Lily watched the two werewolves if they could be called that anymore, fight each other viciously. James flew crashing close to where she was. She shrieked backing up away from him, afraid to be caught in the middle. He turned his attention toward her with a soft growl and she shrank against the wall not sure just how much of him was James the man and how much was an uncontrollable rabid beast. The fake Greg came crashing down onto the distracted James. She cried out in surprise and realized she had to get out of the house. She ran towards the door of the apartment just as they wrestled over to the spot where she was at.
Lily took a deep breath of fresh air once she got out of the apartment and thanked God she had left her phone in her pocket after that strange call instead of leaving it where she usually did. She tried to dial the familiar number, but her fingers were shaking so much it was difficult to hit the correct button. "Andrew Roberts," her father answered when she finally was able to make the call.
"I think you guys should get here quickly," she said with a trembling voice and yelped as she felt the violent vibration of the two werewolves smashing against something.
"Lily, what's wrong?" He asked her with worry and she began to explain just what happened quickly in one breath. "Okay, we are on our way. Don't go near any of them, if the other is anything like James then he can't control himself when he is shifted," he warned her. Oh God, she thought as she swallowed loudly. Suddenly one of the monstrous wolves burst through the door breaking it to tiny splinters of woods. She cried out in surprise and ducked, covering her head. He rushed past her and into the forest with the other following closely behind him.
Lily lifted up her head to see them disappear into the woods before she slowly stood up, unsure of what to do. She peeked into the disaster that used to be her apartment with a heavy sigh. She cautiously entered the apartment and noticed that there wasn't a piece of furniture that had survived. Almost all the walls were badly cracked and damaged.
"Holy crap," Tony exclaimed and she jumped in surprised. Tony gave her a sheepish grin then apologized as she turned to see Andrew, Tony, and Chris just outside her door.
"That about explains it," she replied flatly. She was relieved to see the three men standing outside of her apartment.
"Where is James?" Andrew asked looking around with a look of concern.
"He ran off into the woods after the guy who said he was Greg." She explained and he had a dark expression on his face. After a moment of silence, he ordered Tony to stay while he and Chris went to find James.
"Are you okay?" Tony asked.
"Physically I am perfect. I managed to keep out of the way of them fighting," She replied as she walked around the room feeling so lost. Tony nodded obviously not sure of what to say. Lily went to her room to pack some clothes since her apartment was clearly uninhabitable. She couldn't wrap her mind around what she had just witnessed.
"I'm going to go back some clothes," Lily told him and walked into her bedroom. She shook her head in disbelief as she packed her suitcase. How didn't she recognize the sandy blonde as the man who attacked her in the lab? Where was the real Greg? Why did the fake Greg come to her apartment? With that last thought she shuddered not wanting to think what he wanted with her, it was a good thing James show up when he did.
That thought made her scowl in disgust. Great, just what she needed, to owe one to James Lacrosse. She zipped up the full suitcase and dragged it over to the wreck of her living room. What was she going to tell her landlord? What could possibly explain the mess? Lily sighed as she suddenly felt drained and overwhelmed.
"So the other guy was like James?" Tony asked when he noticed she'd returned and Lily nodded.
"He wasn't as big as James or the same color but yeah he was like James," she told him.
"Wow," Tony stated with excitement and she gave him an odd look. "Wish I could have seen it," he said to no one, in particular, examining the cracked walls as one would a piece of art. "I have only seen him shift once. He looked pretty awesome then," Tony said with his face now clearly full of excitement. She kept giving her brother a look of disbelief for a moment.
"Once was enough for me. I've never seen anything more terrifying in my life," she admitted with a shudder. It was one thing to see the monster in the movies, but another to see it in real life. She sighed once more and leaned against the wall and rubbed her temples. She was starting to get another headache; she seemed to be getting a lot of those lately.
"Are you sure you're okay," he asked looking at her with concern and she smiled at him.
"Yes, I'm fine big brother... just a little overwhelmed with all of this," she told him and he came over and gave her a comforting hug. She rested her head on his shoulder enjoying this moment of affection that she didn't get to share often with him.
At that moment her father and Chris returned, "What did you find?" Tony asked just as Lily opened her mouth to ask the same thing. They both smiled at each other.
"We found James but didn't find the other," Andrew answered.
"The coward used a trap net laced with silver wire against him," Chris added and Tony winced.
"How bad is it?" Lily asked feeling a bit concerned.
"He was burned pretty badly, but he'll live. Right now he is unconscious," Andrew explained. He opened his mouth to start to say something else, but Lily cut him off.
"I know, I know," she began. "I have already packed, and I am ready to go and please can you save the "I told you speech" for later." Andrew gave her a small smile in return with a nod.
"What about Greg?" Tony asked with worry creasing his face and Andrew shook his head.
"The only person I ever saw around here was the fake Greg when he showed up this morning," Lily told them and the three men before her all shared an expression of grim seriousness.