9 A Black Pas (1/2)
”Killed!?” Luna asked.
”I know, we called them the deadly duo, Michael and Dianne weren't only the strongest Black clan werewolves since Jasper, but they were our only Tuyuks, who would be able to kill them right? They were so strict inside their own clan that no other wolf with the Black name were allowed to rank to Dire. Even if one managed to rank up legally, he would be killed, if one gets born a dire, he would be killed, Michael had no remorse, he understood the history of the Black clan the best, and with all his might he prevented history from repeating itself, that mindless, rampaging out and killed every living thing in their path, human and werewolf alike, and even turning on each other, all in the pursuit for power. So to prevent that from happening again, he kept his pack numbers low, killed all dire werewolves, and if one so much as committed a crime, even if it wasn't wolf related, he was ended”
Luna knew the story, she just never heard it from a Black clan member's mouth before.
”Then, who killed them?”
”Derrick saw it happen, a monster, he described it, long fangs and hissed like a cat. According to him there were two, one killed his parents, the other came and viciously attacked the cat that killed the two wolves. After a few minuites the killer was badly wounded and fled, the one who came to aid Derrick's parents stood phanting there for a while, then left. The poor guy said the one who killed his parents had silver eyes, the one who helped had red ones, both had slender figures, female figures”
”Wha... Female sabers!?”
”It seemed so, but just like the sabers keep us a secret, we protect them aswell, so i told him it sounds like a nightmare” Elsje said.
”What the hell happened these past seventeen years!?” Luna asked herself out loud.
”There's one last thing you should know about Derrick” Elsje said ”Since his wolf side appeared at the age of five, some of its effects remained long after. The doctors call it EAPS, short for excessive adrenaline production syndrome. Everytime Derrick gets angry he boils over, its basically him becoming a wolf, without becoming one physically, he gains a huge amount of strength and speed, but it's dangerous to his health, he ended up in a coma twice after having an outburst, and everytime it happened, he killed someone at his school. Michael and his wife had to move him to a different school every time, and the one he is at now, were gracious enough to be lenient towards him. He didn't have an outbreak there so far, but if he kills again, he will go to jail after school, he's currently under house arrest”
Luna sat dumbstruck, this boy and his parents had a very dark past, it almost made her smile to know hes atleast kind around her and her daughters, imagine he had to get angry at Kara because of her stumpy attitude towards him? Luna knew she had to tell Kara to stop her shit, she didn't want Derrick to get angry at her.
***
”And there you have it” Derrick said showing them the last block of classes ”The tennis court's are there, and the rugby fields down there”
”This school is rather big” Sasha said.
”I know, come, let me introduce you to Chane” Derrick walked but suddenly turned in another direction, it was too late.
”Hey fuckface!” They heard someone call, Kara and Sasha saw the brown haired man approach them.
”Who's this fucking dweeb?” Kara asked.
”The sum of all my troubles” Derrick said taking out a pill box and swallowing a tablet.
”What do we have here? Duchebag Derrick got him some stragglers”
”Hey! Layoff them Jason! They enrolled today”
”Oh did they?” He came up to them, Sasha noticed he was a werewolf, but didn't know of what clan, she never met a brown wolf before.
”You two are very sexy, why not come hang out with me instead?” Jason asked, noticing the two were she wolves aswell.
”Go fuck a goat asshole!” Kara hissed making Jason lose his confident smile, Derrick gave a quick chuckle, which seemed to have pissed Jason off further.
”You disrespectful bitch! Do you even know where you are? You're in my world now, i suggest you learn your place” he leered at Kara then at Derrick ”I'll see you later” He said and walked off.
”What a fucking faggot!” Kara yelled.
”Kara let it go, we don't want a fight on our first day at school” Sasha said. Although Kara was a werewolf, in her unawakened state she couldn't sense ranks, Sasha could since she was already awakened, and this Jason, was very high ranked for his age.
”Dont let him het to you ok guys” Derrick said walking on ”He might seem strong, but i beat his ass into a hospital once, so he'll keep his distance if you don't provoke him”
Sasha's eyes grew, Derrick beat him?
”Hey! Derrick!” They heard someone call him, a guy with dark blond hair shook Derricks hand.
”You two, this is Chane, and...” Derrick saw Cate and Sylvester kissing behind a classroom.
”Ooh that looks nice” Sasha said making them part shyly.
”Get a room you two” Derrick said.
”I couldnt wait, sorry” Sylvester laughed coming over, Sasha felt odd vibes from these three, something she couldn't place her finger on.
”Jeez Derrick we told you to get a girlfriend, not two you know?” Cate said.
”Oh come on Cate! They're just friends, they enrolled today”
”Pleased to meet you two, so? Who of you two has their sights on Derrick?”
”Cate!” Derrick tried to stop her but Kara interrupted him.
”What makes you think we want him as a boyfriend?”
”Oh come on? You want me to point it out?”
”Theres no need to tell me” Sasha said ”But my little sister here could use a hint”
”Pff!” Kara stuck her tounge out.
”Ok ok, im not interested in a girl right now, friends, thats it ok? Lets go, its ten to seven, i need to go give you two a school map” Derrick said waving at his friends.
”Would you look at that?” Cate said watching them leave.
”I can't beleive it worked” Chane replied. Cate took her cellphone out and dialed a number.
”Morning dad, you wont beleive who just came to school today? Almost hand in hand”
***
Luna followed the direction's to this Maxwell's offices, but instead it led her to a large house not far from Michael's house, she rang the entercom and the two huge steel gates opened slowly. She drove down the long cobblestone driveway and parked at designated parkings painted on the stones. Luna got out, staring in amazement at this beautiful sandstone coloured house, it's window frames a rust copper, giving it an old feeling. A tall thin man in a grey suit came out, he had brown neatly combed hair and a thin, Mexican style moustache, Luna stopped in her tracks, realising not only is he a werewolf, but a well aged Dire rank, he might even be close to going up to amarok.
”Miss Del Carchetore, what an Honor to finally meet the fabled amarok”
”Call me Luna” she smiled feeling his kindness and respect.
”Elsje phoned me to say you need work? And maybe even a place to stay for you and your girls?”
”Yes, thats the case”
He gave a warm smile and clasped his hands together ”I can offer you both, if you'll be kind to accept?”
Luna returned his warm smile ”Well aren't you the kindest man I've met here in Gauteng so far? What is your clan name?”
He held his hands up ”Please forgive me, our clans never crossed paths i realise, Im a Browning, but of course whe have heard of you Miss, it was unavoidable unfortunately”
”No need to apologize, we have heard about you Brownings aswell” she said. Maxwell gestured for her to follow him.
”Now, what you heard of us, is how we backed out of the war in Angola after the very first clash?” He said semi embarrassed.
”That was it yes, but truth be told Maxwell, you were the smart one of all of us, i mean, look at this house!”
”Thank you kindly, it is as you say, a move we made with our heads, we were not really competition up there you know”
He entered leading her up a marble staircase, then into an office sweet. He sat down at the large polished oak table, and asked her to sit aswell.
”Make yourself comfortable”