Chasing the Omega

by Jessica Edwards

  He looks at me in pity, ‘He took away something from me Alice, and now I’m taking something away from him.’ He stands from his chair.

  I tremble from my position in the door and watch as Mr. Edmund starts to breathe heavily when the sound of bones start outstretching primates the silence in the classroom. His jaw suddenly dislocates and develops into a vicious fanged mouth and soon after, his entire face structure transformers into a wolf when hair starts to appear all over his body. I gasp in horror when I see that his eyes have turned blood red.

  I whimper in absolute fright when it suddenly occurs to me that the colour of this wolf’s fur looks oddly familiar - the dull shade of grey with big chunks of the fur missing, and the scars on its entire body. I feel like screaming when I realize that this wolf was the one who bit me the night of the full moon.

  This is all happened because of him!

  When the wolf starts to prowl closer to me I know exactly what it’s intent is. I run out of the classroom door and down the corridor when the wolf lets out an ear busting howl behind me causing my heart to beat rapidly inside my chest. I exit out of the school with Sam’s keys in my hands and run to the only car left in the lot. I manage to pick the right key and unlock the car in record speed. I see the wolf run out the doors of the school just as I close the door.

  I turn on the ignition, drive away from the school and start to head home, breaking every speed limit along the way.

  It takes me half an hour to drive home, and when it comes into view, I let out a sigh of relief. I stop the car and rest my head against the steering wheel. I stay in that position for a few minutes to steady my heart and breathing.

  I turn my head to look at the house and notice that the front door has been left open. Why would my mother leave the door wide open?

  I exit the car and run to the doorway but stop when I see the house in complete disarray.

  ‘Mum?’

  I wait for her response but not even a sound is to be heard inside the house. I check outside to see if her car is there and frown when I see her car parked in the driveway.

  Where did she go?

  I worryingly walk inside the house and enter the living area when I suddenly slide on something on the floor. I lower my head and immediately start to feel nauseas when I see a trail of footprints covered in blood leading out into the garden, additionally I start to think the worst.

  With my heart beating inside my ears, I run to the door leading to the garden with trembling legs and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

  My eyes glisten with tears when I stare at a body floating face down in the swimming pool. The colour of the water no longer blue but the colour red.

  I pray that this isn’t who I think it is but something tells me that I know exactly who’s lying in the pool.

  With unsteady feet, I drag my feet closer to the pool - my heart breaking with every step I take.

  Crouching at the pool’s edge where the body floats nearer to me, I reach to pull the body out of the water and notice by the colour of her hair and the clothes that she wore to work this morning, is the person that brought me into this world.

  With all the strength I have, I pull her out of the water and rest her gently on my thighs.

  As I look at her, lying motionless in my arms, there’s only this numb feeling inside of me.

  Why would someone want to do this to my mother?

  My mother, who was a good and kind person to others around her and she’s hasn’t had the best life ; raising me all on her own without a father, but I wouldn’t have been the person that I am right now if it wasn’t for her.

  I lean over her with trembling lips and kiss her gently on her cheek.

  I hold her in my arms while the tears continue to fall.

  Recognition filters on my mind when the person that I love the most in this world has been taken away from me.

  Forever.

  To be continued