Chapter Three - The Howl

the third chapter about Mort's unnatural power.

            “I like you, not just like… I like like you” I read my completion. It has been a month since I met Luna and Tom, Tom’s injuries has gotten better. I hides the note under my unused bed. I've never use my bed. I can’t sleep, there’s no need for me to sleep. I’ve been this way since I was a baby.

It is about 3 in the morning, where everyone is asleep. I lay down on the floor and just think about the possibilities that me and Luna could have together. The door creaks open, I sit up, there were this old man. Wearing a black clothes and black hat, face is very pale.

“Come with me… you need my help to control your power” the man said as if he's been talking like this for the rest of his life.

"Wait... what do you mean 'control my power'? Are you an escapee from this asylum?" I chuckles, amuses by his determination that I have "superpowers."

"You will come with me whenever you like it or not, you ungrateful little brat!" He growls, trying to calm down. "Now come with me!"

“What? No! My friends are here, I don’t even know who you are.” I growls. Something inside me dislikes him.

“Yes, your friends are here, but soon if you don’t come with me, later you will go into a killing frenzy. Don’t come with me, your friends die. Come with me and your friends shall live.” He grab my arm, my whole body becomes limp. Like if he has some sort of power doing that.

“Fine then, but one question... What power?” I asks.

“I am unauthorized to answer; you have to come with me. Leave a note if you wish. Just hurry up, the sooner the better.” I said nothing but write Farewell, I shall be back soon. I, then, put it on my bed.

“Let’s go.” I whisper, not wanting to leave, but also dislike at the thought that my friends will die if I don’t go with this man. We board a train and ride for about 4 hours. Silence rode between me and this strange man.

We finally arrives to a small shack in a middle of nowhere. "Is this a joke or what? We're going in there, there's only room for one ant!" I am shocked by the size of the shack. It is the same color of the desert to disguise itself to be part of the desert.

"Fear not, it's not what it looks like." The strange man opens the door and there is a long stair that leads down to nowhere. "Down there is a whole bunch of people similar to you."

"HA! The stairs are like a mile long! There's no way I'm going down there!" I growls.

"Actually, 8, 362 feet long! It's more than a mile, but fear not, the steps aren't thin, they're wide, easy for 2 people to line up on one step.” The strange man said.

“Ok, first thing first, I’m not going with you down there, there’s no saying what’s down there, let alone knowing what’s your name and what you do.” I growls, backing away, tenses my legs, ready to run. The strange man does nothing but chuckles.

          “My name is Kamon, it’s Thai for mind. My job is to find those who have hidden powers and bring them here for them to control it. If they don’t, I’ll bring an army to life and stalk them.” Kamon smiles.

          “Are you insane? Proof that you have powers!” I growls, still tensed.

          “Very well… think of any object, a book, a phone, anything you desire.” Kamon smiled. A stone head from Easter Island I thought. Kamon smiles “Tough one… but doable.” He then raises his hand to a sandy dune and a stone head from Easter Island rumbles out of the ground. Silence lurks between us while Kamon smiling like a nerd who got straight As.

          “Very well, continue…” I growls, singling for him to go first. It took us about 45 minutes to get down, without rest. When we opens the door, it is odd, it’s barren.

          “Just in case if any mortal stranger breaks in.” Kamon walks up to the wall and traces several cracks. The walls opens into what looks like a science lab. A man is being abused by several men in white coats.

          “Come on! It will only work if you’re angry!” One scientist growls.

          “Enough!” The man said, pushing them all away and growls. Instant flash and a fire engulf the man; the man seems unharmed by the fire. “Hey, it worked! Now how do I get the fire to get off me, it feels odd…”

          “Hmm… think happy thought.” One scientist suggested. The fire engulfed man closes his eyes, the fire calms down till it disappears.

          “Wow… how do he do that.” I asked Kamon.

          “You can’t, you’re not his kind, you’re a special kind, and there are only 10 of you in the world... So feel special…” Kamon looks at me, noticing my doubtful eyes, he said. “You don’t believe me don’t you…”

          “Well I don’t really know my powers… what is my power by the way.” I asked.

          “I can’t tell you, but I can show you. Let’s go.” Kamon leads me to a lab behind the building and made me sit down on some weird dentist like chair. The scientist instantly knew the plan and prepare for something. Kamon attached a helmet to my head and attached a similar helmet to his head as he lies down on another dentist-like chair. Darkness lurks into my eyes as the scientist clicked a button.

A light appeared over a sleeping creature. I look around, there are many dead werewolf-like creatures. “You see, you are a werewolf, that creature, is your creature. It protects you from other werewolves. This werewolf kills them all, protecting you. But alas there’s one problem. The more this werewolf fights, the weaker it gets. It needs YOU to give it back it's strength.” Kamon said. The werewolf wakes up and stares at me. It stood up, I backs away quickly. “It’s ok!” Kamon reassures me. “You can’t feel any pain in here.” The werewolf looks calm. It brings his razor-sharp claws to the floor and carves two words: Help me.

          Light blinded me as I go back to the lab, leaving me to be amazed and shocked. “See… the werewolf knows and need your help.” Kamon stares at me.

          “Very well…” I stammered. “What do I need to do?”

          “Well, there are different types of personalities that werewolf could have. Once you morph into it, there could be a chance you can’t control it and it goes out killing people, or it allows you to control it while you protect people… so we need to do some tests first if you don’t mind.” Kamon smiles, leading me to a medium size room with a steel door. I notice a lot of scratch marks on it. “Stand here, I’ll leave, you’ll see me behind the 5 inch thick glass.” I look at the glass, a lot of scratch marks on it as well. Kamon opens and closes the thick steel door. A little while then he appears behind the glass. “Think of someone abusing you, it usually works.” Kamon speaks through a speaker. I closed my eyes.

          Thoughts of my parents tossing me down a hill when I was a mere baby. Anger rages me. Then as instant, the pain that reminded me of the very same pain of that day start to engulf me. I opened my eyes and fur grew everywhere. My fingernails instant become pale black and sharp like a razor blade. I screamed in pain. The screams instantly become a low long mournful howl. The pain subsides. I look around.

          “Shake your head if you can understand me.” Kamon said. I shakes my head. “Good,” I looks at him, the flesh makes my mouth drools. He writes something down, called someone behind a wall. “Open and close your hands please.” I did as so. “A live deer will be release in this room, I can tell you’re hungry.” Kamon said. A thick steel opened, a deer is pushed by several man and they quickly closed the door. Fresh live food cowers in front of me. “Now feel fr-“ Kamon begins to say, but it is too late for him to finish the sentence as I charge for the deer, grab the neck and pulled the head off, embedded my claws in the center of it’s torso, ripped the rib cage opens and grab the heart. I pulled my head up and howls. Then quickly devour the heart. Strength gained. I kept eating the carcass till it is all bone. Kamon writing down everything he can as I do as so. “Now, to go back to your old self, think of someone or something you love.”

          I closes my eyes; the thought of Luna’s beautiful face came in view. Pain, once again, engulfed me, my bones snapped, all that process and lo and behold. Here’s Mort again. Kamon entered the room all shocked. “Well well well, guess the werewolf allows you to control it. It’s a good thing too…” He thinks.

          “What will happen if I can’t control the werewolf in me?” I asked.

          “We’ll put them to sleep, in other word, kill them.” Kamon stares at me. “But don’t think of what if the other happens; think about what’s happening right now!”

          “I know… but I’m glad that I don’t have to be killed… there are people I cares about…” A thought of Luna appeared in my head.

          “Well it’s time to go back to your asylum… by the way should I be concerns?” Kamon looks at me strangely, clearly wondering why I'm in an asylum.

          “No” I laughs a little “I was abandoned nearby the insane asylum… they accused me of being insane… but I’m not… not really…” I looked away. We walked up the insanely long stairs and got on board of the bus and ride to a place I regret calling home.

Author's Note

Feel free to criticize me

Reviews

[A.D. Wilson]

The story just got really interesting! Wow! Now we have secret, underground labs and scientists, plus lots of people with different powers. Very cool.

[Becky Lawrence]

Excellent chapter. It makes me really want to know what happens with the werewolf thing and the scientists.