Training Practice (Ryan's Decision)

Target Practice - Ryan's Decision
Feb 18th, 2006
Blog Entry 1

The sirens from the upcoming police alerted Luna's Avatars to take their leave before it was too late. Ryan ordered his packmates and Alice to take as many weapons as they could with them and head back to the SUV. Once back in the vehicule - oddly enough, Dave and his friend had not attempted to escape as they had watched the fight with horror. Worst yet, they had clearly seen those five people getting shot at, nearly falling to their death, yet here they were, looking as if they had been hit by a truck, but very much alive - the SUV departed quickly, leaving the gruesome scene behind them.

On their way home - Ryan had made sure to indicate that their original plan to attack the wound on the island had fallen down the drain for now - Dave and his friend were dropped down unconscious from the SUV in a random area by the river. They were no use to any of them any longer anyway.

Alice was first to voice out her anger toward Mike's action. She made it clear that she was trying her best to prove herself to Luna's Avatars, and considering it was not something she usually did, it was a great effort on her part. However, she was not up for another suicidal fight, and the next time, they would be on their own to fight head firstagainst sub-machine guns and pistols. Miguel found himself agreeing with Alice, and about how the unnecessary bloodshed could have been avoided. Mike argued his way was the only way, but he soon found the pack was not agreeing with his vision of things. His excessive attitude had nearly killed the entire pack, as well as the outsider, and a lot of lives had been taken for nothing.

Once back home, the pack took a few deep breathes to calm down. Mike went to his room to patch the rest of his wounds up. Soon enough, Ryan called both Mike and Damien to his office, leaving both Miguel and Alice downstairs.

Alice kept her hand over the dreamcatcher attached to the collar around her neck, closing her eyes and taking a deep breathe for a silent prayer for luck and presence to her real father, as she did in times of stress. Miguel, pacing back and forth nervously, gazed upon her and asked her what was special about the dreamcatcher. Although she hesitated in giving her answers, she let him know of its origins, how it had been in her family for many generations: it was a good luck charm and a way to remember the good parts of the past. Miguel commented on not living in the past, and resumed his pacing, soon giving Alice a bad headache.

Upstairs, Ryan discussed a very serious issue with Damien and Mike: the lack of team spirit. This pack seemed dismanbled since Killy's departure, even more so after spending three weeks on their own. Luna's Avatars lacked the skills necessary to survive as a pack. They needed to train as a group, needed to learn each others strenghts and weaknesses to work accordingly when the time came. A lot of locations for this were suggested: a dojo, an abandonned warehouse, other random locations. In the end, it was decided a dojo would have been best to practice melee and physical skills.

Downstairs, Alice decided to let into curiousity and let herself ask why Miguel was suddenly so nervous. As she expected, Miguel responded there was no reason for her to know. She could have pushed, used her seductive ways on him, but decided against it for the moment. The time would eventually come for her to get to him, but until then, she would patiently wait. However, her headache from his back and forth motion was getting to her, and so she decided to open the television and see the news. As expected, the news about the warehouse they had just raided was on every channel in Denver. Soon bored from it, she switched the channels quickly without really looking for anything in particular.

Mike passed by and headed downstairs to practice after being dismissed by Ryan. Soon, it was Damien's turn to come downstairs, leaving Ryan to reload his guns. He also shifted momentarilly to urhan form and back to human form to get his shotgun back.

Finally, Ryan and Mike left to find the right Dojo to proceed with the training he hoped to accomplish...

To be Continued....