I got reviews! Huzzah. I figured I might as well answer them…

To Whightwolf: I'm glad you like it. To answer your question, I like the villains in the sense of their appearance. I hate their personalities and how they talk. I think the writers of that show need to die a horrible death as soon as they can, so better writers can take their place. And also, I've only seen so many episodes of Teen Titans. And the HIVE rarely shows up as it is.

To acosta pérez josé ramiro: Thanks for the grammar detail. .; I knew I was going to miss something! I'm gonna fix it too. (eventually)

Now it's time for Chapter 2

Tsutanai Waaurufu

Chapter 2

Sameru

#&# THE HIVE #&#

Jinx sat up suddenly and looked around. She was in an all white room that she instantly recognized to be a room in the HIVEs medical wing. Just how did I end up here? Memories flooded back to her. The dog, getting attacked, passing out, and then those creatures' threat… She looked at herself and saw she was attached to an I.V. that was giving her blood. Jinx clamped her eyes shut; she couldn't stand the sight of blood. She heard the beeps on the heart monitor increase, followed by a soft moan. Confused, Jinx turned around to see Mammoth and Gizmo sitting on a couch in a corner of the room, sleeping. They must have stayed up all night to make sure I was okay… Jinx wiped a tear from her eye. They didn't have to do that. They're nicer than I give 'em credit for.

Jinx touched her neck where the dog had bitten her and she found it was covered by a large bandage to help it heal. I'm lucky. That bite could have killed me… Jinx's memory of what the dog said to her echoed in her mind. Was that really a werewolf? It couldn't have been. That type of thing only happens in bad horror movies. I bet I was just having a nightmare. Gizmo did make me watch "Wolf-man" the other night…

"Morning, Jinx," Gizmo said with a yawn. "You okay?"

"Morning. And yeah, I'm fine," Jinx said followed by a smile. It wasn't the type of smile she would have normally flashed if this had happened. This smile showed her teeth (something she rarely did), and came with a tiny growl. It looked… feral. You will become a werewolf like us, and you will kill the one person on this miserable planet that you care for, Jinx's mind taunted. Shaking herself from her frightening thoughts Jinx frowned. "Gizmo…" she started, "Is the moon going to be full again tonight?"

Gizmo was shocked by her question. Jinx was superstitious and all, but she was asking how long the full moon lasted? That was weird even for her… "No. Why?"

The heart monitor beeped slower; Jinx relaxed. "I was just wondering. I like looking at the full moon… All the superstition that centers around it; it's beautiful…"

"What superstition centers around the full moon? I mean like aside from werewolves and junk…"

"Well…" Jinx was trying to ponder a good example. Most of them involved romance and love, and that was one subject she really wanted to avoid at this time, but it appeared like she didn't have much of a choice... "It is said that lovers are more romantic on a full moon… And a woman must be very careful whom she invites to dinner, if she baked a cake when the moon is full because the person who eats the first piece will become her husband… A full moon during harvest means a good crop… Blowing nine times on a wart while the moon is full will make the wart go away… A full moon on Christmas Day brings misfortune… Full moons are supposed to make someone crazy… It's unlucky to drive a nail into a board during a full moon… Sleeping under the light of a full moon will make a woman pregnant… Two full moons in the same month will cause severe weather in the following month. Actually the second of those two full moons is called the 'Blue moon'. It only happens once every 16 years… In the months of both January and March… February won't have a full moon that year but…"

"So that's where the phrase 'once in a blue moon' comes from!" Gizmo said snapping his fingers.

Jinx nodded. "Yeah, the blue moon's also supposedly twice as powerful than a normal full moon. So if you were a werewolf and it was a blue moon, you would be more powerful than usual… I was born under a blue moon, too."

"So that means… there should be another blue moon coming up… You're sixteen on the… 31st, right?"

"Yeah…" Jinx raised her eyebrow. "How old are you?"

"Sixteen," Gizmo said matter-of-factly

"Seriously? You don't…" How could she phrase this? "look… sixteen…" Jinx bit her lip. She didn't want to insult him, per se. She was just curious.

"I know." He shrugged his shoulders. That's really weird. He's normally way talkative. Well, if I'm self conscious of how I dress, why can't he be self conscious of his height?

Mammoth yawned and mumbled a simple "Morning," to the duo. "The doctors said you should be able to get out of here late afternoon… Which means, so can we."

"You guys didn't need to stay here all last night…" Jinx said blushing. "It's really sweet, though."

"Welcome," Mammoth said dismissively. Well, that means I can go and sleep in my room tonight. But… What if it is true? What if I turn into a werewolf? Shimatta! This is ridiculous! Werewolves don't exist! It's just the pain medication they have me on!

Hours came and hours went. Gizmo fell asleep, and Mammoth left to get something to eat after a while. With no one to talk to, Jinx fell asleep and was left to battle her own mind.

#&# JINX'S MIND #&#

The black… things in Jinx's mind snarled at her. "Follow us. Follow us," they chanted. No! Jinx's thoughts screamed back. I won't! I won't kill him! "You have no say in the matter!" the large one said. "You will call me 'Masuta' from now on, girl!" Masuta laughed as the other beasts started fighting her. She sent a jubaku blade at a group of them, causing them to dissolve into the floor, adding to the gray tint that started to appear. Masuta jumped in front of her and raised one of his claws, slashing across her chest. Jinx cried out in pain, tears coming down her face. I… Can't hold them off any more… Next full moon, I'll become one of these… things!

#&# THE HIVE #&#

"No…" Jinx said followed by a distressed moan. "Stop it! Please…" She sat up from her bed, panting and covered in sweat.

"Jinx!" Gizmo said, looking just as distressed. "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing…" He placed his hand on hers and gave it a soft squeeze.

"You can tell me…" Jinx blushed slightly. She never liked to discuss her dreams (it is, after all, bad luck to do so), but Jinx almost never had a nightmare that made her shout in her sleep. Nor had she ever been so frightened of a nightmare.

"It's nothing." She pulled her hand away more abruptly than she had planned, causing it to hit her in the forehead.

A large nurse walked in the room and snapped her fingers. "Yo! Midget! Get to getting!" Gizmo growled angrily, but he knew better than to attack someone in a position of power. "And you, Goth kid! Get out of bed; we have people in worse positions than you! You've healed already!" The duo left the room, not wanting to confront the nurse. That was a deep cut; how could I have already healed? Maybe I am lucky.

The night came. The moon peaked out from behind a cloud. Jinx, unknowingly, was doing a part from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. She paced back and forth in her room, wringing her hands. The moon came out from the behind the clouds, casting its glow through Jinx's bedroom window. "Masuta," she said, her eyes glowing a treacherous pink color. "I have awakened."

&#&(#$$AUTHOR'SNOTE&#&(#$$

Yay! Chapter two done! I don't really have any notes aside from the Japanese words I used.

Sameru (Awakening)

Shimatta (Damn it)

Masuta (Master)

One last thing; the scene I'm talking about is the scene right before Lady Macbeth killed herself. She was going insane, and pacing back and forth, wringing her hands. All three of those things applied to this so… I made the connection.