A/N Yes, this chapter is kind of short. There won't be many chapters after this, perhaps another two or three. Now, I'd like to ask which would you prefer, a sequel to this (which will be more focussing on the werewolf/parent aspect of things) or a companion to this story from another POV? (e.g David or Marko.) Let me know! :)

Chapter 34: One Shot

I knew we had to be swift; it was only a few hours until sunrise, and I certainly wasn't leaving it until the following night. Paul was not at all pleased at being left behind. I couldn't blame him – I wouldn't be either.

Still, we managed to persuade him to stay, outlining the need for a guard, luckily he was too out of it to really question us, if he had, well we wouldn't have had an answer for him.

When we had evaded Paul, I could tell Dwayne was eager to hurry, and unfortunately for me, flying is the fastest form of transportation.

"Can you do it?" his eyes were begging me to do this.

I braced myself, "I'll try."

He shot off into the air, regardless of my ability, if I couldn't keep up? Well, then I'd have to find my own way.

I focused with all my might on becoming airborne, it was even more difficult without a tutor; Dwayne was long gone.

It was the longest two minutes of my life, after much effort on my part, I managed to get at least a few metres from the ground, high enough for me to leave.

Flying is an impossible experience to describe. I can't even begin to think of adjectives I could attribute to it. It was an experience I wanted to repeat, under less dire circumstances, favourably.

Dwayne was crouching by the window, hidden under the shrubs. I was wondering why he was bothering, if Vlad didn't want us in, I was pretty certain he'd had taken precautions.

I began to ask him, when he pointed at the fur hanging from the tree,

It'll help mask our scents

I nodded and joined him beneath the window.

Do you hear that?

I listened hard,

What am I supposed to be hearing? There is nothing.

Exactly. It's silent. Something is wrong.

Just what we needed, another thing which was erroneous.

After a lengthy time, Vlad appeared at the window.

Crap. He knows we're here!

Don't panic. Dwayne's "voice" was calm and collected, I willed myself to follow his example.

Abruptly Dwayne stepped out from under the bush,

"Hey Vlad!"

Vlad grinned down at him, "well if it isn't my old friend Dwayne, come to join me at last?"

Dwayne forced a smile, "that's correct."

"Fantastic! The more the merrier!" Vlad really did worry me, what with his PMS mood swings....

He opened the window wide, "Come in, come in!"

I was desperately trying to maintain eye contact with Dwayne.

What the hell are you doing!

Just stick to the plan.

Plan? What plan?

Dwayne shrugged,

I'm sure you'll come up with something.

He broke eye contact and flew to the window, disappearing after Vlad.

Spectacular. Not only was David in there, oh no. Now we had Marko and Dwayne to join the party! Maybe I should just fetch Paul, and then we can all have fun together!

Maybe it was just the tiredness speaking, there really wasn't anything even remotely humorous about the situation.

I couldn't really complain, I conceded, after all, it's always a woman's job to save the day, isn't it?