How it Ends: Meanwhile
Whenever I made In the Negative, which was the prequel to Meanwhile, I intended for it to stand in as the long awaited sequel to the first A&O film since that abomination had not yet been conceived. However, after A&O2 was released, I realized that I had to change tactics, so I decided to make a sequel to ITN that would bridge the story from ITN and tie the events of ITN and Meanwhile directly into the second movie. So that's exactly what I started. Unfortunately, time and motivation got away from me and I lost interest long before a lot of my stories got the endings they deserved. So rather than leave this tale untold, I will tell you how Meanwhile would have played out.
Oblivious to the building threat, Humphrey completes his alpha training with Miles, but in order to set a better example for his pack and his future pups, he decides to remain an omega. Miles struggles through his recovery, but is eventually able to kick his addiction and Kate and Humphrey accept him as their pups' godfather. I always pictured Gauge as a deeply misguided, angry young man, but when Victor got a hold of him at the end of ITN, his fate was sealed. Rather than help him, Victor further corrupted and brainwashed him so that he could ultimately use him to carry out his plan. On the night of the attempted coup, Gauge tries to kill Kate, but Miles intervenes because Kate is still not fully able to defend herself due to her injury and late term pregnancy. In his efforts to defend Kate, Miles is killed and the other attackers kill several other wolves throughout the park as well. Humphrey, who arrives late to the scene of the battle, finds Miles dead and Gauge making his attempt at Kate's life.
Humphrey steps in and a bloody battle ensues. Humphrey is nearly killed, and in this moment of near death, he rediscovers his ability to interlope, recovers his soul, and ultimately kills Gauge. Then he makes his way toward Victor for the final confrontation. Hutch, as a final test of loyalty to Victor is sent in to kill Winston. However, after a long battle, Winston kills Hutch. Seeing his plan falling apart around him, Victor tries to escape with his party of followers. However, Humphrey intercepts him and the two of them have a one on one fight while the others stand aside and watch. Humphrey defeats Victor, but elects to allow him to live under oath that he will never return to Jasper. He swears this to Humphrey, but obviously that was a lie. Victor leaves with the rest of his party, and only then does Humphrey realize what he had done. The Deceiver was living inside of Victor and it is at this moment that he takes over his body. This is evident only to Humphrey, but he knows better than to pursue Victor alone. Once Victor gets out into the place that will later be known as Banff, he slaughters every wolf under his lead but two females- one of his daughters,(Princess) and a female with whom he can breed. He then assumes the name King and becomes the villain from A&O2.
He attracts many banished wolves who share his belief system and his numbers slowly grow until he has the following he had in A&O2. Humphrey leaves Victor (King) alone, but with his mission not yet complete, a part of him knows that what happened the day of the raid was only the beginning. That's why, at the end of A&O2, Humphrey shows King no mercy and executes him, ridding the world of the Deceiver once and for all. (I know the second movie didn't explicitly say that King died, but it's not too far fetched to assume that he did.) There were many casualties back in Jasper: Miles, Gauge, Austyn, Hutch, Shakey, Reba, Janice, Jake, Candu, and several pups were all killed during the raid. Essentially, any characters who existed in this story, or in the first movie, but were not in the sequels were killed during the raid. Kate gives birth to Stinky Runt and Claudette two days after the raid, while much of the park is still in mourning. Their birth, however, provides a little glimmer of hope for the future. We skip a small chunk of time and then follow the pups for a while. Runt, being the omega in the group, felt as though he was not special or worthy, in spite of his father's encouragement. He had it set in his mind that he had to find a way to make himself valuable and unique. That was his motivation to learn how to climb trees.
He struggles greatly at first, but is determined because this is something that no other wolf, not even an alpha could do. He spends several long nights out in the forest alone trying and trying to climb a tree, earning scrapes, bruises and cuts, until one day he finally gets it. Eager to show his siblings his new trick, he takes them out into the woods with the secret intent to demonstrate his trick. It is at this point that the story line of Meanwhile ties into that of A&O2, and the story comes to an end.
This story had the potential to be pure gold, and I am so sad to have never finished it, but at least now you guys know how it would have all played out. I hope that y'all enjoyed this- even though I know it's no substitute for the actual story.
Thank you.