Chapter 9
We've been through this before, having to practically evacuate a kid because we knew he was way too close to be trusted around anyone. At least it was only one kid this time.
Before we would just have someone at school watch the kid, but since our wolves keep getting younger we can't really go back to junior high just so we can watch them. We had had the council talk to the principal of La Push Junior High school before the fight. We had to be able to get those kid's out of there without having to lie our way through millions of questions. The principal wasn't in on the secret; he just knew that he was required to release any kids to us.
But the order was for Sam's pack; hopefully he would listen to me.
We phased back in the woods outside the school. Leah and Paul had joined us and decided to stay in wolf form in the woods in case something went wrong.
The secretary frowned at us. "May I help you?" she hissed.
"We need to talk to the principal. It's an emergency." I replied, trying to keep my voice pleasant. She buzzed us in.
Luckily the principal listened to me. He agreed to have Ryan meet us out on the playground as soon as possible.
Embry and I went outside to wait, dodging angry glares on our way out. "We're not that popular here are we?" I joked.
"Not since the kids that we take out suddenly disappear and then die." Embry replied lightly, but I flinched.
I had to wonder what was going through this kid's head. Having heard dozens of other boys called out of class not to return. He must be terrified.
The doors of the school swung open and Ryan marched out. He looked angry, that was good, maybe we can get him to phase here instead of having to wait it out. I glanced at Embry; he saw this too and nodded at me.
When Ryan saw us he froze. I couldn't tell if it was out of fear or not. He stomped up to us.
Boy was Embry right; the kid had to be over six foot already. His muscles bulged out from a too small shirt; he was probably wearing his dad's clothes. He lifted a gangly hand out towards us.
"You!" he yelled. "What do you want from me? Why are you doing this." He started shaking. Embry and I glanced at each other. All he needed was a little push.
"We aren't the bad guys Ryan." I replied hastily. That did it.
Ryan's convulsions grew worse and within half a second he exploded, clothes flying. He looked like how most newborns looked, a scrawny version of Cousin It. His coat was a deep chestnut; his eyes were covered with his long fur. I quickly phased and was joined by Paul and Leah. We pulled him quickly off towards the woods hoping no one saw this. Embry stayed behind and picked up the scraps of clothing.
I quickly explained to him what was going on, repeating the words that had been spoken to all of us. The kid was panicky, like we all had been. But he seemed more angry than afraid, great another Paul. Paul snarled back at me.
We took Ryan away from the school grounds and deep into the woods, he was nowhere near calming down. It was going to talk a while.
Leah let out a sigh. Great, another wolf child. We all saw the hurt behind her words. She was thinking of Seth. We all understood, none of us wanted this same fate for anyone, especially children. But there was nothing we could do.