Apart from a few holes in the small bridges, making their way though the swamp was relatively easy there was only three downfalls before reaching the other side, the track came right out into the open, Selene sense both human parties after them along with the law. The last problem was keeping silent since right at this point Selene's wings decided to grow the final set of bones structuring themselves properly. Falling to her knees in the mud Selene clenched her teeth trying hard not to let out a cry as the skin ripped apart letting the last bone though.

"Mum are you alright?" Kain whispered as low as he could then knelt by her side and putting his arm around her waist to support her.

"Yes its passing, I'll be fine" She sat up strait as the last painful phase had passed now the limbs of the wings will gradually grow the skin flaps then feathers. She looked at Kain's muddy but still running watch that said 12:56am.

"Happy birthday" she whispered to him wrapping her arms around him hugging him tight she was so proud of him he had handled everything so well and taken care of her. She was proud of all her children the three beings in all the world she knew she could trust and love without the risk of harm.

"Thanks"

He let go of her as everyone crouched low under the near by trees and shrub keeping out of view on the way giving Kain a happy birthday silent pat on the back or hug. Michael became even more aggravated as Marcus pushed past him over to Kain almost shoving him deliberately to the ground. Lilly had seen what Marcus had done and gave him a sharp look that he ignored then walked away. Kain was about to go and sit with his mother when Lilly nudged him in the side and pointed to Michael who had turned away feeling so out of place.

"Dad" Kain said ever so quietly to Michael the very first time he had called him dad.

Michael's face lit up with a smile

"Happy birthday" he said only learning of his son's birthday. Michael had been so caught up with getting Selene back he had hardly paid any attention to Kain it was no wonder he didn't consider him much of a father yet. Selene sat silent staring intensely into the old farm clearing trying to sort out where everyone was. The police where easy, they sat guard right out in the open on the road unaware of what they really where thinking this was still a hostage situation. Selene could tell by the presence that the second group was past the police over the road beyond the hedge using their little devices to try and disguise themselves but she had long learnt to detect their presence the one thing they could not hide. And the third lot where near the police past the lot of cut down trees, they where almost as easy seen as the police but their tactic was more harsh they would charge into the open to capture one of them bluntly even if it was in front of the law.

It seemed where ever there was police stationed with was in an entire radius around them the others had their stations also.

"Where completely surrounded" Selene admitted to the rest.

"We need another diversion" Kain suggested

"No they will know it's you" Selene said ducking along with everyone else at the helicopter passing overhead.

"No the cows" He suggested

"I just need to get to the cows and I can make them stampede, it will put of the ones by the hedge and distract the cops"

Selene paused thinking on it, it seemed the only idea that may work.

"How will you get over there without giving it away, they'll question if you're the dog thinking your with us, the rats will give the same impression indicating we're coming out and cats don't live in swamps" Erika didn't want to se it but it was true.

"Fine a snake it is then I'll go in though the creek" Kain told them pointing to the small water pipe that flowed water under the road and into the paddocks.

"Fine" Selene sighed wishing it wouldn't have to be him.

Kain had absorbed a snake skin while he was in the water absorbing the DNA that he had been unaware of.

Slowly he crept along the bank on all fours though the mud and under the large tree roots unseen. Selene watched Kain anxiously waiting with typical motherly fear of her first born son putting himself in danger. The father instincts of Michael where beginning to take place as he felt the same pull tell him to call him back. Sophia wove herself in under Selene's arm and sat on Selene's crouched thy watching her older brother in the safety of her mothers arms it was impulse as puppies on their Lycan side would run under the parent's body staying against the chest for protection.

"He'll make it mum, I know he will" Sophia reassured her, she had always had so much confidence in her older brother.

"Oh shit" Selene heard Lucian curse from behind followed with a yelling cop with a flash light

"No body move!" The cop yelled holding up the gun and flashlight mainly in Marcus and Michaels direction since they where the two seen on the surveillance cameras in the motel office. About six more cops came up from behind holding up guns and lights

"This is unit 359 we need backup on the northeast exit of the swamp!" one screamed into the radio.

"It's the woman and child from the motel" One cop said heading toward Selene still thinking she and Sophia where hostages.

Marcus flinched at the cop approaching Selene and Sophia but not in offensive manner he knew the police wouldn't harm them everyone knew just to play along for the time being.

"Don't move" one of the cops pointed a gun right at his head Marcus lifted his hands slightly.

"Its alright we'll take you to the hospital your safe now" The woman cop that approached Selene and Sophia said friendly Selene still had blood over her back from her wings that where now woven around her waist making it look like broken arms, Sophia holding tightly onto Selene was hiding her wings.

Selene looked at Marcus and Viktor who where hiding Saxon behind them.

Erika and Lucian had dove into a muddy bog behind a tree luckily unseen hiding from the cops.

"Who are you two?" the cop closest to Lilly and the mute asked them

"He's mute and blind we found him trapped under a house"

The cop swung the gun from them to Viktor when he heard a noise

"Come out now!"

Fearfully Saxon did as he was told sheepishly afraid stepped out from behind Viktor then grabbed his arm afraid.

"Geez it's another child"

"It's alright boy come over here" the cop gestured for him to come but Saxon hesitated looking up at Viktor and Marcus.

"Come on there is no need to be afraid come over here"

"Saxon" Selene called him instead so he wouldn't have to go to the cop. Saxon let go of Viktor and ran to Selene crouching behind her and Sophia.

"Alright get those three out of here"

"Actually sir you better take a look at this" The woman realized there was something strange about Selene's back and stepped back away from her

"Yes there inhuman" Another voice but in from behind the police, three of the cops turned while the other four kept their weapons facing at the rest.

The group that had hid among the cut trees had bolted out armed and ready.

"Put your weapons down!" The cops yelled at the masked men.

"Please they did that to her we are running from them they are trying to kidnap us" Lilly lied pleading it wasn't hard since it was half true.

"I would kill myself before I would ever harm a hair on my children's head" Marcus said holding back his anger at the cops for scaring his twins that cling onto Selene.

"Put your weapons down" the cops turned the guns away from them to the masked men behind them.

Effectively now they had the cops on their side.