Episode 41: The Hunter and the Hunted

## Synopsis

Henry finds out the man saw a large white wolf with wings transform into a blond man in a suit. Henry and Sammie realize Bjorn must be a werewolf. Shemar makes a nuisance of himself, following and harassing Sammie and Henry. They find Bjorn, only for him to pounce on Shemar.

## Episode Description

The chase is on to find the monster killing chickens and attacking basketball players before it makes the jump to killing humans.

## Key Events

* The man attacked on the basketball court says that he saw a giant white wolf with wings that transformed into a blond guy in a suit.
* Sammie follows a magical trail and leads Henry and Shemar to a research station in Big Gator Swamp.
* In the clearing, Bjorn appears. He's not acting like himself. He zeroes in on Shemar and his phone. Bjorn's eyes glow golden, scales crop up on his face, and he smiles with serrated teeth.

## Summary

Henry and Sammie approach the man that's been attacked on the basketball court. The paramedics tell them that he was attacked this morning, but someone just spotted him and called it in a few minutes ago. They are in the process of stabilizing him and getting him onto the stretcher. The man is bleeding and conscious, but barely. Henry asks him what he saw. The man says he saw a massive, white wolf with wings jump over the fence. He says it went back over the fence after he started screaming and saying he needed to get to his little sister and that they could probably follow the blood trail to find it.

Shemar records the entire conversation and then bolts into the woods to follow the blood trail. Sammie cusses under her breath and chases after Shemar. Before Henry can follow her, the man grabs onto Henry's shirt and tells him that no one will believe him but he saw the giant white wolf with wings transform into a blond guy in a suit once he got to the woods. Henry tells the man he believes him and then rushes off to follow Sammie.

Sammie and Shemar meet at the blood trail at the same time. Henry arrives soon after, telling Sammie they need to keep a close eye on Shemar and then tells Sammie what he learned from the man. Sammie, in denial, tries to call Bjorn. There's no answer. She tells Henry there hasn't been an answer all morning. Henry tells Sammie that Bjorn must be a werewolf. He explains that they just fought a werewolf and that Bjorn was bitten on the shoulder by it before they killed it. Sammie remembers that there was full moon last night. For now, they keep following Shemar.

Henry tries to get Shemar to leave, saying that if he doesn't want to end up like the guy on the basketball court, he should get out of here. Shemar pulls out a pistol and says he can take care of himself. As they reach a clearing in the woods, Henry finds some silver shotgun shells. The ones that Bjorn has had on him since they fought the wendigo. Henry tells Shemar that if a shotgun can't handle this wolf, he certainly can't. Shemar insists he can handle himself.

As they move forward, Henry and Shemar notice that the wolf paw prints they're following turn into human footprints. Sammie uses her third eye to see if there is any magical traces of where Bjorn might have been. She can see a faint golden haze and starts to follow the trail he's left behind. Henry and Shemar follow. They cross over into Big Gator Swamp and find themselves at a clearing with a dead deer. Sammie walks past it. Shemar bends down beside it and seems to think it happened around the same time as the attack on the basketball course. Shemar begins to make notes in his recorder and Sammie snaps at him to be quiet if he's going to follow them.

They reach another clearing with a research station. Sammie can tell there are a lot of magical traces here and decides to check inside the research station. Sammie can tell someone has been here. It looks like someone was searching for food, but no one is here currently. Outside, Henry looks around for clues. He finds some more footprints from what looks like Bjorn's dress shoes. He finds a bush that has been picked clean of berries. Sammie meets Henry back outside by the bush.

Suddenly, there's a noise of something hitting water behind them. Henry, Sammie, and Shemar turn around to see Bjorn standing there. He's dropped a handful of berries onto the sopping wet ground of the swamp. Bjorn immediately zeroes in on the phone in Shemar's hand that he's been using to take video of this entire encounter, now including Bjorn. Sammie steps toward him, but he steps back. She tries to calm him down but he orders her to stay there.

Bjorn turns his attention to Shemar, telling him to drop the phone. Shemar refuses. Bjorn stalks toward Shemar. Sammie places herself between Bjorn and Shemar, trying to stop him. Bjorn pushes Sammie out of the way, grabbing Shemar by the shirt as his eyes begin to glow with a golden light. He demands that Shemar turn his phone off. Instead, Shemar tries to take off running. Bjorn, moving at inhuman speeds, almost immediately pins him to the ground. Bjorn starts to breathe hard, his muscles tensing. Shemar yells at him that this is abuse, the federal government is limiting the freedom of the press. Shemar pulls his gun and aims it at Bjorn. Bjorn ignores it and starts to try and find the phone in Shemar's pockets.

Henry intervenes and manages to pull the gun out of Shemar's hand. Shemar then punches Bjorn in the face. Shemar winces as his fist hits Bjorn's jaw and watches as iridescent, light blue scales pop up to protect Bjorn and then disappear. Bjorn smiles at Shemar and shows a set of large, serrated teeth.

## List of Appearances

* Sammie Overbrook
* Henry Marlowe
* Shemar D'Apollo
* Bjorn Olafson