"Andrea!" I looked up from the ground I'd been digging in with my best friend at my mother's voice. I smiled before standing up and running to her.

"Mommy!" She bent down and hugged me tightly before pulling back and looking me over.

"Are you okay? Where were you?" she fired off questions.

"I was playing with Lenny." I looked behind me at Leonard who was standing in the yard between the houses covered in dirt.

"I told you not to be out here unless you were with me or your father," she told me and my smile fell.

"But I wanted to play with Lenny..." She just smiled at me before running her hand through my hair.

"I know baby, but you have to be careful. You never know who is watching us. Remember what I told you?"

"To protect our secret," I said quietly looking down at my feet. "I haven't said anything to Lenny, Mommy. I promise."

"I know, but I need you to make sure no one sees you together so neither of you are in danger," she warned.

"Do I have to stop playing with Lenny?" My mother sighed before smiling at me.

"No, you two go play. I'll stay out here." I smiled before running back to Lenny so we could continue playing.


I'd stayed the night at the Snart household when it happened. I'd gone home the next morning to see the front door hanging on one hinge. My smile faltered and I slowly went inside, trying not to make any noise. I placed my bag by the door and crept through the house when I saw it. Blood was splattered across the wall. I followed the blood before finding my parents ripped apart. I stared at their bodies before falling to my knees and emptying my stomach of everything I'd eaten yesterday.


A few hours later and the cops had swarmed my house while I sat with Lenny and Lewis outside of their house. The cop was asking questions, but I just stared down at my hands.

"I think she's in shock," the cop sighed. I turned in time to see the corner taking my parents bodies out of the house and in their truck. "Miss Labonair," I looked up at the cop finally. "Do you have anyone to stay with?" I shook my head.

"She can stay with us." Lenny held my hand in his tightly and offered me a smile when I finally looked at him. His father talked to his coworkers before we went back to his house. I hadn't noticed Lenny's dad packing up some clothes for me or even notice when Lenny started the bath for me. I was alone in the bathroom and in the tub before I'd noticed what was happening to me. I stared into the pink water before standing up and starting the shower so I could wash off. After that was done, I got out and slipped into my PJs and went to Lenny's room.

"Andy?" I looked up at Lenny in his own PJs before crawling into his bed next to him and closing my eyes.


*Years Later*

"Andy!"

"Got him!" I grabbed my gun and pointed it at the man chasing us. "Stop chasing us and you'll get to live," I told him. He just sneered at me before I shot at him. I hit his thigh, trying to slow him down, but he kept coming at us. I shot at him again and he tried avoiding them, but it was no use. One of my shots managed to hit him in his chest. My eyes widened at the blood blooming on his shirt.

"Andy! Let's go!" I turned and ran to Lenny, getting it into the car with him and Lisa. I turned and watched the man struggle to move as we drove off before I sighed and turned back to the others.

"What is it?" Lisa asked me and I shook my head staring at my hands, the gun still naked in them.

"Nothing."

"It's her first kill." I looked up to Lenny as he drove us away from where we'd just stolen a number of gems.

"Oh..." Lisa, who we'd hoped to keep from killing as long as possible seeing as how she was still just a teenager, seemed to realize the significance of the words. My first kill... such a larger thing then he could ever know. "Are you going to be okay?" she asked me.

"He wasn't dead when we left so we'll know soon enough." I ignored both their looks while looking outside. That's when the pain started. I tried biting back my scream of pain before clutching my gut and bending over.

"Andy!" Lisa wrapped her arm around my shoulders. "Lenny pull over!" I felt something in me awaken, scratching to get out before it calmed down and slept again as the tires squealed at the sudden change. I took a deep breath as I felt it breathing. Damn... "Andy! Are you okay?"

"Andy. Talk to us." Lenny ordered.

"He's dead," I mumbled. The man I shot was dead... That means...

"How do you know that?" Lisa asked me. I just sat up, my eyes closed until I felt the beast inside subsiding. I opened my eyes to see a matching pair watching me. I just looked out the window.

"We should go." Neither said anything before Lenny started the car and we left. Tomorrow night. That's how long I'd have until... I felt the burn of their stares on me as we went back to the warehouse.


The next night, I sat in an abandoned area alone looking up at the moon as it rose higher into the sky.

"Andrea." My eyes widened before turning quickly to see Lenny staring at me. "What are you doing?"

"Leonard. You followed me," I stated. "Why?"

"Lisa was worried," he lied and I smiled.

"You don't need to be, but you do need to leave. Now," I told him looking back at the moon.

"Why?"

"Just do it!" I yelled at him. "Please." He just stared at me for a while before nodding. I watched him walk away before looking back up at the moon. The first waves of pain hit me hard and I fell over, screaming.

"Andy!" I looked behind me to see Lenny running back to me.

"You have to leave. Please, Lenny," I begged him.

"No, I don't leave my crew behind." I cringed at the pain before screaming again.

"Damn it, Lenny! You can't fight this! You can't save me!" I said. When the pain finally stopped I took as many deep breathes as I could. "I knew this would happen when that man died. This stupid curse... You have to leave or you could be..." he brought me to his chest and hugged me tightly.

"Don't die," he ordered and I nodded before wrapping my arms around him.

"I won't." After that, he left and I was left turn into a wolf alone.