(Ok, apparently where I'm going with folks for vacation I thought at first didn't have WI-FI, but now I've found out the place has WI-FI, so hopefully I'll be able to continue my things here on FanFiction. But here's the next chapter.)

gemm1mt: At the end they knew who he was. I get you.

Chapter 8: In the Wild

(Watchtower, the next day)

Drew meditated on his bed as best as he could. Then he heard a familiar sound. He opened the door and chuckled at the sight of Beast Boy and Wolf standing outside his door.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Drew asked.

"It's time for Wolf's walk, but I was hoping to play some video games. However, Conner asked me to stick with him while and sis go out. I was wondering…" Beast Boy answered.

"Sure, I'll come. It would be nice to be out in nature again." Drew replied.

"Nature? We'll just be going for a walk in the local area." Beast Boy grunted, confused by his friend's statement.

"Who says we're going there?" Drew chuckled, a grin on his face.

(Yukon Wilderness, several minutes later)

The three stood in the forests of the wilderness. Beast Boy looked around, confused. Wolf stood calmly, wagging his tail. Drew closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, holding out his hands to either side of him.

"Nothing like fresh air. Come on! Let's go for a run!" Drew said.

"I wanted to do this before dark, but it's night time now. Maybe can do this another day?" Beast Boy asked.

"Where's that sense of adventure? You're out in the wilds! Let your natural instinct go free! Feel the energy around and let go." Drew said.

"What do you mean?" Beast Boy asked.

"Run free." Drew answered.

The shapeshifter inhaled the night air, his yes staring at the full moon. He closed his eyes and ran forward, shifting into a wolf. Wolf barked as he followed his friend.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Beast Boy called out, shifting into a falcon and flew after them.

Drew rushed through the forest, shadows on all sides. The sounds and smells of the woods overwhelmed his senses. He hadn't felt like this in a long time. When he escaped from his parents' captivity, he ran wild and free in the wildernesses of the country. He hunted and ran like a wild animal during that time, he felt free and liberated from the chains that bound him. After he had made a safe distance from his captors, he tore off the remaining binds that stuck to his limbs. After that, the physical connection and instant reminder of the hell he'd experienced at the hands of his torturers. He felt free from some of that pain.

'It feels…amazing…being in the wild once again.' Drew gasped in his mind.

Wolf barked and howled with excitement as he ran alongside his friend. Being in nature, running free like he once did with his pack brought back the exhilaration he felt. Beast Boy gasped as he struggled to keep up with his companions. He took on one of his faster forms to keep up, but in the wooded area of the forest at night made it difficult to keep up.

'Wow, they're fast. Should've taken another form.' Beast Boy gasped in his mind.

The green shapeshifter grunted as he changed into a cheetah, desperately trying to follow his comrades through the forest. He could hear them barking and yipping in front of him. He panted as he tried to keep up, but didn't realize he made a mistake when choosing the form of the cheetah in the thick woods. He shifted back to his semi-simian form and began leaping through the trees after leaping onto a branch.

"Guys! Hey! Wait up!" Beast Boy called out.

Drew and Wolf continued to run in the forest, but they caught their friend's voice. He sighed as he slowed his pace, Wolf doing the same. He whimpered slightly and Drew grunted softly. They turned around and waited for their green friend. Wolf grunted and Drew turned to his lupine friend. The shapeshifter couldn't understand the white wolf completely, but he felt like Wolf was a bit disappointed they couldn't keep running…but understood they were to stop for their other friend.

"Sorry, but we can continue…sort of…when he catches up." Drew sighed.

They heard grunting and Beast Boy leapt from a few branches.

"Thanks for waiting. Man, you two move fast out here. Faster than I thought." Beast Boy panted.

"We lived in the wilderness long enough, Gar." Drew replied.

"You're at home here in the wild." Beast Boy concluded.

"Perhaps. Wolf living most of his life, and me for a few months after I escaped from my parents…it's a part of us." Drew explained.

Wolf grunted, seemingly agreeing with his friend. Drew turned around and looked into the night sky.

"Ready to follow us now?" Drew asked.

"I'll try to." Beast Boy answered.

Drew nodded then continued to run, with Wolf close behind, and Beast Boy following after changing into a wolf. The green shapeshifter grunted as he followed his lupine friends. He continued to hear them bark and yip as they ran through the forest.

'Wow, I'm gonna have to train in the woods more if I wanna be able to move around in the wilderness like them.' Beast Boy gasped in his mind.

He grunted as he saw them through some brush. He caught up with them. They stood on the edge of a small cliff, overlooking more woods down below.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Drew asked, his gaze not turning from the view of the forest at night.

Beast Boy changed back into his usual form. He walked up to stand beside Wolf right behind Drew. The shapeshifter gazed at the night sky, his eyes glowing brightly as he stared at the full moon.

"It is…you feel really at home in the wild don't you?" Beast Boy asked.

"Indeed…indeed." Drew said.

As he stared at the full moon, something came over him. He then let out a howl. The sound felt wild, primal, and strong in its essence. Wolf then joined his voice as he howled along with his friend. Beast Boy heard other howls in the distance, recognizing wolves in the wild joining in the chorus.

'He is at home here.' Beast Boy sighed in his mind.

To be continued…