The Wolfclan: Chapter 5

Sheban watched Asite leave, and then decided the safest place for him to spend the night was in bed. Sheban locked the door and went into bed. Sheban stayed in bed for quite a while, but then he heard voices outside. There were lots of voices, a whole crowd he figured. Sheban began to get nervous. Why were these people here? What did they want? Then Sheban heard a voice he recognized as Asite’s. Sheban relaxed. Surely Asite would keep the people outside. Sheban waited some more feeling very scared. He could hear lots of talking but couldn’t make out any words. Then Sheban heard a sound which was unmistakably the sound of someone trying to break down the door. Sheban didn’t know what was going on, but he wasn’t waiting to find out. Sheban ran to the back door, but before he opened it Sheban peaked through a little hole in the wood. Sheban saw that there were people in the back of his house too. Sheban quickly went to both sides of the house, and peaked through some tiny holes, only to find out that the house was surrounded on all sides.

Just then the door broke down. People swarmed into the house. Sheban quickly hid himself in the only way he could. He went inside the closet. A voice said, "Well Asite, here we are. Now where is that were wolf you said was in here?"

Sheban heard Asite’s voice say, "He’s in here somewhere. Look around. He’s probably hiding." Sheban was shocked that his friend, whom he trusted, had betrayed him, but right now he had more important things to worry about, like staying alive.

Sheban saw that someone was opening the closet door. Sheban stooped down so that he was on the floor. As soon as the door was opened, Sheban grabbed his attacker’s feet and flung the man behind him. The man hit the closet wall, but fortunately suffered only minor injuries.

Sheban ran through the crowds in a frantic effort escape. Somebody hit him in the back with a silver rod. Sheban fell to the ground with a burning feeling where the rod had hit him. Instantly he was surrounded by the villagers. They began whacking at him with all their silver items. The silver caused Sheban great pain, and he cried out in agony.

Then the voice of a man boomed out over the crowd. "Stand back everyone," he yelled. "I’ll handle this." Obediently the people stood back and the man came forward. The man carried a gun, inside the gun he had silver bullets. The man aimed his gun at Sheban’s head. In a lightening quick movement, Sheban grabbed the barrel of the gun and pushed it back into the man’s stomach. The man fell over. Sheban jumped to his feet and quickly climbed up the wall using the book shelves. When he got to the top of the shelves he, using his superhuman strength, was able to jump through the wooden roof. Sheban was able to accomplish all this before the villagers had time to react because of his strength. The villagers quickly poured out of the house and onto the street. Sheban took a running start, and then jumped over them and landed on his feet. Without missing a beat, Sheban began running again. All of the villagers who had brought guns with silver bullets fired. All of the bullets missed. The villagers began chasing after Sheban. Sheban ran into the forest with the villagers close behind him.

Sheban ran and ran and ran, not even bothering to look behind him. Eventually Sheban stopped to rest. He looked behind him and did not see the villagers, or even hear them coming. Sheban began walking again. He knew he could no longer live with humans. He would have to walk until he found a spot far enough from civilization. As he was walking, he noticed a bright light coming from the sky. Sheban stood in wonder, starring at it. The object got closer and closer until it landed right beside him. The object was rectangular, about 4 meters high and 6 meters long with a width of 2 meters. A door opened to the object and out came two creatures who looked just like humans except they had horns on their heads. The horns were about 6 inches long. Sheban thought these strange creatures must have been sent by either God or the Devil. The people of that day believed heaven was located above the earth, and hell was located in the center of the earth. Since these creatures came from the sky, they must have been sent by God. The creatures did not look like any of the angels Sheban had seen in the pictures at the church. They must be angels of death. To Sheban, everything seemed clear now. Becoming a were wolf must have been a great sin. So great that God had sent his angels of death to strike Sheban down. Sheban knew it was no use trying to run from God. He simply lay down and waited for the blow. Instead of killing him, these "Angels" took him into the object with them. Sheban saw, through a window, that they were flying away. Sheban sat there and wondered what was going to happen to him.