Month 3, Day 4.
The wolf pack finally entered Sawtooth yesterday, though they didn't immediately go looking around. They rested along the border, the alphas managed to bring them a decent meal to last them the night. Little did they know though, their omega leader was lurking around, unknown to their presence.
It was daytime in Sawtooth.
"Where will we settle down in here?" Eve asked.
"I will go find us a den, as will everyone else. But first...Hutch!" Winston hollered.
The wolf skid to a stop in front of Winston.
"Sir?" The wolf asked as he skid to a stop in front of Winston.
"Send the alphas out on patrol and round up a hunting party." He ordered.
"I already did that, sir." He replied smiling.
"Good job." Winston smiled as he looked over to Tony with a weird funny look.
"What?" Tony asked.
"Caribou." He said.
"Stay out of my mind!" He yelled covering his forehead.
"Hehehe…did you send your wolves out?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm starving…" He whined a little.
"We'll get something to eat soon…" Winston told him.
"You sure?" He asked. "Place seems deserted."
"They brought some in yesterday…" He sighed, laying down on a rock.
"I know, I know." Tony said rolling his eyes.
"Good." He chuckled.
"She should feel better in a few days, she's lucky that she didn't lose that much blood." Humphrey told them.
"...Th-Thanks…" Pink said.
"Whatever." He headed towards the den exit.
"Where..are you going?" Angel asked.
"Out for a walk." He answered, looking back at them. "I dare you to leave."
He walked out the den, going to go on a hunt for some food. Unknown to who's there with him.
"Now where would the best place to hunt here be at…" Cando said to himself.
"I don't know, but we need to find a place." Hutch said. "Kate do you know where?"
She looked at him and shook her head. "We weren't here for long, I don't know."
"I see…" Hutch said.
"Just keep sniffing around, we should be able to find something like we did yesterday." She said sniffing the ground.
"But that was a bit...away from here though." Hutch said.
"Yeah, I don't suspect that they'll want us to actually...go there to hunt for food everyday...do you?" Cando asked.
"I hope not...but if we have to, we got to." Hutch replied, sniffing the air.
"Guys!" Andrew yelled out.
"Andrew?" Cando called out.
"I found a nice hunting ground!" Andrew called out as he came out of some bushed.
"You did?" They asked tilting their heads.
"Yeah." He pointed towards the way he came from. "About five minutes away from here."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded. The four wolves took off towards the "new" hunting ground. Five minutes pass as they entered the new hunting grounds. It was pretty good, deer roaming, moose eating, rabbits hopping, birds drinking from the river that was there.
"See?" Andrew looked at them.
"Wow...you did a great job…" Hutch said.
"...Um guys...come here…" Kate told them as she was sniffing the ground.
"What is it?" Hutch walked over to her.
Andrew and Cando followed behind them.
"...Sniff this…" She pointed to a certain spot.
Each wolf took turns as they sniffed the spot that she pointed out.
"...But that smell.." Hutch looked at her.
"Humphrey.." Kate said.
"That's impossible…" Hutch said.
"He's dead though." Cando said.
"...I don't think he's dead…" Kate said.
"Well...in all...if he was dead, his scent wouldn't be here." Hutch said.
"Someone must still have something with his scent?" Andrew suggested.
"I don't think so, it's been basically three months." Kate said.
"Then explain this." Hutch said.
"We'll know if he's alive if the patrol groups found the same scent." Andrew said.
"...We...can't dwell on this right now, we need food." Kate whined a little.
"...right…" Hutch said.
The four wolves left the spot and went to hunting. They got wet, dirty, and one may have got thrown into some crap because the animal he was trying to kill flung him into some. But in all, they got two moose, five rabbits, and six deer. Now they just need to figure out how they're going to get all of this food to the pack.
"I'll go get some more wolves." Cando said running off.
"I guess we'll stay here and watch our food." Kate said sitting down.
"Yeah, I think we did good, how about you?" Andrew asked.
"Yeah, I think this'll do for a bit." Hutch said.
"Yeah." Kate laid down and looked around a bit, enjoying the breeze that was hitting them.
Humphrey was watching the three wolves from a bush, though, on purpose, he was sitting where the wind was blowing towards them.
"...? Do any of you smell that?" Hutch asked, sniffing the air.
"Smell wha- I smell it now as well." Andrew was sniffing the air.
"That smells like Humphrey…" Kate sat up quickly.
"Who are these wolves…" Humphrey thought in his head. "And what are they doing here...do I have some more toys...I think I do."
He studied the two wolves, one looked almost identical to him, the other..he was weird looking. Then he looked at Kate. That tanish wolf looked familiar to him, but he put that aside, if he knew them, or not. He did not give a shit. All he sees right now is some wolves hunting the food in his territory and he did not like that. They were trespassing and that was not a good idea.
"I know he's here!" Kate yelled standing up and looking around.
"I'm starting to believe it myself…" Hutch started looking around.
"Yeah." Andrew started looking around.
Humphrey stood up, he got tired of watching. He walked out into the open so they could see him. They heard the noise he made so their heads turned towards him.
"Who goes...what…?" Kate looked at Humphrey.
"Oh hello…" He smiled at them.
Kate looked at the wolf in front of her. He looked familiar, but it was kind of hard to tell do to his fur being dirty and messy. His voice almost sounded familiar, but it was a bit deeper. But there was something, the scent.
"Who is this guy?" Hutch asked.
"I don't know…" Andrew was confused.
"Do I get no answer? You know that's quite rude. So I'll give you one more chance. Oh hello, what brings you three here?" He asked.
"...Food." Kate stared at him. "Who are you?"
"You know it's not polite to hunt on someone's feeding ground, right?" He told them.
"We needed food…" Kate said.
"Would've been nice if you asked first." He growls a bit.
"Well when you come into unknown territory with a hungry pack, you have to hunt." Hutch told him as he stared at him.
"I'm sure you should've smelled me around here, maybe." He replied.
"You haven't answered my question by the way." Kate said.
"You first, you're in my territory." Humphrey looked at them.
"Andrew…" Andrew told him.
"Kate." Kate replied.
"Hutch." Hutch said. "Now it's your turn.
Humphrey stared at Kate once she said her name. The name sounded...familiar.
"Why does that name sound so familiar...Kate, Kate, Kate…" He repeated himself.
"Why do you keep saying my name?" Kate asked.
He remembered who this tan wolf was.
"You...I remember you." He starts snarling at her, showing his teeth.
"I don't know you…" Kate replied.
All three of them got in a defensive position.
"You can't remember your old mate? That's funny. You stupid bitch." He looked at them with pure rage.
