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veins.
     
    “We are approximately ten minutes from your position Tiger
One, keep him pinned down.”
    “Don’t worry, we’ve got him boxed in, but hurry!”
    The burly guard shouted to his men, “KEEP MOVING AND
REMEMBER, WE TAKE HIM ALIVE!”
     
    “His heartbeat is dangerously high sir.”
    The CEATA medic’s warning was all too clear, but there was
no heartfelt reply from Colonel Mann, only a whisper, “come on Red Haze, now’s
the time!” The CEATA team continued to watch the view from the overhead
satellite as Ash Piper continued to fight for his life.
     
    With its cannon blazing yet again, the Eurocopter attacked.
With an almighty roar Piper leapt behind a section of tree line as all around
him ripped branches crashed down to the floor, the forest exploding with
another tumultuous cacophony of hot lead.
    Then he felt it, the searing pain, his heart racing like
never before, his blood pounding through his veins, his perspiration pouring
from his raging body as his vision changed to red.
    Deep red! He growled! The wolf spoke; it was time to fight
back! Piper leapt again as the helicopter roared overhead, but this time they
hadn’t fired. Yes you bastards he thought, you need to conserve your ammo,
don’t you! Piper quickly surveyed what was left of the decimated, forested area
around him. He needed to find cover and fast. 
    The change was upon him, the wolf was ready to appear.
     
    “He’s wondering what the fuck to do, ha!” The Eurocopter’s
navigator smiled, they had him trapped.
    The pilot spoke, “we need to conserve the ammo, so be
careful.”
    Franz laughed aloud as he continued monitoring his target
through the Tiger’s thermal imaging system. “Hey don’t worry, keep her hovering
for the moment, I’m watching him closely, he won’t…hey? Where the fuck…? WHAT
THE HELL!”
    “What’s the matter?” The pilot sounded concerned, agitated.
    “HE’S FUCKING VANISHED OUT OF SIGHT! QUICK, PEEL OFF TO THE
RIGHT AND HOVER.”
     
    “Heartbeat irregular, blood pressure rising dramatically.”
    Colonel Mann’s gaze quickly moved from the CEATA medic to
Commander Hertschell, “this is it, he’s hazing.”
    There was no reply as Jeanette Descard looked worriedly at
both men.
     
    With his lungs gasping for air, his body screaming in pain,
Piper ran through the forest, the ethereal sounds of the night assaulting every
nerve of his canine senses. Suddenly, he stopped and turned around. There it
was, once again, the Eurocopter now hovering, waiting for his next move. With
hateful rage cascading through his genes, Piper yelled back at the metal beast,
“ALRIGHT YOU BASTARDS! HOW ABOUT A GAME OF WOLF AND MOUSE.” With his eyes now
blood red, Piper’s jaws began to elongate. He growled at his hovering enemy,
his body’s DNA exploding inside him as the wolf’s snout erupted from his jaws,
his drop suit tearing at the seams as his ears, hands, legs and feet elongated,
his newly released tail becoming rigid, dominant. Piper screamed as his body
jerked in wild spasms of agony, for the beast was raging. Within seconds, the
wolf erupted from Ashley Piper’s human flesh.
    The transformation complete, Piper fell on all fours and
howled into the night, his powerful canid form ready…for the hunt!
     
    As he gazed in horror through his thermal imaging system,
the Eurocopter’s navigator began to panic, “FUCKING HELL, I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT
I’M SEEING!”
    “Why, what the hell is going on?” A sense of dread began to
grip the pilot as he became acutely aware of the fear in his navigator’s voice.
     
    The wolf stood on its hind legs, snarling, its blood red
eyes glaring defiantly, its canines and claws ready to strike back, to tear,
slash and maim its adversaries.
    It was time for Ash Piper’s wild, aggressive, canid form to
take the offensive!
     
    “My God,” said Jeanette Descard, “look how swiftly he’s
moving.” The CEATA team watched in stark amazement at the amazing,