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[He who fights monsters]

When I awoke, I was in the alleys. Despite the darkness of the night, I recognized this place almost immediately. It was not too far from the neighborhood of which I lived. I did not come here too often, other than days when I feel unsettled, or possibly just when I need to take some time to relax. I must have been kidnapped or have sleepwalked my way here.

I had a groggy state-of-mind, but I was in the alley, and I was warm. This much I knew. But there was also another distinct detail of my then current state; I was unimaginably, almost inhumanly hungry. I figured I must have been here for a while.

I was confused. How did I get here? Whatever the case, I knew my way around this area pretty well, so I could easily get home. Getting up slowly, and brushing the few leaves, dirt, and anything else off of me, I stood up. I took in a deep breath of the air. The scent stunk, but also I felt in my gut this was some sort of second home to me. I began to walk in the direction I believed was my home. After about five minutes, though, I got a pain in every part of my body that was so intense, all my muscles locked up and I immediately fell to the ground. All I remember about this is pain. Every detail. My skin tingled with a strange sense, though the inside of my body felt like every organ was about to explode, bulging. My nails and teeth even changed and became sharper. Both the big toes felt pain as the nails became longer, thicker, and curved. However, I did not feel that the changes and bulges were not going to kill me. It was a painful and strange feeling. I hope I can get used to it.

I also felt strangely hungry. My sense of smell became…almost supernatural. My stomach growled inhumanly. It strangely desired human flesh. I looked to my hands and feet to realize that they have become clawed. This was at least enough to turn humans into bloody ribbons. I sniffed the air several times. My eyes, what would be for hearing, and my nostrils focused on a target. Though my body has thoroughly changed, my senses have fully enhanced. I focused on my target even more.

I felt, faster than a human being. I was going at least ninety miles per hour when I was on the hunt. I suddenly pounced on my target and savagely tore him apart. However, my messiness joined with my noisy eating has alerted authorities. The authorities might have been calling the right people to defeat a being of my caliber. I smelled the air and I realized that men with firearms were coming for me. I had to be elusive for the night. I couldn’t let them catch me.

Despite my evasion, some men cornered me. There were ten men to be totally exact when it comes to numbers. My other side told me to kill them all and not surrender.

[Callisto]

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[He who fights monsters]

Here's what the weresaur can do:

Regenerate wounds

Is six times faster than a human

Six times stronger, not to mention with disemboweling claws

Superhuman senses

In short, what a lycanthrope and raptor can do.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. team has:

M4A1 carbine

.30 caliber machine pistol

Combat knife

[LoneWolf]

LOL@ Weresaurus! Interesting idea, well executed from the 1st person.

[DSkillz]

Heh, I like this "weresaur" concept as well. Nice set-up, HWFM. You could almost make an arc of this.

As for the match, a raptor with apparently human intelligence? Ooohh, I'd hate to imagine going up against that. Still, it's going to be tough going up against ten armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, especially since he's cornered. The weresaur's best chance to win here would've been to be able to hide and ambush them.

[DamagingRob]

Damn good set-up, HWFM.

[skadoosh]

Cool idea for a hybrid monster, and i reckon it can win, even though it's cornered, mostly due to it's speed. Unless it gets filled with bullets nice and quick, but i doubt the Agents would be so trigger-happy, and i'm not even sure that would put the creature down for good.

[I_KNOW_ALL]

HWFM, I like this idea, I think i'm going to steal it and make it better.

[Xenerack5]

Most S.H.I.E.L.D ageants seem to fall into red shirt teritory in terms of use from the writer. Wersuar ftw

[Nova Force Nova]

Phil Coulson disagrees with you.

[Callisto]

Match Final Results
USER RATINGS
A Great idea and set-up.
A This match makes me happy.
A
B I gave it a B, you didn't specify that they were hydra and just let character selection do that for you.
B I thought it was a pretty good set up. I admit I was confused as to the idea of a "wereraptor" (I thought it was some fool who was a werewolf who ALSO turned into a raptor) but once I re-read the story it made sense. It was a cool short, bonus for being from the point of view of the raptor itself. - Ruinus
SCORE
Velociraptors: 16
S.H.I.E.L.D.: 9
FPA: 3.6

[Marvel Man]

This set up was awesome! Can't believe I didn't get a chance to grade it.

Anyways, I'm going with SHIELD. Sure, most of the time people vs velociraptors ends pretty one sided. But these are SHIELD agents. If anyone on earth is trained to fight velociraptors, it's probably SHIELD. And they already have him cornered? Sure, the raptor can beyond or two, but the rest would take him out.

... So I guess it's SHIELD: 10 now. Haha.

[skadoosh]

Phil Coulson disagrees with you.

Phil Coulson is dead.

[Nova Force Nova]

Not necessarily.

[skadoosh]

He died. They might be unimaginative and bring him back in a future film, though.