Inner animal. by Emily Zimmerman. (books to read for 12 year olds .TXT) 📖

Bane’s voice was in control, but still alarmed.
He lifted my shirt and the whole room broke into gasps, “what the hell?” Bane picked me up, careful not to jostle my side.
“We need to get her to the doctor, her scars are infected” Bane muttered, breaking into a run.
However fast he ran, I didn’t jostle, I buried my face in his chest, stifling my agonized groaning.
“Don’t worry, love, we’ll make it stop” he assured quietly.
I would have been thrilled that he called me Love, if my side wasn’t about to fall off. I grasped the front of his shirt in a vise as a new wave of pain washed over me.
“What’s going on?” an alarmed voice called as we entered the hospital room.
“Something happened” bane explained as he set me on the lumpy, uncomfortable bed.
He lifted my shirt once more, sucking in a sharp breath as he examined my scars.
The pain grew impossibly worse and I screamed in agony “make it stop! Please! Kill me or something! Just make the pain go away!” I begged.
The doctor looked up, alarmed, “we need to sedate her, she’ll hurt herself more” the doctor said.
I buried my head in the pillow and screamed, it hurt so bad “make it stop! Please make it stop!” I screamed.
I felt a slight sting in my arm, and then I started getting drowsy “make it stop…make it stop…” I trailed off, drifting off to sleep. The last thing I saw as I drifted was Bane’s pained face.

Author's note:

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chapter six:

“Headmaster Jenna, Drake, we found a traitor shifter in the forest, he seemed to have been having seizures, as soon as we captured him, he stopped having them, he smiled and told us “the new headmaster will never see the light in shifters eyes”” Vale, one of the protectors of the headmaster said.
Jenna gasped in outrage, and Drake growled. Rage built up in me at our own kind, how could they do this? Nina had done nothing wrong, and yet they try to kill her!
“We have him sedated as not to let him do anymore harm, we believe he is the cause of Miss Meline’s pain, check her scars” Vale said.
The doctor lifted her shirt and looked at her scars, they were no longer swollen and red, they looked normal, well, as normal as a scar can look. They were already slowly healing, if she could shift, they would heal faster.
So it was him.
I growled and walked passed her parents, my anger passed the boiling point “Bane, wait” Jenna’s hand caught my arm, and a wave of calm spread through me.
Jenna was powerful, able to control emotions, take away powers, see the past, present and future, and knock people out with a look. She was the most powerful shifter I had ever met.
“What?” I tried to stay angry, but it didn’t work.
“Remember Nina” was all she had to say.
I sighed and looked down at the ground “go rest, you need it, just think of what it would do to Nina if you did what you were going to do” she said earnestly.
She let my arm go and I nodded. Not saying another word, I walked out of the hospital room.
“What was that about?” I heard Drake say suspiciously.
“Jenna?” he asked after she said nothing.
I walked down the hall, not listening to the rest of the conversation. I slammed my door open and walked in, slamming it shut again.
I lay down on my bed, staring up at the ceiling, I had painted an open sky on my ceiling and on my floor I had asked them to put green carpeting, like grass. Why? You may ask, it makes me feel free, like I’m outside instead of in the confines of my room. My inner animal doesn’t feel trapped, it is soothed. I painted a beach on the wall across from my bed, with the sun setting. And on the other wall I painted a rocky cliff, with the waves flowing off of it. I am a painter; no one knows that about me though, how do I keep it a secret with a room like this? Easy, no one ever comes into my room. The reason I keep this a secret is because I know it would ruin my reputation, ‘rebel bad boy is a closet painter’ I snorted at the thought.
I closed my eyes and sighed, trying to calm my inner animal’s turmoil. He didn’t want to give into the calm I felt, he wanted to get revenge for his mate. But I told him that would only upset Nina, for she was fragile, and sweet.
My entire room was empty except for my bed, to make it seem even more real…
A knock at my door startled me awake. I got up, groaning and rubbing my neck, I opened my door, my eyes squinting tiredly “what?” I asked groggily.
It was Nina, though she didn’t seem like herself, her irises were bright green and she was smiling wickedly, and yet it was a seductive smile.
“Hello Bane” she purred.
“Nina, snap out of it, Nina what is going on with you?” I asked, grabbing her wrists as she ran her hands along my chest.
She smiled, unfazed by my small rejection “come on Baney, you know you want me” she whispered.
I, again, grabbed her hands as they tried to push me back into my room “who are you? And what have you done with Nina?” I asked, studying her eyes.
She pouted “I am Nina” she said.
I looked deeper into her eyes, and saw fear there, she was still in there “let her go” I ordered.
No matter what Drake or Jenna told me, not to show Nina my powers, she was in danger now. I put my hand to the side of her head and closed my eyes; I channeled her energy through me, using mind control to the one controlling this body, for as long as they are connected, I can control this shifters mind.
A gasp of breath and me losing the connection with the shifter was my cue to let her go. I watched as her eyes went back to blue, catching her as she almost fell forward. “Nina, what happened?” I asked softly.
“I-I don’t know, it was like a dream, like when I first shifted, I could see you, but I couldn’t make myself stop” she whispered.
“This was a powerful shifter” I muttered.
“Powerful? And how did you do that? I could feel her leaving my body” she said, scrutinizing me with suspicious eyes.
“I guess it’s no secret anymore, but I’ll let your mom and dad explain” I said.
I helped her up, and let go of her hands for a second, but her legs gave out.
“Gah!” she gasped, “the drugs haven’t worn off completely yet” she explained, seeing my worried look.
I nodded and slipped my arm around her waist for support “can you walk with my help?” I asked softly.
She tried, but couldn’t seem to move her numb legs “they’ll come around, I’ll carry you” I said, picking her up before she could protest.
I carried her through the halls, and up the stairs, walking over to the headmaster’s quarters.
I knocked on the door and waited, hearing as they stirred awake. Nina leaned up and started whispering in my ear “please don’t tell them that the shifter tried to seduce you in my body” she breathed.
I laughed silently, but nodded. The door opened just a few minutes later, revealing two very tired looking shifters, Jenna and Drake were rubbing their eyes with tired expressions, and it almost made me tired.
“Jenna, Drake, she was attacked again” I said.
Drakes eyes widened and Jenna growled “bring her in” she said.
I brought her in and gently set her in a chair by a desk “what happened?” she asked Nina.
Nina looked at me, giving me the go ahead to explain “they were controlling her body, she could see and hear everything, and yet do nothing, she had knocked on my door, and had apparently been wandering around for a while, the only way I could tell that she was not Nina, was her eyes, they were bright green, and, as you can see, Nina’s eyes are not bright green” I explained.
“How did you stop her?” Drake asked.
I hesitated “I had to show her, in order to stop it” I said, knowing they would know what I meant.
Drake sighed and nodded “I suppose we have to explain” he said, looking at Nina.
Nina nodded, looking at him with stern eyes “yes” she said.
“Okay, remember when you asked William if he had powers, and I told you that you would find out how I kept the Jaykoren down and away from the sanctuary soon enough?” Jenna asked.
Nina nodded “you both got defensive” she said.
Jenna nodded too “we do have powers, but when a new shifter is here, we are not supposed to discuss powers with them until they show signs of developing, sometimes it only takes a few minutes, some times over a month. You never know” Jenna explained, scrutinizing Nina’s expression.
“And the reason we are not supposed to inform you about your powers is because it’s dangerous to your inner animal and you, if you know about your power, than your inner animal knows, and tries to rush it, we had it happen to a man twenty years back, his name was Garrison, he found out about others having powers too early, his inner animal rushed the development, and something went wrong, instead of turning into a power, it developed into another inner animal, that inner animal took over, and the power developing in that one turned into a third inner animal, they took over, brain washing his human form, and he turned into an evil, malevolent man” Drake explained.
I watched as Nina’s eyes widened and she shook her head slowly “so…if it happens to me?” she asked, a slight shaking in her voice.
“Then I will be forced to turn you human” Jenna whispered.
She gulped and glanced at me “I’ll try to keep her under control” she whispered, referring to her inner animal.
Jenna and Drake exchanged a glance, but nodded. She lifted her leg and rolled her ankle, sighing in relief “I’m tired, I’m going to go to bed” Nina muttered, standing up.
Jenna nodded and looked at me “thank you for bringing her