The gray sky restlessly grumbled. The thick blackened clouds were dragged down by the heavy rain which it held in its delicate frame. The clouds which struggled to withstand the burden of the weight which the rain held, soon gave in. The rain poured down over the city with a roar. The sound of emptiness was disrupted by the loud boom of thunder rolling from the close distance. Cold icy rain started to fall upon us as we hurried outside to load our things in the cab waiting for us. I ran across the slippery sidewalk almost slipping but catching myself in the last second. The quality of darkness shifted in the sky into pure blackness as the rain kept pouring down.

"Simon we're ready!" Jezebel shouted, her voice being drowned out by the rain.

I quickly snatched the last suitcase and shoved it in the back of the cab. Nicky took the passenger seat while Angie and Jezebel were squeezed tight with the kids.

Now how in the fuck am I suppose to fit in now?!

By now my clothes were drenched in water sticking tight to my body. A shiver ran down my spine at the cold touch of water soaking into my skin.

"Sir there's is no more room I can only carry so much." The cab driver commented.

"I'll pay more." I growled.

I was starting to feel anxious.

We need to leave like now!

In the distance blue and red flashed and sirens screamed in the dark stormy night. I had no choice but to grab Angie and carry her in my lap. She of course went stiff but said nothing.

"Step on it!" I ordered.

"Sir I CAN NOT TAKE YOU ALL!" the cab driver swooshed his head back. "I'll have to order you to stay back."

"Order me?!" I snapped. "Do you even know who the fuck I am?!" My chest formed a growl and I was about to snap this man's neck when suddenly Angie dug her nails on my leg with a grip.

"Again I can refuse to take you all if you don't listen to me." The cab driver rose his voice, the rain falling even harder by the second. "I have no choice but to call the co---." The cab driver was suddenly silenced as a large hairy hand shattered the driver's side window and snapped the cab driver's neck. Blood splattered all over the front as Angie let out a scream as the two little boys started to cry and Erwin silently broke down in tears. I looked over Angie's shoulder and my eyes went round like never before.

"NICKY DRIVE! DRIVE!!!" I screamed.

A furry head popped in through the window and sharp fangs grinned back at us.

"Mr. White is beyond furious at you Simon Hawthorn..." it chuckled menacingly.

Nicky finally reacted and punch the creature in the face and threw the cab driver's dead body out in the rain. He switched seats and put the car in Drive and pressed the accelerator making the tires screech. Jezebel squeezed to get out and switched seats as well to be in the passenger side.

I slowly looked back only to see several silhouettes, wolfish gather around. Two stand almost statue-like while the others tumble about, pulling one another over. When the foremost wolf howls they all stop, drawn to join in like they have been invited to a family feast. A huge white one prowl in the middle of the gathered group and stops. All of them swooshed their heads back to the cab. Red eyes glowed and stared and just like that they sprinted out in chase, getting closer and closer.

"Faster Nicky faster!" My heart accelerated.

"I'm trying but the roads are too slippery!" He shouted back.

Angie got down from my lap and sat beside me instead and grabbed the boys in her embrace.

"What are they?!" Chrissy was crying the most among the boys.

"Is okay sweety is okay." Angie held him. "Can you explain why the heck they are chasing us?!" She glared at me.

"Is not my fault!" I blurted.

I could see Nicky in the front rolling his eyes.

"It clearly said your name though!" Angie insisted for answers. 

Yeah just my father in law and his goons want to kill me because I sold my wife to a freak! Totally I'm innocent.

I covered my face with my hands and groaned. There was so much things I wanted to tell Angie but the fear of her knowing the truth was stopping me from telling her anything. A bump on the road made me jump from my seat and Nicky swerved the car taking a sharp turn making me crash close next to Angie. Her hair was all over her face and her eyes screamed fear.

"Hold on tight guys we going to look for my van!" Nicky gritted his teeth as we held tight the steering wheel.

"There's no time!" Jezebel shouted. "They are still chasing us!"

Dark figures swarmed all over the car like ants. In barks and grunts they communicated, spreading wide, sending some to circle around, cutting off any means of escape.

"Run them over!" I had my arm around Angie with a hand touching the window and the other in my seat as the car went over something and all you can hear is a yelp and a shriek. Nicky ran over one of them but they didn't even stop to acknowledge the one that got run over. Nicky was taking all back roads to avoid anybody to see such a atrocious scene.

"There's no time!" Jezebel repeated.

"I can go faster with the van. Is the only way!" Nicky made another sharp turn. "Trust me!" He looked back at me. His purple eyes told me they knew what he was doing. I gave him a quick nod and closed my eyes. My stomach was going through a roller coaster of its life.

"It's just around the corner." He said. "Gather as much as you can and get in the van fast I will stall them!"

"Father there is too many are you insane!" Jezebel hissed.

"I know what I'm doing just listen to me!" Nicky shouted.

I opened my eyes and realized Chrissy was staring up at me.

"Are they like you?" He asked his little blue eyes were watering with tears.

Yes... I'm just like them...

"No." I said. "They are bad wolves. And I will let nothing hurt you okay." I assured him.

Another bump caught me by surprise making me loose my grip on my seat. I decided to grab Angie and the boys close to me instead now.

"One more turn!" Nicky was gritting his teeth tight. "On the count of the three I want y'all to jump and go for the van!"

He went to the alley where I first met him when Jezebel took me to introduce me to him the first time. His black van was park there ready to run off.

"One! Two! Three!" He shouted and slammed the brakes hard.

"OUT OUT OUT!" I shouted and opened the doors for Angie and the kids to run off. I went to the back of the cab and grabbed as many suit cases with Jezebel's help and ran to the van. The rain was falling even harder than before. Emerging from the blinding rain pour came the wolf creatures, immune to the bitter wind that cut into the rain upon their furs. At first they were little more than silhouettes and their growling was almost carried away in the downpour. But as they neared their fur became discernible, thick and  ragged, eyes glowing viciously in the dark and white fangs grinning with each slow step they took as the started to make their way to us. The white one before walked in the middle making his way to the front. Without a doubt it was obvious it was Carlson White.

By now everyone was in the van except for Nicky. My door was still opened as I stared back at Carlson.

He walked in front of the group and stopped. He stood their so majestically and powerful like never before. Is like when he is in his human for he acts stupid and is uncontrollably annoying. But now as he stood there in his wolf form he looked like a leader, a man who knew what he was doing, the man if we don't move quick I will end up dying.

"Where's Nicky!" Angie's voice cracked in fear.

All the wolves had our escape route blocked. They just stood their waiting for Carlson to make the next move.

He took one more step forward and stopped.

"Kill him."

Shit shit shit fuck no!

I slammed the doors shut and got in the passenger side next to Jezebel who was in the driver side just waiting for Nicky to appear. Her purple eyes turned red and she held tight on the steering wheel. She shifted the gear stick on Drive making the wheels spin in place as she still had her other foot in brakes.

"Seatbelts." She commanded in a slow tone.

I gave a quick look into back seats to see Angie hugging the boys, their eyes panicking in fear. I looked back to the front and finally saw Nicky behind all the wolves.

"HEY MUTTS!" He yelled over the rain.

They all looked back and that's when Jezebel let go of the brakes and slammed on full acceleration.

Nicky ran in between all the wolves grabbing most of them from the necks and tossing them harshly to the side as he made his way to wards the speeding van. He jumped before Jezebel could run him over and all you could hear was the thud on the rooftop.

"NO!" Carlson roared.

They tried chasing us but there were left in the dust.

"We.....we got away...we actually got away." I started to laugh nervously.

Nicky opened the back of the van and entered, making the back doors slam shut.

"Don't think this is over yet Simon," Nicky was breathing heavily. "They will be back.... But we will be ready."

I gulped. This is all my fault...

I looked back at Angie but she avoided my gaze.

I'm hurting her....

And now is hurting me...

What have I done?

Trees went on both sides of the road as we were finally distancing ourselves from the city. A sad emptiness swelled inside of me. The city life is where I met Angie. I'm going to miss it...

And I know she will too.