First off - I want to pay my Respects to the Great Monty Oum who passed away yesterday. Ten days ago Monty suffered a severe allergic reaction during a simple medical procedure that left him in a coma. Although he fought bravely, his body was not able to recover. For those of you who don't know who Monty is, Monty is a member of the Rooster Teeth community and the creator of shows such as Red vs Blue and RWBY, he inspired many people and has sadly left this world at the Age of 33. For more information on this please visit the Rooster Teeth website.
RIP Monty Oum
Secondly - This chapter has been edited, beta'd and re uploaded with a bit more added to the end as the first upload was incomplete so you should re read it.
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LordCanine: haha maybe she had a good reason...
Guest: They actually do change colour but the eye changing colour thing in the previous chapter was actually an error (~_^)
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BEWARE THE FULL MOON
Chapter 7 - Recovery
As I slowly sat up my body wanted to scream in protest from the stiffness of my sore muscles and aching bones. Opening my eyes I had to quickly shut them when the bright rays of sun reflecting off the pristine white walls blinded me. After a few minutes of blinking I finally managed to focus my eyes. Looking around I could tell I was in the school infirmary room. The place reeked of chemicals and sterilizer. As I moved my left arm to cover my nose a sharp pain shot through my ribs causing me to scream in agony. Just then Professor Raptor followed by a nurse came rushing through the door, my brother trailing behind them. The nurse gently pushed me back down onto the cot before she took a needle out of her pocket and injected something into my arm. Within minutes the pain was gone and I felt numb all over.
"Easy does it Tori, you took quite the hit to your ribs." I used my right arm to grab the cup of water the nurse had offered me, drinking it I watched as she checked over the monitors and wires hooked up to me. After she was done the nurse filled up my cup again, bowing her head when I thanked her. She said something to Hunter before she left, leaving me, Leon, and Hunter alone in the room. Hunter was the first out of us to speak. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I got hit by a pick-up truck," I groaned out, my back and left side felt sore but the painkillers the nurse had given me earlier made it bearable. "How long have I been out?" I couldn't see a clock or calendar in the room anywhere and judging from the sun I could only guess it was around afternoon or evening time.
"Let's see…" I watched Leon look at the watch on his wrist before looking at me. "Classes began at around twelve, Jade started kicking your ass around twenty past, and Dickers called the match at exactly twelve forty two so I'd say around five maybe six hours." He explained all this with a small smile on his face.
I quickly gave him a dirty glare before focusing on Hunter. He explained that Jade had managed to break two of my ribs and collarbone as well as tear my Trapezius muscle. Most of the other nurses and scientists on the Lycanpyre team were expecting me to be out for at least a few more days so they were surprised to see me awake. Hunter told them to add this to their notes to study at a later stage before leaving the room, allowing me and Leon to talk.
"So why did you let her beat you up?" Leon asked in a serious tone when he was sure we were out of Hunter's hearing range, pulling up a chair and placing it next to me with the back facing me before straddling it and giving me his full attention. "I mean if that was me, that kick would 'ave sent me to the other side of the hall." Thinking about it I did feel like I was holding back a little, I mean I really did want to prove that she couldn't mess with me or push me around but the thought of intentionally hurting her didn't sit right with me. I wasn't really a violent person. Having only fought with Leon I knew he could take a hit and wasn't worried about hurting him – too much, but thinking about it, Jade wasn't Leon. I didn't know how much I could dish on her or any of the other students for that matter. Being a Vampwolf meant I was stronger than the Lycans and Vampires and way more stronger than Dhampires and Werewolves. I could've ended up seriously hurting Jade... Well, from what I saw Jade was an experienced fighter. Even if I wanted to let rip I'm sure Jade would've beaten me the same way, if not left me in a more severe state than I already was.
"Unlike you Jade can fight back. Who knows what she could've done if I tried to pull off those moves on her," I told him, making sure to give him a little smile to let him know not to take the insult to heart. Leon can fight, he just doesn't raise his fists to me. He scoffed, pretending to be hurt.
"Hey, I can fight okay!" I raised an amused eyebrow at him as he continued. "But yeah, Jade is really hard core, I mean, the way she moved, damn, and that Alexis girl. Those two really can fight." I closed my eyes, remembering how Alexis quickly came to my aid when I elected her to be my partner, blocking that punch that I'm sure would've left me with a headache for days and the way she moved when she fought Jade one on-
I quickly snapped my eyes open looking at Leon, "Wait, what do you mean the way she moved? How'd you know about the fight?" He looked at me in surprise before starting to laugh.
"Seriously?" He looked at me before laughing again. "Dude the whole school saw the fight. Some kids hacked into the cameras in the gym and broadcasted the whole thing." I slid back into the bed with a groan as Leon continued to laugh. This was just what I needed.
I was discharged a week later in order to not draw suspicion to myself from other students as well as Jade. I continued with my normal classes having been given a pass for Gym and Combat. Many of the students were still talking about the fight. Whilst some were surprised I lasted longer than five minutes with Jade, others were claiming it was only due to me teaming up with Alexis. Apparently, Alexis had done more to Jade after the fight 'cause she hadn't turned up to any of her classes the previous week. When she was questioned about it by some of the teachers she handed them a medical note and took her seat at the back of the classroom.
Today was Thursday and I was currently enjoying my lunch at the back of the canteen. I still hadn't made any real friends and I couldn't see Leon anywhere so I was still sitting by myself. As I chowed down I felt something tap the side of my leg, looking down I saw it was a book of some kind. Picking it up I turned it around to see the cover. On it was a beautiful rose drawn in pencil. At the bottom was written 'property of Rose'. I wiped the dirt off the book and put it in my bag, intending to find the owner before lunch finished and I had to get to class. Just as I was about to finish my food someone pulled my chair from underneath me, causing me to stumble back and fall on my butt. Looking behind me I saw Trina and her two sidekicks standing behind me, with Sophie holding my chair. I glared at the three of them before trying to get up. I felt a gust of wind and something hook onto my ankle causing me to fall back down. Looking down I saw Meagan had tripped me up and was standing smug as ever in front of me. "What do you want?" I growled out. I had avoided them for the past two days and I really didn't want to deal with them today – or ever.
"Ohh she's getting mad, careful guys she might growl at us again," Trina taunted behind me. I let out a deep breath from my nose, trying not to growl at her and prove them right. Before I could even think of a retort however a pair of girls shoved past Trina to help me up. When I got to my feet I quickly thanked them, turning my attention to Trina. "Oh great, it's tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber," her two friends snickered behind us. The girl closest to me stepped forward. She had long curly blonde hair which complemented her ivory skinned complexion. She had a rounded face with what looked like a few freckles, a button nose, and she was wearing one of those cute woolly sweaters and pair of leggings. "You know no one really likes you Trina," she dismissed. I had to cough to keep from laughing. Trina instantly went mad, opening and closing her mouth, unable to make a comeback. After a minute of this she just huffed and pushed past the two girls and walked off, her two idiots following after her, I turned to look at my two saviours, taking in the second one's appearance. She was short like the other girl but maybe an inch taller than her, she had long ombre hair that went past her shoulders, and her eyes were grey which stood out against her tanned skin. At first I thought they were contacts, but staring at them I realised they were her actual eye colour. She was wearing an off the shoulder crop top which showed off a fancy tattoo saying "Maya" on her left shoulder. "You know you shouldn't let her push you around," she said as she bent down to sort out her Jordan Air Maxs. "Maya's right," the other girl said – Well that confirmed the tattoo was her name – "She's only gonna keep doing it." She then stuck out her hand. "My name's Rose by the way." I took her hand and shook it. It felt like I was shaking an ice cube. Looking at her I realised she was another vampire. As I shook her hand something clicked.
"Have you lost a book by any chance?" I asked whilst I fished through my bag for said book. Pulling it out I watched as her eyes twinkled before she took the book out of my hands. By now Maya had finished fixing her trainers and was standing next to her.
"See! I told you you dropped it. You should listen to me." She looked at me. "We're gonna go jam outside, you should come." I still had around an hour of lunch left so I decided to join them.
Walking out into an open field area I could see a few other students had decided to come out here and enjoy lunch instead of staying cooped up in the canteen. Walking further we got to an area with a few trees providing a bit of shade. Stopping a few feet away I let Rose and Maya walk on whilst I took in the scene before me – the vampire from last week, (Darius I think his name was) was currently being hugged by Nova and a ginger haired girl and was looking like he was seconds from freaking out. A foot away, his friend stood laughing. Behind them over by a tree I could see Alexis lying down on the floor, her eyes closed. Rose quickly ran over to Nova and joined in on the death hug, the other guy laughing even harder, whilst Maya walked over to Alexis, tapping her on the forehead. She groaned and opened her eyes, sitting up so Maya could take the bag she was resting on from under her before replacing it with her legs, as she settled down on the grass and ruffled in her bag. A few seconds later she took out her phone and began flicking and scrolling through it. Feeling a bit out of place I just stood and watched them interact with each other. After a few minutes Nova seemed to notice me and let go of the vampire before walking over to me.
"Hey Tori, why don't I introduce you." We quickly walked back over to the group, the girls finally letting go of the boy. "You've met Rose." Rose gave a small shy wave, she then pointed to the slightly emo vampire who looked like he'd finished hyperventilating. "That over there is Darius," who muttered a quick "sup". She pointed at the ginger haired girl I'd seen earlier this month in the canteen along with the Latino boy. "The ginger one is Katie and the other one is Attero." Katie gave a sing song hello whilst Attero just bowed his head slightly. "And you know Alexis and Maya."
After being introduced I set my bag down with the others before sitting down on a soft patch of glass. Darius took note of the Destiny design on my bag and before long we got into a small debate on which class of guardian is better. As we talked I noticed that Alexis' eyes were on me most of the time. Looking over I could see she and Maya hadn't moved from their spot and she was still playing on her phone. I turned back to the group and said I'd be back before heading over. When I got close enough Alexis sat up.
"I just wanted to say thanks for helping me out during the sparring match in the gym, though it really wasn't much of a spar and more of me getting my butt handed to me, and I guess you didn't have much of a choice seeing as I called your name an-" I was effectively cut off by someone's hand over my mouth. Following the arm I could see Alexis standing there with an amused eyebrow raised. After about three seconds she let go and I just held my hand out to shake saying thanks. She shook it and went back to laying down on Maya. I walked back over to Nova and her group. Sitting down I looked around and smiled. I finally had somewhere I could hang and people I could hang out with.