Chapter 1: Captured

I woke up panting with sweat beaded on my forehead, looking around the dark mysterious room, My senses were aware and on edge, trying to locate where the loud crashing sound had come from,

If I didn’t know better, I would have thought it was Santa Clause,

Except that is was in the middle of May,

I scanned the empty twin bed next to mine with blurry eyes, I was only able to see through the light from the moon shining through the window behind the bed, My fingers scrunched the CareBare blanket beneath me,

I was quite fond of that thing,

Something wasn’t right because the empty bed next to me, wasn’t supposed to be empty,

Where was the occupant?,

I started panicking as I ran a hand through my blonde hair that was matted against my forehead, Only one word came to mind,

Sh!t,

Getting up, my instincts kicking in along with a full dose of adrenalin, I slowly made my way over to the door on the other side of small room consisting of two small twin beds and two drawers,

And of course my CareBare Blanket,

I stuck my body against the wall as I opened door a crack,The light quickly poured through the small opening in the door, causing my heart to sore through my chest, reach the great beyond, and return in a flat 1,2 seconds,

My thoughts shifted as I heard more strange ruckus,

“Please don’t let it be, Them.”,

Them as in Santa Clause and his glow-in-the-dark horn-less unicorn,

I opened the door wider, squinting as the light blinded me for a second,

I slid out of the room and onto the closest wall that was blocking the incoming light, My back was pressed to the wall, as I tried to reason with my head,

In….Out….In….Out….In…..okay perverted thoughts filled my head, Screw that dirty mind,

Gathering up my confidence, that was diminishing by the second, I kept my back glued to the wall as I saw the bright light was coming from the plain kitchen,

What would Liam Neeson do in my case?,

“Go for the danger,” he coached me in my head,

The strange feeling of the cliche moments in many movies filled my gut,

I automatically stopped when I heard hushed voices, It could be anyone, Santa Clause could be plotting my death, ready to send his avenging garden gnomes after me,

Eventually my curiosity got the best of me, and I flung myself over the side of the wall and attacked the intruder,

All that could be heard was my body smashing that someone to the ground,

“Good, my young padewan, Now, you must get some answers, Who are they?, What do they want?”,

I momentarily forgot about questioning a damn intruder because I was trying not to get myself killed,

My hands were wrapped around someones throat, and they were making these weird choking and gasping nosies,which I completely ignored,

It’s not like I was supposed to listen to every curse word they mutter, after all they are trying to kill me,

My master coaxed me in my head, this was the moment of truth,

I whispered, almost hauntingly in a threatening voice filled with danger, ” I don’t know who you are, I don’t know what you want, If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money, But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you, If you leave now, that’ll be the end of it, I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, But if you don’t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”,

My eyes were shut, possibly from the thrill that rolled up my spine, but quickly opened as I felt hands grabbing my upper arms and trying to pull me off the intruder,

I knew that touch just like the back of my hand,

”Eva!, Relax!, Its just Max!”,

I immediately released my hold and looked down at who was getting the wrath of Eva,

I was on top of Max, strangling him with my hands, His red puffed up face was now panting for air, grabbing his throat and looking at me like I was the she-devil he’d wished he never met,

“Im…sorry?”, I said, trying to show a small grin at what I had done,

How would I have known it was Max?, I just woke up for crying out loud!, You don’t piss a woman off while she slumbers!, Didn’t Disney teach that in sleeping beauty?,

All I got in response was a grunt and something that sounded like ‘geth ofh meh’,

My head swung around to look at Ethan, my dork of a best friend, who was chuckling and offering his hand,

I took it gladly as he pulled me up to my feet, letting air finally get into Max’s lungs,

Max was a kind-hearted man that helped us and had let us stay at his home, He was around 45 years of age, yet it only appeared as if he was 30 with light brown hair and warm chocolate eyes,

My head abruptly snapped when Ethan burst out laughing his stupid butt off, not bothering to keep it in, This guy has got some serious mental problems,

And will have some serious physical issues also if he doesn’t stop, I thought darkly,

I glared at him, and yet his laughter did not cease to end,

“You…..are…..ova…..protective…..”, he said in between each of his breathes,

I crossed my arms over my chest and simply replied, my eyes narrowed onto him,” And who’s over-protectiveness saved a certain someone’s ass?”, I raised my brows waiting for him to give me a reasonable explanation,

“Aww…God!, Your mad face is so cute!”, he laughed, as I turned away shutting my eyes and thinking of a million ways of making his life a living hell,

Dying his hair green was sounding better by the second, Then he can join Santa in the plot to kill me,

I turned back to look at him, He stood back up brushing his fingers through his short dirty blonde hair,

He was attractive in a Ed-Sheeran kind of way, with his blue eyes and well toned body, but we were just friends, Definitely, nothing more, He was one of those cute boys that were always overly kind,

As if anything would be between us, He is a idiot, and I am just flipping spectacular,

I rolled my eyes and looked down, I didn’t have the nerve for this, My wavy white blond, well more white than blond hair, reached close to my elbows,

I think it was time to cut it,

I glanced back up at Ethan as he pulled me into a tight bear hug, still chuckling,

I was being stubborn as my hands were still crossed, and my eyes were looking at the ceiling,

No way was he getting off the hook so fast, I did not take well to embarrisment,

“Oh God, Eva, Thanks for being so over protective,” he said giving me a extra hard hug, I sighed and wrapped my arms around his chest and finally hugged him back, He pulled back smiling at me like a five year old when he was 18 just like me,

He burst out in a fit of laughter once again, “You quote Liam Neeson when you’re ready to kill someone?”,

Two, 18 year olds that acted like children, Yip, that was us, We weren’t the bestest of friends from birth, but we were close enough to be,

I found myself smiling back because let’s face it, his smiles are contagious,

“Did I mention that your…..”, and then I felt it,

The feeling that always sent me on edge, and I very much hoped I would never feel it again,

It wasn’t a terrifying feeling, it was actually not bad, It was warm and comforting, but that was just a facade, Any moment, that feeling would consume us,

The only thing on my mind was, “Sh!t, It’s them.”,

“They’re here!”, Max yelled towards us, probably feeling it too, as he rushed towards the back door and removed all the locks off it to get it open,

My blood started pumping overdrive, as everything cleared though my head only leaving one animal instinct,

Get out of there,

I watched as Max jerked the door opened and pointed outside yelling, “Run!”,

You didn’t need to tell me twice, Actually, you didn’t need to tell me at all, I was already doing it,

I grabbed Ethan and pulled him after me in my iron grip,

As we rushed out the door, I heard Ethan say thanks to Max, and we began running into the cool crisp night,

Sadly, we didn’t want to risk the life of the only man that had taken us in, He couldn’t come with us,

Max’s backyard was huge, and at the very end was the start of a forest with a big broken down tree that was fallen in the way,

It made the backyard at night darker and more creepy,

I found that it had a home like connection with nature,

I sprinted harder, pulling Ethan with me as he stumbled trying to pick up his speed to go fast as mine, In seconds, we were jumping off the ground and onto the tree,

I felt that feeling that they were getting closer and closer, and my hope was diminishing, We might have to fight,

“Shift!”, I yelled to Ethan, dropping his hand as we jumped over the 3 foot tree,

I felt that small sensation of my bones rearranging themselves, Turning a human, into a beast, The wild animal was coming alive within me, ready for anything,

My skin began turning, sprouting fur on every inch of skin, The feeling of being free,

I was a shape-shifter, I wasn’t a triangle that could magically turn into a trapazoid, but I only could turn into what was commonly known as a werewolf, also known as a much large wolf,

I landed on the soft murky ground on all four legs, and immediately looked to my right as Ethan landed with a thug in his grey with black striped form,

I pointed my head towards the forest indicating we run into there, He already knew the procedure, After all, we had been doing this for quite some time, We had never overstayed our welcome as we did this time,

He shook his head up and down, and we began the run that we have been practicing for 3 years now,

The forest was dark and had a musky earthy scent to it, The dirt on the floor was a dark brown color, indicating that it had recently rained,

My guard was completely up as we ran through the many branches and rocks in our way,

I stopped multiple times, waiting for Ethan to catch up because my gut was twisting in too many direction, and I knew something was bound to happen soon, I let Ethan go in front of me, and then I abruptly stopped,

I heard the thunderous beating heart of another wolf close by, Too close,

The same feeling sent me on edge ever time since every time it meant that an unknown wolf was near,

I look up and saw Ethan , beginning o run full speed towards him, going faster than ever, Time seemed to slow, my heart dropping in anticipation,

I lost my cool because I was truly nervous, This time was different,

I saw Ethan stop and look curiously to his right into the bushes, Stupid boy, I wanted to scream into his wolf noggin!,

Seconds later, a huge charcoal wolf jumped out of the bushes, clearly going to attack Ethan, Ethan shrank back in reflex, for he was afraid,

Why?, Because Ethan was such a baby, and he couldn’t take care of himself, Though that didn’t stop our friendship, That’s what I was for,

He was the lover, I was the fighter,

My temper began taking hold of me as I pushed high in to the air with my paws and attacked the midnight colored wolf, so dark it almost looked like a blade,

I caused us to roll onto the ground with a crack and roll in the leaves and rocks all over the forest floor,

I quickly pounced to my feet when it was possible, and I heard a deep growl erupt from the blackish blue wolf in front of me, It had eyes the color of the finest dark mocha ice cream, I couldn’t stop the growl that came out from my chest either as we both were in attack positions, sizing one another up,

He was large, or should I say massive, and I knew he wouldn’t quit without a fight, I wasn’t going anywhere with those monsters, though, I would fight for freedom till my last breath,

But I wouldn’t risk Ethan,

He began encircling me,seeing my reaction and trying to understand my weakness, But I wouldn’t let him do that,

I started to encircle him also, my lips pulled apart,bearing my sharp white teeth, I couldn’t help it, My inner wolf dying to come out and tear this wolf apart with her bare mouth,

But him being a male, it would take some effort on my part, but I was willing,

After a intense minute of sizing each other up, he made his first move, He tried to grab my neck, but I was too quick and slid past him as he stumbled, He turned to me, his eyes intent on me and only me,

I looked over at Ethan as he tried to jump of the black wolfs back, No, you stupid!, Why can’t he just leave it to me?, Lovers don’t fight!, They die and cause the fighter pain!,

I sped towards them as the wolf caught Ethan by the neck and threw him into a tree,

His body painfully slid down, his whining piercing my ears,

ETHAN!,

I ran, my temper taking a hold of me once again, As the wolf was inches from biting my leg, I took that as a opportunity and kicked the wolf in the face with my hind legs,

I thought he would whine from pain, obviously , but instead a deep and dangerous growl escaped his lips,

I took it as a surrender for that second,

In that moment, I rushed over to Ethan as he lay trying to get up and help, but failing, I pushed him down with my head giving a little sound, meaning for him to stay down, He was already hurt, and I didn’t want him to get any more wounded than he already was,

I turned in a protective stance in front of Ethan, growling warningly for the wolf to not lay a single paw on Ethan, I wouldn’t let him,

The wolf lunged for me, somehow I knew he was done playing games, but was way to quick for me, He grabbed my neck, but I pulled away as a pain spread through my body from my neck,

Definitely went through my skin,

I slid on the ground and gave a quick glance at Ethan to see that he was barley attentive, and that he had shifted back to his human form, He was more vulnerable then ever, laying there defenseless,

I rushed to his side, ignoring the pain in my neck, knowing I had to save him, I snarlled as more and more people in army like black suit appeared, followed by more wolves,

How I despised the sight of these men,

The blackish blue wolf was in front of me, eyes narrowed and looking straight at what I was doing, The feeling in the pit of my stomach kept getting worse as more and more wolves encircled us,

I don’t want to belong!, I don’t want a pack!,

Why was that so freaking complicated that they couldn’t understand?,

I might have a chance of escaping, but Ethan was hurt and not healing fast enough,

“Eva…your bleeding”, I heard Ethan’s soft voice say while touching my back since I was so close to him,

I felt warm liquid run through my fur, but I knew that it was not fatal, I probably looked horrible at that point, A white female wolf with red streaks of blood coming off my neck, Indeed, I was completely white, in which it didn’t help in a forest, Maybe if I was in Siberia or the North Pole then th…..,

The blackish blue wolf barked, signaling the other wolves to stop, and the other wolves stood down, yet one was coming closer, not obeying,

I saw a wolf eyeing me with hatred and knew what would happen next, It was animal instinct at this point,

He pounced from the ground and was about to jump on me with murderous eyes that looked as if it was going to kill me, He probably was,

The army men stood guard, getting tense and were about to try and stop the wolf that came at me, but they were kind of late, What the hell was happening?,

Do something, you idiots!, If you wanted us dead, we already would have been!,

I launched myself off the ground and met the wolf in the air biting its front paw, The murderous glint was gone from its eyes replaced by a pained one,

Ha!, That teaches you to mess with Eva!, Thank you master, Neeson!,

It dropped to the floor weeping as I stood next to it, The only noise was the wolf in pain beside me, I glanced at the others here and noticed them all watching me, well more like observing if I was going to kill him or not,

I wouldn’t though, I wasn’t a murderer, What if he had a family?, Or maybe he worked for Santa,

I backed up looking at each one in the eye before the large group of wolves jumped to attack me, except the black one, I felt one bite the tip of my ear and another one somewhere on my back, My neck wound had already healed but these new wounds hurt like hell,

I saw one running full speed at Ethan who was still breathing with his eyes open but he had a ghastly expression, The army people yelled something that sounded like ‘don’t hurt the boy’ but I was way past that,

I burst out of the tiny space that the other wolves had trapped me in, and ran full speed towards Ethan knocking every wolf that dared come in my way,

My body ached for me to stop and give in, but I couldn’t, I wouldn’t,

Not when some crazy wolf would kill Ethan,

“Eva……..,”, Ethan’s voice was barley a whisper,

I hit the wolf with my body and grabbed his neck in my mouth in a nick of time as I pressed harder and hard onto the wolf a growl rising from my chest, The wolf began to whine in pain and tried to fight my grasp,

Score one for the alliance!,

From the corner of my eye I saw the army dudes grab Ethan’s unconscious body,

Then they all turned their attention to me,

No!, You can’t have him!, I will make you sterile you oversized humans!,

The army person said something to the black wolf, and then he turned to me,

I released my hold on the wolf, keeping a paw on its chest to stop it from escaping, my eyes glued to Ethan,

Then I felt another sharp pain in my neck again, but this time it was from behind, It was a paralyzing vote, like the once I had previously delivered,

I could barley move and for once whimpered,

That was a major downgrade of self-esteem,

The pain shooting through my neck was unbearable like someone had shot me,

In the back of my neck,

Without my prior knowledge,

And if it was Santa Clause, I would have have torn him limb to limb,

My vision wavered, but it was not from unconsciousness, The wolf that had bitten me slowly let go, ready to chomp if necessary,

I didn’t move once the wolf let go, I knew that I couldn’t even move without being attacked again, I was laying on my paws, trying my hardest not to show any defeat, I wouldn’t let them have that advantage,

Then I felt a hand pressing around my neck,

This was it, Kill me now!,

Instead, someone lay a huge blanket on me,

“Shift back, now,” the army man, who looked like the chief, commanded in a loud stern voice,

Try to command me one more time!,

He glarred in the direction of Ethan, his fist clenched,

I was glad the put a blanket on me, or I wouldn’t have listened to them, I was defiantly not going to shift back to my human form, nude,

The hand on my neck released when I shifted back, groaning in pain, It hurt when you are injured and shift back to your human form,

I blinked as I realized I was laying there, naked on my stomach with a huge blanket covering me,

I pushed up onto my elbows and grabbed the blanket covering the rest of my body as I stood up on wobbly feet, Someone grabbed my upper arm, in which I was guessing so I wouldn’t run away,

Like I could!, My body hurt and I don’t think I could go 15 miles without passing out,

I followed the hand on my arm to a army solider and rolled my eyes, I could shift right now and rip his head off, but I guess they didn’t think of that,

Hell!, I don’t think I even thought of that!, I don’t even think I can shift right now, Not after the 20 ton attack of blubber I just faced!,

A hand pulled my chin to old man, maybe in his late 50’s, He was strict looking, but did not have the pedo look that many old men like him had,

“Evangeline Bowman, I presume”, he said, which made my jaw clench so I wouldn’t curse him out right then and there,

I put on a fake grin and said in a serious tone “No, its your mother.”,

That earned me a slap across the face, and I literally stumbled back as the solider let go of my hand and grabbed my back and left hand leaving my right hand free,

“My mother was ten times the woman you are,” he spat out as I knew he would, He sounded like he was talking to a freshman, who had just turned into a sophmore,

I rubbed my cheek, glaring daggers into his skull, I’d happily place some daggers into his skull,

“Listen you, I spent the past 3 years tracking you, and now I can finally go home!”, he grabbed my arm in tight grip,

My left hand was clutching my blanket and my right was touching my cheek, He let go and glared at me hard,

I walked slowly up to him and saw him smirk, like he thought I was going to listen to him, Actually ‘Follow his directions.’,

“I am not sorry,”, I told him, which earned me a puzzeled expression,

I took my right hand in a fist, took it back, and punched his flat face, He quickly fell backwards as his nose began to bleed,

I didn’t even hit it with full strength!, I probably just burst a blood vein or something, No big deal!, God, he was such a drama queen!,

I smiled and shurgged, “That’s what you get when you disrespect a woman like your mother.”,

The soldiers crowded around him, asking if he was okay and confused as what to do,

“George!, Darts!”,

I wondered for a moment, before logic struck me in the back of my head, Well, more like darts than logic,

My entire body slid to the left, a dart whizzing past my entire frame,

Damn, They were like those Indian darts,

I turned around quickly, ready to fight with whatever strength my body had left,

“Derek!”, The army command r, who I just decided to call Fry because his name tag read Fredward Dallas,

“I thought you liked me Fry?”, I questioned looking hurt at Fry,

“Please!, I’d rather…”, and then a large and warm hand grabbed me from behind, and I felt the stupid dart pierce my skin in my stomach,

I quickly pulled it out, but it was too late, It had enough toxin in it to knock out a mammoth!, Or Santa Clause!,

The effect was taking place, and I felt my knees go weak, and I felt somebody catch me in their arms, And then they began walking,

I looked up at who was carrying me and met chocolate eyes, He had dark hair that went a bit longer than his ears…or was that his nose, His mouth?, That was about all I saw through my blurry vision,

Wait!, What the hell was seriously in those darts?, Bear hallucigenic tranquilizer?,

” Where are you taking me, you oversized pickel?”, I asked my eyes blinking trying to push the feeling of sleep away, I think his name was Derek?,

“Night Academy,”, he answered taking his gaze off me and looking ahead,

“Ugh!, Three years and this is what I get?, To go back to hell after I had been such an angel?”, I said,

Sleep was dragging on me, hard,

I felt his chest vibrate as he seemed to chuckle, I’m not sure anymore, It felt like an earthquake,

“Sure,”, he whispered this time,

I closed my eyes and was about to go into the darkness when I heard myself say, “Wait!, I recognize your scent!, You’re that douchbag that bit me!”,

He was the black wolf, I realized, the one that had hurt Ethan, but the darkness had taken over me and my thoughts disappeared into thin air,