The Dark Wolf

Chapter Ten

The darkest days don't happen outside the home. It's usually inside the darkest pit of someone's hell from within their mind. Jace is hate and anger took him to take the life of the woman he used to love for the sins she caused to him during the time he was in hell.

"What have I done..?"

Jace looked at the lifeless body where Neko also went over and took a look at her. It came to the intention that they both could not stay in the town anymore because of how not only did he murder his wife but he also forgot that the deaths of his friends are also on him as well.

"Neko we have to leave.. we can't stay here.." he said as he packed food from the kitchen and refused to pack any article of clothing since there would be no point of changing where they were going. Jace collected his battle axe and swords he kept in the house as well because he wouldn't leave without them. All that Neko did was eat the food Jace gave to her since she didn't feel like wasting it.

Once they were both ready they started packing up the car as well as planning an escape route. But it wasn't long for Jace to realize that there were news vans and television cameras coming to interview him and catch Neko as well which gave them both a reason to run away more.

"Mr. Waylon! Mr. Waylon! Wait!"

Jace got into the car with Neko quickly and started the car to drive through the crowd of news reporters and out of the town going to the one safe place they both know no one would enter. The Forest.

"Neko I have to apologize.. I thought we would be safe at home but no. I ruined that by killing my wife and leaving my friends to die in the forest. God I'm so sorry Neko! Please forgive me for putting you through this!" Jace pleaded as he continued to speed up the car going towards the forest more but he stopped the car when he felt Neko's paw on his arm and he looked at her with a smile.

"Thank you, Neko."

With a calm road ahead of them they stayed in the area and wondered what once was for the travelers and survivors of the evil drenched forest. They waited so long that they heard the neighborly friendly sirens of the police. It scared Jace so much to start up the car to speed out of the scene along with Neko hiding somewhere in the back seat.

"Give up Jace! You can run but you can't hide!"

The two survivors made it to their playground where both of their personalities changed in a very jurassic way. Neko and Jace were not themselves anymore as they were when they left the forest. The evilness have finally taken over their spirit and changed them to be master tricksters.

Once the police arrived to the forest and into the clearing where they spotted the car they thought broke down they surrounded the car. Taking small steps out of their cars to position themselves to a shooting position.

"Jace Waylon! Come out with your hands up!" The chief said as he made his way towards the car, but the evil Jace and Neko were smarter than the policemen. One by one they grabbed a policeman and assassinated him as they tried to not raise panic towards the chief. But that didn't work.

Each time they grabbed a policeman they would scream drawing attention towards the area the scream would be. "What happened to Alex!?" The chief would call out. Each name led to their untimely end until the chief was left alone with a car that was filed with nothing but sock puppets made by Jace.

"Jace please... we'll drop the charges! We won't detain you! Please let me leave silently!"

The chief pleaded with his life until he was surprised by a skull shattering rock to his head. Down the officer laid as the last sight he was able to make out was seeing a wolf and a tall man, presumably Neko and Jace standing over his body.

It didn't take long for the two to drag the chief officer towards a dark cave with a hole up top that could open up a room with a single moonlight shining through the hole of the cave. When the officer came to, the wolf and man stood before him. He tried to stand but was restrained with rope.

"Jace.. please don't do this! What about your life? I'll drop the charges against you! I swear! Just please don't kill me! I have a family! A wife!" The officer pleaded with this dark entity that only took his words into one ear and out the other with a laugh.

"Who am I to take your life? If my moral self liked you he'd let you go free. But I am not my moral self because he is no more. This isn't the Jace you wish it was and he will never resurface again. Because he was weak, but I am not. Say hello.. to the dark wolf of the forest."

For months there were search parties looking for the missing officer but the people of the town know where the man lies. Whoever entered the forest was killed on sight by their ambition. No one came back out alive. No one survives the forest. No one walks into the forest. Even the officers who stayed behind in the town give tickets to people who try to go to the forest.

The forest has not been visited by anyone in nineteen years for the misfortunate events that led up to the deaths of hundreds of people. Was it worth it? Was it all anyone could ever want? No one would ever know what the murdered victims thought when stepping foot into the forest. But the only connection with the deaths came to one thing...... ambition.