The silver wolf bounded and weave his way through the dense forest.
Following close behind him were two other wolves. Both held a majestic beauty
around them. The older one's ginger coat held a heathly glow. Her strength
was most pronounced by her large frame and her ability to keep pace with her
brother. She did not do this though. She stayed alone side her sister. Her
sister was the youngest of the three wolves. Her coat was of pure white. Though
her coat was not as glamerous as her sister, it still held a beauty of innocence
to which no one could deny. As her pace started to slow down and her breathing
became heavier, the other sister called up ahead to the brother.
Jake Wolff stopped running and transformed back into his human form. He
turned around and looked at his sisters, who were still in their wolf form.
"I want both of you to change back to your human state. I want you to rest here,
while I go and look around." He told them while gliding his fingers through his
spiked up, auburn hair. With a quick glance to his sisters, he changed back into
a wolf and took off further into the woods.
The two sisters slowly transformed back into their human body. Joan was
done a few minutes before her little sister. She sat down and watched as Allison
finished her transformation. "Are you okay?" She asked. Her voice held the
concern that she had for her sister.
"Just tired and hungry." Allison's sweet voice whispered out like someone
singing a sweet melody. She walked over and sat beside Joan.
"Well, just rest for a little while. I'm sure that Jake will bring us
back something to eat." Joan paused before continuing. "Are you still hurting?"
"No. I just have a little ache every now and then but not enough to effect
me." Allison told her sister quietly. Her voice was still barely over a whisper
yet she knew that her sister could hear her.
Joan gave a nod of understanding. They sat in silance as they waited for
Jake to return. The silence was interrupted when Allison asked a question.
"So how long do you think it will take us to get there?"
"Well, once we are able to get some clothes, it shouldn't take too long."
"Oh." Allison said no more as she caught sight of Jake coming back. With
his back turned toward them, he slowly made his way back to where his sister were
sitting. The reason for his slow progress was made know as he drug a dead doe into
view. Once he had gotten the deer next to his sisters, he sent a mental statement
of 'Chow down' to them. The two sisters instantly changed and attacked the dead
deer.
The three siblings laid out beside each other resting from their meal.
Joan looked over to her brother. She stared at him as she worked up the courage
to ask him the question that she had had on her mind for a while. "Jake?" Jake
looked over at Joan waiting for her to finish what she had to say. "Jake, I was
wondering who these contacts of yours are?"
Allison turned her full attention to her brother as she waited for his
answer. She had also been wanting to know who they were. She was glad that
her sister was the one who worked up the courage to ask.
Jake took a deep breath and looked at both of his sisters in the eyes.
He knew that they needed to know this. "A Seal buddy of mine lives on Angel
Island. Well, a few years ago I went down there to see him. While there he
introduced me to a few people who live in the city. That's when I met Gary. We
became good friends. When it came time for me to leave, we both made a promise
that if either one of us was in trouble the other would come to their aid."
"I didn't know you had friends in San Francisco." Allison said the only
thing that came to her mind. Seeing the others' looks, her cheeks turned red and
she bowed her head. "Sorry." She mummbled.
"No no. I didn't know he lived there either until I got a call from some
friends of his requesting my help." Jake said. He hated to see his little sister
beat herself up over nothing.
"What's his name?" Joan asked.
"Nick Boyle. He's now head of security for a place called the Luna
Foundation. He didn't tell me much about it though."
"Do you think that we can trust them?" Joan asked.
"I trust them with my life." Jake replied in a serious tone. "I have
to get in touch with Nick. He will be able to tell me where Gary is located
now. I lost touch with him last year. Okay, enough with the talking. We need
to leave now. Once we get to another town, we are to get some clothes and
then get a ride out town."
A Day Later:
"So is this the place were Nick lives?" Allison asked her brother as
she gazed at the castle with awe.
"Yes." Jake replied in a serious tone. He couldn't put anything else
on his mind except for business.
"Wow." Allison said with stun disblief.
"I second that." Joan replied to her sister's statement. For the first
time in a year, she decided to let go of all her serious disposition and to have
some fun. "It's kinda hard to believe that a friend of our brother's lives in a
place like this."
"Enough." Jake said in a stern voice. He hated to ruin his sisters fun
and he dearly wished he could join in but it was time to get down to business.
"Fine." Both of the girls said with their arm crossed.
Jake drove the rental up to the front up to the front gate.
"May I help you?" A raspy voice asked over the intercom.
"We're here to see Nick Boyle."
No reply was given as the old metal gate seperated adn slowly swung open.
Jake drove the rental down the winding driveway till he got to the front entrance.
All three of them got out and headed to the door. After Jake knocked on the door
once, an old man opend the door. The old man dressed in a butler suit stood
straight. Only his gray hair and the wrinkles on his face gave away his age. He
held out his snarled up hand and invited them in.
"Master Nick will see you, now." The butler moved with grace as he lead
them to an opened area decorated with antiques. "Master Nick will be with you in
just a minute." With that the old mand left the three alone in the room.
"Master Nick?" Joan whispered to her sister.
Allison just shrugged as she sat down beside Joan. As she got bored, she
started to kick her legs back and forth. When a minute came and went, she turned
and whispered to Joan. "I thought the old man said that 'Master Nick' will be
here in a minute."
Joan smiled at her sister. "A little impatient are we?" She teased.
"I'm sure he will be here soon."
Just as she said that, a tall young man walked into the room. He stood
tall and firm. His military hair cut brung out his piercing blue eyes. His lips
were set firmly into a frown. Slowly he started to smile until his dimples were
shown to everyone in the room. "Well well well. Look who we have here. Jake Wolff
I haven't seen you since you came to help that little problem of mine."
Jake gave out a loud laugh when he heard this. Joan and Allison looked at
their brother as if he had gone insane. "A little problem?" He stated but it
sounded like a question. "Nick, here, need help hunting something down. Since he
remembered that I was good at finding thing back when I was in the Seals, he decided
to give me a call. I got there as soon as I could but it took a while to get there
because it was hard to find someone to take over my cases at the police station. Once
I got there, they had already found what they were looking for. From what I could
tell, whatever they were hunting put up a fight." Jake explained to his sisters.
"Yeah, well, lets not dwell in the past. Why are you here and who are these
beautiful ladies." He smiled at the two sisters causing them to blush and smile back.
"We got into some trouble. I thought that you and Gary could help us." Jake
explained. He let out a yelp as an elbow connected with his ribs. "Alright Alright.
This is my every so aggressive sister, Joan and my baby sister, Allison."
Allison blushed at the thought of being called a baby in front of a stranger.
She blushed even more when she heard Nick's reply. "Don't worry. We babies of a family
got to stick together." Nick then gave her a quick wink and smiled when her face almost
scarlet red.
Nick turned his head back to Jake and got serious again. "Gary usually hangs
out at the Haven. We can wait till the sun sets and head over there."
Jake readly agreed with this. By the time night came, Jake and Nick were on
their way to the Haven. Joan and Allison had reluctantly stayed behind. Jake was
afraid that their might be trouble and he didn't want them to be invovled. Nick
parked his red mustang in the only free spot that he could find.
"Not a scratch better be on her when we get back." Nick muttered as he and
Jake entered the club. He almost ran into Jake, who had stopped in his tracks. "Hey
little bro, what's the deal here?" Nick asked when he saw the serious look in Jake's eyes.
Jake just stood there and sniffed. Something was in the air and he couldn't
identify the smell. Jake came out of his trance when he felt Nick grab his arm. Jake
smiled. "I'm not your little brother. I'm the same age as you."
Nick snorted. "I'm still older and wiser."
Jake punched Nick in the shoulder as he replied. "You may be a few weeks older
but you are in no certain way wiser than me."
"Oh that was harsh." Nick put his hand over his heart as if he had been mortally
wounded. He started to laugh at the 'get real' face Jake had put on. "Come on lets find
a table." Once seated, Nick looked around. "I don't know about you but I feel like we are
being watched."
"I got the same feeling." Jake felt the little hairs on the back of his neck stand
up. He took another sniff of the air. He didn't like this one bit. His eyes searched the
whole place until they landed on another pair of eyes in the upstairs part of the club.
"Crap!" He muttered as he got a good look at the man with jet black hair.
