The worry on Lydia’s face disappeared as she glanced at the electrocuted monster. "Okay, never mind. So what do we do now?"
"We hunt." Lucas smiled, then threw the remote to John and kicked the Wendigo. "John, get him back to the prison."
"But..." John glanced at the girls as if asking, "What about them?"
Lucas lifted the Wendigo with one hand and threw him in the trunk, then looked at the girls. "Every one of them except Lydia can kick your ass, so don’t worry."
"Hey!" Lydia gave him a menacing glare, and made him raise his hand up high.
"Sorry, I meant everyone can beat you even with Lydia in the way."
"Thank you, I’m much more relieved now." John had a forced smile, then went into the car and drove off.
Lucas ignored the angry puffer fish and glanced at Allison and Malia. "We are going against three other Wendigos. You two will each take one, and Lydia will assist you from behind. Remember, if she makes an opening, use that to your advantage."
They nodded solemnly and adjusted their equipment. Just as Lucas was about to say to head out, Malia raised her hand. "Malia?"
"Don’t you have another Beta? Why didn’t you bring him over? We could have used him as a human shield."
After finishing, Malia smiled in satisfaction at her suggestion. Then she looked at the other girls, waiting for praise, but she only got weird looks from them.
"Sigh..." He massaged his head as a massive headache hit him. "If he knows, Scott will know, and I don’t want to be preached by him on how you shouldn’t kill other people, or else I might break his legs."
"Got it!" Malia smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
"Then let’s go and hunt some monsters." He turned around and started walking.
••••
After they walked for a few minutes, they arrived at the house of the family of Wendigos. Lucas and the girls walked slowly to the back door until he gestured for them to stop.
He then took something from his backpack that looked like a radio and turned it on.
Allison glanced at the beeping thing with curiosity, then asked, "What’s that?"
"It’s a jamming device. This will buy us some time in case some neighbors hear some noise." In fact, he could have taken them slowly one by one, and had less risk of exposure.
But the fact that he remained just a little away from evolving his ability made him uncomfortable.
"Be careful and try to make as little noise as possible." Lucas then glanced at Allison. "Use your ability wisely. Remember, you’re more of an assassin. You don’t have to fight head-on."
"Got it!" Allison nodded and gripped the knives in her hand tightly.
Lucas’s body then turned into shadow and appeared directly upstairs in the bedroom of the parents. His body then materialized, but the couple in the bed didn’t seem to notice anything.
He walked close to the man, and his shadow fell over him. The man’s eyes suddenly opened as if he had a nightmare, but the only true nightmare was just getting started.
Before he could shout, Lucas enveloped his head with his claws, then crushed his head like it was made out of paper.
The blood splattered all across the bed and the wall, and Lucas’s hands became deep red.
"Honey?" The man’s wife finally noticed something, then she opened her eyes, and what came into sight was her husband’s crushed head. "Aaaaahhh!"
Even Lucas was baffled by her reaction. Wasn’t it just a little blood? He was disappointed in this Wendigo. She could have done better.
As if listening to his thoughts, the woman’s face turned ferocious and her teeth came out. Before she could jump, Lucas put a hand in front. "Wait."
Seeing her angry but puzzled expression, Lucas showed her the back of his hand. "Let me present you, the Equalizer!"
"What—" Saliva flew from her mouth as the slap hit her right in the face. Before she could recover, Lucas gave her another one, only this one sent her flying through the walls.
Lucas glanced at his Equalizer with pride. "I can always count on you. Now, without that distraction, let’s see what I got."
After getting rid of the annoying pest, Lucas focused on the energy he got from the man. He could feel that it was very little compared to his other hunted shapeshifters.
This confirmed his theory: weaker targets gave him less, and if he killed too many of the same species of shapeshifters, that would lower the energy even more.
Lucas then closed his eyes and shifted that energy towards his Obsidian Defense. His heartbeat increased as he eagerly waited to see if it would work.