Author: Lexie
Title: Creeping' Up on You
Rating: PG-13 for now. Rating may change in later chapters.
Category: Wolf Lake
Pairing: Luke/Sophia
Disclaimer: The copyrights to Wolf Lake are owned by CBS, UPN, the shows producers and writers. I don't own the television characters on Wolf Lake. The copyrights to the songs are solely the property of the artist and or writer of the songs along with the record labels, once again not for financial gain.
Summary: An alpha is looking for his mate, the next white wolf. (Sucky summary I know)
Note: I thought that because Sherman is obviously from Native American descent. I would use some Native American Culture as some background. I'm not going to use one distinct people. I'll be using probably the whole spectrum of Native American Races. I'm also using the Church of Unified Science Triumvirate as a Native American natured Church.
Easier to Run – Linkin Park; Meteora © 2003 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
It's easier to run, replacing this pain with something good
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
Something has been taken from deep inside of me
A secret I've got locked away, no one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show, they never go away
Like moving pictures in my head, for years and years they've played...
If I could change, I would, Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would
If I could change, I would, Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave...
It's easier to run, replacing this pain with something good
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back
And never moving forward so there'd never be a path...
If I could change, I would, Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave, I would
If I could change, I would, Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave...
Just washing it aside, all of our nervousness inside
Pretending I don't feel this place is so much simpler than change...
It's easier to run, replacing this pain with something good
It's so much easier to go than face all this pain here all alone
It's easier to run...
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made...
It's easier to go...
If I could change, I would
Take back the pain, I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made, I would
If I could stand up and take the blame, I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave...
Matthew lunged at Luke, despite Vivian trying to remind him of the two families' agreement, latching his hands around Luke's neck and started closing his gripe.
Meanwhile just as Sophia was approaching the bus, she felt pain fill her throat and she started gasping for air. "Adam," she harshly whispered against the pain, "Help me."
Adam ran as fast as her could to reach Sophia. This isn't good. Why is her throat becoming reddened? Nobody is strangling her and she hasn't eaten anything since the rave. Another thought popped into his head but put his barriers up before thinking it. This can't be what I Sherman has talked about in Wolf Studies is it? A mate being physically put through the same thing their mate is going through? Sophia doesn't have a mate she hasn't even flipped yet.
"We made an agreement boy! I wouldn't beat you to a pulp as long as nothing happened to my daughter! I let it slide that you couldn't get to her in time but now to find out you left her to go screw a pack whore, the agreement is dissolved and you deserve every ounce of pain I will instill in you."
Luke grasped as Matthew's gripe tightened. "I can't breathe," he gasped.
Sophia was rapidly losing unconsciousness at the lack of circulation. No! No! No! I can't die in this place, She mentally panicked, screaming mentally as loud as she could. I need to leave. I can't stay here. Please Aakuluujjusi save your daughter! I don't want to die. She begged the Inuit Goddess Mother of Creation one of the many multi-Native American Tribe Gods and Goddesses the Wolven citizens and their family members worship in the Church of Unified Science Triumvirate, the one of only a few Churches standing in town.
Adam opened up his wolf mind to scan if any other members where in harm. He growled when he felt it was Luke. Whoever you are stop hurting Luke!!!! Sophia is just hurt by your actions!!!! Adam's message roared. He had totally forgotten that Matt had run off to seek vengeance for Sophia's prior condition.
The Alpha, her son, and Matthew heard the roar load and clear. Matthew viciously pushed Luke away from him; then he looked at Vivian seething.
Vivian shrugged off the look. "Don't look at me like that. I told you it would happen! You just couldn't see reason."
Matthew didn't say anything he then started pummeling Luke's face in...before panic in shown in his eyes as he raced to his daughter's location.
As Matthew was racing to his yet again unconscious daughter, Vivian went to care for her unconscious son. "You've just made an enemy son. A very lethal enemy too bad he doesn't have a say in it anymore."
Luke just lay emotionless while gaining much needed oxygen through his throat.
Sophia's head kept slamming back and forth against unseen punches before she felt free of the invisible constriction of her throat and the blows stopped. She praised Aakuluujjusi for listening to her prayers as the pain ceased through her body.
She whimpered ferally, as Adam smoothed her hair back calming her down. "Sophia shallow slow breathing. Not too fast or you'll just damage your throat and lungs even more."
"What..." Sophia asked in a strangled whimper, "...hap..."
Adam shook his head. "No talking just breath right now. Slowly and carefully breathe."
Matthew arrived with in minutes of the mental scream from Adam. He saw his daughter's reddened neck and bruising face. He cursed under his breath for not listening to Vivian. His already fearful daughter would be even more fearful of him.
"Soph..." Luke called out to his mother whimpering instantly at the pain still surrounding his neck. His facial muscles burned with pain from the elder males attacks. Trying to talk was extremely painful from the throat and mouth. Luke hadn't put up much of a fight since Matthew had taken him by surprise. He shook his head at his moment of weakness.
"Shh, Darling, She's fine. She's fine," Vivian reassured her son. She shook her head of any negative thoughts she might have on Matthew. She understood his need to protect Sophia but in doing so he forgot the agreement made by the two families and hurt his daughter even more.
Sophia's eyes glowed bright amber as a vicious growl ripped out of her throat. She smelt a familiar scent on her father's hands. "Get away! You're a monster! You hurt me!" She cowered away from her family and hid behind Adam. "You hurt Luke! I should kill you!" She whimpered in pain from the trauma her body had victimized to.
Matthew looked at his daughter with shock written all over his face. She is thinking like an outraged wolf mate. This isn't good. What have I done? What have I done? This experience alone will flip her and when she has flipped she will be mated with Luke. She can't be mated with him. She needs to be human and get out of Wolf Lake.
Adam growled at the elder male. "I suggest you leave Sheriff. You've caused enough damage."
Matthew stalked up to the teen. "Listen, I don't care who you are, but I do know that you don't want to go rounds with me right now. I'm talking my daughter home." He growled back.
"I'd rather go and stay at Sherman's house," Sophia whispered to Adam who smirked at the Sheriff. "Well, She doesn't want to go with you. She doesn't even want to be around you right now Sheriff."
"Why doesn't she tell me herself?"
Adam gave him an 'you know the answer look,' but decided to give him the answers the Sheriff seeked, "Someone decided to damage her mate's vocal chords and in doing so also damaged her vocal chords. Who was that?"
Matthew growled even more, "Don't provoke me boy." Damn. What did that spell, Sherman performed at the agreement, do to the two of them? Sherman, I want answers.
"I'm taking her to Sherman's Sheriff. Just until things calm down. Sophia has had the worst forty-eight hours in her life I'm assuming. She really needs the rest and time away from you." Adam turned away from Matthew to Sophia, whom was now clinging to him as if her life depended on it, "C'mon Sophia," he said as he picked her up in his arms and shield her protectively. "Let's get you to Sherman's house."
While the two teens starting vanishing from his vision, Matthew grabbed Sophia's bag berating himself for yet again causing his daughter unintentional pain. Knowing that showing up at Sherman's house was probably going to make the situation worse, he opted to go home and swallow himself in pity.
It took Adam about ten minutes to get Sophia to Sherman's house. His knocking at the door had to be his foot kicking the door since Sophia was clinging to him more tightly then at the bus station.
"Adam, What are you doing here at this time of day? Shouldn't you be frolicking in the woods? What's young Donner doing in your arms and in a cast?" Sherman Blackstone, Wolven Pack's Keeper, asked as soon as he opened his door. "My God, her throat's raw and her face is bruising. What the hell happened?"
"If you'll let us in Sherman, I'll fill you in on what's been going on." Adam stated as politely as he could given his situation.
The Native American nodded his head and moved to the side of his entrance to allow the teens into his home. He escorted them into the living room, offering them the couch. Then settling him self into an armchair.
Adam settled Sophia onto the couch before sitting down on the floor in front of her. He held her hand with one hand and stroked it with the other while looking at Sherman. "It started last night." He began.
Sherman's ears picked up. "What happened?"
Still stroking Sophia's hand to calm her down, Adam continued to describe the past 24 hours. "Well, Luke went to Sophia's house as a pretense to lure her to the nightly rave. She called him on and, found out what he was up to and said no. Luke somehow managed to get her to go." Adam paused collecting his thoughts, "They weren't even at the rave for ten minutes and Luke scampered off with Presley leaving Sophia in the middle of a wolf den defenseless. Davidson, drunk, approached her thinking she was a new Wolven. She told him who she was and he attacked her, putting her in this cast. She kicked him off her making him sail in to the air, a tree broke his fall. In fear of her life she fled. Just after she fled, Luke comes and attacks Davidson. He orders Sean to find her and then they take her to home to the Sheriff. She woke up this morning and cowered away from Matt calling him a monster. Scott Nichols then showed up at the diner expecting Sophia to be there and she wasn't. So he visits her and Matt convinces him that no matter what she says that Sophia is delusional."
"Because no one was believing her she decided to go on her vacation early. Matt showed up and tried to make her stay in town. Sophia proceeded to describe Luke's actual involvement in her injuries and Matt went postal. He hunted down Luke and began to attack him which made him inadvertently attack Sophia, thus the reason for her bruising face and raw neck. She didn't want to go home. She said she'd rather stay with you. So here we are."
It worked. The spell worked which means she's close...very close to flipping. The Cates and Donner blood lines will finally come together. Sherman mentally mused. "Let me go get the spare room prepared then since, she's trusting you right now and won't let you leave her side, you can get her settled in," Sherman told the young wolf.
Adam nodded. Then turned to Sophia to see her slightly subdued and smiling up at him, "Hey Soph, How you feeling right now?"
"Like a train hit me going five thousand miles an hour," Sophia responded with a weakened smile. "Thank you, Adam. I know you'd like nothing more than to do anything else besides being a babysitter to an ungulate."
Adam smiled sadly, "It's better then tending Davidson's wounds. You a good person Soph. Maybe the rest of us forgot that after we flipped. Luke is crazy about you. He'd protect you to his dying breath and then have a pack male protect you to your dying breath."
"Sometimes I doubt that Adam. I wouldn't be in this position if he hadn't scampered off with Presley."
"True but still he loves you. All you have to do is look in his eyes to see it."
"It's easier to run away Adam. At least if I ran I would have to deal with being the half-breed. I wouldn't have to deal with all the torture. Sometimes I just wish I were dead."