Monsters and mundanes 5

5.12 Pride change

As Nellie and Richie run down to Leo, Arkie meets them in the hallway.
"I got Leo outside. He's not feeling well and he said he wanted some air" Arkie leads them out to where Leo is. When they get outside they find Leo sitting on the ground looking down. Blood is dripping from his fists as he has pushed his claws into his hands. Richie picks up some peper tissues from his bag and hands them to Leo to wipe off the blood from his hands. Leo stands up and Nellie looks into his eyes that are now normal. Leo hands the bloody tissues to Archimedes and the throws them away.
"How do you feel?" Nellie asks him. He looks around a little confused with a sick look.
"I feel like I'm gonna throw up" he says holding his hand at his stomach. Nellie looks into the school and sees another teacher on his way out.
"You can't throw up now. There's a teacher coming, if he sees you throwing up he's gonna ask why and all the attention will be pointed at you. That is the last thing we need right now." The teacher opens the door and Leo bends over slightly. Nellie puts her hand over Leo's mouth as the teacher walks by and starts yelling at him.
"If you say that again you're gonna hev a lot of trouble with mom wehn we get home" she yells at him pretending he said something stupid and that's why she's covering his mouth.
"I'm sorry, Rich, Leo is a little impulsive sometimes" she says looking sorry to Richie. He's still confused.
"Leo, you have to stop saying those things. You have to shut up right now" Nellie keeps yelling at him and feels his puke slipping through her fingers.
"Is everything okay here?" the teacher asks.
"Yeah it's fine. He's my little brother, this is normal" Nellie says as the puke starts to run down her arm and into her shirt. Richie sees it and widens his eyes. He stands in front of them to cover up so the teacher won't see it. As soon as he's gone, Nellie lets go of Leo and he turns to the side and throws up the rest on the street. Nellie shakes her hand off.
"I'll take you to Elvis, you need to talk to him" she says and Leo throws up again.

When they're at Elvis' Leo sits down on a chair in his kitchen and Elvis takes a look at his eyes.
"Can you tell me what happened when Ike and Kelley talked to you?" Elvis asks sitting down across from him.
"I was scared. I've been bullied before and I'm terrified of it cause I know what it can be."
"And what did they do to you?" Elvis asks. Nellie sits down on the couch and watches them.
"They hit me. Ike. he had me against the wall and then he hit me really hard and I started bleeding from my nose" Leo says and Elvis notices his eyes starting to glow. Elvis stands up and looks at his eyes closer.
"Tell me about Poland. Do you like it there?" he asks.
"I mean it's my home. Of course I like it"
"You got any siblings at home?" Elvis keeps the eyecontact. Leo closes his eyes for a second and rubs them but they're still glowing.
"No. But I have really close cousins. They live near us so we see them a lot and one of them is about my age. There's a toddler and one who's a bit older than me" Leo explains.
"Does it hurt?" Elvis asks and Leo rubs his eyes again.
"It stings a little bit. Like before in the basement" Leo explains. Elvis picks up his phone and turns to camera to Leo. Leo looks at his glowing eyes and is a little scared for a while.
"It's fine. It's supposed to happen. Can you tell me something about your parents?" Elvis asks and puts the phone down again.
"My dad works a lot so I rarely see him. It's just me and mom at home. She doesn't have a job and not much money either. She spent everything she had so that I could come here and get an education" he explains and his eyes slowly fades to normal. Elvis notices and sits back down again.
"I asked you about Ike and Kellye because I know that is something that upsets you a way. Fear and anger usually triggers these kind of things. You're not dumb I can tell that. But in this case that might not be a good thing. Wolves usually aren't that smart. The lower IQ the better control. You can't control your eyes and it'll take you long to learn. You eyes along with your claws, fangs and feelings. They're all connected. Like with every drastic change your body goes through in life whether that be puberty or a pregnancy or anything like that, it affects your mood and emotions. This works the same way. Then I asked you about your home and family because that is usually something people keep close and love. Something that makes you feel at peace. Therefore that is what calms you down. You will go through a training, I will have a wolf train you. Whenever you feel like you're losing control I want you to think about home, your mother, your cousins. Anything that you love that makes you feel safe" Elvis explains and Leo nods. Then he turns to Nellie.
"The process of turning is very calm and controlled. Not by him but controlled by his body. It's not slow though and it's only a matter of time before he loses that control. His body will eventually give up trying to maintain control. As he's not supposed to have turned into a wolf his body will not like the proces and it's going to resist it. Therefore he will get sick every now and then. Normal sicknesses like the flue or a normal cold. His body will react like he has eaten something he's allergic to. That's why he threw up earlier today and why his stomach hurts right now" Elvis explains. Leo looks a littel confused but turns to Nellie and see her nodding understandingly.
"I will talk to Archimedes, he will be your tutor as well as Elliot because you'll need someone stronger than yourself. Someone who stands a chance against a possible fenrir. For now, Nellie, take him to Caroline again like she said and let her have a look at him. Maybe she can find out exactly what is going on inside him"
"Thank you" Nellie says and stands up.
"Nellie, can I talk to you alone?" he asks and she nods. She looks at Leo and he walks out to wait for her outside the house.
"What did you do with the brothers?" Elvis asks and turns to Nellie. Nellie stays quiet and looks down.
"Do they know you're a monster?!" Elvis gets a little upset.
"Yes" Nellie says quietly. "I pushed my claw into his head and they saw my eyes" Nellie says and Elvis sighs.
"So they not only know that Leo is with you and that he probably knows everything about monsters and for as far as they know he's mundane. They also not who you are, what you're capable of, that you would do anything to protect Leo and what kind of monster you are. Do you know how bad this is, Nellie?" he asks getting angry with her.
"I understand what I've done, Elvis-"
"You do? I fucking hope you do" he says quickly.
"You have no right being upset with me!" she protests.
"I have no right being upset wiht you?! You exposed yourself for a kid! You are my responsibility because you're still part of my pack! He is NOT your responsibility! I don't care what they did to Leo, THEY are the sons of a dead hunter! A hunter that I killed!" Elvis yells at her.
"Then maybe don't go around killing hunters like that!" Nellie yells back.
"And let him kill my pack? You were there Nellie. You know damn well what he would have done to Richie" Elvis says angrily. Behind Nellie, R steps up.
"No, You're the crazy one, Elvis!! She's not even your real sister and you're treating her like a fucking kid!!" he yells at him above Nellie's head.
"I taught you how to control it so you wouldn't lose it like this" Elvis says seriously to Nellie, not seeing R like usually.
"Say that one more time, I fucking dare you!!! I'll fucking kill you!!!!" R screams at him while Nellie is standing completely still seemingly calm. "YOU'LL SEE ME SOMEDAY!!!!" R screams to his face.
"I know" Nellie says calmly.
"Take him to Caroline. And leave the brothers!" Elvis says before he walks up the stairs. R walks after him to the stairs but stays.
"FUUCK YOOUU!!!!" he shouts after him. Nellie walks out and R follows her.

"What did he say?" Leo asks and Nellie walks away a bit.
"Nothing that concerns you" she says and picks up her phone. Leo looks confused and just as he's about to ask her something she holds up her finger and puts the phone to her ear.
"Hey, how did it go with Elvis?" Aiden asks as he picks up the phone.
"I want to change pride" Nellie says and opens the car door. Leo gets in beside her.
"Okay. You can join mine" Aiden says and Leo can hear him.
"Can I join a pride too?" Leo asks. Nellie looks over at him.
"Leo's joining too" she says before she hangs up the phone so she can drive.