Ballack told Ander what had happened at the clan meeting. It did not take Ander long to figure out what Ballack wanted him to do. Ballack allowed Ander to take a few of his troops along to ambush Erik the strong.
Ander was hesitant at first believing that he was enough to take a human man and his child. Ballack just looked at Ander as if he was an idiot.
"who do you think Erik is? he has killed more werewolves than any other Norseman for 50 miles around."
Ander saw the look on Ballack's face and shuddered. Ander agreed to take troops to attack Erik, realizing he was a more significant threat than he realized. Ballack led three men to Ander, "take these men with you, and you should have no trouble on your endeavor."
Ander looked at the men, one was a strong man with a sturdy build and long hair, another was skinny and ratty looking fellow, and the last seemed to be a calm but very handsome man with green eyes the shade of Ballack's right eye color.
Ander began to run into the forest, tracking the scent of Erik and Elias. The three men followed behind him, already knowing the plan.
Erik and Elias were on a horse, and so they were much faster than normal humans, but they did not realize that they were part of a chase. Erik and Elias were trotting their horses at a leisurely pace. Erik was still explaining the nuances and hidden plays in the conference. Norse men were often very straight forward, and often politics went over their head
Ander and his men using their supernatural speed began to close in on Erik and Elias, who were still unaware of the danger that was coming their way.
Elias looked at Erik curiously and asked a question he had been wondering about for some time, "Father, what is Esther? And before you say she isn't a werewolf, I already know a werewolf wouldn't live in our village. We would have heard the howls in the woods if there was one."
Erik looked at Elias and realized that he would never mature if he always shielded him from the truth.
"Esther is not a werewolf; she is a Witch. They are supernatural beings that call on their ancestors for power and have the ability to cast spells that can find things or kill someone. They are powerful. Never mess with a witch unless your willing to finish the job. They definitely can't be left to simmer in their anger."
Elias looked at Erik, and his brow contorted Erik seeing Elias distressed couldn't help ask his son what was wrong.
"Father, what am I?"
Erik looked uncomfortable, and just as he was about to answer, a branch near them snaped. Erik silenced Elias as he was about to speak and took out his sword. Ander who had prepared the ambush stared daggers at the rat-faced man that had stepped on a branch and drew his sword.
There was silence. Erik tried to make sure the environment was safe. Just as Erik was about to let his guard down. The Rat faced man grew impatient and charged Erik and his son. As he screamed wildly, alerting Erik to his position, Erik turns ready to fight whatever was coming for him and his boy. Seeing Erik distracted, Ander decided to kill his son first. The rat-faced man attacked Erik wildly with his poorly made sword, but the exchange was short. Erik managed to slice through his blade after a few strikes, and it made a deep gash on his body. Just as Erik was about to finish Ballack's Goon, two more cries rang, and two men attacked him from opposite sides.
As Erik was busily battling two powerful werewolves and a severely wounded one, Ander snuck up on Elias, who was looking intently at his father's battle with his blade in hand. Ander looked at the boy and was surprised that he was able to hold such a large sword in his hand.
Erik broke through the sword of an assailant with long hair and a large body build and stabbed his sword into his heart. The handsome assailant was surprised, and the rat-man looked terrified at this point. The handsome goon checked the one Erik just stabbed.
Erik took this break in the battle to check if his son was okay. Looking over he saw Ander creeping up on Elias and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Elias watch out."
This shout surprised Elias and Ander, who recovered quickly and made a massive lunge toward Elias. Elias saw Ander but wasn't quick enough to stop him. Ander managed to knock Elias off his horse and stab him in his abdomen, causing Elias to feel burning pain that almost caused him to blackout.
Ander still on top of Elias raised his sword once more time, aiming for his head. Elias saw the sword coming and managed to grab his arm to stop it from coming down.
Erik tried to run to Elias, but the handsome man from before became much more aggressive and went on the offense standing in between Erik and his son. Erik tried to break his sword too, but it was of better quality than the other swords, and the man wielding it knew how to use it properly.
Elias's strength surprised Ander. Elias was still only seven name days old, and he was able to hold his own against a 30-year-old werewolf. Though Elias's power wasn't enough to combat the supernatural strength he had trained since his first kill.
Elias was struggling to keep the tip of the sword away from his head. His muscles strained and his arm began to shake as the sword moved closer to his head. Just as Ander was about to kill the platinum-haired boy, Elias felt a burst of power and instinctually directed it to his hands. The rush of kinetic energy knocked the sword out of Ander's hand. Before Elias could take a breath, Anders ignoring his missing sword and moved to Choke Elias to death, but before he could, a snarling white wolf came from the side and attacked Ander. Before Elias even managed to stand up, Sin had riped Anders to shreds leaving his face barely recognizable.
Erik and The Green-eyed man were still fighting fiercely, but Erik managed to wound him. He created a gash on his thigh so that every time he put weight on it, blood would pour out. The man knowing he was going to lose, got desperate, and managed to give Erik a gash on his face bisecting his eyebrow and going over his eye.
Their fierce conflict continued as Elias fell back onto the ground, not far from the mutilated Ander. The smallest trickle of Elias's blood from his still-open wound traveled of its own volition toward Ander's body. As the blood met it, the body sunk into the earth vanishing as if it had never been there Elias doesn't take notice. Elias's ring shines dimly again, and the wound slowly closes before it leaves only a white mark. Elias still out wakes up when Sin licks his face bringing him out of his daze.
Erik and The handsome goon take no notice of the strange happening around Elias. They were too focused on their battle. Erik finally manages to slip past the man's defenses and slide his felt iron blade in between his ribs. The handsome goon falls to the ground struggling to breathe for a few seconds before his death.
Erik looked over at his son Elias and let out a loud laugh. Elias smiles happily that his father was okay too. Erik walks over to Elias and hugs him tightly and feels something sticky attach to him. Erick holds Elias out and sees a bloodstain on his clothes.
"What happened, Elias? Why didn't you tell me you injured?"
Erik looked at Elias and Frantically checked him but only found smoothe skin in place of a wound. Erik is confused but quickly gets over it, pulling almost dragging Elias onto his horse. Erik mounts his ownand then sets off in a sprint pulling Elias's reigns.
"We have to leave my son before more arrive, and we are in no position to handle more"
Sin follows the father and son from behind full after his quick hunt while he was away he struggles to keep up.
Erik runs away with his son in tow while a two werewolves show up on the abandoned battlefield. A man with a beard and red eyes inspects the site he frowns at the torn-up bodies by smiles when he finds the rat-faced man from before still breathing. The rat-faced man looks up, "Stam, what are you doing here."
Stam just smiled before gruesomely Torturing and killing the goon. The man's assistant looked on with a blank expression. Stams looks at his assistant
"Tell Ballack he has failed us."