Nora's Big Mistake Ch. 34

They each weighed 883 lbs and were 10 feet long. They had sharp canine teeth geared more towards shearing meat and less towards bone crushing.

The five creatures were the Hyaenodon Faction. They and their friends had the power of Hyneadon Physiology, meaning they either could or can mimic/transform into hyneadons.

In their 'Hyaenodon form', they have the following powers;

Darkness Adaptation: They are able to survive and adapt to dark environments (especially nighttime conditions), with a circadian cycle programmed for nighttime activity, heightened senses to compensate for the absence of light, and perhaps darker coloration.

Enhanced Bite: They had a particularly strong bite, either because of sharp fangs/teeth, strong jaw-muscles, unusual jaw-structure (mandibles of insects, beak, etc.) or some other reason. Exactly what they can bite depends on the jaw-strength, resilience of their teeth/bite-surface and their shape.

Enhanced Durability: Their physical durability, the ability to withstand damage, is extremely high, allowing them to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects. They can withstand bullets, grenades and low to medium explosives, survive falling from the top of tall buildings and building collapse, withstand beatings from superhumans and take getting beaten with steel rods and bars.

Enhanced Endurance: They can endure physical stresses beyond the capabilities of the greatest humans enabling them to do things such as operating on a "low power setting" (being able to operate efficiently for extended amounts of time), holding their breath for large periods, remain calm through stressful or painful situations, tolerate extreme hunger, unbearable thirst, and strong urges to sleep.

Enhanced Senses: They has extremely accurate senses, allowing them to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel better than an average member of their species.

Enhanced Speed: They can move much faster than the average member of their species, beyond what can be emulated via natural training and with little to no maintaining. However, this power is not without any ill effects, as it can strain the body, although they may be resistant or even immune to the effects of high-speed travel, including acceleration, friction, g-force, inertia, etc. They are able to run from about 64- 980kph which means they can reach subsonic speeds.

Feral Mind: They can tap into a primal instinctive state of mind, which can release an unstoppable rage that allows them to perform in vastly increased capacity, taking and inflicting damage that they couldn't or wouldn't in their normal state. In some cases, their mind descends so far into the feral state that, mentally, they are little more than wild animals.

Nocturnal Adaptation: They is able to survive and adapt to dark environments (especially nighttime conditions), with a circadian cycle programmed for nighttime activity, heightened senses to compensate the absence of light, and perhaps darker coloration.

Predator Instinct: They possesses predatory instincts, allowing them to become masters of assassinating, hunting, manipulating, planning and tracking. One with this ability instantly discern all factors of any situation and manipulate them so its the most optimal and favorable for them. Making them a master of manipulation, pursuit, and capture. This includes sensing what will happen and how adapt to it, what move a target will make, where they are headed, and effectively manipulate the target, thus causing the target to inevitably play right into the their hands.

Rachel slithered away, trying to escape the area, but was cornered. The person who blocked her was Sabrina Lynn, the Commander of the faction. She laughed menacingly. "You aren't going anywhere," Sabrina said. Sabrina, in her human form, had caucasian skin, long red hair, brown eyes, was 5 feet 10 inches tall, 121 lbs, had an average body, natural 32C breasts, no piercings and tattoos, and a 13.5 inch long cock. "You're surrounded."

Rachel hissed. "It's one against one," she said.

Another hyaenodon growled from behind. Her name was Irine Meier. In her human form, she was caucasian with long red hair, blue eyes, a slim body, natural 36D breasts, no piercings, and a 16 inch long cock. She was 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 123 lbs. "Think again, you little snake," Irine said. "It's two against one. What are you doing in our territory?"

Rachel slithered in a circle, facing Irine. "I'm the second-in-command of the king of the Outlands, Brandi," Rachel said. "She sent me to find more creatures to join her clan."

Irine chuckled like a hyena. "Is that so," she said. "Hey girls, Brandi wants us to join her clan."

Three more hyaenodons growled and encircled the creature. "Wow Sabrina," one said. "Brandi wants us to join her clan. Why us?"

"How should I know, Leanna?" Sabrina said. "We might need to work with her."

Leanna Decker sighed deeply. In her human form, she was a caucasian woman with long red hair, green eyes, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 110 lbs, had a slim body, natural 34DD breasts, had tattoos on her right ankle, on the back of her neck, an asian calligraphy on both hips, a tongue ring piercing, and a 16 inch long cock. She laughed hysterically. "Who needs a king or rather a queen?" Leanna said. "What do you think, Christina?"

Christina Hendricks was a caucasian woman with long red hair, blue eyes, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 161 lbs, an average body, natural 32H breasts, and a 11.5 inch long cock. "It doesn't really matter to me," she said.

They both looked at each other. "Elizabeth," they said in unison.

Elizabeth Marxs smiled and laughed. Elizabeth didn't speak but rather used laughter to communicate. She enjoyed teasing the fellow hyaenodons and found it hard to control her laughter. Unlike her fellow hyaenodons, she was quite clueless and unintelligent, and often got her friends into trouble. However, she was a loyal follower and never questioned orders, whether they came from Brandi, Sabrina, Christina, or Leanna. Even so, her friends frequently asked for her opinion and treated her as an equal member of the clan rather than a subordinate. She was a caucasian woman with long red hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 114 lbs, had a slim body, natural 34D breasts, and a 17 inch long cock.

With that said, the hyaenodon faction joined Brandi's clan.

At 5368 Franklin St....

Nora, Naomi, and Upton arrived at the house of the Vasquez family. Upton gestured to the door. It was slightly open. Nora and Naomi nodded and drew their respective pistols and moved forward. Upton nodded and drew her pistol and cocked it. She walked over to the door and waited for the moment.

Upton lightly knocked on the door. "Miss Vasquez," she said. "It's CCPD. May we come in and talk to you." No response from the house. "Miss Vasquez, it's about your daughter Gloria." Again, no response. Upton nodded and signaled the two girls head inside slowly and carefully.

The three women entered the house. It was a colossal mess. Books, magazines and papers all over the floor. Dirt and grime all over the walls and carpets. Nora recoiled at the stench. The area stank of sewage and other soil. It caked the walls in mud and there were rats running around. "Ewwww," Naomi said. "This place desperately needs an decorator, and an exterminator. What are we supposed to be looking for?"

Upton sighed deeply. "Something that will help us find out more about the Vasquez family and why they were all shot to death," she said. "There's gotta be something that can help us."

The front door behind them opened and two women entered the house. "Excuse me," one of them said. "Who are you? And what are you doing in my house?"

Upton, Nora and Naomi stood up. "Officers Danvers and Snow-West," Upton said. "And Detective Upton. CCPD. Are you the owner of this house?"

The woman nodded. "Gale Vasquez," she said. "Me and my wife Bethany Vasquez." Gale pointed at the second woman with her. "This is my wife Bethany."

Bethany smiled and shook hands with Upton, Nora, and Naomi. "Nice to meet you three," she said. "What is this about?"

"It's about your daughters Gloria and Zoya Vasquez," Upton said.

"I know," Bethany said, wiping the tears from her eyes. "They both seemed so happy together. I can't imagine why they would commit suicide."

Upton sighed deeply. "Miss Vasquez," she said. "Your daughters were both murdered. They were both shot dead."

Bethany and Gale gasped and began to cry in sadness. Nora, Naomi and Upton tried to console the two women. "Can you think of anyone who might have been responsible for doing this to your daughters?" Nora asked.

"No one," Gale sobbed. "Our daughters were both very loving. I have some pictures of them. I would like you to see them." Nora, Naomi and Upton nodded and stayed with the grieving mothers.

Nora, Naomi and Upton then entered the bedroom of Rachel and Penelope Vasquez. The two girls shared a bedroom.

Upton sighed deeply and looked around. The room was clean and tidy. "Maybe she was just in the wrong place, wrong time," she said.

Nora nodded. "Upton," she said. "Head back to the precinct and let the rest of CCPD know."

Upton nodded and left. Gale and Bethany Vasquez then entered the room. "Can I get you two anything?" Gale said. "Coffee? Water? Juice? Wine? Beer?"

Nora and Naomi smiled and shook their heads. "We're good," Nora said. "Did your granddaughters have anyone close to them? Maybe a boyfriend?"

Gale shook her head. "Penelope and Rachel were not really much for boys," she said. "They were more for the other team." Nora and Naomi were not following the hint. "You know, the other gender."

Nora and Naomi nodded. "Penelope and Rachel were not only sisters," Nora said.

"They may have been lesbians," Naomi said.

The two girls then retrieved more pictures of Penelope and Rachel Vasquez and then left, heading back to their dorm apartment building. They were going to use their own database to find out more about the family. Once they got into the car, Naomi pulled down her pants and Nora gave her road head.

In the plains....

The next step for Brandi and Rachel was to gain more factions. As they were finding a new group, they were surrounded by beardogs.

The creatures ranged in size from as small as 5 kgs (11 lbs) and as large as 100 to 773 kgs (220 to 1,704 lbs) and evolved from wolf-like to bear-like body forms. They were a cross between bears and dogs. Being a cross between bears and dogs, the group had both Ursine Physiology, meaning the ability to either mimic/transform into a bear, and Canine Physiology, meaning they could either is or can mimic/transform into canines, including wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs.

Thanks to Ursine Physiology, the group had the following powers and abilities;

Apex Predator Physiology: The creatures were apex predators, a vastly superior predator in the known world, with a fearsome capacity for hunting down practically any species in their ecosystem, even other predators.

Predators of this category are at the top of a food chain and are never preyed upon by any other predators, as they are the most dangerous and fearsome creatures in their environment/world, with qualities of a greater degree.

There are many variants of apex predators, many of them can come from any particular species from foreign to common, others can come from nature while others can come from different sources of creation that can enhance any predators to their highest danger in being, raising their predatory potential to its maximum making them the most dangerous beings in the natural world or even their own universe.

Claw Retraction: They can project/retract razor-sharp claws/talons of energy, bone, metal, keratin, etc., from their fingertips/hands/wrists/fists/feet for various (mostly offensive) purposes.

Climbing: They are able to climb and otherwise move effortlessly and smoothly on angled and/or vertical surfaces, able to take advantage of any handholds they find, no matter how small, on trees, rocks, walls, etc. This is mostly done as a type of vertical ascent.

Dermal Armor: They have or can generate an innate armor as a part of their body, which is resistant to attacks, harm or pain, and temperature extremes. The armor varies from obvious physical defenses, such as scales, thick skin/fur, natural shield, armor or shell, in-organic skin, etc, to bone-nodules below the skin, particularly wide/sturdy rib cage, blubber, or simply dense muscle.

Thick Skull: Their skull is incredibly durable and strong, enabling powerful headbutts to no ill effect.

Enhanced Body: Their physical condition is above normal and peak members of their species in that verse, beyond what can be emulated via natural training and with little to no maintaining. This means that their strength, speed, endurance, agility, durability, stamina, senses and reflexes are 10 times greater than peak members of their species.

Enhanced Durability: Their physical durability, the ability to withstand damage, is extremely high, allowing them to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects. They can withstand bullets, grenades and low to medium explosives, survive falling from the top of tall buildings and building collapse, withstand beatings from superhumans and take getting beaten with steel rods and bars.

Enhanced Endurance: They can endure physical stresses beyond the capabilities of the greatest humans enabling them to do things such as operating on a "low power setting" (being able to operate efficiently for extended amounts of time), holding their breath for large periods, remain calm through stressful or painful situations, tolerate extreme hunger, unbearable thirst, and strong urges to sleep.

Enhanced Speed: They can move much faster than the average member of their species, beyond what can be emulated via natural training and with little to no maintaining. However, this power is not without any ill effects, as it can strain the body, although they may be resistant or even immune to the effects of high-speed travel, including acceleration, friction, g-force, inertia, etc. They are able to run from about 64- 980kph which means they can reach subsonic speeds.

Speed Swimming: They can swim at incredible speeds, unrestricted by water resistance.

Enhanced Strength: They possess a level of strength beyond that of the peak members of their specie and usually in their Verse. At base level, they would be able to lift heavy objects such as cars, large boulders, vans, and most other objects that are bigger than them in size. They would also be able to exert great physical force from various parts of their body (prominently through their hands), sending enemies flying through walls or breaking their bones instantly with a single punch.

Constriction: They can squeeze/constrict targets, either simply holding/immobilizing them, restricting their air or blood flow, or forcing the heart to stop, causing either unconsciousness or death.

Crushing: They can crush and/or deform objects around them by making physical contact or through other means. Individuals who are affected by this power are afflicted with severely misshapen bones that appear as if they had simply grown that way their whole lives.

Enhanced Mauling: They possess enhanced skills to rip their enemies to shreds with just pure force alone or just a powerful strike.

Enhanced Smell: They can detect specific persons, objects, substances or even places, locate their origin, and track targets with nothing but their nose. They may even be able to detect lying, sicknesses, or tumors by which hormones/smells a target excretes.

Environmental Adaptation: They can survive and adapt to any environment and/or condition, being able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures and levels of moisture, any amount/quality of sustenance, breathable medium, etc. with little or no discomfort.

Fighting Instinct: They possesses an innate aptitude for fighting in any combat by overcoming limitations and adapt techniques or methods to ensure victory. They adapt perfectly to all factors, achieving maximum efficiency in an offense, defense, evasion, and countering, ensuring optimal success as long as there is the slightest chance. This enables them to resist fear and pain, maximize and surpass physical boundaries, utilize all of their skills in the most efficient manner, and continuously fight while unconscious. Their instinct for battle allows them to pick out strongest opponent, letting them know who exactly they need to fight.

Wrestling Intuition: They has innate knowledge in wrestling and is a sufficient combatant due to their often unpredictable and improvised fighting techniques. They are masters in all wrestling techniques such as throws, takedowns, grappling holds and more.

Hibernation: They can enter hibernation, a state of inactivity and metabolic depression/suppression characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate. They may be able to slow the metabolism to the point of effective death.

The purposes of hibernation include conserving energy, safety reasons, healing, etc.

Hunting Intuition: They possess extraordinary talent and instinct in/for hunting all things. They can track anything under any conditions, sense the weaknesses of their prey and exploit them and finally kill or capture their prey.

Lightning Bruiser: They are those that have speed, strength, agility, and durability increased above what was peak humanly possible. They may not be as powerful as the supernatural to absolute level, but they are indeed powerful enough to take down the weaker and more basic opponents and to fight on equal footing with those who are on the same level. They can resist small arms fire, moderate explosions as well as bladed/blunt weapons, can lift and throw vehicles/objects that are of moderate size to begin with, and can outmaneuver bullets and dodge the faster attacks that those of the peak human level won't be able to accomplish. Just like the peak human level, both jack-of-all-stats and this level of lightning bruisers, can both overlap depending on the characteristics.

Parasite Immunity: They are completely immune to parasite infection. For example, they can ingest a parasite infested food or swim in parasite infested waters with no consequence.

Powerful Bite: They have a particularly strong bite, either because of sharp fangs/teeth, strong jaw-muscles, unusual jaw-structure (mandibles of insects, beak, etc.) or some other reason. Exactly what they can bite depends on the jaw-strength, resilience of their teeth/bite-surface and their shape.

Thanks to Canine Physiology, the group had the following additional powers and abilities;

Compass Sense: They can sense directions like a compass, knowing where a specific direction is.

Enhanced Durability: Their physical durability, the ability to withstand damage, is extremely high, allowing them to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects. They can withstand bullets, grenades and low to medium explosives, survive falling from the top of tall buildings and building collapse, withstand beatings from superhumans and take getting beaten with steel rods and bars.

Enhanced Endurance: They can endure physical stresses beyond the capabilities of the greatest humans enabling them to do things such as operating on a "low power setting" (being able to operate efficiently for extended amounts of time), holding their breath for large periods, remain calm through stressful or painful situations, tolerate extreme hunger, unbearable thirst, and strong urges to sleep.

Enhanced Senses: They have extremely accurate senses, allowing them to see, hear, smell, taste, and feel better than an average member of their species.