Caged Wolfblood

It's Wolfblood, not werewolf. We're not monsters.

Could someone live and act as a human

but actually be a completely different species?

On the full moon, do you change in the house? In here?

-No, we've got a secure room in the cellar.

-The cellar?

We call it the den, it has everything a wolf desires.

-What you doing?

-Checking Maddy's blood out.

-Do you have to lock me in?

-Well, yeah!

If you can't cope as a human you're never going to cope as a wolf.

The beast is back and I know where I can find it.

Don't you ever just want to run free?

Isn't that what being a Wolfblood's about?

They believed me, Tom. No-one's ever believed me before.

It's not nice to be accused of lying, is it?

You're a truth hunter, you stick to your guns no matter what.

One day, you'll to do something that will change the world.

Mam's freaking out about tomorrow.

After the past two full moons, can you really blame her?

Oi!

Not my fault you're slow.

Not my fault you're a girl.

-We've got to be there by five.

-That's hours till moonrise.

Yeah, well, we don't want to take any chances this time.

Smith goes for the shot but is blocked by Morris.

Morris lines up.

He misses! Complete embarrassment for the boy from Wales.

I mean he's had a terrible season...

Not from Wales.

Hi!

My dad's cooking tonight

so I was thinking burgers at Bernie's instead.

-I'm there.

-5:30-ish?

-Yeah. Great.

-We'll be there, won't we, Rhydian?

-Where else would we be?

Great!

# A promise that I keep I'll never share, I'll never speak

# To my grave the secret goes

# The beating heart The beating heart

# Of mystic creatures wandered far

# Through these veins a Wolfblood flows

# A change will come, I know

# Behold my future

# As sure as day returns to night

# The passion of my clan To be at one with them

# And hidden from the world outside

# A promise that I keep I'll never share, I'll never speak

# Through these veins a Wolfblood flows. #

You do know Bernie's doesn't allow dogs?

I panicked. The only thing I could think of was, "Sorry,

"we'll be locked in the cellar turning into wolves."

You should probably work on your excuses.

I can't just make up lies on the spot.

Why is my experiment a different colour to everyone else's?

Probably, because you're right and everyone else is wrong.

Listen, Maddy was just saying how she can't make it tonight.

Why?

Because... I just remembered...

I have to stay in and...

help Mam with...curtains.

-Curtains?

-Yeah.

She's really into crafts all of a sudden.

I said I'd hold them while she...sews.

Can't she do it another time?

She's got a deadline. Sorry.

Oh. OK.

See? You can do it.

DOOR CLOSES Finally.

-We're early.

-Just.

We came straight from school. It just seemed to take longer.

I know. Too much to see, too much to smell.

Wash your hands first.

Where did that hair come from?

-Where?

-There? That black thing.

Oh! There's another one. Oh, wait. It's the full moon!

I must be turning into the beast!

Yeah, that moustache could do with a trim, too.

-I can see some...

-Ssh!

PHONE RINGS

-Rhydian?

-'Listen, mate.'

I've got a bit of a vomiting situation

with my substitute parents. They're throwing up everywhere.

Oh!

Yeah, and I'm on bucket duty so I'm not going to be able to make it out.

-OK, well...

-RETCHING

Oh, there she blows. Right, I've got to go.

No Rhydian?

What is it with everyone today?

Must be the full moon.

You know, we don't have to do this.

-What?

-Stay here.

I don't care how your parents try and justify this. It's still a cage.

It's still unnatural.

We agreed. We promised.

I thought you were OK with that.

Yeah. That was when the wolf seemed a long way away. Now, this room

-feels half the size it normally does.

-I know what you mean.

It was fun the last full moon.

Yeah...

Out there, all of us together.

It was... It was a rush. It was...

It was right. I mean, it was right.

Outside in a pack is where we belong.

The only reason we transformed outside last time is because

we ran out of time.

Mum and Dad, they won't let that happen again.

They can't stop us if we don't let them.

Rhydian, I won't go against them.

So, for the rest of our lives we'll just spend the one night

we should we running wild, locked up?

Yeah. No, I mean, no. No.

I can't think about the rest of my life right now.

OK. I'm with you. Whatever you decide.

We stay.

Fancy coming to the exhibition with me?

What? Don't you find it interesting?

What?

That they took what looks like the most boring words

in the English language and made them into a sentence?

Well, I've always been fascinated by this stuff.

It's just the beast took up most of my brain.

-Now you're free to really get your nerd on?

-Exactly.

I wasted all that time on the beast when I could have been charting

the development of metallurgy during the 19th century.

Is Shannon Kelly here?

Kyle Weathers. I've come a long way to find you.

Thanks. This is Tom.

Tom. Good to meet you.

Hi.

We're short on daylight, so I'll come straight to the point.

The beast is in my sights and you're the girl to help me find it.

-Excuse me?

-I've been monitoring your blog for the last six months.

-Your findings are pretty compelling.

-Why didn't you leave any comments?

Open up myself to replies from fools with no brains

and even less imagination?

I know exactly what you mean.

Right. I'm searching the woods tonight and I need an expert.

-What do you say?

-She's into metalgy...

Metal...metallurgy now, you see.

Old news. Tell me more.

Don't worry. No-one can get in. And we're not getting out.

We are going nowhere. Until we've got fingers again, obviously.

Great! You've done a really good job. It's very...secure.

Thanks. And don't worry, it unlocks just as easily as it locks.

Oh, no.

Ah...

Kidding. I'm kidding. I was just...

-Thanks.

-Hi.

-He doesn't say much.

-That's Steve.

He takes a while to warm up to new people.

Who are you exactly?

I'm you.

I thought you looked familiar.

12 years ago, I was the kid no-one believed.

I saw something too. An animal, a creature, really.

I was walking where I'd walked 100 times before

and that day, there it was.

I've never seen anything like it before or since.

You never saw it again?

But I knew what I'd seen.

For a while, I tried to convince other people I'd seen it, too.

I don't need to tell you how that went.

My parents practically measured me for my own strait jacket.

I know how it feels when the people you rely on most don't believe you.

Have you seen other things? Other creatures?

There's more out there than even you and I know about.

I photograph and study what I can.

So, Shannon, if you would do me the honour of being my guide,

tonight, I will find the beast for you.

I'd be delighted.

-Here, let me help.

-Thanks.

So, you're with Kyle?

Filming Kyle. There's a difference.

-That the beast freak?

-We just call her Shannon.

Good.

It's always better if they look like they don't live under a bridge.

-So, I'm Tom. And you are?

-Busy.

Jo. You are Jo.

-So, what are you, a film student?

-Yes.

I'll let you be in my documentary if you leave me alone for two minutes.

So, you're hunting the hunter, so to speak?

Right, I'll just let you get on.

Excuse me, but if you're going to interview

anyone about the beast, it has to be us.

We've known about it for years.

What are you looking for?

I don't know. I can't stand still.

OK, water's in bowls, wolf snacks are in place. We're all set.

OK. Mads?

Right, all the doors and windows are locked.

No-one's getting in or out tonight.

You two OK?

Yeah, Mrs S. Just a bit twitchy.

If there's something going on you better tell us now,

-we're running out of time.

-Why are we doing this?

Didn't we have a great time last full moon? Didn't we?

-Well, yeah, but...

-We were a proper wolf pack.

Free, alive.

I had the best experience of my life.

And it was because I was sharing it with you guys.

It was a special night, Maddy. One of the best.

So why are we pretending like it never happened?

-Because we're never going to do it again.

-Why not?

You know why not, Maddy.

It's not safe for us out there.

-We were fine!

-No, we were lucky!

What if we'd got shot at by a farmer?

Or we'd walked into a poacher's trap?

All it takes is one person to spot us and then they'll hunt us down.

-It's what they do.

-Tell me you understand that, Maddy.

I do.

Me, too.

Good. So that's the end of it.

A few weeks ago, the beast was circling the village.

Farm animals and pets were going missing. I tracked it to this area.

It's between two farms. Prime hunting ground. Good job.

Anything I can do to help?

Yeah. See that tree over there?

Yeah.

Go and stand under it and leave me alone.

-What?

-Just trying to imagine what you were like when you were my age.

You must have worn a lot of black.

Here. Don't break anything.

So, what's the deal with you and Kyle?

He needed someone to put him on camera,

I needed an extra-ordinary graduation film

to kick-start my career. We sort of found each other.

-So you two are...?

-For a bit.

Then Kyle...

Well, I mean he decided that work was...

Great, let's share life stories while my camera battery drains.

Kyle, your public's waiting.

So, Kyle, tell us what's going on.

This is Shannon Kelly.

Hi.

Shannon is on the trail of a creature known locally as The Beast.

She's brought us to the exact spot

where we stand the best chance of seeing it.

The full moon is about to rise

-and the creatures of the night are coming out to play.

-And cut. Nice.

Very poetic.

Don't let me get too fancy. I don't want to lose the audience.

So, how do you want to do this?

Steve!

What is that?

A secure container. Harmless but inescapable.

We're going to catch The Beast.

Our first time as a family. I feel like I should make a speech.

You'd better make it quick if you don't want to end it growling.

Come on. The moon won't wait.

-Maddy?

-I'm sorry.

-Maddy!

-Open this door.

-Don't you dare!

Maddy! Open this door now!

I'll see you in the morning.

-Maddy, I mean it!

-You are in trouble...

-Are you sure about this?

No. So hurry before I lose my nerve.

-Maddy!

-I can't believe you are doing this, Maddy!

I didn't bring you here so you could catch it.

Shannon, relax. This is for our safety.

You said The Beast is killing animals. It could easily turn on us

-if it isn't contained.

-So, what? Then you're going to let it go?

I'm not in the business of caging wild animals,

no matter how unusual.

We put it in here to get a closer look, that's all.

That's cool with me. That thing has some serious fangs.

OK. I'm sorry. It's just...

it just got real all of a sudden.

That's why I'm here, Shannon.

To show the world The Beast is real. OK?

OK.

-They'll kill us.

-What are you going to say to them?

-I don't think sorry's going to cut it.

-We could go back.

Do you want to?

Look. Put it on me. Tell them I made you do it.

Thanks, but I'll take the blame. I've earned it.

It's starting.

This is all very dramatic but what makes you so sure

-you'll find The Beast tonight?

-Stay tuned. Jo, on me.

You know what's great about science?

Eventually it can achieve pretty much anything.

Just put in the hours in the lab

and you can make all sorts of cool things happen.

This is bait. A scent engineered at a cellular level

to attract the predatory olfactory system.

Which is smart speak for "it rocks".

And this is your basic Sunday roast.

Before all the cooking and the gravy.

Add the scent.

It'll spread and if there's a supernatural

carnivore out there, it's going to come running.

I'm switching to night vision.

OK. Let's fall back to the truck first. Steve!

Do you smell that?

RADIO PLAYS MUSIC

-So...

-No.

-Sorry?

-You were either going to ask me if you could help,

or try to find out something personal about me.

Either way the answer's no.

-It's cold out.

-I'm pretty warm actually.

Wasn't talking about the weather.

Psst. I see movement. Ten o'clock.

What are you doing?!

It's a tranquilliser gun. Perfectly harmless.

-Vets use them all them time.

-Will it hurt it?

No. It'll put it out for a few minutes.

Everyone stay quiet.

Jo, don't miss this.

I never miss.

SHANNON GASPS

QUIET THUD

-Did you miss?

-No. There's two of them.

Two beasts?

GUN FIRES, THUD

-Wait. They might not be fully under yet.

-I have to see them.

Let me and Steve get them into the container. Safety first, OK?

-OK.

-Jo.

What about safety first?

Fine. Miss the reveal. Steve, go ahead and check they are out.

Maddy and Rhydian are going to be mad they missed this.

-You OK?

-Yeah, why?

You're shaking.

Is this happening? Like, is this actually happening?

-Yeah. Believe it.

-I don't think I can. What if I wake up?

Shan. Believe it.

OK. Come on.

Are they...?

They're wolves.

Tom, they're wolves.

All this time.

It was wolves.

-My beast isn't a beast at all.

-How can there be wolves?

They've been extinct in Britain for years.

Maybe people just think they died out.

Maybe they've been here all the time,

surviving without anyone knowing.

Right, you ready, Kyle?

Sleeping animals are a lot easier to film than angry snarling ones.

CAMERA BEEPS

Turns out The Beast wasn't a beast at all.

Thought to be extinct in this country, these two wolves

have survived. Their existence a secret for years...

until I found them.

Not a bad night's work, eh?

WOLVES PANT AND SNARL

They're waking up. You should let them go now.

Why would I do that? Give us a hand, Steve.

What are you doing?

I'm not going to leave them for someone else to find, am I?

-So you're keeping them? As what, some sort of trophy?

-For now.

Then I'll sell them off to a zoo or something.

Why? There are thousands of other wolves in the world.

Not like these.

Plucky English survivors where wolves have been extinct

for hundred of years? I could sell the movie rights.

I might even play myself. Jo, we'll do close-ups back at my place.

Did you not hear? They're wolves. Not space wolves or zombie wolves.

-Just regular wolves!

-And this is their home!

So go and write a song about it. Thanks for your help,

I couldn't have done it without you etc. Hunt's over

and it's way past your bedtime.

What is wrong with you? You're obsessed!

-Yeah, and that means a lot coming from her.

-Shannon...

Shannon's friend. Say goodbye to the puppies.

Because they're going to their new home now.

Steve, check the map.

Let's figure a way out of this place and away from these kids.

And then go back and secure the crate.

WOLVES PANT

-Did you know about this?

-What? That Kyle's an egomaniac

who'll trample over anyone to get what he wants? I had an inkling,

-yes, but he just proved it.

-So you let him use us.

-No!

Listen. All I wanted was to get the best film possible out of this.

We might not like how Kyle operates but the audience loves controversy.

And if you don't have an audience, you're nothing.

-So the more immoral he is, the more you like him?

-Welcome to showbiz.

Looks like you found your soul mate, after all.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

If you're that desperate to save something go sponsor a panda.

Steve! We're leaving.

Film makers observe they don't interfere. That's just how it is.

That's pathetic. You turn a blind eye to something you know isn't right.

Hey, he's the bad guy, here, not me.

-There's nothing I can do to stop him.

-Maybe you're scared

if you do stop him you won't get a film out of it.

Doesn't it occur to you that he might be using you the way he used us?

So? I'm using him back. We're even.

But it isn't right!

OK, how about this?

Don't audiences love an unexpected twist?

Are you sure this is an actual road?

Yeah. Not too many people know about it, but it's a good shortcut.

As long as you avoid the bog.

So... Got any words for your audience?

-Point the camera at Shannon.

-OK.

So, Shannon, tell us why we're in the middle of a chase scene.

Because Kyle Weathers is a glory hunter who only wants fame

and he doesn't care what he destroys to get it.

He has taken two beautiful wolves out of their natural habitat to make

himself look good and make money. And I'm not going to let that happen.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

We're not going to let that happen.

Sorry. You can edit that out, right? And this bit too?

Pesky kids.

-I'm not moving until you let the wolves go.

-Didn't Mummy and Daddy

teach you that we can't always get what we want?

They taught me to stand up for what's right.

Then they did a much better job than my parents. Go home

-and make them a cuppa to say thanks.

-You said you were just like me.

Oh, sweetie.

No-one's that weird.

-So everything you said was a lie?

-Finally, you get it.

Now will you move?

I should have known you were too good to be true.

And because I trusted you,

everything mysterious and magical is over.

Yeah, cheese factor 50.

Are all teenage girls like this, or just the crazy ones?

I'm glad I'm not like you.

Shannon, if your plan was to appeal to my better nature, it won't work.

I don't have one.

Yeah, that was Plan A.

Plan B was to keep you talking long enough for Tom to sneak round

the back of your truck and let the wolves go.

What?

Award-winning footage, Kyle.

Think you might be thinning a bit at the back though.

Steve? Steve!

HEADPHONE MUSIC BLARES

Idiot!

Oh, yeah, about the film... I've decided to go another way.

OK, yeah...

Two points to the kindergarten.

You've slowed me down, that's all.

I've got the bait, and I'll be back for your wolves.

He is right about the bait.

Yeah, I mean wolves can't resist it.

Although...

Since I've got it, it's probably no use to him.

Very stealthy.

Thank you very much. I think I'm ready for my close-up now.

This is for all the wolves out there.

Howl it with me now.

THEY HOWL

I remember the scent. Then it went dark.

-Then I saw that man...

-He smelled bad.

-And then Shannon.

-Yeah, but then Tom.

Which means we must have been trapped.

-Then released.

-By Tom.

We probably owe Shannon and Tom our lives and we can't even thank them.

-What are you going to tell your parents?

-The truth.

-Why?

Because he could come back! They've got a right to know.

-OK. I'm coming with you.

-No.

-Let me take the blame.

-No!

I got us into this, not you.

Although... I'm in so much trouble

I think they might actually eat us.

I'll see you next time I'm allowed out.

Which is probably in the next 50 years or so.

You could leave them in the den till they promise not to punish you.

Yeah, I might just do that.

-You sure you don't want to split the blame?

-Positive.

-OK.

I'll see you in 50 years.

-I can smell you out there, young lady.

-You are beyond grounded!

Open this door, Maddy. Open the door!

You and Rhydian gave Tom and Shannon, a picture of you

in wolf-form! What were you thinking?

In some parts of America, wolves are protected.

I'm going to get our wolves protected too.

If you want the Government to start passing laws to protect them,

-you need proof they actually do exist.

-I've got it!

Let's get the doors and windows locked.

We're staying here, where it's safe.

He's out of control, and we're not having you going down with him.

I'm not going to let you abandon him!

Who are you?

I'm Bryn. Your brother.

And I've come to take you home.

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