Ch 16: Plan B

After the whole meeting with World, me and my whole family regrouped back at Pop's house and told him what had happened with World and talk about a new plan. We were all sitting in the living room, Pop's was the only one standing up and I wasn't sure why. Maybe he was nervous since his plan failed and he was being outsmarted? Or maybe he was thinking of another plan. Either way, I could hear his heartbeat racing and it didn't make me feel confident. After a while of all of us just waiting for someone to say something , Pops finally spoke.

"Okay the plan stays the same but we do it soon. If he knows what we're doing we have to act fast and strong. We lost the element of surprise but it can still work." He said

"What about me? If I don't give myself up he's going to kill someone. I thought we were trying to save people?!" I yelled

He looked at me with disgust and frowned "People are going to die regardless dumbass. You're going to save one person over hundreds?! If you give yourself up he will either kill you, or experiment on you like a lab rat." he said

I stood up and looked him right in the eye and he looked back at me. We both gave off intense stares but I wasn't going to back down.

"Angel he has a point, you won't be helping anyone out if you give yourself up." My mother said

I turned and looked at her. She had an expression of sympathy and I could tell she felt bad for me, but what was I supposed to do?

I threw my hands up "What do I do?"

"What WE do is stick to the plan, but well do everything we can to save as many lives as possible." Said Pop's

I turned around and slumped on the couch depressed. Mercy was going to die if I didn't do anything and as much as I hated her, I really didn't want her to die. I brought her into this mess and I felt like it was my responsibility to save her but they had a point. World might not keep his word if I even give myself up and I might just end up killing myself. Maybe I just do what everyone around me tells to do? That sounds like something a beta would do, not an alpha. I was getting frustrated just thinking about a solution to a problem that seemed impossible to solve. I groaned thinking I was going to let someone die and for what? People I didn't even know?

"If she dies, I'm going to lose it." I whispered

"Who the hell is she? Your girlfriend?" said Pop's

I didn't answer. I wasn't exactly in the mood to inform my family of pointless information about my life. Especially my love life.

"Why don't we attack now? What's the difference between now and later?" asked Dorothy

Pop's pointed a finger at me

The girls had a confused look on their face "What do you mean he's the difference?" asked Sophia

Pop's looked at me and gestured for me to show them. I stood up from the couch and took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I concentrated on the moon phase like I did every time and I exhaled and opened my eyes. My vision was mostly a dark red when my eyes were like this, but it enhanced my vision. All of my senses felt more at ease and sharper. The look the girls gave me was a mixture of confusion, horror, shock but mostly impressed.

"One eye is red and the other is black! Wha..." Said Sophia

"THATS SOOOOO COOOL!" Said Dorothy yelling excitedly and jumping in her seat

"I don't understand. What's that supposed to do or mean?" said my Mother

"It can put any werewolf to sleep if they get too close and I look at them. My eyes are not actually half and half, my black eye actually has a bit of red since its based off of the moon phase warning gibbous. The red is just hard to see. The difference is that next week is the warning gibbous and my moon eyes will be stronger. That's why I'm going to kick World's ass!" I said

"He's the main soldier in this attack and if he dies or gets beaten, the chances of our survival are not high." Said Pop's

"So what do we do until next week?" Asked Dorothy

"We train and prepare for what's coming." said My mother

She said it as if it was that easy. It was a full blown war and they knew we were coming and I get the feeling someone was going die. I just hoped it wasn't Mercy or my sisters. I think my mother and grandfather would accept death but they wouldn't accept ours. I get the feeling I would accept mine if it came to it. It's not like I had a bright future ahead of me. That doorway is long gone and all I can see is a void of darkness, a black hole with no escape. I got what I wanted. Well...mostly.

I blinked and my eyes were back to normal and I walked to my room without saying another word and went to my bed. After about one hour later the girls were gone and I could hear Pop's snoring in his room but I couldn't sleep, I couldn't stop thinking of Mercy, she could be in trouble right now, she could be dead already. I got mad thinking of World even laying a finger on her and I clenched my fist and my eyes glowed red angrily. I knew I was going to regret this but I didn't care. I put on my red jacket and red gloves and headed out the door into the night. I sprinted until I came to the point where me and World meet each other. It was dark and cold and all I could hear are the crickets. The dark yellowish street lights made the situation ominous and eerie. The wind was fast on this cold night and it blew my hair back a bit. None of this mattered as I grew sharp teeth and roared

"WORLD!"