Dave howled in the backseat in encouragement as Todd tried to start the car.
Todd turned the key in the ignition, over again and again. The car wasn’t starting. “Oh my God! The fucking battery is dead! It’s no use. It won’t start!” Todd exclaimed.
“Try it again!” I yelled.
“It’s not working. Get out of the car and run as fast as you can! Shift into your wolf as you run!” Todd shouted.
My heart was in my throat as we took off, racing across the grass. My chest was so tight my wolf couldn’t even come out. I took a quick glance behind me; the men were almost on top of us. Dave had managed to race far ahead and I could see he had stopped and was waiting for us. “Run, Dave! Go while you can!” I screamed. But I knew he was not about to leave Todd and me behind.
Then, one of the burly guards was on me and pinned me to the ground. Todd hadn’t had time to transition either and he struggled to break free, as several men captured him nearby. I lifted up my neck and could see Dave pacing uneasily in the distance, not sure what he should do.
The men led us back towards the house. We were almost near the side entrance when I heard the sound of a helicopter overhead and sirens. To my shock I realized it was the FBI. In minutes, they had us surrounded. The men holding us did not resist, but as I stood up, I saw Cal being whisked to a black race car by some of his other bodyguards.
“He’s getting away!” I screamed pointing towards the car.
Todd rushed over to me and wrapped me in his arms. “Are you ok?”
Trembling I pressed myself into his chest. “I’m… a little shook up but where’s Dave?” As I said his name Dave came running towards us in his man totally naked. We wrapped our arms around each other huddling together.
I heard more commotion behind me. Turning, I was shocked to see Margaret Redson walking towards us, accompanied by a dozen or so FBI agents.
“Margaret Redson!” Todd said his eyes widening.
“Dave. Catch!” she tossed Dave a large blanket.
Dave grabbed it and wrapped the covering around his body.
I glanced over towards the spot where Cal Peet and the race car had been seconds before, and saw the tail end of his car speeding up the road. “What’s going on? What are you doing here?”
“I’m looking out for all of you of course.”
“What do you mean? I thought you were working for the government and sharing information with Cal Peet—a double agent,” Dave said, furrowing his brows.
““Ha!” Margaret replied, flipping back her hair and giving us a wide grin. “Cal thought so too! But do you really think I’d risk my pension?” she laughed. “Seriously, we just let Cal Peet think I was working for him. All along I was spying on him for the government. He’s suspected of drug trafficking and attempted kidnapping among other things. We’ve been tailing him for a while.”
“So you had him under surveillance this whole time?” I widened my eyes.
Margaret smiled. “Yes. And don’t worry we told him as little as possible about werewolves. We gave him just enough information to keep him on the hook. Dave he never even knew you were a werewolf.”
“What about all of those things you said at the pizzeria about working in a mind sucking job and getting recruited by Cal?” I asked.
“Well in a way it’s true.” Margaret said. “Working for the government can be pretty boring. But I have a duty to protect and serve. Besides this has been one of the most exciting assignments I’ve had and I didn’t want to blow my cover in front of Jerry.”
“I think he just got away,” Todd said, pointing towards the road.
“We have road blocks set up for the next few miles. We’ll catch him.” Margaret said confidently.
“So, are you like a triple agent?” My head was spinning.
“I work for the United States Government and it is my duty to protect our nation’s citizens and their rights. And werewolves have rights too.”
“You could have fooled me,” Dave said sarcastically.
“Well guess what?”
I shook my head. “What?” What was she going to throw at us now?
“I have word from a confidential source that the highest official in the land will be revealing the truth about the Camp Vickers cover up. They are going to hold a State of the Union Address and tell the world that werewolves are real!”
36
“That run felt good,” Todd sighed as I pushed open the door to the apartment, “I needed that.”
After the events of the day we’d all felt like we needed to release some tension and let our wolves out. We collected my travel bag and Dave’s clothes from Cal’s mansion and Todd got a jumpstart on the car from Margaret’s people. Then we drove to a deserted area right outside of McLean, Virginia. Once there, we transitioned into our wolves and went for a twenty minute run to let off steam before we drove back home.