Her Fury is Unrelenting

Poster's Note: You writing my story's future, boy?

  Now where do I begin with this old story? It's been quite a time since I had one of these moments, not really much to go on about. Well, let's start with me. Everything about me was about as smooth as a turbulent airplane ride if the turbulence was from a tornado, a strange occurrence and undergoing training to be that killer everyone wants to be. Honestly, ain’t worth it but at least it got me where I am. Now where was I? Oh, so I was hired to go take down this big ugly fella, who looked like a skinwalker type monster which is something that's out of my usual norm. Once I got to the meet up, I met my partner for the ride.

“Sup… Name’s Evelyn. Don’t know if you can die but I know I can’t, do whatever you want with that.”

Girl looked way out of place for someone hired to be a skinwalker hunter, she looked like she just threw on her casuals from the night before and threw on a coat. Her hair was unkempt, her face looked tired and she lacked proper maintenance. How the hell did this girl even get hired? She didn’t even have any equipment on her! Nothing but pocket stuff like a drinking flask which she constantly chugged out of along with… I can’t even tell what she was eating. I thought it was a sandwich but it looked… Off. Like, a sandwich kept outside for way longer than it should be allowed to be left out.

“What? I’m starving.”

We could have just gone to some fast food t just a block away from here but she just went all in on that… Sandwich. Whatever, so we continued on with the mission which eventually had us out of the city, it was chilly which was expected from a mid winter season night. Drive was loud, the driver taking it steady with that lady blaring her ear buds while yacking about her trip to a department store clothing shop. Like, how do you go on about two hours about the sale pricing of bras of all things?! I couldn’t even say a word, at the time, I was way more quiet and less caring about things like that. I just had a mission and a reward to pocket while I had this lady just being background noise.

“Like, no, really… My rack is like a B yet they charging THAT much? I’m barely wearing anything with that!!”

After sitting through that slog of a conversation, we arrived and I geared up properly. Rifle loaded, munitions set and taking lead. That girl just tagged behind but she seemed very… Uninterested? She had that posture that she was more just here against her will or something, like an unfazed teenager. Sure, she did stick to cover and kept a distance from me but everything about her just felt like I was dragging dead weight. I wanted to say something but at that time, I was more focused on myself and the target which I was following the lead of. We were on the trail for sometime, the girl staying quiet till we heard the rustling of the bushes and it was clear it was our target, lucky for my fancy eyes and hers but I didn’t know she had any at that time.What was before us was the target, beastly freak of nature and our next paycheck. I was going to get into position but then I just looked over and saw whatever the hell I just witnessed.

“HEY UGLY!! I’m right here…”

I quickly looked over and I just couldn’t believe it. I tell myself that we were screwed just cause she blew her cover and now this monster is gonna get her, I wasn’t prepare for a babysitting mission. I just took my position and watched whatever she was planning, seeing this girl make her way over to the skinwalker as it began to take a defensive position but fumed a malicious presence. She was talking to it… Like she was treating it like something to bully. She said a lot of awful things, a bunch of swearing and overall mockery of the beast. She was boastful and it was honestly impressive. She sized it up and I was just sitting there watching the whole thing. At some point, it looked like the monster finally snapped and jumped, which had me nearly move in till I stopped for a second simply because that girl’s shriek turned into hysterical laughter.

“Gotcha…”

I saw her for what she was and why she was someone who carried light, it was not a pretty sight and I’ve mangled some folks in my past. Watching this beast of unholy nature locking jaws with this… This actual freak of a woman. It was like I was seeing an alpha assert its dominance over another, destroying it physically and spiritually. It wanted to flee but she didn’t let go as if she was holding it down with various teeth ridden mouths and tendrils that bent and tightened around. I didn’t know what to do till I heard a whistle, I looked and realized it was the girl giving me a signal as she was exposing the monster’s vitals. She had that thing down and wanted me to deliver the finishing blow to which I did, it genuinely surprised me. A specialized round to the head and chest, several actually to make sure it was downed.

“... Hope ya safe. I wasn’t sure if any of my gross bits lashed out.”

We were clearing up the area, getting someone to make sure everything was settled, both of us unscathed by everything that happened. She was oddly ive about the aftermath, making sure nothing was off about me. Luckily nothing was off but it was rather… Nice. Hey, I was a literal lone wolf back in the day, something like this was out of the ordinary for me. After everything was recorded and location was cleared, I decided to pipe up and ask her what she was. All my time working, I never ran into someone who was like that before.

“Honestly… I can’t tell ya cause even I still don’t know myself exactly.”

From there, it was just steady work with her on occasion. Useful on the field and a great ear to blather about life with. Funny enough, I was being silly and young enough to try and ask her out one time and funny enough she agreed. Nothing wild or crazy, it was just a walk around the city she’s from. Less of a romantic night out and more of a friendly outing of sorts. It was there I found out that she was just a mom getting by, drew the worst hand any person could and always lived her damnest she could. I told her about myself, honestly it wasn't much but she understood where I was coming from. It felt refreshing for once, maybe because I had someone to actually talk to for a long time. Sure, I had my own nights with others but this one felt like a… Spiritual level relief. I was glad I met her and she seemed to be glad she met me, ain't much with me though but that's probably my machismo talking.

“Eh, this Hunter work is just lonely shit. At least you got some action like some kind of old school action spy minus the gross assertiveness. I ain’t gonna lie, if I weren’t me, I’d say why not?”

Now with all that gone and ed… Hearing about what happened to her in her home city… I knew she was a beast, vicious monster on the field but she wasn’t someone who would revel in that. Hunting monsters and big baddies were her favorite but to a level of escalation was just horrifying to hear. I’ve had major kill counts in a night but what she did… I didn’t believe it. Funny enough, many didn’t want to believe it either. She had cultivated her own team, had her son go through a proper life and improved so much since we met. I just didn’t want to believe it. Even when I walked around that decimated city, it felt like a lie and having my daughter snap me out of it didn’t make things better.

“Thanks everyone… I didn’t think a lot of you would bother… Especially after… That.”

She was… Vulnerable. It was odd to see her that way. We all tried our best but she was clearly hurting inside and I don’t blame her. She took lives, she destroyed so much and now she has no way to deal with it. Now with everything happening, it just became a struggle for her. Armies coming out of nowhere like it's an arms race, the Hunter’s Association scrambling about and the damn Council having their heads up their keister while the supernatural world but once we learned she was in danger along with her pal… It was like a kick in the ass that woke up the old dogs. Now everyone was going about, clearing these army bastards like a bunch of sick dogs running wild. I started realizing all that gear these chumps carried were all the top notch and experimental crap but they were clearly inexperienced. Even our green horns showed more stuff than them.

“You guys are fucking insane for coming out here in force… Thanks… It means a lot to us…”

… And, well… That’s probably most of what went on during all that. Just trying to keep the kid ready and seeing where we go. Course, I decided to take it easy and went and started my own little honest business. My kid should’ve gone off to college but she decided to stay with old me, staying home and watching the diner while going off to do her own training. She wants to be like her old man which honestly puts a tear in my eye, guess this is what she meant about watching your own do their best. I’m sure she’s doing alright nowadays, especially with all the mercs taken care of and the world being a bit more safer now.

“Sheesh, what? Do we start calling you old man Cas, now?”

“Evelyn, he would clearly destroy you if you tried to badger him about his age… Regardless of how old he is.”

“I wanna see him try! Hehe… Nice to see you, old man.”

Author's Notes:

I'm doing way better now, can you say the same?