Victoria

Karma pushed me into a dirty cell, a steel shackle enclosed around my neck. I crawled to the back wall and shrank against it. I wasn't scared, that wasn't in my nature. I guess I was just depressed, I know what happened between Beck and Jade. The bond allows me to see through her eyes sometimes, I just happened to walk in on a moment I wish I hadn't. I have an urge to bite him then put him out in the sun to burn, but I know his blood only amplified the feelings Jade already had for him. I know she has feelings for me too, but I want her to be happy even if it makes me miserable. I sighed as a tear slowly slid down my cheek.
"Hey, don't be scared. I don't know what you are but you look strong. I'm sure whatever they fight you against, you could easily take them out." A small voice next to me said. I look over and see a little girl, probably no older than five, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a dirty green dress, in the cell next to me.
"I'm not scared." I mumble, then I turned and faced the wall again.
"Then why are you crying?" The little girl asked. I side-glanced at her.
"I'm crying because the girl I love, loves someone else." I explain. I keep it simple because she's just a little girl, and probably doesn't even know what love means.
"Girl? Aren't girls supposed to love boys?" The little girl asked. I groaned, what is a little kid even doing in this type of place. I sighed and turned so I was facing her.
"Love doesn't discriminate, it doesn't care if your black, white, Latino, Muslim, Japanese, Christian, Satanist, 14, 20, straight, or gay. Love is love, and it just chooses you." I explain.
"Oh, well I'm Zoey." She says excitedly. Kids have such small attention spans.
"I'm...Tori." I tell her. I figured Victoria would be too complicated for a five year old. Zoey giggles, and I'll admit it's kind of adorable.
"So what are are you?" She asks. I sit up and scoot closer to her cell.
"A werewolf." I answer. Zoey's nose scrunches.
"Is that why you smell like dirt, and trees?" She asks. Immediately, I take offense. It's not my fault I smell like a wolf. I lean a little closer to her and take a whiff. She smells like this place, like dirt and grime with a little blood. But not only that an animal's scent is thrown in there, one I can't place but I've definitely smelt before. I groaned, she must be some kind of shifter.
"You don't exactly smell like a basket of peaches, kid." I retort. Zoey whines.
"It's not my fault! They won't let me take a bath!" She says. I tilt my head to the side in confusion.
"Why won't they let you take a bath?" I ask.
"You have to win to get rewarded." She answered meekly. A buzzer sounded, and a demon walked in with a lioness on a leash. The lioness had various cuts and gashes on her body. The demon threw her into an empty cell across from mine. She gave a low growl as she paced in a cell.
"Whose next?!" The demon yelled to everyone in the cells. Whimpers and whines sounded throughout the cell hall. Zoey shrank back into the shadows of her cell. The demon's eyes went to her cell and he advanced toward it. My protective instincts kicked in and immediately I knew I had to do something.
"I'll do it. I'll go next." I say as I spring to my feet. The demon's black eyes fixed on me; studying me.
"You're the Alpha, they just brought in?" He questioned. I nodded. He smirked.
"Go ahead and shift, Alpha. I've always wanted to see an Alpha werewolf transformation." He said, he was smiling at me and ogling my breasts. I let out an uneasy breath. Pictures of Jade naked with Beck flashed through my mind. I let out a pain filled scream and doubled over in pain as my organs shut down and reconfigured. I slowly crumbled to my knees, another scream pierced the air around me as my spine arched and shifted from human to canine. My body contorted and extended to the length of my wolf. My shoulders dislocated then expanded. My chest expanded breaking my ribs. I could feel everyone's eyes on me. My arm and leg muscles thickened, and widened. My screams were cut off into loud, angry growls as my vocal cords changed. My jaw shot out and connect with my nose to form a proper wolf muzzle. I grunted in pain as my head pulsed and reconfigured into that of a large wolf. I opened my eyes, I noticed I was now colorblind. My spine extended creating a long tail. My bushy fur sprouted out from my skin. Once the awful pain ended, I shook away all the tingly feelings. I also noticed that i took up every crook and cranny of my cell, now. I blinked at the demon expectantly, waiting patiently for him to get me out of this snug spot.
"You're a big one, aren't ya?" He said as he looked up at me. He looked down at leash in his hands then back up at me.
"Hey, Hex. I'm gonna need a long chain!" He called to Hex who was on an upper level of the containment area. A heavy and long chain dropped down from wherever the other demon was, and landed in the hands of the demon in front of me. The demon's black eyes were on me again as he opened the gate to my cage. He whistled as I were a dog, and held the chain in a noose-like position. I growled and pushed my ears forward. I stood up straight; an Alpha stance. It didn't affect him the slightest. He wrapped the chain tightly around my neck and yanked me forward. As he walked me through Holding Cell Hall; as it says on the sign near the door, an uproar of various animals sounded. They were laughing at me, I paid them no mind though. They had no reason to laugh as I am probably ten times the sizes of their animals. We reached a circular, steel, pit thing with sand at the bottom; it looked like something people fight dogs in. Dozens of vampires, demons,and all kinds of other dark supernatural creatures were waving money around and shouting out random things. The demon unchained me and pushed me inside. The light inside the pit was remarkably brighter than it was back in the holding cells, I flinched as my sensitive eyes readjusted to it.
"Woah! Look at how big that one is!"
"Is that an Alpha werewolf?"
"How in the hell did they manage to catch that?!"
"Look at the fur!"
"Fuck the fur, look at those fierce eyes!"
"My money is on the wolf!"
Random men called out as I paced the pit in anticipation; waiting for my opponent. I got a scent of my opponent and it didn't smell like a harmless little bunny. Combat boots clicked on the floor as a tall man walked in. I look up and on the other side of the pit a Myslrazeni stood. (A/N: a Myslrazeni, is a supernatural creature I made up. It's a mind reading shape shifter. The sex of Myslrazenis are undetermined since they always change form.) It closed its eyes, then a moment later they snapped open it had a smirk plastered on its face. Right now it's form was that of the demon that brought it in. It quickly changed however, now I was staring at Beck.
"Guess what, mutt. I fucked Jade, and I made her feed from me so she would become attracted to me." He taunted. I growled and we started to circle each other. He lunged first, successfully knocking me off of my feet. He sneered as he stood above me.
"How could you ever expect Jade to love you? You'll never be good enough for her, you'll never be strong enough to protect her. How could she ever love a filthy mongrel like you? Oh, yeah that's right. She doesn't. She loves me, she fucks me, she kisses me." He taunted again. That was it. With an angry roar I sprung to my feet. I snarled then charged at him, successfully knocking him to the sandy ground. I bit into his shoulder; tearing off a good chunk. He let out a cry of pain, but it caught off into a shrill scream. Suddenly I wasn't looking into the red eyes of Beck, I was looking into the blue/green eyes of Jade. She had tears streaming down her face, her light brown hair all frazzled. My eyes wandered down to huge gash in her shoulder.
"Vic...why?" She whispered. I let out a chorus of whimpers and started to run my tongue along the wound. After it was fully healed Jade smirked. I felt a sharp, stabbing pain in my stomach. I looked down to see a clawed hand in my bleeding stomach. I looked back up and met smug red eyes. I was suddenly thrown into the far side of the pit; my back meeting the wall with an ear splitting crack. I yelped in pain once I ricocheted off the wall and fell to the sandy floor with a loud thud. I struggled to stand on all fours. The Myslrazeni stood on the other side of the pit a smug smirk on it's bony face. It was in it's true form now, which looked like a cross between a demon; like a pure red skinned demon with horns, hooves, and everything, and a skeleton. It's eyes blazed with fire as it charged toward me with lightening fast speed, I didn't even have time to let out a yelp of as it's long talons began to rip into me. Blood and dark brown fur went flying. More of my blood splattered the wall behind me, I caught one last look at it's flaming red eyes, before descending into darkness.

Jade

I sighed as I reluctantly trudged down the steps of Beck's home. There was no way of getting around it, I had to talk to Sherry. When I stepped out into the cold morning air I immediately noticed that the sun had yet to rise, which must mean that it was around like 3 something in the morning. I usually get up around 3am. A huge white wolf stood a few ways away from the back door in which I had just exited from. A huge black wolf joined it a minute later, and nuzzled it affectionately. I coughed to get their attention. The black wolf growled, it's eyes snapped to me. It snarled and made a move to attack me, but the white wolf blocked its path and shook its head in what I'm assuming meant 'no'. The black wolf huffed then backed off. The white wolf turned it's head towards me, and walked calmly over to me. It craned it's neck so that it's face was directly in front of mine. It's deep blue eyes pierced mine then wandered down my neck. A low growl rumbled in its throat.
"So, its true. You slept with that leech and let him sink his fangs into you?" Sherry's voice questioned from the white wolf. I swallowed the little bit of I had, and held my head high.
"What I do with others is none of your concern." I answer boldly. The black wolf growled and ran to Sherry's side.
"It does since my Alpha is missing, and your little boyfriend has a grudge against her!" Andre's voice shouted from the black wolf. I bristled with anger.
"Are you accusing me of something?" I demanded.
"No, he's not. Andre shut up!" Sherry said with a growl. Andre ignored her and continued.
"You could be an accomplice to murder. I bet your boyfriend was jealous of you and Tori's growing relationship. He wanted to do away with the competition!" Andre said with a snarl.
"Victoria is not dead!" I hissed.
"She probably is, and it's your fault!" Andre accused.
"Why the hell do you suddenly care about her?! You sure as hell didn't give a damn when you were leaving scars all over her body!" I yell. Andre faltered.
"I did that because...its forbidden to be with a human. I was just protecting her. Unlike you! You'd just fuck your biter!" Andre said.
"Both of you calm down. Look, Jade, we just wanna find Vic. Okay? She's our friend, and a pack without an Alpha is useless. You want to find her too right?" Sherry asked. I nodded vigorously.
"Can you take us to where you guys were attacked? So Andre and I could try and sniff out her scent." Sherry said.
"Okay." I agreed. The two wolves started to leave, they looked back at me waiting patiently. I followed them, but stopped when I felt a hand catch my wrist. I whip my head around to see Beck behind me looking desperate.
"Beck, let go." I said softly. He shakes his head.
"No, stay here with me." He pleaded. I shook my head.
"No, I need to find Vic. She could be seriously hurt-"
"No! I'm done playing this game!" He yelled abruptly. I blinked confusedly at him.
"What game?" I asked dumbly. He roughly grabbed me by my shoulders; earning a low growl from both Sherry and Andre.
"Hurt her, and Vic won't get the chance to tear you apart. I will." Andre threatened. Beck ignored him and stared at me.
"This game, Elizabeth! I know you are in there. I've had enough of you 'wanting' that dog. And enough with this 'Jade' act as well!" Beck hissed. I glared at him, then tried to shrug out of his grasp, but it was to no avail.
"There is no 'act' I am Jade! I'm not Elizabeth and I never will be!" I yell at him. He looks stunned and drops his hold on my hand. I turn to the two wolves.
"We can go now." I say with a nod. Andre growled at Beck one last time before starting towards the Ojibwa territory. Sherry waited patiently for me. I shot Beck one last glare, before grabbing onto her white fur. We followed after Andre. I took them to the place where Beck, Vic, and I were attacked last night. The two wolves immediately set to work sniffing the ground and air; searching desperately for Vic's scent. Andre treaded across the small lake to sniff the other side. Sherry continued to search over on the side I was on. Andre howled suddenly.
"I've got her scent! It's faint but I can still smell it!" He said excitedly, his silky black fur shining in the moonlight. A loud gunshot sounded, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I blinked and looked at Sherry. A trail of red stained her white fur, smoke arose from the wound. Sherry let out a chorus of whimpers as Andre speed across the water, he nuzzled the white wolf trying to comfort her. He licked at the wound, that seemed to speed up the healing process. Andre growled protectively when he heard approaching footsteps and got in front of Sherry and I.
"Over here, Kyle!" I heard my chemistry teacher's voice call out.
"Coming, Julie!" I heard my brother's voice call back. What the fuck is going on?! I peered around Andre's huge form to see my brother and my chemistry teacher with very big guns aimed at Andre and Sherry. I didn't think twice when I sprung to my feet and ran in front of Andre waving my arms frantically.
"Don't shoot!" I said frantically. My brother stepped into view, carrying a shot gun. Mrs. Plata appeared behind him her own shot gun trained on the giant growling black wolf behind me.
"Jade? What the hell are you doing out in the woods this early in the morning?!" Kyle demanded, he tried to approach me but Andre's growl got more feral.
"I could ask you the same question. And what's with the gun?" I demanded. Kyle faltered and glanced at Mrs. Plata; whose eyes never left Andre, then he glanced back at me.
"It's a long story." He says. I look at him expectantly. He sighs.
"Fine, but you have to tell me why you're out here after I'm done." Kyle negotiates. I nod, I have a feeling that this is about to get really interesting.


Shit is getting really real, guys. We only have a couple chapters to go. See ya next update ;)