Disclaimer: I do not own any characters that you might recognize. Tamitha and this random plot do belong to me.

Special thanks to Tomboy for beta-ing this chapter for me

Author's note: This will be the last chapter that it uploaded for about 2 months. I have finals, and graduation practice, as well as graduation itself. Terribly sorry about the delay, life just ran away from me.

Chapter 6

 

I was at a loss for words, how did Tamitha manage to leave without us noticing? Without anyone noticing?

I guess I was frustrated and therefore not focusing because I somehow separated myself from the rest of the group and wound up quite lost.

Crap, I said to no one, okay, Marco, you're a wolf, smell your way back.

You could just ask for directions came a taunting voice, but I forgot, you're a man.

I looked up in the tree in front of me to see my saving grace sitting on one of the branches. I sat down and looked up at her.

And I take it you know the way back?

I should, she replied, at least from the sky.

Once we had both morphed bird and took to the sky I asked her why she had run.

Too many emotions in that part of the forest, she explained without really explaining anything.

What do you mean?

You remember that the professor said I was a mutant right?

Yeah.

Well, I can 'hear' I guess you could say the feelings of animals.

So you know what I'm feeling?

The osprey mostly, with humans I've found that I can only get a small hit off of them. she sighed, that was how I found you, you were frustrated, and therefore the wolf was, you feel very loud. The problem is that I can't control it yet, and I feel overwhelmed.

Okay, I said, landing on a tree not too far from the scoop, that just sounded kinda freaky. Care to go into greater detail, before we go back?

All right, I can tell, you're worried. she landed and demorphed. I soon followed. "Okay, you know that everyone has feelings, right, I mean, no shit Sherlock, but animals have feelings too. They're just a little different. So earlier there were a whole bunch of little critters running in fear from up while we were talking in the scoop and it was just overwhelming. And on top of that Tobias hasn't eaten much lately because of a new hawk trying to move in on his territory."

"Okay, I think I get this, is there any way I, I mean, we can help you?"

"I know the professor can help me control it, that's all I need right now." She smiled and hugged me, "thanks for the offer though."

I smiled back, but then something came to mind, "How did you get away from us without anyone noticing?"

"I'm not really sure; I just felt that I needed to get away, you know, have some time to think, alone."

"Yeah, I get it, we should probably head back though they might get worried about us."

"Yeah, that or suspicious," she said with a grin as she morphed again."

Damn, caught again.

To: Brutal2003 – That is actually something that I had never thought of. I don't think the story is going to go that way. But hey, if you want start writing. Just be sure to write out a plan of some sort, don't try flying from the seat of you pants, winging it, or whatever, it doesn't work.

RogueHawk