Tomorrow Never Dies (Moonlight 3)

Chapter 12-Alex

"This feels so wrong guys." Ashton frowned.

"We know, but you did the right thing Ash. You saw what he did to Luke and what he was going to do to Cal." Michael nodded his eyes gazing sympathetically at Ashton who was starting to seriously doubt his choice to use the stone. "You helped more than you hurt anyone."

The three of us had been sitting in the garage of Alex's place for five minutes now, the four of still dressed in school uniform. I had no idea how we expected to pull this off, but as Ashton had rung Alex to let her know, this was the crazy idea that she had suggested. She had instructed us to meet her in the garage that she'd leave open for us in case he woke up.

We'd managed to sneak out of school somehow, carrying him on our shoulders until we were far out of the sight of the office staff or anybody walking past. It had been an operation; Ashton and I had been positioned at the doorway listening for teachers as Calum and Michael had snuck past with Kyle.

Yet I don't know how we were going to explain where we had been for the entire afternoon. Ashton had called Scarlet asking for a favour. So, I hoped she would pull through. The hunters had scary powers over that sort of thing. I think they were part of the reason werewolves had stayed under the radar for so long.

My skin was still painfully sore and any movement I made caused it to sting. It was still blistered and red as if I'd had a severe allergic reaction, which I guess was the closest thing to the truth. My mother's cream had helped a little bit, but I was still healing. I think the wolfsbane was much more potent than the one that had been used on Ashton. As I looked over at Calum, I noticed the red spots were still evident where the wolfsbane had contacted his skin as well, his hands and neck covered in visible blisters.

"Still not healing properly?" Ashton frowned from beside me.

I nodded at him weakly. Although I was sitting upright and could move now, I still felt a little bit dizzy and faint as well.

"I'll admit I don't feel at my best either." Calum sighed, "Kyle knew what he was doing."

"He was strong too." Michael frowned, "Even together you and I had enough trouble keeping him down."

"Do you think he's a werewolf?" I questioned quietly.

Michael and Calum both blinked at me, they were both quiet as they seemed to consider the idea for a moment. Michael bit his lip.

"He's not a werewolf because it wouldn't have worked." Ashton shrugged. "That stone is only supposed to work on humans."

"Maybe he just works out a lot?" Michael pondered. Though he sounded uncertain. We all knew even hunters would have trouble pushing two of us off them at once. Yet he'd done it easily. I shook my head, if the stone was only supposed to work on humans then that's exactly what he was.

Just then the door burst open, and in walked Alex dressed in an apron and collared shirt. Her hair was tied into a messy bun. It had been a little while since I'd seen her.

"Sorry about that I just had one last patient before I could close for the afternoon." Alex huffed, sitting down beside us. Her eyes widened on Calum first then on me, "Okay I can definitely see a lot happened."

"Sorry, though this is kind of an emergency." Calum told her, gesturing to Kyle's still sleeping form. "Ashton said that you'd have something to help us?"

Alex looked confused for a moment. I was concerned for a moment that maybe she couldn't help us after all. The four of us stared at her.

"The crystals?" Ashton prompted, "The ones you were showing me on the weekend."