Born Into Darkness Ch. 09

Kell sighed in relief. "Thank the goddesses above and below for that."

Slowing down the car they reached their fifth destination. Sophie crossed her fingers and prayed this was it. Kell killed the engine and climbed out the car.

Sophie did the same with Munchy by her side. The bayou they were at had to be the creepiest yet. It was muggy and there were a lot more gators and moss. The sun no longer shone down on them, stealing the last bit of security.

Sophie was on edge, so were Kell and Munchy. She clutched Big Bertha tighter to her body, while Kell had dual pistols in each hand. Muchy surprised her the most. His form did change his fur grew longer, his size was bigger and his snout, teeth, and paws looked more dangerous and pointy. He was still her baby.

Reaching out she patted his back; more like his side since he now was taller than her. Munchy barked and leaned into her touch.

"Cuteness I need you to take this," Kell handed her a dagger and a handgun. He turned her around and concealed the knife by placing it on the small of her back under her sweater. "The handgun is no longer on safety, so aim and shoot. Aim for either the head or the heart. If shit hits the fan take the car and leave. Got it?"

Sophie nodded, even though she didn't agree with the last part.

Kell led the way through the swamp, the heavy thick trees and moist ground made it hard to get around.

She had no idea how Kell was able to see so well; the sun was setting and the trees blocked out the sun completely making everything look dark and daunting.

A twig snapped in front of them and all three of them froze in place. A dark figure crawled out the bushes and stood its full height, equal to Kell's.

"Friend or foe?" Kell demanded in a commanding tone.

His voice sent chills up Sophie's back. She saw Munchy from the corner of her eye lower his body into a predatory crouch.

"Friend. Very much a friend, Philly the Kid I know you're after Eris the dumb bitch messed with chick today." A tall sun kissed tanned woman walked out wearing dark brown pleather with combat boots and guns and knives strapped to her body.

Sophie all but gawked at the woman's beauty. Her ink black hair was naturally wavy, she had not one pimple on her skin, she has the most beautiful pair of vivid green eyes.

"Who's the munchkin, Philly?" The woman said pointing to Sophie.

"She's cool, she's Dean's mate Sophie. Sophie meet Roxana, who is the biggest pain in the ass. She is a spring nymph and an Amazon warrior." Kell said nonchalant as he placed his pistols back in their holsters.

Roxana walked up to Sophie and engulfed her in a big hug. "Finally Dean the Bean found his mate; please tell me you have him in line cause that boy is a riot, and not in a good way," Roxana said placing Sophie back on her feet.

She liked this girl. "Dean the Bean?" Sophie asked Roxana as she watched her walk up to Munchy and pat him under his belly. Munchy changed back to his original form and laid belly up so Roxana could rub his belly.

"Yeah. When Dean was younger he had a bean shaped head and I called him Dean the Bean." Roxana answered as she picked up Munchy into her arms.

Kell cleared his throat and both Sophie and Roxana looked at him. "We need to get going. Roxy, Dean's gone ape-shit and completely lost it and he shifted and left Sophie under my protection. We're on the road trying to locate Dean's bunker so we can... so Sophie can slap him out of whatever funk he's under and bring him home. Eris, Thanatos and Moros now know Sophie and Dean are mates and Eris intervened twice-"

"I'm gonna fucking cut the puta's [slut's] face when I see her. I got a good punch in but I won't be happy till I have her begging for mercy. No one messes with my man." Sophie said marching to the car.

Roxana laughed and cupped Kell on the back, hard causing him to stagger forward. "I really like her."

Roxana made her way to the car and sat in the back seat; Sophie was already buckled in and ready to head out.

Kell was walking way too slow for Sophie's liking. She snapped her fingers signaling him to pick up the pace.

"Hormones?" Kell muttered to himself as he started the car and drove back to the highway.

A growl can from the back seat and Kell was slapped upside the head. "Women are not hormonal, you insensitive dick!" Roxana yelled.

Sophie couldn't help but laugh at the two. Within just five minutes of the drive, Roxana and Kell were bickering about the time Ares who was Roxana's father had given her her first bow, and Kell sat on it with his 'fat ass' and broke it.

And the time the three of them; Dean, Kell and Roxana pranked Eris, they let loose a wild boar in her room while she was sleeping.

Digging through her bag Sophie plugged her iPod and 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' started playing earning a high-pitched scream from Roxana.

"I love this song!" Roxana screamed as she sang along.

Zoning out Sophie prayed everything was ok with Dean; why did he run? He should've confronted her; telling her the truth.

Why do I feel like this towards Dean, is it the 'mate pull'?Sophie asked herself. She hardly knew the man and she was already falling head over heels.

Sophie giggled; it just occurred to her that she was the one rescuing him; usually it's the guy going after the girl. Sophie wasn't like most girls anyways.

"What are you laughing at baby doll?" Roxana asked and she filed her nails.

"I was thinking about the clichés; usually it's the guy going after the girl. But in this case it's the human mate hunting down her immortal/shifter/Greek god warrior boyfriend." Sophie said as she looked for another song to play.

Kell busted out laughing; he actually had to pull over so he could wipe his eyes from laughing so hard. "Shit; Cuteness you kill me every time. I haven't laughed this hard since the Peloponnesian war. I was drunk off my ass; and I had to lead my guys to a clearing. Dean and I were sent to scout out the place; the poor son of a bitch tripped and face planted on a pile of horse shit." He broke out laughing again and brushed a few more tears away.

Roxana flashed her straight white teeth as she smiled. "Hey guys it's getting dark, we should rent a hotel room and rest for the night?"

"I'm in." Sophie sighed. She could use a break and some shut eye; a hot shower and food. The thought of food made Sophie's stomach growl so loud the people in Timbuktu probably heard it.

Kell sighed and nodded in agreement. "You're right. Let's get some food first before Sophie rips my head off. This woman eats so much and somehow manages to have a body like that," Kell said pointing his thumb in Sophie's direction. "I don't know how she does it."

Roxana laughed and pointed to a small diner up the road. They parked and walked out the car.

Sophie's legs felt like jelly. She bent down to touch her toes then lifted her arms up reaching for the sky. Her muscles were so tense they felt like they were being pulled and stretched by a taffy puller.

The three of them entered the diner and simultaneously moaned at the delicious aroma of food.

"Damn it smells good in here." Roxana moaned as she inhaled again.

The waitress paid no attention to Sophie or Roxana. Kell was the center of attention; she giggled and twirled her blonde hair with her pointer finger.

Kell bitterly sighed speaking first. "Table for three, please."

"Anything for you, sugar," The waitress led them to a table next to the window and pulled out a notepad and a pen, as they sat down. "What can I get for y'all?"

"I'll have... a stack of twelve pancakes with a side of bacon, scrambled eggs and whip cream on top; oh and some orange juice." Roxana said as she handed her menu to the waitress.

The blonde stared at Roxana as if she grew three heads and a tail. Shaking her head she glared at Sophie through her thick coated eyelashes.

Sophie looked at her menu as she spoke to the waitress. "I'll have a Texas burger, very well done, with fries and a Coke."

The waitress carelessly wrote it down and winked down at Kell who brushed it off as if it were nothing.

"What can I get you Big Daddy?" The blonde waitress said as she 'accidently' brushed her hand against his when she took his menu.

"A steak, well done, steamed vegetables on the side and a Jack Daniels." Kell said as he got up with his phone in his hands.

The blonde waitress sighed in delight as Kell passed her. She followed behind him like a lost puppy.

Roxana laughed as she shook her head. "Gotta love Kell," Roxana busied herself with the condiments on the table. "So Sophie, tell me something about you that no one else knows."

Sophie's eyebrows knitted together as she thought about what to say next. "Oh I got one. I've never saw the movie Sleeping Beauty before; I'm talking about the original Disney one. So one day I come home and watch the whole movie from beginning to end; when it was all over I had boogies and tears on my face from all the crying."

Roxana's lower lip trembled before she started to laugh. Her contagious laugh made Sophie laugh along with her.

Sophie and Roxana sobered up when they saw the blonde waitress walked up to them with their orders.

"Whatever you do don't drink your soda, she spat in it." Roxana said as she attacked her pancakes with gusto.

Sophie followed her lead and was down to her last bite when Kell came back to the table with an evil smirk on his lips.

"We're being attacked again, Kallisto brought friends." Kell downed his steak and chugged his JD, pulled out a large amount of bills and walked out with his sword in his hands.

Roxana and Sophie exchanged glances and ran out where the fight already began.

Kell kicked a daimon in the chest and sent the poor thing flying in the air. Roxana burped and pulled out a Katana and red bedazzled pistol.

"What!? I want a red one. I got this ugly gray one." Sophie said pulling out the pistol from where Kell had secured it on her body.

Roxana evilly laughed and tossed her red gun to Sophie and pulled out a black one, with even more sparkles.

Sophie froze when three Daimons sprinted, heading in her direction. She didn't know what to do.

Has she shot a gun before? The answer is yes, Aaron always dragged her along to a shooting range just outside of New Orleans.

Not to toot her own horn, but she was pretty good. Fuck that she was amazing, but she didn't want to kill a Daimon, they were people once. But now they're killers and prey on humans.

Squinting, she aimed and shot the three daimons on the head; she couldn't help but feel bad for them.

"Sophie they are murderers they have no soul." Kell bellowed as he shoved his sword straight down a daimon's skull making.

Nodding in understanding, Sophie opened fire and shot five more. Looking back she saw the people in the diner were acting normal and weren't fleeing.

"I cloaked us they can't see us." Roxana said as if she read Sophie's mind. She then slithered her body up a daimons, wrapping her legs around his shoulder and she twisted her body and cause the daimon to fall on the asphalt; Roxana took the opportunity and snapped the daimons neck and double tapped him with her pistol.

Sophie's jaw dropped. Roxana winked at her and sprinted to help Kell who was pinned against the wall with a knife in his shoulder; daimons were taking turns kicking and punching his body.

She saw red and dueled wheeled both gray and red pistols; shot after shot she hit each daimon in between the eyes.

"That's right baby doll keep shooting." Roxana said in praise.

Sophie jogged towards Kell and Roxana, but hit some sort of invisible force field. "Uh... guys?"

She heard a thundering laugh behind her that shook her from her head to her toes. Turning around she saw a man wearing aviator sunglasses, a dark blue polo, black slacks and loafers. He was way taller than her; he smiled down at her, flashing his white teeth.

There was nothing inviting about that smile. It was cold and villainous.

"Sophie... Sophie... Sophie." The man walked up to her and caressed her cheek with the back of his rough hands.

"Who are you?" Sophie whispered.

"Sophie! Get the fuck away from him. Moros, you have two seconds to get the fuck away from her." Kell said through clenched teeth.

Moros laughed as he took a step closer ignoring Kell as a whole; his face inches away from hers. "If only I weren't damned... I'd devour your delectable little body."

Sophie took a couple steps back. Her back bumped into what she thought was a wall, only it was Kallisto. He yanked the pistols away from her hands and chucked them into the forest.

"Hey! That was custom made you dipshit!" Roxana yelled as she kicked the shield that separated them from her.

Kallisto shrugged and grabbed a handful of Sophie's hair.

"Ah!" Sophie cried out in pain. "Let go of me!" She said she kicked her foot back and struck him on the shin causing him to let go.

Sophie ran to where Roxana was standing and tried reach out for her, but was yanked back by two arms. "No! No! Put me down you barbarian!"

The man named Moros laughed and threw her over his bulky shoulder. She wasn't giving in; she pounded her fist against his back over and over, didn't even faze him.

"Give up little girl. I'm taking you to-" Moros' sentence was cut off by a loud roar. "Shit." Moros threw Sophie to the ground and turned in the direction to where the loud roar came from.

Sophie wanted to see the thing that roared, but she was in so much pain; she tried to suck it up as she started to stand up, but cried out as pain shot up her leg.

Her ankle was swollen she knew for a fact, but bent down checking for any broken bones, breathing out a sigh of relief; her ankle was hurt but not broke; an easy fix.

Sophie crawled to Roxana who had somehow broken through the force field.

She reached out for Roxana's hand when she was abruptly dragged back by her ankles. Her pain doubled into agony making her cry out.

"Let go! Please!" she wailed.

The tugging stopped and Kallisto sat down on the small of her back; his nasty breath fanned the back of her neck making her scrunch up her face in revulsion.

"Poor kitty cat... Are you hurt precious?" Kallisto asked as he petted her hair.

Sophie was tired of being the damsel in distress; she knew she could defend herself with a gun, but she knew nothing about knives.

She dealt with knife wounds at the hospital and she knows the how human anatomy back and forth shecanstab him, but did she have the guts.

Hell to the fucking yes she did. It's not like she couldn't kill him. He said so himself he couldn't die. Here goes nothing.

Squirming she reached behind her back and succeeded without Kallisto detecting her intentions. She gripped the knife in her hand and swung her arm back; submerging the knife into his side.

Kallisto didn't even flinch; he stood on his two feet and yanked the knife out.

Sophie gulped and pivoted so she was no longer on her stomach but sitting on the floor. "Y-you b-better stay away from m-me." She meant for those words to sound threating; obviously she miserably failed since Kallisto was laughing at her.

Kallisto crouched down and grabbed her jaw in a tight grip. Sophie bit her bottom lip; she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of him intimidating her.

"Bad kitty, very very bad-"

A massive black and blurred figure rammed into Kallisto, off Sophie's body.

Sophie snapped her head in the thing's direction and saw that it was a gigantic wolf, with gold eyes.

Poor Kallisto didn't stand a chance. His neck was snapped in two and he dropped dead. The wolf dropped Kallisto's body and stalked its way towards Sophie.

Her eyes widened at the size of the wolf as it got closer. It was triple her size! And so black, its fur camouflaged with the fucking night, its eyes were what gave it away.

The wolf stopped and bent down so it was face to face with her.

"Oh honey in a fucking biscuit I'm so dead. So very dead." Sophie said in a shaky voice as she and the wolf had a staring contest.

"Nice doggy..." The wolf growled at her. "Sorry. Wolf. Big nice wolf. Where the fuck is Munchy when I need..." Sophie didn't even get to finish her sentence; Mr. Wolf started nuzzling her neck. Its fur tickled her neck causing goosebumps to spread throughout her body.

"Sophie. You need to relax, it's just Dean. His beasts are in control right now; you're looking at his primary animal." Roxana said as she was holding Kell's bruised body against hers.

Sophie looked back at the wolf that really was Dean and threw her arms around him.

Dean or his wolf; whatever he's called when he's like this... sat down and whined as she ran her hands up and down his neck.

It felt so good to have him back. Even better now that she was hugging him; even though he was a big dog; wolf.

"Dean, please don't leave me again. Hurt my feelings all you want, just don't leave me please." Sophie whispered as she pulled away from Dean to look into his eyes.

Dean's wolf whimpered and cuddled closer to her. "I have to tell you that I know-"

"Hey guys, it's cute that we're all reunited and all, but Kell's hurt and somehow drunk off his ass and Moros escaped; probably he will be back with back up. Let's haul ass and get the fuck out of here." Roxana didn't even wait for a response as she made her way back to the SUV.

Sophie gasped when strong arms wrapped around her waist and hoisted her up. Her eyes clashed with his. His eyes no longer gold, they were back to the warm chocolaty brown eyes she loved so much.

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Cast Time!!!!

Roxana- Mila Kunis

Kallisto- Josh Holloway

I don't think I'm missing anyone. Lol thanks again guys, Ch.10 is on the way. Don't forget to leave a comment, follow, and vote.