Lunar Clock

~Chapter 9: The Run Away~

DPOV

I clutched the railing of the stairs, and held myself down. Blood was leaking from my mouth, and my teeth still were biting down hard on my tongue, I wouldn't release it no matter how hard it hurt. I had to control my body; I didn't want to hurt anyone else, especially Chloe. I was shaking; the instincts of the wolf trying to regain control. They were whispering a feeling into my body, a feeling that had no human words. I tried to shake it off, Chloe was not a threat, I didn't have to attack her, but that strange feeling kept raging on.

My breathing was getting hoarser, my back was stiffening. NO! I bit down harder, blood was oozing and mixing with saliva, and I saw a puddle soon develop underneath me.

"D-D-Derek?" she stuttered. She was up against the wall beside my room, fortunately unharmed, but no doubt extremely terrified. The feeling came back when she talked, I bit down even harder, and a whimper left my throat.

"Derek, are you hurt?" I had to stop her from talking, I was losing my focus. My throat growled on again. "Derek?"

"Shut up!" I yelled. She jumped, and blinked back hard, I could see her lips quivering as she glanced down at the blood coming out of my mouth. We held eye contact until a flash of lightning and another roar of thunder burst. I took this as the sign to run. I flew down the stairs two at a time, and then burst out the front door into the howling wind and piercing cold rain.

"DEREK!" I heard her call, I couldn't turn back now, I felt my body starting to tingle, and my limbs shaking as the release of the second wave struck my body. I had to leave; I had to get away before I did something to her, to any of them. I gritted my teeth and turned in the direction of the trees, would I ever be able to return? I'm sorry about all this Chloe.

CPOV

Derek ran in a flurry of flashing lightning like a stop motion picture down the steps and out of the front door, I tried to catch up to him, but stopped at the open frame when another crash of lightning came.

"DEREK!" I called, watching his dark mass mix with the trees and bush he fled into, the rain was drenching my face and it was almost impossible to keep them open long enough to try to figure out where he went. After a few moments Simon came to my side and yelled against the wind:

"What's wrong, what's going on?"

"It's Derek," I replied, and pointed out the door towards the treeline."He ran out into the woods!" Simon looked perplexed, he glanced down and I saw his face go pale and took a breath, he realised he was standing in blood.

"What the hell is going out...? OMG there is blood everywhere!" We both looked back and saw Tori at the top of the stairs completely wide eyed. Andrew pushed himself in front of her and made his way down to us, as he came we moved to the side and very abruptly Andrew won against the wind and forced the door shut.

"Uncle Andr_"

"To the living room everyone, now." I looked to Simon and I saw his Adams Apple bob as he gulped back his nervousness. I was the one to lead the train of freaked out teens to the den behind Andrew, and none of them protested.

Tori snuggled up next to me as Andrew lit a fire to heat up the room, but he most likely lit it to provide light because the storm took out the power. Simon was in the love seat while me and Tori nestled onto couch, I found it kind of awkward comforting someone who was physically larger than me, but Tori needed it, she was not only creeped out by what was happening, but while we were on the bus, she told me about how she was deathly afraid of thunder storms.

Andrew gave a grieving sigh as he placed the fire skew back on the hook and turned around to face us. The only sound was of the fire crackling, and soon I noticed that Andrew couldn't talk, he looked nervous, and when he noticed us staring decided to sit down on the coffee table.

"What's going on with Derek?" Simon said in the most flat and emotionless voice I had ever heard, he was serious, and wanted an explanation. I was frozen in spot, staring at him then turned my attention to Andrew when he suddenly peeped up.

"Derek is going through what those in the werewolf community would call: his three days." Tori looked up to me, and I was being combated with a nonverbal conversation over what these "three days" actuallywere. I shook my head "no, I have no idea" and she turned back to Andrew, he ran his fingers through his hair.

"What are these'3 days'?" I finally asked when no one else would. Andrew shifted towards me, his eyes were dark-rimmed and his face was very pale... what happened to him between the course of supper time till now?

"His body is secreting werewolf hormones to help prepare and coax his first complete change," his first complete change huh? But...that didn't explain Derek's strange behaviour though. "Usually this begins when a werewolf reaches the age of 18, and these three days push him into... "werewolfhood" as you might say."

Wait...

"But Derek has been partially changing off and on for about 2 weeks now." Andrew looked up to me from the floor and stopped me cold with his worrying glare.

"Well Derek is not like most young werewolves." Simon stood up.

"So what is going to happen to him?" He jabbed a finger at the window. "My brother is out there in this storm, and we are just sitting here roasting marshmallows? We are not going to just leave him out there for 3 days are we?"

Tori sat up.

"And what about all that blood, it was his right? What if he was injured?" Andrew shook his head.

"There is nothing we can do for Derek right now but let him clear his head. His mind is being filled with wolfish impulses by the hormones, and it would be best to just leave him alone."

"Do you suggest we just sit here and see if he ever comes back?" Simon snapped.

"I suggest we stay here where it's safe and prey he doesn't smell us and rip us apart before he figures out who we are!" Simon fell back onto the couch, his eyes glazed over.

"He wouldn't do that!" I stammered.

"It's been known to happen on a few occasions in wolf communities, that's why I was worried about Derek. His father disappeared before he had a chance to tell him."

"So you're saying he is probably as clueless about all this stuff as we are?" I asked. Andrew nodded. He stood up walked over to the door of the room, ready to leave.

"He's not a monster Andrew." To stated to him. Simon was still in his daze.

"I know Chloe, I know."

I heard a roar of thunder, the thunder sounded like it was in pain... and no lightning fallowed after. Then, there was silence.