Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Alpha and Omega, I just own my O/C, Armstrong.
Alpha and Omega: The Outcast
Three months later
Leon's POV
It's been three months, three months sense we dropped my younger brother off at that human station, and things couldn't be worse.
All of the Omega's that Armstrong hung out with were no longer the fun loving wolves that loved to play and joke around. No, instead it seemed that all they did was mourn, mourn for there loss of my little brother. Not even Humphrey, who seemed the happiest of them all, was smiling in these three months.
The two Alpha's that Armstrong made friends with, Garth and Kate I think they were called, were even remaining quiet, they still did there work, hunting and providing food for this pack, but other than that all they did was go back to there dens with there mates.
It was safe to say that Armstrong gained many close friends in this pack in the short while that he was here, and now without him it was if they were pain.
I would have been just like them if it wasn't for Hutch, he was what kept me sane in these time's, although I was still depressed Hutch helped me with that by cheering me up from time to time, but usually I wondered if Armstrong made it or not. There was no way in telling that. I found myself also being a lot more quiet as my thoughts always wondered to wether or not my little brother was okay. I was desperate to know and sometimes I thought about going to that human station and see if I can find him, but Hutch says it's suicide and I know he's right, I was just trying to cope with Armstrong's accident and compared to Candu I was doing amazing.
Candu was doing the worse out of all of us, I wasn't even sure he was Candu anymore. He wasn't the smiling, happy and cleaver Alpha that got Hutch and I together. No, he was the complete and utter opposite. His coat was no longer it's normal grey and white color, it lost all of it's luster and was now a dull color. Before about three weeks ago his fur was still stained with Armstrong's blood, eventually Hutch and I convinced him to wash the blood away because he was scaring all the pups, and with out saying a word he did. I haven't heard him speak in those three months that Armstrong has been gone, the last words I heard him say was the promise that he said to himself and sense then not a word has exited his mouth, except for when he wakes up screaming at night. Hutch and I, along with the rest of Candu's friends, stay with him at night and every night he was up screaming and crying. But worst of all are his eye's, his eye's have lost all of the shine that they used to have, when you look at him to talk the first thing you notice are his eye's, the eye's of someone who has lost all meaning of life for when you look in them you see nothing but the dull voids, as if your looking at no one while you try to talk to him.
He was a broken soul without Armstrong.
Hutch's POV
"Hutch do you think Armstrong's okay?" Leon asked
We were at the mouth of our cave and watching the sunset, huddled up together with my head on top of his and my paw around his waist.
"I really hope so Leon, I really hope so, for everyone's sake, especially..."
"Candu's?" Leon asked cutting me off
"Yeah him, he just isn't himself with out Armstrong...and neither are you" I stated
"I know, but he's my baby brother, were as close as brother's can be even if we got into fights once and a while, but I still love and care for him..." Leon answered as he started to sniffle below me
"...And I just want him to be okay" Leon continued as he burst out into tears
I pulled Leon closer and put him into a reassuring hug, trying to comfort him and myself a bit, although I'm not in love with Armstrong anymore I still care for him and when he was shot, I was deeply worried about him and still am, but I have Leon's well being to worry about and he comes before myself.
"It's okay baby, I'm sure Armstrong is just fine, he's not some pup you know, he can take care of himself when he needs to" I said rubbing his back
"I k-know, but I'm s-still worried about him a-and Candu" Leon cried
"Then the best thing we can do right now is be strong for your brother and try to help out Candu with his problems, okay?" I asked looking down at Leon
It took Leon a few minutes of crying and comforting before he sniffled on last time, turned to me and nodded
"Good, now let's go babe, it's our turn to watch Candu tonight" I said getting up before helping him up
"Thanks Hutch, what would I do without you?" Leon asked rhetorically, nuzzling my chest
I grew a slight smile before leading the way to Armstrong and Candu's den. The whole time we walked I kept looking back at Leon, and every time he was staring at his feet as we walked, he must of had something on his mind.
"Something the matter?" I asked
Leon looked up at me suddenly, and shook his head
"No, I was just thinking"
"About?"
"Candu"
"Why about him?"
"I'm hoping he gets better, he was the one who got us together"
I smiled at Leon and turned around to him and brought him into a short kiss
"And that's why I'm so thankful to him" I said
Leon got on a slight smile before we started to walk again
Once we arrived at the mouth of the cave I immediately got chills down my spine, every time we come here it's as if you can feel Candu's depression in the air and it causes you just to become sad.
"Candu, can we come in?" Leon asked, knowing he wasn't going to get an answer
We exchanged looks before heading in and seeing Candu in the back of the cave staring at the little hole of water in the back of the cave, most likely staring at his reflection.
"Candu, are you okay?" Leon asked
Candu turned his head a little so we could just see the corner's of his eye's, before turning back around a second later, as I got a glimpse I felt sad all of a sudden, just seeing him like this was depressing.
"Candu would you like to sleep next to us tonight?" Leon asked as he and I laid down next to each other leaving an open space in the middle for Candu.
Without answering Candu got up and walked to the open space, he laid down and sniffled before closing his eye's and going asleep.
Leon looked across Candu's sleeping body to me and mouthed 'Goodnight' I did the same before also going to sleep.
Leon's POV
I awoke up in the middle of the night to the sound of Candu screaming, I looked over at him and saw him clenching his chest right above his heart and crying and screaming, although all of us knew what it meant when he did this I was still amazed by what was happening before my own eye's, Candu's heart was hurting without Armstrong.
I walked over to him and drew him into a comforting hug whispering to him
"Shh,shh, it's going to be okay, it's all going to be okay"
Candu was mouthing something to himself while he cried in my chest, I felt so sorry for him, if I lost Hutch I was sure this was probably what I would be like, and I wish that will never happen, but Candu has lost someone he was about to be mated to and he doesn't even know if he's alive. I knew that there had to be something I could do to help, but there was only one thing that could help Candu, and that was Armstrong.
"Is he hurting again?" Hutch asked, yawning.
"Yeah, just go to sleep Hutch, I'll take care of him, you need the rest for hunting" I suggested
"Okay, just wake me if you need anything" Hutch said, after words closing his eye's again
I waited and waited until Hutch's breathing started to slow down and indicated that he was asleep before I turned back to the weeping Candu.
"Candu...are you going to be okay?" I asked, whispering
Candu nodded his head in my chest, still not saying a word
"Candu, if you promise not to tell Hutch what were going to do,if you want to while the Alphas are hunting tomorrow...we can stop by that station...and see if Armstrong is okay" I whispered
Candu quickly glanced up at me with wide eyes and quickly nodded his head
"Okay, then when Hutch and the other's go hunting we'll meet up here and we'll go see if we can find him, alright?" I asked
Candu nodded again before hugging me, tightly.
"Then get some sleep, we have a long day tomorrow" I suggested
Candu nodded once more and laid down next to Hutch, I joined him and soon closed my eye's to go to sleep.