Chapter 8

Lee's POV

"Damn you, rain!" I shouted as me and Scott huddled under a tree, trying to stay warm and dry. Scott chuckled next to me.

"Rain is supposed to be good." He told me. I turned to him.

"Not right now! How is this supposed to be good? We need to find Billi." I told him, looking up at the sky. He chuckled again.

"And we will. We just need to wait until this rain goes away." He told me calmly.

"But what if they keep going, even while it's raining?" I asked. Suddenly, there was a clap of thunder. We both looked up at the sky to see lighting flash across the sky.

"I don't think so." He told me. I sighed. He was right. No one would be crazy enough to continue on in the rain. Just then, I heard voices and footsteps heading our way. Scott and I huddled closer to the tree trunk and huddled closer together, to make us as small as possible. We both peeked around the tree to see who was coming. It was a couple, the girl hanging on to the guy and the guy leading the way.

"They're not even wearing jackets." Scott muttered into my ear. I nodded. I got his drift. Humans wouldn't do that. They'd probably freeze and start shivering. This couple wasn't even flinching against the rain. As they got, I could make out features on them. The girl was wearing a skirt and a tight t-shirt that was even tighter in the rain and the boy was wearing a blue shirt with jeans. They both had blonde hair. It's them! My mind screamed at me. It WAS them. They were just too familiar to not be them.

"Paul." I muttered into Scott's ear. His ear twitched in response.

"Who's that with him?" He asked into my ear.

"Sally." I hissed back. Scott kind of shuddered when he heard me. Weird. I thought, but chose to ignore it for now. Get them! My mind screamed. I was trying to fight the urge, but it was becoming too hard to fight. Scott grabbed my arm. I glanced over at him. He was shaking his head. I sighed silently and forced myself to calm down. They continued to walk towards us. We sat there, holding our breaths, waiting for them to pass. Suddenly, Paul stopped in his tracks. Sally asked him something, but he didn't answer. Instead, he looked straight at us. Scott and I froze. NOW! NOWNOWNOWNOWNOW!!!! My mind screamed. And this time, I couldn't fight it.

Blind rage shot through me as I pushed Scott off my arm. He shouted my name as I raced across the gap between me and Paul. Sally screamed something as I lunge on Paul. We rolled around on the ground, away from Sally and Scott. I landed on top and pinned him down.

"WHERE IS SHE!?" I shouted in his face. He struggled to get up, but I just tightened my grip.

"If you don't tell me where she is, I swear to god, I slit your throat right here, right now, and drain every last drop of your blood! Now tell me, WHERE IS SHE!?" I demanded.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" He said and struggled against me. Suddenly, Sally appeared and tore me off of him. She threw me towards Scott, who caught me in his arms. Thunder boomed from the sky. Sally knelt down to Paul and Scott put me back on the ground, not letting go of my arm. We watched as Sally helped Paul up.

"Hide behind your whore!" I shouted to them. Sally gave me the finger. Paul and she slowly started walking towards me and Scott. I tried to break free from Scott's hold, his response was to hold me against his chest, his arms circling my arms and pinning them to the side. I leaned my head to the side so I could see them approaching.

"Let me go! He knows where Billi is! He did this to me! This has nothing to do with you!" I told Scott.

"You're wrong. This has everything to do with me. I promised I would help you and killing him right now won't help. Besides, you might think that Sally and Paul have nothing to do with me, but they do. Sally's the one who made me into this." He told me, sounding so calm when I was just seething with rage. What he said made me stop, though. She did this to him? All the more to hate her. I thought.

"Scott…" I muttered and buried my head against his chest. He smoothed my hair.

"I didn't know." I muttered against him. I felt him shrug.

"How could you have? I never told you." He said as they arrived.

"So, you two know each other?" Sally asked. I looked up at her. She was acting as if we were all friends on a sunny afternoon in the park. I glared at her.

"Does it look like it?" I hissed, sarcastically. She smirked over at me and clutched onto Paul's arm. Paul was staring at Scott with hate.

"How do you know Lee?" He asked Scott. Scott raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well, it's a funny story. You see, I was at home one day and Lee and Billi broke into my little apartment, looking for a place to hide from this maniac who wanted to kill them. And I guess I've been tagging along with them ever sense." Scott told them and chuckled.

"This is no time for joking!" I told him. I turned to Sally and Paul. "Where is she? Where is Billi?" I demanded. Sally and Paul glanced at each other.

"It seems he grabbed the wrong tool." Sally said. Paul shrugged.

"It doesn't matter. We're here to clean up his mess anyways. Lee, you'll be coming with us. The dog will have to stay here, though. We no longer see him as the best weapon to use." Sally said. Scott sighed.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, wicked witch of the sluts, but Lee isn't going with you." Scott told her. She glared at him.

"Who's going to stop us from just taking her?" Sally asked. Scott let me go and pushed me behind him.

"Me." He said and dropped on all fours. He started shaking and shivering. Soon, his body started to grow. His clothes ripped off him and he grew fur. His ears and tail became bigger and his feet and hands became paws and claws. He was about 6 feet tall on all fours. He had become a wolf. I gasped as I stepped back. Sally and Paul stepped back, looks of surprise on their faces. Scott growled at them and crouched down, ready to spring at them. Sally cursed. She turned and ran the way they came, yelling something about being back.

Paul stayed behind. He wasn't watching Scott. He was staring at me. I stared back. He looked sad. Images flashed through my mind of me and him. I shook them away and glared at him, even though a tear ran down my face. He stayed for a few more seconds, and then Scott growled at him. He tore his gaze away from me and turned to Scott. He muttered something to him, then turned and ran where Sally disappeared to. Scott turned towards me and lay down. I reached out and patted his head.

"Good doggy." I told him and smiled. He barked out a laugh. I crinkled my nose and stopped petting him.

"You're all wet. And you smell bad." I told him. He growled playfully at me. I laughed. I hugged his muzzle as best as I could.

"Thanks." I told him. In response, he licked my face. I laughed and wiped off my face.

"Ew." I muttered and smiled. He began changing back into his regular form. I quickly looked away and decided to jog back to the tree, where we left our stuff. With my back still turned, I held out his bag to him. After a few minutes, he took his bag. I started rummaging through mine, looking for a towel to try to dry off. I started drying off my hair.

"Ok. I'm decent." He told me. I turned around, putting the towel around my neck. He had on a button up white shirt with a black design on the bottom that looked like a dragon and blue jeans. I smiled at him. He grinned back.

"I didn't know you can do that." I said. He smiled and chuckled nervously.

"Yeah. I learned to do it a few years ago." He said.

"That's pretty cool." I replied. He nodded. He walked up to me and grabbed my arm, making me fall into him. He wrapped his arms around me and hugged me. After a few moments, I hesitantly hugged him back.

"See? That's a real hug." He muttered. I buried my head in his chest, embarrassed. He chuckled in response.

"Hey, it stopped raining." He informed me. I forced myself to break away from the hug and look out at the sky. The rain had stopped, but it was still very cloudy. I put my stuff back in my bag and threw it over my shoulder. I turned to him and smiled.

"So, back to finding Billi…"