Working the Job (Open)

[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] The blond walked down the hallways of the sterile hospital. The new pants suite she was wearing was making her scars itch from every movement she made as she searched the bowels of the hospital. Her movements portrayed that the clothing she had on was uncomfortable at the least. She suddenly wished she could pull this off with her normal outfits of jeans and tee shirts, and not this stiff cloth she had just purchased up the street. She of course was on a job, and she needed to check out the body to see if she could figure out what she was perhaps dealing with. She really hoped that she was going to find it to be a vampire or something easy like that. For she didn’t really think that she was ready for anything much bigger, as she still can’t face one lone vampire without getting a few new souvenirs to add to her bodily collection. So thus why the young lady was walking among the basement searching for the one place that could perhaps help her with this job. The morgue. ”Can I help you, Miss…?” The male voice startled her a bit, but she covered it well and plastered a sweet, charming smile on her face before turning around and facing the owner. The chubby, male attendant seemed to stare at her with a demanding glaze halfway hidden behind his thick glasses. She could help the mental smirk that she was giving him, but she kept the smile on her face as she looked at him. Her hand went into the breast pocket of the jacket she was wearing an withdrew a very good forgery of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee badge. She had someone do all her forgery documents for her, and so far she hasn’t been caught. ”Yes, Mister…McDowell.” She addressed him after reading his nametag pinned to the front of his shirt. ”I am looking for the morgue. My office,” she flashed him her fake identification, ”had received a phone call about a possible infectious disease outbreak with one of your recently deceased patients. I need to examine the body to make sure.” She said and put her badge back up into her jacket breast pocket. She breathed a bit easier when the attendant nodded his head once and motioned that she follow him. The blond followed him to the right room and told him the name of the patient she needed to examine, and told him that she could take it from there. She waited until he left her, and then she went to work trying to figure out what supernatural being killed this poor soul. She was so engrossed in trying to work out the puzzle, she didn’t notice that someone else had approached her… 467 | open | work time this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !

[Abiel J. Bell]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #000 url(http://i53.tinypic.com/vfks3p.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #767676; border: 0px; width: 500px;, bTable][atrb=style, padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; color: #767676;] Abiel was too fond of the suit he was wear, it wasn’t his usually get up when his Hunting, but the job demanded it, well half the job. The other half of the job demanded him to track down his recent charge Natalie. A college student he saved a while back from some Dragons that came out of hibernation after a few cave explores found the sleeping beast, Abiel guessed they made too much notice and the damn beast wakened and killed them. Which the word spread about them being missing and several others hikers and mountain hikers, and other unlucky souls that were too close to its home. Abiel wasn’t going to deal with the mess at first because it was in fact his day off, but Bishop his adopted Son and Hunting partner researched into it a little more, and the signs pointed toward only one thing that could fit into that category in Abiel’s head and that was dragons. Nasty beast and the closet Cousins in Abiel’s book out of all the creatures that Eve made that were close to Phoenixes in abilities and longevity. With that being the case and Abiel fearing that the Dragon might expand its hunting grounds to the homes of the innocents nearby Bishop and Abiel packed to go take down the Dragon, seeming to Abiel that it was stuck in the old ways of the past, of Dragons roaming the lands doing whatever the fuck they wanted because they were big and bad, whichever the case. In Abiel’s book any Creature that killed only for the purpose of killing, necks were on the chopping block. After getting to the town they learned the recent missing posters of a young women gone missing which was Natalie, and from there the Hunt went just like any other Hunt. Bishop and Abiel found the dragon’s layer hoping that Natalie was still alive which she was, Bishop and Abiel killed the dragon, with most of the work done by Abiel. Even though the Dragon had the same ability to burn things to ash, it was no match to what Phoenixes can do, and they saved Natalie, and now Abiel wished maybe another set of Hunters might have taken the case, because since saving her now the girl bugged Abiel to teach her the basics like he once did with Bishop, and now that she thinks she knows a little more than the average Joe, she thinks she can go off and Hunt by herself. These were Abiel’s thoughts as he walked through the double doors to the Morgue where Natalie was stand over a dead body not noticing his presence in the room. Abiel’s face was that of disappointment for the very young Hunter. Not because of the fact that she didn’t notice him entering, which was a minor note in his book, but because this wasn’t the life he wanted for her in general or Bishop or any other of his children in fact. She wasn’t a bad Hunter for a “New Blood” in the game. Abiel was just a very worried Father, after losing not only his Blood children but a few of the other Children his picked up over the years as well. His never liked burying the people he loved, even new ones like Natalie, but he knew how Natalie was, and it was pointless fighting so might as well go along and do damage control, but why not have fun with it. “FBI, what are you doing here?” Abiel half shouted marching up to her watching her jump in her skin and jump and spin toward Abiel, he couldn’t help but smile at her reaction as he opened his arm’s open for a Hug. Abiel embraced Natalie in a tight hug and let her go giving her a smile, “How are you Sweet heart?” Abiel asked before his attention was caught by the dead body on the slab. “Whoa what happen to that poor soul?” Abiel asked keeping his eyes on the dead body as he walked around to the other side of the table across from Nat.

[atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, height: 370px; padding: 90px 30px 65px 270px; color: #767676; font-variant: small-caps;] Location: Bullhead City Arizona Music: A Drop in the Ocean - Ron Pope Ft Wiz Khalifa, Eminem, and Kanye West Outfit: Black suit, white button up shirt, black slacks. Notes: Trying real hard to be a supportive Father, .

[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] Nat was looking closely at the body in front of her, lacerations covered the body mainly across the torso and they were cut pretty deep. The whole upper body looked like it was put into a meat grinder, and chunks of muscle and such were indeed missing. She quickly donned a pair of rubber gloves, and began to study the body with some hands on experience. There was no doubt in her mind that this body was dead, and no chance on it getting reanimated. What made her so sure? Well the fact that the heart was missing was a dead give away, as there was no way for a body to function without a major organ like that. She was attempting to go through what she knew that fit the bill through her mind, when a certain immortal that she looked up to as a father entered the room and approached her. “FBI, what are you doing here? ... How are you Sweet heart? ... Whoa what happen to that poor soul?” The young, blond hunter jumped slightly from the loud announcement from behind her. She twirled to face her unexpected visitor, and she was ready to clobber them if it turned out to be an unfriendly. However as soon as the voice registered in her mind, that urge to clobber melted away. She laughed softly when she saw his smile, and stepped into his offered hug. He was going to be the next item on her list if she couldn’t figure out what she was dealing with, and she soon found herself returning his smile when he moved to the other side of the table from her. ”Well for starters, I’m CDC. And I am good, Abiel. How is Bishop, Norah, and everyone else?” She responded to his first part of questions, and then waited for his answer before she answered his last question. ”That is what I am here to find out. It looks like he was mauled and eaten alive. But his heart is missing. I don’t recall what fits the MO. If I couldn’t figure it out in a few minutes, I was going to call you or Bishop. I haven’t been across one before, so I know I would have needed help.” She answered his question, a solemn express on her face and a tone to match. open | 393 | she has no idea what she is going up against this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !

[Abiel J. Bell]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #000 url(http://i53.tinypic.com/vfks3p.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #767676; border: 0px; width: 500px;, bTable][atrb=style, padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; color: #767676;] Abiel listened to the details of what Natalie knew so far, while looking at the corpse. He was careful at not touching the body. “I’m good sweet heart, so is your mother and Brother.” Abiel eye’s shifted from the corpse to Natalie and watch her reaction and try as he might Abiel couldn’t help but smile boldly and keep his chuckling in check. It was one of many inside jokes that Abiel and the others have joked and kidded multiple times before about, but Abiel knew Natalie knew it was all in good humor. “ Back to business, What do you think did this?” Abiel announced walking back over to Natalie’s side of the table and stood beside her with his hands in his pocket studying the body once more, in his mind already narrowed it down to a few suspects on his list and none of them pretty, but this was Natalie’s case and he wanted her to solve it. Abiel’s learned after raising a hell of a lot of kids, that turned to Hunters that you couldn’t do everything for them if you wanted them to grow; you had to let them do it on their own and see how they handle it. That went double for Hunting, normally you won’t always be there having there back. It was accentual that they were able to stand on their own two feet and make life and death decisions, guessing, and such on their own. Of course if she asked for help he would provide but other than that. Abiel was going to be her wing man for this case, and have her make the calls.

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[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] Natalie couldn’t help the smile that was on her face as she heard the update on her ‘family’. She actually looked up to Abiel and Norah, even if the later was a few years younger than her. She actually respected them, and if anything happened to Norah or Bishop she would be lost. Just as much as if anything happened to her biological family, of whom she hasn’t communicated with since her dragon kidnapping. She hadn’t done so because deep down, she didn’t want them to be touched like she was and know what was really out there going bump in the night. At least with her self adoptive family, she didn’t have to worry too much about something happening to them as if she would with her real blood relatives. And of course those seven people would be the only ones she would rush head first into a situation without stopping to think of a plan if they were ever in trouble. She knew of course that Abiel would tear her a new one for it after the fact, but she would do it again and again. Not many others would she do that for, but those she would. No questions asked. “ Back to business, What do you think did this?” She of course couldn’t help the smile that formed on her lips as she watched him walk back next to her. She actually felt better when he stood that way with her, she felt like a safe child next to their parents. Just like she had when she woke up on his couch after he saved her from the dragon, and it was then that deep down that she could always seek shelter with him like a child. Of course his question got her thinking again, and she looked at the corpse once more. Her mind going carefully through the list that he taught her to memorize, and Bishop helped her to remember. She knew she was close to something, but for some reason she could put her finger on what she was looking for. ”I should know this, Abiel. I should. You after all did drill enough into my head, but for life of me I can’t quite put my finger on it what it is. I actually haven’t come across one of these on my own, as I’m used to only dealing with vampires, ghosts, and vengeful spirits. This is a bit something worse, I’m afraid. Not that I’m ready for the challenge… I just know that there are few things out there that take the heart from their victims…” She started to babble as she normal did when she was nervous or frustrated. She knew he would recognize the sign as she had done it plenty when he tried to teach her how to think under pressure when he was training her. 478 | open | knows what it should be but can’t think of it this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !

[Abiel J. Bell]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #000 url(http://i53.tinypic.com/vfks3p.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #767676; border: 0px; width: 500px;, bTable][atrb=style, padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; color: #767676;] Abiel listen to Natalie rattle off on about not getting this one, and he could practically see the wheels turning in her head and eyes, and he couldn’t help but smile a toothy grin looking at the victim’s body once more or what was left of it. Without even trying Abiel knew Bishop or any other seasoned Hunter could pick out what type of creature this would in a matter of seconds, and with a few days of studying the newspapers and surfing the web could 100 percent point this toward either a Werewolf or Shifter depending on what they find, and Abiel even more so since he was connected by a very distance bloodline that all creatures of Eve shared, but Natalie was not a season Hunter not just yet, so it was very easy to miss it. “Alright I give it to you, that you’ve never hunted something like this before. So I’ll give you a few hints and that’s about it, the rest of the Hunting and researching is yours,” Abiel’s met Natalie’s eyes with playfulness, and joy and he didn’t wait for any confirming from Natalie for his help or not. “This creature goes after the Heart, if you haven’t already notice. It has sharp teeth from time to time, when the moment arises, it’s quick, smart, strong, and a Hunter itself, and it is only two possibilities of Creatures that can do this to someone,” Abiel held up and wiggled two of his fingers for more effect. “And this creature is glamour and drooled over by females teens across the land thanks to Hollywood and a few movies.”

[atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, height: 370px; padding: 90px 30px 65px 270px; color: #767676; font-variant: small-caps;] Location: Bullhead City Arizona Music: A Drop in the Ocean - Ron Pope Ft Wiz Khalifa, Eminem, and Kanye West Outfit: Black suit, white button up shirt, black slacks. Notes: Having some fun before the job gets serious .

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[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] Natalie stood there, studying the body before her. She was going over the list of creatures that Abiel had forced her to study before he even let her anywhere near a weapon or physical hands on training. And she knew that list was pretty extensive, but for the life of her she couldn’t figure out what she was excluding in that list. She knew them all, but for the lift of her she can’t remember what she was omitting. She knew that all the signs she was looking at fit a creature, but because she had never seen a case like this personally she didn’t exactly know what she was looking at in front of her. She looked over the corpse carefully, putting her bottom lip between her teeth as she tried her hardest to grasp one tiny aspect of what she knew. Just one small detail that she could take and run with it. Then he told her that he would give her a few hints, but then she would have to do the work herself. She smiled at him, not wanting it any other way. She nodded her head in answer, not knowing if he saw her or not. “This creature goes after the Heart, if you haven’t already notice. It has sharp teeth from time to time, when the moment arises, it’s quick, smart, strong, and a Hunter itself, and it is only two possibilities of Creatures that can do this to someone, And this creature is glamour and drooled over by females teens across the land thanks to Hollywood and a few movies.” The young blond hunter tilted her head, as her ‘father’ rattled off what she knew would be the only hints she was going to get. When he mentioned female teens drooling over them thanks to Hollywood, only two creatures came to mind. And one them defiantly didn’t fit the bill, so she chunked the vampire list. Not that she didn’t know it could be one, but because she mostly deals with them on her hunts. They were easy things to kill besides ghosts and vengeful spirits, well for her at least. ”Well, seeing as I read some of the major trend setting books in high school… I defiantly know it isn’t a vampire, as the details don’t fit. And I was a Team Edward girl myself, so the only thing that…” Her eyes widened a bit as the missing heart finally clicked into place. ”Team Jacob.” She whispered more to herself than anything. Her eyes looked up at Abiel’s as finally realized what she was facing. ”But you had said that werewolves and skinwalkers where very difficult to kill, and that I should never go hunting one alone unless I knew absolutely what I was doing.” She added, standing straight up, and looked at him. Her brow burrowed in thought and puzzlement. 479 | open | all he had to say was hollywood movies this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !

[Abiel J. Bell]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #000 url(http://i53.tinypic.com/vfks3p.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #767676; border: 0px; width: 500px;, bTable][atrb=style, padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; color: #767676;] Abiel lean against the metal of the cold autopsy table and watched Natalie work it out for herself. He could see the wheels turning in her eyes, as she connected the pieces until she came up with the answer. It took everything he had when Natalie looked to him not to beam like an over dotted parent, proud of their little girl for getting a “A” on her test, and when she told him her concern about it, and how well she remembered his warning about both Skin walkers and Werewolves . He couldn’t help but smile a little bit at that point. “Very true, Natalie I’m surprised you remember that part. Most of the Hunters I raise besides a very small few would disregard my warning and continue the hunt anyway and most end of dead, injured close to fatally, turned or completely fine, but the concern you show on your face is good, and only means you have a good head on your shoulders and that’s where it’s going to stay if I have anything to do about it.” Abiel boosted on Natalie’s brake through and congratulated her on her behavior and cool head on the hunt so far. Abiel spared the dead one last look and a quick prayer before turning back to Natalie with a smile and turned her around at the same time hanging his arm over her shoulder like an old friend might do. “Come on let’s go grab a bite to eat and take it back to the motel and get started on the research. We have a lot of suspects to go through if it’s someone in this town, even if it’s a werewolf. If it’s a skinwalker it will be a little easier to pin point but hell to track down and kill,” Abiel pointed out.” But nothing two hunters can take care of.” After grabbing some burgers and fries from a local burger joint, the burgers weren’t bad, but the milkshakes could use some work though. The two headed back to Natalie’s motel that she was renting while she was in town. For the next five hours they researched the towns animal attack reports that might give them when there Werewolf was turned, to people going missing for days and found dead a few days later and strange sightings of any large animal that fit a Werewolf description. Abiel was just coming back from the last victims’ house now thinking of checking if any human skin goo was left behind by a skin walker when they change forms again. A very painful looking process and ugly one at that to Abiel’s eyes, but it turned up nothing. “Natalie found anything yet?” Abiel called out in the motel room after closing the door and locking it behind him.

[atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, height: 370px; padding: 90px 30px 65px 270px; color: #767676; font-variant: small-caps;] Location: In a morgue Music: A Drop in the Ocean - Ron Pope Ft Wiz Khalifa, Eminem, and Kanye West Outfit: Black suit, white button up shirt, black slacks. Notes: Occ- I’m going to let you decided if were after a werewolf or skinwalker for this hunt .

[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] Nat couldn’t help the smile she beamed up at her adoptive father when he praised her. She nodded her head and hoped as well that her head would stay on her shoulders also. She was very attached to it, and would like to keep it as well as her life and humanity. So when she is told a warning, she listens and files it away for future use. Just like Abiel’s warning about the dangers of werewolves and skinwalkers, he had told her that they were particularly hard to dispatch and kill. Not that it is impossible like a dragon or her self appointed guardian. She smiled at him as he suggested they grab a bite to eat and go back to the motel to do some research. So they grabbed some grub, and she could have had better but the burgers and fries were okay. The milkshakes could have defiantly been better by adding some more of an ingredient or two. As he went out to do the foot work, she stayed in her room to do the book work. She couldn’t help but figure that he had insisted to take the legwork because if he did run into their quarry, that he would have had better chance of survival than she would have. He was after a near indestructible phoenix, only stopped by iron and something called The Colt. She knew the latter was of course a revolver that could kill anything when used with the right ammunition. She just hoped that the weapon was lost or destroyed as she wouldn’t want it to be used against her adopted father. She rather liked him, as he seemed to be one of the few creatures and monsters out there that was on the good side of this supernatural war. Plus he seemed to actually care about her like her biological family does. “Natalie found anything yet?” Nat tilted her head to the side as she was rereading the article she had brought up. Something didn’t quite make sense to her, and she turned to face Abiel as soon as he locked the door behind his entry. ”I think I might have something. I found articles going back three years about animal attacks and missing hearts from corpses. They seemed to be scattered all around town, but nothing before three years prior. So perhaps we are looking for someone or a family that moved into town three years ago?” She answered him her tone thoughtful as she tried to think of how they could find out who moved there in that timeframe. words | 432 | now time for her to do some legwork this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !

[Abiel J. Bell]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #000 url(http://i53.tinypic.com/vfks3p.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #767676; border: 0px; width: 500px;, bTable][atrb=style, padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px; color: #767676;] Abiel took off his coat as Natalie gave him the rundown of what she found, and all his warning bells and signs was putting toward a werewolf attack more and more which was good for them. That just meant they didn’t have to play the guessing game with one another if they get separated and the Shapeshifter or skinwalker decided to wear one of their skins to get close for the killing blow. He noticed the question in her eyes how are they going to find the werewolf now. He took his place next to Natalie and read a few articles for himself and the website she found a few. “Nat could you send your brother Bishop those articles and what town were in. Out of the two of us, he beats me in the hacking, department by far. He can surf around without making himself know for days, and forget tracking the boy. His damn good at what he does.” Abiel smiled , and gleamed proudly like any father would when he talked about any of his own kids. “And while he does that, I can tell you it’s not just one werewolf were dealing with, but I’m guessing maybe two or even three. I won’t be sure until we can check out a few of the places that the attacks took place,” Abiel stood up and walked over to his bag and unzipped and pulled out his usually outfit that he wore for hunts and as an afterthought turned a little to speak to Natalie. “And were going to need the big guns and a lot of silver.”

[atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, height: 370px; padding: 90px 30px 65px 270px; color: #767676; font-variant: small-caps;] Location: In a morgue Music: A Drop in the Ocean - Ron Pope Ft Wiz Khalifa, Eminem, and Kanye West Outfit: Black suit, white button up shirt, black slacks. Notes: Over the hills and through the woods to grandma’s house we go.

[Natalie Potts]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,padding:0; margin: 0; background-image:url(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y353/shockwavesyndrome/thisiswar.png);background-repeat:repeat- y;width: 450px;height:600px;] Nat smiled when she realized what she had found about this hunt. The thing was that these attacks seem to be happening around a full moon, and she couldn't help but think that this was getting better and better. She had never hunted a werewolf, and hoped she would never have to again. She let her smile get a little bit bigger when Abiel took a seat next to her so he could see the articles himself, and then asked her to send the information to Bishop. She nodded her head in agreement, and sent her 'brother' the information needed so he could help them find a starting point for their legwork. “And while he does that, I can tell you it’s not just one werewolf were dealing with, but I’m guessing maybe two or even three. I won’t be sure until we can check out a few of the places that the attacks took place, And were going to need the big guns and a lot of silver.” She watched him get what she liked to call his 'hunting' outfit out of his bag. She bit her lip when he mentioned getting the big guns and needing lots of silver. She doesn't keep silver ammunition around, so she figured they would needed to at least get their hands on some silver bullets. She got up and walked over to her weapons bag and pulled out two shotguns. ”Would these work for the big guns? As for the silver, I'm not sure where to get any besides a jewelry store.” She turned to face him wondering just how they would use the silver. 275 | open | sorry if short, posting before work this template was made by ZOE of caution 2.0 !