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RS: The Unspeakable Truth

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Riley's Story: The Unspeakable Truth

  Riley woke up to find himself in a hospital bed with a bandage wrapped around his shoulder.
  "Oh thank God you're OK Riley!" he heard his mother say.
  "What happened?" asked Riley.
  "Well, according to the young man that brought you over here, you were attacked by a dog that chased you both into the graveyard." She paused, looked at him and said, "But you and I both know that's not what really happened."
  Riley looked up at her with a surprised look on his face.  He closed his eyes and tilted his head up towards the ceiling.
  "How do you know about what really happened?" he asked.
  "While you were asleep I heard you mumbling about it. The doctors said you were just dreaming, but ever since you were little, you would tell the truth when you slept." his mother replied.
  Riley glanced at his shoulder, the pain from the bite told him that what had happened that night and that morning at the graveyard had indeed been real.  He searched the Emergency Room for Jake.
  "Is Jake still here?" wondered Riley.
  "No, he left after the doctors patched him up." replied Riku.
  She looked at her hand and then back to her son. When she had received to phone call from the hospital demanding her to come quickly, a wave of panic came over her.
  "So, you know what I am now, huh?" asked Riley.
  Riku nodded.  She held out a clenched hand and motioned for her son to hold out his hands.  Riley obeyed and his mother dropped something into them.  He brought his hands back and looked at what his mother had given him; a silver Yin and Yang necklace.  He looked back at his mother with a puzzled look.
  "What's this for, mom?" he asked.
  "It's to keep you under control when you transform." she whispered, "Silver doesn't kill werewolves, Riley.  It gives them control over their monstrous form."
  Riley ignored the pain, put on the necklace and asked his mother how she knew so much about werewolves.
  Riku shook her head. "I'll tell you in the car on the way home."
  The doctor gave Riley the OK to leave and and a note for his P.E. teacher.  As soon as they got in the car, Riku told Riley the story that she had never told anyone, not even Riley's father.  
  "When I was was your age, I was a monster slayer.I learned all the tricks on how to kill unholy creatures. I was on a mission one night, the full moon was shining like the silver cross I wore around my neck. I came across this town that had been attacked by a werewolf." she paused and her eyes clouded over with tears. "I stopped to examine the damage that the town had sustained, when the werewolf jumped on top of me. It would have killed me if he hadn't saved me."
  "If who hadn't saved you?" asked Riley.
  "My twin brother, Daisuke."
  "How did he save you? Was he a monster hunter, too?" pressed Riley.
  Riku shook her head. "No Riley, he was a werewolf."
  "Your brother was a werewolf?!"
  "Yes, he was bitten when we were little kids. My mother and I kept it a secret from my father and tried to find a cure for him. We never did find a cure, but we discovered that silver allowed Daisuke to control himself in werewolf form. I became a monster hunter to kill the werewolf that bit him. Daisuke ended up killing it that night.  When we came home that night, we expected our father to be gone on a buisness trip, but his trip had been canceled." again she paused and let tears roll down her cheeks. "He saw Daisuke's werewolf form, took the gun from my holster and shot him dead. He reverted back to human form as he died.  My father, realizing that he had killed his own son, put the gun to his head, told me to tell my mother 'I'm so sorry, dear. I love you.' and pulled the trigger."
  A cold chill ran down Riley's spine.
  "Why does this concern me?"
  "Because the necklace you're wearing was my brother's. He died wearing that necklace."

To be continued...
It's finally finished, just like a promised!
Nothing witty or in formative left to say right now.....

Chapter 1 (Graveyard Ghost Hunt) : [link]
Chapter 2 (A Rude Awakening) : [link]
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ElfPrincess98's avatar
holy cheese nougets....thats such a good story :)