Monsters and mundanes 5

5.15 Shape shifting

Nellie wakes up alone in the room where Nancy usually treats the monsters at the vet clinic. She sits up on the bed and looks confused around the room. Just as she notices the blinking camera in the corner of the ceiling, the door opens and Aiden enters the room. He kneels down on the floor in front of her and looks up at her.
"How are you feeling, love?" he asks concerned.
"I'm fine. I don't feel any pain"
"Can you tell me what happened?" he asks.
"I was out. I got mad at my dad because of my IED so I took my medication and then I went outside to et some air. And then Murphy chased me and before I could do anything he attacked me. But it was like he was playing with me, like he didn't want to kill me" she explains as she's thinking about if trying to recall. "Can I be alone for a while?" she asks and he smiles at her.
"Of course. Just call if you need anything" he kisses her forehead before he walks out and closes the door. Nellie looks at the healing wounds on her thighs.

Aiden walks out to the reception and meets Elvis and Elliot there.
"She's awake. She says she's fine but she needed a little time to think on her own" Aiden says and Elliot nods.
"I know what Sarah is. She's a draug. She didn't tell Murphy to kill Nellie because she wants to do it herself. But I think Nellie got away before Sarah came to the place. We have to stop her and the only way to do that is to send her back to her grave" Elvis explains.
"How do we do that?" Elliot asks.
"I think I've got an idea" Elvis says.

Amanda walks down the stairs in her house to go to the kitchen to get dinner with her parents. When she reaches the bottom of the stairs she stops for a while and holds onto the railing before she falls and passes out. Her parents both run out to the hallway to try and wake her up but she's not waking up.
"Dustin, call an ambulance!" Esther shouts at him while she has Amanda in her lap trying to wake her. Dustin gets his phone up and soon enough the ambulance shows up outside their house. Two men get out from the ambulance and puts her on a stretcher to get her into the ambulance. Esther and Dustin drives behind the ambulance all the way to the hospital. While she's in the ambulance, one of the doctors tries to wake her up by putting a mask on her face and checking her pulse.
After a while of waiting at the hospital, a doctor comes out to Dustin and Esther.
"She will have to stay here for a while. We gave her a tube and put her in a coma. The coma will last for about two days give or take. She will be constantly fed during these two days and we're hoping she will feel and look a lot better and healthier when she wakes up. This is for her own good, for she would never allow us to have the tube on her while she's awake and she can apparently not eat herself anymore" the doctor explains.
"Thank you, doctor" Her father says and her mother walks out to the car while Dustin stays to talk to the doctor for a while.

In the forest by the river in brought daylight, Archimedes and Elliot are standing in front of Leo. Elliot takes a step closer to him.
"To prevent the most chaos we should start with the hardest part. It's not where you should start but since this is a much faster process we're gonna have to start with what could cause the most problems. Turning" Leo looks terrified.
"Turning into what?" he asks.
"A wolf to begin with. You're not gonna be a fenrir until Murphy is dead. I want you to think about something that makes you mad or stressed" Elliot explains and Leo nods trying to think. As soon as he thinks about something his eyes start glowing.
"Already?" Elliot asks and looks at Archimedes.
"He's not dumb. That's connected to his eyes so it's gonna be harder to control his glowing eyes" Archimedes explains.
"That must have been hell for you? You're a genius"
"Yep. I still don't got it" Elliot turns back to Leo.
"Now. Catch me" Elliot turns into a black lion and runs away as fast as he can. Leo looks confused for a second before he runs after Elliot still in a human shape. Archimedes watches them as they run around him before Elliot sets off on a straight path, jumping over rocks and logs running between the trees to confuse Leo even more. Eventually Leo stops behind a tree to catch his breath. He looks around but Elliot is seemingly gone. Leo stands still and closes his eyes to think for a while. Elliot keeps running and jumps over the river. Behind him lands a black and grey wolf. He runs after Elliot a lot faster than he did as a human. He runs up on a rock and onto a path above Elliot. When he has caught up beside him he jumps down and lands in front of him turned toward him. Elliot stops and turns human again. Another grey wolf soon catches up with them in a calm pace and as he walks he turns into Archimedes and stands beside Elliot.
"Now turn back, Leo" Archimedes says and easier than ever Leo turns back to human shape and is not sitting on his knees in front of Elliot and Archimedes.
"So it's easier to turn back than to turn into a wolf" Elliot states and looks at Arkie.
"Soon enough you'll learn how to turn even when you're not running" Arkie says with a smile and Leo stands up.
"Did I do good?" he asks.
"You did very good" Elliot smiles at him.

In Kelley's roofless range rover at the top of the mountain above the city, Esther and Kelley are sitting in the backseat looking up at the stars. Esther, sitting between Kelley's legs, looks up at him and he kisses her. While they're kissing she takes his hand and places it on her thigh slowly guiding it lower. When he understands what she wants he places his free hand on her chin and tilts her head back giving him acces to her neck and shoulder. She lets go of his hand and pulls her fur coat down a little bit showing her bare shoulder. He slides his hand up under her skirt and she closes her eyes and tilts her head back into his shoulder. He carefully moves her panties to the side to stick his finger inside her and she lets out a soft moan. He wraps his free hand softly around her jaw holding her head up as he keeps kissing and biting her neck.

At sunset Jack drives his shitty Volvo with Aiden, Nellie and Leo. They drive to the theatre and meet Elvis, Elliot and Hector outside it. Nellie walks up to Elvis and looks at him judgeingly.
"This is the only way she's gonna get here, Nellie"
"You want to use me to get your sister here?" Nellie asks angrily.
"So we can drive her back to her grave. I'm not gonna let her get to you again" Elvis assures her. Nellie scoffs before she turns away from him and awalks into the theatre. She walks up all the stairs and when she gets up to the top she opens a window and looks out toward the city before she lets out a snake scream that eventually gets as high as only the wolves can hear it. Leo covers his ears and shuts his eyes, trying to close out the sound. When the scream has stopped they all look around but can see nothing. Nellie closes the window again and walks down the stairs. When she gets to the main entrance she can see the door close but no one in there. She stands still and looks around for a while. Suddenly there's a voice behind her.
"So, you decided to stand your ground after all" Sarah says and Nellie turns around to her.

Outside the others look up at the theatre standing still.
"Do you think it worked?" Jack asks and walks up to Elvis.
"We'll know in time. Nellie is supposed to come out here and let us know if Sarah heard it." Elvis explains.
"What if she can't get out?" Aiden asks.
"Then she'll scream" Elvis says keeping his eyes fixed on the theatre trying to see something in the windows.