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[Ninjaofgod]

"Not at all, lead on McDuff." Greg said.

[starcrusher]

"What?" Dante asked. He hadn't remembered saying his name was McDuff anything. Then he realized it had been a reference to something he'd probably just never heard of. "Wait, never mind." He began walking in the direction of the traps he had set. He knew he had caught something; he could smell it from where he was now. But there was also another smell, much less familiar and much more frightening. But Dante kept a poker face and tried not to show anything with his body to keep Greg from being alarmed.

[Ninjaofgod]

Greg followed after Dante, he wasn't quite sure if he thought that Dante could handle himself in these woods by himself, and it surprised him at how much he was worrying about the kid, being that they had just met.

[starcrusher]

As they neared the traps, Dante couldn't help but be afraid when the strange smell didn't dissipate. Usually, a predator ran when they caught Dante's scent approaching. But this one didn't seem to want to go away. He stopped when he could just barely see the traps and caught the movement of something large in his peripheral vision. He couldn't help it; he scented the air deeply in hopes to figure out what was skulking about in the trees ahead. Definitely a carnivore. Canine? Probably not. It smelled more like a cat. Underneath the distinct musk of animal was a different smell: shapeshifter. "This isn't good," Dante muttered. He hoped Greg couldn't hear.

[Ninjaofgod]

Greg thought he heard Dante say something. "What? You'll have to speak up, these old ears aren't as good as they used to be."

[starcrusher]

"I said... uh, wait here, okay?" Dante told him, already crouching down and beginning to stalk toward his traps. He wasn't sure what Greg would think of this behavior, but he hoped that the man wouldn't just shoot him for being cautious. Dante crept closer, ready to fight if need be. He couldn't shift, true, but he was just as strong as most other shifters, and if it was a cat, it wouldn't be any bigger than a tiger... right? Dante thought he could take on a big cat, and if all else failed, he had a gun, and so did Greg. It was two on one.

[Ninjaofgod]

Greg saw Dante crouch down, this made him tense. Greg slipped his hand over the gun in his holster. He said, "If there's trouble, I don't want you facing it alone." He slowly started after Dante.

[starcrusher]

If Greg had said anything, Dante didn't hear it. He thought he had been sneaking pretty well so far, almost noiselessly. He was happy that Greg didn't make much noise either, but both of their scents at once would certainly alarm this shifter. Surprisingly, however, it didn't move at all, even when Dante was only about twenty feet away, hidden behind a fallen tree stump that he was peering over. "Cheetah," he said. It was indeed a cheetah, unmistakably. They weren't too big; Dante felt sure he could take one.

[Ninjaofgod]

Greg felt on edge, he had been ready to fight, but he hadn't been in a fight in quite a few years. He knew how to take down most types of shifters, he had done it himself before, but he had been younger, and in better shape, he hoped he wouldn't just get in Dante's way.

[BlurIntoDusk]

Lukia changed into her wolf form.She loped by a stream. She stopped she had smelled a shifter before but she thought it was that boy, now she wasn't as sure.She walked quitly towared the smell.