A Virals Fanfic- Strike

Chapter 2

"Hiram! What in the world are you doing here?! And why in the world are your eyes glowing blue?!" Her voice rose with every syllable.

I could hear Ben and Shelton face palming in the bathroom.... Crap! I still had the flare! I made a mental note to be more careful with my flares.

SNUP

    I blinked twice. The third blink brought Whitney into my room, dragging a depressed looking Hi. "Ugh." He moaned. Ben and Shelton's heads popped out of the bathroom.

    "Hi Mrs. Dubois!" Shelton exclaimed, like it was normal for them to sneak into my house at 5:00 in the morning.

    "Hi Shelton..." Whitney said... confused. Then she faced me with a sweet smile. "Well Tory, please do explain why your friends are here." She paused." Also, why his eyes are blue." Her eyes narrowed at Hi, and then looked at Ben. "And his... and his." She threw her hands up in the air. "Just explain the blue eyes Tory, and I might not tell your dad."

    "Well... uh..." I stuttered. "They got contacts...?" I winced.

    Whitney frowned, then did something that surprised all of us. She growled. Like wolf growled... and then flared. Well... not flared. More like shifted.

    Her ears grew longer, and her eyes became multi-colored. A bushy tail appeared behind her. Everyone stared. "Tell the truth," she growled.

    "I'll tell the truth if you explain this." I pointed at her eyes and frowned, almost copying her's exactly.

Ben's POV

    Whitney's shift was surprising. Well... more than surprising. It was more of a 'Ermahgerd she's a Viral' surprising. And Tory? Her face was a mask of surprise. It was so funny I almost laughed. ...Until the Viral-Wolf looked at me. I gulped.

    I hope I was nice enough to Tory.

    What the...? The thought came out of nowhere.

     Huh.

Must be the self preserving part of my brain. Whitney now looked smug. Maybe because she scared the hell outta us? I don't understand her way of thinking.

    "Truth. NOW." Whitney rumbled. At me.

    I won't deny I may have uttered a few foul words. Four lettered words.

Hi looked at me. Smirked. Then he said, "Grandma, how are you? Why are your ears so big?  Why do you have a tail? Please don't eat me!" The last part was said after Whitney turned to look at him. I sighed. Barely.

Tory's POV

    I heard Ben sigh. I looked at him. them looked at Shelton at a quaking Hi. They all nodded. I took a deep breath and...

SNAP

I felt the others flare too. I also felt a strange presence at the edge of my mind.

Tory?

I felt her say. I tried to connect her to my pack, but a strange yet familiar barrier kept my mind from touching hers.

Hmm... it's like when I couldn't connect the pack because Ben wouldn't!!!

    Im pretty sure Ben had the same idea as I did, because we both fired of the same images at the same time, just in opposite perspectives.

Woah, overload. Shelton.

Huh? Hi.

    I frowned. Then said to everyone, "Calm down, we can figure this out tomorrow. I'm really tired." It was a horrible lie, but it worked.

SNUP

    I checked my clock. 11:36 am. Great. Just great. I had to face the Whitney flare episode. 

I debated to go back to sleep, but I would have to face the flaring sooner or later. As I got up and brushed my teeth, I thought about Ella, and how she would react to Whitney flaring.

    Ugh.

I also had to tell her I could still flare. Besides, I think Whitney will be watching the door from now on, day and night. I snickered. That'll teach em! Just watch the windows too, bimbo.

Feinting nonchalance, I went downstairs to my tiny breakfast. "Hi Kit," I said. Might as well be direct. "Can I go out with Whitney and the boys today?"

Surprised, Kit quickly answered with a "Yes."  As I snarfed down my breakfast, I heard Whitney puttering around in the kitchen. "Whitney, are you coming?!"

"So... we still need stone bricks, mortar, wood paneling, paint, and wooden posts." I rattled off my makeshift list. "Also furniture. But it can wait." Ben was driving around getting whatever I told him to, while Hi and Shelton played I Spy. Whitney was sent off to look for our furniture awhile ago, and hasn't called back. We had left Cooper at my house because he was pretty big.

"I spy with my little eyes... something called an Appliance store!" Hi jumped up and down in his seat while Shelton tried to whack the back of his head. Unfortunately for Hi, Ben managed to whack his head, and Shelton stopped his jumping.

"I swear..." Ben muttered. He was dressed in his usual gray t-shirt and jeans, and Hi was dressed like an insane maniac. Shelton was dressed in a barf colored t-shirt and jeans, that made me automatically flinch every time he moved. I was dressed the most fashionably, or so I thought, with a blue tank top and a light jacket over it and shorts underneath. I'm not even going to try explain Whitney's attire, but let me just say she looks like an Easter egg....   

    Shelton took his turn. "I spy with my little eyes... Chance?"

A/N: I know some people are confused about Shelton seeing Chance. The pack was just playing I Spy, and Shelton saw Chance across the road. Other than that I don't think this chapter's too confusing. This is still new to me, so comments help!