Marcus was awakened from his dream by the ringing of Vito's phone alarm. "Hrgh," was all he could mutter out as he opened his eyes and saw Vito putting things in bags.
"Come on, Marcus," Vito said to him, "It's time to get up." Marcus grumbled as he sat up from his bed and lumbered out with a big yawn. "We need to get out of here. Help me pack up and get the car loaded." Marcus took a breath and moved his body off of the bed.
This is it... Marcus thought to himself. This is when I get Karen and we can be a family together, whether she wants to or not! Marcus, now fully awake, helped his brother pack things in bags and move them out to the car. Thirty minutes later, everything was in the car, and the two of them left the motel.
A nearby agent watching from a non-descript car radioed to headquarters about their movement.
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At the same time, Karen breathed a sigh of relief as not only had her parents accepted the idea that she's going to be a weretiger, but hadn't, as far as she could tell, that she's been going out at nights. There was one thing she had to do, and she went up to the bathroom to do it. She pulled out the bottle of pills that she received from Tara and opened it. She filled a small glass of water and took one of the blue pills out of the bottle. She looked at the pill for a moment before putting it in her mouth and swallowed it along with the water. Once she put the glass down, she made her way to her bedroom.
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Vito drove around town a bit. He suspected that a car was following him, but was satisfied that he lost it as he approached his destination. Vito had parked the car on a street that was close to the Charleston home. Vito wanted to avoid the police station and the probability of being trapped, so he chose a location that was near the home and they had some forest for cover. The only thing to do now was to wait as the sun started to dip into the horizon.
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Karen went to her bedroom and took off all of her clothes. Figuring that this would likely be the last time she'd see herself as normal, she took a close examination of her body. She examined her breasts and took note of their size. While they were rather average for an American young woman, she wondered how much they'd grow. She saw Mrs. Saxon and Olivia, and even Abbigale, and their breasts, by comparison, were rather large. Would hers grow large as well, she wondered to herself.
She turned around and looked at her back. She looked at a mirror as she examined her back and wondered what kind of stripes would she grow? Classic black and orange? White and black? She could only imagine. She looked down at her waist and butt, and wondered how her tail would look.
Once she finished looking at herself, she found a sweatshirt and some sweatpants. She forewent the bra and panties, as she figured she didn't need them right now. The outline of her nipples was present, but she didn't care. She was going to be wearing fur soon anyway, right?
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"So, what's the plan?" Marcus asked.
Vito thought for a moment. "The plan's simple," he said. "We've got some tear gas in the back as well as some gas masks. When the sun disappears, we pull those things out and make our way through the woods to the house. We throw the tear gas through the windows and break in through the back door. The gas should knock the family out. You get Karen while I take care of Moe and Nichole. We go back through the woods, throw Karen into the car, and we get to Seattle."
Unlike in the hotel room, there was no bug, so the agents and officers in the Charleston home had no warning of what was about to happen.
The two of them talked a bit more, with Marcus talking about the vile things he'd do to Karen. Vito rolled his eyes as the sun started to set.
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"Where is he?" Karen muttered to herself. She told Rich to be here at around 4:30, just so that he's present when the change started, or maybe even get the change started early so she can get it done.
It was now past 5:30, and the sun had started to set. It wouldn't be long before night fell and she'd change into the weretigress that she was going to be without him. She was starting to get nervous as she noticed the sun getting lower and lower into the horizon.