Before he even opened his eyes, Scott McCall knew that he was lucky to be alive. He could feel little burns all over his body where the rocks and sand had pelted his skin. When he finally found the strength to turn and look for his mother, it felt like every bone in his body had been snapped in half.
"Mom?"
The car was flipped over and Scott was dangling upside down, held up by his seat belt. He turned his head again, but couldn't see his mother.
Scott started to panic.
"Mom?! Mom, can you hear me?! Are you alright?!"
Scott struggled to set himself free from the seatbelt. His nerves were in overdrive and his fingers were clumsy because of it.
When Scott felt the car suddenly move, he thought he was experiencing signs of a concussion. Before he could give it anymore thought, the car was flipped over, right side up.
"What the-"
Scott couldn't believe what he was looking at. A girl in a skin-tight costume, cape and all, had just lowered the car from the front end.
The girl in blue walked over to Scott and opened the car door on his side, "Are you okay?"
All of the confusion and amazement passed him by at the thought of his mother.
"My mom, she was with me and I can't find her."
The girl reached over Scott and single-handedly ripped the seatbelt off of him. "Come on. She was probably thrown from the vehicle on impact. She can't be far."
Scott got out of the car and started following the girl.
"You keep looking down here, I'm going to check from above to see if I see anything."
"Above?"
The girl in blue, like a rocket launching into space, shot up into the air in the blink of an eye. Scott couldn't believe what he was seeing. Who the hell was this girl? He was used to werewolves and other supernatural creatures, but a normal girl with super strength and the ability to fly? That was something new entirely.
Scott put his bewilderment on the back burner. He had to find his mom. Having been thrown from the car at the speed they were going when the meteor hit, she could be in rough shape.
Scott shook his head. He didn't want to think of his mother being badly hurt. She was the only family he had besides his friends. His father was who knows where, always so secretive and elusive which was fine with Scott, truth be told. He and his father never really had a strong relationship.
For the first time since getting out of the car, Scott took in his surroundings. The meteor had landed about two-hundred feet in front of him, leaving a trail leading up to a crater the size of a hockey rink. He was astounded at what he was looking at.
"Hey! I think I see your mom!" the girl with the cape said from above.
Scott looked up, "Where?!"
The girl lowered her flight a little. "In the crater, near the meteor. Stay here and I'll go check."
"No, I'm coming with you!"
"You can't. It's a deep drop into the crater, you'll break your legs if you jump into it."
"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."
Before the girl could try to talk him out of it, Scott ran and then leapt into the crater, landing effortlessly in a crouching position.
Scott stood up and immediately started looking for his mother. Usually he could catch her scent, but radioactive waves from the meteor were interfering. The closer he came to the giant rock, the more out of wack his senses became. As he rounded the corner of the meteor, he could feel his wolf fangs come out. The meteor was doing a number on his wolf half. He could see his mother, lying on the ground under a blanket of crumbled rock.
As Scott struggled to reach his mother, he began to feel weak. What was happening to him? He didn't know and he didn't care. He just wanted to help his mother; to make sure she was okay.
When he couldn't walk anymore, he fell to his knees and began to crawl to his mother. Once he reached her it was like a heavy weight started to push down on him. The power of the meteor waves were too great for Scott to fight against.
"Mom," was all Scott could find the strength to say before collapsing beside his mother.