L i v e - E v e r y - M o m e n t -

[tbow.]

So sorry for not getting you the character! My computer crapped out when I was almost done and I was proof reading it, so I lost everything. Could I possibly just PM you the basic details? Sorry for not being able to do much mroe I'm on my iPod so I can't do much.

[oakdenugg]

oh, it's fine tbow! <3 your character would fit WAYYYY better in the next chapter anyways! c: Yeah, just PM it to me, and it'll probably be seen in the story soon! <3333

[tbow.]

Alright, glad that's okay. But I sent the PM with the character, I hope it's okay as it is kind of rushed and I need to go pretty soon. ^^'

[oakdenugg]

CHAPTER SEVEN

----- As I looked alll around the building, I figured out ot was not an apartment building, but an old office building. I stepped lightly, and since Brad had let me in on the top floor, all I had to do was go down and check everywhere there.

----- When I had reached the "lobby" it was really creepy. A single lightbulb hanging by a wire, flickering on and off. The front desk covered in dust and cobwebs. The chairs leaking stuffing, and the floors missing some planks of wood, a dark blackness swallowing it up. I looked around, and then check behind the desk. I had to put my hands infront of me, and when I got to the back, I was covered in dust and cobwebs too. Then I saw a door. I had to brush away some thick cobwebs, and when I turned the doorknob, it creaked open, and there was a rickety staircase leading into a basement. I stepped down on the first step, and it groaned. I stopped, my heart threatining to pound out of my chest. When I heard nothing, I flew down the stairs quickly. When I reached the bottom, a dim light came from around the corner, and I peered around. All along the wall were little cells, and at the end of the hall was a dead end. There was a cell on each side of the hall, about 8 in all. On the ceiling were rows of light, so I could see everything. I was afraid to go in that hall, but something told me to. I quietly checked each cell, and found nothing until I looked in the last cell on the right. When I peered in there, I saw Jay in the corner. He had a long bloody gash on his forehead, and looked up when he saw me. He quickly stood up, and hurried over to the bars. He held out his hand, and I put mine in his. He had tears in his eyes. "Look in the cell next to mine, and tell him Jay told him to show himself." I nodded, very confused, because the cell next to Jay's was empty, but I did so anyways. Jay always knows what he's doing.
----- As I walked past the cell Jay told me to, something had a hold of my arm. I tried tugging it free, but it wouldn't let go! Nothing was there, but something was holding me back! It left go, and I yanked my arm free. I stood there, waiting for something to grab me again, but instead a tall, skinny boy appeared infront me in the cell infront of me. I took a step back, but he put his hands up to show he didn't mean harm. I took a step forward to inspect him. He had blonde hair that didn't quite reach his shoulders, and dark dark brown eyes. One looked green-ish. He was wearing clothes that were really big on him, hanging off him like sheets. I took a step closer, and he back away, then dissapeared. "No, it's... okay. I'm L-lane, Jay's... friend." And then he gradually reappeared. He looked nervous, his eyes shifting around. "Are you... ressistant?" He nodded. What a dumb question, I thought. Then I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I qickly looked around, looking for a place to hide, but there were none. Then, the boy pulled me through the bars, and I was barely thin enough to fit! He turned visible, and stood infront of me, in the corner. I sat down in a little ball in the corner, trying to be smaller.
----- Then a large burly man came dow the stairs, holding a loaf of bread. When he was slipping a piece of brad to Jay, after he had slipped one to the boy, the boy turned invisible, and slowly reached his hand out of the bars. He quietly grabbed the keys out of the man's pocket, and put them in his own, then he reappeared, and stood infront of me, nibbling on his bread. The guard gave him a dirty look, then made his way up the stairs, creaking and groaning. After he was gone, he stood up, then stepped aside. I stood up too, and he handed me the key. I knew what I had to do. I crawled back through the bars, sucking in my breath. I took the keys, my hands shaking. I barely got it into the keyhole, and turned it. The door slowly creaked open, and the boy came out quickly, and shut it again. I locked it. He nodded, then I moved onto Jay's cell. I unlocked it, then once he was out, locked it again. I hugged Jay, and he looked at me curiously. "What happened to you?" he said. I touched my face, then realized how bad I must have looked. "L-long story... See, I-i was searching that... cabin that you t-told me... to go in..." Then the door opening cut me off. The same man came down the stairs, probably realizing he had lost his keys. When he saw us, he smirked, then raised his fists. Jay stepped infront of me, and the kid turned invisible. I held on to Jay shoulders, ready to push him out of the way if the man came at him. The man raised his fist, but then he couldn't get it down. Then the kid revealed himself, and punched the guy in the face. He crumpled to the floor, knocked out.

----- When we made it to the lobby, there was a man behind the desk. We tried to sneak behind him, but he whirled around, and made a mad grab for me. I jumped backwards, and Jay caught his fist twisted it, then punched the man right in the cheek, then the kid grabbed his hair, and yanked it up. The guy cried, but Jay silenced him with another powerful punch. He too, got knocked out. We quickly shuffled by the guys body, and before we made it outside, I stopped. "W-wait." I said to the kid. "Tell me... you n-name." He shrugged. "Thomas." I nodded. "Oaky... a-all I needed to know... for n-now." and smiled, then I opened the door. I breathed in the fresh air, then looked around for Brad. I walked halfway around the building, then found a big hand closing around my waist. My first reaction was to be scared, but I knew who it was. Brad! I looked into his big blue eye, and smiled. He put both his arms around me, and hugged me. I hugged his back, then he set me down on the ground. Jay nodded at Brad, and Brad nodded at Jay. Then I looked around for Thomas, but before I could, Akino was bouncing up and down. I looked at him, and his leg was bandeged up. I patted his head, then Akino growled at the air. He barked at it, and then grabbed onto something. Thomas appeared, and was franticly trying to get Akino off his jean's leg, then he looked up, and his eyes got really big, and he stopped trying to get Akino off, and just stood there, frozen in fear. I looked up too, and just saw normal Brad, except he looked suspicous, but not angry. But for some reason, Brad looked to be even taller than usual... Thomas looked at Jay for help. Jay smiled, then went over and whispered something in his ear. Thomas loosened up a little, but didn't take his eyes off Brad. I called Akino over, and he sat down, still growling at Thomas. Thomas turned invisible again, but Jay held on to his shirt so he didn't run away. Jay gave Brad a don't-scare-him-or-else look, and Brad sat down, trying to look less scary. Jay pushed the invisible Thomas to the ground, making him sit. "Show yourself." Jay commanded. Thomas obeyed, and slowly reappeared.
----- "This is Brad. He is tall. He is Ressistant. Like you. He is frieennnnnndddddd." he said to Thomas. Thomas looked at Jay like he was dumb. Jay poked Brad. "Brad niiiccceeeee." Brad twitched his foot, knocking Jay over. Jay gave Brad his death glare.
----- "Ooohh. I'm so scared!" said Brad mockingly.
----- "Better be." he mumbled.
----- I interrupted them. "So Thomas... w-will you stay... with us?"
----- Thomas looked resentful, then smiled and nodded. "Yes, that'd be nice." I let Akino sniff him, and he didn't growl, just look at me like Can I please do it mom? I patted Akino, then looked up at Brad. He did look taller, by like a foot at least...
----- "Hey J-jay, can I... talk to you... privately?" He nodded, and I pulled him away from Brad and Thomas. "Does B-b-brad seem... any taller t-to you?" Jay looked away like he was guilty. "Hmmm...?" I said. "Well, I know what's happening." he said reluctantly. "Since Brad wasn't always this way, and became like this when he was still young, and still is..."
----- I waited for him to continue.
----- "He'll still grow like he would be if he was 15. So... About every four weeks, he'll get about a foot or two taller until he's about 17 or 18..."
----- I looked at him. "So... h-he's not even finsished... growing?!"
----- Jay looked at Brad. "And he'll still have another growth spurt or two, saying he grows at least four feet for each...so saying he's already about 17 feet tall by now..." He did the math in his head. "Then when he's 18 years old, he'll be... at least 50 feet tall. Probably more around 60 something though." He laughed. "He won't ever get picked on!" I stopped him.
----- "Have you told Brad this?" Jay shook his head.
----- "Will you? Right now?" Jay nodded.
----- "Thanks!" I said, and skipped back off to Brad and Thomas. They were chatting, but I could tell Thomas was really not into it. He was looking everywhere but Brad. Jay walked over to Brad, and they went somewhere, so I started talking to Thomas.
----- "Hey..."
----- He looked up at the stars. "That was p-pretty... neat how you knocked out... those g-guys..." I said, smiling.
----- He nodded. This was getting awkward. Then Brad and Jay came back, but Brad didn't look too happy. I walked over to him. He plopped on the ground, shaking me a little. I looked at him. "E-everything... okay..?" He shook his head. "Why?"
----- "Because I don't want to get any taller! I like being close to you so I can protect you, but I'll be all clumsy and..."
----- "That's ridiculous." I said. "If anything, y-you could protect... me more! Who w-w-would want to... mess with you?" I hugged his arm and looked up at him. He smiled at me, and the lifted his arm up, taking me with it. I hung on tightly, and he put me on his shoulder. He stood up, and the ground suddenly became so far away. I hung on his him, knowing nithing could ever hurt me when I was with him.
-----"I can't s-see why you don'y like b-b-being tall. It's... so beautiful from u-up here!" I said gazing over the trees, and feeling like I was in the starry sky. The nearby town's lights all on, it looked like a scene out of a movie. I sat down, and scooted to the crease of his neck, and lie there, looking all around. Then I looked down, and saw Jay and Thomas lieing down, looking at the stars, and they looked so small. And Akino bundled up right next to Brad's foot. "How do... y-you not step on... anything?" I asked in amazement. He laughed. "Practice." I blinked, my eyelids getting heavy, then I fell asleep, happily with my friends...

----- Correction.

----- Family...

[tbow.]

Oh I love it! Great chapter, I love how you got Thomas in there and Jay talking like that about Brad. XD "Brad niiiiiiiiiiiice". I feel so bad for Brad though about his height D:.

[oakdenugg]

lol yes. brad very niiiiiice. cx jay's just a little smart alec. ^^ smart too i guess! :3

and yeah, poor brad. D: feels so different... at least he's got lane! <3 And jay, and thomas! big 'ol family righ tere. (southern talk) and he's going to get even taller! -planzzzzzzzz- so many ideassss! must. write. next chapteeeeerrrrrr... (zombie talk)

[Bugmo33]

Southern talk? The Watsons go to Birmingham much oak?

[oakdenugg]

CHAPTER EIGHT

----- Over the next two and a half weeks, my speech got much better, and I could talk normally again. Brad had a growth spurt, which he didn't really think was too great, he got like five feet taller, Thomas is warming up to us, and everything's good!

----- I looked down at my jeans and shirt, and there was holes and rips and stains everywhere. I still had my tennis shoes, but there weren't in that great of shape. So I decided to go clothes shopping. Jay had produced some money up out of somewhere, and gave it to me. $200! I wondered how he got it, then I got excited at the prospect of new clothes, and went off to the nearby mall.

----- When I walked inside, people were giving me strange looks. Maybe because my hair was a big rat's nest! I bought a brush, and combed it down in the mall. It fell back to it's original shape, and it felt do much better. I went to a clothes store, and looked around at all the jeans! So many! Bootcut, flare, skinny. I picked out my favorite pair, boot cut ones with a cute swirl design the pockets. I bought them. -
----- $180 left.
----- I moved on to the shirt section, and bought a grey T-shirt with a random logo on in. I changed into my new clothes.
----- $175 left.
----- I moved on to a shoe store, and bought blue tennis shoes for me, green ones for Jay, and black ones for Thomas. They didn't carry Brad's size.
----- $120 left.
----- I moved onto a mens store, and bought some jeans for Jay and Thomas, then bought them each a different T-shirt. Jay's red with a black logo, and Thomas's just plain yellow.
----- $105 left.
----- I bought me a black jacket with a fluffy hood, Thomas a grey jacket, and Jay a blue jacket.
----- $60 left.
----- I felt bad about not getting Brad anything, but his clothes looked as good as new somehow. I shrugged, then headed back, ready to surprise them with their new things.

----- When they all changed into their new things, I gave Jay his money back. "How did you even get that much money?" I asked.
----- He smiled. "Secret." and winked.
----- I rolled my eyes, and headed over to Brad. He was standing up, leaning on a thick tree. I sat down on his foot, then stretched out on it. "Sorry for not getting you anything." I said. He wiggled his foot, and I fell off. He sat down, motioned for me to get back on, and I crawled on his leg. He put his arms by his side, and propped himself up. "Naw, it's okay." he said, smiling. I scooted closer to his chest, and poked him playfully. "You suuuuurreeee?" He nodded. I leaned my head against him. A cold winter breeze made me shiver, even in my new clothes.
----- Then Jay and Thomas walked over. Jay sat down by Brad's foot, and Thomas sat next to Jay. Jay looked at me. "So Lane, find anything about your power?" I shook my head, wondering why I didn't have mine like they did yet. Jay nodded, then wondered away, stopping to prop himself against a tree to take a nap. Thomas payed with Akino, since they were good friends now. I guess I looked sad, because Brad put his hand around my waist and picked me up like a little girl would with a doll, except gentler. I was used to this by now. The ground flew away from me, andhe set me on his shoulder, which was a little bit wider tha it used to be. I stood up, and looked around, looking at the flying birds, the people all comfy in their houses. I looked down at the ground, seeing Jay and Thomas and Akino.
----- Then Brad stood up, and smiled at me. The ground whisked away faster, and I almost lost my balance. But Brad steadied me, and then Brad smiled. Jay and Thomas were tiny now, and Akino like an ant. "I wish I knew what my power was." I whispered.
----- "You'll find it when you're ready." He said, picking me up off his shoulder. He held me right infront of his face, and I realized how scary it must be to be fighting against him, not with him like I was. I saw Brad different than someone who hadn't met him. He could kill easily, and could be super terrifying when he wanted to. I saw him as a best freind, sweet and caring.
------ My legs dangled far above the ground, and I felt vulnerable. Then suddenly the sky darkened, and everything got darker. Everything got quiet. The birds, animals, insects, everything. I grabbed onto Brad's hand, wondering what would happpen. He tensed up, and his grip got tighter on me, and I could barely breathe. It felt like a snake was suffocating me. I pushed at his hands, and he loosened them a little, but not much. Then I heard a dull bark.Then it kept getting closer. A sound that had haunted my dreams many times, causing my to wake up sweating, grabbing my arm. I franticly looked straight at Brad, and he looked a little worried, then I saw Jay and Thomas stand up, and Akino started barking and growling. Then dogs came out of the bushes... But there was some changes...
----- First of all, there was only one now, and I could tell it was the big one that had tried to kill me last time. Then, it was a werewolf! It must be Ressistant, and that must have been it's power or something! Standing on two legs, it was probably nine feet tall. It was looking straight up at me, and baring it's teeth. Then, it lunged for Jay, and grabbed his neck. And spoke.
----- "Bring the girl down to me." It said in a deep voice, "Or this boy right here," he said tightening his grip, "Won't be alive for much longer." Brad tightened his grip on me again. "Just let me go Brad." I said, gasping a little for air. He shook his head. "Maybe if I'm fast enough I can get Jay and kill the wolf-"
----- "No!" I interrupted. "Just put me down!"
----- Brad looked at me sadly, and loosened his grip. He leaned over, and set me down, then stood up, hatred in his eyes.
----- Now that I was on the ground, I could see the werewolf's long fangs, and thick claws poking into Jay's neck, and it was quite scary. I walked slowly up to it, then Jay moved, and the werewolf's grip loosened for a second. Then, Jay kicked the wolf right in his chest, and he doubled over, howling. Jay ran over to Brad, but Brad didn't even look at him. He was only looking at me with hate in his eyes. He took a step, then he was upon the werewolf. The werewolf looked up in fear, then grabbed at me, grinning madly. He caught my arm in his long claws, and I yelped. Brad feached down to try and get me, but the werewolf grabbed my neck and pushed his claws in sllowly. I screamed, and the wolf laughed. "Don't move big boy, or your girl gets it." And he started dragging me away. I reached out to Brad, and he stared at the wolf with the most intense hate I've ever seen in my life.
-----Then Thomas appeared behind the wolf, and punched him. Jay ran over to help, but instead, the werewolf laughed, and grabbed Jay again. Then I saw the other part of his pack coming out of the forest, them too had changed. Then they raced over to me and Thomas, and jumped on us, holding us down. The one that had jumped on me was smaller than the others, and he had a light red coat. He just nipped at me. The one on Thomas was big. He bit at Thomas's hands and face, then laughed cruelly.Obviously they weren't out to kill, just to hold us back.
-----They had seemed to have grown in numbers since we'd last seen them, and they surrounded Brad too, nipping at his ankles, keeping him distracted. He kept trying to get over to me, but they were all over him. Then I heard a loud howl from the forest, and all the werewolves left, except one, who was still on top of me, too excited to have gotton a human. He looked younger then the others too, so he probably was one of the lower ranks of the pack. Then he noticed that all the other wolves were leaving, and he tried to run away, but Brad caught him by the scruff, and picked him up. The young werewolf yelped and cried, but none came back for him. Then I saw Akino lying down on the ground. I raced over to him, looked down, and cried.

----- He was dead.

----- His left side torn open, his insides everywhere, his face twisted into a feriocious snarl. He died fighting. I buried my face into his head, and kissed it, telling him I loved him.
----- The werewolf Brad had caught went limp, and looked at Brad. Brad's eyes were full of hate, but I was too. Then I heard a liud scream right near me. I jumped, then shivered. I looked down at the ground, and it was covered in a blood. A trail of blood. I followed it, and it lead me to the most horrible thing ever.

----- Jay.

----- I couldn't describe how horrifing and scary it was to see a friend, dead. I swallowed, and my eyes watered, but I didn't cry. I walked back to camp, my heart broken in half. Then I let it out. I cried, and yelled, nad then I fell over, exashted. I sobbed, and curled into a ball on the ground. Thomas came over and sat by me. I told him what I saw in short gasping breaths, and he told Brad. I saw tears in Brad's eyes, but he stayed strong. For me. Now my life was totally different. I had two, big, empty holes in me wher Jay and Akino were. I had revenge bottled up inside of me, and I had to get it out...

----- I had a plan.

[tbow.]

D: Not Akino! Poor Puppy! oh not Jay!! DX Saddest chapter, yet one of the best yet!

[oakdenugg]

oh yes, i know! D: it was really hard to write too, because i love jay! <3 and cute little akino! <3333