THE THING IN THE WOODS

UNMASKED

There was no wind or sound, for a brief second she forgot she was alive, she was in peace with herself for the goal she just achieved, it was stupid to think about it as a whole major thing, but it was, no human being was able of the things she was, well that wasn’t completely true, her dad was able of such unbelievable feats.

Who is she? She has been asking herself the same question for the past three months and every time the answer changed. Once she was a normal teenage girl, then she became the daughter of a criminal, later the girl who found out a whole new world hidden within ours, then the girl of a liar, this morning she was the girl who couldn’t take it anymore and now… Nichole doesn’t have an answer this time for who she is, she is lost and confused, well not completely confused she knows what she wants in her life, she wants Blake dead, but… what then?

She wants her dad to pay for lying to her for hiding from her who she really is and what she is capable of, hundreds of questions come to her mind while she walks toward her home, luckily no one at school saw her coming through the playing field, what is she going to do now with her skills? Will she keep learning from the book, will she leave home and become a demon’s Silver like her dad? Will she ever trust her father ever again?

What now? Should she drop School? How much Matt knows? It is too much, she wish she could get some rest, to lay on her bed and forget the whole thing at least for a couple of hours, but she knows she won’t get any rest, she’s too tired but she won’t be able to sleep if she knows Blake is still out there and her dad stills believes she is just a frightened little girl, she must face them both, and it has to be today.

…….

“How much time I got left?” Matt says with hoarse voice, his throat is dry and is tearing raw.

He feels like the day they told them his mom condition was irreversible.

“I’m not sure…” Dr. L. starts not daring to look at Matt in the eye, “I would say months, but with death you never know, it may come for you tonight, or in a year or in eighty years”

“Then why did you just say months?” Matt demands furious, this is so pathetic, he’s afraid of dying he’s a scared little boy fearsome of his eventual death.

“Everything is starting, things are moving, there are decisions being made, soon you will understand everything”

“I want to know now!” Matt screams, “Tell me! What’s going to happen? How can I stop it, you said there were always possibilities, give me some”

“Die before time” Dr. L replies dryly. “If you die things will calm down, Blake and Seth will die in their attempt to stop the Fenrir and the world will be saved”

“What if I don’t die in the right time?” He swallows hard, this is stupid, he can’t be seriously negotiating the day of his own death.

“There will be a war” Larount says sternly motioning him to get back to the town.

Matt starts pacing up while he keeps talking, his hold body shakes, and he has to do a big effort to hold his tears back, he’s going to die… soon.