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Part 3
Merton quickly shifted his body to look behind him. He could swear that he heard someone creep up behind him. He didn’t see anybody but he couldn’t rule anything. Suddenly he felt fear overwhelm him and he realized that Barbas was near by.
“Alright Barbas, you can come out now” Merton chuckled nervously.
Barbas decided that it wasn’t a point in hiding anymore and showed himself to Merton. “Hello Merton” smiling as he watch the young man almost jump twenty feet into the air.
Merton fell to the ground and he looked up to see that Barbas was now right there in front of him. She thought about his options and realized that he didn’t have any. He couldn’t run because Barbas could track him anyways and he couldn’t call for Tommy because he was too far away. There was nothing he could but wait for some help, if any came.
“So lets see what your biggest fear is, shall we” Barbas smiled, waving his hand in the air.
“That won’t work…because I know how to defeat you Barbas.” Merton stuttered. “I just have to conquer my fear and you go away.”
“It’s funny how people think that they can conquer their fears so easily when in actuality, they can’t. Not when their greatest fear is something like never being truly loved.”
“That’s not my greatest fear.”
“Oh isn’t it. Tell me Mer-ton, when was the last time your family has uttered those words to you.”
“I don’t know but that doesn’t mean-”
“They don’t want you around; they keep you away because they don’t love you.”
“You’re lying-they love me”
“They don’t love, no one ever will. Not mommy, daddy; not even Tommy.” he smiled as he made his way right in front of Merton.
Merton felt his chest close up at the mention of Tommy. He knew that Tommy couldn’t love him the way that he wanted him too but that didn’t stop it from hurting the way that it did. He wished that could believe that his family loved him but the way they treated him, looked at him as if he was worthless; sometimes he didn’t feel like he would ever gain their approval.
He backed away from Barbas but it was useless, he just shimmered right behind Merton again and knocked him to the ground. His vision blurred as he hit the ground and he saw Barbas leaning over him.
“Did I hurt the poor baby’s feelings talking about love?” Barbas smirked. “I think I did. It’s so sad to see what humans go through to get the love of others and in the end; they get nothing in return. Very sad indeed.”
Tears formed in Merton’s eyes as he listened to Barbas’s words. It was true that there were times he felt that no one loved him. He tried to block the words out of his mind, tell himself that it wasn’t true but when he thought hard about it, he couldn’t. He couldn’t remember the last time that his parents told him that they loved him. No relatives ever sent him Christmas or birthday cards and he had yet to be introduced to any of Becky’s friend.
The choking pain once again overtook him as the thought about Tommy. Tommy was the one that saw Merton for more than just being a freak. He saw Merton as a person who just needed a friend once in a while but as he thought about it; could he be wrong. Tommy didn’t need him until he became a werewolf and there was always a possibility that he stopped wolfing out he wouldn’t need him any more.
“I don’t want you Merton, nobody would ever want you”
The sound of Tommy’s voice was the last thing to send Merton over the edge. Darkness began to surround him and he suddenly felt a blinding pain in his stomach. Straining his eyes to see what the pain was, he saw Tommy kneeling down over him; driving a knife right down in the middle of his stomach. Blood filled his mouth as he tried to speak but to no avail.
“Tom…my why”
“Because you were holding me back Merton; keeping me from embracing my true nature. The heart of a killer”
“You’re not-a killer” he stuttered the pain becoming to hard to bear.
“Well I guess that you don’t know me very well” Tommy laughed as he went to stand beside Barbas who joined him in his laughter.
Lying on bed, Tommy had no control over what Valerie was doing. He wanted to get away but he was under her control and there wasn’t anything he could do about. He watched as she climbed on top of him and began to kiss his lips. She then began to place small kisses up and down his jaw line al the way down to his neck.
Suddenly Tommy felt a strong pain hit him in the stomach. It came out of nowhere and it was also joined by fear. He suddenly knew that something was wrong and began to wolf out, throwing Valerie off him in the process.
“What the hell, you’re not supposed to be able to break my spell.”
“Your spell works on my human side not my wolf side” Tommy smirked as he raised his hand and threw Valerie across the room. She didn’t have time to transform and she hit the wall with a thump then sliding down on it. Tommy immediately ran out of the house and went to the source of the pain.
He had no idea to where he was running to but he knew that he had to find Merton. Picking up his scent in the air, he ran until he got to the park and then he saw him. He saw the white haired demon standing over a white haired Merton, with an athame pointed at his stomach. It was pointed at the same place that Tommy had sensed his pain and he was amazed that he had felt it before it had happened.
“Hey jerk, back off” he yelled as he ran to the demon and pushed him away from Merton. The demon hit a tree but immediately got back up.
“Oh lookie here, you’re here to save your friend” Barbas smiled as he threw an energy ball towards Tommy who ducked out of the way, hitting the ground. Growling, he ran towards Barbas again and hit him in the stomach. Barbas hit the ground with a thump and didn’t get up.
Tommy ran towards Merton and bent down to put his hand in his lap.
“Merton, Merton wake up”
“Stay away from me Tommy” Merton whispered to him. Suddenly blood appeared all over Tommy’s hands and he could see blood coming out of Merton’s mouth. He looked and saw a big wound on the side of his neck where he looked like he was bitten.
“Merton, what’s wrong”
“You did this to me, you killed me”
“Merton you’re not dead.”
“Yes you did. You killed me and now you have to deal with that”
“Ah I see your greatest fear is killing your friends” Barbas smirked as he waved his hand over Tommy.
“Merton, you can’t be dying”
“I am Tommy and it’s your entire fault,” Merton said again.
Barbas conjured an energy ball in his hand and prepared to throw it at Tommy but his hand was suddenly grabbed and twisted behind his back. He looks around and see Tommy standing behind him and was no longer in front of him.
“How did you escape” He sneered as he tried to shimmer out of his grasp but Tommy was too fast and caught him in mid shimmer.
“Easy, I just got over my fear. I know that Merton would never blame me for anything.” he said as he threw Barbas across the park. He ran up to him and picked him up again, this time around the neck. “I also know that I will never turn evil and hurt someone that I love.” throwing him once more.
“Temper temper” Barbas smirked as he conjured an energy ball and throwing it at Tommy, hitting him in the chest. Tommy flies across the park and hit’s the tree. Barbas laughed as he shimmered in front of Tommy, athame ready in his hand.
“She told me not to kill you but you can’t ever trust a demon.” he said as he raised the athame above Tommy’s chest. Just before he could strike, however, Tommy looked up and saw Barbas in flames.
“Merton”
“I see you got over your fear” he smirked as he walked over to Tommy and gave him his hand to help him up.
“Back at you.” Tommy smiled as he got up from the ground and pulled Merton into a hug, de-wolfing in the process. “I thought you were dead.”
“So did I”
“How did you kill him?”
“Just a simple back up potion that I made in case he came back.”
“I thought you said that he wasn’t going to come back.”
“Well, I couldn’t be a hundred percent sure” Merton replied. “But at least I had a back up plan; we can’t all be heroes like you”
“Me; you’re the one who killed the demon, not me. I believe that makes you the hero.”
“I guess it does.” Merton smiled. He then realized that him and Tommy were still in a hug. “Um Tommy”
“Yeah”
“You can let go now”
“Oh” Tommy laughed as he let go of Merton but still held on to his shoulders. He looked at his friend with the same admiration that he had earlier. He could feel his heart beating heavily in his chest and he could feel the vibrations of Merton’s beating at the same time. He moved his hands from Merton’s shoulder and wrapped on arm around his waist to pull him closer.
“Tommy what-”
“Shh” whispering before lower his head to kiss Merton. He could feel Merton struggle against the kiss, as if he wanted it to stop. Tommy was about to pull away but without warning Merton wrapped his arms around the back of Tommy’s neck.
Opening his mouth, Merton allowed Tommy access to his. He knew that he should have pulled away but a major part of him didn’t want to. Merton ran his tongue across Tommy’s fangs, which earned him a growl from the young werewolf. Merton continued the kiss but something made him suddenly pull away.
“Merton”
“We can’t do this Tommy”
“What”
“I said that we can’t do this” Merton stuttered as he backed away from Tommy and started to walk in the other direction,
“Merton” Tommy yelled as he grabbed Merton by the arm, spinning him around in the process. “Why not”
“Because it isn’t right; we’re best friends.”
“So”
“And it will never work. We’re from different worlds”
“Merton I don’t care about that, I’ve never cared about that”
“Tommy”
“Why are you fighting this Mert? I know that we can make this work, we just have to try.”
“Why should we try Tommy, what will make this different of any other relationship that we’ve ever had.”
“Because I’m in love you, that’s why.”
Merton looked up at Tommy and his blue eyes met his hazel ones. Was he serious, was he really in love with him. “No you’re not”
“Yes I am” Tommy smiled, pulling Merton closer. “I love you and I know that you love me too. I can smell it on you.”
“I knew I should have used a stronger anti-percipient” he mumbled he felt Tommy stroking the side of his face. “Tommy it’s true that I have feelings for you but-”
“Do you want to know how I got over my fear?”
“How”
“I thought about you. I thought about how you have always been there for me no matter what. How you promised to always be there for me in the future. No one has ever promised me that. Not Stacy and not Lori but you and you only. You’re the only person that I trust and I can’t imagine my life without you.”
“Wow” Merton gasped at the revelation. He would have never imagined that Tommy the All-American boy next store would be in love with the freak of school. He could picture the gossip mills at the school now. “Freak uses magic to make football captain fall for him”
“Is that all you’re going to say. I just declare my love for you and all you can say is wow.” Tommy smirked.
“Sorry, it’s just-wow. You’re in love with me. Merton J. Dingle. You are aware of what I look like right. I know that wolves are colorblind but I look-.
“You look wonderful. When I look at you, I see a beautiful person with raven black hair and bright blue-sky eyes. I see someone who doesn’t care what others think of him and has a mind of his own, his own interest and has more intelligence than the whole football team put together.”
“You included” Merton laughed.
“Yes including me but that doesn’t change how I feel.”
“So you really love me, all of me”
“All of you” Tommy smiled pulling Merton into another kiss in which he didn’t object too. It felt good to finally admit how he felt about Merton and he didn’t care who had anything to say against his. His heart was completely given to Merton and he hoped that he would never want to give it back.
When they finally pulled away, they sat down on the bench behind them. Merton laid his head on Tommy’s shoulder as Tommy wrapped his arm around his shoulders. They look up at the stars for just a little bit before Tommy spoke again.
“Hey Merton”
“Yeah.”
“What was your fear?”
“Huh” lifting his head up and looking at Tommy. He had forgotten to tell Tommy that his fears was even after it was over.
“What was your fear?”
“Well my fear was that nobody would ever love me” he whispered quietly.
“Merton you have people that love you.”
“Oh really because I beg to differ. I barely see my parents, my younger sister hates my guts and everyone at school thinks I’m a freak.”
“I don’t think you’re a freak”
“Well you don’t now Tommy but before this werewolf thing happened, you probably did.”
“I don’t know-”
“You don’t have to say anything because I know if you could take it back, you probably would.” Merton sighed. “It still makes me wonder if somebody would ever love me”
“Well you don’t have to wonder anymore because I love you”
“I know; that’s what made me get over my fear.” Merton smiled. “I heard you tell Barbas that you would never hurt anyone that you loved. It made me realize that Barbas was tricking me.”
“Well I’m glad that I helped you the same way that you help me.”
“Thank you, for everything.”
“I should be thanking you” Tommy replied kissing Merton. “How about we get out of this creepy park and I don’t know, go back to your place.”
“Tommy I don’t put out until after the third date” Merton smirked.
“Are you trying to play hard to get” Tommy growled as he started to nibble on Merton’s neck, careful not to bite him with his fangs.
“Very much so.”
“Well I guess since it’s still Friday we could watch some movies at your place.”
“Come on lets go wolf boy” replying as he got up and pulled Tommy up also.
“Alright” Tommy smiled as wrapped his hand into Merton’s and they walked out of the park and into the night.
“I love you Merton.”
“I love you too.”
Valerie growled as she walked to her attic and pulled out a large leather book. Flipping it open, she smiled when she finally got to the page that she was looking for.
“You have gotten away from me this time Tommy Dawkins but I will have you” she laughed closing the book after ripping the page out. “And we will conceive the most powerful heir that this world has ever seen.
“You will never have my child” the pale woman yelled back to the man dressed in black. She had hair as black as the night and blood red lips. Her eyes sparkled as bright as the sky , and she held on hand out in front of her. In her other arm she clenched a small bundle in her hands that looked like a baby; an amulet around it’s neck.
“Selena, you can’t beat me. No one has been able to defeat me”
“My child is the protector of all that is good. It’s been prophesied and nothing you do will be able to stop it Andros.”
“You foolish girl” he laughed back at her as he walked closer to her. “You baby is powerless, how will he be able to stop me from taking over this world.”
“Easy” she smiled as she flung her hand up towards the sky. “Protegere Innocere”
A blue light emulated from the sky and surround the young woman and the child in her hands. Andros tried to run up to her, dagger in hand; but before he could he was thrown back by some kind of invisible force. Selena smiled at him and before he could say anything, she disappeared in a white light.
“I’m sorry, can we help you”
“Yes, I need your help. I need you to take him”
“I’m sorry what” the woman looked at the woman confused.
“Please, I need someone to keep him safe”
“Ma’ma should we call the police”
“Please sir. You seem like nice people and the police won’t be able to protect him from what’s coming for him.”
“Look maybe we-”
“I don’t have much time” Selena cried, looking over her shoulders. “It’s a matter of life and death. You have to take him”
“We don’t know”
“Just promise me that you won’t tell him anything about this until his 18th birthday. The less he knows the safer he is and make sure that he keeps this amulet somewhere close by. It holds all the answers that he will come looking for.”
The man and the woman at the door look at the woman and they don’t know what to do. They see that she needs help and realize that they need to do whatever they can to do so.
“We’ll keep him.” the man finally said taking the baby from arms and giving her a smile.
“Thank you.” she cried as she kissed the baby one more time. She turned to walk away but before she did she turned around one more time. “Can you do one thing for me?”
“What’s that”
“Can you name him Merton? It was after his father who died protecting him.”
“Yes, yes we will”
“Thank you again.” she said as she ran off into the middle of the night.
They couple looked at each other and back at the baby, pulling back the blanket. They smiled when they saw the baby was the spitting image of woman that had appeared before them. They hadn’t known who the woman was but they were going to raise her baby as their own.
“Honey what are we going to do”
“Well first” the man smiled, giving his wife the baby who took naturally to him. “I am going to draw up some documents at the office to show that Merton here is ours and then we’ll see what happens.”
“I guess we won’t be going out tonight” she laughed as she closed the door.
“I guess we won’t”
“I hope you forgive me for what I’ve done” kissing the amulet one last time before running back off into the night. “It’s for the best.”
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