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Chapter 10 – Billy Through the Looking Glass

Billy's POV

Sam turned to face Emily and I saw for the first time the damage I had done. Part of his face was hanging off and huge chunks of his flesh were missing from his chest and stomach. One of his arms was missing, just below the elbow.

'Sam' walked slowly to Emily and me. I snarled, hoping he would fear me. I should not have been so stupid.

"You don't seriously think you can stop me!" His speech was a bit slurred and difficult to understand, though I knew what he was saying. "I am many. You cannot kill me."

Emily looked past me and screamed. I followed her gaze and started growling. More 'Sams' were walking out of the kitchen. Each Sam had the exact injuries as the 'Sam' in front of me.

'Paul! We need help! It isn't Sam. He…he made five more 'Sams' appear!' I yelped as 'Sam' picked me up above his head.

'Billy, we're here!' I heard Paul say as 'Sam' threw me outside, through the glass windows.

Paul POV

As I crossed the door, I saw Billy being thrown through the glass windows. There were six 'Sams'. Each one grossly disfigured…I could feel the wolves shock.

'Quil, go to Billy! I divided the 'Sams' between the remaining wolves. I went to Emily and fell down on my knees in shock. Emily was covered in blood with bits of glass sticking out of her flesh. One of Emily's eyes was swollen shut. The bruises were already showing.

"Paul." Emily's voice was barely a whisper. "Is this Sam? What had happened to Sam?"

I shook my head. The real Sam would never have allowed Emily to get hurt. Who is this monster that has invaded our land? I glanced at the 'Sam' directly in front of me. One of his hands was holding half of his face up close to the undamaged flesh. I watched as nerves and skin began healing. His face was almost whole! I couldn't let this thing regenerate. We had to kill him now! I snarled and pounced on him. I tore his arm away from his body, his screams the background sound of his own destruction. All of the wolves joined in on my fight.

'Quil! Get the fire started! He is almost destroyed! Why are you guys here and not with the Sam that you were told to kill?'

'The rest disappeared when you started attacking your Sam.' Jared answered me, but I could feel the same response from all the wolves.

My brothers and I carried the pieces of the fake Sam outside and placed him on the fire. We could still hear his screams. "You cannot kill me! You cannot kill!" It took 15 minutes of burning to silence his screams. Emily stared at the flames; tears streaming down her face.

'Jared, get the younger pups to run patrol. Have all the older wolves come to Sam's house. There are many things we need to do. Everyone else, phase back. We need to help Emily and Billy.'

We stepped back in the house to phase and get dressed. When we went back outside, we found Quil carrying Billy, still in wolf form, to Emily. Emily had her legs folded underneath her. She was staring at the dying fire. Billy put one of his front paws on Emily's lap and looked in Emily's eyes. A faint whine came from him, but Emily still wouldn't move or make a sound.

I knelt beside Emily and put my arms around her. "Emily?" I hesitantly said her name.

Emily turned and put her head on my shoulder. Her small hands balled into fists. She pummeled my arms while she sobbed. "I knew it couldn't be my Sam. But where…where is he? Paul, tell me where he is! Is he safe? Why…why did he leave me? Why?"

Emily was close to a complete breakdown and I knew I couldn't do anything or say anything to help her. "Emily I don't know –"

She backed away from my grasp. "Did he run away? Does he not want to be a wolf any more? I don't care if he isn't a wolf! I need him and he needs me!"

"Emily, I'm sorry! None of us realized it wasn't Sam. If Billy hadn't figured it out –"

Emily went to Billy and put her hand just below his ear. "Billy, do you know where Sam is?"

Billy shook his head and continue to whine. (Man! That was annoying! I sure hope the old man won't try to hang around us or phase very often.)

Emily buried her face in Billy's neck fur. Billy didn't move…he let her cry and offered what small comfort he could give her.

I heard paws racing up the gravel driveway to Sam's home. After a couple of minutes, Jared stepped out the back door.

"Paul, Billy just told me he couldn't phase back."