CAPTIVITY
The three brothers were confined in captivity, spending nearly two days in the hands of their kidnappers. The tension in the environment was palpable, and the desire to return home grew stronger with each passing second.
Kane, the youngest, expressed his discontent. “I'm tired of this place. I want to go home, celebrate my birthday, eat cake, and open my presents.”
Dorian, older by minutes, taunted, “You're such a mommy's boy. You want everything your way.”
Kane retorted, igniting the argument. “Mommy's boy is you, crying every night here.”
Dorian pushed Kane, triggering the irritation of Gideon, one of the kidnappers.
The argument was interrupted when Gideon, one of the kidnappers, approached.
“Stop this, boys. Enough.” He gave a stern look to the triplets. “Stop or I'll make you stop.”
Cassian, the eldest, confronted Gideon. “Stay away from my brothers.”
Gideon stared at Cassian defiantly. “And what will happen if I don't stay away?”
At that moment, Bradley, the other kidnapper, called Gideon, informing him of a call.
Gideon warned the boys about proper behavior. “Behave, or you'll go without dinner.” Then, he stepped away to take the call.
Cassian seized the moment to guide his brothers. “Stop fighting. Remember what Mom always said.”
Dorian replied, recalling their mother's words. “Together, we are stronger.”
Despite Kane's desire to go home, he expressed missing their mother. “I want Mom.”
Cassian hugged the younger brothers tenderly. “Our mother will come for us soon. We need to stay together and be strong until then.”
While the kidnappers were occupied, the triplets held onto hope that they would soon be reunited with their mother, in a place where safety and love would prevail. Captivity couldn't extinguish the flame of hope burning within them.
***
Gideon, with a grim expression, held a phone to his ear as the other two waited for an explanation.
Bradley, curious, broke the silence. “What's going on, Gideon?”
Gideon abruptly hung up and revealed the gravity of the situation. “We messed up.”
Matt, the third kidnapper, sought to understand. “What do you mean? We got the kids and took care of their mother.”
Gideon sighed heavily. “The problem is, the woman we eliminated wasn't the kids' mother. She was the nanny.”
Bradley cursed. “Damn. How did they find out?”
Gideon explained, with irony in his voice. “It seems the kids' real mother is looking for them.”
Matt grew apprehensive. “And now? What do we do?”
Gideon eyed the gun in his hands. “What we were hired to do.”
Bradley agreed, considering the situation. “Then, we better do it and disappear before they find out about this place.”
The decision was made, and the kidnappers prepared to act. While the kidnappers devised a plan, the triplets remained unaware of the circumstances.
***
The atmosphere in captivity suddenly changed when a mysterious female voice instructed the boys to reveal themselves.
“Reveal yourselves.”
Cassian, the eldest of the triplets, caught the whisper and immediately alerted his brothers.
“Did you hear that?” Cassian asked, trying to understand the source of the voice.
Dorian, the second brother, and Kane, the youngest, seemed confused. “What? What are we hearing?” Dorian asked, trying to catch the sounds around.
Cassian furrowed his brow. “A voice. A woman. She said to reveal ourselves.”
“I didn't hear anything,” Kane muttered, and Dorian nodded.
The female voice insisted, this time a bit more impatient. “Boys, reveal yourselves now.”
This time, Kane seemed to catch the sound. “I heard that! What's happening?”
Dorian, intrigued, wanted to know more. “What did she say?”
Cassian tried to understand the situation when the female voice repeated the command. “Reveal yourselves now.”
Kane, wide-eyed, pointed at Cassian. “Your eyes... they're different.”
Dorian observed Kane and noticed something strange. “And your ears, Kane, they're getting pointed.”
Cassian, confused, also noticed something wrong. “And there's a tail coming out of your shorts, Dorian.”
Kane looked at Cassian, alarmed. “Your teeth... they're getting sharp.”
Perplexed, the triplets tried to understand what was happening when Gideon, one of the kidnappers, approached, suggesting a conversation.
Gideon, approaching the triplets with a serious expression, said, “I need to talk to you.”
However, before they could respond, a surprising transformation began to take place. Gideon, incredulous, watched the triplets transform before his eyes.
“What the hell is happening?” Gideon asked as the boys metamorphosed.
Cassian, now with sharp fangs, replied, “You'll find out the hard way if you don't let us go now.”
Dorian, with pointed ears, added, “We're not ordinary kids.”
Kane, displaying a small tail, concluded, “And you made a big mistake keeping us here.”
Gideon, Bradley, and Matt observed the transformation in astonishment. Bradley, nervous, muttered, “Is this some kind of joke?”
The female voice echoed again, now in a warning tone, “Release the boys immediately.”
The three kidnappers exchanged anxious glances, unsure how to deal with the situation. Kane, Dorian, and Cassian, fully transformed into wolves, stared at the kidnappers with intense eyes.
***
The captivity remained silent, interrupted only by the shrill sound of the ringing phone. Gideon, one of the kidnappers, crawled to the phone and answered with a simple “hello.”
The voice on the other end, male and authoritative, asked, “Did you manage to execute the job?”
Gideon looked at his scratched hands and face, signs of recent turmoil, and hesitated before answering. “There was a problem,” he finally admitted.
The male voice demanded details. “What kind of problem?”
Gideon glanced at his two fallen comrades on the floor, dead, their bodies marked by claws, and began to explain with a certain uncertainty in his voice. “The kids... they're not normal.”
The male voice, now intrigued, asked for clarification. “What do you mean, not normal?”
Gideon took a deep breath before revealing the shocking truth. “They're werewolves.”
There was a brief pause, and then the male voice, without any mercy, hung up abruptly. On the other end of the line, the man to whom the voice belonged turned to his boss and informed him about the unexpected turn of events.
“You have a problem,” the man said to the boss.
The boss, with an expressionless face, asked coldly, “What's the problem?”
The man explained the situation. “The boys managed to transform.”