Wolf warrior, p.1
Wolf Warrior, page 1
Wolf Warrior
Apocalypse
Jacqueline M Pigman
Copyright © 2022 Jacqueline M Pigman
All Rights Reserved
This book is dedicated to anyone uncertain of where their life is taking them
Wolf Warrior Series:
The First Adventures
Chronicles
Tri Adventures
Adventures in the Wild
Ultimate Adventures
Wrath of the Fox Fighters
Wallenstein’s Curse
Curse of the Moon’s Silver
Apocalypse
Animal Kingdom (a companion to the Wolf Warrior series)
Other Series:
Vixymon
Novellas:
The Clans of the Moon
Other Books:
Royal Court
Westington
Dawn and Dusk
The Ghost of Anita
The Bite of Night
Covers designed by Olivia
Chapter One: Waking up to Snakes
Chapter Two: Elaborate Escape
Chapter Three: Snake Woman
Chapter Four: A Dark World
Chapter Five: Prisoner of Snakes
Chapter Six: Guidance Follows
Chapter Seven: Minor to Major
Chapter Eight: Continuing the Line
Chapter Nine: Complete Exploration
Chapter Ten: Dark Reunion
Chapter Eleven: Rise of the Beasts
Chapter Twelve: Vision Beast Clear
Chapter Thirteen: Fire Beast Phoenix
Chapter Fourteen: Eagle Beast Falconerr and Tiger Beast Tigreus
Chapter Fifteen: Lightning Beast Azula
Chapter Sixteen: Viper Beast Serpent
Chapter Seventeen: Prehistoric Beast Archaeopteryx
Chapter Eighteen: Snow Beast Cloud
Chapter Nineteen: Werewolf Beast Killer
Chapter Twenty: Death Beast Battle Axe
Chapter Twenty-One: Undecided
Chapter Twenty-Two: LesArbola’s Destiny
Chapter Twenty-Three: Fight of a Dragon
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Snake Bites
Chapter Twenty-Five: Dragon Battle
Chapter Twenty-Six: Dark Battle
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Return to Darkness
Part Two: The Moon’s Light
Chapter One: Nightmare Awakening
Chapter Two: Pet Hostage
Chapter Three: Serial Killer Turned Rich Girl
Chapter Four: Silence and Consequences
Chapter Five: Slow Investigations
Chapter Six: Costall Learns
Chapter Seven: Indiscriminate Torture
Chapter Eight: Costall’s Mission
Chapter Nine: Slow Progress
Chapter Ten: Costall’s Interrogation
Chapter Eleven: A New Form of Torture
Chapter Twelve: Back and Forth
Chapter Thirteen: Execution
Chapter Fourteen: Final Report
Chapter Fifteen: Picking Through Obstacles
Chapter Sixteen: Old Enemies Clash
Chapter Seventeen: A Wolf Mourns a Fox
Chapter Eighteen: The Packs Join
Chapter Nineteen: Guards of the Guards
Chapter Twenty: Power Separation
Chapter Twenty-One: Prisoner vs Supervisor
Chapter Twenty-Two: Shadowy Interruption
Chapter Twenty-Three: Beginning Again
Chapter Twenty-Four: History Repeats
Chapter Twenty-Five: Treasure and Music
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Moon’s Light
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Elemental Empresses
Wolf Warriors:
Leader: Lightess- white wolf
Ultimate Sister: Sapphire- jewel wolf
Known Soldiers
Chosen One: Saphera- white wolf- wielder of Tachi
Side Warrior: Jade- brown wolf- wielder of Golden Sword
Mist- light blue wolf
Tori- brown and red wolf
Abigail- black and red wolf
Frasian- black wolf
Clortia- black wolf
Cassonol- black wolf
Katie- blood wolf
Joki- black and red wolf
LesArbola: black, red, and white wolf
Camerra: white and red wolf
Training Clan:
Leader: Kyzan- gray and white wolf
Lieutenant: Spiderweb- black wolf
Primary Teacher: Blanketsnow- white wolf
Other Teachers: Falconclaw- brown wolf
Ravenbeak- black wolf
Kittenpaw- silver wolf
Fox Fighters:
Leader: Emerald- Jewel Fox
Ultimate Sister: Jeanya
Known Soldiers
Raptor- brown fox
Leopardsilver- black and silver fox
Costall- red fox
Shrallda- black fox
Training Clan:
Leader: Stella- red fox
Lieutenant: Stonesky- silver fox
Primary Teacher: Silversoul- silver fox
Other Teachers: Crystalshard- white fox
Watermist- white fox
Bird Brawlers:
Leader: Yatagarak
Ultimate Sister: Ruby- Jewel Owl
Known Soldiers:
Leopardshadow- spotted owl
Alex- barn owl
Megan- pygmy owl
Moonlock- long eared owl
Karactacus- crow
Eagleheart- bald eagle
Training Clan:
Leader: Cassius- great gray owl
Lieutenant: Firefox- short eared owl
Primary Teacher: Bloodwolf- snowy owl
(Current student- Blauk)
Other Teachers: Savanna- great horned owl
Snakethrust- long eared owl
Hawksoar- barred owl
The Darkness:
Leader:
Wallenstein- warlock
High ranked soldiers:
Surayami- black dragon
Sinistar- warlock
Suralilith- dragonslayer
Ayenkisu- Spider Ancestry- warlock
Hailey- ice witch
Lower ranked soldiers:
Arachnoisea- soldier of Surayami- spider
Montesuma- soldier of Surayami- meteor bird
Poisonzombie- soldier of Surayami- zombie
Venomconstrict- former soldier of Ayenko- snake
Deathgrowl- former soldier of Ayenko- werewolf
Chan Ko- former soldier of Ayenko- psychic
Vampireblood- former soldier of Ayenko- vampire
Ghostmoth- soldier of Ayenkisu- ghost fairy
Sishana- soldier of Sinistar
Amy- soldier of Suralilith
Crow- raven
Lisea- warlock
Beasts:
Suralma- vampire beast- controlled by Amy
Surayenko- spider beast- formerly controlled by Ayenko
Venobra- snake beast- controlled by Surayami
Moon’s Silver:
Leaders:
Clairvanna- daughter of Wallenstein- warlock
Cecilia- shadow witch
Gatekeepers:
Flower- Red Gatekeeper
Sasha- Purple Gatekeeper
Alaina- Blue Gatekeeper
Cassie- Yellow Gatekeeper
High ranked soldiers:
Ayenkisa- Spider Ancestry- warlock
Ayenko- Spider Ancestry- warlock
Lower ranked soldiers:
Black Cat- former witch
Chapter One: Waking up to Snakes
Saphera had finally woken up. But what had happened? The last thing she remembered was fighting Clairvanna and Cecilia, the two leaders of the Moon’s Silver, but neither were anywhere to be seen or sensed now.
She was laying on a metal table, in what looked like some kind of technological laboratory. All along the walls were machines and control panels. Sitting at one of these control panels was a woman, heavyset and with short, white hair and sunglasses, with a raven on her shoulder.
But Saphera was more interested in the table she was strapped to. She was held by her wrists and ankles by Immortal Snakes, creatures in the Wolf Warrior World that felt no pain and never died. They had their bodies wrapped around Saphera’s limbs and their fangs were latched around metal poles at the corners of the metal table.
If I can get my sword up to my hand, I can slash these away.
But the strap around her waist where Saphera kept Tachi was empty. Somehow, her sword had been stolen. Even if it hadn’t, escape was impossible anyway. Two armed knights stood at the only entrance or exit to the room, blocking the way out with two sharp weapons. There was no way Saphera could fight them off without a weapon of her own.
Even if she could, the woman and the raven were still an obstacle. The raven was watching her closely, but the woman was fully concentrating on the control panel she sat above. Saphera had the feeling she should know both of those creatures, but her brain was so fuzzy she couldn’t bring herself to concentrate on from where, and her sensibilities seemed to have been temporarily turned off.
How much time has passed since that battle? What all has happened?
Saphera couldn’t even remember if the battle had been finished, or what had caused it to end so early. Was it Sishara’
Saphera was a Wolf Warrior, a creature dedicated to the protection of her world, but she was also the Chosen One, the creature with a connection to all creatures, and a destiny to defeat The Darkness, her world’s persistent enemy. But this destiny had been fulfilled, and Saphera was fighting new alliances now, such as the Moon’s Silver, which she had been fighting before she ended up here.
Since her destiny was complete, she didn’t have to fight alone anymore. She could go on missions with allies from the Wolf Warrior alliances, which she’d had with her when fighting Clairvanna and Cecilia. But they were nowhere to be seen now.
What on Earth just happened? What exactly did Cecilia do to us?
The details of the battle were finally starting to come back in bits and pieces, and Saphera now remembered a shadowy blast Cecilia had hit her and her allies with, and that was the last thing she remembered. The battle hadn’t been stopped by Sishara, Cecilia had ended it herself.
But why? And how had she ended up as a prisoner in a lab? The battle had taken place in a cave, where the Moon’s Silver had kept a base.
Saphera started to struggle. She had to get free, find her allies, and figure out what was going on. But the Immortal Snakes wouldn’t budge, no matter how much Saphera moved. They were resilient creatures. Saphera had seen them only once before, surrounding a creature named Carmen, leader of C.A.S., where the Blood Wolf had been held after she and the Jewel Wolf had returned. She knew they wouldn’t be easy to damage, even with her sword. But maybe there was still a way she could get them to release their grip?
But she still had to figure a way to escape once she was free. She had limited options for fighting back without her sword, and there were four other creatures around her. One of those creatures was finally speaking, after a soft crow from the raven on her shoulder.
“At last, you’re awake. Now we can begin.”
Chapter Two: Elaborate Escape
Saphera’s sensibilities still had not returned, but she didn’t need them to recognize either of these creatures. The woman was Ms. Whisper, her high school band director who had tried to have her and one of her friends killed. The raven on Ms. Whisper’s shoulder Saphera recognized as Crow, one of the soldiers of former Bird Brawler Leader, Glocks, during her possession by The Darkness, and who she had killed to obtain her Wolf Dragon form after he’d killed the alphas of a werewolf pack.
The Leaders! Where were they? They should be gathered in the Underworld, but how had no one been sent to look for Saphera yet? Had her allies from the battle already been found? And what were Ms. Whisper and Crow doing together? The last time Saphera had seen Crow, he had been enormous. Now he was the size of an Earth raven. And Saphera knew for a fact he was able to speak, but he had only cawed, letting Ms. Whisper do the talking. Why wasn’t he speaking? Had he lost that ability as well as his enlarged form when Saphera took his wings?
“Ms. Whisper?!” Saphera exclaimed. “What are you doing here?”
“So touching that you recognize me,” Ms. Whisper replied, once again after a caw from Crow. “But we have no time for reunions. I wish to see this completed before one of your allies finds us.”
They’re all here then. Saphera didn’t say this out loud. She was still confused to the point of her mind being a whirl. She still had no memory of how she had gotten here or what had happened to bring her here. Ms. Whisper and Crow must have been revived after the final battle with the Moon’s Silver. But The Darkness was defeated. Had Clairvanna decided to bring its members back to help fight? Ms. Whisper was only human. What use did the Moon’s Silver have for a human?
She wouldn’t be the first recruited by the alliance. Shortly before Saphera and her allies discovered who the Moon’s Silver’s leaders were, she had been Shackled to LesArbola by Ayenkisa, keeping them under the mercy of soul destruction until a human she’d recruited was converted into a spider. The latest experiment of the Spider Ancestry, a human once known as Mrs. Collins, replacing Ayenko, who now had a light soul.
This reminded Saphera of something else. Ayenkisa she now knew was a member of the Spider Ancestry, but she’d once thought she was a human. Her middle school choir teacher, Ms. Paola. Maybe Ms. Whisper had been sent after her for another purpose. Was she supposed to have been a Darkness member all along? It would explain why she was now here with Crow. Perhaps The Darkness, realizing their desperation, had finally decided to recruit her.
But somehow this didn’t make sense. This sounded like a measure Wallenstein would take, but Wallenstein was dead. All that remained was his daughter, and Clairvanna led another dark alliance now, one that previously hadn’t seemed affiliated with The Darkness. Had Saphera and her allies managed to kill the Moon’s Silver’s leaders and now were fighting The Darkness again? Had Clairvanna kept them in reserve in case she was killed? But why would she? The Moon’s Silver was her alliance now.
Ms. Whisper and Crow were watching the control panel Ms. Whisper sat over, finally pushing one of the buttons on it. Looking above her, Saphera saw a smoking laser hit the table, slowly making its way up to between her legs- where her weak point was located.
Saphera struggled, as fiercely as she could, but how could she escape? She supposed the first thing she should figure out was breaking free from the Immortal Snakes. Even this was easier said than done. Still no amount of pulling or twisting was getting them to budge, and she couldn’t force them to release their grip, either. Their fangs were holding tight to the poles.
Desperate times called for desperate measures.
The laser was moving fast. She had to work faster. Yanking her arms down, she slowly pulled them down further and further until the Immortal Snakes moved with them. She kept her eyes closed. Her friends in the Feral Forest would question her devotion to nature for this. She didn’t like what she had to do now, either, but it was either this or get her weak point burned. What helped her to complete the action was that she knew she wasn’t actually hurting the snakes, but the sound of their skin slowly ripping apart was still almost too much for her to bear.
Finally, she heard a snap. One of the Immortal Snakes had lost its head. She pulled hard on the other arm, and that snake’s head snapped, as well. Now to free her ankles. She pulled her legs up, thankfully in the process slowing the progress of the laser. Slowly, the snake’s skin pulled, and just like the ones holding her arms, their heads snapped off.
Saphera was free.
She unwound the snake bodies coiled around her wrists and ankles and threw them back on the table, where they reconnected with their heads. It was at this moment that a loud caw sounded from the table.
“Knights, stop her!” Ms. Whisper commanded.
Now to overcome her next obstacle. Saphera knew she wasn’t getting out of here without a fight. But what could she fight with? Without her sword, she had no access to her wolf form or the animal plates. But there was one form she possessed she could use completely naturally. Raising her arms, she took the form of a great gray owl, just as one of the knights raised his weapon to her. The owl’s talons easily repelled it, but now another knight was after her. This one fell to the owl’s talons, as well, and with Ms. Whisper and Crow still behind the monitor, Saphera had the chance to escape. Now she could begin searching for her allies.
Chapter Three: Snake Woman
But first, she had to escape the building, as she sensed none of her allies inside. It was one she had never seen before. Wooden, with no light source at all, and filled with connecting hallways. Was it a maze? Would some paths lead to a dead end? Perhaps that was their way of trapping her.
Saphera had thought her sensibilities were only temporarily turned off when she was a prisoner of Crow and Ms. Whisper, but she still couldn’t sense anything. This meant she couldn’t tell if any creature was following her or trying to prevent her escape, and she couldn’t get away terribly fast without her wolf form. Her great gray owl form could move quickly, but it was rather large, and the hallways brushed against its wings. Soon, she had to turn it off and travel as a feral, which was her slowest form. She desperately hoped no creature with a dark soul was following her.
With my sensibilities disabled, I won’t be able to sense my allies, either. Saphera started to shiver. Was she alone here? Was she unable to sense her allies because they had already all been killed? She shook her head to clear it. It was unbearable to think of any of them dead. Besides, she couldn’t sense any creatures with dark or light souls, but she did wonder if her allies’ sensibilities would work, either. If not, they would have just as hard of a time finding her as she was finding them. This made her move faster, but every hallway in this building looked the same. She knew she couldn’t go back to where Ms. Whisper and Crow were, but she couldn’t even tell where they were anymore. She had already lost track of how far she had moved, and didn’t even know if she had been running in circles the whole time.
