Let The Hunt Begin

"Riiiiing. Riiiiing. Riiiiing."

The annoying sound of a phone rang through the otherwise silent room several times before a dark colored paw finally picked up the receiver. There was no uttering of the word "hello" upon answering the phone. Instead, the receiver was simply held up to the ear of the creature that answered it.

"He's almost here." a raspy-sounding voice spoke from the phone. A smirk passed over the animal's... beak. If one's eyes were able to adjust to the darkness of the room that said animal sat in now, they would be able to see a rather proud looking griffin.

"Thank you." A woman's voice came from the creature's beak. Without another word, the phone was placed back onto the receiver. The griffin left the comfort of the couch she was sitting on. At first, her footsteps were silent as she walked along soft carpet. The silence was soon broken when the carpet changed into hard tile, and her claws made light ticks against the floor. She opened the door to the small, shabby apartment she had been waiting in (which luckily wasn't her own), and stepped out into the much brighter hallway.

The ability to fly really was helpful when it came to racing with nature. Thanks to her wings, the griffin had made it to a well known bar right before the rain began to pour itself onto the ground. Safely inside the bar and out of the rain, she made her way towards the back end of the building. Oddly enough, she didn't stand out much, despite her attire of a blue and silver jacket, a burgundy feathered boa, and a hat that matched both the jacket and boa quite well. This was likely because there were currently much more flashier animals in the bar than herself. And if they weren't flashy due to their appearance, it was because of the ruckus they were causing thanks to already being drunk.

Although her eyes were only half open, the look that she had in them was all too-well known by anything that could have been considered prey for the griffin. Right now, she had the eyes of a predator on the hunt, as she scanned the crowd for her target. Her tail flicked at her side impatiently as she didn't see who or what she was looking for right away. She smiled and nodded to a few familiar faces that would pass in front of her and greet her as she sat against the back wall. Even when she chatted with a few creatures who were familiar to her, her attention was still focused on her job.

Right in the middle of a conversation with an acquaintance of hers, she suddenly sensed something. First her ears flickered, then her head sharply turned to her right. She caught sight of a wolf-like creature, which was staggering towards the back entrance of the bar. To a normal onlooker, the animal simply looked like he had one too many drinks. But to the griffin, she knew that this was the target she was after. "Sorry, I've got to go." she muttered under her breath to her companion at the time, before moving away and following stealthily after the wolf.

The griffin ended up following the other animal outside, where the rain seemed to only have gotten worse. Perhaps this was a good thing for the griffin. Either the rain was drowning out her scent, or the creature she was stalking was just too stupid to notice they were being followed. The latter was what she was thinking until the wolf came to an abrupt halt. After about 10 minutes of what seemed like aimless walking, the griffin had found that they had wandered into an abandoned-looking alley.

"Who are youuuu...?" the wolf growled out, drawing out its words. Even though the griffin had stopped a good few feet behind him, she could see that the fur on the back of his neck was going rigid.

"Eisen." A smirk passed the griffin's beak as she calmly introduced herself. "What's it to you, demon?"

Within an instant, the wolf spun around and bared his teeth at the griffin. His eyes were a glaring red color, and almost appeared to be glowing. "DON'T FOLLOW MEEEE!!" he snarled out. He began to walk towards Eisen, and unnaturally large claws began to reveal themselves from his paws with each step he took.

The frightening scene that would have scared a regular animal silly didn't seem to phase Eisen at all. "Hm, what would be a good way to dispose of you?" she asked, more to herself than to the demonic wolf. She tapped one of her own claws to her beak as she decided the best way to defeat her opponent.

Now, would she use her claws or her gun?

The Claw

Eisen stood her ground as the wolf's pace began to speed up as he approached. One of Eisen's eyes were halfway closed in an annoyed wince when she realized the wolf was slobbering. Disgusting.

"Thaaat's right, come here little puppy." The griffin egged on, as she bared her own claws. They were the same dark red color as her beak, but things wouldn't stay like that for long. Eisen was only able to take a couple of steps forward before the crazed wolf took a leap into the air, preparing to strike at her from above.

Eisen reared up onto her back legs, striking at the wolf with one of her clawed paws. Her paw collided with the wolf's head, and a yelp could be heard at the same time that the wolf's body slammed into the ground. She then bounded a few steps backwards as the possessed canine rose to its feet.

"GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALOOONE!!" the wolf snarled, preparing to charge at Eisen once more. He lunged at Eisen, grabbing a hold of something feathery in his mouth. Like the crazed beast he was, he began to shake his head about wildly, eager to kill whatever it was he had grabbed. Unfortunately for him, it was only Eisen's feathery boa.

Eisen had stepped out of the way when the wolf lunged at her, but the expression she had on her face showed that she wasn't too thrilled about her lovely fluffy boa being taken away from her. "Hmph, how rude!" she frowned as she turned around to face the wolf. "I hope you realize what you're using as a toy is certainly not cheap!"

A shriek suddenly sounded through the air as Eisen rushed at the demonic wolf; now it was her turn to have fun. Her eyes and claws appeared to have a red gleam to them as she lunged at her opponent. Another shriek, which sounded like a mix of pain and annoyance, sounded from her beak as the wolf had spun around and clamped his jaws around one of her forelegs. Things didn't go as planned when the wolf lunged at her, forcing her to fall over onto her side.

Eisen let out another pained bird cry when the wolf's weight landed on her side; he was a lot heavier than he looked. Narrowing her eyes, she swung a clawed paw at the wolf's head, knocking him away. "Kreee..." a snide remark didn't come from the griffin's beak as she rose to her feet. If she continued to goof around, she would lose. And there was no way she was about to let that happen.

"GO AWAY!!"

The wolf rushed at Eisen again. His mouth was open, ready to kill his pursuiter by any means possible. Eisen raised her good paw, ignoring the pain that raced through her injured leg. When the wolf leaped into the air to attack, she struck.

The eerie red glow that had seemed to linger around her claws intensified as she propped herself onto her hind legs once more and swung at her opponent. A trail of red light had followed her paw until it collided with the wolf's throat. The disgusting noise of tearing flesh could be heard, along with the splatter of blood hitting the ground. The wolf himself made no sound once he hit the ground. His throat, along with the upper half of his chest had gotten sliced open; he was dead.

"Huff... disgusting brute." Eisen breathed out as she stood over the wolf's body. A black mist began to seep from the wolf's wound. This was what Eisen had been after, and it was apparent she would do anything to get it. She grinned maliciously as she grabbed at it with her good paw, which was now bright red with blood. The mist gathered around her paw and seemed to float there idly for a moment, before slowly fading away as Eisen absorbed it into her own body. "Now, this could have been a lot easier if you had come along nicely, now wouldn't it?" Eisen spoke as she looked at her own paw pad. Anyone else likely would have left the body for authorities to discover later, but this was Eisen after all. She had always loved collecting trophies of sorts after her duels, and wasted no time slashing at the wolf's neck with her sharp claws.

With the head successfully separated from the body after a few moments, Eisen triumphantly picked up her prize in her beak. Blood that was still warm dripped freely from the bottom of the severed head. If she had been anymore of a savage, Eisen likely would have eaten the rest of the wolf's body. She spared the decapitated body one last glance, before making her way out of the alley. Eisen seemed to take her time as she made her way back to the bar she had been at previously. Once there, she slipped through the back entrance that she had originally left out of. Upon entering the door, her eyesight instantly saw someone familiar to her. He was a black and blue dragon, or lizard, (Eisen never really was sure), who was staring right back at her. He was only a fourth of her height, but didn't seem afraid of her in the slightest.

"Sloppy." The dragon spoke, seeming to take note of the red stain that had begun to seep through the sleeve of Eisen's jacket, rather than the decapitated head. Minus the bad static, the voice was familiar to Eisen. This was the same creature she had spoken to on the phone moments before.

Eisen let her prize drop to the ground for a brief moment in order to put her familiar in his place. "Shut up." Eisen took a couple steps towards the lizard, looking down on him. She realized that he wasn't slightly intimidated, despite the fact that she could easily kill him. It didn't help much that she still felt like fighting. "Or perhaps, you would like to do my job next time?" A malicious grin crossed over the griffin's beak when the dragon took a few steps back. For a griffin's pet, he was at least smart enough to not provoke Eisen more when she was still in a fighting mood. "Good boy. Now, how about making yourself useful and go make sure the guests are happy. After all, they posses my third favorite thing in this world~." The dragon lowered his head before making his way out another door, more than likely off to assist the griffin's employees and collect as much money as possible. Seeming satisfied, Eisen went back to recover the head. She had better hide it away before someone caught smell of it.

The Gun

Eisen stood her ground as the wolf's pace began to speed up as he approached. One of Eisen's eyes were halfway closed in an annoyed wince when she realized the wolf was slobbering. Disgusting.

"Thaaat's right, come here little puppy." The griffin egged on, as she reached a paw into her jacket. A smile crossed her beak as her paw wrapped around something. As if the smile had agitated him somehow, the wolf snarled and rushed at Eisen.

"Gotcha." Eisen smirked as she withdrew her paw from her jacket, which was now holding a shiny, golden gun. The sharp, yet brief bang of the gun rang through the air as the trigger was pulled. A pained yelp sounded from the wolf as a bullet hit him in the chest, and he collapsed to the ground. Unfortunately, due to being possessed, it would take a lot more than a single bullet to kill him.

"Leave... leave me...leave..." The canine repeated several times, finding it difficult to breathe. He slowly rose to his feet, snarling at Eisen. "Leave... GET AWAY FROM ME!!" His rambling was crazed, and it was quite obvious that the demon he was infected with had completely overcome him by this point. Without even giving her a chance to heed to his warnings, he attempted to charge at Eisen again. His second attempt at an attack abruptly ended as he howled in pain. Another bullet flew into his body, this time somewhere in his shoulder.

Eisen shook her head as she seemed to be pitying her opponent, watching as he stood a few yards away from her and was hunched over with pain. "It's always the dogs that have no sense of pride. On another planet, you would be nothing more than a servant to an animal that walks about on two legs." Eisen smirked to herself as she aimed her gun at the wolf's head. She didn't seem to realize that her words somehow provoked her opponent, until it was too late.

With an alarming burst of speed, the wolf rushed towards her, his mouth opened unnaturally wide. Another gunshot was heard, and yet another bullet wound made its mark on the canine's body. This time, it had gone right through the roof of his mouth and out the back of the skull, yet this time there was no howling or flinching. At this point, the canine was too crazed to register pain, and instead clamped his jaws onto Eisen's neck. The impact of the wolf slamming into Eisen caused the griffin to loose her grip on her gun, and it was sent spinning across the pavement.

A pain-filled shriek suddenly sounded as the side of Eisen's neck was pierced by sharp teeth. With her gun too far to attempt reaching, she had no choice but to use physical strength to fight. With her claws bared, her paw slammed into the wolf's body, causing him to jerk away in pain. He hadn't completely let go of Eisen however, and his teeth had dragged on her neck and across her upper shoulder. The end result was several deep gashes on the griffin, and an alarming amount of blood was flowing from the wounds. It was impossible for a regular animal to survive such an attack, and it seemed that Eisen wasn't an exception. The pain she felt turned into numbness, and she began to feel lightheaded. An eagle-like cry escaped her beak before she collapsed onto the ground.

Seeing his chance to escape, the wolf ran off, fleeing for his life. He likely could have finished Eisen off, but he seemed to want to avoid as much confrontation as possible. As he fled, he failed to take notice of a small dragon-like animal that he rushed by. If he had known who this dragon was, he likely would have taken the moment to kill him off instead of continuing his panicked escape.

Said dragon spared a second to glance over his shoulder and watch the wolf run for his life. "...Looks like you won." He muttered to himself, lowering his head a bit. He felt a sense of dread as he continued on in the opposite direction. He felt no sympathy for the creature he was going to meet, but for the wolf. It didn't take long for Zerstorung to find who he was looking for. Then again, it wasn't too hard to find an overly decorated griffin lying in the middle of an alley.

The dragon-like creature's walking came to a halt, staring at the griffin's body. He was a little ways away from Eisen's face, and noticed that her eyes were clenched shut, instead of having a relaxed look of something that was actually dead. Otherwise she appeared to lay lifeless in a pool that was a mix of rain water, her own blood, and feathers. It certainly wasn't a pretty site, and an average animal would have likely panicked, or became sick. And yet... "All you can think about is probably how much it would cost to re-tailor your coat..." the dragon muttered, seeming to not have any real concern for Eisen.

Without warning a large paw grabbed Zerstorung by the throat, causing him to hiss with pain. The griffin had somehow managed to survive her brief battle with the demon-infected wolf, and she didn't seem to be quite out of fighting spirit yet. "Must I remind you, who owns who?" Eisen slowly lifted her head off the ground and turned to face Zerstorung, tightening her grip around her pet's throat. The only response she got was a desperate wheeze from the animal, as he tried to dig his feet into the ground in order to pull himself away. His struggling only earned a tighter grip around his throat, and the back of his neck began to bleed due to Eisen's claws puncturing his rather tough skin.

"Now, make yourself useful, and go find where that mutt ran off to! I won't have him escape that easily!" Eisen shoved her familiar away, quite sure that she had made her point clear. The small dragon scuttled off as soon as he had been freed, going in the same direction that the wolf had fled in. Eisen waited until Zerstorung's footsteps were no longer distinguishable from the falling rain before attempting to sit up. She had a dazed expression on her face as stared off into the distance. Half of her face and body was covered in blood, and the rain wasn't doing much good as far as washing it off. She had already lost an alarming amount of blood, and was still bleeding from the wound on her neck. Had she been a normal mortal, she likely would have died by now.

It was the energy of demons she had stolen from before that was keeping her alive, and this fact made Eisen smile to herself in a twisted way. She finally mustered the strength to stand up, and slowly began to make her way back to her home. Her posture was poor, as her paws and tail dragged on the ground, but for the time being she didn't care. Soon enough she would heal, and her familiar would soon return to her with the wolf's whereabouts. "Next time, you'll be mine." Her voice was raspy, yet there was still a strong sense of pride as she spoke to herself.

"Because I always get what I want."

Info

Name: Eisen Adler
Pronounced: eye-sehn ah-dler
Meaning: Eisen is the german word for Iron. Adler is German for Eagle
Alias: Eisen, Miss Adler
Gender: Female
Age: Late 30's
Species: Griffin - Standard
Height: 4'8" (quad) 5'8" 1/2 (human)
Occupation: Owner of the Iron Eagle Bar & Club, demon "hunter"
Blog: Rosecocktail
Residence: Galavad, North Genobia

Playlist
Shinjitsu no Kao; Burst Angel OST
Afraid; Frontier Aja

About
I need to rewrite this. Heck.

Appearance
Eisen is a dark blue griffin with many lighter blue stripes on her face. Her body is also covered with these stripes and stop on her upperlegs. These stripes are usually hidden by the elaborate navy and silver coat Eisen wears. Along with the coat, she wears a maroon and rather feathery boa around her neck. Her clothing is complete with a decorated blue and white mini tophat which normally covers one of her ears. Her claws are likely black, but are usually painted over with red polish.

Human wise, Eisen is a fairly tall woman standing at around 5'8". Her dark skin has a clear complexion, and she usually wears lipstick and blue eye shadow. Eisen's hair is a striking resemblance to her griffin form, being dark blue with many lighter streaks throughout. Her hair is shoulder length, but is usually pinned up on the back of her head. She wears the same coat, boa, and hat as in her quad form, along with a pair of matching dress pants and black shoes. In both her quad and human forms, her eyes are a rose red color.

About Zerstorung
Zerstorung (German for Destruction) is Eisen's rather unwilling pet. He's a demon himself, a rather weak demon who lurks and phases in and out of shadows. At one point, he nearly suffered Eisen's wrath and was almost killed. Without thinking he made a bargain with the griffin, offering to track down other demons in exchange for his own life. Being able to melt into shadows, he's sometimes able to go undetected by targets that Eisen sends him to search out.

Zerstorung tends to get rather fidgety and anxious when he's discovered another demon, for he doesn't always wants to rat out new victims for Eisen to kill. For the sake of his own life, he has no choice but to report any existing demons to his master. Eisen is the only being that Zerstorung will submit to, for otherwise he's a very selfish, belittling, and sarcastic dragon.

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