Coming To Terms...

While (Alex) didn't wake up the first time with a hungover headache, this time around his head was left more than a little rung. Obviously due to the mean right hook he received from (?), who surprisingly was nowhere to be seen. Leaving (Alex) to tend to his wounds, primarily his most certainly fractured jaw.

" Fucking shit! I think that asshole broke my jaw..."

As he carefully massaged his jaw and chin, the missing (?) walked in. This time however he kept some distance between himself and (Alex).

" What the fuck man!? I think you broke my-"

(Alex) mouthed off although due to his misplaced jaw bones sounded much differently. Interestingly enough, (?) understood what he meant as he walked him through the process of realigning his jaw.

" Place both of your hands, on the bottom of your chin before pushing upwards as hard as you can while simultaneously biting down. That should work."

Listening to him, (Alex) couldn't help but think he was crazy, how the hell would that work. Yet, seeing (?) acting much less aggressive towards him brought up another question.

" What changed, huh? Why aren't you trying to rip my head off?"

" That's what I should be asking you. Don't you remember going beserk and trying to kill me?"

(?) replied while raising both of arms which were covered with countless wounds some still bleeding.

Seeing that, (Alex) did manage to recall something regarding that albeit not much.

" I-i did that?"

Having a hard time accepting that he'd inflicted such gnarly injuries. (Alex) lowered his head trying to make sense of it all, yet coming up with nothing. Then whether with the intention to further confuse (Alex) or simply looking to vent his frustrations (?) said the following.

" Yes, because you couldn't control your anger. Which is exactly why my sister shouldn't have granted the Bite to you, a human."

Unable to not react to that statement, (Alex) quickly asked him to clarify that last line.

" Okay, it's obvious that you know more than me, so care to explain rather than simply being a condescending prick?"

(?) didn't like (Alex's) tone, but instead of confronting him again. He took a long pause, during which he glared at (Alex), thought eventually did explain.

" The Bite, is a gift bestowed upon those deemed worthy by an Alpha Werewolf. It's-"

Not able to simply get past the fact that he just heard (?) mention werewolves.

" Werewolf? Like from the movies, that kind of werewolf? You're a freaking Werewolf? Wait am I a werewolf!?"

An overeager (Alex) then continuously spat out different sentences with the word Werewolf.

" God dammit. Stop saying Werewolf!"

Seriously annoying (?) to no end.

" How the hell else am I supposed to deal with the fact that you turned me into a fucking werewolf!?"

(Alex) snapped back while glaring at (?). Who in return rebuked his claim.

" I didn't turn you!"

Hearing that, (Alex) stood up and took several steps forward until he was directly in front of (?).

" Then who did? Was it that woman from yesterday? If that's the case where the hell is she?"

Surprisingly, (?) didn't argue back with (Alex), instead he turned back and walked out of the living room.

" And where the hell are you going? I'm not done with you just yet, asshole!"

Letting his anger get the best of him again, (Alex) began to partially transform. Thankfully however (?) kept his calm, at least enough to reply to (Alex).

" Shut up and follow me. And fix that mouth of yours already you sound like fucking daffy duck."

In an impossibly tense situation, that final line cut through it all as (Alex) reeled himself back mostly out of embarrassment.

" You're the one who dislocated it in the first place, asshole."

(Alex's) snarky remark was said pretty loudly, yet (?) chose to ignore it. Forcing (Alex) to admit defeat this time as he begrudgingly followed him up the stairs while trying to fix his jaw.

After suffering a fire and years of abandonment the staircase was barely hanging on. Which actually bothered (Alex) quite a bit, however being with (?) he acted like everything was fine.

' Why the hell are we going up these flimsy wooden boards? They're so damaged, they'll probably break with our combined weight.'

Reaching the second floor, (?) led (Alex) to the farthest room at the end of a long hallway. From atop the staircase, (Alex) didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. However as they got closer to that room, he felt a warm sensation engulfing him with strength and courage.

' W-what is this, feeling?'

(?) had noticed that (Alex) was acting strangely but didn't say anything on the matter. He just led him to the room, walked inside and waited for (Alex) to go in.

Before he entered, (Alex) took a long and deep breath, in order to settle down. Since he could literally feel his heart beating like never before.

' Why can't I relax? What's inside this room?'

Standing outside the room, (Alex) balled up his hands into fists and clenched his jaw so tightly that it realigned itself.

' Fuck it!'

With this one thought, he pushed the door open and headed inside.

Now standing right underneath the doorframe, (Alex) came to a complete stop. For in the middle of the room, laying atop white bed sheets was the women from last night.

" S-she's, real..."

Uttering these two words, (Alex) absentmindedly approached the sleeping woman. Off to the side, (?) wanted to say something but ultimately remained silent. When he finally reached her, (Alex) slowly stretched out his hand in an attempt to touch her. As he was about to though, a voice rang inside his head telling him not to.

" What happened to her? Is she alive?"

He asked, eyes still glued onto her.

" She's in a coma. When I arrived she was already like this with y-"

(?) paused for a split second before continuing.

" ... At first I thought it was due to the heavy injuries she received, but they've all healed yet she still hasn't woken up."

(?) replied with anger clear in his voice.

" When I last saw her she was perfectly fine, she'd just scared off whatever was chasing us... Is there nothing we- I can do?"

(Alex) said, still staring at her, as if he was afraid she'd disappear.

" There is actually. You can help me find whoever did this and we might be able to figure out why she's like this."

(?) mention of the monster triggered a very deep emotional scar, specifically the bloodthirsty eyes (Alex) had gazed into that night.

Recalling that horrifying sight, (Alex) instinctively stepped back as he began sweating profusely.

" What's wrong?"

(?) asked somewhat worryingly as he saw (Alex's) complexion pale.

" I-it's nothing..."

Thinking that maybe, he was having second thoughts about helping his sister. (?) tried to explain to (Alex) why he needed to help him find the attacker.

" Look, I know that you didn't ask for any of this, but whether you like it or not, you're a Werewolf now. More importantly you're part of her pack, meaning that the only person who can properly teach you how to control your emotions and use your new powers is her."

(Alex) didn't respond, allowing (?) to continue.

" Otherwise you'll be consumed by your emotions and go on a rampage like you did before. Ending with lots of innocent people dying including you. So what'll it be?"

Through all of this, (Alex) remained silent, merely switching from staring at her to (?). Eventually he looked down at his torn clothes stained with blood before answering.

" I'll help you. But only because I want to know why She turned me into a werewolf. So what's the plan?"

(?) still being the same serious character that he'd been throughout their time together. Nodded at his answer, turned to face his sister before replying to him.

" First and foremost, we need to move Her to a more secure location. I'm sure whatever, or better yet whomever attacked her yesterday will want to finish the job."

(Alex) tilted his head trying to think where they could take a comatose Werewolf.

" Where too, exactly? I mean where can we take her?"

Trying really hard not to lose his temper at (Alex's) question, (?) took a long sigh prior to answering.

" Our family owns a warehouse downtown, well take her there for now."

Coming to an agreement, the two's hostility towards one another became non-existent. Giving way to the next question from (Alex).

" Alright, so um, what do I call you? I'm Alexander."

Having been asked directly and with Alexander introducing himself first. Left little room for (?) to decline to answer.

" Name's, Derek. Derek Hale."

Derek, then realized that what Alexander actually wanted to know was the following.

" And she's? What's her name?"

When (Alex) asked him for his sister's name, one could hear as Derek grinded his teeth. At the end though he swallowed his frustration and finally told him.

" Laura Hale. She's my older sister and our Alpha. Never forget that."