A/N: I only got one review on the first chapter, so if you want this story to continue, please review, and tell me if you liked it or not.

And please pray for my best friend Dwayne. He recently lost his grandfather, and he's taking it pretty hard.

Chapter Two: One Out of Ten

Hutch's POV

I la Yes there in the bed with the love of my life, holding her in my arms while she slept. It was a peaceful moment.

Suddenly, I felt drawn away from her warmth, as if something was controlling me. I didn't want to leave, but I just got up and left, out of my control.

I walked out the door, and swore I saw something at the end of the hall. It was darker than it was earlier, and I just assumed it was because it was later at night.

I walked towards whatever I saw, but I couldn't find it. "Must have been one of the guys." I said out loud.

I heard a creak coming from somewhere in the house, and I tried to figure out where it was from.

I walked into the kitchen, nothing. Living room, nothing. Bathroom, nothing.

I got back to our room, and heard another creak, only louder this time. It was coming from our room! I burst through the door, but nothing was different, aside from Lilly in a different position on the bed.

"Huh, I guess my mind's playing tricks on me." I thought, getting back into bed. Lilly stirred, and looked at me lovingly, before sharing a kiss and drifting back to sleep.

"I love her so much." I thought, cuddling up next to her. I soon drifted back to sleep.

Soon after, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was torn from bed, and stood up groggily, getting into a fight stance. My vision was still a little blurry from the sleep.

I looked at the thing that tore me from bed. "You're all going to die… if you don't leave… now." It said, it's voice raspy and painful to hear.

It's eyes were a sickly green color, and it was pitch black, blacker than any darkness I'd ever seen. "A shadow perhaps?" I wondered as it lunged at me.

I countered it, and threw it into the wall. I was just glad I could touch it, and my hand didn't just go through it.

The beast disappeared with a final warning. "Get out before it's too late." It coughed, before disappearing. I ran over to Lilly to wake her up, but as I touched her, I woke up.

"Dream, holy shit, just dream!" I yelled, not loud enough to escape our room, but still loud enough to wake Lilly.

"Hutch, what the hell was with that scream?" She asked me. "I had an awful dream about a demon or some shit trying to kill me." I admitted. "Huh, I had a dream like that too." She said, looking confused, and a little scared.

"I gotta talk to Humphrey." I said, getting up.

Humphrey's POV

I pulled the demon off of me, and was holding it off, when hutch barged in. It grabbed him and threw him against the wall, knocking him out cold.

It charged me again, but I countered it. "Why can't I control you?" It muttered at me. "Because, I have a will to live, I will not be controlled, I will not give in!" I screamed, lunging at the demon, pinning it. It dissapeared, and I fell to the floor, where it used to be.

"The fuck was that?" Kate yelled. "I don't fucking know!" I yelled back, admittedly a little scared.

"Let's go get some help." I suggested, grabbing the unconscious wolf, and throwing him over my shoulder.

I ran down the stairs, and placed Hutch on the couch. I ran up to Axle and Steph's room on the second floor, and pounded relentlessly on it. "Wake up right now!" I yelled, as Axel opened the door. "What the fuck dud-" He started to say, but I interrupted him.

"Something attacked us, Hutch is out, and what ever hit us is gone for now, but I don't know where." I explained.

"Dude, it had to be a dream, now go to bed." He said, yawning. "Is this a dream?" I asked him, showing him my shoulder, where the demon scratched me.

"Oh shit. Where's Hutch?" He asked, with concern in his eyes. "Down on the couch with Lilly and Kate, I'm going to get everyone else, go help them." I commanded.

I sprinted to Garths door, and pounded on it. He answered the door with Candy standing behind him. "Just the man I wanted to see." He said, grabbing me by the throat. "Garth… Hutch… is… hurt!" I said, gasping for air, but he still didnt let go. "You think it's funny to fuck with me and my girl like tha-" He was interrupted when I kicked his stomach, and punched him, knocking him out.

"What the hell?" Candy yelled. "Hutch is hurt, I didn't have time to deal with his bullshit!" I retorted. "How badly so he hurt?" She asked, realizing I was right.

"I don't think too bad, but he's unconscious, so I really don't know." I admitted to her. "Well, let's get going." She said, attempting to wake Garth. After a few seconds, he was stirred awake by a gentle slap on the cheek.

"What the hell happened?" He asked. "Well, Hutch is hurt, and you tried to beat up Humphrey who was trying to help him. He knocked you out." Candy explained, causing a look of sorrow to spread across his face.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." He said genuinely. "It's all good, let's just get down to Hutch." I said, motioning towards the stairs.

We began to walk downstairs, and I walked over to everyone by the couch. 'Hutch is fine, he just has a bang on his head. He should be up soon." Stephanie said. Stephanie was taking an EMT course, so she knew basic stuff like this.

"Alright, let me go get Winter and Drake." Lilly said, walking away. "Ok, then we get out of here." Kate responded before anyone else could say anything. We all nodded in agreement.

"What are we nodding about?" Hutch said, moving slightly on the couch. "Leaving, like now." Axel said, pointing at the door.

"Agreed, let's go." He said getting up. "We have to wait for Winter and Drake." Garth reminded him. "And not to mention you're other half." Candy added. "Where did she go?" Hutch asked, confused. ""She went to get Drake and Winter." Kate responded. "She should be back by no-" I tried to say, but was interrupted by the most blood curdling scream I had ever heard.

"It was Lilly!" Hutch said, getting up from his position on the couch, and running towards her room. I followed him down to see Lilly in front of Drake and Winter's room, covering her mouth, and sobbing almost uncontrollably.

"Lilly!" Hutch yelled and dropped to his knees beside her. I walked over, and glanced into Drake and Winter's room.

"Oh my god." I said, almost unable to speak. The scene in the room was gruesome.

Drake was pinned to the wall by metal rods protruding through his chest, arms, legs, and one straight through his head, with blood and brain oozing from the wound. It was a river of red. He had slashes and scratches everywhere, like the one I had on my shoulder, but just so many more of them.

I pulled the metal rods from him, and he fell to the floor. Blood oozed out even more now, because the rods weren't in the wounds.

I checked his breath, nothing. I moved to his pulse, nothing. I didn't have high hopes for him to be alive anyway, he had a metal rod through his heart and brain.

I pulled his body off the floor, and walked into the hallway. "YOU WANNA KILL OUR FRIENDS!? WELL ITS ON NOW MOTHERFUCKER! I DON'T CARE IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO, YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH ME!" I screamed louder than I ever has before.

Everyone looked at me in awe. "Wait, where's winter?" Kate mentioned. "Oh shit, we have to find her!" Axel said."It's what Drake would have wanted." Garth added to his statement. "Then let's get looking." I said, turning around and starting to walk. "Wait!" Stephanie yelled. We all turned to look at her.

"We can't just mindlessly search alone, that thing will get us!" She said. "She has a point, we have to stick together. Does anyone have a weapon of some sort?" I asked, but got no responses.

Garth was shuffling awkwardly, and I knew he was hiding something. "Garth? You have something you wanna say?" I asked him. "Y-yeah, I have a g-gun." He admitted. "Since when!?" Kate blurted out. "Since last night. I found it when I was fighting that thing." He said, with his ears on the top of his head.

"Don't worry, I would have kept it quiet if I had a FUCKING GUN this entire time too." Axel said sarcastically, waving his arms in the air.

"Dude calm down, he could just as easily have covered it up this whole time." I said, looking at Garth, who was still scared what was going to happen.

"Give the gun to me!" Axel said, trying to grab it, but I pushed him back. "Stop! Now! We can't fight, we have to work as a team if we're gonna get through this!" I yelled, leaving everyone wide eyed.

"Garth, either give the gun to me or lead the way." I said, knowing his coward side would prevail. "Here." He said, handing me the gun and an extra mag.

"Alright, take the lead." Axel said. "You got it." I replied, walking down the hallway, with my finger resting gently on the trigger. Hutch and Lilly stayed behind to see if anything happened upstairs.

We walked down the dimly lit hallway, and I saw a door, with a padlock on it. "Shit!" I said, grabbing the lock. "Hold on, I got this." Steph said, pulling a Bobby pin from her hair.

"That only works in the movies Steph, it's not gonn-" Axel attempted to say, but before he finished the door creaked open, and Steph smirked at him.

"So what only works in the movies?" She asked, clearly making fun of him. "Guys, let's get going." I said, walking through the doorway.

It was a staircase, with moist brick walls, and every step looked as if it was going to crumble under my weight. I began walking down, followed by everyone else. Every step creaked as I stepped on it. "Did you know this was here Axel?" Kate asked. "No, I had no idea. I didn't even know my uncle was capable of building." He responded.

I got down the stairs, somehow not breaking any. I made sure everyone was at the bottom before continuing.

I walked down the stone brick tunnel, and saw a shiny object. I walked over to it, and I realized what it was. It was a Glock 19, with an extended magazine, and three normal ones. I went to pick it up, but Garth jumped in front of me.

"You have the HP, I get this." He said, eyeing the Glock. He reached out to grab it, but as soon as he made contact with the grip, the box it was in sent two sharp blades out, and they clamped down on his wrist.

"FUCK SHIT FUCK HELP!" He said, as he fell to the ground, with no hand. He quickly passed out from the pain. "I pulled off my shirt and handed it to Candy. "Wrap this tightly around it!" I said, running back upstairs. I walked around a corner and saw an old iron. (An antique version of what you use to get wrinkles out of clothes)

I put it on a stove in the kitchen, and began heating it up. I heard screams from downstairs, so I knew Garth was awake. I had to hurry. I pulled the iron off of the stove, and turned the stove off. I ran downstairs and kicked Garth in the head when I got to the bottom, knocking him out cold.

"What the hell Humphr-" Candy started to say, but was interrupted when I placed the iron on his wrist, cauterizing the wound. "This would have hurt like hell if he was awake." I said.

The iron sizzled, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air. Kate gagged, and Candy full on threw up on the wall of the hallway, adding to the terrible scent.

The iron finally stopped sizzling, and his wound was no longer bleeding. I threw the iron aside, and stood up. "I kicked him pretty hard, he'll be out for a while." I said. "Can you take care of him Candy?" I asked, and she nodded her head in response. I held out the Browning HP, and she took it. I also gave her the extra mag.

"I'll be ok." She reassured us. I walked over to the box the Glock was in. I saw a pencil and paper next to it. The paper read: "A Glock for a hand, good luck Humphrey."

I was shocked. "How does it know my fucking name?!" I asked Axel. He looked puzzled, and just shrugged.

"It was clearly meant to get you, Humph." Kate said. "Yeah, it said it can't control you." Axel added.

"It wants me dead then." I said, realizing I was the only one who could bring him down.

I looked into the box, that had opened back up. I stuck the pencil in, and the blades snapped closed, cutting the thin pencil in two.

"I was hoping it would only work one time." I said, annoyed. Just then, I got an idea. I grabbed the iron, and put it in the box. Sure enough, the blades shot out, and hit the iron. The blades got stuck, and I reached in the box. I felt some fur, and I knew what it was.

"Oh shit, I found Garth's hand." I said, grimacing. I slowly pulled the dismembered body part out.

"Oh shit, that's fucking gross!" Stephanie said, putting a hand overer mouth, and Kate looked like she was going to be sick.

I reached back into the box, and pulled the Glock and it's mags out. They were all full. "I think 58 rounds is good." Axel said, looking at the mags I had in my hand.

"Well, we better go find winter, and get out of here." I said, loading the Glock.

I began to walk down the hallway, with Kate right behind me and Axel to my left, and Stephanie behind him.

We walked for Waht seemed like hours, it may have very well been hours, I don't know, all I cared about was finding my friend, and getting out of here.

I was deep in thought, when a screech broke my train of thought. I looked around, but still had no idea what it was.

Just then, we saw something walking towards us. It had sort of a shuffle motion, and when it came closer, I pointed my gun as soon as I saw who it was.

It was Drake. I ran up to him, and tried to hug him. He just faded away. "Haha, you are so easy to manipulate Humphrey." A voice said. "Fuck you, you can't control me bitch!" I screamed.

"We'll see about that." The voice said again. "Then come here and fight us right now!" Axel yelled. "You won't 'cause you're afraid, bitch!" Kate yelled out.

"I would, but I don't need you to die this soon, I need you for something." It said, laughing maniacally.

"No you won't fight us because you're scared, because you can't control us when Humphrey is around!" Stephanie screamed.

"I'll see you soon!" It said evilly. "Let's get Winter and get out of here." Kate said. "I agree, we need to get out of here." Stephanie walked further down the hall.

I noticed a door to my right, and motioned to Axel. "She's there, I know it." I whispered. "How do we open it?" He asked.

"Like this." I said, and I shot the lock on th door, knocking it off. We walked in and saw… nothing.

"I thought you said she was in here!" Axel yelled at me. "She is dude, calm down." I said, feeling around the walls, until I found a loose brick. I pulled it out, and it revealed a handle.

"So, who pulls it?" I asked. "I'll do it, you need to survive." Axel said, grabbing the handle.

"Alright, three… two… one… agh!" He yelled as he pulled the lever. The wall to the left moved, revealing a passage.

"You good?" I asked Axel. "Well, other than my slight heart attack, I'm fine." He said, walking through the passage.

We walked out of the tunnel, and saw Winter. She was bound by ropes, and laying on a table. I walked over to her, and unbound the ropes. I nudged her, but she didn't wake up.

I checked her pulse, fearing she shared the same fate as her now ex boyfriend. She had a pulse, but I was slow and irregular.

"She needs a hospital! Now!" I yelled, scooping her up in my arms, and running down the tunnel. I hit the room where the secret passage was, and Leo into the hallway. I sprinted as fast as I could, and even with Winter in my arms, Axel, Kate and Stephanie couldn't catch me.

Candy and Garth we're a blur as I ran past them. I couldn't tell if Garth was awake yet, but I didn't care. My friend was dying, she needed help. I thought back to all the fond memories of Winter.

When me and Kate got together.

When we all got drunk for the first time.

Our group, minus Garth and Candy, had been through everything together. We were already down one member, and I wasn't going to lose another one.

I thought back to one particular nmemory with Winter.

*Flashback*

We had just gotten out of Freshmen year, and were at the park behind the school playing football. Winter, Kate, Lilly and Stephanie were on the sidelines cheering for my team, which was Axel Drake and Hutch.

On the other tram was Garth, Candu, Alex and Zach. We played for a while, until my team won. We walked to the sidelines, and I heard Winter and Kate talking.

Winter's POV

"Just kiss him I you like him, he likes you too." I said to Kate, motioning to her crush, Humphrey.

"No, he dosn't like me back." She tried convincing herself. "Kate, why do you think he always hangs oh with you?" I asked.

"He is a good friend." She argued. I noticed Humphrey walk I towards us.

"I think it's more, and you can tell him now!" I said, pointing to Humphrey walk in towards us. She blushed, and looked away nervously.

Humphrey's POV

I heard everything she said, and I was so glad to hear she liked me too. I walked towards her, and Winter smiled, knowing I heard everything. She talked that loud on purpose so I would hear, she knew I liked Kate, and that Kate liked me.

I walked up to the now blushing Kate. "Hey, how was the game?" I asked. "It was awesome, you kicked ass." She said, blushing when she complemented me.

"Thanks. So, I heard everything you told winter, an that she told you." I said. Kate blushed like crazy when I confronted her with this information.

"I… uh… well... Ok, I-" She said, but I locked our lips together. We kissed for about ten seconds, and Winter squeals squeals joy.

When we both pulled away, Kate gazed into my eyes, and I looked into her amazing auburn eyes. "Wow!" We both said, kissing again. Everyone watched us in awe.

*End Flashback*

Still Humphrey POV

She was the reason I had Kate. She was the reason for my happiness. Now it was my turn to help her. I ran as fast as my legs would allow, and left everything as a blur. If she died, I could never forgive myself.

I hit the front door, but felt a sharp pain in my back. I he in agony, and placed winter on the couch.

I felt my back, and there was a needle in it. "Theres plenty more where that came from." The demon said, walking out of a shadow.

I pulled my Glock, and was ready to fight.

Only one of us could come out of this battle alive.

A/N: Wow! I can't wait to write next chapter! Im only gonna do three or four chapters, at the max five. So please review, it really shows youre liking what I do, and shows me I should continue writing. Thank you all for reading. Until next time!

-Nate