Ok, then next chapter. Hope you liked the previous chapter and I hope you'll like this one as well. This is based during episode 12, which was very dramatic. I'm also very happy Dr Whitewood helped to bring down protocol 5 from the inside, otherwise I probably would have lost respect for her as a character. Today it's a long one.
Chapter 8
Victoria and most of her guards left until, there was only one guard, Jana and Dr Whitewood left in the room.
"Wait outside." Rebecca instructed the guard
"I had strict instructions to stay here." He responded
"There's more a threat of Imara coming back to rescue her. Guarding the door is your best option." She replied
With that the guard stepped outside. The door was then quickly locked behind him.
"Jana, can you hear me?"
"What's happening?" Jana asked, panting for breath
"Nothing, you'll be fine."
"Fine?!" Jana shouted "You took my wolf from me. I trusted you! How could you do this to me?
"Jana, this serum," she held up the device containing the serum "will not harm you at all. It's what I gave to Meinir."
"What?" Jana looked confused
"All this has done, is advance your wolf self, for a dramatic reaction, for Victoria to be convinced. She thinks that I've taken your wolf away but nothing has happened."
"So, I'm still…"
"Yes, you're still a Wolfblood." Rebecca confirmed
"I've still got the wolf." Jana smiled "Why did you agree to do this though?"
"I thought that I could bring this down from the inside," she explained "and it seems to have worked."
"Victoria is none the wiser then?" Jana looked hopeful
"No, she thinks I agree with what she thinks. It's all rubbish if you ask me. The lies can't save you. They just make Wolfblood's turn on each other. I mean look at this situation." She gestured to their surroundings "Wolfblood's trying to destroy each other to protect themselves."
"It'll end in disaster." Jana said
"Right, let me get you out of here," she glanced at her watch "Victoria, will be wondering where we are and our guard will be back soon."
There was a rattling of the door handle.
"I think he's already back." Jana commented, as she got off the chair
"Open this door!" the shout came from the other side of the door
"There's a cupboard round the corner," Jana had noticed it when she came in "we can back him into that then lock him in."
"Right then, ready." Rebecca was ready to open the lock
"Ready." Jana confirmed
The door unlocked, their guard burst into the room. Jana then slowly started to back him back, while Dr Whitewood followed with some of the serum, as a threat.
"Back off." Jana growled
"Are you willing to sacrifice the wolf?"
A growling match started between Jana and their guard, as they backed up towards the cupboard. Once the guards back, hit the door of the cupboard they stopped.
"Door." Jana said
They turned the guard round and he opened the door. They then pushed him in and locked the door. There was the sound of banging and growling coming from the cupboard but he would not be able to get out easily.
"Job done." Rebecca said as she pocketed the key
…
They pulled up outside the Segolia building.
"Well, this is it everyone." Jana tried to give them encouragement "I hope that the world is ready for us."
"They'll have to be." Imara supported her
"And if they aren't?" TJ questioned "What if the press completely freak or worse still, try to kill us because of what we are?"
"I'll be here if you need to make a quick getaway." Rebecca told them "I seem to be making a habit of it anyway." She glanced at Jana and TJ and received a smile
"Right, come on everyone, it's now or never." Jana opened the door "Let's go."
"Good luck." Rebecca called to them
"Thanks, for everything Dr Whitewood," Jana thanked her "for saving me from Sweeney and protocol 5."
"Was it your plan all along?" Matei asked from the back seat "If you'd done it to us, would we have still been Wolfblood's."
"Yes, you would have." She told them "Good thing about being a scientist is that nobody can tell, if you're developing something for a totally different purpose than what they want."
"I knew you could be trusted." Jana hugged her
"Right, now we have to go, because if we don't I'll lose my nerve." TJ lightened the mood
They exited the car and quickly transformed before, they started running towards the building.
Rebecca quickly found her phone. There was a load of people from nearly every press company in the world in that room, she had to warn someone. She quickly found Tim's number and called him. She listened to the phone dialling for a while before he picked up.
"Hello?"
"Tim, you're at the press conference aren't you?" she got straight to the pint
"Rebecca, yes I'm at the press conference, with Katrina, Kay and Kara. I shouldn't actually be talking to you, so what do you want."
"Sweeny's blackmailed you into saying the video's a fake hasn't she?"
"It wasn't the word she used but pretty much." His voice had gone quieter, hoping nobody would hear him
"Well just be prepared for something that's going to totally shatter that."
"What?" he sounded confused "What is it?"
"Jana, TJ, Matei, Selina and Imara are going to walk up to the door, in wolf form and show the whole world the secret." She explained
There was silence for a minute, at his end of the phone.
"They can't. The world's press is here, now, at this moment." he was annoyed "You have to stop them."
"It's out of my hands now!" she said helplessly
"What if it all backfires? What if the press try to hurt them?"
"You think they haven't thought of that?" he could be thick sometimes "I'm sitting in the car park right now, waiting to be a getaway driver, just in case it does go wrong and they need to escape. I only phoned to warn you about it."
"How big is that car?"
"We can just about fit 6 in here, but I can stuff you in the boot if you like."
"That's not exactly helpful." He seemed angry "Oh, god."
"Tim, what is it?" she sounded concerned
"They've arrived." He said simply
"And the press? How are they reacting?"
"Peacefully at the moment. They seem more fascinated with the wolves than actually taking any action against them."
"That's good isn't it?"
"They haven't changed back yet." He waited for a moment "Right, well the press have seen it now and they have gone a little bit crazy over it."
"Do I need to start the car?" she said seriously
"Jana seems to have it in hand, for the moment." He added
"Thank god."
"I have to go Becca, but I'll call you if we need you."
…
She had sat in the car park for 5 hours waiting for them. When they came out it was already dark and she had had to duck inside the car to avoid being questioned by the press. She saw them all coming in to view and quickly got out of car to greet them.
"How did it go?" she asked
"Not as badly as we thought." Jana told her
"We weren't attacked by the press." Imara elaborated
"At least not with any weapons." TJ laughed "Questions are another matter."
"It was certainly long." Matei yawned "Are we allowed to go home now?"
"I'll take Selina, Matei, Jana and Katrina home." Imara offered and walked off towards her car
"Seems like you're taking us home, Doctor Whitewood." Kara pointed out
"Right then, into the car." Rebecca sighed
As they all piled into the car, Tim looked into the back and got glares from Kara and Katrina.
"Someone's in trouble." Rebecca commented
"It's not my fault." He insisted
"What did you do?" she questioned
"Their angry because I didn't tell them that they were going to school with werewolves." He explained
"You knew for 2 months while they were at school. It's hardly a crime."
"I've told them that but I'm not listened too am I?" he spoke to the girls in the back seat
"That's not the point." Kay spoke up "You should have told us, because it threatened our safety!"
"Yeah, Jana, Rhydian or Maddy could have attacked us" Kara added "and we could have ended up as werewolf food!"
"Wolfblood's! I've told you a number of times girls, it's Wolfblood, not werewolf!" He repeated
"Whatever!" the girls shouted together
"Right! That is it!" Rebecca silenced them all and stopped the car "I will not have shouting in this car! If you want to shout, then you can all get out and walk. Is that understood?"
There was a murmur of 'Yes Doctor Whitewood' that came from around the car.
"Right, I can continue then." She started the engine again "Girls, where do you want me to drop you?"
"The city centre will be fine," Kara said quietly "I'm at a hotel for a little while because my college is down south and Kay's not far from where I am."
"Alright."
The car was silent for a good 5 minutes after her Rebecca's threat. Nobody particularly wanted to walk through a cold and windy Newcastle at 9 o'clock at night. The silence ended when the car pulled up outside the city centre.
"Here we are."
"Thanks Doctor Whitewood." Kay mumbled
"Yeah, thanks for not making us walk." Kara put in quietly
"Keep in touch girls." Tim gave them a friendly wave of goodbye
"Well Sir, we would if you hadn't put our live in danger." Kara repeated her earlier speech, as she got out of the car and slammed the door
"Yeah, I won't be keeping in touch because we could have been hurt and that would have been on your conscience." Kay slammed the door as well
The pair walked away with a huff. Rebecca and Tim watched as they walked away before they both started to laugh.
"Are you really so eager to keep in touch now?" she asked with a snigger
"I like to keep up with everything that goes on with my former students." He told her
"How do you keep up with everyone?" she looked confused
"It would be a slight exaggeration to say every student. Only really the students I like."
"Thought so." She had a victorious smile on her face
"Alright, smarty pants." He gave her a little shove "Now, I'm hungry and I can't cook for toffee, so I'm thinking fish and chips."
"You really want to go out in Newcastle after the press conference and the video has gone out?" she looked at him as if he were delusional
"Point made." He said after thinking again
"I make a very decent scrambled egg and I'm sure you can attempt sandwiches." She joked
"You live off scrambled egg?" he said sarcastically
"Well, what do you live off, sandwiches?" she matched his tone
"Sometimes." He admitted with a sniff
"You need a cooking lesson."
…
"Your scrambled eggs was always the best food we could find at University."
She had made him her famous scrambled egg and he had sourced some bread and ham and made them ham sandwiches.
"What do you put in this to make it taste wonderful?" He asked
"Trial and error with different ingredients." She answered "If I told you what I put in it, then I would lose my use as a chef."
"No, you're a good chef and I'd never just use you for your talent for cooking scrambled egg." He said seriously "I thought you would know better by now."
"Hmm, I can never be too sure."
"I thought I was your trusted friend though." He pretended to look hurt
"Oh, shut up and eat your scrambled egg."
"Only if you promise to teach me how to cook it." he bargained
"Urgh, alright then." She agreed "I'm afraid I'm out of eggs though, so this will have to wait for another day."
"You've given me your word." He reminded her "That's enough for now."
"Glad to know that my word is trusted."
"It will be after today." He pointed out "All those people that said you were wrong, you can have a little gloat at their expense."
"A lot of good that will do." She sighed
"Yes but still, this exposure proves that you were right."
"What are they going to do? Give me a medal."
"They might take you back at the University as a lecturer."
"Maybe." She shrugged her shoulders, non-committedly
"Come on, be positive."
"Positivity didn't get me through, months of being told I'm a complete idiot and an incompetent scientist." She said darkly
"Yes but you survived it," he mentioned "and I'm sure the University would really need your experience. You can walk up to their door and say 'I told you so.'"
"Segolia is finished anyway." She put in "It couldn't hurt, to ask for my job back."
"There we are then." He finished "Maybe do it tomorrow though. Let them get over the shock, of how right you were first."
Please review and thanks for reading. Probably the last chapter next time.