Remember My Story

019

"Blood"

"I felt overwhelmed at the time... It felt like I needed to do something and I did."

-Charles Cullen

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Penelope POV

      There are about 20 men standing in front of us. All of them point big guns at us. One of them runs at Hope with his gun pointed at her. He fires. My heart skips a beat and I look away. But when I hear the other men gasp I look back. Hope's standing behind the man who shot at her. The other men and our group besides Josie, Rebekah, and I watch in horror as Hope's face changes. Her eyes glow golden and black veins writhe under her eyes. "What are you doing?" The man whimpers. "Well, you're attacking me and well, I'm starving." Her fangs slide out and she opens her mouth. The man starts screaming as Hope sinks her fangs into his neck.

    Hope hasn't fed since the day before so she must be hungry. The others stand frozen and they don't do anything to help. No one raises their gun to help. It was as if they've never seen a vampire before.  Hope drops his limp body and it crumples in a  heap on the floor. Hope looks up and she has blood splattered on her face and there's blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. She turns to face the other men and she holds her hands out. "Who's next?" 

     Some men start putting their guns down and getting ready to run when a big man stops them. "Stop running you COWARDS. It's one girl. We can beat her!" The big man barks. All the other men fall in place and they pick their guns back up and point it at Hope. "Oh, these idiots." I roll my eyes. "Hope, you got it?" I raise my hand and give her a thumbs up. "It sounds like you want to help, love." My eyes light up. "Can I?" "Of course, love. Just leave the big one to me." I nod. "Ooh I want to help!" I look at Josie. "Of course, princess. Just don't get hurt." Josie and I walk up and stand beside Hope. "Ready?" Josie nods and I nod. 

     Hope launches herself at the big guy and she rips his heart out. Blood splatters on her face. I run towards one of the guys and he raises his gun at me. He fires and I ignore it as I jump towards him. My anger at being shot at gets the better of me. In mid-air, I feel my body break and when I land, I land on paws. I growl at the man and he shrieks. I raise a paw but the feeling of killing someone makes me pause. But as I look around I see the men shooting at my friends and I growl again and claw at the man. Blood splats on my black fur. All hesitation gone.

    His body drops to the floor and blood pools around his lifeless body. I start running at the next man and I maim him badly. He whimpers, groans, and drops dead. I see a man point a gun at Josie and he fires. My heart stops for a moment. Josie doesn't see the bullet, she's too focused on who she's fighting. I sprint towards her and stand in front of her. 

     The bullet pierces my black coat and I growl. Josie turns to look at me and she smiles at me not realizing I just took a bullet for her. She rubs me before going back to beating everyone up. Within 3 minutes all 20 men lay on the floor either dead or knocked out. "Damn, I'm glad we brought those three." Said three turn to look at Valerie. "Are you gonna turn back or..." 

    "Well, she would be completely naked and as much as I would love to see that, I don't want anybody else to see that." Josie giggles at Hope's words. "So, she'll stay like that. Is that okay with you, love?" I nod and put my paw on her head. "Penelope. Get your paw off of me." I growl and she looks at me. "Did you just growl at me?" I nod. "Why you little..." Josie's laughing hysterically and Hope groans. Her body starts cracking and in a few moments, her white fur is blinding me.

    "Great, now we'll have two wolves." Lizzie rolls her eyes. Hope lunges at me and we start playing around. We roll around with Josie laughing in the background. "You both are so cute." We both turn to look at Josie and then back at each other. We lock eyes and make a truce. We both run at Josie. Her eyes widen and she points a finger at us. "Don't you dare!" She starts backing up. We don't listen and we run into her pushing her to the ground. We both lay on her and start licking her face. She giggles and yells at us to stop. "Alright! I love how cute this is but can we please focus on what we came here to do. I also brought a bag of clothes cause I thought you guys might turn. Josie can you get it please." Hope and I stop and listen to Valerie. Josie gets it and returns quickly but Hope and I decide to stay in our wolf form.