Chapter 2

Steam could have sworn Carter mumbled his name as she slept on, but he would never admit it to anyone.

"Dude Carter's outfit is smoking hot!" Alex said looking through the rear view mirror. Lacey smacked him hard.

Steam looked down at Carter again, "Well he is right." He was rewarded with a slap too, which caused him to rock in surprise waking Carter.

She rubbed her eyes and looked at him, "Ummmm.."

"Oh umm.. Sorry" He said quickly moving her out of his lap.

"Hey wait.. Why is your cheek so red?"

Alex began laughing, which caused another sharp sound following with an ouch.

"That's why." Steam said.

"Why did she slap you?"

"Because."

"Lacey…"

"Oh fine," He said getting red, "Me and Alex, well, like your outfit."

Carter got a little red next, "Oh.."

Lacey quickly interjected, "Why did you wear that anyways, you always wear sweatshirts and nothing hot like that."

"Well.. My other shirt and things got ruined and I needed something else to wear.. Unfortunately these were what I could find, all the stores were raided through."

"Sure." Was all Lacey could say. Carter didn't have the energy to put up with Lacey at the moment.

Instead to Steams surprise she scooted back into his lap and nuzzled her head into his neck. "I'm kind of cold."

He didn't pass up this opportunity, he wrapped his arms around her, "Is this better?"

"Much." And with that she fell asleep again.

"You guys should go out!" Lacey exclaimed.

'Yes!' Steams mind screamed, "Well we don't know each other we just met a few hours ago."

"Yeah and she is already on top of you! She has never hooked up with a guy so quickly before!"

"We haven't 'hooked up' she is just cold."

"Oh my God are you blind? She is sleeping in your arms! Normally if some guy tries to touch her she is all about kicking his ass and showing him whose boss!"

"She always was a fighter, huh? Unlike you.. You were a pretty easy catch." Alex said with obvious joking intended, but Lacey crossed her arms and turned to the window.

"Ugh, come on! I was joking!"

While Alex pleaded with Lacey to forgive him, Steam moved so he was sitting in the back seat with his head on the window and legs along the seat. He gently moved Carter with him so they stayed along each other. Soon he drifted to sleep too.

Carter woke up laying on top of Steam. She had her hands on this chest and he had his arms wrapped around her. She was shocked and confused with herself, mostly because she liked being in his arms.

Carter looked around and realized it was almost dark outside and they were parked on the side of the road. She could hear Lacey and Alex talking out side of the car. She figured she could get out and stretch her legs for a minute.

Carter sat up and tried to gently move Steams arms off of her but when she did he pulled her in tighter and rolled over.

"m mI love..mmm you.. Car.." He breathed out in his sleep, making her catch her breath. Just then Lacey playfully screamed outside.

Steam jumped up in his sleep, waking up. We he saw where he was he quickly let go of her and got out of the car. Carter just lay frozen where she was until her breath came back and then she got out of the car too.

When she got out Steam was scolding the other two.

"Alex don't play around so much! And Lacey we talked about it, especially at night we have to be quieter."

"Lay back, we were having fun, just because you cant.." Lacey spit back.

"Fun, there are fucking zombies out there and other things too.."

"Steam, I was just tickling her, its harmless and besides we all know your ticklish too."

As Steam began to deny it, Carter gave a devil of a smile and snuck up behind him. She tickled him and he immediately swung around and struck out. Which she expected, she tackled him and tickled him.

To her surprise he laughed. It was the cutest laugh she ever heard and it was contagious. Carter, Lacey and even Alex started laughing with him.

That's when a wolf howled somewhere in close distance making Lacey grab Alex's arm and made Carter stop tickling Steam.

Steam moved out from under Carter and was now back to his serious face. He pulled a shot gun out from under the back seat and cocked it.

"It probably wont come near us." Alex said pretty relaxed. Steam didn't say a word. Everyone was silent for a moment and then a pack of five wolves burst towards them.

Alex pushed Lacey into the car and shut her in while Steam raised his gun and shot the first wolf. It was hard to tell where because it was getting dark but it immediately dropped dead.

Then next thing that happened made Carter get the heebie-jeebies. The wolf Steam had shot transformed into a man. The sound of another shot brought Carter out of her shock, until another wolf dropped dead and became a woman.

"Wh.. Wh.. what's going on?" she stammered.

Steam then reloaded his gun and shot again, another one dead. Another human body to hit the floor. The last two wolves where very close now. Alex shot the one running towards him, it stalled for a moment with a loud whimper and them continued coming at him.

"Shit! I don't have the right bullets!"

"Here!" Steam pulled two silver bullets out of his back pocket and threw them at Alex, but it was too late the wolf leaped out at Alex pinning him to the side of the car.

Carter could hear Lacey scream in the car, but she was too worried about the wolf coming for her. She realized between her and Steam she was the probably the easier target.

She could also see Steam was working out in his head how he was going to save both Alex and herself. She sighed, then too a deep breath and ran straight for the wolf.

They met head on and Lacey grabbed it around the middle and they fell down into the dirt. They rolled sideways, when they stopped she quickly moved into a crouching position and kicked it in the head. Then she pulled out the pistol from the back of her jeans and shot the wolf.

Then she stood up and spit on it to show her disgust and ran back to the car before it could transform.

Steam was leaning over Alex and Lacey was pounding on the window, not far away another body was laying in the dirt.

As Carter got closer she saw the bite mark on his neck that came around to his collar bone. It was bleeding everywhere and Alex was spazzing out.

"FUCK!" Steam yelled, and stood up to run his fingers through his hair.

Carter went to try and comfort Alex when Steam yanked her back. "What? I was just.. Look at him!" She screamed.

"He was bitten! He is going to transform in to a fucking werewolf!" He screamed right back at her. "Get in the car."

"No." She crossed her arms and held her place.

"For Gods sake! Get in the car!"

"You let me stay or I swear I will let Lacey out of the car."

Something stuck in Steam, "You wouldn't."

"Wanna try me?"

Steam began to curse under his breath and Carter smiled in triumph. Then Alex half screamed half growled out loud and they went back to the real issue.

They each went to a different side of him. "What do we do?" Carter asked.

"We can't do much. The change will be painful. He wont have any control at first. We just have to let him run it out, but we have to take watch over him."

She shook her head and Alex began to transform in front of them.

"Start running." Steam said when Alex's transformation ended. She got up and began jogging out. And then all the sudden Alex was right behind her.

"ALEX!" A voice scream not far behind them. It was Lacey.

"Lacey no!" Carter screamed, but it was too late, Lacey was running towards Alex, and Alex turned to run after her. Steam cut Alex off and punched him in the jaw. Carter grabbed Lacey and pulled her back, but Lacey was fighting off hard.

"Geeze Lace." Then Carter sighed and pulled her gun out, "Sorry! Its for your own good!"

She whacked Lacey in the head with the gun knocking her out. Then she pulled her to the other side of the car and went back to Steam and Alex.

Alex was laying of the floor in human form. Steam was standing over him.

"He's just passed out." Steam said about to run his fingers through his hair again when Lacey noticed the three cuts that ran over his forearm dripping blood.

"Your hurt."