"Hmm since it is about lunch time how about we get some meat cooking perhaps the smell of the meat will provoke our beasts and we can try to grasp our control over them before we turn into them" Stevie suggested since she knew it was noon by how high the sun was. She had changed into a nice bikini that was a black color and was very tight on her which was perfect, her bi colored hair was in a top knot to expose her neck that had black strapes of the bikini top tied around it. She sat down looking at her boyfriend

As he had been taking a few minutes to relax, he hadn't noticed that Stevie changed before she spoke up. When he looked at her, he smiled and gave quite a pleased expression. "Hmm, you look beautiful, I have to say. You buy that recently? Anyway, we could have some lunch, and I'm guessing you also want to go for a swim? I do have a portable charcoal grill in the trunk. We could take it over to the lake and set it up there." He suggested. Standing up, he walked over behind Stevie's chair and started to rub her shoulders while looking down at her with a smile. "But it's your choice, I'm willing to try pretty much anything at the moment."

She moaned a little in content feeling his hands on her shoulder rubbing them "Lets take to the lake so we can cook and swm at the same time after all you do most of the cooking since I could barely cook on the grill" she said remembering the last time she tried to cook on the grill and ended up burning them so bad they turned to ashes in the end when she tried to take them out. Stevie was not very good when it came to outdoor cooking but in the kitchen she was a fantastic cook

"Alright, you go pick a spot by the lake, and I'll get the grill." Sam said, leaning down to give her a kiss on the cheek. With that, he walked to his car and opened the trunk while Stevie walked over to the lake. In order to be portable, the grill wasn't especially large, but it was more than enough to cook for two. He took a small bag of charcoal, as well as some hamburger meat from the icebox, and closed it up in the grill so he could carry it all at once. One of the advantages of his werewolf strength, he supposed, was that he did not have to make near as many trips when carrying things.

Before leaving the camp to head to the lake, Sam changed into a pair of swimming trunks. He still couldn't get over the muscularity his transformation had given him. With how much strength he now had, it made sense, but it was still a bit surprising every time he saw himself. He had never been one for exercise before, so it was something he had to get used to. Regardless, he took the grill and carried it to the part of the lake Stevie had selected.

"It is really beautiful out here, isn't it?" Sam commented as he began to set up the grill. "Although, I would say it wouldn't be half as beautiful without you here." He added with a smile.

She blushed when she heard his words. "Oh love you flatter me I no where near as beautiful as this lake or other girls" she said crossing her arms in a shy manner watching her boyfriend set up the grill, she was sitting on the ground with her feet in the water enjoying the warm feeling it brought her as the sun made the water nice and warm. "Perhaps later we can go skinny dipping I always wanted to try it and with no people around it is perfect"

Sam sat next to Stevie by the fire with his arm over her shoulder. With a smile, he leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I was thinking, once we have figured out how to control our beasts fully and keep them from turning when we don't want them to, I wonder what we can figure out to use our werewolf forms for? Obviously, we can't let anyone else know about it, but we have a lot of new abilities now. We're faster, stronger, have better senses. We also heal faster, I wonder what it actually takes to even hurt us?"

"Well we already know if we get shot by a silver bullet that can be very fatal to us, if fact we have to avoid any silver...you know I been thinking if werewolves are obviously real I wonder what else is not so much as a myth as we thought, what if there are different creatures that are believed to myths out there...." she said looking up at Sam. "I mean werewolves are suppose to be myths but look now we are part of the those not so myths...could other mythical creatures exist as well"

Sam shrugged his shoulders. "I suppose it is possible. I mean, at this point, there is little I am not willing to believe. There are all sorts of things that could be real: magic, vampires, even dragons for all we know. Maybe now that we're werewolves, we'll be able to find them...if they exist, of course. All we can really do right now is guess, unfortunately." He guessed, letting go of her for a moment to put more wood on the fire.

She nodded in agreement looking up at the sky the sun not bothering her one bit thanks to some advantages of the werewolf blood being in her vein. "Hmm but first lets just concentrate on ourselves before we worry about that stuff" she said with a smile on her lips snuggling into her beloved's arms with a peaceful look on her face

Sam and Stevie spent most of the remainder of the day relaxing by the fire. Sam attempted to transform again to see if he was able, but when he tried, he could hardly feel the beast inside of him at all. He guessed it was because they had transformed so recently that he could not do so again. In any event, once they had a dinner consisting of fish roasted over the fire, Sam walked over, opened up the tent, and sat down inside. The night air was starting to grow cooler, but they had plenty of blankets to keep warm. "You ready to go to sleep for the night?" Sam asked.

Stevie nodded dressed in a tank top and some shorts and laid down with her beloved with a smile as the blankets kept her warmer than normal body warm from the cold air. "It strange not to feel as cold as before whenever the air cooled down ya know" she said

Stevie nodded dressed in a tank top and some shorts and laid down with her beloved with a smile as the blankets kept her warmer than normal body warm from the cold air. "It strange not to feel as cold as before whenever the air cooled down ya know" she said

As the air had cooled, Sam had elected to put on a pair of warm pants, but the combination of the blankets and Stevie's body heat would keep him warm regardless. Once she laid down beside him, he closed up the tent and laid down himself. At this point, he was actually looking forward to the next day's training.

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Sam was awoken the next morning by movement outside the tent, which sounded alarmingly close. He shook Stevie awake while holding his finger over his lips, urging her to be quiet. "I think I hear something outside." He whispered. He was just starting to get up to open up the tent when their intruders suddenly dispelled any mystery regarding their presence.

"We know you are in there, and we know what you are. We have you surrounded; come out slowly, and with your hands up, and you shall not be harmed. Fail to cooperate and we will be forced to take more drastic measures." A female voice shouted from just outside the tent. Sam slowly unzipped the tent, his eyes widening when he saw the barrels of at least four different rifles aimed at him, and that was just from the ones he could see. Being as frightened as he was, Sam complied, fully opening the tent and slowly stepping out with hands above his head.

"W-what is it you want? We're just camping, if you own the property, we'll leave. No trouble." Sam said frantically. Now that he was in the open, he could see that there were another three individuals behind the tent. Interestingly, these people wore no kind of uniform or other identifying marks. They simply wore regular civilian clothing, but the weapons they were carrying were anything but normal. Several of them looked to be military grade assault rifles.

"Don't lie to me. We know what you are, and why you are here, but we do not want to hurt you. We do, however, know how dangerous you can be, even against your own will, so we are going to restrain you. Cooperate, and I promise we will get you help." The woman offered.

Stevie hid behind Sam freaking out of what was going on. She gripped Sam's shoulder when she heard the woman say she knew what we were and why they were here and it made her heart pound so hard that she could hear it in her ears and her blood seem to run more quickly in her veins which caused her eyes to flash a pale yellow color indicating to Sam her beast was waking up and was close to the surface

"H how can we trust you, how do we know that you are just saying that so we can let out guard down and you can kill us" Stevie said her voice cracking

"Half of these rifles are loaded with silver rounds, girl. If we wanted you dead, you would be dead, end of story.. I would hope that the fact you are still alive gives enough credibility to my words." The woman answered. "Now, turn around and put your hands behind your back. I'm going to bind you, then we're going to take you somewhere you can get help. Understand that I cannot let you leave this place alone in your current state. We both know how much of a danger you are right now."

Sam could not find words with which to answer the woman due to his fear. She spoke in a commanding tone and had a general air of authority about her. It was enough to make even the beast within Sam to recede in submission. He meekly nodded and turned around with his hands behind him. In response, the woman gave a nod to a man on her left. "Make sure tha tranq is loaded, Jones." She ordered before producing an odd-looking pair of handcuffs from her bag. Slowly, she walked up to Sam and snapped each end around both of his wrists. "These handcuffs are designed specifically for werewolves. If you end up trying to transform, they will break, but in the process, they will inject a certain poison into you. It's not lethal, but it is formulated to be able to knock out a werewolf for a few hours. It's the same thing that is in my friend's tranquilizer gun." She explained as she took out another, identical pair of handcuffs, then approached Stevie to bind her as well.

Stevie started to breath hard as her beast did not submit at all and seem to be fighting Stevie for control her eyes flashing more and more. "S Sam I am scared my beast is not receding" she said in a whisper to him as she was cuffed as well making her close her eye trying to hold down her breast from taking control of her body and from being knocked out for hours by the poison they told her and Sam about.

"Don't worry Stevie, it will all be..." Sam began, but he was swiftly interrupted by the woman, who grabbed Stevie's chin and turned her head to make her look her in the eyes.

"Calm down, girl!" She shouted in her loud, commanding voice. "That beast within you is hardly different from an animal, a dog, and it can be commanded just as such. Right now, you cannot escape. No matter how much you thrash and claw, You are ours now; you are a part of the clan. Now, submit!" The woman yelled, though it seemed like she was shouting more at Stevie's beast than Stevie herself. One thing was for certain; she was a frightening individual. She wasn't even yelling at Sam, and his beast was already submissive in his mind.

Stevie whimpered and tensed as she felt her beast fight some more before submitting making Stevie pant from the exertion it took to stay in control of her raging beast. She looked up at the woman and nodded in gratitude. "T thank you so much" she said panting.

The woman said nothing in response, only giving a simple nod. She gave one last look around the camp, then motioned for the others to escort Sam and Stevie. "Alright, let's get moving. We will secure your belongings. For now, we have a remote place in northern Virginia that we will be taking you to. You might call it a settlement, or compound. You'll be safe there, from yourself and others." She explained briefly before ushering them into one of the three black vans parked outside of the camp.

The woman who appeared to be leading the group got in the front van, while Sam and Stevie were placed in the back of the middle van. They had armed guards around them, none of which seemed too talkative.

"Don't worry Stevie, I'm...sure we'll be fine. They might even be able to help us." Sam commented, though he was trying to convince himself as much as her. In truth, he was terribly frightened of this entire situation.

"B But what about our families...if we aet back in time they might call a search [arty for us and that isnt good either" she said in a whisper so only he could hear as she tried to relax in her seat looking at her beloved boyfriend her eyes full of fear and panic that should never be on her pretty face. She watched as their camp was packed up before the van took off heading for the road that would lead them to this camp the woman talked about.