Cutting losses

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Tad screwed up his face a small bit as recollection dawned stepping out of his car he moved to the passenger window taking in the once beat cop who it seemed was running with Marshals now. The cab was bare of any real clues but it was definitely not a typical womans vehicle. He noticed the weight she was carrying but as a cop it was to be expected.



“Copper Haze what are you and the Marshal up to… He sprung a radical a while back. You all working a local thing or is this bigger.” All business yes but if he didn’t shoot straight whatever Lau was up to would be swept away. He was already moving things around so whatever was being worked had moved up his timetable. As an action junkie at heart Tad was interested especially as he wouldn’t be able to catch up to speed if he didn’t get involved. Better to play the role to get close.



Even so he turned his torso freeing his draw subtly just in case.

[Melissa Haze]

Mel watched him and she caught rays in her peripheral. Her hand slid off the wherl slow but went for the phone unbotherd. The dogs sat up peering at the new arrival. She smiled again" honestly I am visiting my old high school friend on vacation we ran into each other while I was jogging the reserve near him and he asked for help moving short notice..if he's got something going I'm not privy to that agent thad"

She hoped that ray heard the agent thing clear so he was aware of what they might have to do " so what brings you out tonight? "

Still hoping hed back down but she saw him move for ability to draw. The shot wouldn't be aa clear now due to the two furry heads near his,side.

[Raymond Wyndham]

Ray had a choice to make and it was made for him when the Agent moved subtly but perceptibly to have clear draw. He was attempting to play Melissa. Ray fought the urge growl or sigh. To betray his position. Instead he simply fired. He did the math in his head no matter what shook loose based on the man having followed them. Based on the fact he was hedging his bets the best they could hope for especially as he knew or had an idea of who Melissa was.

He could track her back.

It meant that he was a risk to Melissa, to the Pride, and to potentially to the city as a whole.

Two bodies would fit in the same crematorium after all.


To Mel he said as he eased along side the truck preparing to move the body into the truck. " Wanna open the truck. Yeah I know it’s a bad look but what choice do we really have?"

[Melissa Haze]

Mel was looking at him and then his face was red spray. She took a deep breath and nodded looking into rays face. Part of her knew the snowball they had started rolling but it would never leave her lips.

They had already killed one fed tonight, she unlatched the door and kept a watch making sure that he hadn't called back up or that they wernt being watched. The car would be stripped by day break she knew if not completely gone.

She took a wubby and wiped the wheel and handles of the car. While keeping an ear out for anything wrong. There would be time to process this later. They were doing what they had to just like Ro did.

[Raymond Wyndham]

As Melissa reacted silently setting about cleaning the scene. He wasn’t sure how long they had to scrub the scene and make themselves scarce. The area wasn’t heavily patrolled but it was patrolled. He was quick and careful insuring to keep the blood flow as contained as possible. It would still be a mess but not one that was insurmountable. He took the spare gas tank emptying it over the blood. He would light it once they were mostly clear.

It’d ruin any attempt blood-typing and DNA testing. It’d draw someones attention which would be fine once they cleared the area. In fact it would do to have noncops flitting around the area it’d make the stripping of the car happen sooner.

Getting back in the truck as Melissa did he didn’t want to break the silence but he had to give her directions. Back on the expressway he guided her to the safe house he’d hoped to never have to use. It was in the worst area of the city for a reason. It was also designed as such so that the only persons brought here were either already dead or would end up that way. “We need to go through their personal effects then they go into,” Pointing to the incinerator designed melting metal ore. “That. Do you want to search or get that fired up.”

[Melissa Haze]

Shed fallowed direction and got them there. Deep breath as he asked the important questions" I will strip them get them ready. We still need to sort the truck and the dogs. "

She kept her gun naked and rolled up the back door from around the truck. Not sure what she expected but since no one jumped out or shot she felt better. Agent Templeton shed do first as he was still move able.

Using one of the swords from henry she cut every scrap of clothing from him and went through all the pockets. Wallet watch keys gun cell phone all located. She shut the last off in case. Then just to be sure blade to the heart quick and hard.

Henry was more a problem as the rex had done damage. Watch wallet weapons and phone put 8n a box with thads. She bit her bottom lip as she worked bcause after all the stress and emotion she realised that one of the two started to smell edible.

The heat raised and she knew it was almost time. Her jeans pants and shirt stuck to her with their blood. They would have to go in to. She hoped ray had spare clothes. Pacing away she sat and waited.

[Raymond Wyndham]

He stoked the fires and got the oven for lack of better word going." Good we’re ready… " Ray said moving over to the bodies and taking them one at a time to the furnace. It’d take ten minutes to melt them down into nothing recognizable and twenty to have them completely disappear into powder. “Anything else you want to toss in nows the time don’t want to lose too much of the heat with this door open?”

He was asking to get her talking she to his beast covered in blood was a sight to behold and almost too tempting. To him he saw the signs of shock settling in. What he did was not an easy thing and yet he’d done it so long that he didn’t honestly no how to ease someone into it. “You okay? Do you need anything besides clothes?”

[Melissa Haze]

She heard him and stood peeling off clothes with wet velcro noises. Blinking to wide eyes at him" he was alive and now hes not neither are but the worst part is he smells so good. I wanted to roll on top of him and bite bits out of his belly...I am ..a scary fucking beast."

Bra and panties were unsavable so those came off too. Exposed and not feeling it." Is that why they kill us? Because they are breathing meat that hasn't died yet?"

Wallets save a few bits of information went with her clothes and theirs. Cell phones they could use for info and destroy later the guns unloaded and tossed in. When he shut the door she laughed." Mhhm I guess we have a secret now .a blood pact"

She smeared his cheek with some of the mixed blood then her own and smiled. The hunger was flexing between hunger for meat and sex fight was over shed done enough of that.

[Raymond Wyndham]

Damn he thought watching her. Yep. Too much in too short a time. Needing to ease the hurt growing in his head but unwilling to give her a blind spot he watched warily

He was good so long as th he he was the wildest thing around. This was why hed killed as often as he did it was clean a mercy even at times.

"Melissa," he said his voice ringing with far too much growl "You in there? I got some clothes that wont fit too horrible uou wanna go get them?"

[Melissa Haze]

She watched him watching her and giggled like a drunk co-ed. His growl leaned the need way more toward one than the other and she gave him her sauciest look " actually I want to see if you got something else that will fit me, something with a nice tight fit"

Winking at him she slowly sauntered to the back of the truck where the smell of blood lingereed as they hadnt rinsed it out yet she knew hed fallow because he was being cautious.

One long lean well toned keg propt on the tailgate she boosted up onto the platform making sure to flash him every point a to p. Crawling across the damp mess in a very clear show. Looking over her shoulder eyes gone lion and a look that could only be described as ..mount up cowboy.

Somewhere in her mind the logical analytical mel was being stuffed into a closet by beast mode mel and locked there for now. Sensation was everything right now and the beast was wearing her human tonight.