"Shit, what are you doing here?"
Danitz's voice was thick with shock and wariness.
"I should be asking you that." Seeing Danitz's obviously poor condition, Lorne grew bolder.
"Flame, you're not getting away!"
Lorne and Danitz turned at the same time. Three dark figures were closing in from the end of the alley.
The leading man's knuckles cracked, and his nails lengthened into bone-white claws that gleamed coldly in the sunlight.
A Beyonder! Lorne instantly went on full alert.
"Claw, you bastard..."
Danitz glanced at Lorne beside him, then at the three men advancing menacingly. "He's my new lackey!"
"What?" Lorne's eyes widened.
"You!" He immediately understood Danitz's intention-the bastard wanted to drag him into this.
"I don't know him." Lorne backed away a few steps. "I'm just passing through."
Claw Kus grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. "Passing through? What a coincidence." He sneered as he looked Lorne up and down, taking in his neat clothes and inexperienced appearance.
"But it doesn't matter. Now that you've seen me, you're not leaving here alive."
Lorne was speechless.
He certainly gets straight to the point!
Realizing he was in trouble, he drew a deep breath and turned to Danitz.
"I hate you."
Yet Danitz curled his lips into a smile, his eyes actually gleaming with the satisfaction of revenge. "Welcome to piracy."
Just then, Claw Kus's body suddenly swelled, bursting through his clothes. His Werewolf form lunged straight at them, claws outstretched.
"Fuck!" Lorne swiftly rolled aside, dodging the lunge as he drew Phantom.
Danitz also conjured an orange-red fireball in his palm.
"Die!"
The fireball hurtled toward the Werewolf.
"Tch!"
Claw Kus leaped hard, dodging the fireball. It skimmed past his body and struck the wall, blasting it black.
Bang!
Lorne seized the opening and pulled the trigger. A