"Ok. I'm on my way. Do you have something she was wearing so I can track her scent?" Alcide was grabbing his keys as he talked to Sookie on his cell phone.
"Yeah, she left her sweater here. Alcide, we need to find her!"
"Calm down, Sook. We'll find her." He hung up and left his house heading to his truck. He didn't want to admit it, but he was worried about Ari as well. Sookie had explained how the drunk punched Ari when she stepped between him and Sam when Sam came to her defense. She barely flinched when the man's fist made contact with her face.
When he pulled into the lot, he saw it empty. He rushed in and saw Eric and Pam were there as well. He growled as he approached the table where Sam and Sookie had spread out a map of the area.
"What the fuck are they doing here?" Alcide bellowed clenching
"I called them. We need their help"! Sookie explained as she stood between Eric and Alcide.
"If he touches her..." Alcide growled his threat. No one seem to notice the look on Sam's face as he witnessed the exchange.
"Alcide can I talk to you alone?"
"Yeah. Smells like death in here." He followed the shifter into his office and waited till Sam shut the door. "We don't need them Sam. Between us, we have enough to find her."
"We need a lot of help right now Al. I have to ask what the hell that was all about."
"What?"
"I know you hate Northman, but you looked ready to rip him apart if he even looked at Ariel."
"I don't know man. It's like..."He ran a hand threw his thick locks as he flopped into one of the chairs that sat across from the desk.
"Like you're very protective of her?"
"Yeah. How did...?"
"I was the same. When I stepped in front of that drunk earlier."
Alcide had shifted into his wolf form and smelled the air. He caught a faint whiff of Ari's scent and went off in that direction. He paused when he finally found her asleep at the base of a tree, shivering. He slowly moved toward her when Eric suddenly appeared, he grinned evilly when he saw the white wolf that was Alcide.
Alcide growled showing his sharp canines almost daring the vampire to do something.
Unfortunaly for both of them, she woke up and screamed.
Then Alcide the perhaps the dumbest thing ever, he shifted back fully naked in front of her.
"Ari! Calm down it's me!"
"Alcide? Wha...? Who?" She then did what any woman would have done standing by a vampire and a naked werewolf; she fainted.
It was Eric who caught her which cause Alcide to stalk toward him and snatch her from his arms.
"Don't you fuckin touch her!" He growled as he shifted the still Ari in his arms.
"Eric! Alcide! Oh thank god! You found her and you're naked." Sookie observed when came into the clearing with Sam in his Collie form.
"The dog shifted from wolf to human in front of her and she fainted!" Eric hissed
"If you hadn't gotten so close I wouldn't have shifted and would've just stay near till Sam and Sookie came by!"
"What would you have done if we hadn't" Sookie asked as she stood between the men.
"I would have taken her home myself."
"Like that?" Sookie questioned
"I'm sure I wouldn't some fuckin fanger get his stench all over her!"
Sam had an idea where this was leading so he shifted back to his human state.
"We need to get her inside now!" Sam advised taking the sweat pants Sookie had just handed him
"Sookie did you bring my truck and clothes?" Alcide asked as he shifted Ari in his arms.
"Cloths yes, truck no. I'm too short." She handed him his jeans and flannel shirt he had earlier. He debated about giving Ari over to Sam or to just set he down while he changed.
"I'll take her Alcide. I'll give her right back ok?" Sam negotiated holding up his hands.
Alcide nodded and carefully set her in Sam's arms and had her back in his as he broke his own record for dressing quickly.
"I'll take her back to your place Sookie?"
"No take her back to your place. Sam, Eric, Pam and I need to talk and I know how you feel about being in the same room with them."
"What do I tell her when she wakes up?"
"I have no idea. You'll figure something out."
Alcide had one eye on the road and the other on Ariel as she laid curled up in his front seat. Her hair fell in her face. He removed one hand off the steering wheel and moved his hand to brush the strand away when she mumbled.
"Michael?"
He pulled his hand back and tried to ignore the sharp pain he felt in his heart.
Michael's head shot up and looked around him with a confused look on his face.
"Michael? What is it brother?" Raphael asked.
"Ariel. I heard her voice! I may be to track her better!" He closed his eyes in concentration while the other angels of the garrison stood by.
"She's in Louisiana. Where specifically I do not know, but we have a better reading."
"You and Raphael go, Uriel, Zachariah and myself will stay incase you need back up. Bring her home brothers." Gabriel said his voice full of hope.
"We will brother." With that the two brothers open their wings and flew downward.
Will the brothers find their sister and how will Ari react waking up at Alcide's?
