16 The Second Moon (1/2)

Derrick felt a throb in his head, he opened his eyes slowly darkness has fell and he found himself lying next to Luna's pool. Sitting up he wondered what happened, he was drinking that juice with Kara, then they kissed, and then he just, fainted. The back door of Luna's house stood open, he got up but froze when something got his attention on the roof; There she was again, fangs exposed, snarling, and ready to pounce.

”Fuck not this again”

Kara kicked but a roof tile gave way, she fell and rolled helplessly down into the pool. Derrick gave a snort when she came up in disbelief, his smile seemed to have angered her more so he turned and vaulted the back wall, earlier while watching Kara in the sunset he saw the yard was neighbouring a church, and that bell tower was the perfect hiding spot.

He ran like hell, Kara was struggling to get out of the pool still when he lept to the tower and sinking his fingers in between the bricks, he climbed as fast as the grip allowed him to. Looking over his shoulder he saw her jump over the wall.

”Fuck!” He climbed faster, so intensely that he lost nails on the way up, making his fingers bleed, he got to the top, there was a window like frame with no window, long enough for him to stand up in, and just narrow enough for him to squeeze through. Derrick fell into the bell room just in time as a claw wizzed past the back of his head.

”Fuck!” He he panicked turning to her, there were four of these elongated gaps in the tower, one on each side, and she already made her way to the one closest to him, the claw came through but he kicked himself away from it. Like a game of cat and mouse this went on for several minutes, untill he saw the latch in the floor leading down the tower, he opened it and slid in, sliding down the steel ladder and hitting the floor, when he saw the wooden door down there he realised they gave no safety against her, and vigorously started climbing the ladder again, using only his hands, knowing that wolf would have heard the thud from his drop below. He made it to the latch just in time to hear the door below blast open, the roar came up the tower like a gust of wind, he was out the latch, through the narrow window when the wooden floor just below the bell exploded. Derrick lept without choice.

”Oh this is gonna fucking hurt!” He yelled and landed tumbling, with his ankle sore he stood up running limp, but picked the pace up forcing himself to ignore the pain.

Kara saw him running over the Church grounds to the far wall, she let go of her grip and fell down the tower again, by the time she came out, Derrick was up and over the far wall.

He looked left and right, no cars at all!!? He ran down the street and saw a yard which seemed to have no house in, but with high fence and barbed wire, in the run he jumped onto a fire hydrant, onto a wall, tiptoed, then over the barbed wire. When he landed on the other side it looked like an old abandoned petting zoo, all the exhibits were there but no fencing, there was still an old tool shed standing open in the back he ran to it and grabbed the first pole he saw then twisted hoping its a pitchfork held it with the bussiness end ready at the wolf. Kara came to a sliding halt infront of him, he held up a mop, and Derrick felt a chill up his spine.

”A mop!? Who keeps a fucking mop in a toolshed!?”

Kara couldn't help it, she started laughing, making Derrick frown angrily.

”Dont laugh! I know how to use this thing!” He said spinning it so the hairs made a wheel.

She laughed even more then decided to adress him.

”It was fun while it lasted” her voice growled.

”You? You can speak?”

”I wanted to thank you for saving me, but, i unfortunately, i am a predator, and i chose you to be my prey” She slowly walked around him, he still had the mop pointed, when she was between him and the toolshead he realised what she has done, now he couldn't get a different, more effective tool.

”Just bend your head back, expose your neck to me, i will bite out your throat, and end it quick”

Derrick shook slightly, he knew it wasn't the cold night time air, her words struck fear into him.

”Then” he murmured ”If i saved your life, why not let me go this time?”

”I already paid you back for that, when you ran down the street after saving me, i could have had you in a second, but i decided to let you go, my dept is repaid, now give me your neck morsel” She lifted her paws, Derrick lifted the mop, but suddenly he saw something coming over the wall behind her and the knot in his throat dropped to his abdomen, he almost crapped himself. Another wolf, but fucking huge, this he could confirm was a real werewolf! Long muzzle, brown fur, his eyes light brown and enraged. Derrick felt he could faint. Kara looked behind her to what he saw, but the brown wolf already had her by her throat, lifting her up face to face and snarled.

”I thought i was too late, but it seems i made it in time” it growled, Kara couldn't speak only choke.