The Secret

His muscles were still aching like they were growing and the blood was drowning his brain as he was lifted in the car. Suddenly it was as if someone had pulled the plug from his brain and the blood began to flow again. His muscles were still growing and he could feel himself wanting to faint. His arms suddenly began to feel more like his human arms. He held back the scream of pain as the blood rushed to his eyes.

He gripped the man hard by the throat and pulled himself from the car. He swung to the side view mirror as he gripped the man hard by the throat. He was feeling stronger than ever before and a lot more agile. He felt more human than he had in the last few days. That was when he was met by the blood thirsty eyes of the monster he had become. He could see the sharp wolf features of his body and could just about see the tip of his tail. He was tall – 6ft like when he's human and he was still dressed in wrecked scraps of his human clothing. His muscles were far larger than ever and his body was covered in glistening reddish brown fur. Perhaps most importantly was he could see in colour.

"I'm a…werewolf?" He let out an ear splitting howl before throwing the squirming man (who was trying to stab his arm) through the window of the gym. He smashed the boot of the car and shredded the cover. "Bingo…" He pulled the thick brown file from the back. "Maybe this will explain more…"

He ran full bolt on all fours and leapt through the window he had thrown the man from.

"Which one of you bastards was responsible for this?" He snarled. He knew the men would point all the rifles at him. He smiled and stood right in the middle of their firing line. "Ema get everyone out of here!" As the rain of bullets began he swooped and dodged them, his sixth sense and blood red eyes alerting him to danger before it happened.

Lana was ordered to leave Klavier where he was and flee with Ema. She struggled but then complied. The group that Ema had freed were lead into the next gym; the only protection from the danger on the other side was a small wooden partition with shatter proof glass on the top half. Ema pulled out her phone and tried to record this to show to Klavier when he woke and perhaps even Apollo if he didn't remember this.

Apollo waited in the middle as the bullets stopped. The men caught their breath before lunging towards Apollo in the most disorganised chaos he had ever seen. The first man grabbed the chain around Apollo's throat and attempted to strangle him. He yelped and began to tug on the chain. He strained with the effort before shattering one of the links. He kicked the man away from him.

"Way to go Polo! Karate lessons do come in handy after all!" Apollo's foster sister called from the other side of the glass.

As he attempted to fight the all of them off they were developing new primitive weapons: Glass shards, rope from the climbing frames even cell phone batteries to throw at the frenzied werewolf. He could feel his body being lacerated and yet he continued to fight, karate kicking them away with as much force as he could and occasionally scaring some of them enough to flee in terror. He began to tire as he managed to get some of the men away.

He felt a slash on his arm and grabbed the source, a man who was clutching a glass shard. He twisted his arm behind the man's back and slammed his knee into the man's back. He was exhausted but he had fought much longer than he normally would when he did karate. His blood thirsty eyes scanned the now vacant room aside from him and Klavier and… the last of the Vampires. The man who had invited Apollo to go there in the first place.

"You're a bit of a coward aren't you? Hiding behind your loser buddies until there's just me and you left." Apollo snarled. He saw the folder he had looted from the car in the man's left hand clutched to his chest and a shotgun pressed right against the glass in his right.

"Everybody get down!" Ema called.

"This glass is shatter proof!" A woman called out at the back.

"Not when a bullet's fired through at point blank range it isn't!" Ema waited for the other girls to drop as she saw the lighting fast creature rip the shotgun from the Vampire's hand and slam him into the partition. Apollo picked himself up and bent the shotgun in half before ripping the folder from the hand of the black clad man.

"I suggest you leave!" The man scampered away with his useless mangled shotgun to a car that had been shattered and shredded to pieces.

"We're coming back in!" Ema called. The sound couldn't pass through the glass and Apollo stood there dumfounded for a few seconds. He shook his head and signalled for her to check if anyone was hurt. He picked up the wrecked and blood splattered folder which he hoped would give him the answer to his transformation.

Apollo turned his attention to Klavier. Or at least the pile of Klavier's clothes where Klavier had once been.

"Holy crap! He didn't shrink like in Alice in Wonderland did he?" Apollo studied the pile terrified to move it. Until he saw the small bump in the middle. "Klavier?" He lifted the purple jacket to reveal a small golden coloured kitten.

"Whoa! Apollo you look bigger and more human!"

"You look short and um…" Apollo tried to think of a way of telling Klavier about what he looked like without offending him.

"Herr Puppy?"

"Um…can you still see in colour?" Apollo asked.

"Ja."

"Does the world seem…bigger?"

"Ja. But I'm lying down so it's bound to."

"Ok…don't move just stay looking at me." Apollo reached into Klavier's back trouser pocket and pulled the compact mirror from it. Being as vein as he was Klavier always carried a mirror so he could check his trademark hair was in order.

Apollo fiddled with the mirror before placing it in front of Klavier.

"What a cute kitty!" Klavier called. "Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!"

"Klavier…that's you. Watch." Apollo lifted Klavier's clothes one by one of the floor and he watched the kitten's eyes widen in shock. "You're the kitten and when I take you into the next room nobody will be able to understand you but me."

"Ja…but…"

"I'm sorry Klavier. I don't know how much longer I will be a werewolf so I might not be able to translate for you for much longer."
"Ja, but there's a problem." Klavier watched in awe as Apollo lifted him onto the folder then picked the folder up. "Lana's allergic to cats…"

"Ah…"

Fortunately for Klavier Lana did not have an allergic reaction to him. Nobody had been injured.

"Apollo, what happened?" Ema approached him cautiously as if she was afraid he might have the same primeval instinct she had read about in werewolf legends.

"My bracelet started to glow, then I was in pain and then…this." Ema wrapped her arms around his waist and embraced him. "We need to get everyone out safely."

Lana had taken Klavier home. She was bawling her eyes out because she was allergic to cats but other than that she was ok. Apollo took Pearl, Trucy and Claire back with Ema and him to the apartment. As Claire's mum Suzanne was coming around to take Phoenix out for lunch.

He sat studying the folder hard.

Genetic mutation list: K Gavin – Panther

A Tiala – eagle

D Crescend – Snake

L Andrews – fox

O Harvey – pigeon

The list carried on for 2 more pages. At the bottom of the list was the name: A Justice – Puppy

"Ema look at the top three names on the list!" He grabbed his girlfriends arm and pulled her onto his lap. "I thought they were in Jail…" He whispered into her ear.

"They are, and they're some pretty impressive killer animals too." Ema felt her heart race. Apollo raised his hand to put it on top of her heart because he could sense her fear.

"Are you…afraid of me?" He asked.

"No…I mean…I want you back to normal!" Ema cried. "I really do!" She clutched her stomach in pain.

"Stomach ache again?" He mumbled.

"Yeah, I might have to go and see a doctor about this…it's been going on for a few months now and I've been feeling more tired recently." She kissed the end of his nose and went back to cleaning. Apollo felt a sharp pain in his head and he could feel himself becoming smaller and weaker again. He had transformed back into a puppy.

"Apollo!" Ema ran towards the computer chair where she expected to see the werewolf form of her partner.

Her eyes met with the small hazel eyes of Apollo as a puppy. Ema was unsure what to feel like – she was no longer terrified of him and yet… she wanted him to talk to her. I want – No I need you to tell me you love me! Ema cried inside. I'm scared… I've been feeling terrible and… I've started to get heavy because I'm comfort eating again!

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