There was a sudden bump in the road that jolts Arthur awake, Lewis was wide awake (Being a ghost and all) with Vivi curled up in the seat next to him. Mystery would have fallen somewhere next to Arthur, but he didn't feel like trying to find him. Lewis notices Arthur getting up, he was in his human appearance and smiled sadly.
'I thought that pot hole was big, but I had hoped that no one would awake from it.' Lewis said, his eyes back on the road. Arthur stretched his one arm before standing up and walked over to the seats, he lean on them and yawned.
'How long in till we get there?' Arthur managed to say, as he tried to stay upright. Lewis turned his head slightly to look at him.
'Not for a few more hours, but even then we need breaks. Do you need anything at a gas station, because there is one coming up.' Arthur had his eyes closed, but managed to nod.
'Arthur go lay down, I will tell you when we get there.' Arthur made some sort of noise that sounded like acceptance and then there was a soft thud as he laid back down.
The next time that Arthur awoke was when Lewis was shaking his shoulder, Vivi was putting on her shoes and was trying to wake herself up.
'Sorry we stopped a little early from the gas station, both Vivi and Mystery needed to go.' Lewis said to Arthur. 'Do you need to or not?' Arthur yawned and nodded. He reached over to where his left mechanical arm sat, he sat up right and line it up with tired eyes. Lewis was watching and had to hide his smile, Arthur wasn't able to line up the arm to the shoulder. Lewis guided it with his hand, Arthur muttered his thanks as they hooked the arm onto its bearings. Then using a screw driver, he made his way to the small button that hide just on the inside of the arm, he pressed it and hissed. He was instantly awake as the pain kicked all the fatigue away. He tested his fingers and joints before crawled to where his shoes where next to the opened back door, Vivi was stretching outside and Mystery explored the surrounding area. Lewis smiled as he floated through the roof and sat on top from where he was he would be able to fly into the forest at the first sign of trouble. Arthur stepped out of the van and walked towards Mystery.
'Please tell me that there is nothing in that forest that will try to kill us.' Arthur asked him, Mystery frowned.
'This forest does seem to have some sort of spirit activity, but nothing of the angry type. In fact they seem scared.' Mystery said peering into the forest.
'Just be careful and be quick.' Lewis warned, throwing down flashlights for the two living humans under him.
'Come on, I will pee myself at this rate.' Vivi complained, starting to walk into the forest. Arthur looked back to Lewis before following Vivi and Mystery into the forest. After a while they split up and Mystery stayed on the path between them, the forest may have been thick but they still went some distance from one another. Just before Arthur was going pull down his pants to relieve himself, there was a faint growl coming from a patch of bushes near him. Arthur froze and took a step back.
'Mystery?' Arthur whispered. His eyes landed on a large mass that was using the bush as cover, Arthur pointed the flashlight at the bush and turned it on. There hunched in the bush was a large wolf, but it was larger than any wolf he had ever seen, it realised that its hiding spot had been found and it proceeded to walk toward Arthur. Its heckles where raised, teeth showing in a terrible sneer and a deep growl was escaping from its throat. Arthur dropped his flashlight and started to walk backwards, the wolf continued forward and when it stepped onto the flashlight the area fell into the dark, with nothing but the half-moon above to give dim lighting. Arthur walked into a tree trunk and the wolf realising he was trapped, he leapt forward its mouth ready to bit down, luckily Arthur had been chased and leapt at a lot in his life and jumped to the side. He landing on his feet and continued on in a full sprint, he managed to cry out for help before he was suddenly hit on his side and rolled to a stop. His eyes where closed from the sudden movement and Arthur could now feel a hot breath on his neck, he opened one eye only to scream as a reaction. The wolf had its mouth only a few centimetres away from his neck about ready to bite down, the wolf responded to the scream with a loud growl. It placed one large paw on him as Arthur tried to crawl away, the weight was too much for Arthur as he started to get more despite and moved around more. There was a sudden flash of white as the wolf was tackled off of Arthur.
'Vivi, go get Lewis!' The white fox yelled out. Arthur sat up and held onto his side as he found pain coming from where he was struck.
'Arthur. Run.' Mystery yelled out as he tried to pin down the wolf, it wasn't as big as Mystery but it realised that its prey was going to escape. This wolf was not about to lose its pray. Arthur ignored the pain and started to run, even if he had no idea as the where he was going. The growls behind him only increased as the battle between the fox and the wolf continued.
Lewis was laying on the roof looking at the stars as Vivi came running out of the forest without any breath, Lewis jumped down and grabbed her shoulders.
'Vivi what happened?' He asked, Vivi was pointing behind her trying to form words.
'Wolf. Big wolf. Attack Arthur.' Vivi managed and that was all Lewis needed as he released her, he flew off without another word. His human appearance faded away, leaving him with his ghostly skeleton appearance. It didn't take long to get to where Mystery was fighting the wolf, the wolf seemed to be trying to head in one direction and Mystery was blocking its way. Mystery glanced at Lewis, as he was distracted for that one moment the wolf bolted off into the woods. Mystery cursed as he bounded away after it, Lewis followed by going through trees and other things in his way.
'I think that is a werewolf, and its going after Arthur.' Mystery informed Lewis. Arthur scream filled the air and both of them speed up to help Arthur, Lewis was faster and he started to pull ahead. He entered a clearing to find Arthur under the wolf with his right shoulder in its mouth, the wolf turned to face Lewis. Arthur was flung in its mouth and he cried out in pain, Lewis' hair turned into a flame and his anger was obvious.
'Let him go.' Lewis threatened. The werewolf growled holding onto Arthur, it wasn't about to lose its prey again. Mystery entered the clearing and started to walk to the one side of the large wolf, Arthur could only watch from his angle as the wolf glanced at the two threats that were closing in on it. Arthur couldn't stand the pain anymore and with his metal arm he proceeded to start hitting it in its face, the wolf jumped and threw Arthur away. Lewis' hair died down and flew into Arthur's path, catching him and wrapped his arms protectively around him. Arthur was shaking, but was alert and watching the wolf and otherwise alright. Mystery walked forward and growled, the wolves ears went down and he stuck his tail between its legs. It turned and ran away as fast as it could. Mystery was about to go after it, when Lewis spoke up.
'Let's just leave it, we have Arthur so let's go.' Lewis said floating to the ground and placed Arthur on the ground. Arthur's flesh hand was twitching and he looked at his shoulder, there was an obvious bit mark there and Mystery walked over, sniffing it.
'You said it was a werewolf didn't you?' Lewis asked, Arthur's eye widened. Mystery licked his shoulder and then spat the blood off his tongue, he looked at Lewis.
'Yea, that was a werewolf and we should really go back home to make an antidote. I just hope that it wasn't made by magic otherwise we may not be able to remove it.' A whine came out of Arthur's mouth as Lewis picked him up.
'Don't worry Arthur, we will fix this.' Lewis tried to ensure his friend.
'My shoulder is already starting to tingle.' Arthur complained. Lewis changed to his human appearance and gave him a sad smile. They flew back to the van that had a very worried Vivi pacing along the tree line, Mystery followed behind.
'Oh my god Arthur, are you ok?' Vivi exclaimed.
'If you define ok as can be turning into a werewolf, then I am just peachy.' Arthur said with enough sarcasm to make the others uncomfortable. Lewis placed him down in the back of the van and sat down next to him.
'We don't need that sort attitude from you, I was only asking.' Vivi said glaring at Arthur. Mystery shrunk down to his smaller form and jumped into the back of the van, he was looking at the bit mark.
'It's not technically his fault, Vivi, the werewolf had held onto him for a long time and its saliva would have already soaked into him. He is already turning.' Mystery informed. Vivi sighed and shook her head.
'Come on, take off your shirt. We need to bandage that shoulder.'
'I am sorry Vivi.' Arthur said quietly, Vivi shook her head again and smiled.
'It's ok, let's just bandage your shoulder.' Vivi said and entered the van, heading to the first aid kit. Lewis started to pull off his shirt, it was slow trying manoeuvre the arm out of the shirt sleeve. Vivi had decided that there was no serious damage to his shoulder it was just going to be seriously bruised. Arthur allowed Vivi to fully bandage his shoulder and let Lewis carry him to the mass of blankets that had been Arthur's bed earlier that night, but they left him to detach his arm. Once he was settled in between the blankets, Lewis left him and both he and Vivi went to the front of the van. Mystery stayed by his side as Lewis started up the van.
'You should try to sleep, at least close your eyes.' Mystery said, he was worried for Arthur but wasn't going to let him pick up on it. Arthur felt strangely awake and was about to protest, but his rational mind told him to listen to the fox. So he closed his eyes, but his mind raced with thoughts. He didn't want to become a werewolf, what if he had to leave because he'll become a danger to Vivi or even Lewis or Mystery? He forced his mind quieted down and fell into a dreamless sleep.