After being set upon by a hunter James flee’s the scene with silver in his system, unknowingly sending him barrelling towards Ares property. @detectivegoldstein @artemisxcortes @evanixkamat
James: Everything hurt as James lay alone in the alley. Nose broken, chest heaving, and a fever beginning to set in from the graze of the silver dagger. Scrambling up, all the wolf could think about was getting away. Pulling his phone out his pocket, he swore at the shattered screen. It was done for.
Disoriented, James walked in the first direction he could think of, his head swirling with disjointed thoughts. Eventually he reached the edge of the forest and his inner wolf took over, finding solace under the canopy of the trees. Feeling increasingly hot and paranoia feeding into fear, the wolf ran. He ran and ran and ran, trying to escape from the shadows, from the invisible enemies hot on his trail.
In his panic the wolf ran head long into a garbage can, having unknowingly reached the open property of someone's house. James' ears rang and his head swam as the silver circulated through his blood.
Artemis: Artemis sighed and shook her head as the man lay in the alley. She moved into the shadows to see if he'd get up. She knew wolves weren't that easy to take down and she wanted to follow him. To make sure he didn't go off and hurt anyone.
When he transformed into a wolf before her very eyes, she knew she wouldn't be able to catch him. She swore under her breath and shook her head. She should have put a tracker on him or something. She groaned and rushed back to her bike to head home to try and do some more research about him. He'd have to turn back to his human form again and when he did, she'd be ready.
Ares: Ares opened the door to let Nova out. "I'll be right back, I'm just going to run her around the edge of the property so she can get some of her energy out." He called to Evani before stepping out into the cool December air. Nova trotted off ahead already sniffing around. A small way away from the house Nova stepped causing Ares to pause too. A low growl emerged from the dog, her hackles up and tail down. She was a friendly dog so to see her on alert was worrying. "Nova? What's wrong?"
Nova barked, backing up, her ears flat to her head. She was practically belly to the floor as she continued to move away from whatever was in the shadows just beyond. Figuring it was a badger or something Ares moved forward to chase the creature off. An action he would later come to regret.
James: The barking rang in James' ears, flooding his senses. The fever was starting to grow, the fear along with it. As something came running towards him the wolf lashed out with his claws, knocking down whoever or whatever was trying to attack him. Teeth dug immediately into flesh as his hind paws raked across his attacker's body. Safe. He was making himself safe.
Ares: It was not, as previously assumed, a badger. Ares didn't even have time to stop before the wolf pounced out of the shadows, claws scraping down his chest. He let out a cry as he fell backwards though it transformed into a scream as the claws dug in and teeth sank into his shoulder. Pain seared down Ares' body as his vision swam with panic. Lashing out himself he beat his bloody hands against the wolf, trying to get the beast off him while he still had strength.
Managing to shove the wolf off for only a moment, Ares rolled onto this front which only caused him more pain. Barely able to make sense of the world he tried to see where Nova was but the white of her coat wasn't in sight anymore. He could hear her though, still barking. The sound was different. A series of short curt barks used for alerting. She was trying to get help.(edited)
Evani: Evani woke to a sound of Nova barking loudly. She reached out to the space next to her and started to panic. Oh, god. She thought. He was here. Her ex-husband found her. How? Why? It had been days without a worry? Did the wards not work? The witch shot up in bed and rushed down the stairs and in the direction of the barking.
She glanced around and only saw Nova and rushed towards her. When she finally saw him, she let out a scream. "Ares! Oh god, oh my god!" She reached towards him and glanced down, he was bleeding. Evani frantically looked around the property, tears in her eyes as she pulled him off the ground. "We need to get inside, okay?" She told him and began to shush Nova.
James: Blood drowning his senses, James ran back into the woods, briefly perking up as he heard a scream. No, it was nothing. He found somewhere he could hole up and lick his wounds, though the ever growing fever was making it hard to focus on much. He knew he needed to get home. But which way was that? He couldn't remember.
Ares: His whole body felt like it was burning. He barely had control of his body as his vision swam and his ears were ringing. Ares wasn't sure how he was moved really, his legs felt like they had lost all their strength and yet somehow they moved. Even though the nights air was freezing he felt like he was feverish and the longer he was conscious the worse it got. Eventually he fell upon something soft but by this point he'd lost the ability to tell where he was. The burning had only worsened and his head was pounding. Blood loss. It must be blood loss he thought weakly before he passed out and his mind went quiet.
