The Chemistry In Darkness
Chapter Seven
Friday 13th March 2020 – Three Months Later
"I'm home!" Elly squealed to an annoyed Lexa as the tattooed woman drove her pickup truck into Ramsay Street, Erinsborough.
"So, this is the famous street…court? Smaller than I thought, Fresh Meat," Lexa smirked with annoyance.
"Ah, shush it, Lexa, I'm home and I'm happy to be here. My family are gonna flip the fuck out that I'm back. I still don't even know how I'm going to explain to them my disappearance the past three months," Elly admitted with agitation, shyly smiling now having gotten used to Lexa's nick name for her.
As Elly pointed to #28, Karl and Susan's house, Lexa floored the pickup truck 'til she parked it in front of the house on the street, "I'd say you should tell them the truth…you got attacked by a werewolf, you're now a werewolf, you've spent the past three months and four full moon cycles with your new family of werewolves, getting used to controlling your inner wolf and now you believe you have so you've returned to your family to live with them again except for the nights of the full moon cycle where you'll come back to our Pack to roam free those nights as wolves…or not…"
"Definitely not, my family won't know anything about the supernatural existing or the whole…werewolf thing. I'll just take their questions as they come and figure out what to tell them. Probably just some shite that I needed time to myself, I wasn't coping with the idea of being a single mum after Shaun's death…such a pack of lies…I haven't thought about Shaun since we had a memorial for him. I'm quite capable of raising my child on my own yet still need an excuse as to why I disappeared," Elly decided, then sighed, "I should've brought Aster with me."
"The peanut will be fine with the Pack for a couple days 'til you know you're okay to be back with your family without losing control of your wolf powers. Clarke loves looking after Aster for you," Lexa told Elly.
"I know, I just really want my family to meet my baby girl. I trust Clarke and the rest of the Pack will keep her safe for me, it's just a couple days…more days for Clarke to get clucky for a baby, aye, Lex," Elly teased.
Lexa glared at Elly, "You bring a baby into our family and all of a sudden my girlfriend wants me and her to have werewolf babies one day in the future. I hate you, Fresh Meat."
Elly winked at her in return, "No, you don't. You secretly love the idea of having werewolf babies with Clarke one day. You just don't want to admit it. I've seen the way you've stared at my baby girl. Aunty Lexa wants to know if Aster will be a werewolf like me one day and you want one of them for yourself."
"Maybe," Lexa reluctantly admitted, before rolling her eyes, "Go on, go see your family and friends, have the happy reunion. I'm gonna stay out here for a lil bit just in case you need anything. I'm sure you'll be fine being around your family with your powers under control now but it's still such a huge change for you to be around people now. You need to make sure you don't let on about your strength or how you're eating habits have changed or your heightened abilities with your hearing and what not. Are you sure you're ready for this?"
"Yes, absolutely, I know the rules, can't let anyone know what I truly am. I will do whatever I can to stop people from noticing. We planned this out properly, the last full moon cycle ended two nights ago. I have several weeks until the next one so I won't turn back into a werewolf until then. I need to go back to the Pack to spend the full moon cycle with y'all, although obviously I'll be back in a day or two for Aster just as soon as I know I'm safe here and my baby girl will be too," Elly declared, then off Lexa's look, "I'll be fine, I'm past the agitated stage of the recent full moon cycle."
"What about the hungry and horny stage of those three days?" Lexa quipped.
Elly licked her lips, "Yes, I'm past that too…'til next months' cycle. At least you have Clarke to work out your stage with. Being single sucks…but I can cope with it for my lil girl. I'm not going to abandon her any more than I already do just to jump some guy cause I don't want to be alone when I'm feeling really… I'm fine, I'm over it. I'm putting Aster first before my needs. That's what mum's do. But enough about all that. I've got a family to catch up with. I'll text you if I need anything."
As Elly moved to get out of the truck, Lexa smiled at her, "I'll be right out here for a lil bit, then I'll go spend the rest of the day hanging out by the Waterhole or the Tram in case you need anything. You'll be fine, Fresh Meat. Best of luck reuniting with your family."
"Thanks, Lex," Elly grinned as she got out of the truck, taking a small bag of a few belongings with her, waving back to her friend, glad they'd managed to bond over the previous three months and strike up a bond between them.
Elly stared around the quiet street, secretly glad her return hadn't been spoiled to her family by some of their neighbours spotting her, before practically skipping up the pathway to the front door. Elly pulled out her house keys from her bag but wasn't surprised to find the door unlocked. Elly smiled knowing one of her family members must be home.
"Hello," Elly called out seeing the living area of the house empty, half-expecting Bea or Susan to come running out of the bedrooms to throw their arms around her in shock at knowing she was back.
But no one came running, so Elly called out again, "Anyone home? I'm back!"
Still no one responded to her calls. Elly wandered around the house for several minutes, still not finding any of her family around the place. As Elly returned back to the dining room, she pulled out her phone, the new one Raven had given her, about to dial Bea's number when she suddenly heard a noise that sounded like it was coming from the backyard.
Putting the phone back in her pocket, Elly skipped to the back door, opening it quietly and walking outside. Of course, anyone out there wasn't going to hear Elly coming. She'd gotten the hang of walking silently without anyone knowing she was there. It was an art that annoyed Raven and Clarke the most.
Elly was surprised when she saw the only person in the backyard was Finn.
Oh…I'd almost forgotten about Finn and that he was living here…guess Finn and Bea are still together…well as long as Bea's happy…
Elly was about to announce her presence to Finn, whom was facing away from her, when the smile she had on her face fell sharply and she froze as she overheard him.
Finn was standing there in the backyard, holding his phone up in the air, recording a video of himself, "I got my memories back…all of them…I remember it all."
Elly's eyes widened at Finn's confession.
"I know who I am, I know what I did," Finn revealed darkly, "It started off as just one memory…Bea she started getting all upset about Elly's disappearance again, she wouldn't shut up about her and talking about how Elly would've wanted to have a naming ceremony for the baby and that she would've done that by now if she and the baby were still here with us…I kissed Elly…it was a flash from the past…I remember kissing Elly."
Elly swallowed hard at the knowledge a memory of herself had triggered Finn's memories.
"It was just that one flash then over the past few days…more came back…about Elly…about my past…then over the past few days they came flooding back. Nobody knows…how can I tell anyone? They'll look at me like I'm a monster…I am now," Finn rambled to himself.
Finn doesn't know anything…I'm a monster…he's just an unhinged man.
"But I know one thing…I love Elly," Finn confessed.
Elly felt disgusted at the thought.
"I love her…I never stopped. Elly was the reason for everything I did…I wanted to hate her but deep down I loved her instead…it was always Elly. Now that I have my memories back…I know what I need to do," Finn told himself.
Break up with Bea so you don't hurt my sister?
"I need to find Elly," Finn answered Elly's question without even knowing she was there, "Elly went missing, the baby would be three months old. I need to find them both. I need to be a family with them. Elly will love me. My niece or nephew will love me like a father. We're going to be together."
Elly silently shook her head at the mere thought of Finn wanting to be with her and be a father to Aster, even if he had still been good Finn without the memories of his dark past.
"But Elly would never accept that," Finn said, not seeing Elly nodding in agreement, "Neither would Bea. How could I do that to them? Elly wouldn't want to be with me knowing it would hurt her sister and Bea wouldn't be able to stand the idea of Elly and I being a family with the baby…so there's only one thing I can do…Bea's the person in the way of Elly and I being together…I have to eliminate Bea."
Elly's eyes continued to widen at the darkness Finn was revealing, worried about what would've happened had she not returned home to find Finn in this state so she could warn her family from him.
"I've worked out exactly how to do it…no one will suspect it was me," Finn chuckled to himself, "We're going to Pierce's island…"
Pierce has an island…? Course he fucking does!
"I'm scanned the map of the island. I've spoken to Harry. I visited the storage locker where all my old belongings are. I've got equipment in there to build a bomb but I don't want people to suspect I hurt Bea. There's a mine shift in the middle of the island. I'm gonna lead Bea out there…I'm gonna send her down the mine shaft…it'll look like Bea tried to kill herself after being so distraught the past few months over Elly's disappearance," Finn suggested as he smiled into the phone camera.
Elly curled her hands into fists, the anger in her brewing at the idea that Finn would murder her little sister and make it look like it was a suicide in order to win her back in some crazy fantasy of his. Elly still didn't believe in the werewolves' tales of mates but she was glad knowing she would never fall for this psychopathic man whom was threatening to kill her sister.
But as Elly was almost about to announce her presence to Finn, to use her strength to drag him down and hold him hostage until she could call for help, Elly felt the darkness in Finn growing even more as he continued talking to himself.
Finn raised his phone as he ranted to the recording, "Bea's not the only one in the way of me finding and reuniting with Elly. Chloe's in my way too."
Elly's ears perked up at the mention of her best friend.
Why would Chloe be in Finn's way?
"This whole glamping trip to Pierce's island that Chloe has planned for a bunch of the Ramsay Street residents...it's all for Elly!" Finn revealed, "To honour what would've been Elly's 35th Birthday...who does that? Plans a trip away with her dumb dumb husband and friends to honour her bestie whom she misses? How blind can Pierce be? Chloe's doing all this so she can have a chance to go out to this island, find a way to spend time away from Pierce to grieve for Elly cause she can't do it with him following her around everywhere. Who does that for someone who is just a friend? Nobody. Chloe might've married Pierce quick smart rushing down the aisle to secure her future but Chloe...still loves Elly."
She does...? Do I want her to still love me...?
"Chloe will never get over Elly, she'll love her no matter what. I can't have someone like that around if I become a family with Elly. It'll be worse than Bea not coping with it," Finn ranted, then stared into the phone camera, "I have to kill Chloe."
Elly gritted her teeth, her hands curled into fists as her fingernails dug into her own skin as her anger took hold.
Nobody hurts Chloe!
Before Elly could have another thought, her anger at the idea of Finn killing Chloe and Bea consumed her with a rage she'd never experienced before. Elly glanced up at the sky, seeing the sun blaring back at her. But that didn't stop what happened next cause despite the lack of the full moon cycle anywhere near them, Elly found herself transforming into her wolf formation.
But this wasn't a regular transformation into her wolfy being standing on four legs.
Elly found herself changing into a wolf whom stood two meters tall on two legs, her teeth and claws more dangerous than normal, her eyes swirling as pools of bright red engulfed them.
"I'm going to kill Bea and Chloe before I can win Elly back," Finn declared with all the assurance he could muster, before he suddenly froze as he saw something behind him in the phone camera.
Lifting the phone camera up to focus on what was behind him, Finn couldn't even turn around as he saw what was reflected in his phone camera.
WolfElly howled loudly at the sky. Finn let out a scream before the wolf leapt at Finn, attacking him and tossing Finn to the ground in a total loss of control as the wolf had taken over the moment Elly realized she couldn't contemplate him hurting those she loved…
Next time - No Neighbours Endgame playing out in this story, Elly's made a fatal mistake returning home too soon before her powers were under control but will realizing Chloe needs help put Elly in more danger?