Silver Sins [MJ FanFiction]

Ch. 24

"The knife is... gone."

I whispered with trembling voice and watched everybody's faces change.

"What do you mean it's gone?" Derek asked.
"I-I.. did what the gypsy woman told me and placed it on the window so that the moon light can shine on it and in the morning it was... gone." I gulped down a lump.
"Gone?" Daniel said "How could it be gone? Maybe you've lost it?"
"No! I haven't! I remember very well! Someone must have taken it or I don't know, but it was gone!"
"It must have taken it." Derek said suddenly.
"Who?" Jess asked and then we all got it.

The werewolf.

"But I don't understand.." Jess said "How-"
"It must have been stalking us." Derek said. "And it knows everything we're doing..."
"No guys, you don't get it, do you!" Daniel jumped in "The werewolf must be someone from the gypsies that saw us there and knew that we were gonna be given a knife! It all makes sense!"
"No!" Derek said "The gypsies are a small community and if one of them was the werewolf, then all of them would know, don't you think so, Daniel! The werewolf is someone else and it knows everything that's happening in this town!"
"Hopefully it doesn't know about our plan tonight..." Jess said.
"I hope so... but we gotta do it tonight no matter what!" Derek explained "We can't wait any longer, we need to catch it quickly! The beast is following our every move and if we don't do anything soon, we might end up dead!" he sighed "This werewolf came back stronger, more evil and vicious and there's definitely a reason for it..." I felt goose bumps all over my skin thanks to Derek's words! They reminded of what the woman said  about me and the werewolf and that it wants something from me.

Lord, if you are really there, help me!

"We'll find out tonight." Daniel said "I'll make the priest talk."
"Good. You all know the plan for tonight. Go home and start preparing." Derek said and we nodded our heads. We all got up and Jess left with me. I didn't want to stay alone tonight and since Michael was gone, I decided to invite her home.

I had a lot of things on my mind and wanted to share them with my best friend, but how could I have told her about me and Michael?! What would she think about me? That I'm sick and perverted for making out with my own cousin?! What if she turned her back on me? I definitely couldn't tell her now...

We spent the day talking and relaxing at my house, but the truth was that we were a hot mess on the inside. Especially me.

I was afraid.. of the plan and of the damn werewolf. I was so damn scared that I didn't even know if I was going to be able to keep with it until the very end! And the thought about killing someone tonight was eating away at my conscious.

Finally, it was time to leave and start the 'mission'.

We went to the priest's home and asked his wife to talk to him. When he came down and stood in front of me, I started shivering at the mere thought that the werewolf was probably standing in front of me. I scanned him with my eyes, trying to find a connection between him and the beast, but my fear was just too big to think adequately right know.

We told him that Derek was dying and needed his help to say a prayer for his dying soul. The priest of course, I agreed, and while he was getting ready to leave with us, I looked at the sky, thinking about how little time we had before the moon shove.

He took his bible with him and we headed for Derek's house. The priest was walking right behind us, which freaked me out to death! However, I had to endure it for everybody's sake! The beast was like a plague in this town, killing the people we loved! This had to end tonight!

Me and Jess kept looking at each other while we were walking with the beast behind us and the silence was like a piercing knife. I wondered, if the priest knew about what was about to happen, which lead me to think that if he knew... we might end up in our own trap for he could walk into the house and kill us even before he's taken his beast form! What a great way to get rid of us and we'd fall into our own trap. I just hoped that Daniel and Derek were prepared for a fight.

When we got to his house, we entered through the front door and told the priest Derek was in the basement. He gave us one weird look like 'What the hell was an old man doing dying in a basement?', but we ignored him and slowly walked over to the basement door.

Shit was about to go down now.. it was about to happen. I took a deep breath and opened the door to the basement. Me and Jess went first with the priest behind us.

When we got downstairs, the first thing that the priest noticed, was the big, thick cell that Derek had prepared for this special occasion.

"Where's Derek?" the priest asked with suspicion. He was nervously looking around the basement and the grip around his bible got tighter. We slowly took a few steps backwards so that we ended up behind him. Before the priest could open his mouth again, Derek and Daniel appeared from their hiding spots behind the priest and Daniel smacked him with a big metal stick on the back. The bible fell on the floor and the priest screamed with pain and before he could even see what was going on, Derek and Daniel managed to push him in the cell and lock it up. Everything happened so quickly which was perfect! We didn't want to give him time to attack us! "What the hell is going on here?" he asked from behind the cell, holding his back. Derek and Daniel stepped away from him and came to us. "WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS!?" the priest screamed "ARE YOU ALL CRAZY!?? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"We know who you are." Daniel said.
"What??!!"
"Don't pretend you're innocent. We know everything!" Daniel replied, then Derek jumped in
"We meet again after all these years.. look at me! Do you remember me?" Derek went closer to him. "Do you remember my face? The winter of 1953..."
"What are you talking about!?" the priest said.
"I tried to kill you then, but I failed! However, this time.. tonight's gonna be the end!"
"What the hell are you talking about old man? What night and what murder? What is the meaning of all this!??"
"CUT IT OUT!" Daniel screamed. He probably couldn't take it anymore and was too stressed like all of us "We know that you're the werewolf!" the priest stared at us for a few seconds, then burst out laughing.
"You.. hahaha" he pointed at us "you are crazy! This must be some kind of joke! Do you even hear your selves?"
"Stop it beast!"
"I'm no beast! And werewolves don't exist you crazy people! I knew about you Derek... you are crazy, that's a fact, but you kids! I never expected anything like that from you! You've seen too many movies!"
"We are gonna kill you tonight, so there's no need to deny it, because we know!" Derek said. The priest shook his head
"This isn't happening to me... no, this can't be real! Let me out right now!"
"No one's letting you out! The moon's gonna appear soon and after you transform, you can kiss your life goodnight, you murderer." Derek said.
"You killed my best friend, Chad! And now you gonna pay for it!"
"I haven't killed anybody! You people need help! Let me out! If you don't do it now, you're gonna get into a lot of trouble! I'll report this to the police, I won't leave it like this, mark my words!"
"YN, look through the window and tell me do you see the moon!" Derek said and I walked over to the small basement window to see it was just appearing from the horizon.
"It's starting! Everybody prepare!"

They all stepped away from the cell with fear.

The priest kept yelling and denying that he was a werewolf, but we just ignored him. The moon was coming more and more up in the sky and we focused our eyes on the priest!

The thought of being with the werewolf in the same room petrified me, but when I looked at the sky again and saw the full moon had completely appeared, a cold sweat wave hit my body and my legs got weak.

"It's about to start!" was all I managed to say to warn everybody.

We all looked at the priest who was about to start changing any second soon!

He then collapsed on the floor suddenly and we all jumped! Was this how a transformation started?

He was going to get up any second soon, but with the beast within him.

The beast was about to rise right in front of my own damn eyes.

Don't miss the next chapter to find out if he's the beast!!!