Maya meets Chloe~
I trudged through the 'forest', barely more than a tiny patch of woods. Somehow we got ourselves into Buffalo without anyone asking questions like where our parents were. Daniel and the others were staying at the edge, resting, while I would scout ahead. With luck, we might even find that other group of subjects. The ones in Project Genesis...the ones Rafe insisted I find. I wish I had kept the papers in case I did really find them, but Corey wanted to have a look over them.
I stopped at a small clearing. I listened. Footsteps were headed this way. I ducked behind a small brush, as fast and quiet as possible. Two figures, a boy and a girl, were approaching the area. They stopped right in the middle and kissed for a while. Probably boyfriend and girlfriend, I guessed. I listened, cougar hearing automatically kicking in. "Ready?" the girl asked. The guy nodded, then crouched down on all fours. I watched, not moving an inch. What was this guy going to do? Maybe he was a shape-shifter, like me. I doubted he was a skin-walker, but the papers had mentioned werewolves and vampires.
Remember when I thought my Shift would be a torturous, painful experience? Yeah well, this one was exactly that. I watched the girl gently whisper and rub the guy's back. I wondered what she was, if a supernatural at all. She was small, had blonde hair with red streaks, and blue eyes. Maybe one of those witches or half-demons, but she looked so harmless and innocent. Or that other thing...necromancers. Creepy people who raise the dead in video games, according to Corey.
They continued, completely oblivious of my presence. The guy turned out to be a werewolf. It was huge. A big, black, and vicious wolf, with canines longer than my finger. The papers mentioned a werewolf. This could be one of the subjects. Only one way to find out.
I stood up, making dead leaves crackle. Startled, both turned to face me. I put on a friendly smile and said, "Hi, are you..." I began. The wolf snarled at me.
"Derek, stop." the girl said. He glared at me, but obeyed.
"Are you, by any chance, part of Project Genesis?" I asked.
"No." she looked away. I could tell she was lying. I wouldn't blame her, seeing a girl just randomly pop out in front of them and ask about such a classified thing. So I decided to play it friendly.
"I'm Maya. Maya Delaney."
"Chloe Saunders."
She then leaned down and whispered into the wolf's ear, "Isn't that Liz's last name?" just loud enough for me to hear with my enhanced cougar hearing . "Elizabeth Delaney?" I ask. Chloe looked surprised, but nodded. Then she made a dash for it. Just spun on her heel and ran. I wanted to go after her, but that would only encourage the wolf to attack and make me look more, if I wasn't already, like a pursuer. So all I could do was yell after them, but they just kept going. Damn.
[A/N: This scene is NOT part of the trilogy, just my idea of how the two groups first meet. Maya's POV ( point of view ) Based on Kelley Armstrong's YA (young adult) series-Darkest Powers and Darkness Rising.]