to Change outside the full moon.” Caleb explained. “When we do,
it saps a lot of power and we pass out for a long time. The only way to snap us
out of it is salt. It works like --I don’t know-- adrenalin. It gets us on
our feet.”
“But
Zeke’s still weakened?”
Another
glance between the brothers.
It
was getting annoying.
“Zeke.”
Scotlyn stopped walking and turned to confront him. “Are you alright or not?”
“I’m
fine.” He quickly backtracked, shifting his body to protect her against possible
attacks from behind. “Just a little tired. It’s not as big a deal as it
seems.”
Scotlyn
turned to look at Caleb. “He’s lying. What’s wrong with him?”
“Cale,
I swear to Christ…”
Caleb
disregarded Zeke’s warning. “Changing outside the full moon depleted his
strength. That’s why we don’t do. There’s always a chance we won’t have the
energy to wake up and, if we do, we’re exhausted for days. Zeke is barely
staying on his feet, right now.”
Scotlyn
whirled back around to Zeke who was leveling his brother a death glare. “Not a
big deal, huh?” She whacked him with her fuzzy pink backpack. “Asshole.”
“Scottie,
baby, come on…”
“I’m
not speaking to you!” She hit him again. “All you’ll do is tell me more
lies. Lying shape shifting, Ph.D. having liar!”
“I’m
not lying.”
“Just saying that is a lie!” She shrieked. “Did you even think about me,
huh? You almost killed yourself and I would’ve been the one left
behind!”
“Well,
I didn’t plan it! The zombie grabbed you and it just happened .”
“We
have to choose the Change.” Caleb told Scotlyn. He crossed his arms over his
chest and smirked like a fourth grade tattletale. “It never just happens, even during the full moon.”
“You
son of a bitch.” Zeke stabbed a finger at him. “I’m telling you, it just
happened! I didn’t think, didn’t raise the gun, didn’t do anything . She
was threatened and I just Changed .”
Caleb
rolled his eyes. “Tell yourself whatever you want, but you know that
you chose, Z.”
Zeke
started to respond to that, but Scotlyn didn’t feel like listening to more sniping
and insults. “Is that the club?” She pointed across the street.
Caleb
and Zeke both turned to look at a boarded-up building. It looked exactly like
an abandoned building, down to a “Keep Out!” sign posted on the plywood door.
But “Prowl” had been spray painted on the sidewalk in front of the entrance in
extraterrestrial green. As they watched, a brown lizard skittered through a
crack in the club’s cinderblock wall.
Zeke
glanced over at his brother. “You’re kidding, right?”
“It
looks better at night.” Caleb muttered, stalking across the street.
Zeke
heaved a sigh. “Trix, when we go in there, do not look at anyone, talk to
anyone, or touch anyone, okay?”
“I’ll
try and restrain myself from fondling the monsters.” Scotlyn assured him
sarcastically. God, nobody could be suppressing their freak out better
than she was. She just kept telling herself that. “You know, I never got to see
all those Harry Potter movies.”
Zeke
flashed her a baffled look. “Huh?”
“I’m
making a list of all the things that I’m not going to be able to do now that
the world ended.” She arched a brow at him. “You think Netflix is gonna ship
out the next disc in my queue anytime soon? I don’t. So, the last movie I’ll
ever see was some subtitled thing with no dialogue and lots of close-ups of
trees.”
It
helped Scotlyn to focus on all the stupid little things that were suddenly
gone. It was much easier than thinking zombies were real, and countless people
were dead, and she worked for Professor Shape Shifter.
“And
forget about ever having sushi, again.” She continued. “No way is anyone
going to be making that in the state of Nevada. That’s
it saps a lot of power and we pass out for a long time. The only way to snap us
out of it is salt. It works like --I don’t know-- adrenalin. It gets us on
our feet.”
“But
Zeke’s still weakened?”
Another
glance between the brothers.
It
was getting annoying.
“Zeke.”
Scotlyn stopped walking and turned to confront him. “Are you alright or not?”
“I’m
fine.” He quickly backtracked, shifting his body to protect her against possible
attacks from behind. “Just a little tired. It’s not as big a deal as it
seems.”
Scotlyn
turned to look at Caleb. “He’s lying. What’s wrong with him?”
“Cale,
I swear to Christ…”
Caleb
disregarded Zeke’s warning. “Changing outside the full moon depleted his
strength. That’s why we don’t do. There’s always a chance we won’t have the
energy to wake up and, if we do, we’re exhausted for days. Zeke is barely
staying on his feet, right now.”
Scotlyn
whirled back around to Zeke who was leveling his brother a death glare. “Not a
big deal, huh?” She whacked him with her fuzzy pink backpack. “Asshole.”
“Scottie,
baby, come on…”
“I’m
not speaking to you!” She hit him again. “All you’ll do is tell me more
lies. Lying shape shifting, Ph.D. having liar!”
“I’m
not lying.”
“Just saying that is a lie!” She shrieked. “Did you even think about me,
huh? You almost killed yourself and I would’ve been the one left
behind!”
“Well,
I didn’t plan it! The zombie grabbed you and it just happened .”
“We
have to choose the Change.” Caleb told Scotlyn. He crossed his arms over his
chest and smirked like a fourth grade tattletale. “It never just happens, even during the full moon.”
“You
son of a bitch.” Zeke stabbed a finger at him. “I’m telling you, it just
happened! I didn’t think, didn’t raise the gun, didn’t do anything . She
was threatened and I just Changed .”
Caleb
rolled his eyes. “Tell yourself whatever you want, but you know that
you chose, Z.”
Zeke
started to respond to that, but Scotlyn didn’t feel like listening to more sniping
and insults. “Is that the club?” She pointed across the street.
Caleb
and Zeke both turned to look at a boarded-up building. It looked exactly like
an abandoned building, down to a “Keep Out!” sign posted on the plywood door.
But “Prowl” had been spray painted on the sidewalk in front of the entrance in
extraterrestrial green. As they watched, a brown lizard skittered through a
crack in the club’s cinderblock wall.
Zeke
glanced over at his brother. “You’re kidding, right?”
“It
looks better at night.” Caleb muttered, stalking across the street.
Zeke
heaved a sigh. “Trix, when we go in there, do not look at anyone, talk to
anyone, or touch anyone, okay?”
“I’ll
try and restrain myself from fondling the monsters.” Scotlyn assured him
sarcastically. God, nobody could be suppressing their freak out better
than she was. She just kept telling herself that. “You know, I never got to see
all those Harry Potter movies.”
Zeke
flashed her a baffled look. “Huh?”
“I’m
making a list of all the things that I’m not going to be able to do now that
the world ended.” She arched a brow at him. “You think Netflix is gonna ship
out the next disc in my queue anytime soon? I don’t. So, the last movie I’ll
ever see was some subtitled thing with no dialogue and lots of close-ups of
trees.”
It
helped Scotlyn to focus on all the stupid little things that were suddenly
gone. It was much easier than thinking zombies were real, and countless people
were dead, and she worked for Professor Shape Shifter.
“And
forget about ever having sushi, again.” She continued. “No way is anyone
going to be making that in the state of Nevada. That’s
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