Life as an Ultima Werewolf

The Break-Up

please listen to the song provided when reading this chapter.

Three months later...

"Shannon!" Dottie said urgently. "What?" I asked. "You have to break up with Charlie!" she continued. "Why?" I asked. "Oh for no reason," she said sarcastically, "HE'S CHEATING ON YOU FOR FRICK SAKE!!!" "No, he is n-" I started to say. "So, how is it with you and Shannon?" It was Delta's voice, then Charlie answered, "I love my girl but she ain't worth the price." When I heard that, I ran into the bathroom and bawled my eyes out. I took my bandana off, not knowing Dottie was behind me, she saw my eyes and she said stuttering, "Y-y-your the ultima?!?" "Please don't tell anyone!" I said in between sobs. She must have known that my mental state was unstable and she agreed not to tell anyone. I hugged her and sobbed, by the time the bell rang, her shirt was soaked. She didn't mind though. At lunch, Aaron noticed my behavior had changed, but every time he would come near, Kawii~Chan and Daniel kept blocking him. "Daniel, Kawii~chan," Aaron started, "Please, just let me see my sister." "No," Daniel said firmly, "Alpha wants to be left alone." "Then what are you doing," Aaron retorted, "Aren't you bothering her?" "That makes sense," Daniel said. "Guys," I said, "Let him through." "Yes Alpha," Daniel replied. "What's wrong?" Aaron asked. "I love my girl but she ain't worth the price. She ain't worth the price! No, she ain't worth the price!" I replied, then I broke down and cried. "Who did this?" Aaron said furiously. Dottie chimed in and said, "Charlie, you idiot!"

At home, my mom had noticed my mood change and asked me what was wrong. I told her everything, then I walked out of the room and went into my room. Riley was on my bed, which took up most of my bed, I laid down next to her, unsheathed my claws, then started slitting my wrists. I had ten slashes on both arms. Aaron walked in while I was doing it and he yelled, "MOM, DAD, COME HERE QUICK!!!" "Wha-," Both my Mom and Dad started then stopped when they saw the blood and the cuts on my arms. "SHANNON ASHLY LYCAN!!!" my Dad yelled with his Ultima eyes showing (which was a rare thing knowing my dad had better control than me and his father). He then went on asking why on earth I was doing this. I couldn't answer him because I was crying so hard that I was hyperventilating. Riley was licking my face trying to calm me down, Aaron was calling Dottie to come over to calm me down. Dad was calling one of the werewolf doctors asking for a prescription for "happy pills". In under three minutes, Dottie knocked our front door down and was racing up the stairs to my room. "Ok, I'm here!" she said breathlessly, "What's the prob-" she stopped and saw what I had done to myself. "WHAT IN IRENE!!!" she yelled, "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!?!" Right after she said that, a female werewolf in a lab coat ran in and said, "Mr. Lycan, I have the pills." He just nodded his head in my direction. "Hello, sweety, my name is Maria," she started, "I'm Daniel's mother." I said hello then she continued, "You need to take these pills three times a day: One in the morning, one at lunch, and one at night." "What will they do?" I asked. "They will make you happy, Sweetie," She said and added to my mom, "Make sure she takes it with water and food on her stomach. If it makes her vomit, she didn't eat. It may also disable her from changing to wolf form and her Ultima eyes. It may cause dizziness, loss of libido or digestive disturbances, for some patients the side effects are worse than what the pills were supposed to fix. But very rarely, the side effects include serious agitation, aggressive and even violent behaviors associated with Serotonin Syndrome, or even suicide" The doctor gave me one of them, I took it hesitantly. It took a few seconds for it to kick in, and when it did, I felt weird. I was extremely happy the next day, even for the unit test for Werewolf History class, and I hated that class. At lunch, Charlie walked over, seeing the cuts on my arms and that my pupils were heart-shaped, he asked me what had happened. "Don't play dumb," Dottie answered before I could. I signaled with my tail for her to stand down and I got up, smiling and slapped him. The other raptors got up from their table (except Blue who was sitting next to Aaron) then rushed to the werewolf table. Still smiling, I sang, "I take my pills and I'm happy all the time! I'm happy all the time! I'm happy all the time! 'I love my girl but she ain't worth the price! She ain't worth the price! No, she ain't worth the price!'." His eyes widened then he had the nerve to say, "I'm so sorry." I then punched him as hard as I could and sent him flying into trash bins. Then I sang, "I take my pills and I'm happy all the time! I'm happy all the time! I'm happy all the time! 'I love my girl but she ain't worth the price! She ain't worth the price! No, she ain't worth the price!'". Then I continued, "The voices in my right brain are kinda funny. They tell me, 'Take a deep breath, it's always sunny.' But when I leave the light side, it's so obvious that my life's pretty plain!" Delta and Echo attacked, still singing and smiling, I dogged then landed a punch that sent them both flying into the wall. Blue just now got up, then flung herself at me, this time it connected, cutting deeply into my right side. I was still smiling. I sang, "We take strange things to feel normal. We take strange things to feel normal. We take strange things to feel normal. To feel normal, to feel normal." Blue stopped dead in her tracks, I could smell her fear. "Shannon! Why are you doing this?!?!" "'I love my girl but she ain't worth the price! She ain't worth the price! No, she ain't worth the price!'" I replied. I unsheathed my claws and slashed Blue across her chest. She yelped in pain, then I slashed her leg, then finally I spartan kicked her into a wall. Aaron grabbed, and when he did, slashed his arms then I stabbed him in the stomach with my claws. Someone had called the Guardian Force which is this organization that deals with rogue werewolves and they hunt the Ultima. They shot a tranq dart and it hit me in my neck but it no effect. I lunged at the closest one and slashed his throat and stabbed him in the chest. Another dart hit me but I was still going. I pounced on the nearest person. "Shannon!" It was Dottie I had pounced on, "Please stop! This isn't you! Your hurting people that you love! You're hurting me!" I stopped, my pupils, turned back to normal. Another dart hit me in the back, then rage. But before I could jump onto the person that shot me, the sedatives took their toll. Still smiling, I collapsed...