Prologue
I slammed the back door loudly and vaulted over the few steps receding down the back porch. Maybe if I made it in time no one would get hurt. May be I could undo what I had begun- like moving back time I could save a life.
I ran over the back yard, my lithe legs carrying me to the nearby woods and onwards to the ocean. I could make it in time. I hope. I pumped my arms harder, I wasn't breaking a sweat yet, but I would be if I wanted to get there in time. Harder! My mind screamed at me.
I could only go so fast, but it wasn't fast enough. Trees swept by me in a blur, but I knew where I was going. I followed the sent of my brothers- the soft musky smell was easy to differentiate from the fresh evergreen of the forest.
I pushed myself even harder as my legs shook from the power I was trying to surge into them. I was almost there...