#origal

Chapter 1.

   Silence. That was the first thing I remembered. It was dark, cold and something else that I couldn't place. I felt a presence with me, I tried to open my eyes but I found that my eyelids were very heavy, like I was drugged! This caused my heart to beat erratically. There was a beeping and a startled noise from the presence with me. It started speaking, my ears strained to hear the voice.

" ... Om... Dom.... Dominic!" The presence said: the voice was familiar so I relaxed a bit. I tried to open my eyes again but they were still heavy. 

" Dominic, buddy? Can you hear me? Come on buddy snap out of it." the voice said. Who was it, something with a C? Chris maybe? My eyes began to flutter as I worked to open my eyes again.

There was a dim light coming from the corner of the room, and a silhouette of a guy leaning over me.

" Chr..." My voice crocked out catching his attention.

" Dom, good to see you awake." Chris said with a relived smile. I tried to speak again.

" C..." but my voice cracked again.

" Yeah, your throat is probably dry here, " Chris reached over to the side table, " Drink this." He handed me a cup filled with water. My hand was shaking as I reached for the cup. Chris encircled my hand with his holding the cup and helped bring it to my lips. I slowly sipped the water and finished it shortly after. Chris put the cup aside and sat back in the chair next to me.

       I looked around at my surroundings; I was lying in a hospital bed. The beeping was from the heart monitor I was attached to, as well as an IV that was in my right arm. I glanced up at the clock on the wall, 1:30 it read. I then looked down at myself; wearing the grab they give patients. I looked over at Chris next. He was a very tall lean guy, with red messy hair and vibrant green eyes. He wore dark washed jeans with a solid, dark green V-neck and a grey button down shirt over that with the buttons undone. I glanced at myself; I had bandages around my chest and mid section. I poked at them, bad idea! It caused a sharp pain to shot up my body; I sucked in a sharp breath.

       Chris looked over at my when he heard me wince.

“ Wouldn’t do that if I were you, got some nasty injuries under those pretty white bandages. “ Chris remarked while leaning forward, resting his elbows on his knees.

“ Quick question? How, exactly did I get these?” I asked as calmly as I could.

“Well, let’s see… You decided to play hero and well, here we are.” Chris said leaning back in the chair.

I was about to speak when the door opened and one of my best friends walked in, Natalie Walker. Natalie has been a very very close friend of mine since I moved to Washington at the age of 13. Natalie is a slim girl with short blonde hair and these striking blue eyes. She wore skinny jeans, a baggy band t-shirt, and black hunting boots.

“ Hun, all I wanted was to go out and have some fun. Apparently you and I have different thoughts on the word fun.“ Natalie sarcastically said as she sauntered into the room and sat herself on the armrest of Chris’ chair. She sipped her coffee and crossed her legs.

“ I honestly don’t think this is Dom’s idea of fun.” Chris said looking up at Natalie.

“ Well, if he hadn’t run off after that crock, like it was his duty to stop him we wouldn’t be in this situation. “

       It started to come back to me; we were out on the town. We were walking past all the boutiques when I saw it happen in the reflection of one of the shops. My instincts kicked in and I was sprinting at an unnatural speed towards the crock. I grabbed him and tossed him to the ground, it was blurry after that. I remember pain, a sickening crack, blood, and a scream.

“ Hey, chicks dig the hero.” I joking said to the two in front of me.

“ You know you nearly shifted out there.” Chris said looking me dead in the eye. “ And that guy looks a lot worse then you.”

       Natalie began to speak but didn’t when the doctor opened the door. He was an older gentleman with a receding hairline. He wore the usual, dress slacks, dress shirt, tie ad lab coat. His nametag read Dr. Rogers.

“ Well, Mr. Evans, its good to see that you are awake. How are you feeling? Any pain at all?” he asked while clicking away at the computer.

“ Well, it feels like all my ribs are broken.” I answered as I felt my body healing and the pain fading.

“ Well, not all your ribs are broken,” he answered while he pulled up my x-rays and pointed to my damaged ribs, “ ribs 6 and 8 on the right are fractured, 2 3 5 have experienced massive bruising as well. Now on the left here 8 and 9 have extensive bruising.” Dr. Rogers explained.

“ Damn.” Chris murmured. He had his head down rubbing his forehead in thought. Natalie patted his shoulder.

“ With time they will heal, but I would like to take a look at them.” Dr. Rogers said. He grabbed a pair of gloves from the desk and put them on. He approached me, lifted my gown and looked at the bandages. They were spotted with blood and I could fell the bones underneath starting to heal. The doctor seemed puzzled.

“ It feels like they are… Healed? I would like to take some more x-rays again. I’ll have a nurse come get you.” He said readjusting my gown and bandages. Dr. Rogers removed his gloves and typed away at the computer again.

       Natalie and Chris shared knowing looks, and then glanced at me. Being a shifter gives me certain abilities, one being able to heal at an abnormal rate, heighted senses, and being able to shift into a werewolf. With my heighted senses I am able to sense when a monster is near. Doctor Rogers exited and Natalie began to speak.

“ What are we going to do? If they take x-rays they are going to find out that Dom’s injuries have healed, and that’s going to raise suspicion.” Natalie stated while standing up. She began pacing the room, while Chris seemed to contemplate what to do.

“ Its simple,” I said causing Natalie and Chris to look at me “ we’re going to bust out.”

        I began removing the wires attached to me and tugged the IV out of my arm. Chris got up and turned the machines off to keep them from alerting the nurses. Natalie was getting cloths from the closet in the room. She walked over and handed me a white V-neck t-shirt, lite blue pants and my grey Vans.

“ Alright, now go get changed and I’ll cause a distraction for you two to high tail it out of here. I’m going to call Isabella and tell here to be expecting company.” Natalie said taking command. Chris and I nodded and watched as Natalie called up Isabella Hernandez.

       Isabella Hernandez is an exceptional girl with special abilities herself. Isabella lost her eye site at the young age of nine. This caused her to gain other abilities; advanced hearing, heightened senses, and empathy. She also has a vast knowledge of the supernatural that she learned from her father. Her father was a tall lanky guy who would get caught up in his research. One day he went out after a monster, a wendigo. After that he was never seen again. He left behind all of his knowledge to her and she has picked up from where he left off.

       Natalie got of the phone with Isabella and told us she is looking forward to seeing us. I gave a chuckle.

“ Yeah ‘seeing’ us.” I sated. Natalie giggled and Chris rolled his eyes.

“ Alright Mr. Comedian, you ready to get out of here?” Chris asked. I nodded and looked over at Natalie, she was smirking and looked a little crazy.

“ This is going to be fun, wait for my signal and get your asses out of here.” Natalie said and walked towards the door.

“ Wait!” I said. Natalie paused at the door, “ What’s the signal?”

She smirked again, “ You’ll know.” Natalie saluted us and walked out the door. We waited several beats, and then all hell broke loose out there. There were shouts yells and pounding feet.

“ You think that’s the signal?” I asked Chris, there was a crash and more shouts.