Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2012 18:00:42 GMT -5
Victor walked out of the classroom along with everyone else in the room, laughing and smiling with all the rest. "Remember we have one week until finals!" The history professor called out after them. Victor turned back and gave the professor a thumbs up. "I know. But I'm not sure about the rest of the bozos!" He called back and got a grin from the professor.
Victor waited at the end of the hall and waited for the girl he had fallen deeply deeply in love with. Laura Lmbert. And there she was. She had a wonderful smile, emerald eyes, shoulder length cherry red hair, and the body of a model. She walked up to him and gave him a hug and then smiled at him and look him straight in the eyes. "So shall we go study for the history final?" She asked in that tone that would always work against him. Victor smiled and nodded. "I'll meet you in the Dinner." he said. "I got to go finalize a payment and call my uncle first."
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As Victor waited for the paper work to be finalized on the hand gun he had bought he took out his Razer cell phone and called his uncle.
It rang once...... twice..... three times......
"Hello?" The voice said.
"Hey Andy." Victor said. It was his uncle Andrew Brown. But he wanted everyone he knew. Including Victor to call him Andy.
"Victor! How are you doing son?" He asked happily.
"I'm doing wonderful. I'm going to tutor Laura some then ask her out on a date tonight." He said.
"Wonderful! I hope things go well for you." Then there was a chuckle. "Lord knows its about time you get a girl." Victor could hear laughter in the background.
"You don't need to tell everyone yet." He told his uncle in a hushed voice.
"Its too late. Every Ranger in the office knows about it now."
Victor laughed. "Ok then if its too late."
"Also I met someone from Seattle. He said your the go to guy on campus for history."
"That's right. And I'm not extorting money for it."
"I've got to go now."
"Why?" Victor asked in a concerned tone.
"I'm going to be in a drug raid tonight south of El Paso"
"Be careful." Victor said quickly. He then noticed the clerk looking at him with the hand gun he had bought. He held up his index finger. 'One second' he mouthed.
"I will" his uncle said. "I'm proud of you son. I love you."
"I love you to Andy."
Victor then ended the call and put the phone in his pocket and picked up the gun and thanked the clerk and left.
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After dropping the the gun off in his off campus apartment he was in his car and getting ready to drive off to meet Laura in the Dinner when he phone rang. He answered and heard it was Laura.
"Hi sweetie." She said in her musical voice. "My car is in the garage and so I was wondering if you would pick me up?" She said.
"Sure give me a few minutes and I'll be there." He said in a deeply love struck voice. Little did he know that everything was about to change for him.
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After about fifteen minutes of drive time he made it to Laura's house and parked the car and then when he walked up to the front door he heard sounds coming from the back yard. His hand stopped just short of knocking on the door and he walked over to see what the sound was. He peeked over the wooden fence and his heart skipped a beat at what he saw. It was Laura and another man deep in embrace with there lips locked together.
"I'm so glad you only have to use that man for one more week." the man said.
'What!' Victor thought.
"Well I only went through with your idea because we're married." Laura said to the man.
Victor's heart fell when he heard what she said.
"Otherwise I would never have even talked to him."
'All I am is a grade to her!' Victor angrily realized.
He stormed away and got in his car and left.
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As the day drew on Victor's mindset grew worse and worse. He got angrier and angrier. He even got to the point where he had made a decision that he never would have made otherwise. He was in his car and in the seat next to him was............ his hand gun.
In his confused and raged filled state he had come to the conclusion that he would kill the two. So he was sitting in his car a few blocks down from Laura's house. He had loaded his gun and all he had to do was get out of the car walk down a few blocks and then kick the door in and kill the two. He could do it. After all it was easy. All he had to do was point and pull the trigger.
He reached over grabbed the gun and undid the seat belt then walked down to the house and saw the two in the window. They must've had the radio on because the were dancing a slow dance with one another. He got ready to walk to the front do and was stopped by his phone ringing. He picked it up. "Hello?" He asked.
"Is this Victor Grant?" A voice he didn't recognize said.
"Yes." He replied in a hesitant voice.
"Mr. Grant.... We are sorry to inform you that Andrew Brown died a few hours ago."
Victor's rage was instantly replaced by a profound sadness.
"W-w-what?" asked in a strained voice.
"He was involved in a dr-"
"Yes I know that what happened?" Victor demanded.
"He was shot in the back by an officer that was on the cartel's pay roll."
Victor couldn't think.
"A dirty cop?" He mumbled.
"Excuse me?" The man asked.
"Nothing..... Thank you...... Bye." Victor said and then hung up and put the phone away. He looked back in the window and saw the man hug Laura and then rub a hand on her belly. She was pregnant. "A dirty cop?" Victor echoed again He looked at the gun in his hand and suddenly questioned what he was doing. He looked back up and felt that he couldn't do this.... He couldn't make them feel what he felt. So he left. He went back to his car and drove off.
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After an hour of driving he went to a bridge in a lesser known part of the area. There were no major buildings and no one else around. There was a small river running underneath the bridge. He looked down at it and dropped the gun into the river. After what he almost did he couldn't stand to look at it any more. He watched it fall and then splash into the river.
"She was using me......" He muttered.
"And Andy's dead.." Tears started to form in his eyes.
"There's nothing left." He muttered as tears started to roll down his face. He looked down into the river and thought about jumping. Just ending it all right there. After all he had nothing left.
"Victor."
Victor looked up slowly.
"Victor."
He knew he heard a voice. It was a deep voice. A very deep voice. It sounded almost like James Earl Jones. Victor tuned around and looked into the night and tried to see who might be calling him. Then his heart rate quickened when he saw a huge ghostly wolf.
"Victor you haven't lost everything." There was the voice again. He had a strange feeling that it was coming from the wolf. Then the wolf charged at him. Victor in reaction turn and ran towards his car and tried to grab the keys to start it. He dropped them in the mud. Instead of looking for the keys he left them and the car and ran. It was the last time he ever saw that car.
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Victor ran for a few miles before he was unable to run any farther. He turned to look and saw the wolf was still there. He picked up a rock nearby and threw it at the wolf. It passed harmlessly through it. Then the wolf lunged at him and then once it would have slammed him to the ground he instead felt something in his head.
"Victor! I'm not trying to hurt you. I have chosen you to be my host." The voice said. The voice then introduced itself as Lupin and explained that he was of the race that brought rise to the werewolf myth. Victor listened and nearly had a panic attack many many times. Once he finally managed to calm down and think he realized something. He wasn't sad anymore. Or angry. He was almost.................. happy. Lupin explained that now they were family and that he now had a few extra traits. Better hearing and smell and his canine teeth were more like a wolf's. And when he looked in the mirror he realized he had gray hair. He was able to get used to alot of these quick. But others he couldn't manage well. Such as smell.
Lupin revealed that all but his daughter had died. And that in a few years his daughter could cross over into 'this realm' and choose a host. And that Victor was not the first to have this happen to them. Nor would he be the last.
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The finals were over and he had passed all of them. He graduated top of his class and then went to his uncle's funeral. A few months later Victor was in his new apartment in Gotham.
'Your not serious are you?' Lupin asked.
'Yeah I am.' Victor replied. 'This city already has Batman, and a few others. I'm sure one more can't hurt.'
'Yes but with the FBI-'
'They're not infallible. We can manage.'
After a few more minutes of debate Victor and Lupin finally agreed on what they would do. And over the next couple of days Victor slowly put a costume together. And finally he finished the last step was placing a pair of glasses into the mask. He then tried on the costume and was glad to see that it fit. He put it on and looked at himself in the mirror. 'Lupin....... Let me introduce you to Wulfen.' He proudly told Lupin.
'Wulfen? Your not talking about the thing from that game are you?'
'I'm alot younger then you are so cut me some slack.'
'How are you going to do this when you can't even look someone in the eye anymore?'
After a pause. 'It won't be me........ I will be Wulfen they're looking at.'
'Fair enough. But what if you fall in love again.'
Victor laughed. 'I doubt it will happen........ After all I don't think anyone would go for a history buff who has gray hair.'
'You'd be surprised pup. You'd be surprised.'
Victor smiled at Lupin calling him pup. He used the word 'pup' in the same way his uncle used the word 'son'
And though Victor couldn't read Lupin's thoughts and Lupin couldn't read Victor's thoughts. They both saw each other as family. They were both the only family that they had left.
Victor waited at the end of the hall and waited for the girl he had fallen deeply deeply in love with. Laura Lmbert. And there she was. She had a wonderful smile, emerald eyes, shoulder length cherry red hair, and the body of a model. She walked up to him and gave him a hug and then smiled at him and look him straight in the eyes. "So shall we go study for the history final?" She asked in that tone that would always work against him. Victor smiled and nodded. "I'll meet you in the Dinner." he said. "I got to go finalize a payment and call my uncle first."
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As Victor waited for the paper work to be finalized on the hand gun he had bought he took out his Razer cell phone and called his uncle.
It rang once...... twice..... three times......
"Hello?" The voice said.
"Hey Andy." Victor said. It was his uncle Andrew Brown. But he wanted everyone he knew. Including Victor to call him Andy.
"Victor! How are you doing son?" He asked happily.
"I'm doing wonderful. I'm going to tutor Laura some then ask her out on a date tonight." He said.
"Wonderful! I hope things go well for you." Then there was a chuckle. "Lord knows its about time you get a girl." Victor could hear laughter in the background.
"You don't need to tell everyone yet." He told his uncle in a hushed voice.
"Its too late. Every Ranger in the office knows about it now."
Victor laughed. "Ok then if its too late."
"Also I met someone from Seattle. He said your the go to guy on campus for history."
"That's right. And I'm not extorting money for it."
"I've got to go now."
"Why?" Victor asked in a concerned tone.
"I'm going to be in a drug raid tonight south of El Paso"
"Be careful." Victor said quickly. He then noticed the clerk looking at him with the hand gun he had bought. He held up his index finger. 'One second' he mouthed.
"I will" his uncle said. "I'm proud of you son. I love you."
"I love you to Andy."
Victor then ended the call and put the phone in his pocket and picked up the gun and thanked the clerk and left.
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After dropping the the gun off in his off campus apartment he was in his car and getting ready to drive off to meet Laura in the Dinner when he phone rang. He answered and heard it was Laura.
"Hi sweetie." She said in her musical voice. "My car is in the garage and so I was wondering if you would pick me up?" She said.
"Sure give me a few minutes and I'll be there." He said in a deeply love struck voice. Little did he know that everything was about to change for him.
---------------
After about fifteen minutes of drive time he made it to Laura's house and parked the car and then when he walked up to the front door he heard sounds coming from the back yard. His hand stopped just short of knocking on the door and he walked over to see what the sound was. He peeked over the wooden fence and his heart skipped a beat at what he saw. It was Laura and another man deep in embrace with there lips locked together.
"I'm so glad you only have to use that man for one more week." the man said.
'What!' Victor thought.
"Well I only went through with your idea because we're married." Laura said to the man.
Victor's heart fell when he heard what she said.
"Otherwise I would never have even talked to him."
'All I am is a grade to her!' Victor angrily realized.
He stormed away and got in his car and left.
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As the day drew on Victor's mindset grew worse and worse. He got angrier and angrier. He even got to the point where he had made a decision that he never would have made otherwise. He was in his car and in the seat next to him was............ his hand gun.
In his confused and raged filled state he had come to the conclusion that he would kill the two. So he was sitting in his car a few blocks down from Laura's house. He had loaded his gun and all he had to do was get out of the car walk down a few blocks and then kick the door in and kill the two. He could do it. After all it was easy. All he had to do was point and pull the trigger.
He reached over grabbed the gun and undid the seat belt then walked down to the house and saw the two in the window. They must've had the radio on because the were dancing a slow dance with one another. He got ready to walk to the front do and was stopped by his phone ringing. He picked it up. "Hello?" He asked.
"Is this Victor Grant?" A voice he didn't recognize said.
"Yes." He replied in a hesitant voice.
"Mr. Grant.... We are sorry to inform you that Andrew Brown died a few hours ago."
Victor's rage was instantly replaced by a profound sadness.
"W-w-what?" asked in a strained voice.
"He was involved in a dr-"
"Yes I know that what happened?" Victor demanded.
"He was shot in the back by an officer that was on the cartel's pay roll."
Victor couldn't think.
"A dirty cop?" He mumbled.
"Excuse me?" The man asked.
"Nothing..... Thank you...... Bye." Victor said and then hung up and put the phone away. He looked back in the window and saw the man hug Laura and then rub a hand on her belly. She was pregnant. "A dirty cop?" Victor echoed again He looked at the gun in his hand and suddenly questioned what he was doing. He looked back up and felt that he couldn't do this.... He couldn't make them feel what he felt. So he left. He went back to his car and drove off.
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After an hour of driving he went to a bridge in a lesser known part of the area. There were no major buildings and no one else around. There was a small river running underneath the bridge. He looked down at it and dropped the gun into the river. After what he almost did he couldn't stand to look at it any more. He watched it fall and then splash into the river.
"She was using me......" He muttered.
"And Andy's dead.." Tears started to form in his eyes.
"There's nothing left." He muttered as tears started to roll down his face. He looked down into the river and thought about jumping. Just ending it all right there. After all he had nothing left.
"Victor."
Victor looked up slowly.
"Victor."
He knew he heard a voice. It was a deep voice. A very deep voice. It sounded almost like James Earl Jones. Victor tuned around and looked into the night and tried to see who might be calling him. Then his heart rate quickened when he saw a huge ghostly wolf.
"Victor you haven't lost everything." There was the voice again. He had a strange feeling that it was coming from the wolf. Then the wolf charged at him. Victor in reaction turn and ran towards his car and tried to grab the keys to start it. He dropped them in the mud. Instead of looking for the keys he left them and the car and ran. It was the last time he ever saw that car.
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Victor ran for a few miles before he was unable to run any farther. He turned to look and saw the wolf was still there. He picked up a rock nearby and threw it at the wolf. It passed harmlessly through it. Then the wolf lunged at him and then once it would have slammed him to the ground he instead felt something in his head.
"Victor! I'm not trying to hurt you. I have chosen you to be my host." The voice said. The voice then introduced itself as Lupin and explained that he was of the race that brought rise to the werewolf myth. Victor listened and nearly had a panic attack many many times. Once he finally managed to calm down and think he realized something. He wasn't sad anymore. Or angry. He was almost.................. happy. Lupin explained that now they were family and that he now had a few extra traits. Better hearing and smell and his canine teeth were more like a wolf's. And when he looked in the mirror he realized he had gray hair. He was able to get used to alot of these quick. But others he couldn't manage well. Such as smell.
Lupin revealed that all but his daughter had died. And that in a few years his daughter could cross over into 'this realm' and choose a host. And that Victor was not the first to have this happen to them. Nor would he be the last.
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The finals were over and he had passed all of them. He graduated top of his class and then went to his uncle's funeral. A few months later Victor was in his new apartment in Gotham.
'Your not serious are you?' Lupin asked.
'Yeah I am.' Victor replied. 'This city already has Batman, and a few others. I'm sure one more can't hurt.'
'Yes but with the FBI-'
'They're not infallible. We can manage.'
After a few more minutes of debate Victor and Lupin finally agreed on what they would do. And over the next couple of days Victor slowly put a costume together. And finally he finished the last step was placing a pair of glasses into the mask. He then tried on the costume and was glad to see that it fit. He put it on and looked at himself in the mirror. 'Lupin....... Let me introduce you to Wulfen.' He proudly told Lupin.
'Wulfen? Your not talking about the thing from that game are you?'
'I'm alot younger then you are so cut me some slack.'
'How are you going to do this when you can't even look someone in the eye anymore?'
After a pause. 'It won't be me........ I will be Wulfen they're looking at.'
'Fair enough. But what if you fall in love again.'
Victor laughed. 'I doubt it will happen........ After all I don't think anyone would go for a history buff who has gray hair.'
'You'd be surprised pup. You'd be surprised.'
Victor smiled at Lupin calling him pup. He used the word 'pup' in the same way his uncle used the word 'son'
And though Victor couldn't read Lupin's thoughts and Lupin couldn't read Victor's thoughts. They both saw each other as family. They were both the only family that they had left.