that he was in great danger.“WHY THE F*CK DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ME?! HELP ME, GUYS!” Innu yelled as he tried to push down the weapon as best as he could. You understood that letting go of the weapon at that moment would be a death sentence.Fortunately, he wasn’t alone, and the moment they noticed Kai’s eyes, they ran up to help their friend by shoving their spears into the Werewolf’s body. Sparks could be seen at the end of the weapon, and just like with Olivia, his whole body lit
“No wonder you’re the leader. However, if this is what you all have to deal with every month, I guess I’m alright staying human.” Innu said. Marie and Austin just nodded along, sharing his opinion. The horrible day had finally come to an end, and the three of them just spread out on the floor. All the built-up tension from watching the Werewolves, the lack of proper sleep and the adrenaline that had left their body, left them with no energy.After filling up his own Energy, Gary carefully gave Olivia some of the meat to eat. Once he was sure that she wouldn’t become feral once more, he ordered her to keep watch over Kai, while he carried each one of his friends upstairs to a more comfy place. Grabbing a phone, he called Tyler, telling him to bring over some burgers, pizza and other junk food, so the trio could have a feast. Gary was positively surprised when Tyler told him that there was no need for it. Apparently, Marie had informed her mother earlier that their ‘thing’ would take
It took a second for Amy to realise what Gary was talking about. Unlike him, she wasn't really into fighting sports, but she had heard the name before, and it finally clicked in her head. "The Altered Fighting Academy, but that makes no sense. You're not an Al-" Suddenly, images flashed through Amy's head of everything she had found. The bloody clothes, how Gary got them out of a tricky situation and even more things, including the money to pay for everything. "I'm working with a corporation, and they sponsored me, so I'm an Altered now, but part of the deal is that I have to join the AFA and become a mascot for them," Gary explained.Gary had thought long and hard, but it was impossible to come up with a reason to tell Amy about why he had to leave her, where he got the money from, and eventually, she might even see him on TV if things went well. That was why it was easier to mix lies with the truth, just enough for her not to ask any more questions, but tears started falling from
Once everything was set in motion, Gary left to go to his trials at the AFA. His friends and acquaintances sent him off with their farewells and goodbyes, trying to make him worry as little as possible. At the same time, Amy had now moved in with White. The two seemed to get on well. Although White didn't talk much, that was alright with Amy since she wouldn't be living alone. And at the same time, there would also be two guards who would follow them when they went out or while they were heading to school, even if they didn't know about it. This left the Howlers to make their next move, and Gary had called a meeting between the original gang and Tyler since the latter would be somewhat involved in this. The Wolf’s Pool Club had been closed for the morning as they all sat around a table. "All of us will be going on a trip," Kai began with a smile. "A trip? You mean out of Slough? But I still haven't sorted things here. Kevin is about to go to secondary school." Innu complained. "W
The limo ride was intense for the gang and they talked about multiple things on the way there, most of it about Gary and wondering how he was faring. Since he hadn't sent them a message yet, they only took it as a good sign that he was doing well.Then the conversation soon steered to where they were going today. “Why are you all nervous, you should all be exited for today!” Kai said.“How are you not nervous? We're going into a battlefield where all the top gangs will be around us! You know how they act.” Innu replied. “Some of them will be worse than the Underdogs, one wrong look and they might decide to destroy us and take over our town!” “You better not do anything stupid then. Oh, wait, I think that’s impossible for you.” Austin teased.Grinding his teeth, Innu wanted to retort, but that's when he could see the sign saying 'Welcome to Morfran city'. Shortly after seeing the sign they entered a tunnel, immediately the whole atmosphere of the tunnel alone was something they had n
Xin had already expended a lot of energy in her Altered form, and holding her breath during her combat had worn her out quite a bit. Her single wing sticking out from her back was still there, but the lightning power that sparked from it was dwindling.“Big guy, be careful; this one’s tough,” Xin commented.Austin stood strong, looking at Gil getting up on his feet. As he did, Gil’s body muscles were flexing in and out. The smoke that was lingering from his body was starting to grow as well.“I know. I hit him with a pretty big shot, and I know I’m not weak,” Austin replied.After just getting back out from the hospital and recovering, the first thing Austin didn’t expect was that he was going to have to get into a fight, but from a single look, he could tell this person was strong.Not wasting any time, he had jumped out of the window and knew what he needed to do.“You're a bigger hitter than me, so I’m going to have to support you!” Xin said.As soon as she finished her sentence, G
With Xin being who she was, she had faced many different types of Altered, but going up against Gil was the most unique one yet. For one, he was a rare Mythical type. These had great power and a chance of great elemental ability as well.Not only that, but she had seen something somewhat unique to an Altered which she hadn’t seen before. The fact that Gil was able to transform his body, and in doing so, it affected his powers.Being large in size, he was strong and durable, while being smaller in size he had incredible speed. It was because of these transformations that Xin had felt like she had already seen it all.They had been fighting for a while now, so he had to have used either his partial or full transformation. There was nothing left for him to show, with no surprises, it was time for her to finish off the fight herself.The one wing that extended out from her back, the same size as a hand, was covered in yellow sparks that continually went off. They were condensed in size, g
Sparks from Xin’s Altered form couldn't stop flying off from her body. The strange hardened feathers constantly were shooting off small bolts of energy from one to the other. Even just standing still, her elemental power was activating.“You think things are going to change just because your appearance is now a little different!” Gil shouted as he lifted both of his hands up, locking them together. He was in his large form, having shifted from the smaller one.Doing so allowed him to pick up more strength than he usually would. The attack was going to be a big one. Gil’s hands smashed against the ground, and the whole building started to shake again.The people from above fell from their seats. Shelves tumbled down from the vibration, and it looked like the building was warping from within itself. However, the shaking had eventually stopped.With it stopping, the people on the second floor could see that they were now okay, and it was the same for Amy and White, who were close to the
The message sent out by Kai was heard loud and clear by everyone in the Howlers, and some of them took it to heart. Instead of trying to win their fights, they now were trying to last as long as possible.Raven had transformed his body; large heads had appeared and were in the air. Numba had been picked up by one of the Hydra Altered’s heads, its teeth biting down on his stomach and flinging him to the side until he hit a wall.“This Altered’s strength is crazy; does he have the same strength in each head?” Numba thought as he tried to get back up.Charging in were both Marie and Olivia at the same time. They struck from two sides, trying to hit the heads, but weren’t fully committing. They were carefully waiting for a strike and moved from side to side.Marie had avoided attacks from one of the Hydra’s long winding heads, while Olivia, as she jumped back, swung her hands and used her whip. It was effective in hitting the Hydra, but she didn’t dare try to wrap it around its head due t
There were a lot of decisions to make with the new stats and pawn points that Gary had managed to achieve, and it was best if he used them now because at any moment, he felt like something was coming.The fight against Ice was far tougher than the fight against the North and the South leader, but all of this was for more to come.‘First, I will allocate the stat points,’ Gary thought as he tapped his system, giving himself a few points in two areas.The first was his endurance.[Endurance 88 >>> 90]‘The strength difference at every ten is increased, but as the numbers get higher, the difference isn’t felt as much. Either way, as I’m fighting tougher enemies like that of Ice, Endurance seems to be a big factor in getting hurt less.’[Dexterity 82 >>> 85]‘With that, rather than being able to hit harder, I need to be able to hit more and get my attacks in, so I’ll increase my dexterity.’As for the pawn points, Gary then went ahead and used two of them on his health. Each pawn point at
---The final plan that Carter had, to try and turn those who had allied up against each other, had failed. Carter already knew about Ice’s past; there wasn’t much he could do with that.He was one of the few prisoners who knew what they had done. Through the extent of his own powers in a clash, he had killed those around him that had no involvement. He wanted to stay in the prison, but he suddenly had a change of heart.Then, there was Blackjack, the first man Carter was unable to get any information about, so he only had Gary, and now even that hadn’t worked.“What were you going to do?” Gary asked as he moved forward. “I bet if I was in here, and the Phoenix Gang wasn’t already targeting me, you would threaten my friends, my family, that are on the outside.”“You are a cruel person in this place; those that are already trapped, you force them to do your bidding by trapping them even more in this place. I can safely say that you are a person that I don’t mind getting rid of.”Gary n
---In the center of the prison, many had backed away from Ice standing in the middle. He felt like an unstoppable giant. No matter what attacks landed on him, they barely left a mark; if they did, it was almost as if it didn't affect him at all.His giant club was hitting the physical-type Altereds and overpowering them with his strength. Even those that were fast and could get closer were affected by his strong ice powers.He could block attacks with his ice, freeze those who came close to him, and create a number of unique attacks of his own. When a group of prisoners approached him, he slammed his foot on the ground. Ice grew from the floor in several sharp spikes, piercing those who took a step too far."What are we meant to do, Stinger? This guy is too strong!" one of the prisoners exclaimed.They looked around, waiting for an answer, but the prisoners themselves were struggling to even see Stinger. That was because he had hidden himself among the crowd of prisoners, waiting for
Blackjack was on the move to the North side. He was quickly going past the Altereds that were trying to attack him, ducking and weaving through them all at a fast speed. At one point, he leaned back, and one of the prisoners accidentally attacked another.‘It’s a good lucky day today, I knew it would all go well today.’ Blackjack smiled as he progressed further and deeper inside. As he finally got near the end, he threw out the last of his cards.They came out sharp, hitting four of his opponents on the head, causing them to fall to the floor, and that’s when he could see Calvin sitting on the floor, healing one of the prisoners.“Calvin, it has been a while, right?” Blackjack asked. “I’m surprised to see that you teamed up with the South Group. After going against them for so long, it resorted to this.” “I had invited you several times to join my side,” Calvin stated. “I had even healed your body after the fight with the Warden, and yet you still refused. So what else was I supposed
The fight continued with all three of them continuing to fight against the Altereds coming their way. Although most of them were relatively easy to deal with, there were a few tough ones.Those that knew how to fight either waited for the right time to strike and got a good hit in or were harder than just a single hit or two to take out. When this was the case, Gary would use one of his skills.He would use his Lethal Pounce, Claw Drain, and even once in a while, he even used his Claw Strike to attack them from surprise. When this was used, it seemed like next to no one could stop it.Blackjack had been keeping an eye on things that were happening around him, and when this happened, he would focus on just avoiding blows that he was able to do with ease.‘Is he conserving his strength?’ Blackjack thought. ‘That’s surprising. I don’t see many Werewolves fight like that. Is it because he’s worried about when he has to go up against the Warden? No, that can’t be it.’With a keener eye, Bl