Chapter 26
Aaron, Aphmau, and Taiya VS Balto, Zack and Xavier
3rd Person

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"This way." Aaron says, rounding a corner.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Taiya pants, scrambling to keep up with him.

They crash into another group, Mika and her team.

Pearl's eyes widened, and she stepped to the side just in time.

Of course, this left Aaron and Mika to crash into each other.

"Ah!" They both yelp, and Taiya halts, just in time to not trip over them, and back away.

Joseph wasn't so lucky, and fell on top of Mika.

After everyone had stood up, they all stared at each other.

"What are you doing here?" Aaron asked finally.

"Tracking Balto." Mika replies.

"We're looking for Mom." Taiya pipes up.

"Both scents are coming from the same direction, I can smell them too now. Let's hurry and take out Balto." Ellie crosses her arms.

"Nuh uh. That a**hole is mine." Aaron growls.

"Fair enough. Just make sure that you don't kill him..." Mika sighs.

"No promises. Let's go." Aaron says.

"What happened to your e-" Ellie starts, but gets cut off by a scream.

"Long story." Taiya says, following her father as Aaron rushes off in the direction of the scream, recognizing it as Aphmau.

The rest of them?

They go outside and get ready to watch the fight.

Lucy hands out popcorn.

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It's been half an hour.

Nobody has come yet.

Xavier stands outside the door, sighing and doing his best ignore the... uh... noises... coming from the room he was guarding, which contained Aphmau and Balto.

Of course, that was until he went flying through the door.

"Good punch Dad." Taiya whistles in admiration.

Aaron doesn't reply, kicking Xavier. Taiya's gaze fixes on one of the walls in the room, and she charges over, tackling Balto and getting him off of Aphmau.

Aaron sees them, and runs over.

Past Taiya and Balto, who were wrestling on the ground, and straight to Aphmau.

He put his arms around the smaller girl, who attempted to scream, before realizing it was Aaron.

"Aphmau, are you..." Aaron trails off, as she just shakes. He takes his sweater off and puts it around her shoulders, and she grabs the ends, pulling it tighter around her. He stands up, and walks over to Taiya and Balto, where the new human was sitting on top of him.

"For a kid, your heavy!" Balto exclaims.

"ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT A**HOLE?!" Taiya yells at him, then looks up at Aaron and stands up. "I'll go get Xavier." 

"So, her fiance came to save her, eh?" Balto stands up, and glares at Aaron.

"I'm doing more then saving her." Aaron growls, "I'm kicking your a** in the process." 

Then he did exactly that.

Kicked Balto, right where it hurts.

Guess he ain't having kids any time soon.

"It'll take more then that!" Balto hisses, throwing a punch at Aaron, which he catches, and twists his wrist at an angle it really shouldn't be at.

While this is happening, Xavier stands up and runs over, grabbing Aphmau's wrist while Aaron is occupied.

He must have forgotten about Taiya, who kicked him away from Aphmau as fast as he had gotten to her.

"Back off, that's my mother." Taiya growls.

"Stupid kid..." Xavier grumbles.

Taiya punches him in the face as a response.

Xavier kicks her in the gut, and she coughs, but kicks him back. He tackles her, and holds her down while she attempts to kick.

"ZACK!" He yells.

The door bursts open, and Zack stands there. He runs towards Aphmau, but...

He trips half way there.

Which allows Aphmau to stand up, though shakily, and run to a corner of the room, which also happened to put Aaron and Balto in between her and Zack.

"DAMMIT ZACK, YOUR F***ING USELESS!" Xavier yells.

"DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, I'M STILL YOUR BOSS!" Zack yells in response, running past Aaron and Balto.

Aaron sees this, and kicks Balto away, running after Zack and punching him, causing him to stumble while Aaron stands defensively in front of Aphmau. Balto runs forward and goes back to fighting with Aaron. Aphmau stands in the corner, away from them all, and Zack runs toward her again.

This time, her werewolf instincts kick in, and she punches Zack in the face.

"YEAH! Get him Mom!" Taiya cheers.

"I'm over here brat!" Xavier snarls, kicking her in the gut again. She coughs, and turns back around, returning the kick with one of her own that sends him tumbling onto his back. They roll around on the floor, wrestling and punching each other. 

During this, Aaron is punching Balto. Repeatedly. In the face. While holding him up by the back of his shirt. Balto has a black eye, multiple purple bruises, and a broken nose. 

"What, you gonna kill me or something?" He coughs out when Aaron drops him on the floor.

"That depends. Will you leave my family, friends, and me alone if I let you live?" Aaron growls, glaring down at him. 

"Aw, but your little Luna is such a cutie, and her daughters are too. Plus her friends... bet all of them are fun in bed." Balto replies.

"Wrong answer." Aaron retorts, picking him up again and throwing him out the window. 

He lands in front of Chris, and... isn't exactly alive anymore.

Zack growls at Aphmau, and tries to grab her again. This time he succeeds, pulling her into his grasp and covering her mouth. Aaron starts toward them, but pauses when Zack yelps and moves his hand. 

Aphmau may or may not have licked it.

He still holds her though, so she bites his arm, which makes him let go, and runs over behind Aaron. 

Aaron glares at Zack and picks him up.

"Want me to throw you out the window too?" He demands.

Zack doesn't answer.

So Aaron throws him out the window.

Aphmau blows a raspberry at him. 

They look over at Taiya and Xavier.

Taiya is sitting on top of Xavier, cross legged, and is slapping him repeatedly in the face. 

It makes them both proud.

Once Taiya finally gets off of him, she picks him up and tosses him out the window.

"That was fun." She says, wincing a little from her bruises.

"Where are the others?" Aphmau asks quietly, as the recent events start to catch up to her.

"Hopefully getting Cathy and Elizabeth..." Taiya sighs.

"We should go find them, and make sure they're okay." Aphmau says.

"Alright, but I'm not leaving your side." Aaron mutters. Aphmau nods, and the three head off to find the others.

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"Katelyn!" Travis yells, chasing after her as she runs off after Elizabeth.

"Hey, wait!" Ein calls, following.

"Guys!" Laurence yells, running after them.

"Laurence w- ugh..." Lucinda sighs.

"Should we go after them?" Kim asks.

"Probably... but what about her?" Lucinda asks, gesturing to Cathy.

"You... won't win!..." Cathy coughs.

"Shut up, you said that three times already." Kim sighs, "We could leave her here."

"No, if we leave her she might get away." Lucinda says.

"I don't think she's going anywhere anytime soon..." Kim replies, referencing Cathy's injuries.

"Fair enough. Leaving her here is probably the best option." Lucinda nods.

The pair of them run off, in the direction where the boys ran, leaving Cathy behind.

The dying brunette manages a guttural laugh, before falling to the side, hitting the floor. Dead.

~Y'all are crazy.

You actually like my crappy writing?
Thanks though, seriously.