Living in the Shadows

Chap. 7

*There are some sad stuff in the beginning of this chapter*

Tito decided to try and comfort Casey as the others try to talk about something else. Tito walked to the room Casey was in and knocked on the door frame. "Is it alright if I come in?" He asked. "I don't care." Casey responded, not taking her eyes off the table. Tito walked and sat next to her. He rubbed her back. "I know you don't wanna talk about it but, its not good if you keep everything bottled up inside. You can always talk to us. You know that, right?" Tito asked, Casey nodded. "I tried to forget them like they told me to do. But I can't..." Casey said. "You were a kid when it happened, it was traumatizing to you. You never thought you would lose so much in such little time. And which it was never your fault, if that's what you're thinking right now. Its okay if you keep remembering. Just as long as it doesn't effect your future." Tito said. Casey sighed. "You don't need to listen to me." "Yes we do. Whenever we vent about something, you listen. And you've listened to us for over a year now. Thats a pretty long time. Now, its time for you speak and for us listen. We're friends after all. We're supposed to make sure we're all okay. Okay?" "... Okay." "So I ask you again. Do you wanna talk about it?" Tito looked at her, ready to listen to anything she has to say. "Me being a kid back then, do you think there was something I could've done to help?" "Probably not. You were just a kid after all. Plus you had a responsibility to take care of." Tito said, of course refering to Casey's sister.  "I could've at least try and distract the hunters while mom and dad take them out." "But it would be a big risk for you to get shot." "... I'm sorry. The werewolf is probably still tracking me down. I'm putting you all in danger." "At least you told us. And taught us how to defend ourselves from your kind." Casey's eyes started to tear up. "I'm scared that it won't be enough. I'm scared to lose everything again." Casey hid her face in her arms as she rested them on the table. "I'm scared to lose you guys.." Tito felt his heart break. He grabbed her and pulled her to him and hugged her. Casey wasn't expecting this. "Its okay. We promise, we won't die. Besides, if we do die you might just have to fix us and we'll be fine. You can mess with us by putting wrong parts in right? Hehe, eh." He tried to make things brighter. But his plan failed. Casey cried into Tito's chest. She cried for hours as he only let her cry it out and rubbed her back. The others came in and tried to comfort her too. They of course didn't know how to because this is their first time trying to. Casey had to go home by the time she was done. She let everyone give her a long hug before she left.

Back at home, Casey looked at one of the pictures she had taken with the Wonderland crew. Remembering all the good times she had with them, she was truly scared of something again. She pulled her necklace out and looked at it more. The necklace her father gave her represents the chakra in each individual (the picture above and ignore shirt just look at the necklace that's what it looks like). She wondered what he meant by it being a reminder of who she was. Chakra usually means patience and peace. She may have a lot of patience but she barely has any peace. "Maybe it means werewolves can still find peace if they wanted too..." She said to herself. She put it up and grabbed clothes to head into the shower. While in the shower she was washing her hair until she spotted a fly buzzing into a spiders web in the corner of her shower. Then she saw a small spider crawl to it. She thought of herself as the fly and the spider as the unknown werewolf. Trapped. Trying to get out. But the bigger predator is getting closer. She thought the fly wouldn't escape and be killed. But then, the fly got out. Casey didn't really expect this. She stared at the spider web. Then she thought again. 'If a fly can get out of a spiders web, then maybe I can escape this trap too. Maybe even find a way to bring the animatronics with me.' She thought before rinsing her hair out and turning off the water before getting out. 'But I'll have to think smart.'

Back at the restaurant, the robots were thinking of a better approach whenever Casey is sad again. They heard stomping at the front door. And then growling. "Did Casey transform again?" Arty asked. "Probably." Knighty answered. The doors opened. As they expected, they saw a werewolf. What they weren't expecting was a taller werewolf, with white fur and it was male. It looked old. They got up to defend themselves. "Who are you?!" Sara said. The wolf growled as two other male werewolves separated and revealed themselves. The Wonderland crew knew they didn't stand a chance. But they weren't giving up. The werewolves attacked first. Willy clawed a black werewolf's ear off. A gray one clawing his abdomen. Arty bit the gray wolf's shoulder before the white wolf threw Gus and Ozzie at Arty and Willy. Knighty, Tito, Cammy and Sara were the ones left standing. Cammy was knocked off her feet before the black wolf tried to kill her, but Tito intervened and used his shell as a shield. The werewolf bit the shell before it yelped. The gray wolf threw Knighty to a wall and Sara across the room and onto the stage, knocking over Willy's microphone and Gus' drums. Knocking her out too. Cammy tried to wrap her tongue around one of the wolves' neck to snap it, but the gray wolf caught it and pulled her to him, and punched her. Now Tito was left. Tito clawed and punched and kicked. Only to barely do anything to these beasts. When he was knocked off his feet, he thought of Casey. He wished she was there to help them. When he hit the ground and before the black wolf tried to knock him out too, Tito yelled "CASEY!!" hoping she could still hear his voice. Before he saw total darkness.