Standing before Tommy and Merton was Alyssa Wood.
"What do you want Alyssa?" Tommy questioned even as he moved into a defensive stance, knowing that for her to have followed them she had to have an agenda.
"Oh, nothing much; just Merton," Alyssa answered with a smug look on her face.
"You're not laying one finger on my mate," Tommy snarled.
"That's what you think, wolf boy," Alyssa laughed as she lifted her arm to display her pentagram charm. "Nemus, deceptus lemma," Alyssa chanted as the gem in the middle of her charm began to glow.
"What was that?" Tommy questioned, looking around for any change. Suddenly a tree root erupted from the ground beneath his feet and began to bind his legs. Tommy wolfed out and jumped out of the way.
"Tommy her spells are in Latin, she's commanded the trees to ensnare us," Merton yelled to Tommy as he started running in zigzag patterns to keep the tree roots and branches from getting a firm grasp.
"What do want from me Alyssa?" Merton asked just before a tree limb grasped his right arm and pulling him into the air before securing all four of his limbs with other branches.
"I want what every female in my family wants, children with more magical talents than we possess. You are the only person in this town with any real magical potential, after all you were born over a nexus," Alyssa explained as she focused her spell on Tommy who was fast enough to evade all of the trees around him.
"What do you mean, born over a nexus? There's no nexus in Pleasantville." Merton was very confused by Alyssa's statement; he turned his eyes toward his boyfriend as Tommy was finally caught between two trees that lifted into the air just like Merton.
"Pleasantville itself is a nexus, that's why so many supernatural creatures and phenomenon appear here," Alyssa explained turning all her attention to Merton as she walked up to the space where he was suspended in mid-air. "You were actually born in the town instead of at the hospital in the next town over, meaning since birth you had access to the magical energies that flow through this town. While a nexus this size can't be controlled by just one person it can fuel an army created here or empower a child with great powers."
"So you want Merton to father your child so he or she will be ever more powerful than you, is that what you're saying Alyssa?" Tommy questioned with a horrified look on his face.
"Correct Tommy, I want my child to have enough magical power to bring this world to its knees. I'm nowhere near that strength but add to my power the power of a nexus fueled sorcerer and it might just be enough with the right spells."
"Do you think for a second that I would willingly have sex with you to conceive a child Alyssa?" Merton asked while still trying to comprehend her way of thinking.
"Willingly no, but who said that you had to be willing?" Alyssa laughed as a terrified look came over Merton's face.
Meanwhile behind Alyssa, Tommy had closed his eyes and was trying to find a way out of the predicament that he was in. 'Tommy listen to me, now is the time to use your stored moonlight energy to power your claws, they'll tear through these trees like tissue paper.'
'How do I call on the moonlight energy?' Tommy questioned the wolf.
'Picture your claws and see within them a crescent moon, alright open your eyes and look at your claws.'
Tommy's eyes opened sluggishly but he did as instructed and glanced over at his claws.
Each of Tommy's claws was glowing with a soft light, like the moon on a cloudless night. Tommy maneuvered his arms so that his hands where a couple of inches from the branches holding his opposite arms.
Tommy brought his hands down in a slashing motion, as his claws descended toward the branches they left trails of light. Tommy's claws went right through the branches and just before he fell, Tommy noticed that the light left by his claws formed the shape of crescent moons before the light faded.
Luckily, Tommy was behind Alyssa and therefore she didn't know that Tommy had escaped. Tommy tried to sneak up on Alyssa, but at the last second before Tommy could grab her, Alyssa turned around and with a murmur she disappeared in a cloud of dust.
"Damn it," Tommy cursed as he coughed from the dust that had flown into his face when Alyssa vanished.
"I don't think this is the last we will see of her, but in the meantime can you get me down big guy?" Merton questioned, still stunned from the revelation that Alyssa would rape him in order to achieve her goals.
"Sure Merton," Tommy answered as he took the last few steps over to where Merton was suspended 4 feet off the ground.
Tommy slashed through the tree branches holding Merton just as easily as he had the ones that had held him. However, Tommy didn't let Merton stand for a few seconds before picking him up bridal style.
"Tommy, I can walk you know."
"I know, just let me do this, OK? I could have lost you just now," Tommy said with somewhat of a whine to his tone.
"OK, but just this once."
Merton snuggled closer to Tommy's chest as Tommy started the short trek back to their apartment. When they got inside Tommy automatically headed toward their now shared bedroom. Tommy and Merton both exhausted emotionally because of Alyssa's plans, they fell asleep quickly, wrapped around one another as if trying to keep the other safe from any harm.
Author's note: there has only been one vote for the poll I placed at the end of the last chapter and I thank Sathreal for that vote. As it stands, I believe that barring any major problems I will finish Blue Moon Tempest Within 3-4 months. Therefore I am making a Cutoff date for the Voting. The Last Day I will accept votes will be Christmas day (December 25 2011). I thank all my fans who are following this story and I hope to get more feedback of what you think. If you need refreshing on the voting options at the end of the previous chapter.