"A 44 magnum did this, your lucky you still have a shoulder," Cujo told me as he sat me down to take a look. I wanted to tell him it would heal in due time as long as I stayed in this form, but I left it alone and let him tie the rag to my shoulder.
He looked up at me and said, "There are some plants around here that can disinfect your wound. Ill look for some come morning."
I nodded knowing the wound should be healed by then if we don't encounter any more problems, and we continued off.
I heard Diechi came up to Cujo and asked, "Why dont you use your werewolf form?"
Cujo looked down and said, "I dont like to use it unless i got to. I can fight pretty damn well in human form. You'll see my wolf form when its needed."
I looked away, and saw a small cave in the side of a small cliff. "We should stop there. We need to rest," I said, nodding to the cave.
Deichi looked at me, "Some of us didn't get to do anything back there, so some of us aren't tired."
I glanced at him, "Ya, well, I'm a damn good tracker and without me at my best, we are kinda screwed. Plus, I know how to handle anything that is throw at me, I've dealt with a lot of this kind of stuff."
He glared at me, "You are so stuck up? But there are three other people here that are just as good if not better than you!"
"Be that as it may, I know the people that are after us."
"You mean that are after you! And by you being here, that puts us all in danger!"
I glared at him. He was right, and I knew it. "I didn't ask you to come with me."
Deichi was about to say something when Phyllis stepped in. "Can we all grow up for a moment? Look, Emiko is right, it is getting dark and we need to save our strength. But, Emiko, you aren't a one woman team. There are three more people here that are on your side."
I glared at Deichi, "I'm not so sure who is on my side." I crossed my arms and turned away, heading for the cave. "Do what you want, I'm saving up my strength."
I headed to the farthest point of the cave and took a deep breath, placing both my hands on the side of the wall. I took a deep breath as the pain of my shoulder got a little worse. I hadn't meant to snap, to show so much emotion. But, the pain in my shoulder was unbearable and was getting worse. It was getting infected.
The bullet couldn't have been a normal one; it had to be a special bullet that was a weakness to shapeshifters. There was no healing this without help. I was going to need those herbs Cujo had been talking about. Unfortuneately, I didn't know the helpful ones from the poisonous ones.
I changed into a strong vampire, the strongest one I had, one that could endure the pain and headed to the mouth of the cave to see who had stayed and who had left. I secretly hoped no one had left. I secretly liked the company, not that I would ever admit that out loud.
I figured Deichi could take whatever I had to dish out and throw it back at me. I had never had someone that could stand up to me, and I admired him for doing that.
Continue?
Let me know if I didn't get Deichi's character. (And Emiko isn't conceited, she has just always had it where people have leaned on her, where she is the strongest one, so she doesn't know how to act with people as strong as she is)
