Chapter 2 of "Wolves on Film," part of Alpha and Omega: The Series
Credit for Editing and Beta-Reading goes to Dancing Lunar Wolves.
The human crew had spent most of the last night setting up their camp on the perimeter of the valley. But they were still all up bright and early, largely because their young leader, Alexander Evans by name, had insisted upon it.
They were now filming a location shot of one of the many large hills in Jasper. From atop the hill, Humphrey peaked out at them unnoticed.
"Okay, perfect timing, boys," he said over his shoulder. "Now if we can just get this right, they won't be able to take their eyes – or those sweet camera lenses – off of us."
Behind him, Salty, Shakey, and Mooch were busy preparing a log for its slide down the mountain.
"Why do we want them to notice us again?" Salty said.
"Because then we'll be movie stars," Humphrey said. "We'll be famous! Just think of how great it'll be!"
"I don't know," Shakey said. "I never really wanted to be famous. It seems like a lot of work."
"Trust me, guys, it's easy!" Humphrey said. "Just follow my lead and everything'll be fine!"
The trio looked at each other, unsure of what to think.
Finally, Mooch spoke up. "Do you get a lot of food if you're famous?"
Humphrey smiled. "Yep."
He didn't really know if this was true, but he knew it would do the trick.
"Then what are we waiting for!" Mooch shouted. He quickly threw Salty and Shakey into the log and jumped in himself. Humphrey chuckled as he walked over and took his own seat at the front.
Below them, Evans was yelling at his sleepy crew. "No sleeping on the job! Come on, boys! We got to be alert if we're going to win an Emmy for this!"
The crew did not seem too enthusiastic until one of them noticed a log filled with floor wolves sliding right for them. "What's that?" he said.
"I don't know, but it's coming right at us!" shouted another.
They all tried to get out of harm's way, but Evans wouldn't have any of it. "No, stay there!" he shouted. "We're not running away when we've got something this good to film. In fact, I'll give twenty dollars to the first person that thing runs over!"
The crew reluctantly returned to their positions. They still did not want to be hit by a speeding wolf-filled log, but it was better than being stranded with no job in the Canadian wilderness.
But they were in luck, because as it happened, Garth and Lilly were out on a morning stroll and had just come to the side of this hill. Without noticing, they walked into the path of the oncoming log. A look of horror filled Humphrey's face and he rapidly forced the log to turn toward the right. "Hey, what gives?" shouted the three wolves behind him, being unable to see what he was doing or why.
Humphrey managed to move the log out of Garth and Lilly's path, but in doing so, he never noticed the large rock directly in the log's new path. The log hit it and was sent tumbling into the air, as were Humphrey and the trio.
Garth managed to push Lilly out of the way just before four Omegas came crashing down on top of him.
Meanwhile, the camera-crew's luck ran out. The log managed to land right on top of three of them and soon they were in a heap of their own with their camera equipment strewn all about.
Alexander Evans ran over. "You better not have broken anything, you buffoons! I didn't come out here for you to drop your cameras from the slightest bump!"
"Humphrey!" Garth shouted as he threw the four wolves off of him. Despite having the full weight of Mooch on his back, Garth did not have difficulty in jumping up and forcing the Omegas off of his back.
"You know that log-sliding from this hill is strictly prohibited!" Garth continued. "It's used so much by all the wolves of our pack that it's too dangerous to log-slide here! You could have killed us!"
Lilly, meanwhile, was trying to mentally recover from the scare of nearly being hit by the log or by the falling wolves.
"Sorry," Humphrey said sheepishly. "I didn't mean any harm! I was just trying to get on T.V.!"
"T.V.?" Garth and Lilly both said in surprise.
Humphrey pointed behind them. They both looked over their shoulders and saw several humans and cameras staring back at them
"Are they really filming us?" Lilly said, nervous but with a hint of excitement in her voice.
Humphrey nodded. "Uh-huh. I thought you'd know about it, since Kate told your parents last night."
Lilly shook her head. "We haven't seen mom and dad today."
"And besides," Garth said, "This news hasn't gotten to my dad or the Eastern Pack yet. If it did, I'm sure he'd be throwing a fit by now."
"Well, let's hope he doesn't find out any time soon," Humphrey joked. "But I'm sure they'll be gone before he notices. I don't think they're gonna stay that long. That's why we had to try and get 'discovered' before it was too late."
Garth rolled his eyes. But then he looked over his shoulder to see the cameras still trained on him. He smiled suddenly. He straightened himself up into his proudest Alpha pose and said in a booming voice, "Well, no harm done, I suppose, if they stay for a little while." He then winked at the cameras after saying it.
Now it was Humphrey's turn to roll his eyes. "Scene-stealer," he remarked.
Humphrey then noticed that Lilly was fidgeting next to Garth. It didn't surprise Humphrey that she would be shy around cameras.
"Okay, Garth, my turn, my turn!" Lilly said quickly, almost too quickly for anyone to understand.
'Her… turn?' Humphrey thought. 'What could she possibly mean by that? It can't mean what it sounds like, not from Lilly.'
But then Humphrey noticed Lilly starting to stand a lot taller and prouder. Something was up.
"And as for you, Humphrey," Lilly said, sounding almost exactly like her mate, "that still gives you and your friends no excuse to be playing around on this hill! Now I order all four of you to get out of here before I come up with a real punishment!"
Humphrey's jaw dropped. He looked over his shoulder to see that so had his three friends' jaws.
"Now!" Lilly shouted. Humphrey and co. didn't wait around to argue.
As Humphrey walked away, he heard Lilly say to Garth. "How did I do? How did I do? You know I've never been on camera before!"
"Um… perfect, honey," Garth said, apparently surprised himself.
Humphrey shook his head as he walked away from the scene. "Kate won't come out of our den because she's afraid of cameras, but Lilly's trying to hog the spotlight! It's like opposite day! I just hope that's as long as it lasts!"
What is going to happen now that movie fever has spread throughout the pack?
Read on.