B.A.D (11 page)

It was really too bad that Rane was too
far away... for he could have saved me.

Chapter 22

The last thing I saw was Rane, his
outraged wolf sprinting towards me. I heard the scream of Layla
just before I was hit in the head. I immediately fell to the
ground, crying out.

My hands didn't go to my head but my
stomach, to protect it. The pain wasn't enough to damage me
much or knock me out, but to disorient myself.

Behind my eyelids, pink
sparkles dance like the flames in a fire, wisps of blue and red
float up in the air. Shadows slither around the edges, twirling and
laughing in joy of my pain. The pain has its own beat,
thump thump thumping
in my
head, a constant drum in my ears.

I watched through narrowed eyes as more
wolves poured out, but this time they were against us. Rogues. They
attacked Rane and his pack. I heard a low evil laugh behind me just
as the man layed a hand on my shoulder. I wince and flinch away
from him, disgusted.

He leans close to me ear and
with a rancid breath whispers, "Your mother is here. She came just
for
you.
" he hisses
the last part. He points with a gnarled old finger, right at the
light brown wolf in front of me. I gasp and scoot away from
it.

I didn't know what Linda would do to me
yet I still hissed, "She's not my mother." The wolf growls lowly at
me and steps forward, her hair standing on end. Her fangs glitter
in the moonlight. I cower a bit into the man behind me, him
seeming less scary compared to her.

We seem to be in our own little bubble,
everyone fighting yet here we sit, talking. I look at the fight
again to see we are losing. Rane's father had been right, they
didn't have many to fight with from the last battle they had. We
were losing.

I whimper when I see Rane trapped
by five or so rogues, all seemingly older and more experienced. He
didn't cower and he looked like a strong fighter but against five?
He didn't have much of a chance.

I feel my eyes water.
What was I to do?

I'm only human...

Then I realized something
else, I don't know who my parents are. Didn't know anything about
my life at all, really. All I know is that I was just a
girl in a family that wasn't her own... an
imposter.
I didn't know how I got here
or why. All I know is that I wanted to find out.

And that meant living.

As human as I was, I still had a
brain. I made my eyes roll in the back of my head, pretending to
pass out. My body slumped too. I had my breathing even out and
deepen.

So maybe that was a stupid
plan, but what else could I do?

"Did she just faint?" I heard the guy
ask. Linda huffs and growls. It's like I can see her shake her
head, denying.

I silently curse and hope that they
think I am out like a light. I don't even know where I'm going with
this, just winging it and hoping for the best.

Then the evil guy says something that
makes my eyes snap open.

"Kill him."

And I know who he was talking about. He
was the one still standing, trapped by five or so rogues. I see his
leg bleeding and I freeze.

"Oh god... no." I whisper, my voice
faint.

Ignoring my protesting body, I stand up
and try running to him. My leg aches in different places and my
head swims. I stumble a bit, but keep on going.

 
"NO!!!" I scream out
as I feel myself being jerked back by my arm. Tears pour down my
face.

"No. NO NO NO NO NO! Please, god no!" I
yell but it’s no use. Mr. Evil chuckles and says, "Do
it."

Chapter 23

I scream, bite, scratch, kick, wiggle,
and anything else you can think of but Mr. Evil holds on
tighter to my arm. When he reaches for my stomach, I immediately
stop my struggles.

Even if I got out of his grip, what was
I to do? I couldn't kill all of those rogues by myself. I whimper
and fall to the ground, screaming. I always seem to mess up and not
know what to do.

I keep screaming until a hand is
slapped over my mouth. I don't even stop then, it’s just muffled
now. I only stop when I hear helicopters and the sound of many
feet running through the forest. My eyebrows scrunch together in
confusion.

Who could be
coming?

Everyone stops to see the newcomers. I
notice Mr. Evil is a bit distracted so I take my chance to
sprint to Rane.

I feel the air almost holding me back,
pushing against me. My breath is harsh and slightly panicked. I had
never been much of a runner and now here I was, sprinting like I
was in a marathon. My heart beats erratically and pounds against my
chest, ready to break free.

My thighs burn and my feet ache. The
twigs and rocks cutting into them. I whimper and push the pain
away, storing it away for later.

I wish I had done
track...

Was the random thought to pass through
my head as everyone turns to me now. I manage to dodge some but
it’s really hard. Rogues jump in front of me as I run and I feel as
if I'm in an obstacle course. Rane runs to me also, sprinting and
dodging.

As soon as I am almost within touching
distance from Rane, Mr. Evil seems to snap out of it. He catches me
by the arm and slings me back to him. I flinch a bit too but I
know he wouldn't hurt me.

Yet Rane is there now and growls so
loud, Mr. Evil cowers and lets go just a fraction. I use that to my
advantage and sprint back to Rane, my head and hands burying in his
neck and fur.

I suddenly feel all the pain I had
stored away and I fall to my knees. Rane's head pushes me
under him, just in-between his legs. He's really big, like huge and
I'm able to fit snugly just below his head.

He growls at anyone who comes close
and I feel tears pour down my cheeks. I look around for the
first time.

Jayden is doing the same with Layla but
she doesn't seem worried. She has a smile on her face, looking
towards the woods. I am confused, who's in the woods? I look to it
and gasp.

Things
are coming out from in there. Like, actual
things.

Goblin like creatures, trolls,
fairies, weird different looking creatures with wings, fangs,
or anything imaginable, just walk out of the woods. Rane is frozen
above me, looking at two other wolves with them. They seem to be
the only normal looking things to me out of them all, even if they
should be ten times smaller to look like regular
wolves.

 
By the colors of their
blazing eyes, they seem to be Rane's parents. They are both a mix
of black and white fur. They're beautiful, just like
Rane.

Loud buzzing fills my ears
and I look up. Four black helicopters hover just above the
trees. Rope ladders fall, the ends hitting the ground near them.
One big crate falls to the ground, the top popping open to reveal
guns -
big
guns.

If Obama wants to take back
some guns... I wouldn't argue with him if he banned
those. There was like machine guns and rifles,
bombs and machetes. Are they going to war?

People then start dropping to the floor
from the helicopters and I wonder what the purpose of the ladders
were for. I frown and look closely at them. I swear I see
sparkles come off of them, falling to the floor around
them.

"B.A.D has arrived! The party may
commence!" one guy says, his arms full of tattoos as he raises
them, a big gun in his hand. I don't know which side they're
on but if it’s against us - we're all dead.

About twenty people have fallen to the
ground, geared for battle. Girls and boys both.

Rane suddenly changes forms and I
am left there, on the ground. He pulls me up into his arms and
holds me against his chest. I sigh and lean back against
him.

"B.A.D? I thought you guys were a
myth..." Wonder and adoration coat his voice.

"No. We just haven't been out in a
while, keeping to ourselves." A guy says behind us and we turn
around. I gasp as we do. He has the same blue-grey eyes as Madella
and Shane. I stare at him in curiosity. He smiles at
me.

"Dear Elaina... I have heard so much
about you. You're the one my family has been talking about." I
stare at him in confusion and curiosity now. He sighs and looks
around. "We have much to talk about... But first, we have to get
rid of these rogues."

Everyone cheers and starts after the
rogues, a war starting between them all. Yet, the little brown wolf
stays in the shadows, seemingly waiting.

Rane starts to talk to the man while I
look around. They all fight and I know we will win yet something
feels off.. But what?

I hear a loud growl from behind me
and I freeze. I slowly turn to see Linda, in human form. She
holds a knife.

"Finally... I have always wanted to
kill you..." she says and then lunges, her eyes a fiery
red.

But before she gets the chance, someone
attacks her. All I see is brown hair and a flash of silver from
their knives. I stand frozen. The tumble around for a bit,
fighting.

I hear one of them cry out and I know
it's Linda. I sigh a bit in relief. It's a bit mean of me but she
tried to kill me...

The fight stops and I see Linda, a dark
gash across her stomach, the shirt torn. I can’t look away. Her
dying pale eyes stare wordlessly up at me. Her mouth slightly opens
in a gasp. The red leaks out of her eyes like the blood coming from
the gash or a disease, finally leaking away.

The brown haired lady turns and looks
at me. I freeze, not staring at the dying body in front of me
anymore.

"Ma-Madella?" Is all I can
say. Her head turns to look at me, noticing me. Her blue-grey
eyes tearing up. She nods. Her hand slowly opens, the bloody knife
sliding out. It hits with a light
thud
and falls on its side.

"I think.. I think I just killed
my mother."

Chapter 24

Just as Madella's eyes roll back, Jason
is suddenly there, catching her. He lifts her easily, bridal style.
He smiles at me and then grimaces at Linda's pale body.

"Hi, Elaina." he says while walking
over to me. "Sorry you had to see that."

"I'm sorry too." I immediately say. He
looks down at me, confused.

"Why?"

"Because I didn't listen to you, your
warning." he shakes his head and sighs.

"It's alright." he looks around. The
fight was clearly over now. All the rogues were dead or in chains
as humans. I could tell because of the red in their eyes. "Come on.
We all have much to explain." I nod and follow along.

Everyone was seated in Rane's office.
Everyone as in the guy with Shane and Madella's eye color, Rane's
parents, Shane - who someone brought,  me, Rane, Jason and
Madella, and then Jayden and Layla.

"You probably have many
questions... all of you." the guy with Shane's eye color said. "I'm
Leo. Just so you all know."
That's
convenient.

"We'll start off with the
basics." he continues. "I am Madella's father. Linda was her
mother. Shane was my twin brother's son... After I left Linda - who
was pregnant and I didn't know until later - I met my
mate. I was with Linda because I didn't think I had one and
Linda convinced me that she didn't have one also. It just so
happens that Linda
did
have a mate, which was my twin. They got together a lot later
though. Madella was already about 11 when they got together. Around
Madella's 12th birthday, Linda got pregnant with Shane. Things were
going good until my twin, Carter, died by a rogue
attack." People gasp. This was so much information.

"Linda went crazy. She turned to
violence. Her eyes turned red and she became a rogue, just as bad
as the wolves who killed her mate." Leo says softly. "I couldn't
get Shane away from her, couldn't get him out of that crazy house.
I don't know why and I still don't but when Shane was about 1,
she adopted an 11 year old girl." Everyone look at me, including
him. "She adopted Elaina. I'm not even sure if that's your real
name. I don't know anything about you. You were just suddenly in
that house. That's still a mystery, unfortunately." he looks
around, thinking on where to go with this now.

"You took to Shane-"

"How do you know all of this?" I
interrupted.

"B.A.D has been watching Linda. Seeing
what she was doing with you. You must have been of some importance
to her for her to take you at the middle age of 11. I am one of the
major leaders of B.A.D so I had people watching. After a while of
nothing going on, I assumed that we had jumped to conclusions, that
you were just a little human girl. But then Linda got hostile
towards you and you turned out to have a werewolf mate. Both signs
mean that you do have some significance in Linda's life, we just
didn't know what."

"We obviously can't ask now, as she is
dead... Do you have any questions?" he asked everybody.