Hey again guys! 2 Chapters in one day! This is part 2 of the last chapter. Enjoy!
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Chapter 8: When the Past Bites You Back (Part 2)
Rogue werewolf.
That's what Zach is. He kills people for fun. He laughs when they scream and beg for mercy. That girl he killed, the one I keep seeing in my nightmares, didn't mean anything to him. I remember her turning him down for a date. That's why he killed her. He's a psyco that needs to be stopped.
Cold water caused my eyes to snap open. I groaned and tried to rub my throbbing head, but my hands were chained above my head. Blinking, I looked around trying to figure out where I was. I caught sight of the Thunderman family still dangling over the vat of hermit crabs.
"Good morning sunshine," Zach purred into my ear. I jerked away from him as he laughed.
"What's the matter, Juliet? Don't remember an old friend?" Zach sneered.
"We were never friends. You kill for fun," I spat as I struggled against the chains. All I wanted to do was get my hands around his scrawny neck and choke the life out of him.
"I'd be careful if I were you, Juliet. We wouldn't want your boyfriend and his family going down," he threatened.
I froze, "You wouldn't dare"
He smirked and pulled out a remote.
Waving it in my face he said, "We both know that I would."
He hit the button and the Thundermans dropped about a foot with a loud scream.
"Okay," I squeaked, "What do you want?"
He looked at me with a smile. His eyes were those of a cold-blooded killer.
"Nothing really," he said stroking my cheek, "I just wanted to catch up and maybe have some fun." His hand trailed down my neck and followed the chain of my necklace down to the pendant.
"Get your hands off of her!" Max yelled.
Zach's gray eyes hardened as he grabbed my pendant and ripped it off my neck as he spun towards Max.
"I'd watch what you say, pretty boy," he sneered and hit the button again. The whole family fell another foot closer to the hungry crabs. Both Billy and Nora were crying and whimpering.
My hands tightened around the chains and I began to breathe harder. I was fighting to keep my wolf at bay. Zach seemed to be enjoying seeing Billy and Nora cry and he didn't notice that I was getting angrier and angrier.
My teeth sharpened inside of my mouth and I'm pretty sure my eyes had changed from gold to electric blue. Zach hit the button once more dropping them again, one more time and they'd be in the pit. The whole family screamed and started to struggle harder which caused Zach to laugh even harder.
That's it!
My hands gripped the chains and I let out a loud growl as I ripped the chains off the wall. I threw a link of the chain that was still attached to my wrist around his neck and pulled. His eyes bugged out as he gasped for air. The remote hit the floor totally forgotten.
His elbow swung back and connected with my jaw. My head snapped back and I howled in pain, tasting blood. He fell to his knees, coughing and trying to catch his breath. I didn't give him a chance. I grabbed the front of his shirt and threw him as hard as I possibly could. He hit the far wall with a sickening crack and he howled in agony. He slumped to the floor out cold.
I bent down and grabbed the remote that he dropped. Hitting the button marked release the locks on the Thundermans restraints clicked open, freeing them. I quickly helped them down.
"Why didn't you guys use our powers?" I asked
Mr. Thunderman pointed to a metal cuff around his ankle, "These things block our powers. What I'm wondering is why didn't it block yours?"
I looked down and sure enough, there was a cuff around my ankle. "I guess it doesn't affect my wolf abilities," I thought. I bent down and broke off the cuff from my ankle.
"Juliet, why didn't it affect your powers?" Max asked this time.
"Oh no, they know! I blew it!" I thought. Taking a deep breath and opening my mouth to reply, but a low growl cut me off.
A large timber wolf with yellow eyes jumped out from behind the crates and bared its' teeth at me. "Stupid idiot! I should have been watching him. I let him change!"
Zach growled again and he charged, his eyes filled with murderous rage. I tried to move out of the way of his enormous fangs but still managed to get catapulted across the room. The good thing is that I hit the crates and not the wall. The bad thing was it still hurt and now he has a free shot at the powerless Thundermans.
That thought alone made me lose control. I let the wolf go free with a loud howl. My body stretched and cracked, but I barely noticed the pain I was in a rage. My Auburn wolf took control and I let it. This bastard is going to pay.
Getting up, I pushed the fallen crates out of the way and even crushed a few under my massive paws. A look of fear passed over his face as I let out a loud growl and bared my fangs, but it quickly passed as he snarled and charged.
We collided and I sunk my teeth into his shoulder. Shaking my head, I felt a chunk of his shoulder rip off. He backed off with a howl of pain.
I didn't let up.
I charged again and latched my fangs around his neck. He began to struggle even more. "Oh no. You aren't going to get away. I'm ending this. Now!" I thought in a rage.
I clamped my teeth down harder and he started to whimper. With a sickening crack, his neck broke, but he kept struggling. I pinned him down and continued to rip and tear until his head rolled away from his body.
Panting hard, I back away from the body. I turned and noticed everyone was staring at me in horror. I whimpered and backed away behind a crate. I relaxed and felt myself change back. Realizing that I was totally naked, grabbed a stray blanket from one of the broken piles and wrapped it around my body.
The Thundermans hadn't moved a muscle. I slowly approached them almost in tears.
"H... Here let me," I mumbled bending down and breaking each of their cuffs off one at a time. As soon as Mr. Thunderman's cuff came off his fist flew out and connected with my jaw sending me sprawling.
"Stay away from my family you... you monster!" He screamed punching me again. I didn't even try to stop him, I just laid there taking each hit until he finally calmed down and stopped.
I shakely got to my feet and wiped the blood off of my face. Mr. And Mrs. Thunderman were glaring at me while the Thunderman kids stared at me with a mix of fear and shock. I glared back at them feeling totally betrayed.
"Your welcome for saving your lives," I spat as I scooped up my pendant and walked out.
As soon as I got outside, the tears came. I dropped the blanket, shifted and ran off.
I slammed the front door closed and stormed up to my room.
"Gah!" I yelled and punched the wall, leaving a hole in the wall.
"I'm leaving. Tonight," I said grabbing my backpack and putting anything I could grab in my bag. While reaching for my wallet I knocked over the box with all of my dad's things and all of his video diaries fell out. I had steadily been watching all of them except for one. I reached down and picked up the last disk.
"Now's as good a time as ever," I grumbled as I popped the D.V.D into my laptop. Unlike all of the other videos, my dad wasn't on it. It cut to deck with a beach side view. Two people walked into frame. One of them was me and a guy that looked a lot like me. We both sat down at a table while the camera came closer.
"Sis, are you sure that you want to do this?" The guy said.
"Yes Jake, it's the only way to keep everyone safe," I replied
"But going this far... It's kind of crazy"
"I know, but Zachary is completely insane, we both know that. And he wants to hurt me, not you guys. If I can't remember any of you, he won't have a reason to hurt you."
"Yeah but faking your own death and wiping your own memories. Juliet, what about Beck and the others they'll miss you. I'll miss you."
I reach across the table and grab his hand, "I'll miss you too. But it's not forever, I'll come back once Zach is dead. I promise."
"Juliet," my dad comes on screen holding my pendant, "Are you ready?"
I nodded, taking the necklace, "So once I put this on I won't remember anything? I'll think that I live with mom and I'm totally normal right?"
"Yes, but you might have some odd dreams. And don't break it. Once the pendant is broken your memories will return."
I nodded again and stood to give my dad and brother a hug. With a deep breath, I put the necklace on and immediately passed out. My brother let out a long sigh and my dad put a hand on his shoulder, "She's doing this to protect us. She'll be home soon." The screen went back and I was left there with my mouth hanging open.
I picked up my pendant from the side table, "This was all a spell? A way to protect my friends and family from Zach?" I said in awe. A smile spread across my face, "He's dead now. I can go home."
I ran my thumb over the cool metal of the pendant again. Then dropped it and stomped on it causing the tooth to shatter and the metal to bend and flatten. Within seconds of the necklace being destroyed, I felt a familiar sharp pain and two words popped into my brain, Los Angeles, and I knew that's where home is.
I didn't need this place anymore. I realized I was always here alone. It was part of the spell, mom never lived here. Hefting my backpack over my shoulder, but stopped. I couldn't have the Thundermans following me, especially now that they know what I am.
Dropping my backpack I quickly went to work destroying everything. I left no trace that I was ever here. I smashed my laptop, it's hard drive and my phone along with any other electronics that could possibly lead anyone to me. Searching the house twice I made sure that there wasn't any paper evidence of me ever being here either. Once I was satisfied, I grabbed my backpack and left the house behind.
Los Angeles here I come. I shifted and took off into the woods, carrying my backpack around my neck. I let out a howl of pure joy. I'm going home.
And there you guys have it! I know it's kind of a conflicting ending. Kind of sad yet happy.
I hope you enjoyed it and thank you guys for sticking with me and reading. Please tell me what you thought and I'll probably start up a sequel or maybe a prequel, I'm not sure yet.
Thank you all again!