Chapter seven: Planning.
Mellos P.O.V.
Imprinting which also known as a zing. It's something that only ever happens once in your life. Imprinting or a zing doesn't matter to the council, their orders are still orders no matter what.
Like everyone else who's ever imprinted before I got it the moment I laid eyes on Near.
He could feel it too and ever since then we have been together.
A zing or imprint is really powerful and can never be broken. Those who feel it are soul mates and are meant to be.
I close my eyes letting myself drink in the scent of Near as he is still asleep with his head on my chest. I sigh happily and I begin to drift off but I don't fall asleep since a knock comes to the door. I open my eyes with a quite groan, moving Near off me and gently to a pillow trying not to wake him succeeding in it too. I get up and put on a pair of my black pants then I go to answer the door. I open it and there is Alex. "Its five thirty in the morning. It'd better be good news." I groan stepping out and closing the door behind me so we don't wake Near.
"Well sir…. There's good news and bad news." He gulps.
I gesture for him to follow me and we walk down the hall just walking so we can talk some more. "What is it?"
"Well you see we did find a rout to good territory. A cat told us about it telling us it's the perfect place for a pack. He gave us directions to it, it'll be awhile journey but it'll be worth it according to him." He informs me. "We weren't able to check it out due to the certain amount of time we had to look for a new place."
"The bad news?" I look to his face waiting.
"The bad news is that our second beta Angel….. Well she was killed when we were attacked by a hunter on a farm a little ways outside of our territory." He looks down sadly. "And she was pregnant; she told me when she was dying." His voice becomes broken and I can tell he's trying to not cry.
I pat his back. "That's no good. She was a beautiful and strong she wolf. We'll all miss her. A little later I'll get the pack up for a mourning session. I'm sorry for your loss." I don't want to know the feeling of losing the mate you zinged with not to mention a pregnant one.
Wolves don't normally kill humans and it's against the code unless there's a good reason behind it.
Humans attack us mainly in wolf form but we can only kill in self defense.
It sucks because when they kill someone like Angel of course we want to kill them.
"I had to kill him trying to stop him from killing her." A sob makes its way out. "But he still killed her."
"Angel will always be with us and mainly you." I assure him.
He leans against the wall after he stops walking and slides down to the floor.
I stop walking and stand two steps in front of him.
"Alpha…." He says in such a broken voice that anyone can tell his soul is most likely broken from losing Angel.
"What is it?" I ask sympathetically.
He glances up to me. "I want to join Angel. Please let me go." He whines.
I frown and crouch down in front of him as he lowers his head again. "Alex stop and just listen. You're not going to die! Angel would not have wanted you to just kill yourself over this! Think about what she would want! She would want you to stay alive and be happy no matter what. If it's a mate or even a friend, in this pack we are all in things together no matter what. Alex make her proud not sad. Please. My new second beta." I try to give him a smile to try to cheer him up. I know he has proven himself over and over to be a possible beta if something ever happened to one of the other betas.
He raises his head as soon as he hears my last sentence. "Second beta?" He stares at me.
I nod. "You are our new second beta from this point on. Now show me and Angel you are truly a strong second beta."
He sits up and nods. "I will make Angel proud!" He smiles softly. "Thank you alpha." He bows really low like a servant to a king, which in a way is how the pack is to me and Near. He will obviously be depressed for a while but I trust him to make me and Angel especially proud.
I pat his head. "That's the spirit. Now go get some rest and stay strong."
"Right." He nods and walks back to his room.
I turn and continue walking down the hall just wandering for now. I spot Beyond coming back from his blood hunt and he looks troubled. I go over to him. "What? Just got it into your skull that you can never have Near?" I ask him smugly.
He turns to me with a glare and a growl. "No. It's none of your business. Leave it alone." He then uses his vampire speed to dash away once again.
I blink and shrug it off walking outside. I look up at the moon only to close my eyes taking a deep breath and I think about everything.
Having and raising a child, moving the pack, possibly having to lose Near, losing Angel, how the pack might react if Matt becomes alpha, how I want to torture Matt then kill him for even existing to make the council doubt Near and then finally the council.
I sigh as all my thoughts mesh together but that's when it clicks. My eyes snap open as soon as it does.
The council doubts Near because I take authority most of the time and he doesn't have a lot of chances to prove himself so the council is giving us the ultimate test!
We will not fail this!
I rush back inside and straight to our room. I walk over to the side of the bed Near is closer to and I gently run my fingers through his hair as he sleeps. "I will make sure we don't fail." I whisper then I turn away and grab a sheet of paper along with a pen and I write a note to Near.
This has to be the perfect way Near can prove himself!
I leave the note where I know he'll find it then I grab one of my long sleeved black shirts pulling it on only to leave the room after. I go to Thunders room knocking once there.
He comes over and answers the door, his dark red hair a little messy and his sapphire colored eyes look tired as he rubs one of them. He is wearing a purple t-shirt and black pyjama pants with white snowflakes as the designs on both shirt and pants. "What is it?" He asks looking at me being polite despite the time.
"I need to discuss something with you. It's important." I tell him and he invites me in the room.
He doesn't have a roommate.
I sit on his bed and he sits on the floor. "Now I need you to listen to me carefully…"
Near's P.O.V.
I shiver feeling cold and try to move closer to Mello to find nothing there. I open my eyes and see he's gone. I sit up looking around the room for him. "Mello?" I get out of bed and I notice a folded piece of paper on the nightstand, it says 'To my love.' On it. I pick it up and open it reading what's written.
'Dear my angel.
I'm afraid something's come up and I won't be back till sometime tonight maybe a little longer or so. I promise I'll do my best to be there for the blood moon festival tomorrow so I can support you but if I don't make it then I'm sorry and I trust you. I have faith in you on taking care of things while I'm gone and please forgive me for not saying this face to face but I didn't want to wake you.
Now then so you know what I'm doing I've gone to check the path to our new home, the best I can, that Alex has found. Alex will still be there so I'll be following his scent to it but I promise I'll be fine.
Oh and Angel died sadly when she went with Alex to search for the new home.
To help him cheer up and because we both agreed a while ago that he has proven himself I made Alex second beta so don't worry about the replacement for Angel.
I love you and don't forget that the blood moon festival is tomorrow.
From your handsome wolf Mello.'
I smile at how he closed the letter. I put the letter back and I go to the closet grabbing my clothes heading to the attached bathroom, like every other bedroom here, closing the door behind me so I can take a shower. I put my clothes on the counter by the sink then I turn on the showers water to the right temperature. I climb in since I'm naked from earlier and I sigh softly as the warm water runs over my body. I stand there for a minute before I start actually washing myself.
Once done I turn off the water and step out grabbing one of the towels hanging on the racks that we put our unused towels on.
I dry myself off then I throw the towel into the hamper only to change into my clothes. I leave the bathroom and I head towards the door of my room glancing back to make sure I'm not missing anything then I leave the room going out into the hall.
"Ah Near." Thunder comes over to me. "I would like to ask permission for something."
"What would you like permission for?" I watch his face as he speaks.
"Well I would like to try to connect to the new kid. If he has a connection to the pack even if he doesn't know it at the time then maybe he'll feel more comfortable." Thunder says with a serious face. "Plus I want to make sure that nothing goes to his head because he will not be taking over at any point in time."
"You are free to Thunder." I respond. "You don't need to worry about asking permission but thank you for your consideration." I tell him.
He bows slightly. "Thank you alpha. I greatly appreciate this." With that he leaves.
I begin walking to make sure patrols are still doing their rounds.
"Near!" Cris comes running over to me.
I stop and turn to him as he stops right in front of me panting. I can tell that it is something not good. "Speak." I say needing him to hurry and tell me what is going on.
He catches his breath in record time or wasn't running as long as I thought he did. "There is a pack of rouge wolves approaching! The patrol is getting ready to hold them off the best they can." He reports.
My eyes widen and I wish that this battle had better timing but I suppose it's best to get this over and done with first before moving out to our territory. I blink letting myself go serious. "Gather our strongest wolves but make sure to send some patrols quickly to make sure the rouge's aren't trying to distract us. Meet me out back of the orphanage with the wolves ready to fight. Keep Alex here just in case. If something were to happen out there to one of us then we need to make sure the pack will have a leader at least until Mello gets back." I order him. "I'll get Thunder."
"Yes alpha." He bows respectfully then leaves quickly to do as commanded.
Rouge wolves are different from loners who are just wolves who live on their own. Rouge wolves travel and usually try to take other wolf pack's territory. Rouge wolves do form packs and so much unlike loners who don't cause too much trouble for wolf packs.
I rush to get Thunder and I spot him talking to Matt.
"Listen here Matt. I am here to be a friend with you." Thunder explains.
"Is this for whatever pack you guys have?" Matt questions.
Thunder nods. "Seems you know that there is a pack here. Well listen here. I am here to be your connection within the pack so you have someone. Also I want to tell you something very important. As a new member coming up here I would like to tell you something very important. Watch your place with the pack and watch your step. When a new member joins how they act and how they are in general is looked at also making sure to know you then you will gain a rank within the pack. Watch your step especially today and tomorrow. They are important days as you joining us very soon. If you are not careful then something bad can happen with an example of being an omega. No one will stop it from happening. They never have and never will." He explains.
I listen to them as I approach them and I step into the conversation as soon as I am close enough. "Thunder."
Thunder spins to face me and bows respectfully quickly. "Alpha. What may I do for you?" He asks.
"A pack of rouge wolves approach. We need battle ready wolves and you are one of them. Meet out back with the others right away." I tell him.
"Yes my alpha." Thunder rises then glances to Matt. "Well see you around Matty boy." He waves then he dashes off to do as told.
I turn to Matt. "Matt."
He looks to me.
"Go inform the nurse that a battle will be taking place against rouge wolves." I order him.
He narrows his eyes. "Who the fuck says I am joining?"
"Live with it." I say not able to fully answer till he is a wolf. "Now do as I told you to."
Matt looks ready to retort back but I quickly slam him against the wall holding him by the neck as he gasps in pain.
"Do you have any objections to my orders?" I growl at him.
He gulps and shakes his head so I let go of him.
"Good then hop to it." I tell him.
He stumbles a little as he tries to run and get up at the same time since he somewhat collapsed after I let him go. He runs off to do as told.
I sigh and run to meet up with the battle ready wolves. I get to them and see they are all ready. "Move out!" I order then I jump into the air changing to wolf form as I charge towards the forest behind the orphanage with the others following.
We race to go stop the rouge wolves and help the patrol that is defending our territory.
Let's just hope we make it in time and nothing tragic happens for us.
Cris is racing almost beside me making sure to keep back a little to show who is alpha.
"Was there any wolves in training in the patrol?" I question him as we continue to run.
"Yeah two. One was sent back to inform me or you of what is going on. I made sure he stayed at Whammy's. The other is still with the patrol." Cris reports to me.
Wolves who are born as wolves have to go through training starting at a certain age and the training is left to be the parents to do.
That's just how it is.
They are usually about ten when they start training and they need to prove to a beta or alpha that they can control their transformation before they can start training.
"Then we must hurry." I know that our most recent wolves in training are ten to eleven year olds who have only been in training for about a few months since training does not stop until the parents believe they are ready so then the alpha's confirm it only to have the pack along with the alphas find out what rank is appropriate.
Cris nods and I follow his scent trail but he knows that if needed he can let me know if we are going the wrong way.
Just let us not be too late!
AN:
Hope you guys liked this chapter! I am trying to make this story good.
So yeah I have had computer troubles so I hope it's all fixed now and yeah.
Review if you have anything to share and flamers are used to make cake.
Mello.
