A/N: I promise I'll reveal what happens to Herry in this chapter. Please bear with me. All the waiting has been building up to this moment.

If the world was menacing before, it was terrifying now. The usual woodland sounds were hushed by a deafening silence. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of five pairs of footsteps.

Odie kept glancing at his radio as if expecting someone to call.

As a matter of fact, he was. Dionysus was supposed to call him if the cure worked. Odie had been adding the substance to Herry's food when Jay had burst into the lab, demanding that the Brain drop everything because Neil was in trouble.

"You know what to do. Give Herry the food, wait a while, and if anything happens, call," Odie had instructed.

Now, it all came down to the ever nerve wreaking wait. Odie looked around at his teammates. From the looks on their faces they were either thinking about Selene, Neil or Herry, or maybe all three.

Archie was twisting the silver chain around his fingers and his eyes were on the ground, not really paying any attention as to what was going on.

Jay held up a hand. Atlanta took a hold of Archie's arm to stop him from crashing into the Leader's back.

"Didn't your parents ever tell you not to go into the woods?"

Jay pulled out his sword as Cronus walked out of the shadows. The god of time looked around.

"I see your two short. Where's Herry and Neil?" he mocked.

Theresa grabbed Jay's arm as he started forward. Cronus chuckled.

"Infecting Herry took a lot out of your silver-haired friend. I'm surprised she still had enough strength left in her to stand on her human feet," he confessed.

"I knew that wasn't an ordinary dog," Odie muttered.

"You were right, Odie. Selene can transform any time. That includes daytime. But, if she does turn into a wolf during the day she just looks like an average dog," Cronus explained.

"So, why did she attack Neil?" Jay asked.

"It's in her programming, Jay. Usually it only takes one bite to destroy her maker's enemies," Cronus said.

"But, Selene didn't bite Herry. She scratched him," Odie pointed out.

"Which speeds up the process and also causing permanent transformation. Unfortunately, she ended up getting Herry instead of you," Cronus told Odie. "Her real target."

"That still doesn't explain why she's dying," Archie spoke up, pulling out his whip.

"You can blame Herry's strength for that," Cronus told the teenager. "I don't know exactly how the Silver Wolf operates. I'm not the mortals who came up with it."

"But, you know more than you're letting on," Jay spat.

"Maybe. But what are you going to do? 'Beat it out of me'? I'd like to see you try. I'm not as weak as you mortals," Cronus taunted. "However, I have nothing better to do. So, if you would like to make the first move..."

The heroes charged.

Dionysus paced his lab. It had almost been an hour since he had given Herry the cure and nothing was happening. Now, not only did he have to worry about Herry, but he also had to worry about Neil and Selene as well. He had never treated a werewolf before. Chiron said he would take care of them, but that still didn't stop Dionysus from worrying.

A pained howl rang through the Secret Wing. Dionysus snapped out of his trance and dashed for Chiron's room.

When he burst through the doors, Herry was hitting himself against the walls of his cage, clearly trying to relieve himself of the agony he was going through.

"Is this supposed to happen?" Chiron demanded.

Dionysus shrugged.

"I have never cured a werewolf infection before," he confessed.

Herry slammed into the cage wall once more before falling limp on the floor.

Dionysus and Chiron fell silent. They hoped beyond hope that Herry wasn't dead.

Odie was thrown into Atlanta and the two friends toppled to the ground in a tangled heap.

"Nice try, Odie," Cronus said.

Jay, Archie and Theresa attacked while the immortal had his back turned. A sly smile slid across Cronus' face and he grabbed Theresa's chucks and swung her in a circle. She collided with Archie and the two crashed into a tree. Jay managed to hit Cronus in the neck with his staff. He had lost his sword somewhere during the fight.

Cronus stumbled forwards and turned to face Jay. The Leader spun the staff and got into a defensive position.

"Alright, let's try that again," Cronus said, summoning a scythe.

When the weapon appeared in his hand, Cronus took hold of it and swung the blade. A fire arch flew from the blade and collided with Jay's chest. The boy was the last to crumble to the ground.

Jay pushed himself up as a shadow fell over him. He looked up to gaze into the red eyes of the god of time. Cronus raised his scythe.

"Farewell, Jay."

Jay closed his eyes, waiting for the final blow. However, it never came. There was a crash, followed by Cronus' grunt.

"You okay, Jay?"

Jay's eyes shot open. His head wiped around so fast that his neck cracked.

"Herry?!"

Sure enough, Herry was standing over him. Not the werewolf, the human. As if nothing had ever happened.

"Herry!"

"Come on. We've got an immortal butt to kick," Herry said, pulling Jay to his feet.

The others ran up. Cronus got to his feet.

"So, I see you've managed to find a cure in time," he scowled.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Odie taunted.

"Oh no, I'm actually pleased. Now, I can break the prophecy myself," Cronus explained.

"Let's rock, slimo," Herry said.

With the Brawn back in the game, a new surge of energy seemed to pulse through the other members of the team.

Cronus fell back, breathing heavily. The teenagers glares dared him to make another move.

"I never play the odds. Another time."

A portal opened and Cronus walked through.

As soon as the immortal was gone, Atlanta jumped on to Herry's back.

"I'm so glad you're okay."

Theresa also threw her arms around Herry.

"Great to have you back," Archie said.

"Great to be back," Herry replied.

He looked around. "Where's Neil?" he asked.

The excitement died instantly. Odie whipped out his PMR.

"Hermes!"

A portal opened and the friends ran through.

There you have it. The long awaited question answered.

I apologize if the brawl scene sucked. I'm not so good with writing the fighting stuff.

Anyway, let me know what you think.