Nate's paw-like hand was pressed around Yvette's throat, forcibly holding her down while Ben straddled her. With his other arm, he held down Yvette's left hand, mere inches from the knife she was carrying when he came in. Nate stared at her with a ferocious intensity that Martha had never seen from him before.
"Go ahead and try it you bitch. I would love nothing more than to rip your goddamn head off." Nate pressed his sharp claws into her skin to accentuate his point. "And I got the claws to do it."
"You got her?" asked William. Nate and Ben both looked up and nodded. She wasn't going anywhere.
Just then Officers Thompkins and Carter ran in the back door and quickly assessed the scene. Samson Carter gave his sister a reassuring pat on the back and then joined Officer Thompkins as they carefully took over control of the apprehended Yvette from the two werewolves. Samson took out a pair of handcuffs and secured both of her hands tightly behind her back. Nate crawled back away from Yvette, finally calming down enough to realize what had happened. He looked down at the tattered remains of his clothes, not having even paused long enough to take them off before shifting. He watched as the two officers picked up Yvette and led her out through the front door to a waiting squad car.
Everyone stared at each other in shock at what had just happened. No one was quite sure what to say although everyone was pretty sure what the other was thinking, thank god no one was hurt. Frances stood up and took her phone out of her purse, dialing Samantha's number. She leaned against the kitchen counter as the phone rang until Samantha picked up.
"Hi, it's me. Yeah, she was here. The cops showed up almost right away. Samson and another officer. There's also another officer and I think a Skulk official hanging around outside as well." Martha paused and the others, thanks to their heightened hearing, could hear Samantha replying she'd be right there. "Thanks, hon."
Frances hung up the phone and turned to face the others. "That was Samantha. She said she'd be right here."
"We know," replied the rest of the group simultaneously.
"Thank god we finished our homework before that bitch showed up. I'd never be able to focus on it now," said Nate.
"Yeah," replied Ben.
"Is it safe to come out now?" asked Eric, calling out from upstairs.
"Yeah," replied Martha. A few moments later Eric came bounding down the steps. He surveyed the group, still largely sitting on the kitchen floor, trying to summon the desire or motivation to move. Eric breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no one was hurt. Everyone stood up when Officer Samson walked back into the kitchen.
"Ok, We have Yvette in custody in the back of the squad car." Eric bent over and picked up the knife Yvette had, depositing it into an evidence bag and then sealing the bag. "Thompkins and the other officer are going to take Yvette to the station for processing and to be placed in solitary confinement until we can decide what further to do with her. Meanwhile, I'm going to need to get everyone's statements along with the Skulk official, whose name I missed."
Everyone nodded as Samantha arrived and walked into the house. She made a bee line for Frances, giving her a long, tight hug and then moved to their adopted son, Ben, giving him one too. She whispered in his ear, "Thank god you were here."
After a moment she let go and began assessing the situation as she transitioned back into town chancellor mode. "Okay, so I'll have to go talk to the arresting officers and the Skulk leader. We still need Yvette to assist in finishing Jenny's transformation so we have to figure out how we're going to arrange that. Samson, you're taking statements, right?"
"Yup. I think just the adults, to start with," said Samson.
"Good." Samantha let out a big sigh of relief. "What a mess."
Samantha walked outside to talk to the two officers and Skulk official as Martha gestured for Samson and the other adults to head to the dining room to give their statements. Eric, Ben and Nate decided to head upstairs to talk amongst themselves.