A Son of Wolves- A Human Adventure

Chapter 10: Cousin Alex

The following morning, Leo gave his new friend and guide the simpler version of his problem. He was a human found by the parents he knows now, was changed into a wolf in some creepy way, ended up changing back and the only way to do so again is to find the human family he had never met ever in his life. As crazy as it sounded, he'd heard crazier things, something Leo rather not know about. But then again, what was weirder then a wolf-dog running a smuggling business into a zoo? They went over the collection of maps pinned to the wall, finding this Elizabeth Street was far easier when you have someone who knows the area; Caleb was able to point out the street in seconds. Taking out his own map and setting it on the floor, Leo marked out where each street in the address book was with a pen Caleb used on his own maps of the areas to point out the best places to get things from for his family. Every address in the book had it's location on the map, and his cousin's address was not far away.

With Caleb as his guide, they got to know one another as they set out on their first task, find this Alex! And it was just after mid-day that they were stood outside, Leo leaning against a tree to blend into the background with Caleb sat by his side that they found him. Going into school was a fifteen year old boy, his rucksack over his shoulder and walking along the sidewalk towards the busy school as the bell rang. Leo's eyes were narrowed to zoom in his vision to get a closer look at his cousin, but not in disappointment for the seemingly Omega human. He wasn't a tough kid like him, he seemed shy, nervous, his body stiff as he walked on his own, he was no Alpha human, he walked like Humphrey, his father. Slouched, lower, insecure. Unlike Kate, his mother, tall, proud, confident, a walk like him as an Alpha. He watched as he walked towards the school and waited outside, sitting on the steps outside the school and looking down at his phone. Opposite the school and where Leo and Caleb were, was a large open field many of the students were playing in for their lunch break. Girls eyed up boys playing football and Frisbee, groups standing and sitting around, yet Alex sat all on his own.

"So how do you plan on doing this?" Caleb asked. Leo looked down at him for a moment, but saw he wasn't there, rather with his head in a bin and his back legs hanging out.

"What are you doing?" Leo seethed.

"Looking for lunch." He mumbled from inside and moving his head around.

"You're disgusting." Leo said with a shake of his head.

"And eating cat this morning wasn't?" He questioned. Leo shivered at the thought, his inner wolf crazed meat, and the cat meat was the only type around. Still, it tasted pretty good to be honest. And seeing as he was wolf on the inside and human on the outside, he didn't think about cooking it and ate the already skinned meat as it was He hadn't reacted to it so it must have been ok.

"Hey!" Someone yelled in his direction. Leo looked behind him and out into the field, a large boy either his age or slightly older walked towards him with a small group of other boys behind him. "I haven't seen you in this school before."

"I'm new to the area." Leo answered as he walked towards him, unafraid of the daunting boy.

"Is that your dog?" He asked referring to Caleb who raised his head out of the bin to hear Leo's answer.

"He's with me, but he's not my dog."

"He did not just call me a dog!" Caleb growled and jumping down from the bin. Leo only held out his hand and stopped him as he reached his side.

"It's half true." Leo whispered. It was when he looked up back he noticed around him the group of five boys had surrounded them both, making Caleb now regret growling, but Leo stood firm.

"Is there a problem here?" He asked.

"The names Shaun, I own this school, if I don't want someone here then they leave. And right now I don't want you here." The large boy growled.

"Really, is that so?" Leo questioned. "Maybe we got off on the wrong foot, I'm Leo." He added and extending his hand out for a shake. Shaun only spat in it, making the crowd watching gasp and gain more interest in the certain fight that was to start soon. He held back an angered laugh as he flicked his hand to get it off.

"Oh, you're so going to regret that. Caleb, get out of here." He nodded and ran through a gap in the circle.

"Ha, he talks to dogs." Shaun cackled. But suddenly, Leo grabbed him by the throat and held tightly.

"He's a wolf." Leo snarled back, taking his other hand and delivering a hard punch to his stomach and a final kick in the same area just as quick and sending him backwards and into the grass. "And so am I." He heard the roars of another coming up behind him, and by process elimination, taught to him by his Uncle Garth, it was clear he was going for the back of his head. He ducked under the blow, wrapped his hands around his neck and looked for his neck move as she swung around, someone to his left and right was making a move at the same time. Using the boy in his grip and without stopping since he grabbed him, he jumped and used him to swing around, kick the boy on the left and then around again to the boy on the right, finishing off the manoeuvre by pushing the boy's head into the ground. Shaun and the last boy stood behind and before him, both wielding a metal pipe they broke off the bin. Giving each other a nod, they moved in and swiped out and Leo, Shaun taking a higher aim for his head and the last boy his shins. He lowered his body and jumped at the same time, spinning around in mid-jump and extending his body out straight and spiralled as the pipes went over and underneath him and instead hitting each other and knocking them to the ground. He landed in his back but jumped to his feet, seeing them all writhing on the ground, all five large boys. He admitted, he didn't want his trip to be like this, but they started it.

It was all over in less then ten seconds since the first went down, and Leo now stood in the centre of it all being stared at in awe and gasps. He guessed that no-one has ever down that or even stood up to someone who seems to be the school's bully. He looked back at the school steps, Alex was on his feet looking on.

"Alex!" Leo called out; he now seriously wished he hadn't done that in front of him. Surprised and shocked this strange boy knew his name, he turned around and made a fast walked pace into the school just as the bell rang and the other students flooded in behind him. Shaking his head and knowing he wasn't going to get close to him today and while he was in school and he now had enemies, he stepped over one of the bodies and towards Caleb who looked on around the tree. "Let's go." He said with a fast walk to get away from the area.

So after this mornings event, Leo chose to stay away and out of the school for the time being, he didn't wasn't to draw more unnecessary attention then he already had. So Caleb took him on a personal tour of the area until the school day ended, there was nothing else to do to pass the time. So when the final bell of the day blasted across town into their ears, they started their return journey back, and when they reached the school entrance, they waited outside for Alex to walk out. They waited for another hour, sat on a bench in the same spot; but to be disappointed and bored by the fact that out of the five hundred kids that came out, he didn't, and they knew he didn't. So after advising Caleb to walk home, which he did, Leo approached the school. He remembered roughly the way home, if not he'd could always follow his scent.

He pushed through the double doors and stepped inside, it had been so long since he'd been in a school. It was funny though, for some reason he had learnt more in his time as a wolf, it was like school was already in his head and he was just learning something new every day. Some he learnt from Kate and Humphrey, but others somehow he just knew. He stood in the entrance just after the doors, taking in the smells of the school and the sights before he started walking. He had never felt more lost, well, ok that was a lie, he had, he was as soon as he got off the train. He didn't know how to him, he didn't have a scent, he couldn't track him, so how as he going to find him in this enormous school?

He just walked around until he heard something, but he didn't, he didn't even see a teacher or student. Although, he did pass the staff room where seemingly all the teacher s were, just talking and such. He started to tire of this game, but Alex was in here somewhere, he wasn't going to give up no matter how tiring it became. He started walking down another corridor, freezing halfway as his instincts tingled and made him look to a door to the right. The men's toilets, but why? Surely he could hold it until he got home? With a sigh, he pushed open the doors and stepped inside. Instantly the horrid smells of the room hit him with full force, not pleasant. He looked around the small room, other then the smells and the filth of it all, there was no-one in here. With another sigh, he went to leave.

"Err…h hello?" A voice said. Leo look back around, there was no-one in here. But wait, the cubicle was closed, he never thought of that. Feeling the weirdness of it all start coming, he approached the cubicle walls and looked over the top, and boy was he in for a shock, but not the type he expected. Alex was in there, but taped down all over his body to the toilet, restricting his movements and keeping him there.

"Alex?" Leo questioned.

"Hey, you are you?" Leo walked around and opened the door and stepped inside with him.

"I'm Leo, an old friend of your family. Well, my family is an old friend of yours." Leo grinned; finally, he had found his cousin!

"Well, that's great." Alex replied but with no show of emotions. "I'd shake you hand but I'm…kind of taped to a toilet."

"Oh yeah, sorry." Leo said and leaning down closer to him.

"And my hand…"

"Yeah, I'll just get this." Leo added at the same time.

"Is taped to my ass." Alex finished.

"Yeah, don't worry, I got this." Leo said looking around for the end of the thick taped all over his body. He found one and peeled a little bit off to get a better grip. "Like a band aid."

"Just do it." Alex said bracing himself. And with that, Leo ripped it as fast as he could, a light whine escaping Alex's lips. One down, about another one hundred to go.

Hey guys, here's another chapter for you and i hope it's as good as the rest. Yeah I know it's short, but i wanted to keep it this way. So, I have two things I want to say. The first, is my girlfriend, she has a site in Fictionpress, her name is RuralCyties, and she's in love with war and crime stories. She's got people reading her only story so far call Deeper Motives, a crime story. I would be so thankful if any of you like the genre to have a look and leave a review. It would mean everything to me and her. And the second, I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Until next time. :D