✨The Omega's Essence✨

4. A little bad

Back in the pack, we were told that humans are terrible creatures who want to annihilate every other living thing on earth. Whilst traveling with them, I was skeptical and scared at first, but then I realized, they are not so bad.

After riding on the bus for hours without any idea where I was heading, I finally arrived at a place called The Bronx, a borough of New York City. I didn't have enough money to get a motel or something, so a woman at the bus station directed me to the homeless shelter.

The homeless shelter was full, and it was lights out when I got there, but they managed to squeeze me in, which I was grateful for. The bed was uncomfortable, and it was hard for me to fall asleep. The snores from all around me didn't make it any easier to sleep. Even though my family and I stayed in the quarters, I had a room and a little bit of privacy, so this felt weird.

"Hey" I heard someone whisper from behind me. I turned my head to the next bunk, and a brittle-looking lady in a sleeping bag was gawking at me. She had bags under her brown eyes and her skin was abnormally pale. "What's a fine thing like yourself doing in a shithole like this, honey bunny?"

I turn my body on the small mattress to fully face her. "Well, I had to leave home"

"You don't say, honey. So, what happened?"

"It's kind of a long story," I said dismissively. I can't tell her that I was once a werewolf, and even if I did, would she believe me?

"Oh, so you're alone in Queens, are ya?" She nodded her head in realization.

"Yeah, kind of"

"No one knows where you are? Not your parents, your friends?" She asked further, seeming too interested in my life. It didn't feel right, but maybe she is just being nice.

"N-not really" I responded. "Why?"

"Nothing. That's sad. I hope things get better for you" She sat up at the edge of her bed. "I can help you get a job"

"Really?" I mirror her action and sit up as well.

"Yeah, at the crack o'dawn, you'll come with me to where I work. How does that sound?"

I was overjoyed. How can anyone be this nice? "Wow, that would mean a lot. Thanks" I grinned.

One of the men in charge of guarding the shelter entered and sighted us: "Hey, you two, go to sleep!". We both lay down. And before I knew it, I fell asleep. I can't wait to start my new job.

True to her word, the lady whose name I found out to be Edna, led me out of the shelter early in the morning. With nothing on me but a black hoodie, a pair of black jeans and white sneakers, and a brown backpack strapped over my shoulders. I followed Edna down an alleyway full of trash and homeless people. I felt so bad for them, I was lucky enough to find a shelter to stay in last night, even though it was uncomfortable. But I cannot imagine sleeping outside in this weather.

"Psst, Honey bunny" Whispered Edna from in front of me. She had stopped in front of a door with graffiti painted all over it. The door was along the alley, and something just didn't feel right about it.

"Yes?" I whispered back for reason unbeknownst to me.

"Come on in, but before we go in... you gonna tell 'em you're my cousin from outta town... got it?" She looked at me with hopeful eyes.