Behind Enemy Lines
1464 Words
It was the night of the homecoming game and dance. Jasmine and Chelsea had met at the fence line and watched the boys play. Mandy was on the cheerleading squad and cheered as she saw Jasmine and Chelsea. They laughed and waved. Anna, Justin, Tom and Allison were in the stands watching Kevin play and cheering on their home team, and Andrew, Cara, Braun and Lynn were cheering on their children in the stands as well.
It was the last seconds of the game as Kevin threw Joseph the ball. Swiftly, Damian cleared the way as Joseph ran for the winning touchdown. Joseph made it to the end zone as the buzzer went off, and he slammed the ball into the ground in the end zone. The crowd went nuts as they cheered loudly.
Evidently, Joseph had scored the winning touchdown, and the crowd went insane. Jasmine and Chelsea cheered and laughed as they hugged each other. Mandy, Kevin, Joseph and Damian ran up to them, and Joseph grabbed Jasmine by the waist and lifted her into the air. Jasmine squealed as he spun around in a circle.
"That was amazing!" Jasmine exclaimed, as he set her down.
He grinned at her as he touched her chin and she blushed at him.
"Good job guys!" said Tom.
He, Allison, Anna and Justin walked up to the kids and looked at them proudly. Justin saw Joseph holding his daughter's chin and walked up to them. Jasmine turned her head and smiled.
"Hi daddy! " she said, as Joseph quickly dropped his hand.
Justin smiled and turned his gaze on Joseph.
"Who's this?" he asked.
Anna saw Justin and sighed. She knew that she probably had to go rescue her daughter from her father. She thought as she walked over to him and smiled at her daughter and Joseph.
"Mom, daddy, this is Joey. He is my boyfriend,” said Jasmine.
Joseph smiled and nodded.
"Nice to meet you," Joseph said, politely, and Anna smiled.
"Boyfriend?" asked Justin.
Anna squeezed Justin's arm, and he looked at her.
"Another time,” she whispered.
Frustrated, Justin sighed and nodded.
"Hi kids, great job out there!" said Andrew as he, Cara, Braun and Lynn walked up to them.
Anna and Justin turned as Joseph, Damian, and Mandy's parents approached.
"Thanks dad!" said Joseph, happily.
Suddenly, Anna felt a pull of energy, and she looked at Tom. He was looking at her. Seemingly, she knew he had felt it, too.
"Hello, I'm Andrew and this is my wife Cara. Joseph and Damian are our boys."
Justin stuck out his hand and Andrew shook it.
"Hi, I'm Justin, my wife Anna, and this is our daughter Jasmine," Justin introduced, as he put his hand on Jasmine's shoulder, and Andrew gestured to Braun.
"This is my brother Braun, his wife Lynn and their daughter Mandy."
Anna nodded.
"Tom, and my wife, Allison. Kevin, standing with your daughter. That is our son," Tom introduced, as he pointed at Kevin, and Braun nodded.
"You look familiar," Braun said to Justin.
Shyly, Justin smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Yeah, I get that a lot. I am the CEO and owner of Hardy Industries. So ,I have had my share of publicity."
Braun nodded. Lynn looked at her husband, worried. He looked down at her and then he shook his head. He recognized the Hardy name. That was one of the names that the beast had mentioned a lot, but the parents and the children didn't seem threatening at all. This confused him, but he decided to dismiss his feelings for now.
At that moment, Jasmine grabbed Chelsea's hand. Embarrassed, she made a sound like she was clearing her throat to get her parents' attention. Anna looked at her daughter.
"Sorry to cut you short, but we have got to go,” said Jasmine, quickly, as she pulled Chelsea toward the school.
She wanted to get away from their parents before they started sharing embarrassing stories about the kids' childhoods.
"Oh okay, I see you're too cool for us. Have fun and stay away from the punch!" called Justin and laughed. Jasmine looked at her father, mortified.
Did he really just say that? she thought, as she turned beat red.
"I don't know you!" said Jasmine, embarrassed, as she put her hand to her face.
Chelsea laughed as they ran to the school. There was one thing worse than having embarrassing parents, was having your friends witness the embarrassment.
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After a short conversation with the Hardy and the Wood families, Braun, Lynn, Andrew, and Cara had left the football stadium and went to Andrews. They were sitting in the living room.
"Something feels off. They don't seem like bad people,” said Cara, as she poured a mug of tea for everyone.
"I think we should wait and watch before we tell anyone about this,” suggested Andre, as he looked at everyone.
Braun looked at his brother for a moment, and then he sighed.
"He's right. Let's see if we can find out more information about them,” suggested Braun.
Everyone except Lynn looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Lynn just looked at everyone with a worried expression on her face.
"But what about our children? Leonard never told us that the Hardy and Woods families had offspring, and now our children are involved,” cried Lynn.
Braun rolled his eyes. Ever since Lynn became a werewolf, she has been more dramatic. Cara looked at Lynn.
"Everything will be okay. We are going to figure this out,” said Cara, and patted Lynn's hand.
They all knew the risk of keeping a secret like this from Leonard, but something was telling them to wait.
"So it's settled. Not a word to anyone about this,” stated Braun, seriously.
Andrew and Cara nodded in agreement. However, Lynn silently decided that she would take this to Leonard the second things got out of hand. She didn't feel that it was right to keep this information from their savior.
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Anna, Allison, Tom and Justin were back at the Simon farm, talking and having a couple of drinks. Allison looked up at the sky and noticed a large, dark figure flying in the distance.
"What is that?" she asked and pointed.
Anna, Justin, and Tom looked at where she was pointing, and they saw the dark creature fly across the sky. At that moment, a flood of memories invaded Anna's mind. The night on the roof, when she executed her best friend. The pregnant woman who died giving birth to a hideous creature that killed her. Flashes of her in the facility where she was experimented on, and she had escaped from. Sharply, Anna sucked in a hard breath as she saw her daughter standing with a dark silhouette of a man standing in the middle of a war.
"Something doesn't feel right,” said Tom, uncomfortably, as he looked at Anna. He could feel her pain.
Justin rubbed Anna's shoulder gently, and she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. Justin looked at her, concerned, and she sniffed.
"Are you alright?" Justin whispered, and Anna just looked at him blankly.
Without another word, Anna immediately ran into the house, grabbed the phone, and she called the general.
"Hello, Anna."
"General, Leonard Maverick is on the move,” she said in an excited and fearful voice.
"Yes, we suspect he's up to something. That's why I have taken it upon myself to go against your advice. Our army is almost ready. Just keep an eye on things from your end,” he said gruffly.
Anna didn't know whether to feel angry or relieved that the general went against her advice about making the army, but she decided to dismiss those thoughts for now.
"Yes, sir!" said Anna, and hung up the phone.
Allison, Justin, and Tom walked into the house and looked at her curiously. Anna picked her head up and looked up at them.
"We need to pull the satellite footage from Justin's satellites."
Allison nodded and pulled out her tablet. Justin sighed. Suddenly, he had a feeling that history was about to repeat itself. Evidently, Allison pulled up the footage from the satellites, and they watched. They saw Leonard take trips back and forth from what looked like a little town in the woods. They saw the werewolves training in a back area of the protected community. Anna pointed as she saw Leonard flying in and out of a cave above the community. He was building an army.
"There!" said Anna, as she paused the footage, and Justin looked at the screen.
"What is that?" Tom asked, and Anna looked at him.
"That's a problem!" said Anna matter-of-factly.
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