Izzy was staring at the others from the back, she was the furthest away, reluctant to move forward because of the two that she was carrying, so she could see them all in detail from behind.
Numba and Ian had frozen in place because now by their side, there were three in the Howlers uniform at either side of them, totaling six new people that had come to help.
“Are they all Altered belonging to the Howlers Gang?” Izzy thought.
She soon remembered seeing the Howlers gang fight before. She had witnessed a few of them having the same type of Altered solution. Even Marie and Olivia both appeared to have the same Altered solution.
This was on a mass scale now, mass-produced, and it wasn’t the end of it; two more had come to join them, a little slower than the others, and now there were eight members of the Howlers.
They weren’t Altered, though, like Izzy guessed; all of them were Werewolves. They had dark-colored fur, close to black, some of them slightly darker or lighter shade than the others. They were fairly lean Werewolves in their transformed state.
The Howlers' uniform stretched out on their bodies, working the way it was intended to.
Seeing so many Altered from the Howlers had suddenly made the Phoenix Gang stop for a moment. Because they weren’t just them to deal with, but the regular Howler members with Altered equipment as well from the sides.
“We are the support that Kai sent!” One of the men spoke, transforming the tip of his mouth so it was easier to speak. “We will protect this city because it is our city, and get rid of the Phoenix Gang!”
In an instant, all of them started to charge forward, running on all fours, aiming for Raven that was in front of them. A pack of Werewolves going up against the deadly mythical beast, the Hydra, it was a sight to see.
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Kai was now battling against not just one, but two of the leaders from the Phoenix Gang. He was already having a hard time just going against Glutton, but now Greed had joined and almost in an instant, he had landed a large attack right on Crowley.
Taking his own advice to buy time, Kai transformed into his Wolf form and started to run around. Glutton was continuing to fire out fireballs, hitting and destroying the buildings nearby, but Kai was too fast.
“Are you going to do something, Greed, or are you just going to sit there and look pretty?” Glutton complained.
“I already have done a lot for you; I took out that annoying bird man the moment I was here!” Greed said and struck his sword in the ground.
A line of heat lit on the floor and was coming right for Kai. He jumped from his position, as heat of flames shot up from the floor.
Greed wasn’t just skillful with his weapons but with his added elemental power, he was incredibly dangerous.
Even in his Wolf form, Kai was huffing and panting. His tongue was sticking out. ‘I’m getting tired; this form takes up even more energy than my Werewolf form since it focuses on speed... but if I fight, I have no doubt I’m going to lose.’
Looking up at the sky, Kai could see that the sun was starting to set. It had been a long time since he had left the others, but it had yet to be an entire day. Could a person even last an entire day?
In the middle of his thoughts, another ball of flames came toward him. Kai jumped on all fours onto the top of a car, and a heating sword came slashing right at him. Quickly Kai had transformed his body as he slimmed down and bent his back to avoid the sword.
He saw it just go over his head, and could feel the heat from the blade. Immediately Kai kicked himself away and made his way back to where the others were.
“You’re getting tired, young one, and you have a lot on your shoulders!” Greed said. “You know it’s only a matter of time until you die, and then we'll get every single person behind you.”
Kai’s own words to everyone were to defend, and he started to imagine those in tough situations. In Burnham, Gary in the prison, and those at the hospital. His ears could even hear the citizens wishing him well, wishing for Kai to do something.
As these thoughts filled his head, he could feel an energy rising in him. The power coming from below, his fatigue was starting to fade away.
‘Wait… no, my body is actually getting stronger, this is not just an emotional feeling, I am being re-energized.’
It was hard to explain because Kai had no clue how this was happening. He wasn’t eating, nor was his body in pain, so it couldn’t be another evolution like he had gone through before.
That was when it hit him; Kai had this feeling before, it was when there were those like him around. Due to his special trait as a shapeshifter who got stronger as more of them were in place.
Eyes were glowing from the alleyways down the side; they were glowing on the rooftops as well, and finally, jumping up on the cars, there were two more members of the Howlers in the black and gold clothing.
“Our training ended a little early, I hope you don’t mind if we get involved?”
Turning his head, Kai set eyes on a person he never thought he would be happy to see in a fighting situation. It was Tyler, their driver, and on the other side, there was a young boy, his fists wrapped up.
“I said I wanted to help,” Kevin answered. “And I will protect this city, for Innu.”
Kai could feel it, the werewolves had arrived, and now it felt like it; the real battle of the Howlers against the Phoenix Gang had started.
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