Chapter 6 - Anger
The next morning, Kate and Humphrey woke up when something small and energetic jumped on them. "Wake up!", Skye exclaimed, "it's time to play!".
"Your daughter wants you to get up", Humphrey whispered to Kate, while his eyes were still closed.
"Before dawn, she's your daughter", Kate said, as she groggily sat up, "I have Alpha Duties to do".
Humphrey groaned, as Kate left the den, then Skye suddenly jumped onto Humphrey's face. "Come on, Dad!", Skye said, excitedly, "come play!".
"Alright, alright, I'm up", Humphrey said, as he sat up, then he looked outside to see the sun's not even up yet, "you should know Skye, that I'm not usually up this early, not even the sun's awake this early".
"Oh, come on, Dad", Skye whined, "I want to play".
"Alright, you want to play?", Humphrey asked, "let's see who can sleep the longest".
Humphrey laid back down and closed his eyes, falling asleep again. Skye sighed, "I guess I'll go out and see if I can make some friends", she said to herself, then left the den and headed to the main den area.
She reached the feeding grounds, just as the sun started peaking over the mountains and saw the hunt group dragging a few caribou towards the pack. Skye's stomach growled, so she ran up to a caribou, expecting to get a piece, but she was swatted away, "wait your turn!", a voice growled, as she fell backwards.
Skye looked up and saw one of the Alphas glaring at her, "umm, and you are?", she asked.
"I'm an Alpha, pup!", the Alpha growled, "Alphas eat first, then the pups and Omegas!".
"Well, that doesn't seem very fair", Skye replied, then she approached the caribou again, "besides, I just want a small piece".
The Alpha growled and smacked Skye away again, "Miles!", Garth shouted, as he and Lilly approached, "what is going on here?!".
"This pup doesn't know her place in the pack", Miles said, "I'm just teaching her".
Garth glared, "all the Laws regarding Alphas and Omegas were abolished, Miles, including the Alpha's eat first law", he informed, "now let Skye here have a piece of caribou".
Miles reluctantly let Skye get a piece of caribou, while Garth continued glaring at him. Skye came back with a piece as big as herself in her mouth and stopped in front of Garth, "thank you, Uncle Garth", she said.
Garth and Lilly watched her in shock, as she continued on her way to Kate and Humphrey's den. "Uncle…Garth?", Garth muttered to himself.
"We'll find out later", Lilly said, "how about we get some breakfast?".
Miles glared at Lilly, "quiet, Omega!", he snapped, taking her by surprise, "you don't speak here!".
Garth snarled and pounced on Miles, "that's my mate you're talking to!", he growled, as he placed his paw on Miles' throat, "you'll respect her as you respect me!".
Miles choked, as Garth pressed his paw down, "understand?", Garth asked.
"Garth", Lilly said, softly, "you're not making a very good first impression to the pack".
Garth sighed and looked back towards Lilly, "he needs to know his place in the pack, Lilly", he explained.
"I know he does", Lilly replied, "but resorting to violence won't solve anything, let him off with a warning this time, but if it happens again, I'll take care of him personally".
Garth took a second to comprehend what she meant, then quietly gulped and turned back to Miles, "fine, I'll let you off with a warning", he said, "but next time, Lilly will tell her mother that you tried to take advantage of her during this…trying time, got it?".
Miles gulped and nodded, "I got it, Sir", he replied. Garth got off of him and Miles ran off with his tail between his legs. Lilly came up beside him, "you get us some breakfast, I'm going to visit Humphrey", she said, "okay?".
Garth nodded, "okay", he replied, "I'll meet you there".
Lilly gave him a peck on the cheek, then walked off in the direction of Kate and Humphrey's den.
Humphrey woke up again to the sun shining in his eyes, "stupid sun", he groaned, as he turned around, so the sun wasn't in his face. A few minutes later, he realized that he couldn't fall back asleep, now that the sun was up. He sighed, then stood up and stretched, extending his claws and lowering his front to the ground.
"Ahem", Humphrey blinked, when he heard someone clear their throat from behind him. He looked behind him to see Kate standing there, staring at him with his rear raised. Humphrey blushed, then turned around and sat down, "hey, Kate", he said with a smile.
Kate chuckled, "I see you just got up", she said, "how was Skye while I was gone?".
Humphrey blinked again, then noticed SKye wasn't in the den, "uhh…", he muttered. "It's alright!", Skye shouted, as she approached the den, "I'm right here!".
Kate turned around and saw Skye carrying a piece of caribou in her mouth that was as big as her. Skye entered the den and Humphrey widened his eyes when he saw the size of meat that Skye was carrying. "You let her go out on her own?!", Kate exclaimed.
"Calm down, Kate", Humphrey said, "of course I didn't".
"I'm sorry, Mom", Skye said, as she laid her ears down against her head, "I went out to make some friends, but I got hungry, so I grabbed some breakfast".
"Ohh", Kate muttered, as she pulled Skye into a hug, "it's alright, just let either of us know next time, so we know where you are".
"Don't worry, Kate", Lilly said from the entrance of the den, "Garth and I were with her the whole time".
Kate turned around, "Lilly!", she exclaimed, "what are you doing here?".
"What, I can't visit my sister when I want to?", Lilly asked, "Garth's bringing breakfast for us".
"Then, where is he?", Humphrey asked.
Lilly frowned, then went outside of the den and looked around. She gasped, "Garth?!", she shouted, then ran off.
Kate and Humphrey could hear them talking. "What do you think you are doing?!", Lilly shouted.
"I-I was just…", Garth stuttered.
"You were just what?!", Lilly shouted.
"He got lost, so he asked me for directions", another she-wolf said.
"Quiet, you!", Lilly snapped, "you're coming with me, Garth!".
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!", Garth screamed. Lilly came back to the entrance of the den dragging Garth behind her by his ear, then dropped him in the middle of the den. "I'll be right back", Lilly said, then left the den again.
"Hey, don't touch that caribou!", Lilly shouted.
"I-I, uhh, I wasn't going to eat it", the other she-wolf stammered, "I swear".
"Uh huh", Lilly said, "then why was your face in it?".
"Uhh, umm…", the she-wolf stuttered.
"Whatever", Lilly muttered, as she dragged the caribou into the den and dropped it beside Garth, who was rubbing his ear with his paw. "Eat", Lilly ordered.
The rest of them, except for Skye, who was too busy with her piece of caribou to notice what's going on around her, surrounded the caribou and started eating, then Lilly joined in. Once they were finished, Kate and Humphrey were laying down beside each other, watching Skye make animal impressions, while Garth explained himself to Lilly. "That's the truth!", Garth exclaimed, "I didn't know where Humphrey's den was, so I asked around!".
Lilly stared at him quizzically, "alright", she said, "I'm sorry for doubting you, Garth".
"I'm just glad that it was you that saw me, if it was your mother…", Garth said, then shuddered. Lilly chuckled, "I won't let her hurt you", she replied.
Garth turned towards Kate and Humphrey, "oh, by the way, Skye called me Uncle Garth", he said, "care to explain?".
"Yeah, once we found out that, umm…", Kate said, then trailed off.
Skye stopped her impressions, "it's alright, Mom", she said, "I already know, so…".
Kate sighed, "there's no way for us to find Skye's parents", she explained, "so, Humphrey and I adopted her".
Lilly smiled, "that's great, sis", she said, "you're already a mother".
Skye turned towards Garth and Lilly, "oh, what happened to that Alpha?", she asked.
Kate looked at them in confusion, "what Alpha?", she asked.
"When Skye went to get a piece of caribou, Miles stopped her and said 'Alphas eat first', which that's not how it works anymore, since the Alpha-Omega Laws were abolished", Garth explained, "some members of the pack are too stubborn to change".
Skye whimpered, "he hit me", she said, "twice".
Kate gasped, then snarled and pounced on Garth, "and you didn't kill him?!", she growled. Garth whimpered, "don't blame me", he said, "I was honestly about to, but Lilly stopped me".
"Don't bring my sister into this!", Kate growled in Garth's face.
"It's the truth, Kate", Lilly said, "but we gave him a warning".
"A warning isn't severe enough for hurting my daughter!", Kate growled, then she ran out of the den. Garth quickly got up and ran after her, Humphrey and Lilly could hear them outside. "Kate!", Garth shouted, "think about what you're going to do!".
"I have thought about what I'm going to do!", Kate shouted back, "he will regret ever hurting my daughter!".
Humphrey and Lilly heard a thud outside, "did Garth manage to subdue Kate?", Lilly asked.
Humphrey shrugged, "just stop, Kate!", Garth shouted, then he screamed.
"You can't stop me, Garth!", Kate shouted.
"No, no, not my leg", Garth said, then Garth screamed.
"There", Kate said, "that should keep you from following me".
Humphrey and Lilly ran out of the den, just as they saw Kate run away. They approached Garth, who was now laying on his side, "what did she do?", Lilly asked.
Garth chuckled, "I'm fine, really", he said, "she just…dislocated my leg".
"We should find Eve", Humphrey said.
"No, I know what to do", Lilly said, "can you hold him down, Humphrey?".
"Uhh, sure", Humphrey replied, then held Garth down. "Okay, now this is going to hurt, dear", Lilly said, "just stay strong for me, okay?".
Garth smiled, "of course, Lill-", he said, then screamed, as Lilly pushed his leg back into place. "I'm sorry, Garth", Lilly said.
Garth stood back up and pulled Lilly into a hug, "don't be sorry, Lilly", he replied, "you fixed my leg".
Lilly moaned, as Garth rubbed her back with his paw, "okay, you two", Humphrey said, "can we go get my mate before she does something that she'll regret?".
"Personally, I don't think she'll regret killing Miles, Humphrey", Garth said, "but, uhh, I'm not a great tracker and even if I was, Kate knows how to hide her scent".
"I can find her", the three of them looked towards the den and saw Skye standing there. "How are you going to find her?", Garth asked, "you don't know how to track".
"The same way I found Mom last time", Skye said.
"Well, like I said earlier", Garth said, "Kate knows how to hide her scent and throw others off of her trail".
"I didn't track her scent last time", Skye said.
"Then what did you do?", Humphrey asked.
"Umm, I'm not sure if you'll believe me", Skye said.
Humphrey chuckled, "I invented a sport called log-sledding and I married an Alpha, which everyone believed to be impossible since I'm an Omega", he said, "try me".
"Well, I don't know how to explain it, but I was able to like, feel her presence", Skye explained.
"Okay, I'm going to gather a search party to find Kate and warn Miles", Garth said, "you two have fun with Skye".
"Wait", Humphrey said to Garth, then turned back towards Skye, "can you find her?".
"I feel a great amount of anger in that direction", Skye said, pointing in the general direction that Kate ran off in.
"That sounds like her", Garth muttered, then Lilly glared at him, "and I mean that as a compliment".
"Lead the way, Skye", Humphrey said, then they ran into the bushes with Skye in the lead.
A/N: Seems Kate's on a mission to kill Miles for hitting her new adopted daughter. What will happen next? Will Skye find Kate in time? Or will Kate find Miles before they find her first? Please Review.
Till next time,
-Demonwolf102
