Chapter 250 250 Out for a Run

~Erebus is your given name and on the topics of names, Charlette's true name is Hecate. What do you think?~ Kitty hopped off of him and snuggled herself next to him.

~I think that is lovely for our little girl and my name is also fitting. When do the young ones learn about their true names?~ Leo snuggled back and caught a whiff of what was maybe a mouse?

~When the child is old enough to understand that the true name is something that can not be given out, I learned mine when I was two but I am a strange case as I can hear the true names. I think when she is six but I will tell Luke her name.  He has an attachment to her already. I can feel the bond growing between the two.~ Kitty could smell the field mouse and she listened carefully to where it was. ~Did you want to hunt the mouse?~

~A bond between those two would not be a bad thing. Would it still result in a child like you or would it be okay? Wait, I think it is too early to think about this. We can hunt like this?~ Leo crutches down as if startled.

Kitty chuckles softly, ~follow my lead and I will show you how to hunt the mouse.~ She slowly crept forward and hides in the shadows. Kitty jumped out and pounced on the mouse and caught it alive and brought it back to Leo. ~If you want you can try catching it once I release the mouse?~

Leo crutches down like Kitty had done and waited until she released the mouse. He watched as she released the mouse and he pounced on the poor mouse but missed. ~Drat, that is a lot harder to do but it is fun.~

Kitty looked up sharply. ~We have to return quickly. There are hunters in the woods and if they see us they will think that they are lucky. As we are way above average size.~

~There shouldn't be hunters on my property if there is then I will have to get them out of my woods. Lead the way back to the house and I will grab a quad and race back here.~ He waits for her to lead the way back to the house.

Kitty turns around and leads Leo back to where they transformed. There was a fresh set of clothing for Leo sitting there. ~Okay, you just need to think about transforming back to you natural state I will lead you to where the hunters are and it is easier to do if I am still in my fox form.~

~I do not like that but I will do as you suggest because you are usually right with all of this.~ He focuses on transforming back to his human state and the shift was quick and less painful. He quickly got dressed and raced to the shed.

Luke who was sitting in the living room heard the quad get started up and he looked towards the shed. "I think I should go help Leo. Charlette I will hand you to Cindy and Big Brother will be back." He gently handed her to Cindy. He raced outside and started up his quad and followed Leo's tracks.

Kitty followed the scent of gunpowder and she could hear a quad coming behind them she dashed into the bush until she could smell that it was Luke. ~Lavatis, what are you thinking?~

~Leo only uses the quads in an emergency, I thought something bad happened so I decided to come with.~ Luke quickly replies.

~Damn right I do. There are hunters in the woods. I was enjoying my lesson on your guys' world but it is too dangerous for me to stay in fox form Kitty is leading us there.~ Leo waited for Kitty to come out.

Kitty came out and looked at Luke and then took off in the direction of the strong gunpowder smell. She raced quickly and weaved through the animal traps. ~They have a lot of traps set up. It is not safe for me Leo I will hop on your backseat.~ She jumped and landed on the back seat.

~Okay, if you think that is the safest bet then please do relax.~ Leo could hear the hunters of the forest. Leo stopped the quad, got off the quad and walked towards the hunters. "You guys are on my private property!" His voice boomed out.

"Shit, I thought you said that he wouldn't be home this weekend?!" one of the hunters said.

Leo walked through the forest and right into their camp. "Oh, I see that you have made a spot on my property. Did I not make myself clear when I said that there were savage wolves in the woods and not to break into my property? You are lucky that I found you and not the wolves."

Kitty howled loudly making the hunter's jump out of their skins. ~Their fear is intoxicating. I want to spook them more but I do not know what traps they have set up so howling is the best that I can do right now.~

Luke got off the quad and saw a series of traps and started to disable them.

Ketan came beside Kitty and saw that she was in her fox form but wasn't surprised. "Disable all the traps?" He asked as he looked at Kitty.

Kitty's eyes sparkled and she stood up. ~What are you waiting for? Do it Ketan. I want to play around and feed off the fear.~

"Fine, I will get started. Just so you know I am not doing this because you commanded it. I am doing this as traps are a pain in the ass to deal with later." Ketan lifts up his hand and starts to chant. "For though that was going to bring harm to the innocents of the forest I command you all to go off all at once on the count of one, two, three." Every trap in the forest goes off all at once.