AN: Here is my first CM multi chap fic. It is going to be mostly a team fic, but there will be JJ/Rossi in it. But mostly focusing on the team. I'm hoping that even those who don't like that pairing will be willing to give it a try. The prologue is pretty short. Please read and review, much appreciated!!

Wolf Moon

Prologue- Devil's Backbone State Forest, Shenandoah County, Virginia

The full moon shone dispassionately down on the forest. The silver light cast deep shadows in the trees, throwing the forest into a shuttering, silver light.

Joey Templeton inhaled deeply as he ran a familiar path through the darkened forest. Joseph "Joey" Templeton ran this path every night, even in the snow. An accountant by day, Joey used his nightly runs to clear his head and think. He had just gotten out of college, and had been hired by a DC area accounting firm. His life was going great; he had a loving girlfriend, Vanessa, talked to his parents, Mike and Susie, every week, and had just put a down payment down on a house for him and Vanessa.

He smiled as he ran. He planned on asking Vanessa to marry him this weekend. They had been dating since their freshman year in high school, had gone to college together, and already lived together in a small apartment. He was sure she would say yes, after all, how could she not? Joey ran in bliss, imagining how perfect the weekend would be. He couldn't wait to tell his parents that he was getting married.

Unlike many joggers, Joey never ran with earbuds and music. His parents had taught him to love nature, and to enjoy every facet of it, so he did. The natural world was his soundtrack. The music of owls, crickets and the wind running through the trees accompanied him every night.

Joey was so in the zone that he didn't notice right away when the crickets stopped chirping and when the owls left their trees, searching for different hunting grounds. The forest suddenly and inexplicably fell silent.

Joey paused in a moon drenched clearing. He glanced around, his heart pounding from the exertion. A trickle of fear ran up his back. The forest was never this quiet; the only sound was his own breathing. He looked around, his eyes darting from tree to tree, trying to penetrate the shadows.

"Hello? Is anyone out there?" he called nervously. He heard some leaves rustling as something moved out there.

He stepped back as the largest dog he had ever seen stepped from the shadows. The dog's shoulders had to go up to his chest.

"Hey bud," Joey whispered, his hands out towards the dog, "Where's your master, huh? Dogs are supposed to be on a leash on the trails…"

A low menacing growl cam from the dog. Joey was sure he had never seen teeth that big on the neighborhood dogs at home. He whimpered as three more dogs joined the first. They all stared at him, hardly moving.

Joey suddenly realized they weren't dogs. They were wolves.

"Oh shit," he whispered. He spun and ran, ran harder and faster than he had ever run before. The only thing he could think was that the news had never said anything about the zoo losing some wolves.

He thought he heard a voice ahead, and veered towards the sound. Maybe someone could help him.

But he only came across another wolf. It threw its head back and howled, the eerie sound cutting through the silence.

Joey spun and continued to run. He could hear the wolves behind him, around him. He was being hunted. His breath came in ragged gasps, tears streamed down his face. He could hear the excited yips of the wolves following him. He wondered if the wolves had gotten that person he had heard earlier.

Joey tripped; he hit the ground with a strangled yelp. He felt teeth rip into his calf. The other wolves surrounded him, growling and pushing each other to get prime meat.

He could hear their teeth ripping flesh from his body. Pain wracked his entire body, the copper scent of his own blood filled his nostrils. He cried out in pain.

Suddenly the wolves stopped; they stared down at him. He could swear they were waiting for him to bleed out, to die. The wolves seemed to enjoy watching him.

As he lay there, eyes closed, he remembered Vanessa chastising him for running at night.

"You shouldn't run there after dark, Joey," she always said, "You never know what may be out there with you…"

"You were right, Vanessa. I'm sorry," he whispered. His eyes cracked open, and the lead wolf leapt onto him. Joey saw the fangs dripping saliva, a gaping maw, and then merciful nothingness.

AN: so that's the prologue. Please drop me a review or PM and let me know what you thing!! Thanks

~Starfox