chapter 2: an unfriendly welcome
Humphrey and his friends had just woke up and they were all still in a metal box. "Humphrey, where are we?" Shakey asked with a slight headache. "Well were in Idaho that's for sure. but I have to ask is anyone hurt?" Humphrey asked clearly concerned for his friends. "Im good" Salty said slightly relieved that he wasn't dead yet. "Me to" Shakey said after Salty. "Same here if I wasn't cramped into a box" Mooch said angrily. As they all waited, they all heard a sound. "Hey Humphrey, whats that sound?" Salty asked. "Beats me but it sounds like a human howl" (music) Humphrey said slightly interested in what it was. "I know what that is, its called singing" Shakey answered as he shifted in the box to get comfortable. "What is singing?" Humphrey asked even more interested. "Its like the form of a howl, but it has words in it too" Shakey explained. As they were all talking about singing, the bumping around stopped. The sound of the music was gone and replaced with doors opening and shutting. "Whats going on?" Mooch asked starting to panic. " Don't worry Mooch there about to let us out" Humphrey said to Mooch in a calm voice. About three minutes go by and there doors opened up. All of Humphrey's friends made a dash for the woods except Humphrey. He just walked out slowly from the box and sat down. He looked around to see the park ranger looking at him nervously. He then noticed a teenager that belonged to the park ranger and slowly went up to him. The ranger pulled out his shotgun and aimed it right at him. Humphrey paused for a brief second only to flatten his ears and tuck his tail in between his legs. He then continued to approach the teen and then stopped in front of him. "Boy, don't touch that wolf. He will bite your hand off if you do". "Oh dad, I don't think he will try that. Look, he is afraid so he wont try anything". And with that, the teen slowly put his hand out. Humphrey then gave it one lick then nuzzled the boy. The teenager began stroking Humphrey on the head and then gave a good pat on his back. After about five minutes of petting and playing around the teenager's father told him it was time to go. "OK dad, just let me say goodbye". After that, his father got into his truck and waited for his son. " Well i guess this is goodbye wolf" the boy said to Humphrey and with that the boy got into the truck and his dad drove away.
~ Kate ~
Kate was running all around the territory looking for Humphrey. After about two hours of searching she went to her father. "Dad, I need to talk to you!" she said in a loud voice. "Yes dear, what can I help you with" Winston asked as he wanted to help his daughter out. "I cant find Humphrey anywhere. I was wondering if you may have seen him come through here?" she ask in a panicked tone. "Im sorry, I have not seen him. Would you like me to send out a search party?" Winston asked clearly concerned for his son in law. "yes thanks dad, I would really appreciate it" she said as she was about to leave the den. Just as she was about to leave, Jake ran in pretending to gasp for air. "I know where your mate is" Jake said to Kate. "where, where is he?" she said starting to get louder. "He and three others were taken by humans to Russia" Jake lied slightly. "Russia! Oh my god im never going to see him again." Kate began to cry heavily. "Don't worry, i'll protect you until he gets back I promise Jake said giving her a hug. "Thanks Jake, your a good friend" with that both Jake and Kate left Winston's den and went to the feeding grounds.
~ Humphrey and friends ~
"What the hell was that Humphrey?" Mooch yelled at Humphrey. "I don't know. There was something about that pup that I liked" Humphrey explained to his friends. Humphrey pause for a brief second then turned around to look at his friends. "Look, lets just forget that it ever happened OK?" Humphrey asked slightly annoyed. "OK Humphrey" they all said together. "OK first, we need to go talk to Marcel and Paddy" Humphrey told the others. they all started to walk through the woods to hear twigs snap. they all paused for a minute to look around. "Humphrey we should probably keep going" Salty whispered into Humphrey's left ear. "OK lets just keep mo..." was all Humphrey could say before getting pounced on by an unknown wolf. "Humphrey!" Salty, Shakey, and Mooch said all together. just as they said that they to were pounce on by three more unknown wolves. "Who are you and what are you doing Here?" said a female wolf while she was snarling and showing her teeth. "Please...don't kill us. We come in peace." Shakey said with his eyes closed with his paws over them. "IM not going to ask again. Who are you and what are you doing here!" another female asked baring her teeth. "My name his Humphrey and those are my friends Salty, Shakey, and Mooch. We were taken from are home to come here and repopulate" Humphrey said in an scared tone. After the unknown wolves heard there explanation, they got off of them.
"never mind girls there just weak, little omega's" one of the alpha females said out loud. "come on girls, we got to get back to jasper park before the next full moon" one of the other alphas said out loud to her friends. "Wait, you all are from jasper park too?" Humphrey asked. "Yea but why do you need too know omega?" the alpha said to Humphrey. "Well, we too are from jasper park and we were about to head back home then we found you, or should I say found us" shakey said with a small chuckle. "Im sorry to ask but what are your names?" Mooch asked politely. "My name is Krystal and over there that's Amy. The one standing next to Amy is Angel. And this one is Maria". Humphrey eye balled Krystal for a moment because she was a beautiful female. She had long black hair with sky blue eyes. Amy had a beautiful grey and white color to her fur with sharp gold eyes. Angel had long white all around her body, She almost looked like Lilly except her eyes. Her eyes were light green and Maria's fur was brown all over except her paws. Her paws were grey and her eyes were grayish brown. "OK girls, if we are going back to jasper park, we need to talk to Marcel and Paddy" Humphrey explained to the others. after about two hours of looking, Humphrey found them playing golf. "Marcel Paddy, how's it going guys?" Humphrey asked with a huge smile and gave them a big hug. "Bonjour my furry friend. What are you doing down here?" Marcel asked with interest. "Well, we all got taken from jasper park to repopulate here in Idaho" Humphrey explaining his whole story to him. "And what about you and Kate?" Paddy asked with a curious look on his face. "Me and Kate are through. I don't really want to go into details" Humphrey said as he stared at the ground. "OK so how do we get back to jasper?" Krystal asked the two birds. "Well, you have to go over that mountain, then you have to catch a ride on the Canadian express and it should take you all the way there" Marcel explained to her. "And you might have to wait for that train. it will be about two weeks before it comes through again" Paddy through in. "OK thanks a lot guys" Humphrey said with a slight smile. As the two birds took off, Krystal told the others that they had to jump of the train early because they were from the southern territory. "Its very important that we get back home as possible" Krystal said to everyone. "And why is that?" Shakey asked with a confused look. "Because, We're suppose to lead are pack into war with the eastern and western packs" she announced. "Why would you want to go to war with them for" salty asked starting to worry but he didn't show it. "Because they allowed an alpha to marry an omega and that is against pack law" Amy through in. "Well what if you loved someone that was an omega and you loved him enough to want to marry him?" Mooch said in a sturdy but strong voice. "Well I dough that will ever happen but if it did, i would try and abolish that pack law to be with him" Maria said barely glaring over at the omega's. "OK we have a long walk so lets keep it moving back there" Krystal yelled in a stern voice. After she said that they all made there way toward the mountain.
The four omega's fell a little behind so they could talk to each other. "So what do you thing guys?" Shakey with a slight smile on his face. "what do you mean?" Salty and Mooch both said together. "The girls. I mean, look at them, there so beautiful especially Maria" shakey said with a movement of his paw toward the girls. "Oh yea there OK if you like white fur, light green eyes, perfect body" Salty said staring at angel. "I agree, especially Amy. she looks so pretty it makes my heart stop" Mooch said as he stared at Amy. "Well guys I have to admit, I do like Krystal. I mean, ever since I laid an eye on her my heard started to flutter" Humphrey said as he was day dreaming about her. the four continued to talk until they started to get hungry. "hey Humphrey im starting to get hungry" Salty said rubbing his stomach. "Same here" Mooch and shakey both said at the same time. "OK were all hungry" Humphrey said with a giggle and went to catch up to the girls. but little did the omega's know that the girls were having talk of there own.
As the girls were walking ahead of the omega's, they began to talk about them. "So what do you think about them?" Maria asked the other three. "what do you mean?" Amy asked interested in where she was going with the conversation. "The boys, what do you think about them?" Maria asked again. "Well I'll tell you what I think. I think there kinda cute, especially Mooch" Amy said glancing over at Mooch when he wasn't looking. the girls just looked at Amy with a small grin. "What? I like the way he looks. Just because he is fat doesn't mean he has a bad heart and by the looks of it, he must have a really good personality" Amy said to the others day dreaming about Mooch. "Oh come on, as if you don't like the small one Maria" Amy said staring at her. "Well I do kinda like Shakey a little bit" Maria said with a small smile. The three girls just stared at her till she spoke up. "OK! I like him a lot. he is just so cute and he probably has a very good personality" Maria admitted as she glanced over to look at Shakey. "Well I cant believe you two like omega's" Angel staring forward with pride. "don't you dare hide it. We see the way you look at the tall one" Krystal said with a hard glare at her. "OK give me a break, I do like him and I mean a lot. He looks really shy but he looks like he has a good heart and a great personality" angel said with a slight glare to Salty. Then it came down to the last girl. "What?" Krystal asked as her three friends stared at her. "You know what. We want to know what you think of Humphrey" Angel said with a huge grin on her face. they all paused for a second till Krystal spoke up. "OK he's really cute. Ever since I laid my eyes on his I felt a connection. And his aqua blue eyes oh my god they are so hot" Krystal said as she was day dreaming about him. Her three friends jaws dropped when they heard her say he was hot. But they quickly gatherer there composure because they saw Humphrey getting closer to them. They all ended the conversation and continued to walk.
"Hey Krystal" Humphrey called as he was catching up. "What do you want omega" Krystal said to Humphrey with an annoyed look on her face. "OK first thing, we have names and we would appreciate it if you all go by them cause we treat you with respect so can you please treat us with some to?" Humphrey sternly asked. "OK fine what do you want Humphrey?" Krystal asked in a fake annoyed voice. "Well we were wondering if we could stop long enough to get something to eat" Humphrey explained to her. After he asked her that, her stomach rumbled and now every one was hungry. " OK well go hunting just stay here" Krystal said and with that, the girls left to go hunting. after about five minutes go by the guys were starting to get bored. They all just laid there except Shakey. he had a little tune stuck in his head from when they were in the metal boxes. "Um Shakey what are you doing" Humphrey asked with a small chuckle. "Oh its a little tune that got stuck in my head when we were in those metal boxes. Its a little tune from that music box they were playing" Shakey explained to the others. "Hey I have a idea" Humphrey thought out loud. "what you heard on that music box was called singing right. I think we should try it. who knows we might get good at it" Humphrey explained his idea to his friends.
As the girls started coming back with there kills, they heard faint singing in the distance. "Hey Krystal what is that sound" Maria asked really interested in what it was. "I don't know but it kinda sounds like singing" Krystal said as they all stopped to hear the singing. "It kinda sounds like the boys" Amy threw in. "Come on lets get back" Krystal said to the others and with that they all dragged the two dead caribous back to the boys. As the girls got back the boys were still singing. the girls just hid in a bush for a brief moment to listen to there wonderful voices. As the boys sang, the fur on all the girls started to raise because they liked what they heard. When they finally stopped singing, they all laughed and started to chat. With that the girls continued to drag the caribou towards them. They turn around to see two large caribou and there mouths began to water. "OK you all know the rules alphas first" Krystal said and the four girls began to eat. after they finished eating, they hardly left anything for the boys and the girls got tired and took a little nap in a cave nearby. Humphrey had an idea to get back at them. "Hey guys I'll be back in one hour" Humphrey said to his three friends. "where are you going" Shakey asked clearly concerned about what he was doing. "Im going out to get us some food and when they wake up just play along OK?" and with that they all nodded there heads and he left to go get some food for themselves. about 15 minutes later he comes back with a large caribou that he dragged only about 75 yards from where they were. "Thanks Humphrey" they all said and began to eat. Just as they began eating, the girls woke up to see a freshly killed caribou in front of them and the omegas were eating it happily. "How did you kill this caribou" Krystal asked clearly curious. "You four didn't leave us anything so I had to go catch us something" Humphrey said in a slightly angered voice. "were sorry about that but how did you kill that caribou?" Krystal asked as she got a little closer to him. "Look, lets just say im a little more that an omega and lets just keep it that way OK?" Krystal nodded her head in agreement with him and walked off with her friends. "Hey if I didnt know any better Id have to say he's an alpha" Amy said to her friend. "I think you may be right Amy, and I have a way to prove it" Krystal whispered to her friend as they all left the area.
As they were coming up to an old house Humphrey asked out loud "where are they?" he yelled. "Where is who" Krystal asked with concern. " Garn and Debby. Last time I was here, We were able to get a ride back to jasper in a moving box they got into and we ended up at some sort of human den (GAS STATION)" Humphrey explained his whole story to the girls without giving Kates. "What is your mates name?" Krystal asked in a slightly sad tone. "She is not my mate any more" Humphrey explained another story of his. "So your single at the moment right?" Krystal asked him with a small blush. "Yep and I already have my eye on some one too" Humphrey said with a small blush. Krystal's face went from happy to slightly pail but soon faded away when Marcel and Paddy flew up to them. "Well we see that you all found that they moved away but we do have good news" Paddy said to all the wolves. "Indeed we have good news. this human den they used to live in, you all can stay here for a while till we can figure out how to get you back to jasper park from here" Marcel explained. "Well we will be back as soon as possible. just stay here unless you get hungry. Other than that stay here, it will be easier to find you" and with that both the birds flew off to search for a way to get them back to jasper. as they flew away the eight wolves found there way into the human den through the front door that was unlocked somehow. As they all started to go into the house, Humphrey looked back long enough to see a monster storm coming in. "Oh great, just what we need a storm" he thought as he sighed and turned and walked into the house. little did they all know they were all going to secretly admit there feelings for one another.
