The Wolf Inside Me

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

I struggled to keep my mouth shut as Nathan dug the knife into my stomach a fifth time.

I healed so quickly, that by the time Nathan lifted the knife, the wound was a faint scar. So he kept cutting me in the same place.

He had ripped the stitches out of my side, and when the wound had tried to close, there was a knife under my skin. Keeping my wound from healing and keeping a constant pain running through me.

Adrenaline had flooded my system, and I knew I just had to last until Simon got here to take me to lunch. Me arms had long gone numb, and my legs had the pins and needles feeling.

"Tell me." Nathan growled.

I didn't respond. I knew if I opened my mouth I would scream. Not with pain, but with anger. Nathan was getting angry that I wasn't talking.

The pain wasn't really a problem, I'd been through worse. I didn't want Nathan to think it wasn't working though and decide to stab me in the heart.

It was only a matter of time before-

My thoughts were cut off when the door opened. Simon walked in and his jaw dropped.

"Nathan! What the hell are you doing?" He fumed.

Nathan's response was to grin lazily.

"Just trying to encourage our guest here to talk."

Simon walked over and ripped the knife from Nathan's grip, sending it flying across the room.

It was funny how Simon seemed to have more power, and Nathan was the mean one. Kinda backward.

"You will be getting punished for this." He spat to Nathan.

"No one touches the subjects."

Nathan finally got up, making my muscles sigh in relief.

He stalked out of my cell.

I pulled my shirt down, my wounds had already sealed.

Simon looked horrified.

"Are you ok?"

"Yes, this 'subject' is ok." I replied.

I brushed past him out of the cell, seeing everyone else preparing for dinner.

Simon came out holding a pair of cuffs.

I sighed and held out my hands, and we walked to the cafeteria.

I didn't want Simon to see how afraid of Nathan I was. It would be so easy for him to come into my cell at night. I would never see him coming.

There were worse things then getting cut with a knife.

I decided then and there I wouldn't be sleeping tonight.

We got to the cafeteria, and I quickly got my food. It was the same as last time, a variety of meats, and a bottle of water.

I found Emily sitting at a table in the corner, and I joined her.

"How's your day been?" She asked hesitantly.

I sighed. I guess she would have seen anyway.

"Ok, until Nathan shot me, then decided to torture me with a knife."

Emily continued to push her food around nervously.

"I'm so sorry, I saw him but I didn't have a way to warn you, and then

he-"

Emily's breath caught, and looked close to tears. The poor girl.

"Emily this is not your fault! These people are evil, and we have to get out of here."

I had finally realized if Clay did find us, it wouldn't be soon.

I can't believe Emily thought she could have warned me. There was no way, the walls were soundproof, and I couldn't have seen her from where I was by the bathroom.

Emily's head snapped up at the mention of an escape.

"Are you serious!?" She whispered.

"As a heart attack." I said, grinning.

"I can try to swipe a card from Simon, then get you out. I know the code he entered was 1234. I'm not sure if each card had a different code. In that case it should be pretty easy. On the other hand, each door could have a different code, in that case, we're screwed."

I hoped it was the first option. I had a feeling it was, as it would be difficult to have everyone remember every code for every door.

"Then, I can Change to knock out anyone who gets in out way. I should be able to use my nose to get us out. I just need to see if we can find stairs to get to the ground level."

I figured if the lab was 2B then the 2 stood for the second floor.

Emily's eyes lit up and she started bouncing in her seat.

"I think there was a set of stairs by the lab, I saw them once when a guard took me there."

Hope soared through me. This may actually work. We could really escape.

I smiled at Emily, and the rest of dinner we planned our jail-break.

We decided to wait until as close as we could to dinner tomorrow. That way it would be night when we got outside, and the darkness would hide us.

I was going to get Simon's card, and lock him in my cell. I would then get Emily and give her the card.

I would change, and we would make our way to the lab, to the stairs Emily had seen.

Emily would use her telekinesis to keep them off of us too.

Hopefully once outside we would lose them quickly.

The guards collected us, and everyone was led back to their cells. I felt guilty that we were going to leave them here, but we couldn't take everyone. We would have to come back with reinforcements.

I gave Emily a silent look of encouragement before we were put into our cells.

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I was right. I wasn't sleeping tonight. I really should, with tomorrows escape attempt. But sleep just wouldn't come.

So I thought of Clay. David. And Sarah. She was a traitor. I can't believe she had led us strait into a trap. Why had she done it? For money? Was she really on the SCA's side?

I sighed and rolled over to face the wall. Life was so complicated now. A week and a half ago I had been normal. Well as normal as a werewolf waiting for her first Change could be.

I rolled back over, trying to get comfortable. But it didn't help. So I got out of bed and kneeled on the floor. I stripped down, not caring if there was a camera. It was too dark to see anything. I folded my clothes, laying them on my bed.

I Changed quickly, not even feeling the shift of bones anymore. It was like Clay's Change. Practically instantaneous.

Clay. I missed him so much my heart ached.

When I was a wolf, my thoughts finally calmed down. I curled up, tucking my tail over my nose. It was then that I finally fell asleep.