Pumpkin Spice, стр. 7
“So what’s in the book?” Colton interrupted. “You promise not to laugh?” he asked his two best friends. “Yeah, sure.” Allison was the first to answer, Colton nodded and mumbled yes. Evan knelt down on the floor next to his friends and opened the book. He went through it with them. Demons, ghosts, werewolves. All of it. He explained what the devil’s eye was and its significance. He told them how it was up to him to rid the town of werewolves.
Both Allison and Colton were in disbelief. Evan wasn’t sure how he could convince them; he also wasn’t sure if he should. “It’s gonna be dark soon…” Colton said as he looked out the window. “Maybe you could show us then?” Colton turned to Allison to see if she’d agree, she did. Evan still was unsure if he should bring his friends into his newfound world. Allison put her arms around him, “You can’t be saving the world on your own, Ev.” Evan grabbed his black light “Alright, let’s go wolf hunting.”
It was a gorgeous pink sunset that evening. The moon was nearly full and filling the sky. It was larger than the teenagers had ever seen it. They waited in the living room until the last beam of sunlight faded away. Evan readied his black light as Allison had a thought, “Question, and I don’t mean to be a Debbie downer about this, but what do we do if we see a werewolf?” It was an excellent question. They rushed back to Evan’s room. He tore open the diary and flipped through pages. He searched and searched for an answer until he saw “Silver.”
“Silver? Where are we gonna get silver?” Colton had a bad feeling about this. “Yeah, my Mom only wears gold. She’s allergic to silver.” Evan stated. A lightbulb went off in Allison’s head, “My Nanny’s attic.” The two boys turned their attention to Allison, but mostly in confusion, “She keeps all her old jewelry up there. I’m sure she has silver.”
The teenagers left the house quietly, hoping Evan’s parents wouldn’t notice. They walked around town as the sun began to set. On the corner, waiting for the lights at the intersection to change they noticed a small crowd of five people. Evan had an idea, though he didn’t have any luck the previous night finding wolves, he was hoping on the second night his luck would change. He, still dressed as a mad scientist, flashed his black light on the crowd. At first, they were baffled, but when they saw the lad dressed for Hallowe’en each member of the crowd figured he was playing the part of a mad scientist.
All but one.
He was an older gentleman, stubble on his chin, his eyebrow hair was shooting in every which direction, and his clothes were tattered and worn. Evan flashed the light on him. His fangs were revealed, his ears pointy, his nails sharp. Evan quickly extinguished the light and walked along, looking back at the man for quite some time. Hoping, praying he would not follow. Allison and Colton had to rush to catch up with Evan. “What’s wrong? Slow down.” Allison called out. Evan did not. Allison and Colton ran towards Evan. “I saw one.” He looked up at the evening sky. The sun was almost down. “Where’s your Nanny’s place?” Allison didn’t waste any time before running off, “Follow me!” She called out to the boys.
They reached Allison’s Nanny’s house just as the sun finally set on the town. Allison took her friends to the backyard. She climbed up on the fence and leaped over to a window. “She’s Batman.” Colton was in awe. Allison reached for an eaves trough and climbed up on the roof. She looked down at her friends below and waved them up. The boys looked at each other, neither wanting to be the first to do it. Finally, Evan mustered enough courage to follow his crush. He was surprised, it was much easier than he expected. Colton followed close behind and before they knew it, they were sneaking into the attic through a small circular window just above the garage. Allison told the boys to keep quiet as the old wooden floors would creak and they didn’t want to wake her Nanny up.
They headed to the far side of the attic. Under a dusty blue blanket sat a brown wooden chest. Looked like one out of a pirate movie, Evan thought. The chest was unlocked. As Allison lifted the lid the silver shone brightly in their faces. There was enough silver jewelry in there to wipeout every werewolf on the planet. Or so the friends thought. “Great,” Colton said, “we’ve got the silver but how do we weaponize it?” It was a valid question. “Doesn’t your dad have a body shop?” Allison asked Colton, “Yeah?” He was confused what that had to do with anything. “And doesn’t your uncle go bow and crossbow hunting?” Allison added. “Yeah, but…” Colton stopped talking as he soon realized what the plan was. “I don’t know about this, guys.” Allison got up, “You don’t have to know about anything. Just know that either we take a couple bows from him, or the world goes to shit. Your call.” And with that Allison left. Colton looked over at Evan who just gave him a sly smile.
The teenagers raced to Colton’s father’s body shop. Colton knew the key-code for the front entrance. “My dad is gonna kill me.” He cried, “Only if we get caught.” Allison smirked, “And we won’t be getting caught.” Evan assured Colton as he gave him a pat on the back.
Colton turned the lights on in the body shop. There were three classic cars, and one newer