Previously:

"So, we have to find a kid who appears out of nowhere and a black wolf that seems nice." Drew said in a slightly defeated voice.

"Ooooook….and do we know anything that's actually useful?" Doyle asked, earning him glares from everyone else.

"What?" he asked.

"Maybe, we should just go out on a scouting mission. Get to know the woods better." Doc suggested.

"Sounds good." Drew replied as they all stood up and walked off the air ship in the direction of the forest.

A/N: in this the tunnels are all connected…sort of like air ducts that lead to every part of it, and if you still don't get it it'll make more sense after you read the chapter

Chapter 2 ^_^

Meanwhile in Zak's pov:

I ran through the forest, not daring to transform into a wolf.

Within minutes I had made it back to my meadow and dove inside my cave, I ran to the back and banked left down the tunnel, a few rights, one more left, and I came to a stop at the mouth of yet another well, hidden cave.

I walked out of the cave and came out on the top of a cliff that looked out over the forest and the small town about a mile away.

I focused my hearing and sense of smell in the surrounding area, making sure the Saturday family wasn't anywhere nearby. Once I was sure they weren't I walked over to the cliff and sat down, my legs hanging off over the edge.

Ok, so they're here to look for the wolf and now they're looking for me. And I have absolutely no idea what to do.

I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. I need to think of something, anything, to get their attention off of me.

I stared out at the small town, thinking how they never seem to guess that the wolf was actually me.

………………………oh come on! I seriously can't think of anything!

_______Authors POV_______

Zak sat their thinking for a few moments before he here'd a bird screech. He looked up to see a large bird (compared to normal birds) flying in circles a foot above his head.

Zak recognized the bird immediately, it was one of the cryptids…or non cryptid…that had come with the Saturdays family.

'Crap!' Zak thought, 'Out of all the creatures in the forest, this had to be the one that found me!'

He took out his claw, about to use his powers on the bird, hoping that it was, a cryptid when it suddenly swooped down and grabbed him by the shoulders and flying away, carrying him with it.

'Damn!' Zak thought, not even bothering to try to use his powers anymore 'It's probably taking me to the Saturdays.' He thought with a defeated sigh.

'Wait!' he thought as a plan began forming in his mind 'If I pretend to help them look for the wolf and they never find it then they'll just pack up and leave. Besides if they start to suspect it might be a hybrid they'd never think it was me since they think I was helping them!'

__________________the Saturdays _____________________

The Saturday family were walking through the forest at a very slow pace because-

1) They were still looking for anything to do with the wolf

2) They had no idea where they were

3) They had no idea which direction to head to get back to the town

4) No idea how far they had walked

and 5) If Doyle used his jet pack it would burn the forest down when he flew through the canopy of leaves.

"R weh teihr ye?" Fiskerton asked. (are we their yet?)

"No Fiskerton." Doc replied

"We still have no idea where were going." Doyle continued.

"Well, we would if someone remembered to re-charge our cryptapedia's." Drew said, turning to Doyle, he just shrugged and moved aside a low branch as he continued walking.

"Hey," Doyle said looking around, "where'd Zon and Komodo go?"

The others looked around, just noticing the others absence as well.

"Think they got lost?" Drew asked.

Suddenly Komodo became visible next to them as they here'd Zon come swooping in fast and dropped something into the bushes next to the Saturdays before she landed on the ground next to Doyle with a small caw of satisfaction.

The bushes moved for a moment before a young boy, looking about 12 or 13 stood up, brushing leaves off his shoulder, a scowl planted on his face.

The others blinked a few times before realization hit them. This was the kid that the towns people had told them about.

The kid looked up at them, noticing for the first time they were their "Uhh…Hi?" it came out sounding like a question.

"Uh, hello." Drew said, taking a small step forward towards the boy "I'm-"

"Drew," He said cutting her off, "Doc, and Doyle"

There was a moment of silence before Doc walked up to stand next to Drew "And how exactly do you know our names?" He asked.

"…I here'd you tell that woman Sera in town when you first arrived." He replied, telling the half truth.

"But we looked around and you weren't their" Drew said, looking confused.

"I left when she told you she saw me a few moments before"

They nodded in understanding. "So what's your name?" Doyle asked.

"Zak" he replied

"Well, Zak," Drew said, "we here'd that your always disappearing. Where do you go when you're not in town?"

"I'm supposed to tell random strangers I just met because…?" Zak asked/prompted.

"Uh…" Drew said not having a good answer to the boy's question.

"Exactly," Zak said smirking "so I heard your looking for the wolf."

"Ya." Doyle replied

"Do you know anything about it?" Doc asked.

"Only that it doesn't eat humans." Zak said, making up some story about how he had been standing in front of it and it just walked around him.

"Well" Drew said "At least we don't have to worry about it eating any of the town's people."

"So what do you plan on doing to it when you find the wolf?" Zak asked. If he was going to keep his secret the first step was learning more about their operation.

"Some scientists-" Doyle started cautiously.

"You mean the secret scientists who know about cryptids?" Zak asked, already knowing the answer.

"How do you know about cryptids?" Doc asked shock clear in his voice.

"Long story." Zak said, he could tell they wanted to ask more questions but they let the subject drop.

"Anyway." Doyle said.

"The rest of the secret scientist want us to re-locate it since its to close to a populated area. Even if it doesn't want to harm them." Drew said.

Zak simply nodded "I could help you if you want." he offered.

They looked surprised that he was offering to help find a wolf. "Thanks, but I don't think that's the best idea." Doc commented.

"Hey!" Zak defended, "I know the forest better than anyone, and unless you guys want to get lost for hours at a time again, you'll need me to show you around."

Drew sighed in defeat "Fine." she said "Just show us the way back to town and meet us back their tomorrow morning."

Zak nodded, a smirk creeping over his face. "It might be a while till we get back to the village. Were at least 10 miles away." and before they could say anything else, Zak spun around in the direction they assumed was the town and began to run, the others staggering behind him.