Chapter Nine

I jolt awake suddenly, someone was banging repeatedly on the front door. My heart was pounding in my chest as I get to my feet, why the hell would someone be banging on the front door like that?! I make my way out my bedroom and down the stairs, where Reece who also looked as though he just woke up was by the front door. He sends me a confused look before opening the door, there stood a young police officer with his arms crossed. "Sorry to wake you so early, but the police need to urgently check all the females for a mark" he says where his eyes glance to me for a second, Reece moves in front of the door as the police attempts to walk in. "Okay first of all, don't just assume you can walk straight into the house and second, she's just woke up at least let her get changed" he says annoyed at the guy, the dude takes a look to me who was still stood on the stairs. He nods agreeing before stepping back slightly where Reece, closes the door basically on the guys face. Recce runs towards me taking my hand in his, before I knew it we were running up the stairs and towards my bedroom where he closes the door behind us. "We need to come up with a plan, we know Martha is mated to that Scott dude who has probably marked her" he says frantically opening my wardrobe pulling clothes out as he went, I was more shocked that he hadn't asked me how they know the information "we don't know for sure what they'll do when they find the mark, but I know it's something we're not gonna like so much" he continues to speak while handing me clothes, surprisingly, the clothes all matched one another "I know you've just woken up and it takes you awhile to become you know with it, but I need you to get that plotting brain started to come up with a plan" he tells me holding my arms, this causes me to laugh and force my plotting brain to start working. "Okay, the main objective is to get Martha out and to Scott before the police find her mark and potentially, harm Martha due to the mark something we can't let happen" I say coming up with a plan on the spot, now I know they're just gonna be focusing on the girls so it would be easier for Reece to slip away. "Alright here's the plan, I'm gonna distract that police officer by causing a scene, when the others hear that I'm refusing to show my neck they'll all come, probably assuming that I have something to hide" I start to explain my plan but pause, he nods telling me he was following with what I was saying "so while all that is happening you're gonna slip off, head to the town hall as that's what they're using right now as the police station was burnt down in the attack, you need to find Martha and somehow get her out of there and away" I say knowing how mission impossible that sounded but there was really no other way, especially with the little time we had. "You got it I already have a plan, I could walk in there, locate Martha and slip her this note" he says while scribbling on a piece of paper, it read. "We know about Scott and your mark, me and Erika are coming up with a plan, hold tight" "Then when you're big distraction happens I'll get her out" he tells me happily, it appears like he's actually enjoying this! "Great so we both know what the plan is, just please be careful" I say looking over at him, he smiles placing a kiss on my cheek before leaving so I could get dressed. Time for our own, mission impossible. Once I was fully dressed I make my way back down the stairs, from the window I spot the same police officer stood with his arms crossed. I walk further down until I was stood at the front door, I take a deep breath in preparing myself for what was about to happen. I put a smile on my face where I open the door, the police officer moves from leaning against the wall and comes closer to me. "Sorry about Reece, he gets rather cranky in the morning" I smile making conversation, behind him I could see other police officers talking to people "so what's happening?" I ask crossing my arms, I needed to give Reece enough time to make it to the town hall. "We received information from a reliable source that some of the woman in town could have been marked by the werewolves, we just need to check all of the woman for this mark" he explains his eyes drifting to my neck, but I was smart and put a jacket overtop so he couldn't get a clear shot of my neck. "Really, could the werewolf have marked some women without them knowing?" I ask knowing how impossible that was, I wish Reece could give me a sign when he was there! "No, the women would allow the wolf to give her the mark, so I just need to check your neck and I'll be out of your hair" he smiles walking towards me but I move back, time to come up with a plan Erika. "I don't know if I feel comfortable with you just placing your hands on me, how do I know that you're just here by yourself for a more sinister reason?" I ask moving out the house closing the door, I had more room to run and create some distance between the officers and the town hall. "I can assure you, all the officers are knocking on doors looking, it only will take a few seconds" he says walking towards me as I take steps backwards, Reece must be there by now. "What if I don't consent to your search of my neck?" I ask looking behind me as I went, I really didn't need to fall over right now. "This matter is more important, just show me your neck" he says annoyed but highly suspicious of me, another officer soon makes his way over walking beside the first "she's resisting" he tells him, I take a look behind them and spot Reece but also Martha who was trying to hide, wait he got her out that quickly?! But she was still in so much danger of being caught, there was police everywhere who if they caught sight of her, that would be it. I make eye contact with Reece who looked rather worried, than I lock eyes with Martha who looked terrified. Without thinking I bolt away and around my house, the police man was hot on my tail as I just try to give Martha sometime. I soon feel the guy tackle me and I land on the gravel ground, my arm smashes against it first which hurt like a mother trucker! He forcibly moves my body so I was facing up, at the same time he grabs my jacket pulling it down to reveal my neck and no mark. He even looks both sides just to make sure I really wasn't marked, once he realises I wasn't marked he looks back up at my face confused and annoyed. "You're not marked, why would you run?" He asks out it breath, really in his line of work I thought he would be fitter. "Democracy" I shrug smiling at the annoyed officer, he looks even more annoyed rising to his feet while taking my arms and roughly pulling me up with him. He grabs my jacket and pulls me around the house, the scene looked much different to what it looked minutes before. There was a bunch of girls standing in a line, handcuffed and crying. Either they've done what I just did or they've also got a wolf mate, honestly, way more than I thought there would be. Also on the scene now was my dad and Justin, who immediately look my way as I was being dragged along. "This one isn't marked but did cause a scene for no reason, what should should be done with her sir?" The man asks my dad who looked kind of annoyed at the dude, thankfully didn't look annoyed at me. "Yes dad, what should be done with me?" I ask looking over at my dad than back at the officer, his annoyed face soon turns to shock and a tiny bit of fear. "She's your daughter? I am so sorry sir I didn't know" the officer stutters out letting go of my jacket as he went, I just smile moving away from him a little. "Is this how you treat other members of the town, I think I'm loosing trust in the police system" I say trying to cross my arms but it hurt too much, probably from falling on the ground. My dad starts shouting at the officer while I take a look down at my hand, blood was starting to come out of the arm hole of my coat and dripping down my arm. I don't know if any of you are like this, but when I hurt myself I don't want to look at it from fear of it being bad. I move my arm to be placed behind my back as my dad walks back over, I knew if he saw the blood it was would panic central. "We need to talk" I say looking over at him than at Justin, he hadn't left my dad side this whole time "I think he can survive without his shadow for awhile, Peter Pan did just fine" I say looking up at him in disgust, I still don't like how he threw Martha under the bus the way he did. My dad sends him a nod which finally makes him walk away, he looks at me all sad before turning around leaving me and my dad alone. "What you're doing is wrong, why are you locking these poor girls up and I know you're not just gonna give them a stern talking to" I say looking up at him annoyed, my arms still behind my back as I spoke. "Those poor girls decided to go against the town and allow those wolves to mark them" he says crossing his arms, that statement alone just annoys me even more. "You know that it wasn't their fault, they never decided to be mated to a wolf, yet you're punishing them" I shout but realise I have to tone it down a little "I'm the reliable source you've told the officers about, yet I'm not allowed to give my opinion on what happens with the information I gave you!" I whisper yell at him, I felt very passionate about this matter for some reason. "Fine Erika, you have the floor tell me what you think should be done?" He asks annoyed at me now, but at least he was asking me. "Okay first, don't talk to me like that I'm not one of your officers and second, do you really think if you kill these girls that their mates are just gonna back off? It will be the complete opposite! You thought the first attack was bad, you haven't saw nothing compared to how the second would be like, you'll be dealing with wolves who have nothing to loose, but you have everything to loose" I tell him pointing at him slightly as I went, I needed him to just agree with what I was saying "the best thing to do is just let the girls go to their mates, that is where they belong anyway" I say but I could tell by this face that he wasn't really on board with that idea. "What if they want to come back to the town, that would be putting the town in danger having werewolves walking in and out of it" he says crossing his arms, wow he's really going in with the finer details. "We won't allow them back into the town" I say dumbfounded that he didn't realise where my idea was going, did he really think my plan would be to let them back into the town whenever they pleased, even though they should be allowed that anyway. "Erika, if they didn't listen when we told them to stay away from the beasts, they aren't going to listen when we tell them to stay away from the town" he says which actually did poke holes in my plan, the girls families are all here so I guess they aren't really gonna listen to the rule if they're planning on meeting family. "Once they leave the town they will be not allowed to come back in, if they do they'll......be killed on sight" I sigh looking down at the ground, that is far from what I want to happen but I knew my dad won't hear me out unless I fix all the holes in my plan. Once I look up at my dad he was smiling, does he think he's won this? In actual fact I have because I got my way, wait was he planning this all along?! "I knew you'd see sense" is all he says before turning and walking away, did I just fall straight into his trap? I didn't even know he set a trap for me to fall in. My arm started to really hurt as my dad walks over to the girls, I take another look down at my hand where it was just red with blood, the blood even began to drip onto the ground. Panic slowly starts to set in as I walk away, I didn't know where I was going but I just let my legs take me, my arm hurt like mad but I was yet to investigate it. I reach my back garden where I nearly fall to the floor, what do I do? I mean I haven't even looked at it yet! I lean against the wall just staring off to the side, okay you need to take your arm out of your coat. I slowly remove my arm from my coat, one so it wouldn't be shock horror in my face and two, it hurt like a mother trucker pulling my arm out. A few seconds pass before my arm was fully out my coat, I don't glance down yet but take deep breaths in to prepare myself for what I was about to see. I glance down where a discover a huge gash on my arm, blood was just seeping out of it as I held onto the wall. I stood by the wall alone for a few minutes but I soon feel a presence, I turn my head at my back gate to see Cody was stood the other side of the fence. He smiles at first but soon his face changes, he looks down at the floor where my coat was and all the blood. "Is that blood, are you okay?" He asks getting closer to the gate, I went to speak and move away to show him my arm but the whole world begins to spin. I feel myself falling but was soon caught in someone's arms, I look up a little where Cody's worried face hovered over me before it all went black.