Werewolf 2: Dungeons and Werewolves

Chapter 3: Alive

The next morning was dark and gloomy. From the looks of it, it wasn't about to rain. The herd stayed inside the barn, children forced to stay indoors as raindrops started falling. But at the Mayors office there was a swarm of people standing outside wondering what was going on.

Inside Lukas' office he was pacing the floor. "This can't be real. You vanished! You left without anyone knowing!" Lukas shouted, slamming his fists on the table.

Petra jerked back a little when she heard his the table bang. She was blocking the door and like many others, couldn't believe what was happening. That he was here. Her pet boar named spot was there too, biting on the mysterious man's shoe.

The mysterious man got up and looked at Lukas, and shaking his leg to get the boar off. "Lukas," he said, "I didn't leave. I was here the whole time."

"Lies!" Lukas shouted again. "You left! You abandoned us when we needed you the most! We thought the werewolves got you but no! You walked away! What about Jess? Your sister? Did you forget about her!"

"I didn't forget. I don't know how I'm here, or why I'm back. But I know one thing. I shouldn't be here Lukas." The man said.

"Quit lying to us Jesse," Petra said jumping into the conversation. "Take off that jacket so we can see the guilt on your face."

The man who turned out to be Jesse flipped back his hood and took off the jacket. And underneath scared Lukas and Petra. Jesse looked the same from a distance, but up close... it looks like he's been buried alive and his skin started to decay. His right leg was nothing but bone (which spot started to chew on), and his left arm was nothing but bone and sleeve. His clothes stayed mostly intact but besides that he was almost skinless. But his hair stayed and his face looked the same besides a piece of skin peeling off.

"H-how... what... what in God's name?" Lukas stammered.

"This is what I mean Lukas. Werewolves got me, they burried me while I was unconscious. I died as you can clearly tell. How I'm alive, I'm not sure. But I remember waking up and digging upwards. Or maybe it was down? I didn't know, the next thing I knew I was breaking through the floor boards of someone's home! Lukas something is going on, some strange potion is being used I can feel it. Something or someome is coming to attack us... and can someone get this boar off my leg? Shoo! Shoo you like pig!" Jesse warned.

As Jesse shook his leg Lukas thought to himself. Magic? Potions are magic right? How is Jesse alive if e was killed? Oh god we can't let the people see him like this, they'll freak! I'll loose my position as Mayor, oh god that can't happen. I need to find out what's going on, and I need to find out now. Maybe that cave was cursed when Jess was mining in it and they brought it back here without even realizing it? I need to talk to Jess...

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Back outside Gabriel and Radar were walking going to the pub for a drink. Gabriel couldn't work today because it was raining, and Radar wanted to hear more spooky stories about mining. As they passed by the Mayors building they saw a bunch of people and a red head standing on top of the stairs making some sort of speech. It couldn't be Petra, because she would be busy hunting at this time. So it could only be Maya.

Barely anyone payed attention to Maya anymore. Since Aiden and Gill ran away together she was almost ignored. So this was one of the few times she would be noticed. "People," she started, "Mayor Lukas is hiding something from us! He isn't what he says he is! He's trying to trick us!"

Radar couldn't stand for this injustice. He knew that Maya was jealous because no one payed attention to her, but she was rotten and got what she deserves. "Hey!" Radar shouted. "You're just jealous! Lukas is a good Mayor, he treats everyone fairly and takes care of us! Maybe he's talking with a diplomat right now about important things!"