My Werewolf system Chapter 20 (Patreon)

MWS Chapter 20

As soon as the question was asked, Gary could feel the palms of his hands getting sweaty and his heartbeat rising. These weren’t good signs, especially if he was going to try and hide it from Tom. He placed his hand on his chest and knelt over slightly, appearing to be in pain.

“What's wrong, is the chocolate still hurting you?” Tom asked worriedly as he knelt down to see if his friend was okay. “Gary you shouldn’t deny it, being able to poison you is proof that I’m right!” He suggested as he pointed his finger at Gary taking on a pose as if he was some famous detective who had just solved a case.

The sight of Tom acting so ridiculous was somehow enough to calm Gary’s heart rate down a little.

“Come on, don’t you find it ridiculous? Chocolate being some sort of kryptonite for a werewolf? Next thing you will tell me you are a vampire or a dragon.” Gary tried to joke around, but the nervous smile on his face made him appear all the more guilty. He himself was struggling whether it might be better to just admit to it or not.

So far, he had tried to make sense of all those changes to his body by himself, having to learn all these new things on his own… he would actually welcome having someone to talk to about all those. Sometimes, he didn’t know if he was doing the right thing or not, but thinking about it, he couldn’t imagine someone better than his trusted friend Tom.

Since accusing him, and trapping him into a corner didn’t seem to have worked Tom tried a different approach.

“Look, I know that the chocolate alone would be ridiculous, but then how do you explain suddenly being able to tackle Blake? Or the puncture wounds on it? You were the only one who held it yesterday. If you have some other explanation, then I’m all ears. I’m your best friend, right? I’m not here to hurt you and I just want you to know that we can handle this together.” Tom offered in a soft voice.

From the look on Gary’s face this approach worked far better. He had already been on the verge of telling Tom, but with Tom pulling on his heartstrings, it was hard to remain silent.

However, now the question was how much should he tell Tom? Admitting to it, also meant he would have to come clean about his work as a member of the Underdogs gang, who had handed him the metal suitcase that had that strange Werewolf System inside of it. But if he were to tell Tom, there was a big risk of dragging him into all of this mess.

“You know what?” Tom asked while Gary was still debating on how much to reveal. “I’m just going to take your silence as a yes. I mean, you aren’t even denying it like you were just seconds ago. Now I have done a lot of research into this matter, because I know you're bad with all this fantasy mumbo jumbo.”

“I don’t exactly know how much lore is true out there, but now that I have finally met a real werewolf and he’s my friend, it’s better to be safe than sorry. From all the stuff I have read on the Internet they all pretty much have one thing in common. All sources seem to agree that on the night of full moon, a werewolf turns without being able to control it. That gives us only twelve days to think of a way to restrict you, otherwise you might just go on a rampage killing everyone.”

When Tom said these words, he looked directly at Gary staring him in the eye, not facing away. Tom, his friend who never confronted anyone and was bad at all types of physical activity, looked powerful and reliable at this moment.

What worried Gary even more was that he already knew that something was indeed going to happen on the night of the full moon. His system had given him a Quest titled ‘Your first turning’ that had a countdown for that day. Even more worrisome was the fact that his Quest only specified that he would have to ‘survive’...

Since Gary still wasn’t saying anything, Tom sighed and was ready to leave the room. He had already done whatever he could and was now hoping that either he had been very wrong, something he seriously doubted after all the time he had put into thinking things over, or that Gary would come to him eventually to confess things on his own.

“Wait!” Gary called out. “Fine, since you’ve already figured things out, you might as well know the whole thing. You're right…I’m a…I’m a werewolf..” Gary admitted, his face going red saying those words out loud, especially in front of someone who could hear him.

Closing the door, after making sure nobody else had been around, Tom turned towards Gary and jumped for joy, a sparkle in his eyes.

“I knew I was right! Tell me, Gary, since when were you a freaking werewolf! “How did this happen? Did you venture into the woods at night? Did an alpha wolf come, greet you and turn you? What the hell happened!” Tom asked a barrage of questions he had prepared, not being able to contain his excitement.

“Oh man, now my version sounds so boring in comparison. I just got turned by a briefcase.” Gary smiley wryly, as he went on to explain the gist of the story. Since the whole werewolf situation was already much to take in, Gary decided to omit the fact that he had been a gang member, and technically was now in another gang, from his explanation. Instead he told Tom that he had taken a part time job delivering items, like a delivery driver.

Of course, since he was sixteen and still in school, all of this was illegal, hence why he had hid the job from Tom. Technically all of it was true, so Gary’s face didn’t betray him for once. After that he came mostly clean, sharing how he had been sent out, how other people had wanted to steal the package and how the package had suddenly opened, turning him into a werewolf.

“All this from a simple package? I’ve never heard of such a thing happening before.” Tom commented as he placed his hand on his chin. “It doesn’t really help that you didn’t even see what was in the package because you said you passed out.”

This bit was partly true, only that Gary had passed out due to being stabbed.

‘I wonder how Tom would react if I told him the real story. I guess I can tell him once everything is cleared up. And I will also have to tell him about Kai eventually…’

“We need to look into where that package actually came from, this could be a big deal! And if it's a big company they might even send people after you to get their little experiment back. It’s best if you keep this a secret.” Tom noted.

Gary gulped, and was surprised at how quickly his friend had grasped the entire situation. What’s more, the case that Tom was worried about was actually occurring. Fortunately, that at least meant Gary didn't have to tell him to keep this whole thing a secret either.

“Well, from what you told me it really does seem to be the case that your heart rate might be connected to your transformation, so learning how to control it should be the first thing on the agenda. For the next few days we should also observe your behavior. haven’t seen any huge signs yet, but you might start to get a little bit more moody the closer we are to the full moon. I would also advise you to drop out of the rugby team.”

“Drop out of the rugby team? But then how am I meant to impress Xin!” Gary blurted out.

“Really, Gary? Do you think now is the time to be worried about how to impress the new girl?!” Tom facepalmed. “Part of you transformed when it was you against Blake. What will you do when it actually occurs in the middle of a match? You could hurt or even kill others!”

“Come on, I’m not a monster!” Gary tried to defend himself. Unfortunately, his first ever transformation was testimony that Tom did have a point. Alas, the hormones in Gary’s body were unwilling to lose this opportunity. “Besides, don’t you think if I put myself in more situations where I have to control my heart rate, that it would help me get better at it?”

“Aargh, fine. It’s not like I can force you to do it. You know your body better than me, after all.” Tom was still worried, but he knew Gary long enough to know how stubborn he could be. “Speaking off, it's a shame, but it looks like I'm going to have to eat all that chocolate I brought myself.” Tom joked, and the two of them were soon well on their way to being the same pair they were once again.

Once the poison effect had worn off, Gary could use his Energy to heal his body once again, but the Energy didn’t seem to recover, and as his Energy went down, he could feel a hunger in his stomach. It was a small pain like a cramp, but he could bear with it for now.

‘I have to keep this Energy bar up, when I'm fighting it doesn’t seem to bother me so much, but when I'm doing nothing it hurts. Hopefully it doesn’t get worse once it falls lower, I can’t exactly bring raw meat to the school.’ Gary thought.

Since Gary was feeling better, the two of them were walking down the hallway heading to their next class. They had decided to stay in the nurse's office until the bell had rang, allowing them to skip the first two periods and now could go out on break with each other.

The kids filled the hallways, as everyone was excited to get a nice breath of fresh air. Now that Tom and Gary had cleared the air a bit, they were chatting as they did until they banged into what felt like a solid wall in front of them.

It was so sudden that Tom nearly fell to the floor, but Gary’s quick reflexes allowed him to grab Tom by the hand and pull him back up before he did fall over.

“Looks like we got a little super hero over here.” The student said that was towering over the two of them.

When Gary looked at the person, he noticed that there were two of them and recognised them straight away, Barry and Gil. Although they didn’t share any classes together they were part of the same club, the rugby club. These two were part of the scrum in rugby, one of the ones that would fight over each other as they locked and pushed forward the other meaty guys.

They were essentially walls of muscle, explaining why it had felt like they had literally run into the wall, but there's one thing for certain. Tom looked at the hallway, and it was plenty wide enough for them all to walk in and more.

“Did you bang into us on purpose?” Tom questioned, a pissed off look on his face.

“Watch it, scrub! You were the ones who didn’t pay attention! I still haven’t heard a single sorry from either of you!” Barry went and grabbed the scruff of Tom’s neck. “We were just waiting here for a chance to talk to the onion head over there.”

“Look Gary, drop out of the rugby team, we all know what you did against Blake was a fluke and if you join us, it means one of us regulars will have to warm the bench and become your substitute.” Gil explained, but then noticed that Gary wasn’t looking at him at all. Instead he was clearing towards Will who was holding Tom by his collar.

Suddenly, Barry felt Gary grab onto his wrist.

“Let go of him now!” Gary demanded. Of course, seeing someone so small act like that Gil wasn’t afraid, but the same couldn’t be said for Barry, as he felt something when looking into his eyes.

[Blood lust has been detected]

[A forced bond has been activated]

‘No those eyes, if I don’t do something, Gary might just snap!’ Tom thought.