Authors Notes: So things are going to start to unravel (?) now.
We're Not Your Lab Rats!
"Mads?" his voice seemed to have an echo effect to it in her head as she slowly opened her eyes, clutching her head as if she had a hangover from something that had happened last night, but whatever it was her head hurt worse than she could describe. There was a clutter of something in the distance, but even that had an echo effect. Her eyes slolwy began to open and she squinted adjusting to the light of the room, only vaguely remembering what had happened last night, she felt a hand on her upper arm, making her feel warm and tingly inside. Different, even if she knew it was coming from the boy she'd once told she loved. "Morning." He whispered near her ear, the echo seeming to vanish and his voice going back to normal. Maddy took in her surroundings, looking at the room. She looked at an area on the floor with a mess of foam and ash, and remembered fully the events of last night, the fire, the attempt of escape. Looking at the broken camera on the floor she smiled. Obviously Whitewood had been keeping a close eye on the two of them, and when Rhydian broke the camera, Whitewood panicked and ran to the room to find a wolf scratching at the table...
The table? Oh yes, behind the table and behind the big board was a window, which Rhydian and Maddy could escape through. If only Maddy's wolf hadn't come out and Rhydian had known fully what to do. Then there was the clashing noise, she whipped her head round to see Toby trying to fix where the camera had been before Rhydian broke it. She looked at Rhydian, before looking back at Toby. "Toby?" she called, hoping he would acknowledge her, she could sense him tense, he tried to look behind but it was like someone had put a gun there beside his head and any sudden movement and he'd be shot. So he ignored her, "Toby, I know you heard me." Maddy stated standing up.
Rhydian wasn't far behind in her movements, she'd stand, so would he, she'd begin slowly walking towards Toby, he would follow at the same pace. "D-Dr. Wh-Whitewo-wood, told m-me not to t-talk to you." He stated not looking at either of them, but instead at the broken wires at the wall, his stuttering had become better... much better.
"But Whitewoods not here." Rhydian stated, he'd heard the conversationg between Whitewood and Toby earlier, she had said to him in a mean tone, 'Don't talk to them, Toby. I won't be long, I'm just going to deal with that hunter.' The way she said it though, was suspicious.
Toby nodded slightly as if agreeing to what Rhydian said. Maddy turned to look at Rhydian quizzically before turning back to look at Toby, "So she got you fixing the camera has she?" she asked. But Toby didn't respond. She needed to try another technique, she looked at the ground for a moment before coming up with something, "You like all that stuff do you?" she asked again, hoping to gain something by asking a more personal question, he seemed to ease up a little, the tension slowly vanishing from his body.
"I fi-find it in-interesting." He stated, stuttering once again becoming less of an issue.
Maddy smiled, turning to Rhydian, using her eyes to tell him to ask Toby something 'personal'. "Uh, so... you got a girlfriend?" he asked, Maddy turned and frowned at him as if saying 'Really?', Rhydian shrugged, it seemed to be the thing most men talked about... but he learnt that from Tom... when they were friends. Toby seemed to smile at the question though.
"I u-use to. But we h-had to br-break up." He told them, the way he said 'had' made Rhydian and Maddy frown in confusion. Maddy and Rhydian looked at one another with the same expression of confusion, as if one of them would know the answer.
"What do you mean 'you had to'? Did something happen?" Maddy asked in her nicest tone possible, Toby looked at them as if to say 'I'm not buying your nice act.' But it wasn't an act.
"I kn-know wh-what your d-doing!" He snapped, still stuttering, causing his harsh tone to sound like a young childs, "With y-your ni-nice act! I-I'm not st-st-stupid! Wh-Whitewood told m-me y-you'd try to-to mess w-with my head! J-Just le-leave me alone!" he ordered walking towards the door, but Rhydian beat him to it, closing it shut before Toby could leave.
"You think we're the ones playing with your head? We're the ones pulling 'an act'? What part do you even play in these 'experiments'?" Rhydian asked in annoyance. Maddy made a calming motion asking with that motion for him to calm down and let her do the rest.
"I pl-play a ve-very ma-ma-major p-part in these 'experiments'!" Toby told Rhydian with a frightened glare, if that were possible for a person to make, but with Toby, everything he did he seemed to be frightened about. He turned to Maddy, "Y-you want t-to know?" he asked, she stiffened slightly, before nodding. Toby exhaled a rather large breath he seemed to have been holding, "Wh-Whitewood won't be b-back for a wh-while." He told them, turning to a nearby table, the one that supported the window. And he waited, thinking it through.
"When your ready Toby." Maddy's soft tone frightening him slightly. Maddy and Rhydian stood beside one another looking at Toby, waiting. Anxiously waiting for something.
"I-I was out, i-in the fo-forest, during a fu-full mo-moon, four m-months ago, I didn't be-believe Rebbeca's th-theory about we-werewolves then, and it was d-dark, and I was al-alone, I j-just wanted to be on m-my own fr-from the str-stress of my family. Th-there were these no-noise's. I th-thought it was just my imagination pl-playing tricks on me, you know. But th-then I saw these two, yellow eyes st-staring, watching me as I w-walked. I ignored them and carried on. But th-then it got closer to me. I pa-panicked, what else was I su-supposed to d-do? Then it at-attacked me, like it sm-smelt my fear. I was biten," he explains, as he finishes off the first part of his story he lifts up his shirt only just so Maddy and Rhydian can see the scar where the teeth were. Maddy gasped, covering her mouth, "Nothing f-fatally da-damamged, except... I started to believe Wh-Whitewoods th-theory, because I started to change... well, I thought I'd ch-changed. So thats where I fit in, in these 'experiments'." He explained, Maddy and Rhydian hardly noticed how much better his stuttering was in that story.
Rhydian, still in shock of the story, spoke up first, "How do you mean, 'changed'?" He asked, getting the question off his chest, Toby clasped his hands together, putting them in his lap and looking down at them, not meeting either of the younger peoples gazes.
"D-does it ma-matter? I'm tu-turning into wh-what you are. We-werewolves." He stated, with a sad expression.
"We're not werewolves, Toby!" Maddy announced, getting frustrated by the term so commonly used by others, "We've told you, we're Wolfbloods, there's a difference." She explained, Toby looked up at her, with a quizzical look in his expression that asked Maddy what she meant, "Werewolves, are monsters, they can make others like them, they are also mythical creatures. But Wolfbloods, like me and Rhydian... well, its in our gene's. You can't become or turn into one, you have to be born as one." Maddy adds in her explanation.
Rhydian smiles slightly. But Toby's quizzical look does not change.
"B-but, wh-when I sp-spoke t-to Wh-Whitewood, sh-she told me th-that I h-had t-to be tested on, t-to see if I c-could be h-helped." Toby explained, with a confused look.
"Whitewood lied, Toby." Maddy said softly, placing a hand on his shoulder. But out of anger, hurt and betrayl Toby shoved her hand away and clenched his teeth and fists. "Toby?" Maddy asked in shock of how angry he was getting.
"No! Sh-she said sh-she could h-help me! Sh-she told me t-testing on you t-two w-would h-help me!" He snapped in rage a tear streamed down his face, "Th-thats why I've be-been helping h-her!" he added. If he was a Wolfblood, by now his veins would've turned black, his eyes yellow and he would be growling. But the fact non of those things were happening only proved he wasn't a Wolfblood.
"Wait... so, we're here because you helped Whitewood find us, because she told you it would help you?" Rhydian asked, moving away from the door, to try and help Maddy calm him down.
"Yes... b-because I w-was sc-scared, I w-was terrified, of wh-what I might be-become." He told them in a whisper, possibly scared of what Rhydian and Maddy might think if they heard it out loud, he turned to look at Maddy, "B-but if wh-what you say i-is r-right... th-then... th-then... I'm so-sorry." He added, more tears streamed down his face, the lies and the false promises... it wasn't just Maddy and Rhydian that were lab rats, he was too. It hurt.
"Is that why you stutter? Because your scared?" Maddy asks, trying to be gentle, but because of Tobys shaking of rage it comes out a little harsh. Rhydian throws Maddy a short glare as if to say 'you can't just say that!' But Toby nods.
"Don't worry, mate. We'll get out of here, you've just got to help us get out." Rhydian tells him, trying to be supportive.
"N-no! W-we can't, Whitewood has a tracking device on both of you, if we leave, she'll find you." Toby admits, Maddy throws her head back in defeat, though Toby's stuttering was less and less by the minute. He finally understood, but he'd been betrayed, he'd been told Whitewood would help him, when all she really wanted, was for Toby to help her capture her little 'experiments', so she could do what she has always wanted... find out the truth, discover it... reveal it
"What are we going to do then?" Rhydian asks, hoping at least one of them had an answer. Maddy shrugged, sliding down a wall. Toby quickly began to walk around the room searching for soomething, whilst Rhydian followed Maddy, and took her hand in his, "We'll get out of this... together, ok? I promise." He whispered to her.
She looked at him, shaking her head, "You can't promise that." She told him, in a raspy whisper.
"But-" Rhydian started, but Maddy stood back up as she realised something, Rhydians eyes followed her up, and he hung his head as he was not able to say what was needed to be said.
"Toby? How long ago did Whitewood leave?" she asked the frantic looking man that searched the room as if it was on fire and he needed to get something that was massively important. After Maddy asked the question he slowly straightened himself up.
"I don't know." He said slowly, as if thinking the words scared him.
Then Maddy and Rhydian smelt her... like a bad smell, and they heard her panicky voice... like alarm bells. Maddy turned to Toby, "You've got to pretend you don't know the truth... until she is done... until she removes the device... ok?" she told him in a whisper, thinking Whitewood might hear her otherwise.
"But... sh-she... sh-she..." he stuttered, trying to get the words out. Then her footsteps and panicky mumbles got closer, "H-her next ex-experiment is on y-you... and me." He said, Maddy's eyes widened, she turned back to look at Rhydian with fear in her chocolatey brown eyes, his features showed stern fear, but hidden within was a promise he couldn't say out loud, because Whitewood entered, with blood on her hands and a look of shock on her face.
"Toby, dear. What are you still doing in here? I thought you'd have it done by now." She said in a stern, but shakey voice, she looked at his blank expression and Maddy's expression of fear... it sunk in slowly. "You know." she spoke, with a frown and look that asked him 'really?'
He stood there, with two words to say, "You lied."
Authors Notes: Wow, the drama. Jeez, I just complimented myself... never again. So its longer than the last one... in the two thousands to be precise... thats bad. So what do you think, was it good? I used the idea of him believing that he'd become one, because Whitewood made him believe he was... maybe, I don't know! Tell me! Your the readers, the critics, etc. I'm just the author.