FROM HELL

CHAPTER 5

I was not hungry but I needed to escape from there. Alien was not the topic I wanted to talk about right now. Lynn also was off-limits even if I was not on talking terms with her. After all the efforts she made for me, I couldn't invite attention to her especially not from werewolves.
And why would she go undercover? Must be a crime to pull a demon out of hell.

Nate and I entered the first restaurant we saw. It was medium-sized but comfortable looking. We choose the table at the far end.
More like I stirred him to it. He was inclined to take the first table he could see. But I always choose the spots where I can watch the inhabitants of the place and the people who enter. It kinda became a habit.
The current inhabitants here were an old age couple eating some kind of dessert or something. Two boys slightly younger than me eating and talking about some nerdy stuff.
I noted that the waitress was coming our way. She was attractive and swayed her hips hard while walking. I saw her rushing back into the kitchen when we came in. Must have done some make-up. She came and stood at the side of our table mostly facing Nate. Ahhh.. someone's trying to impress Nate.
"Your order please Nate"
She said his name in a sultry way.
Seemingly not surprised (werewolf senses I guess) Nate stopped studying me and looked at her for the first time and smiled.

"We'll take the family pack, Cindy"

"Ummm, we'll take 2, one if you're not eating"
I directed the last part to Nate. Cindy noticing me for the first time gave me a disapproving look, smiled at Nate, and left.

Nate kept looking at me without saying a word. A hint of a smile on his lips.
"First name basis?"

"I'm a regular customer. I guess"

"She has a crush on you"

"Ohh, everyone has," he said still studying me.

"So does the doctor know about how you healed"

"No, I, or if I may say my inner wolf kind of refused to talk when you were out. He was kind of angry"

"Why?"

"I don't know, Robin Bingsley. I don't know"

"Why were you hurt?"

He looked around and said
"Let's talk about it when we are out of here, okay?"
Right on cue, Cindy came with our order. The family pack contained meals for at least 4 people. We started eating the moment food was placed on our table and ignored the now-staring Cindy. We never got to talk anymore because Cindy lingered near showing off her big boobs and long legs. Nate didn't give a second glance to her completely focused on the food. After finishing our meals we filed out of the place and settled in his car.
"So you said you would talk after we get out of that place"

He sat there looking straight ahead clutching the stirring wheel for some time and said
"Tell me, Robin, how much do you know about werewolves"

I narrowed my eyes
"Are you testing me?"

"No, I need to know how much I should explain"

I looked at him, he seemed serious. So I started reciting what Lynn had taught me
"Werewolves change at will. They have no affinity to the full moon but newly transformed wolves are compelled to change at the full moon. Werewolves can be born or are turned. A human is turned into a werewolf when he is exposed to a virus contained in werewolf blood. They have 3 forms. Wolf. Middle form, wolf plus man, transformation stops without fully transforming. Human. The middle form is hard to master but is strong. You have resistance to silver. You heal fast but wounds inflicted by silver or another wolf don't heal that fast."

"Okay, what about rogues?"

"They are newly transformed wolves that do not get the guidance of an alpha"

"I want to know how you got this much information. Okay back to topic. Yesterday was my first change"

"So you got hurt during the first change?"

"No, the thing is.. my father was a werewolf and my mother was a human. So when I was born I couldn't change but my father or mother never considered that as a problem. That was not the case of the pack. The pack considered me as handicapped and pitied me. The children in the pack never considered me as one of them and bullied me every instance they could get. So yesterday was a full moon and the boys in the pack were beating me up. One of the boys got too carried away and changed, striking me in every way he could. The infection came from that I think. When everything was going dark I could feel him surging to the surface from deep inside of me. It was painful. Then I was him. He was me. All the boys changed. We fought until everyone was down. I didn't look back. Ran into the woods as far as I could get. That's when I saw you."
He looked at me at the last part. His intense blue held mine for a long time. Taking a strand of my hair he traced it. His eye color changed from deep blue to yellow. I sat there stock still mesmerized by his eyes and then the windshields of his car exploded outwards. I broke his gaze and looked forward to see Lynn walking towards us in full power.