15 Cleopatra's Game

"All who follow her, is my enemy" Naledi said lifting the pistol to Quintin's head, he held his arms up.

"But! i dont even know whats going on!! youre not telling me anything!?"

"As i said, you must find out for yourself, but I've changed my mind, if you're going to be one of her pawns! rather die now!" Naledi yelled and squeezed the trigger, the weapon 'clicked' Quintin flinched.

"What!?" She thought maybe it wasnt loaded, Naledi hacked the rear sites against her waist and racked it down, now! it should be loaded! She lifted again and fired, but 'click'

The three soldiers who were quiet this whole time burst out with laughter.

"Oh the drama!" Frits said japping

"You really think wed give a drunk kid a loaded weapon?" Koos asked "I saw you aim that weapon at me this morning inside the Ratel, we took those bullets out when this Quintin started pretending to be a wild west gunman inside that Ratel last night already"

Naledi groaned loudly "You bastards! no wonder none of you cared if i carried this thing!"

"Of course sussa, were not fokkin stupid you know" She threw the weapon down "Fuck!"

"Listen Naledi, im a reasonable person, i dont know what the history of that Kyle was, but i was a homless bum sleeping on the streets untill Cleopatra took me in, but besides that, i was homeless and parentless. Aged fifteen my parents were killed by werewolves, and no one beleived me when i told them that" Quintin said, but she just glared at him.

"Tell me the whole story, why you hate her so much, if you can give me a valid reason to dislike her, maybe we can stage a coup"

"A coup?"

"Maybe i can go through with that experiment, but instead aid you against Cleopatra?"

Naledi's rage faded from her face, it was a glimmer of hope, to Quintin's surprise, a smile appeared.

"Since the dawn of Egypt, Cleopatra was up to no good, she grew her pack by biting humans, and used them to build the pyramids. Think to yourself, today people say they dont know how they did it in those days. Scientists say hauling giant blocks like that must have costed alot of man power, and technology that didnt exist in that time... but a massive work crew of werewolves could do it"

Quintin's eyes grew "But you said its illegal to turn humans in the first place, how did she manage to have susch a large pack of turned wolves and manage it?"

"He had help from her mate, his name is Akmah-ra, and hes the most powerful werewolf in existence"

"You say 'is' But Cleopatra said her mate died a long time ago"

"That's another lie kiddo, Akmah-ra is still alive, and hes sleeping inside the main pyramid, in an undiscovered chamber only she knows how to get to"

"Asleep?"

"They call it the Mummification hibernation, and every fullmoon hes asleep there, his power grows"

Quintin scratched his head "Why? would he want to get stronger? and how?"

"Youve seen how the pyramids are shaped right? its infused with lunar limestone, a type of element only a very skilled Anubis like Ra and Cleopatra can make, this limestone draws energy from the moon, and channels it inward to the center of the pyramid, where Akmah-ra is absorbing it, one day when the time is right, he will awaken..."

"And then?"

"World war two saw Hitler attempt to conquer the world, Akmah-ra will start world war three, and Cleopatra meanwhile is building an army, so secretive, she fooled everyone she met so far, even you Quintin, its like a game to her by now"

His heart skipped, hes been part of her foul plan all this time.

"Fokkit!" Koos said suddenly "Then im calling an airstrike on that pyramid first chance i get!"

"No! if you do that he'll awaken, and trust me, nothing, no weapons currently in existence, and no warrior currently living can stop him"

"But the longer we wait the stronger he gets right?"

"Yes, but technology advances every day, rapidly, in due time there will be a weapon, or even a warrior wil surface to rival him. But for now we must focus on Cleopatra'

Koos grunted and folded his arms.

"The main goal they have is to rule the world, as they ruled Egypt, they got a taste of that royalty, and wanted more, but they are being held back by the werewolves, and their laws. this is why on the next moon, thanks to my pack now gone, nothing stops Cleopatra from killing the rest of the werewolves" Naledi laughed softly "It was all her doing, her game, she was the one who spread the word to all the packs about the Okavango Delta being the perfect habitat for werewolves, but the real reason she wanted them to come, was to ultimately have them all in one place so she could get rid of them easier, i knew this from the beginning, and vowed to stop her, but i have failed"

"How do you know so much about her plans? but it seems the other werewolves are oblivious to it?" Koos asked, Quintin was silent in thought.

"Because... the Anubis, the Dephiri, and the Nyathi packs were of the four ruling packs of Africa, the two hyena clans ruled south of the equator, the two wolf packs north, but the peace between us was only upheld by trading valuable assets in the packs, and i was one of those assets. My mother being the Queen, gave me up as a gift, a hyena princess"

"So you wer royalty?" Quintin asked.

"Not in the way you think, hyenas dont have ranking systems like wolves, we have the leader called the matriarch, or the Queen, and only those born from her were to rule the clan"

"What about the other hyenas then?"

"All equal"

"So... what do you mean by 'gave you as a gift?' You mean like a slave?"

"No, only the 'royal' hyenas could sift into normal hyenas during daytime, i was told to do so, and be Cleopatra's fucking guard dog, she forced me to kill so many innocent people i got sick of myself, i saw myself only as this thing, a fucking animal, nothing more"

Silence fell around them, they all knew why she was as rough as sandpaper now, her past was no treat.

"Ok, ill help you, but Naomi stays out of it"

"No! Naomi is her right hand! she must also die! otherwise shell just continue what Cleopatra started, if we somehow kill her"

"And if i can convince her to join us against Cleopatra?"

Naomi chuckled "Oh you fool, Naomi really did a number on you didn't she? She's been at Cleopatra's side longer than you're living so far, what makes you think she'll break her decades of loyalty after just a short time with you!? It was all a hoax Quintin! wake up!"

Quintin didn't know if he sould be angry or heartbroken, from the beginning he told himself; why trust werewolves? Now he realised he should have listened to himself, it worked for five years hasn't it? he cept himself alive, no one helped him.

"Very well, I'll do it, But im still not sure about Naomi, she has a good heart, if she doesn't want to join us, I'll take care of it myself"

Naledi grunted "Fine by me"

"Now, i need to get into contact with a guy named Doctor Ezbar, hes the one who will implement the last steps of the hunter project, and i bet you, if i tell him your story Naledi, hell agree to it aswell" Quintin said turning to Koos "Whats your opinion General?"

Koos shrugged "I guess we can help uou as far as we can, tell me more about this Ezbar fellow?'

" Hes a smart guy, he desighned practically all of the weapons you and the police use"

"He designed them hey?"

"yup"

"Interesting, id like to meet him, well come with you"

Quintin smiled and looked at Naledi, she also had a smile.

"Before we go, id like a talk with my men, if you dont mind?" He said and walked off with Piet and Frits.

***

A good distance away Koos turned to his men and lit a cigarette "You thinking what im thinking boys?"

"We have to do something" Frits said.

"Exactly, but how?" Piet asked.

"Easy" Koos said "Were going to go into a bit of weapons development ourselves, if we can get to Ezbar, and get the blueprints for the weapons we have here, we can maybe change them, make them better"

"Good idea, ive had alot of ideas to upgrade your avarage Ratel with better targeting tech, but i need the blueprints to see how it works first before i can do that" Frits said.

"Perfect, and im thinking of adding some guns on it, you've seen how fast those hyenas were? and they say werewolves are faster. So we need something that fires faster aswell... and, im thinking of a second turret at the back, to sort out that problem of freely firing backwards being hindered by the position of the front turret"

"Its going to be tricky" Frits said.

"As we agreed Frits if we can get the blueprints, it might be possable"

Frits nodded and looked at Piet, "Any ideas Piet?"

"Of course, if i can get my hands on those papers, i can upgrade its armour, its power, its drive terrain, ride hight, manoeuvrability! fok! i can make that thing tough enough to stand up to a main battle tank!"

The two with him nodded "Then its agreed" Koos said "We take matters into our own hands from here on, we help those two up until we get the papers, then we fuckoff. The weapon im thinking of building eventually should be powerful enough to rock this planet to the core"