Chapter 1
Tangett

Two weeks have passed. The city is just getting back to the norm. Taker and Kane are back working in the office and the other officers have gone back to their respective police stations. There were many funerals for the fallen and the guilty that have survived are incarserated. Tazz was sentenced to 2 years for the mugging two days ago. There was no way to connect him to murders. Taker sits drinking some black coffee and looking into the night and he can't help but feel lonely. For the first time in a long time he lost someone close to him. Paul. He was so much more than a father . . . he was a confidant . . . an ear that would listen and give advice. He was a large part of Takers life in his adolescence as well as in his adult life and now he was taken abruptly and for what? For some misguided wanna be Satan worshipping, black candle lighting, black robe wearing, chicken killing, pansies who didn't even have a clue as to what they were getting into.

He sat and pondered all of this is silence until it was broken. There was a knock on the door.

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Yessica had been in the city only one week before landing a decent job in Bloomingdales. She was a clothes model. It wasn't the most glamorous job but it helped pay the bills. Plus allowed her to meet a new friend. One that she ran home and told the girls about. His name was Chavo Guerrero and he was a good looking man who caught her eye. He worked in the men’s suit department but he took time out, not only to help her get acquainted with the job, but was nice enough to be a true friend.

Talking to him was like talking to one of her brothers or cousins back home. she hit it off with him in no time, first lunch then on an impromptu date that evening when he took her out to the 21 club.

Yessica and Chavo go and have a nice time until he runs into some old friends. Yessica asks him who they are but he stays tight lipped. As they continue their meal he says" So tell me about yourself." she says "Well to tell the truth there isn't much to say. What you see is what you get. I moved here a few weeks ago in search of a career but you’re changing the story and I would like to know why. I find you attractive but I am bothered with the incident that just went down. So you can tell me what that was all about or you can take me home." Chavo says "Oh it was nothing special really, don't let it bother you. those fellas are from my past . . . back when I was running the streets. I out grew it but they haven't. Why don't you allow us to finish having a nice time. Don't judge me too harsh right now. Lets just enjoy each others company and we can take it from there later." Yessica smiles but the look on her face shows she is a little wary at this time.
,br> She takes a deep breath and thinks about it for a minute." okay you win . . . for now Chavo, but you will tell me about it later if you expect us to continue. I am not one to play games, you understand?" he smiles and nods. they go back to eating and having a nice time.

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Taker walks over to his door and opens it. There is a surprise on his face as he comes face to face with Lady B." what are you doing here? you were the last person I expected to see." Lady B smiles, but a worried look is on her face. "We need to talk and you owe me that much, especially after that little incident under the subways."
,br> Taker looks at her and invites her in. she takes a seat and he offers her a cup of coffee." So what’s knew?" he says" I think there is something wrong with Angel of Doom, he has been missing work lately and I can't even reach him on the phone. Do you think you could have a couple of friends check up on him?" Taker reaches for the phone and talks. "Hey Kane, could you come in here, I need you to do me a favor."

Kane is sitting at his desk going over some crime photos when he gets the call from Taker and heads to the office with the folder in hand. "Yo bro, you wanted to see me?" “Yeah. You remember Lady B, right?" Kane nods. "Hello, how are you doing?" she smiles, but before she can answer Taker says "She isn't doing too good. You remember her camera crew? well it seems one of them is missing. She wants us to look into it, unofficially of course. Think you can go check it out for me?" Kane says "Well I am in the middle of an investigation" he shows him the file. Taker takes it and opens it up. Lady B continues "Here is his address (hands him a slip of paper) I appreciate your help in this matter. I am worried. Call it my investigator’s intuition, but I am getting a bad feeling about this." Taker takes the address and looks at it. He pauses and then looks at the address in the folder. A strange look comes over his face. He passes them both back to Kane." go check this now." Kane looks at the slip of paper as well and nods and leaves without another word.

Lady B watches all of this as Kane leaves and closes the door. "Taker what’s going on?" Taker sits back at his desk. " I’m not sure, but don't let yourself worry about it." He sits in silence and Lady B begins to get worried. ‘What could have been in the file?’ She thinks to herself.

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Andrea is having a nice time with her date. she feels the alcohol taking over her system. She remembers how it all began. First going shopping and running into this hunk of a man. Here she was with a catch on her arm. Not only going out to eat but now getting ready to get a motel room in the Blue Moon Inn. Her date comes back and says "Got us a room, where we can get busy with the boom. When I get you all alone I am going to make you scream like the wild chick Sheena or my name is not John Cena." she laughs at his boyish charms and follows him to the room. alone they embrace and kiss he licks her neck from one side to the other.

She can feel herself start to breath heavy and he begins to remove her clothes and release her breasts from her bra. She shudders as she begins to dig her nails into his back. She feels his hands caress her sides and move to the front of her skirt. Like a good magician he opens it and removes the skirt along with her thongs in one swift motion. She feels his right hand move around and run along her well shaven area. She gasps and bites her lower lip as she feels him enter her and lays her back towards the bed.

She feels his hot breath on her neck as he kisses and nibbles on her earlobe. She is in total bliss as she wraps not just her arms around him, but her legs as well, to give him TOTAL ACCESS to her body. She hears him growling and then she feels him enter her."

"My god John take it easy you're too big!" he begins to slam into her, having no mercy. She begins to cry and screams out from the pain. But this is only the first sign of things to come and she feels his body change and get hairier. She moves her hands to his head to pull him away and then the most loudest scream escapes her lips as she looks at John Cena for the first time. Many men have been considered a wolf at one point of another but this was truly a fitting name for him .

His eyes are glazed as he looks at her, his face contorting as his face stretches and his mouth and nose become a muzzle. His fangs begin to show as he digs his claws/fingers into her sides. "God help me!!!!!!!!!!! Someone help me!!' is all that escapes her lips and Cena continues to have sex with her as he sinks his teeth into her throat and rips it out. her body goes into convulsions even as her life essence flows out freely.

She gasps trying to whole heartedly get air into her lungs. she feels his change not only on her body but within as she feels something barbed lock into her body. As she dies looking at her lover she can't help but notice the irony in all of this.. "Momma used to say, men are dogs and only want one thing" her eyes blink for the last time and her blood ebbs from her body. She dies pinned under this wolfman.

Cena continues to have sex with her even as he eats out her throat and the rest of her upper torso. When all is done he transforms back to the nice looking man he was, just covered in blood. He gets up and opens the door, there are other wolf men at the door" "All done, go feed yourselves. This town is in for some shit. Gentlemen, its going to be our new haven and with this much stock we should grow strong within no time." They howl with him, they raise their arms in triumph. "HAIL THE BONE GNAWERS!!!!!!!"

Chapter 2
Lady B

B and Taker continued talking about he events that took place under the city streets several weeks ago. "When can I get the tape so that I can edit it and make a special of it?" Lady B asked. "In a few days" Taker replied as he tried to figure out how long the film editing department would need so that they could delete the parts that Taker had asked them to erase without it being noticeable on the film.

"Lady B, are you hungry?" Taker asked. "Well I haven't eaten since this morning, but I wanted to stop by Tangett's place and check up on him. I haven't seen him in a few days." B replied. "How about I drive, we swing by Tangett's and then I take you to dinner. It's the least I can do for making you wait so long for the film" Taker said. He was thinking that if she turned him down, he would just spend another lonely night in his apartment. "Sounds good to me" she replied. They both got up and headed out the door towards his car.

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See what you have cost me?" The almighty was saying to his number one. "Because of you, they are no longer paying us any attention and those "dogs" are starting to surface. But I GUARANTEE YOU and all of humanity that I will not let anyone spoil my plan of taking over this city. Neither those dogs nor the police will be able to stop me once I unleash the great one" The man dressed in Crimson stated.

Hunter just sat slumped in his great chair as the Crimson Keeper ranted and raved. Hunter looked at him with murder in his eyes, but he knew that if he attempted to attack the Keeper and he was not successful he would pay with his life. Hunter didn't want to take him on just yet. He would bide his time and take him on when the time was right. Right now he just wanted to regroup and see if he would be able to make an allegiance with the Bone Gnawers. He knew that if he made an allegiance with them his troubles would be over. He wanted to control them and have them do his bidding. He just had to see how he would do that.

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Tangett finally woke up. He wasn't feeling very well and his body ached. He felt as if someone had put him in a midevil rack and stretched him until his muscles practically split. He moved tentatively and noticed that he was naked. "I don't remember having taken off my clothes" he thought to himself as he stepped into the shower. As he bathed he noticed that dirt was flowing off of his body as if he had run through a park in a fur coat and rolled in the dirt. He washed off and pulled on a pair of shorts and t-shirt. He noticed he had a scratch along his neck and couldn't remember how he got it.

He was thirsty but not hungry, yet he couldn't remember when was the last time he had eaten. He pulled out a bottle of water and opened it. He had a strong urge to pour it into a dish and lap it up. "What the hell is wrong with me" he said as he took a long swig from the bottle. He sniffed the air and stumbled over to his bed where promptly curled up and feel asleep.

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Angel of Doom noticed that he had gone two days without eating yet he felt stronger and his knee didn't hurt him at all. He looked into the mirror and saw that his skin was turning slightly pale. "I better go out into the sun today" he said as he grabbed his jacket and stepped out of his apartment. He walked over to Central Park and sat down to grab a few rays of sun. He sat there for about 15 minutes when he noticed that the skin on his arm was turning ashy white and was starting to itch. As he scratched it lightly he noticed that the skin split, but he did not bleed. He looked at his arm with a puzzled look on his face. He grabbed one of the edges of split skin and pulled. As he pulled, he peeled the skin a bit further until it broke off in his hand. The skin underneath was pale white and did not bleed. "What the hell is wrong with me" he said softly as he wrapped a bandana around his arm and headed back to his apartment. His face was itching and he wanted to make it home before it split open too.

Kane was just pulling out from his parking space after having gone to Angel of Doom's apartment and not finding him there, just as Angel of Doom rounded the corner and ran into the lobby of his building. Kane never saw him.

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Lady B and Taker went to Tangett's apartment and knocked on the door. Tangett raised his head and bounded towards the door as he heard footsteps approaching. He was down on all fours as Lady B and Taker approached his door. He was ready to start barking. "What the hell am I doing?" Tangett thought as he tried to straigten up and found he was having a hard time getting up from all four. He concentrated and was able to stand up and grab the doorknob as Lady B knocked on the door. He opened it and what B and Taker saw startled them. There was Tangett hunched over, his arms dragging towards the floor and his eyes were totally black. He appeared to be sniffing the air and his canines appeared to recede into his mouth as they looked at him.

B looked at Taker and by the time she looked back at Tangett he was back to normal. She shook her head as if she had just seen an apparition. "Lady B, Taker, what brings you guys around here. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay since I haven't seen you in a few days" Lady B said. "As you can see, I'm fine, just trying to get some rest" Tangett replied. "Hey, would you guys like to come in?" he asked yet he thought that if they came in he would not know what would happen next. "No thanks. I'm taking B to dinner and I don't want to lose my reservations" Taker said as he grabbed B by the arm and started to lead her away. "Okay, maybe next time" Tangett said as he watched them leave and closed the door behind them. As Lady B and Taker waited for the elevator they heard an ungodly howl come from Tangett's apartment. "What the hell was that?" B asked as she turned towards the sound. "Whatever it is, I don't like it. Think you can make it down the stairs?" Taker asked as he led B to the stairwell and opened the door. B didn't need any more prompting. She ran down the stairs with Taker at her heels until they both made it to the lobby where they walked briskly towards the exit.

"B, do me a favor and dont come looking for Tangett alone" Taker said. "Oh, believe me, I won't" B said as she practically bolted out the door.

Chapter 3
Tangett and Lady B

Angel of Doomus paced around his apartment for a bit, trying to figure out what the hell was going on with him. His skin looked dry and cracked. He fell to his knees as his stomach cramped with great pain. He let out a painful yell and began to pray to God to help him through all of this. As the pain reach excruciating levels he saw his finger nails grow extremely long. He felt as if he was going to die and just when he thought he would, the world went blank to him.

When he woke up he didn’t remember how long he had been out, just how thirsty he was. He headed over to the sink and opened the faucet. He drank right out of the facet and then splashed water on his face, which somehow made his skin feel better. He walked over to the bathroom and turned on the light. What he saw in the mirror practically made him pass out again. His skin was so dry, he looked almost like a raisin. His dark eyes looked back at him from the wrinkled, skull that used to be his head. As he stared at his reflection, the pain attacked his stomach again and he hit the floor one more time as he passed out.

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Tangett lay on the floor feeling it was more comfortable than sitting in a chair. He noticed he looked like he needed to shave. And his olfactory senses were going wild. He would swear he could smell the steaks he left marinating for the last two days in the frig. But with the sun going down it was something he would have to tend to later. Right now he felt as if he needed to take a walk, a long walk in the park.

He could barely stand up straight. He felt more comfortable down on all fours. He closed the door to his apartment and made it outside without being seen. He ran across the street to the park. He went up to one of the trees and after sniffing it, urinated on it. He did this to several trees. Anyone who happened to see him would have thought he was a dog marking his turf. He saw a cat and had to control the sudden urge to chase after it. He looked up at the moon and started to howl at it.

He ran through the park and felt his muscles start to relax. Before he knew it, he was down on all fours and running through the park like a Greyhound dog, very gracefully. How he made it back home, he is not sure. He does know that he pulled the quilt off of his bed, curled up on the floor and was instantly asleep.

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Hunter strolled the streets for signs of this garou pack that had decided to lay claim to a city that already belonged to him and his minions. He failed to realize that he himself was being stalked. Not by a garou, but by a giant sized man, who the occult had come to know only as Nate. He had already, in his short time, managed to lay to waste three occult sects in Australia and now the man was in the States stalking Hunter.

Nate sat in his car as he watched Hunter. "This is too easy, mate" he said to no one in particular. As he saw Hunter walk by with a scowl on his face. "I could very easily take him out right here. Think I’ll wait a while, though and have some fun with this" he said as he turned on he car and followed Hunter at a distance.

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Kane finds himself at the police scene, he feels a bit awkward looking down on a female just around the corner from Angel of Doomus' apartment. The woman looked angelic on her drivers license, but now she looked more like mangled meat on the floor. The name on her license says her name was Lessa. Now here she lays with her stomach ripped open and her intestines sprawled all over the ground. Parts of her spleen are missing as if some form of animal tore into her body through her belly.

"When you get the report done I want to see it" Kane said to the detective getting the information. He went over to the coroner. "She’s been dead at least 6 hours. And or some reason some of her internal organs are missing. It’s as if she was opened and her innards pulled out and eaten while they were still warm. I won’t know for sure, but once I’ve had a chance to do the autopsy, I’ll be able to tell you exactly what organs are gone” the coroner told Kane.

The forensics team was going through the scene. Kane went up to the team leader. "Scott. I’ll need a complete report of your findings by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow." "No problem, now get out of here and let us do our work" Scott replied as he went back to work.

As he started to get into his car he received a call on the police radio. "Detective Kane. Your presence is requested at 14th Street and Avenue A. "What now?" he said into the radio. "It appears that another victim has been found, killed exactly like the one that you just checked out". Was the reply from the radio.

"I’m on my way" Kane said as he ran a hand over his face. "Shit. It is going to be a long night"he said as he drove off in the direction of 14th Street.

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Lady B tried to comprehend what she had seen in Tangett's apartment, while she rested in her bath tub with some bubbles. She suddenly got a chill and a flash appeared in front of her eyes. She began to hear voices. DAMN YOU, HELP ME FIND PEACE!!!, MY GOD!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lady B jumped out of the tub, practically falling on the wet tiles, as she was dripping water all over the place. She was shaking from head to toe. "What the hell is going on here" she said as she wrapped a towel around herself and opened the door to the bathroom.

What she saw made her fall to the floor in a dead faint. There stood Lessa with her intestines in her hands reaching out to Lady B for help.

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John Cena begins to check on his new target "What's her name?" he checks the paper in his pocket (Sylvie). She lives alone that makes her a optimal target. Now time to get her in the web. Cena walks over to where she is standing in the fitness gym and smiles at her as he walks on over. "Hey girl friend you look tired. Are you tired?" She looks at him like he is crazy. "Why would I be tired?" he smiles and shows her his pearly whites. "Because you have been running in my mind since I walked in. Your parents must both be into demolition because you are truly the BOMB!" she rolls her eyes and walks off leaving Cena standing alone and the rage begins to build deep within the back of his eyes.

He waited for her to leave and followed Sylvie to her car. As she puts the key into the car, he comes up behind her and grabs her. He ties her up with duck tape and throws her in the back seat. He sits in the driver’s seat and says as he turns to look at her "No one rejects me and gets away with it". He laughed his maniacal laugh as he puts the car in gear and drives off towards the factory district.

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The man in the crimson robe walks away from his cavern and up to a hidden wall. He moves a rock and opens the hidden hallway that leads to a elevator. He rides it up and it stops in a building that overlooks the city. High in his office he sits in his chair relishing in the fact that not only will he have Taker and Kane but in the end he will get rid of Hunter. For now though he serves a purpose.

Hunter was the one who was keeping his ‘little girl’ happy so the robed man would make sure Hunter was around for a little while longer. He didn’t want to break his Princess’ heart just yet. He had to figure a way to get her out of the way and interested in other things so that when the time came she wouldn’t notice that Hunter was no longer around.

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Taker was walking alone after dropping Lady B off at her apartment. He was trying to figure out why Paul was taken so quickly just when he was about to get some answers. Answers to who he is and who or what his parents truly were. When he is stopped by a street priest.

"HELLO! HELLO! MY FRIEND! BROTHER LOVE, LOVES YOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!" he leans in to Taker and says in a whisper "Dark forces are at work against you, search for Moolah for the amulet!"

As Taker is soaking this all in he hears the tires of a speeding car. He turns and looks. He barely makes it out of the way as a man crashes into the pole right next to him. Taker gets his bearings and notices the street priest is gone. He looks at the black pickup and stairs at the bald headed driver who has more than 20 beer cans in the cab. The guy looks at Taker through a bloody face. He manages to mutter to Taker "What? What? What!?" Taker looks at him, a scowl forming on his face.

He pulls out his cell phone and calls for an ambulance, which backs up to the scene of the accident a few minutes later. He stares into the drivers eyes and asks "You got a name?" the man responds " PH HELL YEAH!! I AM THE TEXAS RATLESNAKE!!" he then passes out leaving Taker to wonder just what the hell is gonna happen next.

Chapter 4
Tangett and Lady B
Angel of Doom awakens with a craving he cannot describe. He wonders if it was all a dream, until he makes his way to the bathroom and looks in the mirror. What he sees can only be described as flesh on bone. As if there is no room for muscle or tissue. His skin is taught to his body and he can acutely see the very ripples in his spine. He screams and reaches for his face with his hands until he notices the bony fingers making their way to his eyesight. He can see the imperfection of his hands as the broken bones of years ago seem to stare at him. He can see that the bones did not settle correctly at all and he screams yet again, only this time when he does he notices the large bicuspids in his mouth. Tears form in his eyes and he begins to pray and blood literally pours from his tear ducts.

He cannot figure out what is going on, but he has an uncontrollable urge to go see Taker. Try as he might he finds himself walking around in circles, until finally when night falls he goes out into the night and starts walking in the direction of Taker’s place.

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Tangett awakens and thinks to himself ‘what the hell is going on? why am I feeling like this? God, I feel like I am going to die. But ain't that a kick in the ass, because death is like sex. See as near as I can tell there will be a lot of yelling, moaning and thrashing. A lot of pushing and shoving -- a climax sound and fury. \but you what's really weird is you don't really think about anything specific. I mean even though you’re in a pretty tight situation--even though you're as close to God as you’re gonna get -- you can't help thinking about a lot of other stuff instead. And then, after its all said and done, all you’ve got left is a little SMOKE. You could use a drink, maybe after that everything goes black’. He breaks from self thought trying to figure out where all that came from since he is far from dead. He grabs his head and walks out the door, he travels through central park aimlessly until he comes to the zoo area. His eyes go red and he turns snarling at a squirrel. The squirrel bolts and Tangett gives chase. into a dark tunnel they both go. Squealing is heard until its put to a stop by cracking bones.

Once Tangett has feasted on the squirrel he looks up at the sky and there is a full moon out, surrounded by a reddish glow. “Blood on the Moon” he thinks to himself as his attention is diverted. He starts to sniff the air and starts trotting in the general direction of Taker’s place.

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Hunter’s search takes him to 21st street and 36th avenue in Queens. He walks the Raven Projects until he locates what he is looking for. A big guy by the name of Bull Buchanan was leaning up against the fence looking real tough and intimidating. Hunter walks over to Bull and smiles, just before cutting him clear across the gut with a ritual dagger! "We need to talk!" Bull grabs his guts and screams. He hits the floor and Hunter says" tell this newbie he ain't running shit and I'm watching him. Tell him if he wants to play the GAME he is more than welcomed." Hunter walks away and leaves Bull to try and steady himself. Bull pulls out a phone to call someone but never gets that far as Nate is on him quickly with a sawed off shotgun to his head and a fist tugging on his guts he says "we are going to chat now!!"
< b> HHH felt really good about himself. He had been able to take out Bull without Bull ever putting up any resistance.

‘So he likes to take his opponent by surprise’ Nate thought to himself as he watched from his car as HHH removed Bull from the count. ‘Wonder what he will do when he is confronted by me’ Nate thought as he cleaned is nails with his 7” knife that he usually carried folded in his pocket. ‘He tries any of that crap, I will skewer him like a pig’ he said to himself as he put the car in gear to follow HHH.

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Kane gets to the address to find reporters lurking around and thinks to himself ‘What the hell, do they have better channels of information than we do?’ He walks over to the Sgt. "Get these people back and away from the crime scene before all the evidence gets contaminated.” he enters and heads up. He runs into Sting. "What are you doing here?" Sting looks at him and says "I got a call for a homicide and this is within my district as well, where’s your brother?" Kane rubs his chin and gets an uneasy feeling. He looks at Sting "you deal with this and get back to me, I'm gonna locate him right now." Kane runs out and jumps into his car driving like a man on a mission in search of his brother. He gets dispatch to give him Takers last known location.

He is told that Taker had checked out about a half hour ago, stating he was going home and could be reached there.

Kane stepped on the gas. For some strange reason he had to get to Taker’s house fast. Why, he didn’t know, but he just knew he had to make it there fast or something bad was going to happen.

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Lady B awakens from her nightmare only to find the woman is still in her apartment. She is saying nothing but she is trying to hold herself together. Lady B screams but nothing comes out of her mouth. Its as if she was dumb founded. Then things go from bad to worse as Lady B realizes that they are not alone but with another victim in the room who had half her face eaten off. This is too much for Lady B to handle and she faints again.

Once she was able to awaken again all was quiet in her apartment. She pulled herself up from the floor and got dressed. ‘Taker said that I could talk to him at any time, and this sure as hell is one of those times’ she said to herself as she grabbed her keys and handbag. She opened her door and peeked out, afraid that the two dead women would be standing out side her door. When she saw that the coast was clear, she quickly exited, closed the door and made a mad dash towards the stairs, not wanting to even try the elevator for fear of what she might encounter there. She pushed on the stair doorway and ran all the way down. She got into her car and drove towards Taker’s place, hoping he would be there.

Why it was important that she get there, she didn’t know. It was as if an unknown force was pulling her towards Taker’s place, and she had to get there quickly.

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John Cena takes his victim to an abandoned building where his next target is strung up like a side of beef. He walks around her and laughs out loud." Sylvie. Sylvie why’d you have to make things hard on me? Can't you see I am not one to be toyed with?

There is no one higher
and you shall call me sire.
For your roll is not one of food but mate
and we shall consider this our first date.
I am in the city looking for chicks
and you thought you were slick
but in the end you too shall taste my d*ck."
He rips open her blouse exposing all of her to his vision. he runs his fingers over her bra and then lets his claws come out. She screams out loud and it echoes through the building.

"Tsk tsk tsk, scream all you want for we are alone, no workers here, they all went home." he strikes her across the chest and his claws sink into her bra removing it." now the fun begins he says as his fangs come out and he sinks his teeth into her neck.

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Taker had just gotten home when he had this strange feeling that something was going to happen that night. He checked the garage where he kept his cycles and his car. No one there. He climbed up the stairs to the loft. He looked down and saw all in order. He went from room to room and found nothing out of the ordinary, yet he still had that uneasy feeling that made the hairs on the back of his neck rise.

He went into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee. ‘Maybe this will calm me down’ he though.

He heard a car pull up outside and then he heard his bell. He looked at the security monitor and saw that it was Kane. He hit a button and the small door opened. Kane heard through the intercom "Come on in partner". Kane entered and went to the stairs leading to the loft.

"Hey partner, what’s up" Taker said. "I’m not sure" Kane replied. "You won’t believe me if I told you anyway" he added as he came up the stairs and entered the kitchen. "Try me" Taker said as he finished putting the coffee on. "Well for some strange reason I just had to come over" Kane said. "I’m not sure why. Just that if I didn’t get here something bad was going to happen, and by bad I mean worse than what I’ve been dealing with out there in the streets all day long” he added as he ran his fingers through his hair. "Here drink this" Taker said as he handed Kane a cup of coffee laced with a splash of Jack Daniels.

Kane took a sip and you could see he wasn’t a drinker. His face got slightly red and his lips pursed. Taker grabbed one for himself as they walked over towards the living room.

As they were about to sit once again Taker heard a car pull up outside of his place. A few seconds later the buzzer went off, again. Taker looked through the monitor and saw Lady B. ‘What the hell is she doing out at this time’ Taker thought to himself as he went down the stairs to the door. He opened it and looked around behind her as she entered. He closed the door behind her.

"Taker, I’m sorry to bother you, but I just had to come and see you." Lady B said. "Not a problem" Taker replied. "You weren’t sleeping, were you?" She asked. "No. As a matter of fact Kane’s upstairs. Come on, join us" Taker said. They started towards the loft when there was a scratching on the garage door. "Go on up ahead" Taker said to Lady B as he turned and looked at the security monitor that he had downstairs.

It appeared that there was a very big dog outside of his door. He pulled out his gun and approached the door. Lady B had made it upstairs and Kane was pointing his gun at the door from the loft railing, as he too had seen the large dog on the upstairs monitor.

Taker cracked the door open and the dog sat there wagging it’s tail. Taker looked at it and could swear that there was something familiar about this wolf dog.

With much difficulty Tangett was able to make some sounds that resembled words. "Takerssss, don’tsssss shotsssss, It’s messssss, Tansgettssssss" the dog hissed. Taker was taken aback and couldn’t believe that this wolf dog had just spoken to him. "I’sssss needsssss tossss comesssss inssssss" Tangett hissed at Taker. Taker said nothing but moved out of the way as Tangett trotted in and looked back at Taker. "I’sssss needssss tossssss talkssss tossss yousssss" he hissed again. Taker looked at Tangett and said. "Upstairs".

Kane holstered his gun and waited at the top of the stairs with Lady B as Tangett came up the stairs besides Taker.

"This shit gets weirder by the minute" Kane mumbled to himself as Taker and Tangett made it to the loft.

"Tangett is that really you?" Lady B said as she cautiously approached the dog. "Yessss, itssssss issssssss, Ladyssssss Bssss" Tangett said.

"Let’s sit and talk" Taker said. Just as they were getting comfortable there was a banging on the door. "Now who" Taker said. "It can only be one person" Kane said, as he and Taker looked at the monitor. They couldn’t see who it was but it was a man. The man banged on the door again. "Let him in Taker" Kane said.

Taker went downstairs and opened the door one more time. "Is that you Angel of Doom" Taker said shocked at the apparition he saw standing before him. Angel nodded and Taker ushered him inside. "Come on" Taker said as he led him upstairs. "Water . . . please" Angel of Doom said as they reached the living room" Taker went into the kitchen and poured ice cold water from the frig into a 16 oz glass and handed it to Angel of Doom. Doom grabbed it in both hands and didn’t put the glass down until it was empty. "More?" Taker said. Doom nodded and Taker refilled the glass, as once again Angel of Doom downed it’s contents.

"Now everyone get the hell in the living room and lets talk before I go nuts" Taker said after refilling Doom’s glass for the third time. They all followed him.

To Be Continued

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