Smoke and Mirrors - 60

There was a three-quarter moon lighting the forest, not that the were brothers or the day-walking vampire needed its assistance as they hunted for their prey. Daniel and Norris were in their jaguar forms as they silently streamed between the trees seeking dinner and the Chupacabra. Jared moved just as swiftly behind them, sometimes on the ground, occasionally taking to the air for brief periods of time to get a larger view of the area.

::There, ahead of us:: Daniel told his brother, dropping into a low slinking posture as he crept towards the clearing.

::That should easily feed us both:: Norris agreed as he circled downwind of the large stag.

It was over almost before it began, the stag no match for two hungry jaguars. As they fed Jared moved further afield, his senses alert for any sign of the predator they were seeking.

::Anything?:: Daniel asked as he sat back on his haunches to clean the last of his dinner from his front paws.

::Nada, zilch so far. I opt for doing a jump closer to where Norris found the last victim::

::Okay. We’ll be with you in a second::

“You’re two seconds late,” Jared muttered as the two jags appeared beside him.

::Sue me, himself there wasn’t quite ready:: Daniel told him with a feline version of a laugh. ::Where to, Norris?::

Norris flashed Daniel a picture of the site and as soon as Jared had set a hand on Daniel’s shoulder the three of them transported, landing in a wide glade with a stream running along one side.

Across the stream they could see the silhouette of a farmhouse in the distance, limned by the moon’s light.

“You’re right, Norris, he’s getting too close. I wonder if he’d really attack a human.”

Norris shook his head as he looked up at Jared and then said to Daniel, ::Tell him I suspect it’s probably any animals they have there that he’d go after. Hopefully anyway::

Daniel relayed the message, adding, ::Even that wouldn’t be good. If one of their animals was attacked, they’d start a hunt for a wild predator, probably thinking there was a puma or some such that had gone feral::

“Yep. And that would definitely put your brother in their sights if he was running in jag form and they saw him.”