When I say I don't remember anything, I really meant it, not my name or who this guy was or where I was In fact. One thing was for sure though, this guy and I had something going, like he was my friend or something more than that, maybe my lover because that was the vibe he was letting off. Either way, I knew we had something.
"What happened to you?" He said as he put his hand on my cheek, caressing it and leading me to sit.
"You really can't remember anything, can you?" He said, looking me dead in the eye.
"I'm trying okay, I don't remember anything, anything at all" I replied looking away.
Just then, I heard a song from someone I couldn't see, I thought it was the other guy who had left the room, until Lewis started moving towards the door.
"What's going on Lewis, where are you heading to?" I said as I tried to turn him to myself. Just then I realized his eyes were white, and he could be called a zombie at this point, just walking towards the scent of brains. I tried to stop him, but he shoved me aside easily with some crazy strength a human shouldn't be allowed to have. Somehow I managed to gain my ground. He started walking towards the basement of the house.
"It's so dark down there Lewis, how do you expect to see? How can you even see where you...." I stopped abruptly as I realized he couldn't hear me at all, it felt like whatever was down there was calling unto him; he was just like a lamb moving to be slaughtered.
I followed closely behind him and when we got into the basement I was shocked I could see so clear as if daylight from outside reached this place. The source of the song was still unknown and just then.
"When Simon said we'd get you if we got Lewis, I doubted for a second because I thought you got over him already, but I guess I was foolish to think so" A lady from behind me said.
"What!!!! What are you doing with Lewis?" I said, immediately I turned back to look, and she was holding Lewis with a knife to his neck.
"I'm helping you become you again Dianne" she said
"Stop it, please, let him go..."
"Stop it, stop begging, you're never allowed to beg, more so for a man you don't even know Dianne" she replied so sternly, pointing the knife towards me now
Something inside me started to make me feel uncomfortable as I was starting to get angry. Lewis was a man who I'd only known for less than an hour. He was someone who decided to help a stranger, without him, I would be in eternal sleep by now. These thoughts and the very thought of Lewis being in danger because of me got me so angry.
"Yes, yes, let it flow, let the anger consume you" the lady said.
"DON'T HURT HIM!!!" I said at the top of my voice.
Buwahahahahahahahahahahaha
"What would you do? You are a weakling, needing help from a lowly human like himself, what could you possibly do to me, huh?" She said tauntingly.
"That man saved my life" I replied, moving towards her.
Just before I could take another step forward, she slit Lewis's throat and pushed him towards me, saying…
"Now save his"
Lewis fell into my arms and his blood was pumping so fast out of his throat into the air.
"No, no, no, no, no, no" those were the only words that managed to make it out of my mouth.
In a split second, just as his blood touched my hands and some of it pumping into the air touched my lips, I had this sudden flash in my head. My mind was in disarray, I could barely feel myself.
Arrrggggghhhhhhhh
I let out a loud scream as I felt my body metamorphosing. There were furs coming out of my skin. My teeth became so pointy. My arms became so muscular it ripped my shirt off. And before you knew it, I was a she wolf on all four limbs, and I let out a howl so powerful that it brought the lady to her knees.
My ability to scent things became so strong, so much so I didn't know how to differentiate the different things I was perceiving. Then I realized there were more people with us in the basement. Just as I dashed towards the lady with anger, I collapsed and transformed into a human, but I maintained my canines and the urge to get blood became so strong. I started crawling towards the lady, letting my anger be a source of my strength.
Just as I rushed towards the lady with so much bloodlust, she tapped my head and I passed out on the ground.
"What did you do to her?" Lewis shouted amidst tears in his eyes.
"This is unusual, she'll be fine don't worry about her" the lady said
From the shadows, three other people stepped out. They seemed to be acquaintances and the lady was the one in charge.
"Who is that over there, why does that body look like me?" Lewis screamed, scurrying away from the body that was used to ignite Lewis' innate ability.
"Don't worry, that's just a clone we used to get her" the lady replied.
"Who's this man?" One of the guys from the shadows asked.
They were all dressed uniformly except the lady, they all had masks over their mouth, and they all wore rings.
"That's the man she always wanted to be with, she always wanted to protect, but somehow this evening she couldn't even remember her" the lady replied.
"You mean that's the guy he left you for?" One of the men asked.
The bloodlust she let out that filled the air after that question was immense. So much, a normal human would be forced to beg for death.
"Who are you guys, what do you want from me? What has Dianne got to do with you people?" Lewis asked after securing a safe distance from them.
"Forgive our attitude, but we had to handle time-sensitive matters first" the lady replied while moving towards the direction of Lewis. Adjusting her jacket In such a manner, the crest on her chest was made visible. A Crest that consisted of three hands lapped over each other simultaneously.
"I am the first daughter of the Arnold family, Sarah Arnold"
As she said that, the three men behind her fell on their knees, bowing in respect.
"Oh my goodness, how many times have I told you guys not to do that whenever I introduce myself?, you're making me feel some kind of way" she said, beckoning them to get up.
"I am Simon, in charge of the security of the heir to the Arnold family, Sarah Arnold" the first man said.
"I am Daniel, well, basically I'm more of a navigator or just a team member, I'm the first blood of the Wayne family, a family under the Arnold's" the second man said.
"I am Tyler, from the Wayne family, I've been put in training by my father under my brother, Daniel and that's why I'm here" the last person said.
Why I had gone down like that without so much as a fight is still a mystery to Sarah. If you looked closely, you could see the questions
written all over her face. Why was Dianne this weak? Questions like this lurked In her mind.