Chapter Sixteen: A PlanA Chapter by Joshua DonahueForbidden. Evan discovers that the source of the cure has been found and the pack is heading out the same night, except the younger werewolves. So Evan devises a plan with his cousins.
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Chapter Sixteen A Plan I skipped out on going
to the movies with my friends so I could use the time to spend with Summer as
she drew what could possibly be her last breaths. It pained me to see her in such
a state as I sat tensely near her and she lay pitifully upon her bed. In fact,
I ended up walking outside several times to get some fresh air as my mind
registered the sight, only to walk right back in and watch as she shivered. My
body would flinch at every move she made as my eyes never left her. She would
whisper my name several times while she slept, and it seemed to me that she was
pleading for my help; although there was nothing that I could do. I wanted more
than anything for that damn person to be found so we could reach a cure. However,
there had been no fresh news. The nymphs were pissed at me yesterday while I sat beside
Summer and held her hand. Rose and her friends tried many phrases to set me off
so I would leave, but the thought of leaving Summer alone made me sick to my
core. I couldn’t. I wouldn’t. Only Autumn
showed me some range of hospitality as she asked me numerous times would I care
for something to drink or eat, or even something to lay my head on; I declined.
I knew I was pushing it even being at their place. Besides, my digestive system
would most likely chunk up anything I tried to swallow, and my brain was too
wired for any sleep. All that mattered was Summer. I forgot about the fact that she said she had never
wanted to speak or see me again. I forgot about the fact that she had not only
stolen my heart, but she had yanked it out, leaving a massive black hole to
fill its void. It wasn’t a question of whether I had forgotten, but if she had forgotten what she voiced to me.
Nevertheless, I decided to leave that to her when she came out of her condition
and everything would resume to normal. I was banking on it. I just didn’t want
her to die. Today was Sunday. My mother was off from work and I had
informed her of Otis’ condition, since obviously none of my kind had. I didn’t
think I was really breaking any rules seeing as I didn’t tell her everything. I regretted it. I was planning on going over to visit Summer again, but
after I had told my mom about Otis, she became a little frantic, and her
motherly instinct kicked in: she wanted to get over there promptly, equipped
with all the hospitable things possible. Not to mention, she wanted me to accompany
her. I was going to disagree promptly, but I knew I had to get proactive about
the virus and get involved some more for the sake of Summer, so I decided to travel
along with her. When we got to Otis’s house, Susan answered the door.
“Oh, hello Elana! It’s so good to see you! And you Evan! Great to see you too.” “Hey Susan! We
just came by to check up on Otis. I had no idea he had come down with the virus
that has been going around, until today, when Evan told me,” my mom said with a
cheery smile. “Oh, Evan told you did he?” she gave me a sharp stare,
and then she turned back on her happy face for my mother. “Well, by all means
come on in.” She ushered us inside with me trailing in last. “I want to help with anything I can, Susan,” my mom said. “Oh, how sweet, my dear. But it’s really not---” Interrupting her was a cacophony sound from that of an older
person in another room. We all three rushed off and headed to the source of the
sound, Susan leading the way with surprise quickness for her age and taking
hardly any notice of our existence. When we got to a bedroom, I saw Otis lying
on a bed, shaking his head back and forth and crying out a noise of agony. He
was drenched in sweat and looked like a hot mess. Susan went to his side in order calm him. “Elana, get me
some ice and a cloth!” she ordered. I could tell she, too, was emotionally disturbed by the
state that she saw her husband in. It was the same way I felt when I looked
upon the dying face of--- No, I couldn’t think of her right now. I needed to focus
on saving her instead. My mom returned a moment later, and she handed Susan the
ice and cloth. I stepped back against the edge of the room so I wouldn’t prove
to be an obstacle for them as Susan gave more orders to my more-than-willing
mother. I guess Susan really did need some help, but not mine. So I exited the
room quietly, and I strolled around until I found the door that I had once shattered.
I took advantage of its replacement and slid it aside as I went outside into
the fresh air, not wishing to be in the presence of that sick, twisted, and
malicious virus. I sauntered out into the backyard a little ways,
examining the view---which wasn’t really much, except the forest, some picnic
tables, and a small patio, as well as neighboring houses nearby. I wanted to
think about what I could do about the virus and how I could play my role in it,
albeit every time I thought about it, Summer would overrun it all and I would
have to start all over again. A part of me wanted to transform and go dancing off into
the wild as my inner wolf and forget my worries. Yet, I had never morphed
purposefully without one of my family members present, and doing so without one
felt…weird. As if on cue, Luke appeared beside me. I was startled at first, not seeing or hearing his
entrance; then I asked, “What’s up?” “The source of the virus has been found,” was all he said,
not staring at me, but at the forest instead. “What!? When? Where?” I questioned. “Doesn’t matter, because we can’t go,” he told me. “What do you mean?” “I mean, my dad and our jackass of an uncle, Daryl, says
we can’t go and find that person that started all this mess. We have to stay behind.”
He faced me. He was upset, that much I could tell. “Why not?” “Guess ‘cause we’re not ‘mature enough’,” he said as he made quotation marks with his
fingers as he spoke. “But that’s…” “Dumb as hell, I know. Believe me.” “When are they leaving?” “Tonight. I don’t know where they’re going, though. If I
did, I would go myself, right now. Have you seen Otis lately? He’s gotten
worse.” “I know. My mom’s inside helping take care of him.” But I
wanted to focus on this “source person”. “Who’s all going tonight?” “Daryl and Trent, I know. And I think the alphas from the
Oakes and Walker packs, along with the betas from the other two groups.
Everybody but us!” I thought deeply for a moment. “Dude, we’ll get there. Just chill, okay?” “Oh, yeah? And how do you expect us to get there when we
don’t even know the way, huh?” “You’ll see. But first, let’s go get the others and see
who’s willing to do it.” “Do what?’ “Later. I’ll explain later.” * * * “That’s your big plan, dude?” Luke questioned me. It was in the middle of the afternoon and Luke, Derek,
and I were all somewhat in a huddle in Otis’ backyard. Luke had called Derek
over while Derek was still pissed off about not being able to go with the packs
to find the source person just as Luke was. I was going to ask Edmund if he
wanted to join in on the master plan, but he was apparently already invited by
Trent and Daryl. Michael was a little too young, Derek said, so he couldn’t be
asked; he’d slow us down, anyhow. And Chris---Well, he hadn’t even reached the
age of fifteen yet, so he hadn’t even morphed a single moment, and didn’t know
anything about werewolves. So it was just us three. My mother was
still inside with Susan, helping clean her house and such---because old people
apparently tend to get lazy with daily household chores when their counterparts
are practically on their deathbeds. “Yeah, doesn’t sound like much of a plan to me,” Derek
grunted. “Look. I don’t make the damn rules here. I’m not the one
that said we couldn’t go. So do you want to go or not? ‘Cause the less the
baggage, the better. Hell if I care. Because I, for one, am going,” I said
firmly. No response from either listener. “That’s what I thought. Now, Luke, when did you say they
were leaving?” I asked. “Um…tonight. About seven,” he responded. “Seven it is then. Derek, stay the day with Luke or
something. Just make sure you’re with him before
seven, alright?” “Whatever,” Derek said indifferently. “What are you going to do then?” Luke asked me. “I’m going to have to go home with my mom. Because of
that, you’re going to watch their every move and text me a good five minutes
before you think they’ll leave, got it?” He nodded. “I want in!” somewhat of a smaller voice shouted, coming
from around the corner of the house. We all three looked towards the voice out of surprise. Michael. Great,
just great, I thought. “Michael, we---” I started. Derek interrupted by saying, “Michael, go away! You don’t
need to be involved.” “I want in!” he
repeated. “I said no. Now go back home damn it!” Derek fired back. “Either I go, or I snitch,” Michael said, walking toward
us with a devious smile prancing upon his lips. “You better---” Derek was getting angry now at his
younger brother. I intervened:
“Fine. But you do as we say, and when we say it. Got it?” I didn’t let my voice
falter one bit because I was trying to prove where I stood and where he stood
in the current situation. “Got it,” Michael replied. “What?!” Derek
was flabbergasted. I then spoke in a low voice to Derek: “Look, if we don’t
let him go then we won’t get to go.
And I want to go. Just let him come, and the moment he screws up, we can send
him back, okay?” “Fine. But one toe out of line, and back home you’ll
come. I mean it,” Derek said, not
wanting to let Michael win. Michael rolled his eyes. “Great. Now can we please get back on topic?” Luke said,
saying something for the first time since the beginning of the brotherly
rivalry. “Yeah. Michael---” I began. “Evan!” my very-untimely mother’s voice shouted from the
front yard. “Evan! Let’s go!” I exhaled out of irritation. Too many interruptions, I thought. “Look, just explain everything to Michael, and keep him
with you guys as you watch for when they’ll leave. I gotta go. And don’t forget
to text me!” I said with my head flipping back and forth as I jogged towards
the front yard. “Okay,” Luke said. Then the threesome resumed their
huddle with Michael taking my place in the group. When I reached the front, my mother was obviously ready
to go. “Come on, Evan,” she said to me out the driver’s side
window. “I’m coming. I’m coming…” I muttered, more to myself than
to her. I got in the vehicle, and then she drove off down the
small road through Hale. I peered out my window and through the tall pine trees
that littered the town; I could tell it was going to be sunset soon, which
could only mean one thing: show time. * * * My phone gave the small
little chime as the screen lit up with the words “New Text Message!” bouncing around the screen, grasping for
my attention. I picked it up from my bed, and read: I think they’re about to leave.
Come on! It was time. It had been quite a while since my mother and I had left
Otis’ house, and since then, I had been trying to waste the time away,
constantly glancing upon the face of the clock at my bedside. I was anxious.
All I could think about was how much time was being wasted and the virus could
have already taken its full affect on Summer. I had no way of contacting the
nymphs, so I couldn’t be sure of Summer’s condition, and that nearly killed me
even more. All I knew was that I had to focus on getting to that source and
figure out a possible cure before it was too late---which put quite a strain on
me considering the fact that nobody really knew when “too late” was. I had to
focus. After I read the text, I nearly dropped my phone because
my waiting was over. I could finally do something! I dashed down the stairs two at a time, shoving my phone
in my back pants pocket, not realizing I was even carrying it with me. I was almost at the door to head outside when a voice
said, “Uh, uh, uh. Where are you going? Supper’s almost done.” My stomach was rumbling for food I instantly noticed. My
werewolf sense made the craving even worse because I could smell the deep, rich
smell of pot roast as the main course and brownies for the dessert. Mmmm…that delicious, juicy meat and the
vegetables that cakes it like icing on a cake, my stomach pushed into my
head of thoughts. I was tempted to shove my mother aside, plow into the
kitchen, and gulp down the entire meal, but then the thought of Summer invaded
my thoughts. I knew then that I couldn’t think about food right now. I had to
get out of the house. “Um…out with Luke and some friends from school,” I said. This time, and quite surprisingly too, my mom didn’t
fight me. “Fine. Just make sure you’re back before ten.” “Sure thing. Just don’t wait up on me,” I said, heading
out the door. She shut it behind me with a motherly smile taking over
her expression. It seemed to me that she didn’t fight me probably because she
was just happy to see me go out and about with friends like I could in San
Francisco. Except this time, I wasn’t a simple teen that she had to worry about
24/7---which she did anyway. This time I was the predator, the hunter. I was a
werewolf. I ran as fast as my human legs would go, creeping my way
behind a house and into its backyard where I morphed. It was quick and easy,
and I was ready to run immediately. But as soon as I started to kick off from
the southern soil below my paws, a fierce growl came up from behind me. For a
millisecond, I thought it may have been my stomach. Looking in my rear, I saw it was a pit bull that stood as
tall and fierce as ever, eyeing me to see what my next move was for invading
his territory. I didn’t hesitate a single moment. I growled a mighty, and yet
quiet, growl that showed my sharp, canine teeth to my weak opponent. As a reaction, the pit bull gave a small whine, and it
ran back into its little hut with its tail wrapped under it. I was the hunter indeed. I knew I had wasted time; although, I also knew I would
make it up speedily as swift and agile as my legs acted as I ran. From the
backyard, I exited into the shelter of the forest, which I cut across in mere
seconds. When I reached Otis’ house I found Luke, Derek, and
Michael all crammed up against the side of the home, peeping through a window
that was placed above their heads. Luke detected me as soon as I appeared from
behind the trees. He motioned for me to dash across the yard as quickly as
possible because they were apparently in the room that the window led to. I did so, transforming back into a human once I reached
them. “So, what’s happening?” I asked, ready for the pursuit. “They’re planning their route and formation---well, they
were. But now they’re getting ready to leave,” Luke told me while Derek kept a
close, yet small, eye on them through the window pane. “Just in time then,” I said. “I’ll say,” Luke said back. Michael just remained quiet as if he was finally getting
that he was actually lucky enough to even be with us. Good. He understands his role perfectly, my superior mode voiced
inside my head. “They’re coming!” Derek said in a low voice. Hastily, we backed our bodies towards the front of the
house as much as possible because they were coming out the backdoor. After a
second, I could hear the sliding of the glass door as it opened, and then I
could see each figure’s dim-lit face. “Trent, Daryl,
Edmund, John Oakes, Hank Walker, Adam and Brad Sullivan, and Dan and Craig Winston,”
Luke whispered softly so that my brain could fill in the names that I did not
know of. All of the figures seemed to form a creepy-looking
perfect diamond shape as they just stood there in human form, all gazing
forward into the forest. Daryl was the leader with John and Hank on both sides,
Edmund in the middle, Trent and Dan on his left and right, and then Adam and
Craig, leaving Brad to pick up the rear. I hoped Brad’s senses weren’t all that good because I
didn’t want him smelling us at a distance. “Any last words before we morph?” I asked my partners in
crime. They all shook their heads. They understood that once we morphed,
we couldn’t speak to one another because if we did, there was always a
possibility that the other werewolves that we were going to follow may pick up
on our conversations. Not a second
later, the figures in their diamond formation all transformed from humans to
werewolves, becoming fur-coated creatures of the night with glistening eyes
that were set to kill. Subsequently,
like a canon blasting off before a huge war, they all raced off before my mind
even had time to process what was playing out before my very eyes. “Ready, bro?” I
asked Luke. “Nope, but let’s
do it anyway,” he responded. Then, we, too, morphed
into werewolves and followed in hot pursuit, straining our noses to keep up
with their scent. Luke and Derek were more experienced than me at this werewolf
stuff, so I let them lead the way---even though we didn’t have any up-tight
preppy formation like the others. Still, we had no problem keeping up. * * * As much as I loved
being a werewolf (regardless of the fact that I had a problem with it previously),
I wouldn’t have minded having a break every once in a while. It very much
resembled gym at school. Having a guy who thought he was a damn drill sergeant,
screaming in your ear: “Ten more laps, boy! I wanna see you sweat! No breaks,
either! Sweat, sweat, sweat!” At first, I was
a little too over-confident when I thought of this simple “plan”, because I
thought I could keep up with ease, seeing as how I had always wanted to do
nothing except run endlessly without halting. I don’t think I could have been
more wrong in my life. I. Was. Tired. My legs ached from stretching and pulling my body forward
in wolf form so frequently, and I couldn’t even imagine what poor Michael was
going through at the moment. He looked tough at first glance, albeit I could
tell his fifteen-year-old body wasn’t ready for this. Nevertheless, I
wanted some rest. Luke and Derek switched leads every now and then to give
the other a break from having to utilize his speed and senses at once---which
was quite draining. I could tell they were growing weary themselves, but I
didn’t dare say anything because of Daryl and the others who were about a mile
ahead of us. So far, we had been traveling through eternal woods. No
fields. No buildings. No people. Not even animals. Of course, I would
occasionally spot a small, petty bird of some kind that one of us would snap up
with our teeth. But other than that, there was nothing. I assumed the people
that we were following had eaten all the animals for energy, while we, being
the lackeys of the joint, suffered terribly. I needed food. I
knew I should have just devoured that pot roast when I had the opportunity (once
again, my brain had failed to think ahead). Mmmm…those
delicious-smelling potatoes, carrots, and onions topped over a meat so tender
that it would as soft as butter to my sharp teeth. Scrumptious, I thought
to myself so silently. I licked my lips
out of hunger as my empty stomach began rumbling. Other than food,
the only drive that I used for energy to keep my body in constant movement,
however, was Summer. I thought of her and how much she needed me---how much she
needed a cure. I would be pressed harder and farther than before when the pain
that she was enduring entered my mind. I was pushed excessively past my limits
hours ago. Now, I was making new limits for myself, ones which I wasn’t quite
so sure I could reach. As we ran
throughout the tiresome darkness, I could only hear the frequent thudding as our
feet pushed off from the dirt below. I also heard the heavy panting of our
animalistic mouths as we drooled out wads of saliva as a way of coping with the
extreme difficulty of our task. It was strange to listen to such sounds for
several hours, though after a while, I forgot that I could actually hear
anything else, like a song playing on repeat forever, blasting into your ears
and causing them to go numb. We started from
Otis’ house hours ago, and I could tell the night was moving on. I knew my mom
would probably be worried; she would just have to get over it though because
right now, I was on a mission. * * * Our destination was
unknown to me. I wasn’t aware of the town name that we were headed to, or even
if it was a town. I just knew it was somewhere; and eventually, I found out. We ended up in a
group of mountains. I didn’t know the place, since I wasn’t familiar with the
East Coast and its terrain; I just knew this was where we needed to be. The traveling
got extravagantly tougher, however. The elevation continuously transformed as
we followed the scent of our kin. This became rather a problem for Michael because
his stumbling seemed endless to Luke, Derek, and I as his body apparently grew
weaker with every step. Derek seemed to give him the “I told you so” attitude, and
he merely grunted at the sight of his younger brother tripping. I tried helping
unfortunate Michael, but he pushed me away---he was trying to prove himself
worthy of his older brother, I could tell. After another
hour (more or less) in the mountain environment, we detected a stop in Daryl
and his group. It was like a supernatural low-jack, really. Out of gratitude,
we all slowed our pace down a little so we couldn’t be detected by our
relatives. Eventually, we came upon a log cabin in the middle of a clearing
that seemed to be resting by itself on the side of a mountain. Our elevation
was now higher. Conversely, our altitude helped when it came to the lighting
from the moon above---which would occasionally be blanketed in fluffy clouds
like a celebrity surrounded by guards for security. Regardless, the night was pitch-black,
yet, with the moon’s help and with our werewolf senses, we could see just fine. We remained noiseless
and still as possible as we used some dark, bloomy trees for shields. Michael
stayed to the side of us trying to get his own view through the branches, despite
the fact that Derek kept nudging him backwards. Luke and I merely looked at the
other wolves, grateful for the rest we were now getting. We saw the group
not too far away from us: three wolves in the front---Daryl, John, and Hank, I assumed---began
walking forward as humans towards the door of the log cabin, showing not the
least bit of tiredness. The others on the other hand, remained behind, glancing
nervously around looking for danger. Seeing no threats about after a second of
dancing eyes, they began to lie down on the ground, allowing lassitude to take
over. Just before the
three leaders crossed the clearing entirely, there came a faint thudding of
feet pounding simultaneously with a bit of an echo to them. It sounded like…a
group of animals running together. The other wolves---whom
were half asleep now---didn’t hear a thing, so they showed no sign of a
reaction. Even the leaders, who were supposed to be the fittest of us all,
didn’t even flinch. We, however, heard the oncoming clamor. A moment passed
by, and then the soft banging of feet stopped abruptly. All four of us
looked quizzically at one another, still not daring to speak. Suddenly, out of
the coal-black shadows on the opposite side of the clearing, came a fierce
growl in which I had never heard before. This growl sounded more ferocious and
beast-like than I had thought possible. Before I could think it over, several
figures---they were moving exceptionally too
fast for me to see who or what they were---soared through the air out of hiding
at the pack of wolves dowsing away in the center, while three more figures went
after the leaders going to the door. They were attacking our packs. They were no
ordinary figures, however. They were wolves. Werewolves, in fact. My wolf self
nearly let out a whine of shock, although I managed to compose myself. Michael
no longer wanted to be in the front anymore---he ran behind his older brother,
out of fear. I couldn’t blame the dude. These newcomers were easily spotted as
sadistic, nasty, well-built creatures of the night. I no longer felt like the
hunter at all, but more like the prey. The leaders were
quick at responding to the attacks and easily defended themselves in wolf mode,
even though both John and Hank appeared old and weak in human form. On the contrary
from the leaders, the others who were relaxing in the center were caught off
guard, and the new wolves weren’t too shy about using advantages to their
benefit. At first, our pack got bit, clawed, and tore at, but they retaliated
instantly, obviously pushing their fatigue to the back of their minds and
pulling their strengths to the front. It was a massive
dogfight going on between two groups of opposite sides. I could feel their pain
as their wails entered my canine ears. Derek, being the
most ambitious one of the small bunch, began to lunge forward. Both Luke and I
took a bite at his legs to indicate that was a terrible idea. He struggled to
get loose; though, he quickly gave up, realizing the truth we indicated. I, too, wanted
to jump in and help, but these beasts would rip us limb from limb and not even
think twice about it, no matter how young we were. I saw Luke glancing at the
battle, keeping his anxiety-filled eyes solely on his father. He wanted to help
as well, I knew. Since they were
in a heated battle, we could risk a quick conversation. “You can’t go!” I exclaimed
to Luke and Derek. “Those things would kill us and you know it!” “I don’t care,”
Derek snarled back. “He’s right,
Derek,” Luke said, even though I knew he didn’t want me to be right. “What about
Michael? You can’t expect him to possibly go in there,” I said, hoping to
reason with him. “No freaking way
will I go in there,” Michael whined. I knew that Derek truly cared for his brother, and I
could tell he was defeated; he didn’t want to leave him unprotected. So we both returned to our previous positions and waited
reluctantly. We watched as our family was being attacked, and every
second, I wanted to go in more and more to help them, no matter what I had said
a second ago. Nonetheless, Luke was right: we couldn’t. We just couldn’t. Seeing no other way to preoccupy my time, and not wanting
to watch my family get slaughtered, I morphed back into a human, as did my cousins---unenthusiastically---around
me. Being a human was better for us considering our exhaustion; it didn’t drain
us, as did being a werewolf. I figured Michael felt a little out of place, considering
he and I were the only ones of the group with our clothes still attached to our
bodies, while Derek and Luke were nude. They promptly realized this too, and
covered up with a tree branch that hung nearby with embarrassment clouding
their faces. Michael and I laughed at the sight of the two guys naked,
hiding in a tree. Momentarily we forgot the onslaught merely yards away. It was
a relief that I needed. In fact, we all needed it. Just as quickly as the laughter came, it deserted us;
everyone went back serious again. Luke and Derek looked as if they were ready to go to war
any second. Luke had his fists balled up, and I could tell even he was about to
go against his word. Derek was almost at his breaking point as well, squeezing
his tree branch so tightly that the limb was at the brink of shattering. Michael
just looked quite frightened. When I had morphed back into human form, my eyesight had
dramatically decreased in range because I could no longer make out the shapes
through the branches. I wanted to observe what was going on and if anyone had fallen
yet. On the contrary, I also wanted to look in the other direction to search
for some merriment. Suddenly, a Metro Station song burst from my back pocket
suddenly with the volume turned wide open, taking full advantage of the cell
phone’s speaker. All three of my cousins looked at me, and I instantly
began digging in my pocket for the stupid phone. “Hurry up before someone hears it!” Luke rushed. Hearing a human’s voice was quite a relief after not
hearing anything for hours on end. “I’m---trying. The---stupid thing---won’t come---out!” I
said, trying to get it out my pocket. I got it out a moment later after trying so hard, and I
shut it off, catching a glimpse at the number to realize it was my mother. “Glad nobody heard---” I began as I looked towards the
wolves through the trees. I knew my eyesight wasn’t as good as it was, but I could
tell there was at least three figures running toward us, all three growling
like they were going for a kill, and each withholding red gleaming eyes in
their sockets. They had heard my phone. “Oh, s**t,” Derek
muttered. “Let’s go!” Luke said, running and morphing at the same
time back into the deep part of the woods. I jerked Michael up on his feet, and waited until he transformed
before I did with Derek pulling up the rear as a wolf. Seeing their targets on the run, the wolves behind us
sped up quickly. They were on our tails---literally---in mere moments. I heard their teeth snap several times as they tried to
clamp down on Derek’s rear-end, but he managed to stay a few inches ahead of them. I kept nudging Michael along as fast as he would go while
still trying to dodge around the fallen branches, the decaying logs, and the
prickly briars. I could see Luke a little ways ahead as he slowed down a bit to
help get them off our trail as I forced the fifteen-year-old ahead of me to go
faster. My body was still weak from the several hours of travel
before, howbeit I had regained a fraction back since then. Still, even that was
nearly depleted now. I had to keep
going. It was a matter of life or death. Luke rounded back and helped Derek kick dirt as much as
possible, hoping that would falter our followers’ senses a little. Regardless,
these were stronger werewolves---nothing that easy would get rid of them. Seeming to realize the same fact I just had, Michael sped
up from what appeared to be fear. He knew if he didn’t go, he would most surely
die at the paws of his own species. This allowed me to run faster; however,
Derek and Luke were too close to the pursuers to break away. I let Michael proceed ahead, and my
stubborn, crazy, and too cocky self came to the surface. I stopped, pushing my
feet into the dirt to slow down. Luke, who came up at me fast, tried to push me
along to make me go, yet, I remained where I was, allowing my two cousins to
pass me to follow Michael. I turned around and faced the three werewolves head
on. As they came at me, I felt as small as ever for the first
time since becoming a werewolf. Nonetheless, I remained standing still. I bared
my shoulders as stiff as I could get them and took the attack straightforward. When the three savage, mountainous beasts hit me, I felt
pain, then numbness, as I was hurtled threw the air and smacked into a tree
trunk. As I hit, the pain exploded throughout my entire body, and half my bones
felt cracked. Several sharp, pointy, yet needle-size, branches all jabbed into
my back; it felt like I was lying on a pile of nails with their spiky ends
facing me. Blood gushed out all over, and I felt it run down my fur on my back
as it become soaked. The bark scraped me head to toe, making me feel burns all
over just as carpet burn would affect a human. Rapidly, my werewolf abilities kicked in, and my pain was
evaporating slowly. The three beings were gradually picking their way towards
me with evil deeds spread across their face. As their muzzles were a mere few
inches away from mine, all three were caught off guard and knocked down by Luke
and Derek combined. It was so fast, that my head gave a small twirl trying to
keep up with their actions. Albeit it wasn’t too hard to see as one of the
werewolves regained his stance promptly and went after Derek. Derek raced off through the woods, leading the wolf away
from Luke and I, and the opposite direction that Michael was still running away
in. I started to go help Derek now that I had got back on all
fours, but another wolf chased Luke in another direction, leaving me alone with
the last wolf. He stood tall, broad, and menacingly as ever, huffing and
puffing and ready to come at me with full force. I knew I was done for. Still, I was overconfident and stubborn, so I stood my
ground, preparing for the worst, yet ready to take it on straight out. “What’s your name kid?” a voice asked. At first, I was dumbfounded, although I soon realized it
was my opponent. “Evan. Evan Woods,” I said proudly, as if he should fear
my name. “Well, Evan, I have a deal for you: you don’t move, and
I’ll make your death quick and easy like chowder,” he said, licking his lips. “You’ll have to do better than that if you want me on a
platter,” I retorted. He charged at me like a bull going after a red flag,
except I was the flag. I barely dodged to the side of his massive body as he
came right at me. In the mere second it took for him to realize I had swerved
to the side, I leaped at his rear-end, chomping down on his tail. It tasted
like a piece of rope, though I didn’t care. It had to be done. The wolf howled with both anger and pain, and he swiveled
around, slinging me a few yards across the forest. “I’ll teach you what real
werewolves do, you little brat!” He was pissed. He stormed upon me so immediate that I didn’t have time
to react. Again, I was hurtled through the air, but this time, I landed in
prickly briars instead of a tree. They stuck in my
skin, replacing the wounds that I had gained and lost a mere minute so ago.
Once again, I felt sharp pains pierce into me all at once. However, I hastily
elevated myself from the briar patch. Then I shook myself heavily and quickly
in order to get rid of the remaining thorns my skin failed to push out, only to
see the creature heading my way again. Swiftly, I
dodged him so he could to enter the patch himself. He let loose a deafening
roar that landed in between fury and humiliation. I took the
opportunity to try and race off through the forest to make sure my friends were
okay, so I took off. Before I could get a little more than five yards, my tail
was being pulled as I was yanked back by an unstoppable force with razor-sharp
teeth. “And where do
you think you’re going, you little b*****d!” he said wrathfully to me. I wanted to come
up with a snappy comeback, but it felt like he was ripping my tail from my
body! All I felt was a dreadful amount of pure, dire pain. My claws dug
deep into the soil, snagging at roots and underbrush, pleading for a sturdy
object in order to pull myself away; it was hopeless, however. I kicked
backwards several times at the thing that was standing on two legs like a homo sapien
and dragging me across the forest ground. I managed to get one small hit in, albeit
my animal legs were too short and weak to achieve anymore. Suddenly, I felt a waterfall
of warm blood shower out my right side as the bigger wolf clawed me. But up
under the heated liquid, I felt the pain. It was the excruciating pain of my
fur being shredded easily and my skin splitting open, leaving claw marks in my
side as a burning sensation began overtaking my body. There was nothing
compared to what I was feeling now. The overwhelming pain quickly became bodily
consuming. It seemed that my abilities had now abandoned me to this demon from
hell, leaving me to rot; it didn’t feel as if it was healing at all---instead,
becoming worse. The werewolf
discovered his move was effective because my body was no longer struggling for
freedom as he continued to drag me across the forest floor. Just as the pain
became too potent for my werewolf body to bear, instantly, my legs were let
loose, and my body collapsed weakly upon the ground. I didn’t know why he had
let me go, and I didn’t care because I needed to heal. I heard wails
erupt nearby from behind me, so I slowly strained my neck to view the cause of
the commotion. I saw two werewolves in a heated battle, and the one that had
been dragging me was losing. I tried to get a view of the face of my rescuer,
but his back stayed facing me. Suddenly, I heard a snap and a crunch as my
enemy’s throat was ripped out by the newcomer, giving him a foreboding look as
his face was drenched in blood when he turned to face me. It was Daryl. “What are you
doing here, Evan? You were supposed to stay behind with the others!” he
growled. “What about
Luke, Derek, and Michael?” My wounds were healing---slowly---, so my head began
to form itself back to its right state of mind. “Trent, Dan, and
Brad have gone to help them. After that, you four are going home to await your
punishment,” he said with order. “I’m sixteen
damn it! I don’t need to be dictated around anymore! I’m not a kid, and you
can’t keep treating me like one!” I fired back at him, still swimming in an
ocean of pain and converting it to anger. “Watch who
you’re speaking to! I may be your uncle, but I’ll be damn if I’m going to let an
omega talk to me that way, especially since I’m temporary leader now.” He
ground his teeth together to prove a point. “‘Temporary’
being the operative word.” I was furious at the way this wanna-be-uncle was
treating us. I had a right to be here. “Besides, I’m not the one who asked for
your help. I had everything under control here.” “I can see that.
That’s why you were being drug across the woods by a werewolf five times your
size, covered in cuts and bruises, not being able to heal. Total control,
indeed,” he said with absolute sarcasm. I scowled at him
with my werewolf eyes. My body was
coming back to its former strength now, and I was enjoying it. Our argument was
quickly forgotten when a herd of feet came pounding their way toward us. Both I
and Daryl brought up our guards, and I quickly moved over to his side to
combine our strength. However, none of
these actions were necessary because it was just my cousins and their rescuers.
Luke looked quite upset, as did Derek---they must have gotten scolded like I
did. Michael, on the other hand, had the expression of pure relief upon his
little puppy dog-like face. As for Trent, Dan, and Brad, they were furious, but
noiseless other than their typical heavy breathing. Everyone paused
for a minute or so, not saying anything. Then, we all
heard the battle cries of our pack scream out through the silent forest of the
night. Immediately, the
four adults took off with both Daryl and Trent saying simultaneously, “Stay put
and don’t move!” Of course, that
saying lasted…three-fourths of a minute---just long enough to allow the adults
to reenter battle so we could follow. Michael seemed terrified once again
without the aid of his father, so we decided to allow him to ‘stay put’. When we got back
to the clearing, the three of us saw the catastrophic events of the battle
since our departure. Blood littered the ground, ripped fur and small bits of
tore skin laid upon rocks as werewolves were smashed down on them, and the
horrifying wails of ache and fury had intensified. Five werewolves had now become
a part of the scenery, as they lay motionless with either their throats ripped
out or their heads bashed. The entire scene was horrendous, like it was someone
trying to bring the most gruesome part of a horror movie into reality. But my mind
couldn’t---wouldn’t---think about
that. This is for Summer, I thought to myself. Headstrong as
ever, I was the first of us three to jump into the fight, completely healed. I
paid the least bit of attention to the whereabouts of my companions---my best
guess would be helping their fathers or to avoid them for their own sake of
disobeying a direct order again. It didn’t take
longer than seven seconds---I was counting---for the first werewolf to come
running at me with full speed. I easily dodged his frail charge. Then I simply
took a huge bite at his tail and began to drag him back to me, much like the
event that had occurred to me mere minutes ago. I flipped the wolf over and
clawed at his underbelly. Huge gashes appeared and blood began to flood out
with every strike. He howled in
response. As I kept
clawing at his outside, a huge force plowed me over that made the impact of an
eighteen-wheeler seem feeble. I was knocked several yards away, skidding onto
the dusty dirt like I was running and gliding for home plate. The newcomer
looked back at his friend/ally as if they were sharing a mental conversation
without my knowing, and then he looked back at me with an iniquitous smile,
licking his lips. In response, I
merely bared my teeth to prove my stance and the fact that I wasn’t going to
back down from the monster. His smile faded.
He must have realized my small size compared to him, and hoped that my fear
would claim the best of me. But it appeared I had proven he and I both wrong. I ignored the
growls, the howling, and the wails around me as others fought to the death,
because I knew that I was going to have to imitate them: I was going to have to
kill---which was an action that was unknown to me. I hadn’t actually placed
much thought into killing someone or something
before because, what seemed like ages ago, I was a normal teen. I didn’t have
to worry if I was going to die. Until now. No. I couldn’t
allow my nervousness to gain control. I had to keep my sanity. For me. For my
mother. For Summer. Remembering her
and the fact that she could leave me any second caused me to grind my teeth to
the bone to show how badly I wanted my opponent to fall by my hands only. He seemed to
want the same the thing from his perspective as well. Simultaneously,
we both ran like the wild animals we were at each other. We leaped in the air
about midways, attacking one another several feet above the ground. His force
seemed impenetrable, but so was mine! Instead of him pushing me back or vice
versa, we collided, and plummeted to the ground. I felt his claws dig into my
fur several times and blood rush out in response just as my own claws felt warm
liquid spew over them as I struck him. As we hit the bottom, I rolled backwards and away from
the mighty wolf; he seemed to copy my instinctive move. We were several feet
away from each other now. I closed that gap as I rushed at him. Yet, he easily
pushed me back. “Stupid boy! You obviously have no idea who you’re
dealing with,” he snarled. “Yeah, I do actually. A big, oversize wolf who’s all talk
and no action. ‘Talk is cheap’, ever heard that before?” “Ha! Got a mouth on you, eh? Well, we’ll see what we can
do about that then,” he responded. Losing my balance, I was forced to taste the bland dirt
as he charged me unexpectedly. Then I felt his teeth sink into my leg, and I
heard the bone crunch like a Butterfinger bar. I whimpered out loud, but nobody had heard me because
there was too much chaos going on around, so how could they? I snapped at him, ripping off a hunk of his ear as he
chewed down on my leg. I tasted blood, and that gave me strength. The nice,
cool, and yet warm, liquid spraying out on my face rejuvenated me, and hurt him
enough to make him let go fleetingly. Still, the liquid was not enough to heal
me as hurriedly as I wanted. Seeing no other option, I rapidly raced off, limping with
a hurt leg because I could barely stand, let alone stand strong enough to take
on anymore of his deadly impacts. I needed to get away. So I ran on the other
side of the log cabin and found a path that worked its way up the side of the
mountain and through the woods. I took that path without any thought. When I got to the top, I saw that I had made a huge
mistake. I found myself with an injured leg in a two-bedrooms-joined-together-size
clearing with nothing but a total drop-off covering an entire side. I hobbled over
to the edge and looked down. I nearly had a heart attack from what I saw: blackness.
Total blackness, like a huge sea filled with dark ink; it was an abyss that
made me think of the Grand Canyon. I knew that if you fell in that thing, you
were a complete goner. “Ah, is the
little teenager wolf scared? I should have known that no boy of your age could
withstand a true werewolf,” a
malicious voice said. I whipped my
head away from the pool of blackness below, and saw the same wolf from in the clearing.
“How do you know my age?” “Curious, eh?
Well, no matter. It’s quite clear that you’re very young in this world of werewolves.
I mean, come on. Clothes? On a werewolf? What a disgrace in the omega stage.
You remind me more a chiuhaha. Besides, what kind of true werewolf would run away from a fight? And those moves. Well,
they were a tad bit childish, if you don’t mind me saying so. Then again,
that’s all you really are: a child.” We were both motionless
while gazing into one another’s eyes and waiting for the opposite to make a
move. No one did. Due to the fact
that I was in no hurry to die, I kept the conversation going. “A child
werewolf that obviously kicked your a*s. Want me to do it again? And what’s all
that trash about being a ‘true
werewolf’?” I said, getting heated up. The bone in my leg, which my opponent
had chewed on, was growing back into place now as it kept giving me small,
sharp pains. I stood still nevertheless. “A child
werewolf with attitude. I like it. After all, I have never had anyone talk to
me like that before in my life. My pack would never disobey me. But still, you
must be taught some manners,” he said with a smile playing on his wolf lips,
which were splattered with my blood. I was nearly
thrown backwards into the black abyss myself from what he had just said. I had
understood then what he meant by being a “true werewolf”, because he was a true werewolf. He was one of the
most powerful of them all. He was the mightiest, the one with the most authority,
the most strength of his pack. He was
their leader. He was the alpha. And I would most
surely die. His smile was
stretching from werewolf ear to werewolf ear now. He knew that I knew what he
was now. He relished my shock. “Now you see: you can’t beat me, young lad. What
are the odds of an omega beating an alpha, huh? Hardly any worth to count. So,
the way I see it you have two options: one, you can put up your mightiest fight---like
it would really matter---and die the most goriest way possible; or two, you can
just simply surrender and join my pack. After all, I can’t really pass up the
opportunity to gain a young lad like yourself with quite the ambitious attitude
in both strength and in the mouth.” I didn’t know
you could switch packs. I thought you were only to stay in the group that you
were born in from the get-go. As if reading my
mind, he then said, “Ah, you’re probably wondering how you can change packs.
Well, it’s quite easy. But nobody else really knows how to do it, except for me
among a few others. Still, it’s quite possible, young one. So what do you say?” I didn’t think
about the two options more than two seconds. I knew what I had to do, but it
wasn’t going to be easy. “Over. My. Dead.
Body,” I said with such steadiness that I was a little surprised myself. The malevolent
smile that was stuck on his face throughout the entire conversation had melted
to reveal his purely, white canine teeth at me. “That can be arranged,” he snarled.
Then he came
storming at me. My leg was not
quite healed, but the worst of the worst in the healing process had passed, so
I was able to move somewhat. I used my legs to move to the side right when the
wolf was mere centimeters away from me. He was going too
fast for him to realize the big picture behind me, and it was too late as he
slid off the edge; I saw him fly completely over from a few feet away with pure
shock on his face. A blast of air
escaped me from relief. I was safe now. I had just gotten rid of my first werewolf,
and I was officially safe from death’s icy grip. Abstractly, I
walked over to the edge where the ground turns to coal black with a small
shuffle, and I looked over. I saw the blackness below, of course, but I saw
something else: a figure. It was a human dangling on the side by just an
abstract root. No longer did he seem like the menacing alpha moments before
because worry was now written all over his expression in the barely-visible
darkness. My werewolf side
urged me to nudge him off, but I had a human side too, which was equally powerful. Without
thinking, I morphed back into a human, and I leaned over the side, smelling the
earth strongly my nostrils as I reached down. He was about in his forties or
so, and he was quite big; although, it looked like most of that was pure muscle. “Take my hand!”
I hollered below at him. He was reaching
for it, and after a few attempts, he managed to grasp it. “I’m gonna try
and pull you up, okay?” When I tried
hauling him upwards, it felt like I was attempting to pull up a loaded U-Haul
truck. I got maybe a fraction of a centimeter, before I gave up. Suddenly, when I
merely held onto his hand without any effort, I felt a force pulling me down. I
tried to let go, but he held me firmly. “Let go of me!”
I screamed at him. “Never!” he said
in a deep, male voice. I tried to shake
him off, yet, he wouldn’t budge. Instead, he was pulling me down further
because the root was beginning to rip. I dug my fingernails deep into the
earth’s crust, trying to stay on top of the ledge. It was only a mere act of procrastination
on my part, however. I then began to feel my feet drag across the sand in the
clearing, and my head go forwards, down towards the total darkness awaiting my
arrival below. “Let. Me. Go!” I
continued pointlessly. Just as the root
was about to break and we both go tumbling to our deaths, I felt someone pull
me back up into the clearing. “Hang on, Evan!”
a familiar voice said to me. I felt the man’s
grip tighten harder than ever for one last attempt to pull me back down, albeit
the combined force of me and my helper pulling me back up was enough to the
point that the root broke, and the muscle guy fell. His grip instantly loosened
when he fell into the deep, black hole, and when he did, I was towed back up
onto solid ground where I saw Luke. He was in human form, of course, but he was
covered in bruises and cuts from his own share of fighting. “Thanks, dude,”
I said to him, indebted. “Anytime,” he
said with a grin. “What are you
smiling about?” I asked, considering that I had almost died. “Dude, are you
slow? Do you have any idea what you
just did?” he asked with glee. “It wasn’t my
fault! He---” I didn’t want to be the blame for his death. “No! You don’t
understand! You killed their alpha!” “I didn’t kill
him, okay? He fell, that’s all. Not a big deal.” “It is when a
dozen or so werewolves just went poof into
dust.” “Dude, what the
hell are you talking about?” “Evan, when
someone slays a werewolf alpha, his entire pack turns to dust. Don’t you see?
You just did that!” “I---I---I
didn’t mean to, though.” “Whether you
meant to or not, you did it, dude. No omega has ever slain an alpha before.
Ever.” I gulped. I
didn’t want the spotlight. Especially not right now, what with Summer and--- Summer. She still needs me! What the hell am I doing
just lounging on the ground for nothing? I need to help her! I got up on my
legs, which were feeling fine now, and I raced off, down the path with Luke following
me. When we got back to the clearing, I saw mounds of dust here and there cluttered
over the ground with small puffs of smoke rising from them. “Nice going,
Evan,” Trent said to me, popping up out of nowhere as a human. Then I felt a
slap on the back from Daryl. “Yeah. Nice going.” Before any of
the other werewolves on our side could come up and congratulate me, I said,
“What about Otis? We still need to get into that cabin.” Everyone seemed
to remember their mission then and forgot my unexpected deed. “Right. John,
follow me,” Daryl ordered. “What about
Hank? He’s a leader. Isn’t he supposed to go too?” I asked. “Actually, Hank
is hurt badly, so Brad and Dan took him home to Susan so he can heal quick
enough. So I was kind of hoping you would fill his place, Evan,” Daryl said. I simply stared
at him for a moment. I didn’t know what to say, so I said, “Sure.” I looked at Luke
to see if he wanted to come, but he just shook his head. Being the only omega
of the group, I followed the two betas, Daryl and John, to the cabin door,
leaving everyone else in their human forms to heal from their wounds previously
gained. I noticed Edmund resting on a rock some ways away, tending to a wound
on his gashed arm. He peered up at me as he examined his damage, and he
scowled. I merely looked
the other way, ignoring his obvious envy. When we got to
the cabin door, I noticed everything through the windows was dark with signs of
no life at all. Nonetheless, Daryl
knocked. No answer. Another knock. Again, no
answer. Daryl picked up
his leg and kicked the door down with surprising force. He rummaged his hand
around a nearby wall where he found a light switch and flipped it on. There was a
human huddled in the far corner of the cabin, I noticed, covering his head and
whimpering aloud. “Leave me alone! Please! What do you want from me?” he
pleaded, as if we were enemies he needed to fear. But before Daryl or even John could respond to the guy’s
question, I said with an authority that I had never felt before, “We want you
to save us.” * * * After a good hour of
calming the man down, Daryl sat in a chair like it was his own home. John
preferred to stand, however; I was too exhausted to duplicate his preferences,
so I sat. As it turned out, the guy’s name was Philip---or Phil, as he
preferred. He was kind of short and had hardly any facial hair. Phil trembled consistently, but Daryl would keep
reminding him that we did not arrive on his doorstop from hours of traveling
just to hurt him, regardless of what he had seen outside his window when
everyone was fighting and screaming bloody murder. He didn’t seem too reassured---though
reassured enough not to run out the door and into the woods screaming for help.
“Do you know about the virus?” Daryl asked him simply. “What virus?” he trembled. John and I continued to remains immobile as a quiet
audience. “You mean to tell me that you have not heard of people
dying randomly over the state?” Daryl questioned suspiciously. “I don’t get out much. I don’t watch television. I don’t
read magazines. So, no, I haven’t,” Phil said. “And why is that?” “Don’t know. I just like the peace. It’s…enough. Well,
for me anyways.” “I don’t think that’s the entire truth, Phil,” Daryl said,
leaning back in his chair and eyeing the character in front of him uneasily. “Well, I assure you, it is.” Daryl gave a small grunt, and then he winked at John
giving him a signal of some sort. John morphed before Phil, causing the guy to topple off
the couch---which he had already been sitting on the edge of---and into the
floor out of shock. I thought it was quite humorous, but I didn’t want to ruin
the moment by bursting out with laughter, so I just smirked silently. “Now, now. It’s still my friend, John. He’s
just…transformed. He won’t hurt you, unless
his patience grows too thin, so please do give us the answers we want,”
Daryl said, both kindly and menacingly as he helped Phil back up onto his seat.
“Truthful answers, if you will.” Phil seemed to compose himself to some degree; then he
said with an obvious amount of fear, “Alright. I’ll tell you the entire story.
Then will you leave me alone?” “Certainly. We have better things to do, anyways,” Daryl
responded. Phil seemed to take his word for it, so he proceeded on.
“I’ve always been different from the rest of the people that I knew. So were my
friends. We were into the whole paranormal stuff, you know? Witches, wizards,
warlocks, vampires, and even werewolves. We actually believed it was all real.
At least, one of my friends did, and he ended up causing us to believe the same
thing. Life seemed too hard for us. We couldn’t take it anymore. So we began to
research on how to become something otherworldly. And---” “Wait, how many of you were there?” Daryl asked. “Five, with me included. Anyways, we ended up finding
that the werewolf business was genetic. So, we found a werewolf---and it wasn’t
easy either. We ended up catching him by---” Daryl’s face hardened. He didn’t seem too passionate
about hearing how some human trapped one of his species. Phil noticed
this too. “Never mind that last bit. Anyways, we ended up catching
him. I never wanted to hurt him, but Warren didn’t care what we did to him, as
long as we were able to extract some of its blood. Warren was evil, mind you.
He beat---” Phil gulped, and seemed to remember Daryl’s expression, then
continued, “---We ended up extracting some of its blood. After that, we
injected ourselves with the blood. We made a grave mistake. When we injected
ourselves it messed with our DNA or something. Something happened, and all of
us became very sick and we became scared. My friends, Warren included, decided
to let the project go, but Warren took his anger about not being able to become
a werewolf out on the captured werewolf. Eventually, the werewolf escaped, and
when he did, he killed Warren.” Daryl smiled at this, and also seemed kind of
disappointed that he wouldn’t be able to do the job himself. “All of us went our separate ways, and promised to never
speak of it again, thinking that our little sickness would just go away soon.
But my friends’ condition worsened, while I was getting better. I found it
strange, but I was grateful I wasn’t like my friends. After some time, my
friends started to notice a few people in their hometowns were getting sick and
dying. By then, I had fully recovered. Within a week or so of getting sick, my
four friends died from the illness, while it spread everywhere else. So I
packed up my things and left. I moved here, on this mountain where I stay by
myself, alone. I don’t go outside for anything, and I have someone bring me
groceries every so often. I am ashamed of what I did, and the fact that my
friends are dead because of it, makes it no better. I’m sorry. Really I am.”
Phil began to sob a little now, thinking back on such terrible things. I
couldn’t imagine the amount of guilt that was on his shoulders now. Daryl got up from the chair, and he walked over to John---who
was now human again---where they stood, huddled together in a corner, murmuring
about something. I paid no attention to them, as I examined Phil and his
pitiful self. He looked down at the floor, like there were memories running
across it like a spilled bucket of water. I felt sorrow for him, even though it
wasn’t my doing that got him into this mess. Now his entire life was destroyed
because of one silly thing he did. I thought about explaining to him the downfalls of being
a werewolf and why he should never wish to become one, but I figured he
wouldn’t dare trade places with me even if it meant death. He probably despised
us now as much as Daryl despised the Warren guy from his story. Speaking of my uncle, he and John returned to their
previous positions, except Daryl sat more on edge of his chair. Phil looked up
at Daryl. “You say you fully recovered?” Daryl asked. Phil nodded. “I’ll need some of your blood,” Daryl said. Phil was shocked. “For what?!” “It’s the key to it all. It resisted the virus then, it
can resist it now. It’s the key to a cure,” Daryl said. Phil remained petrified at what Daryl had just said. When
my uncle stood up, Phil cringed away to indicate he was not going to give it up
willingly. But Daryl took no notice as he walked towards Phil to show that he
was going to get his blood no matter what. © 2010 Joshua DonahueAuthor's Note
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