Jamie

The park was oddly cold at night in the middle of the summer. The clouds were thick and moving swiftly, I could already smell the rain. Marissa was leaning against me for support, tired emotionally and physically. We stood in silence as our new friend gathered the bodies of the other werewolves and laid them next to each other.

When he was done, he stretched and yawned before walking over to us.

"Okay," he spoke to me.
"Everyone is together. No heartbeats, no breathing, but the wounds are healing. I'm sure once the full moon is out they'll be fine but, silver straight through the head? I don't see anyway they come out of this completely unscathed."

"Thanks." I told him. Marissa pulled away from me and walked over to the bodies, examining them.

"Also..." said the guy nervously.
"I'm sorry about your friend. I wasn't... I didn't know he was going to jump in front of the other guy. I didn't mean to get him too."

"It's okay. They were both our friends, once."

"Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that."

I shook my head.

"It's nothing. Thank you for freeing me though. If you didn't, I would've been trapped when that whole building came down."

"I was only able to free you because someone cut me free. I watched that guy throw that silver pole through everyone's heads and I couldn't take it. I passed out. Then I wake up and I'm free, but everything is quiet and I'm surrounded by dead people. Except you."

"Thanks? I guess. As soon as you freed me, I knew we had to get to the fight above. But I'm not sure who freed you. It couldn't have been Donovan, because he got impaled with the others, but then again someone removed the pole from his body. The only other person could be Isaac."

"Who is that?"

"The good guy that you pierced with the pole on accident."

He fell silent.

"What about the girl? The normal one, not the crazy, barefoot, bloody-"

"Her name is Marissa."

"Where did she go?"

"She went to check on Donovan's body. We put him in a special place, a place we know far too well."

"Marissa, Donovan, Isaac... You know, I don't think I caught your name."

I held out my hand to shake his.

"My name's Jamie."

"I'm Ryan." He said, and we shook.

We can't just sit by and let the vampires keep beating us. Today, one of their territories fell. That's a big accomplishment. It may not be entirely our fault, but this displays weakness. They're vulnerable. It may not be entirely our fault, but this displays weakness. They're vulnerable."

"I agree," I told him. "But we need to rebuild and regroup before we take on anything else. I didn't think we could pull it off, but we did. We lost a few, but there will be many more. This is just the beginning.