After the Howlers members were successfully turned, the group had to wait for all of them to wake up. Fairly quickly after that, someone needed to make them aware of their situation and teach them how to use their newfound powers pretty fast.
How to transform, how to fight, how to just use controlled transformation, and what it meant to be a werewolf. Converting energy, and consuming targets to continue to grow.
To not let one’s hunger get to a dictatorial point where they would even eat their own allies. It would be a lot to take in, and a lot to learn, but Dean was confident after a full day that he could do it.
These were the details that he and Kai were in the middle of sorting out.
“They’re getting their rest right now, and we have managed to collect a lot of food from Burnham food street, primarily meat, and are shipping it here,” Kai explained.
There were large vehicles filled to the brim. Since the attacks at night were less frequent, it allowed for the Howlers to move more freely during the night.
“This is good. Once they have gotten their rest, I will order your men to come with me; we will take them to the nearby forest. It will be the best area for them to get used to their behaviors and their skills rather quickly.
“The food will keep their energy up, and they will be ready to go into action straight away,” Dean noted.
With everything done, it meant that Kai no longer needed to be there; he could finally get some rest himself. He didn’t know when the Phoenix Gang would attack, and he would have to decide in the early morning where the best place for him to arrive was.
Since they were at the hospital, there would be plenty of beds for him to get some sleep as well.
“I’ll need your number. The Phoenix Gang is large, and there might be multiple areas where they will attack from. Since we’re apart when the training is done, I need to inform you what the best place to send our members to will be,” Kai stated as he brought out his phone.
He was waiting to hear a few numbers being read out, but when they didn’t come, he looked up to look at the man, who wasn’t saying a word and just scratching the side of his face.
“The thing is, I don’t have a number. I mean, I don’t even have a phone,” Dean said.
It was hard to believe a person didn’t have a phone, but then again, since Kai had never seen Gary’s father before this and he stated he had his reasons, it somewhat made sense.
‘Maybe it’s because of whoever he has been hiding from until this moment. If he’s worried that they can track him from his phone, they must have some high connections.’
From his pocket, Kai pulled out another burner phone and chucked it over.
“This phone has only my number saved, and I have that number. I have a lot of these, so don’t worry. You can throw it away after this is all done, but stay in contact,” Kai ordered.
Dean nodded, and the two of them went off to do their own things. Kai went to rest, while Dean waited for the others to wake up, and he would start his transportation to the forest.
Early morning the next day, Kai was getting reports on the situation, and he had learned that Cipen was in trouble, where he had left Crowley. There was a strong member of the Phoenix Gang.
Seeing this, he had decided to head there to give him the support. He still hadn’t received any news from Dean, but he did state that he would need the whole day; at best, they would be ready for him at night, at worst, perhaps the next morning.
‘We need to survive this night… I’m not confident that we can beat them the way we are, but we should be able to at least hold them off!’ With that, Kai had left the hospital.
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It had been a while since Kai had left the hospital, leaving around 10 members of the Howlers standing outside guarding the place. Dean had already left with the others as well.
This left only the staff, the Howlers members protecting it, and the civilians as well as gang members who had been hurt inside.
Xin stayed upstairs along with Amy and White. The three of them were taking turns taking care of Gary’s mother. She still hadn’t gotten out of bed yet. With her being in a coma for so long, it was a little hard for her to get used to moving.
Outside the hospital, the guards were standing firm, waiting for something, and that’s when they saw a fairly large man, built with a strong upper body, arrive.
“Hey, hey, how did they get past the barrier, they don’t look like a member of the Howlers!” one of the members shouted. He then stretched out his hand, a baton extended out and started to electrify the area.
“Ah, it’s fairly easy for someone to do,” the man replied. “at least for an Altered like me.”
The Howlers member ran forward and went to strike the larger man across the chest. It hit and started to spark, but had done next to nothing. Right after that, using his hand, the man had picked up the Howlers member by the face.
Then, lifting him in the air by his head, he hurled him through the air. His body went flying and crashed through the sliding hospital doors. Glass was broken apart, and the man continued to slide, leaving a bloody trail onto the reception floor of the hospital.
Those being treated in the reception, and the nurses, could see this, and terror started to appear in their hearts.
“Everyone, move quickly to the higher floors!” a nurse ordered. “Clear the area before more start coming in!”
The people did as they were told, trying to move as much as possible. For Xin, who was on the top floor, the screams were so horrifying that they were able to hear them even from above.
“What is happening?” Amy asked. “Are they attacking the hospital?”
“It’s okay,” Xin replied. “I’ll go take a look at it. Don’t worry; with me here, things will be okay. I’m a top Altered fighter after all.”
The two girls smiled, knowing Xin was trying to give them confidence, but it was a worrying situation for them all.
Xin hurried down as quickly as she could, and she could see the others running about. Then she finally reached the bottom floor. As she got into the reception area, it was already empty and void of people, but on the ground, she could see a member in black and gold clothing covered in blood.
Part of the chairs in the reception were already destroyed, and standing in front, she could see the large man.
“It’s you again,” Xin said as she immediately got into a fighting stance.
“Ah, I see. I guess it was fate that I was sent here. I didn’t have the chance to finish you off the last time, and now I do,” Gil said with a smile.
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