Chapter 65: The plan

“Do you really think we can stop them?” Maya asked quietly. The room had gone silent after the Alphas left. The faint ticking of the wall clock was the only sound.

Damien sat near the window, staring at the fading light outside. “We have to,” he said. His voice was calm but tired. “If those doctors keep creating more hybrids, no one will be safe. Not humans, not wolves, not anyone.”

Lyra folded her arms. “We don’t even know where their lab is. The Alphas said it keeps moving.”

Jack leaned against the wall. “Maybe they move it because someone from their team keeps giving them away. You saw how fast they ran last time.”

Neo sighed and rubbed his head. “So what, we just sit here and wait for them to attack?”

“No,” Damien said, turning to face them. “We go to them first.”

Everyone looked at him.

Maya frowned. “You can’t even transform anymore. What are you planning to fight them with?”

Damien gave a weak smile. “I may not be a wolf, but I still know how to fight.”

The air grew heavy. No one spoke for a few seconds. Then Lyra stepped forward. “If we do this, we need a plan. We can’t rush into something that big.”

“Agreed,” Cole said. “We’ll need to find out where the next shipment of those hybrid samples is going. That’s how we find their base.”

Jack raised a brow. “And how do we get that info? We can’t exactly walk up to a doctor and ask.”

Maya smiled faintly. “We don’t have to. I know someone who used to work at the old hospital. He said some strange people came every week asking for ‘special blood tests.’ Maybe he can tell us something.”

“Then let’s talk to him,” Damien said. He stood up and grabbed his jacket.

Lyra grabbed his arm. “You should rest. You’ve been through too much already.”

Damien shook his head. “I’ve rested enough. People are dying because of these experiments. I can’t sit back anymore.”

Her hand dropped. The room went quiet again.

Cole broke the silence. “We’ll all go. It’s safer that way.”

They left together, moving through the dark streets until they reached the edge of town. The hospital looked abandoned from the outside, its windows covered with dust and broken glass.

“Are you sure he’s still here?” Neo asked, glancing around.

Maya nodded. “Yeah. He said he works night shifts, mostly alone.”

They walked in, flashlights cutting through the darkness. The smell of disinfectant mixed with dust filled the air. Somewhere down the hall, they heard a door creak.

“Maybe that’s him,” Jack whispered.

Maya called out softly, “Dr. Leon?”

A tall man stepped out of the shadows. His lab coat was wrinkled, and his eyes looked tired. “Maya?” he said, sounding surprised. “What are you doing here?”

“We need your help,” she said quickly. “It’s about the people who came here for blood tests. Do you remember them?”

He looked around nervously. “You shouldn’t talk about them here.”

Damien stepped forward. “Please. We don’t want trouble. We just need to know where they went.”

The doctor hesitated, then sighed. “They moved their work to the hills behind the old train station. They have a whole setup there, underground. But if you go there, you won’t come back the same.”

“What do you mean?” Lyra asked.

“They experiment on anyone who gets too close,” Leon said. “They call it Project Chimera. People who go missing around town… they end up there.”

A chill ran down Maya’s spine. “We need to stop them.”

Leon shook his head. “You can’t. They have guards, traps, everything. And worse, they’ve made something new.”

Jack frowned. “Something new?”

The doctor nodded slowly. “A creature stronger than any hybrid. It doesn’t obey anyone. It just hunts.”

For a moment, no one spoke. Damien clenched his jaw. “Then we destroy it first.”

Leon looked at him, fear in his eyes. “You don’t understand, it doesn’t die easily.”

Damien’s voice dropped. “Then we’ll make it.”

They left the hospital, their minds heavy with what they’d heard. Outside, the wind blew through the trees, carrying a faint metallic smell. The night was cold and quiet.

Maya hugged herself. “So the lab is under the hills.”

“Yeah,” Lyra said softly. “And now we know what’s waiting there.”

Cole looked at Damien. “What’s the plan?”

Damien took a deep breath. “We go tomorrow night. We end this before it spreads.”

Jack nodded. “We’ll need weapons.”

Neo smirked. “Already on it.”

They started walking back, the streetlights flickering above them. Damien felt something twist inside him, a strange mix of fear and determination. He looked at his friends, each one ready to fight again even after everything they’d lost.

When they reached Maya’s house, she stopped at the door. “We should rest,” she said softly. “Tomorrow, everything changes.”

Lyra looked back at Damien. “You sure you’re ready?”

He gave a small smile. “I’ve been ready since the night the Alpha bit me.”

They went inside, the room quiet but filled with unspoken thoughts. The wind howled outside as the night deepened.

Damien stared out the window one last time, watching the shadows move across the street. He didn’t know what waited for them at the hills, but he knew one thing for

sure — this fight wasn’t just about survival anymore.

It was about ending what started everything.