Forever Charmed

Where Wolf?

"You don't gotta go to work, work, work, work, work, work, work / But you gotta put in work, work, work, work, work, work, work," Laura belts out in the passenger seat.

Danny rolls her eyes but chuckles as Laura starts fist pumping. "I've missed you, dork." She laughs and gives Laura a playful shove. Laura stops her jamming session and looks over at Danny, a huge grin on her face.

"What?" Danny asks, turning off the main road onto a side road.

The grin fades as Laura chews her lip and shrugs.

Danny sighs. "Look, I know it's been tough transitioning from Magic School to living with us. It's an adjustment for all of us–– especially when you don't have powers." She lets out a small laugh. "Hell, Perry was so anxious that the glove compartment is packed to the brim with stuff like glow sticks, some knives, a flare gun, a couple of snack bars..."

Laura giggles and opens it. Sure enough, it's stuffed full. She pulls out a snack bar and offers one to Danny, who shakes her head.

"I'm just hoping this weird series of animal attack reports doesn't require us to wait for LaF and Perry," Danny says. "It's already dark out with a full moon and Kirsch is away on some whitelighter retreat so we're on our own."

Laura opens her mouth, about to blurt out that they also have Carmilla. She stops herself, unsure, since Carmilla hasn't explicitly told her it's okay, yet. But it's been a few weeks...

Then again, Carmilla is also very unconventional, and Danny is very protective. If a whitelighter doesn't pass Danny's expectations and scrutiny...

Danny glances over, realizing Laura's debating on saying something, when suddenly something jumps out of the bushes on the side of the road.

Laura's eyes widen. "Danny! Look ou––"

~*~

Laura groans, her head ringing as she forces her eyes open. She makes out some fuzzy grunts outside of the car and tries to focus.

The large beast that was in the middle of the road is on top of Danny, who's struggling to propel it off her with her telekinesis and failing.

Laura undoes her buckle and rolls out of the car. The monster immediately charges at Danny again, managing to swipe at her, drawing blood. Danny lets out a gasp.

"Get away from her!" Laura yells. To her surprise, it actually halts its attack. Instead, it whirls to face Laura.

"No!" Danny yells, waving her hand. A huge tree branch smacks into the beast and it flees into the trees.

Laura rushes over to Danny, examining the cut. It looks raw and is bleeding slightly, but nothing too serious. "Are you okay?"

Danny winces but nods.

"What the hell was that?" Laura asks. "It looked like a watered-down werewolf."

Danny shrugs. "We should probably get out of here before it decides to come back, though."

Laura nods and looks back at their totaled car. She pulls out her cell phone. "No signal," she sighs.

"Me neither," Danny notes. She gestures up the road, back the way they came. "Let's walk until we get something back."

Laura shrugs off her cardigan and wraps it around Danny's arm as they start walking. "You sure you're okay?"

Danny frowns. "I think I'm starting to get a fever."