Leading the way, Hassleberry relunctantly led the group to their rut of a house. He wasnt to sure of doing this because of the possiblity of Jehu Axel and Adrian returning early from their work. 'If me Jim and Johan work fast we can get them out of the woods before they show back up. Only problem is getting Sarge to wake up.' Hassleberry's thoughts ran rampantly in his head trying to figure out the best scenario.
"Oi, Hassleberry! You never answered my question!" Chazz prods at the male once more finally catching his attention. Startled, the male looks back at Chazz a worrisome smile on his face. "C-care to repeat the question?" He let a slight stutter escape but that was mostly from nerves. Chazz's ebony eyes tried to read his face but Hassleberry did well to hide his current raging emotions at the moment.
"I said what were you doing out in the woods?"
"THAT'S MY LINE PRIVATE!" Hassleberry exclaimed back at the male, gritting his teeth in annoyance. "It's hella dangerous out here without guiadance and a weapon! You lot could've gotten injured or killed." he held his tongue just slightly. He'd let Jim be the one to give the group a tongue lashing while him and Johan figured out whats wrong with Judai.
"Where are you even taking us?" Syrus was next to ask but Hassleberry paid him no mind as he listened in on Judai's breathing. It sounded normal as far as the army boy could tell, but sadly he wasnt a doctor and he wasn't gonna play guessing games with someone as important as Judai.
Not fatherer off from where they were, back at the house Johan finally stepped out of his room to see Jim prepping the grill once more for a good cookout. "Smells good Jim. What you cooking up today?" He took noticed of what was set out on the counter.
Beef cubes with cut up peppers and onions. 'Lovely, he's making kabobs. He doesnt do that often. He must be in a good mood since the grousome trio is gone. Heaven knows I am.' Johan thought as he took a stroll to the deck to enjoy the smell of nature.
"Hassleberry should be back soon. He was going for a walk." Jim called from the kitchen as he was back inside prepping the items and getting them strung up on the wooden sticks. Johan just nodded a smile gracing his face. He sat down on the deck and let the now not as chilly air blow through his bluenette hair.
Along with the wind he could smell the scent of Hassleberry but with more familiar scents along with him. "JIM!" Johan cried out jumping up as the Aussie ran to his side smelling the air as well.
"Sweet Hell Alabama… What are they doing here..?!" Jim jumped off the deck as did Johan as the two raced into the woods just as Hassleberry came to greet them.
"What the hell happened?! Hassleberry!" Johan got to him first but stopped midway seeing the unconscious Judai. Jim reacted first. "Get inside now!" The group didn't stop moving as they went past Johan towards the house. Jim shook the bluenette's shoulder.
"Pull yourself together, Johan! They're gonna be back any time. Right nows not the time to be panicking." He stared into the boys eyes who was in a daze as he slapped the boy.
"I-I.. I-i'm fine! I'm fine! Let's go find out what happened!" The two returned to the house to see Hassleberry lay Judai on the couch and all the gang on the ground sitting on the floor.
Johan and Jim took 5 swift steps to stand next to Hassleberry who was glowering at the group. It then came to Jim and Johan's surprise there was one more person they didn't recognize. "Who's the brunette?" Jim pointed to Stella. The brunette didn't look up at the three, she was trembling. Their demeanor alone must've frightened her.
"Cmon quit acting like that. They're not savages!" Blair shook the girl who looked up at the three finally. "Stellar… Stellar Campwell." The last name clicked with the three. They heard about the extension of the Campwell family returning to Willow for the memorial, they never realized it could as well been a sibling.
"Your… Bruce's sister, am I right?" Hassleberry grumbled out, his temper dying down. The girl nodded. Chazz clicked his tongue. "Stop giving us the third degree. All we were doing was following Yuki." This set off an alarm with the three once again as they look to Chazz.
"Judai?"
"Yes, Judai. He said he felt as if he been in the woods before. And a while back he mentioned seeing a Treehouse, clear as day in a dream he had. He was sure it was out here. Today, for no reason he acted on it and went into the woods. Of course we followed him. We didn't expect he'd find anything." At Syrus's words the three werewolves looked at each other.
"You three know anything about that place?" Blair asked looking up at the three. Jim being the better liar shook his head before attending to Judai. "What happened here, anyway?" He touched the boy's cheeks which were cool to the touch, having been out in the better than cold conditions.
"He came to the balcony, then just collapsed over the side of the railing. God knows what could be the problem." Hassleberry shrugged making Johan slap his arm in annoyance. Worry framed the bluenettes face as Hassleberry grumbled out an apology, still annoyed with the group in general for being out there and not having any protection. If he hadn't crossed their path or if the others had been back, they would've been dead. Their troublemaking pack mates don't take kindly to wanderers in the woods let alone teenagers.
Stella pulled on Chazz's jacket while the three were checking Judai's condition. "Who the heck are these guys? And how are you guys so familiar with them?" Chazz looked at her and saw slight fear in her eyes. He assumed that Jim Johan and Hassleberry's demeanor at the moment startled her and made her feel fearful of them.
"Wipe that expression off your face. These guys are our friends from school. They transferred in last Thursday." Chazz could understand the worry the three boys had regarding Judai. He was equally worried. Stella still unsure erased the fear from her expression.
In judai's dream
It was hazy as if a video filter was over his eyes. He kept hearing the voices of someone younger than him speak to him. He sadly couldn't place the voice nor the imagery in front of him. He knew it was somewhere in the woods and it felt familiar to him.
"What is this place..? Who are you..?" Suddenly different imagery changed over what he was seeing. Burning buildings. Cries for help. Animals howling. It all blurred together in his head. He couldn't make sense of what he was seeing, as if he was witnessing something from someone else's perspective.
The only clear word he heard was Supreme Alpha being thrown around from the cries of the people. Mostly crying out for help or begging for mercy. Just who was this Supreme Alpha and why was Judai seeing these images?
He felt a sudden burning and throbbing sensation in his chest, as if he had been stabbed or shot with a gun. He cried out in pain his scream echoing.
"AAAAHHH!"
The group looked horrified to see Judai thrashing on the couch. Johan was to his side in a split second trying to arouse the male from his nightmare. "Ju-kun! Ju-kun wake up!" He shook his arm trying to get him to wake up. Hassleberry's quick thinking took him to the kitchen and return with a large glass of water which he doused the poor brunette in causing him to sit up with a jerk nearly colliding with Johan's jaw.
"Ju-kun! It's okay!" Johan grasped his shoulder once again trying to get the brunette to focus on him. The now soaked boy was dazed at where he was but quickly looked up to see the emerald eyes of his new friend and crush. He let out a shakey breath before jerking Johan off his feet and hugging him tightly shaking in the bluenette's arms.
"W…where am I right now…?" His voice was shaken as he gripped the back of Johan's shirt tightly not letting the male up. Johan shifted so he could sit next to him and pulled him tight against him. "Your okay, everyone is here. Hassleberry said you collapsed at the treehouse. What were you dreaming?"
Jim thoughtfully went to the kitchen and started a kettle to make some tea for the group as the rest of the group look at Judai with worry as he finally pulled his face from Johan's chest to look at everyone.
"You alright there Sarge? You were dreaming awfully bad." Hassleberry asked first as Judai's eyes darted around looking at everyone. He didn't recognize the place they were in. "W-what is this place?" The stutter slowly went away making the boy sounding less fearful.
"This is their house." Chazz obliged the information first before the rest could say anything. Judai's eyes widen as he looked up at Johan who smiled. "Sorry, you had a bad first time coming in." The bluenette said nervously as he widen his smile.
Judai shook his head then looked down and noticed he was soaked and chilly. "C-can I borrow some clothes?" Johan nodded before standing and leading the brunette to his room to borrow some of his clothes.
"Alright you 4, when he's done you get in the truck and we get your sorry butts out of here." Hassleberry ordered promptly as soo as the door could be heard having been shut. Chazz looked annoyed but the others, not wanting to stir up anymore trouble, were compliant with Hassleberry's demand.
Jim being more hostly served the group some tea to warm up with as they sat down and talked a little. "So how often does Judai have these strange yet familiar dreams?" He figured it was best to ask Chazz and Syrus about Judai's dreams from the two who would normally hear about it first hand.
"Since his 15th birthday, I believe… maybe before that?" Syrus scratched his head a little trying to think of the first time he heard about these dreams. "Usually it's just sounds he's heard. Other times it's flashbacks from the car accident. He kept mentioning when the dreams first happened that a wolf with green eyes helped him out of the woods that day. But his parents over heard us talking about it once and got really upset." This peaked Jim's interest as he leaned forward just slightly.
"What did they say?" Jim sipped on the tea the girls just watching with curiosity. Chazz and Syrus suddenly felt uneasy. They didn't think they should be spilling Judai's secrets let alone something between him and his parents.
"Did they threaten Judai or something?" Hassleberry pulled the invisible plug making the two nearly jump from their seats. "Never!" They spoke in unison looking at each other with quick surprise before looking back at Jim and Hassleberry.
"Judai's dad…" Chazz spoke up. "He said that Judai imagined the whole thing that it was all in his head. Because when they got here to Willow he asked a few local hunters if they ever saw a wolf with green eyes. They said they never heard of such a animal and that if he saw one he was either hallucinating or plain crazy." Jim let out a slight sigh scratching the back of his neck contemplating as Hassleberry smacked the guy's shoulder, shaking his head subtlety so nobody would notice.
"So is Judai wrong…?" Blair asked after a moment of silence between the two groups of men. They looked at the girls then at Syrus and Chazz. Jim sighed lifting a hand at Hassleberry and a gesture of zipping his lips which Hassleberry nodded to.
Jim turned back to the group letting out a sigh before speaking up. "It goes back to the legends of the Werewolves in these parts. Shapeshifters of old becoming wild animals with the mindset of man. Nobody knows where they came from or when they first appeared. It's said in history books that humans and werewolves live in harmony not being aware of their existence while werewolves preformed miracles. What happened with Judai is just short of a miracle. A werewolf saved his life that day."
The look of surprise and awe spread amongst the four. "So they're real?" Stella said curiously biting her lip. Hassleberry and Jim reluctantly nodded. "We've seen them before, living out here. Sometimes barely a glimpse of them. They like to live in secret, you know?" Hassleberry concluded finishing his tea as he took his glass to the kitchen as the group dissolved into small simple conversations mostly about the up and coming Talent show.
Xxx
Judai entered Johan's room. It was very homey like him with cool colors of blue and green filling the room right down to the forest green bedspread on his full-size bed. His floor was wooden with a large area rug spread out to walk on. His closet was closed with a poster on it of a band which Judai recognized instantly. "You like Green Day?"
Johan got bashful rubbing the back of his head. "You caught me!" He stuck his tongue out playfully before laughing. Judai covered his mouth snickering at his friends reaction. "Nah I enjoy them too." The brunette noticed a CD player on the nightstand and walked over to see Johan's not so hidden CD collection.
"Awww Ju-kun don't look through my music!" The bluenette whined as he went into the closet and found him a plaid red top for the boy to wear. "You got good taste. Pretty much the same as I do!"
Johan just smiled watching his crush being in his room just made him want to take the brunette close and kiss him. But he didnt know everything going on or who the brunette had been on the past. He was hoping the dreams he had been having weren't something to worry about.
"Hey Johan? Can I ask you something?" The boys words pulled the bluenette from his daze as his emerald eyes glanced up at the chocolate eyes looking back at him, sudden by his side. "Yes, Ju-kun?" He blinked at the expression on Judai's face, it was one of strange curiosity and wonder.
"What's the phrase 'Supreme Alpha' mean?"