Monster To Man (part 5)

One of them stepped forward

To meet the alpha 

Eye to eye

Monster to man

The prey

Rising 

To meet the predator

The silly fool had no shot

And as he stood feet away from the beast

He recited a poem to himself 

Something he had always recited whenever he was trying to be more than just a coward

Once more into the fray . . .

Into the last good fight I’ll ever know . . .

Live and die on this die . . .

Live and die on this day . . .

He growled at the wolf

After finishing the poem

And in that moment

He wasn’t coward

That was when the two wolves that had been hiding to his right and left attacked 

The first one had a bite on his arm before he even knew what had happened 

And the second had ahold of his leg

He stumbled backwards

Attempting to punch the wolf attached to his arm

As the alpha jumped at him

With teeth aimed at his neck

He barely raised his arm up in time to block it

The alpha’s teeth sank into his forearm

The other man was trembling

As he swung a fiery stick at the wolves

He tried to scream 

But his voice caught in his throat

He was terrified 

Hot piss ran down his leg

He gulped

And charged 

His fiery stick connected to the back of the alpha

Who let go of his bite

And turned to face him

“Oh, shit . . .”

He turned to run

And the alpha jumped

Landing on the back of the man in an instant

Teeth sinking into his neck

He crawled forward

As the wolf ripped at his flesh

The other five wolves circled them

Drool dripping off of their exposed teeth 

Patiently waiting to eat

Lightning struck next to them

Lighting up the scene

And splitting a tree in two

A deafening thunder followed, shaking the mountain

And the man

Who they had pulled out of the lake

And carried up a mountain 

The frozen man

The man who had died

He rose 

Standing slowly

Stretching 

With a deep yawn

He rubbed his eyes, before scanning the scene in front of him

A strange smile slowly formed on his face

He popped his neck by violently turning his head from left to right

Then he popped his back 

The alpha let go of the man’s neck

Blood gushing out of the wound

The man grabbed at the opening with his hands, trying to stop the bleeding

The two other wolves let go of the other man 

And circled behind the alpha 

All of the yellow eyes were on the man who had just risen 

He looked at his two friends and frowned 

“W-we thought you died . . .” one of them whispered

“Not yet,” he said, while crouching. “Not quite.”

The wolves growled at him.

He smiled back. And looking right into their yellow eyes, he saw his own reflection. 

“I couldn’t miss this party,” he said, right before sprinting straight towards the alpha.

CH 3/24/25