The Bite
" Did you hear about the body?" Jack's voice echoed through the voice of the crowded hallway. He slammed his locker shut with enough force to turn a few heads before going back to their conversation.
"What body?" Damien asked curiously.
"The one they found in the woods last night,my mom said it was real bad, like real bad," Jack leaned in whispering.
" You're messing with me."Damien frowned.
" Do I look like I'm messing with you?"Jack widened his eyes with the satisfaction of dropping something explosive.
"Yes,you do this all the time," Damien said.
" I'm not,I heard my mom talking to the sheriff about it this morning," Jack started at Damien.
" What was she saying?" Damien asked.
"She said there were marks all over the body,not like animal scratches but something worse," Jack whispered.
Damien felt chills run down his spine,dead bodies don't just show up in their town,their biggest drama last semester was when the cafeteria ran out of pizza.
"You shouldn't be eavesdropping on your mom," Damien frowned.
" So you're the good son now,"Jack muttered.
" If she didn't want you to hear it there must be a reason," Damien said.
" You know my mom is overprotective, if it was up to her I would have been home schooled."Jack said.
" Yeah, I remember what happened last semester,"Damien laughed.
Before Jack could respond, loud nosies where heard from the end of the hallway. The air was filled with confusion and whispers.
"Holy crap, that's..," Jack whispered.
" No names, move along,"one of the officers shouted at the crowd forming in front of him.
Teachers rushed in to disperse the students but not one moved, whispers where heard everywhere.
Damien looked at the officer handdcuff the girl,her head was bowed with her hair falling to hide her face, her silence was terrifying.
"They said she knew the victim," someone behind Damien said.
" Or maybe she was the murderer," someone else said.
" Alright guys, it's okay,"Damien turned to them.
The girl was taken down to the hall into the police car waiting outside, their sirens were sounding loud and flashing brightly. In seconds she was gone but the atmosphere she left behind wasn't.
"This is insane," Damien shaked his head.
"Told you something's wrong but I know my mom knows more than she's saying," Jack ran his hand through his hair.
"What else do you know? Who is the girl?" Damien asked curiously.
" She's some kind of loner, I don't really know her but her name is Gina,"Jack replied.
" How do you know her name?"Damien asked.
" We did science project together last semester,"Jack let out a faint smile.
" I think you should be a cop like your mom,"Damien muttered running down the hall.
"Really, why did you say that?" Jack followed him.
The cafeteria was filled with whispers of what happened earlier, some student said she was arrested because of drugs, others said she was in a cult. Every rumour felt wilder than the last until another thing happened.
"Oh my God", a girl shouted in the cafeteria. There was a girl standing in front of her, blood dripped from her nose, down to her eyes and ears.
"What is happening here?" One of student asked.
" Get the nurse,"another one shouted.
The girl dropped dead.
"Is she dead?" Damien asked.
"Yes," Jack shouted.
Panic filled the whole cafeteria as everyone ran towards the hallway.
"Why do I feel like this she has something to do with the murder," Damien said.
"First they arrested Gina and now this,what is happening," Jack asked.
" Why is your mom hiding stuff from us,"Damien looked at him.
" We aren't involved in the case and I don't know why they're covering it up,"Jack said immediately.
" We have to get to the bottom of this," Jack leaned closer.
" My mum,the cops, everyone is acting weird", Jack snapped, turning to Damien.
" You sound like this is a conspiracy," Damien replied softly, adjusting his back pack.
"What else do you want to call this or maybe I'm the only one paying attention, don't you think it's strange that Gina was arrested after the murderer and another girl ended up dead right in front of us," Jack said sounding scared.
" I taught it was for drugs,"Damien looked at him.
" If it was drugs, they would have told us about it and warned us against doing such,"Jack said.
" You said the bite was different?" Damien asked again
" Yes, i saw the autopsy picture and I'm sure they were wolf bites,"Jack looked terrified.
" They are no wolves in Oakland",Damien looked serious.
" I don't know why but I think a lot is about to happen,"Jack stared at Damien.
" Why did you say that?" Damien asked.
"I can't explain but I just have this feeling," Jack replied
" I have got practice tonight, i'll text you later," Damien walked away.
The evening was fresh but all Damien could smell were leaves as she laced his running shoes. Running always cleared his head and tonight he needed it more than ever,his mom had already left for her night shift at the diner,so her was the only one at home.
He started running down a familiar paths in the woods with his earbuds in his ear and the volume of the song he was playing increased to the highest.
He had run through the trail a hundred times before but tonight it felt different, like someone was watching.
A snap of branches made him remove one of his earbuds,he could hear his heart beating fast,he's thought it was a deer or fox, he turned and saw two red eyes glowing in the shadow.
Damien stood a few metres away from the glowing eyes, the rest of the shape was hidden in the darkness, his heart jumped when he saw them blink, the creature let out a low growl deeper than anything human, Damien turned back to run but he fell down on the path and hit his elbow against a rock. When he looked up the eyes were right Infront of him.
