Disclaimer: See other chapter's. OC's are Max, Miranda, Aaron(Michael Ashlocke), and Bryce. And here I use the actual name of Luke father, Willard Cates. Not many writers on do this, they just call him the alpha male.

Small correction: Luke's friend's are called the Hill kids, not the Lake kids.

Also to MX fans, if you have never seen Wolf Lake, please check out some of the fanfiction on this sight, cause if you have never seen the show, my story may or may not make sense. I tried to blend the two shows, and hope I did it well.

Also. Aniki19, The story isn't really about Jesse, so he can't be in every chapter, unfortunately,lol. But I hope you like the story as it unfolds.

Thanks for all the reviews!

I can only hope I still have readers. I have tried my best to provide entertainment and action, and not lose the characters themselves. I have enjoyed your reviews, and I hope to write more stories for I have learned I can't please everyone, but as long as I am writing a decent story and willing to learn and grow as a writer, I can at least please some of you, I hope.

With that said here are my last few chapter's of Wolf Crossing.

Chapter 9: Revelations.

When Emma awoke, she quickly realized she wasn't alone. She had fallen asleep in Brennan's arms. He had finally fallen asleep himself. She moved slowly so not to wake him. She was very quiet as she left the room, shutting the door behind her. Her cell phone started to ring just as she got the door shut. She was quick to answer it. "Hello .....Oh, Hi Megan, how are y ..... he what? Are you OK? Did you tell him? No, don't worry about it, you did the right thing, I will find a way to deal with the problem. Take care, bye."

How did he find me after all this time? Adam promised me, that I would be safe here, that he would take care of everything ....how did Bryce find me? The last time I saw him, he said he would kill me. I need to talk to Shalimar and Brennan later. Not sure I can trust Adam right now. she thought as she walked down the hall and out towards the computers where Adam was still sitting.

"Morning Adam."

"Emma, I hope you got some sleep."

"I did." as she noticed the milk sitting by the computer. "Is Shal back yet?"

"No, not yet. She went after Aaron, but I have no idea where she is now."

"Have you tried her com-ring?"

"Wouldn't do any good," he said as he pointed to the ring in the coffee table behind Emma.

"Adam, she'll be OK. She just needs time to come to grips with what has happened." she said as she picked up the glass of milk to take it to the sink. As soon as she picked up the glass, she was hit with images

Shal ....chains ... Ashlocke ...sleeping ...in a glass box. With these images rushing at her, she dropped the glass to the floor, letting it shatter.

"Emma, are you OK?" said Adam has he came around the computer desk to stand behind her, with his hand on her shoulder. Brennan came rushing to th kitchen at the sound of breaking glass."Emma, what's wrong?" asked a concerned Brennan.

"Shalimar, she's in trouble."

"What did you see?" asked Adam.

"Shalimar, in chains. Ashlocke. Her sleeping in a glass box. Wait no, it was a .. pod."

"Relax Em, we will find her." said Adam "I'll track the signal from the Helix, that should give us a general idea of where she is."

"What signal?" asked Brennan.

"Well, me and Jesse put a tracking device into the Helix last summer, as a security measure."

"Adam, hurry, we don't have much time." said Adam.

"OK, you two are heading to Wolf Lake."

Wolf Lake, so far the town as cause me 2 friends, and threatens to take another, What is up with that town? Brennan thought as he realize that Emma was talking.

"OK, I'll be right there Brennan, you warm up the jeep."

"OK, don't take too long."

"I won't," she said as he left running for the garage.

"Emma is there something we need to talk about?"

"Adam, we need to talk when I get back."

"About what?"

"About me leaving Mutant X." she said as she turned to walk away.

"Why? Is it because of what happened to Jesse?" he said as Emma turned around, you didn't need to Psionic to know that she was angry.

"Yes and no. I just can't deal with it anymore, OK? I am tired of you not telling us everything, until you almost get one of us killed. I need to be able to trust you, and right now, when I need you the most, I don't!" she said as she turned and walked out of the room to follow Brennan.

It had been more than 2 years since the pack had tracked Ruby down in Seattle. She had been living with John Kanin. They had forced her to returned to Wolf Lake, on fear of death. She couldn't take it anymore, she had to be with him. She could hide the fact that she was a Skinwalker from him. He didn't need to know that about her. She had been forced to marry Tyler Creed, and she hated her father for making her do it. Ruby Cates wasn't under her father's thumb anymore, he was dead. And if Tyler got between her and John Kanin again, he would join her father.

She had learned the John Kanin was leaving Wolf Lake, and wasn't about to let him leave with out her. She was a block from his motel room. She just hoped she wasn't too late
Tyler was waiting outside Sophia's room to talk to Luke. Poor kid hadn't left her side in 2 days. Tyler and his wife Ruby had a big fight that morning. She had had it with Tyler, and was heading after John Kanin, who had finally decided to leave Wolf Lake. Tyler hoped that Luke could talk some sense into her. He wasn't about to let her leave Wolf Lake, and if she tried he would kill her, rather than risk someone finding out her secret and hunting all the Skinwalkers down and killing them. Tyler looked up as Luke exited the room.

"Hey, Luke, how is your new girlfriend?"

"Better, doctor says she only has a few cracked ribs. She might get to go home tomorrow."

"Great, look I hate to ask, but I need you help, bad"

"What do you need?"

"You need to stop you sister, from running to Kanin."

"Tyler, I can't leave Sophia, to go running after Ruby."

"I will stay with Sophia, please Luke."

"OK, I will go, but I can't promise anything. Me and Ruby have never seen eye to eye on anything."

"Just try, you now what will happen if she leaves Wolf Lake again."

"Yeah, I know."
Tyler had been waiting with Sophia for what seemed like hours. Then his cell phone started ringing. He hurried to answer it, before it woke up Sophia. At first he started to take it out in the hall, but then he realized Sophia couldn't hear him anyway. Sophia started coming around, but she heard Tyler's voice. She didn't want to talk to him, so she pretended to stay asleep.

"Hello ...No, I haven't found Aaron ..Michael ..whatever his name is ...I thought I had found him, but it turned out to be false lead ....You did what with her? ...Won't she die in there? ...And what about that guy? What's his name, Jesse? ....Gabe, what are you thinking. Revenge of course. Yeah, as soon as I finish what I am doing here I will head up there. By the way, how can you afford to live in the old Sinclair Mansion? ....Oh, I get it, good move dude. Be up there as soon as possible .....Are you really going to keep them in there for 25 years? ....Gotta go, see you in awhile."

Just than he turned around to see Sophia looking at him.

"Sophia, your awake. How are you doing?" he said secretly hoping that she hadn't heard anything, especially about Jesse.

"Who was that you were talking too?"

"Just an old friend."

"Why were you talking my friend, Jesse?"

"Jesse? Oh, I said Jessica, she is an old girlfriend."

Sophia knew he was lying. But decided he would never tell her the truth. She would talk to Luke. She had a feeling Jesse was in trouble, and she owed him. He had saved her life twice."Where is Luke?"

"Oh, he went to do me a small favor, he will be right back." he said just as Luke came through the door."And speaking of the devil."

"Shut up! Next time you can't handle your wife, don't ask me to help!" said Luke, and as he stepped closer, you could see the black eye just starting to show.

"Luke, oh my God, what happened?" asked Sophia.

"Nothing to worry about. Tyler, go solve your own problem!"

"Sorry Luke, for what I am about to do."

"Tyler, just do it, don't tell me!"

After Tyler left the room, Sophia asked Luke, "What does he mean, what does he have to do?"

"Kill Ruby!"

"Luke, no ..."

"Sophia, she is my sister, but what she is doing could expose the truth about Wolf Lake, which would lead to all Skinwalkers, being killed, cause you know as well as I do, people are afraid of what they don't understand."

"Yeah, I know. But is this really the only thing that can be done?"

"My family has tried everything else, to no avail. Why do you have an idea?"

"Yeah, give her what she wants. Let her be with Kanin, he doesn't know the truth about her. I know just how to make it happen."

"Yeah, I can see the little wheels turning up there. OK, so what's the plan?"

"Before I tell you, do you know where the old Sinclair Mansion is?"

"Yeah, you know the lake where we hang out? The mansion is just on the other side, down stream. There is a road, but you have to leave Wolf Lake to take it. So of course I have never been there." he said with a smirk, that let her know that he had indeed been there.

"I need to go there, and I need your help."

"What do you want with that old place?"

"I overheard Tyler talking about Jesse and some girl being kept there."

"Whose Jesse?"

"The guy from the diner. He was right next to me when the car went through the front." she shuttered at the memory.

"Sophia, I already told you he must have died, cause he never came out."

"But didn't you tell me you thought you seen the car go through him, so maybe it did, and maybe he is in danger."

"Sophia, I know what I saw, but I don't believe I saw it. Why do you?"

"Cause I just overheard Tyler telling someone that Jesse was being held in the Sinclair mansion, and that him and this girl might die. Luke you have to help me, he saved my life twice."

"OK, but if we are going to do this we are going to need help, we need the other Hill kids."

"Thank you, I knew I could count on you. Now help me find my clothes, so I can get out of here."

"Your dad brought you clothes yesterday, but are you sure you are ready for this?"

"Yes, I am sure."

"But this is going to be your first adventure as a Skinwalker, are you sure?"

"Will you quit asking me that? I am sure, the only thing I am worried about right now, is Presley."

Luke had been so busy the last 3 days taking care of Sophia, that he had completely forgot about Presley, his current girlfriend. By now, Presley has already heard the Luke is spending all his time with Sophia, and really pissed off.

"OK, you have to stay away from Presley, until I can talk to her first."

"Talk to her about what?"

"Us. I haven't told her yet."

"Why haven't you told her Luke?"

"Cause until now, I forgot all about her."

"OK, help me get out of here, I will go home, while you tell Presley, and get the other Hill kids together to help, OK?" she said trying to hide the fact, that she was please that Luke had forgotten all about that snob, Presley.

"OK, deal."
John Kanin was busy packing. He had stayed in Wolf Lake for the simple reason of wanting to find Ruby. He had convinced himself that she was there. He had to face reality, she was gone. He was going back to Seattle, and hoped he could get his old job bad as a detective with the Seattle Police Dept. He had already said goodbye to Sheriff Donner, who had only received a few scratches in the crash, and was able to go to work the next day. Said goodbye to Mr. Blackstone, crazy man tried to offer him soup to take with him. The last time he tried that man's soup he has hallucinations for 3 days.

And he had been to the hospital to say goodbye to Sophia, the first person he met when he came to Wolf Lake. Saw Luke, strange boy, but he loved Sophia, so he wasn't insane. He had bumped into Mrs. Cates, he still believed she knew where Ruby was, but decided it was over. He couldn't give up his whole life looking for someone who didn't want to be found.

He heard a knock at the door, and hoped it wasn't Mr. Blackstone with soup. And as he opened the door, he was shocked by who he saw.

"Mrs. Cates, surprised to see you."

"Mr. Kanin, hope I haven't come at a bad time. I just heard you were leaving Wolf Lake. And I need to tell you something before you go." she said as she entered the room.

"About what?"

"You were right, about Ruby, that is. I have known all along where my step- daughter was."

"Where? And why are you telling me now ?"

"Because, you seemed like a nice man, you didn't deserve what she did ...what she is doing to you. You see, when Ruby left Wolf Lake, she was engaged to Tyler Creed. Of course you already know that, but what you don't know is that Ruby ran away to have a last fling before she married Tyler. Shortly after, you say she disappeared from outside your apartment in Seattle, she returned to Wolf Lake, and married Tyler Creed as planned."

"What? No that isn't possible, she loved me."

"I am sorry, I have told her that she should have told you, but ....here I brought you this..." as she handed him a wedding photo of Ruby and Tyler Creed.

"She lied to me. I have looked for her for 2 years, and that search brought me to Wolf Lake. Cause I loved the person I thought she was. I don't entirely believe you. But, this photo tells me more then words ever could."

"I hope you find another woman to love soon Mr. Kanin. Someone worthy of you. Goodbye Mr. Kanin, enjoy the trip back to Seattle."

"Thanks, I really appreciate you finally coming to tell me the truth." he said as she headed out the door.

"I would have done it sooner, but my late husband, was ill as you know. And my responsibility was to care for him, and keep him calm. He had no idea of what Ruby had done, I was afraid of what the news would do to him. In the end, I lost him anyway." her mind drifting back to the day she learn her husband had been murdered. He had went for what was to be his last run as a wolf, in more ways than one. Her husband, the former Willard Cates, dying with cancer, got his leg caught in a bear trap, and instead of helping him, someone shot him.

"Yes, Mrs. Cates, I know, and understand. But if you excuse me, I need to finish packing."

Just as Mrs Cate left, John took one last look at the photo. The photo was the first time he had seen Ruby in 2 years. And despite what Mrs. Cates told him, he could see that Ruby was miserable, just by looking at her eyes. Every since he set foot in this town he had gotten the feeling that they were hiding something, something even bigger than his missing fiance. He needed to talk to Mr. Blackstone, he had a feeling that old Indian knew exactly what was going on.
Rudy knocked on the door. She was angry at herself for hitting Luke, but it had to be done. She heard the footsteps as they moved closer to the door. She took a deep breathe as the door opened. She couldn't believe her eyes ....Tyler!

"What are doing here?!?"

"Expecting someone else?"

"Where's John?" she said as she pushed past him into the room.

"He's gone back to Seattle." he said with a smirk. "You are to late my dear."

"I can still stop him," has she turned to leave. And came face to face with her worst enemy, Vivian Cates. "What going on, why is she here?"

"To make sure you never leave Wolf Lake again." Vivian said, leaving no doubt to the fact that she meant every word.

"I don't have time for this, as she tried to push pass Vivian, "I have to catch John before he leaves."

"Won't do you any good, not now, you are too late." as she handed Ruby the wedding picture. "Not after he saw this." "What? No ...what did you tell him?"

"That you lied to him, and that you never loved him."

Tears starting flowing down Ruby's cheeks as she realized she had lost John forever, "If only I had told him the truth...."

"It's time to go home."

Ruby didn't say a word as Tyler led her out the door. She looked back at the room, she could still smell his cologne.....
Adam was pacing back and forth, nervously. It had been an hour since Brennan and Emma left to go find Shalimar. He just hoped they would get there in time, cause he couldn't stand the fact the he could lose another one of his kids. Jesse was dead, Shal was in danger, and now Emma was talking about leaving Mutant X.

What did she think she knew? Does she know ? I get the feeling there is more than that ..but what? ....his train of thought interrupted by something he caught out of the corner of his eye. There couldn't be someone there, they would never get in around the security system, unless as he looked at the computer he noticed all the codes had been entered. Someone was here, and they knew codes. He walked around the corner to the lab, and opened up one of the medicine cabinet's, and reached to the very back for his gun.

"You still keep that thing there?" said a woman's voice. Scaring Adam half to death.

"What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here."

"Oh. I'm hurt Adam, no hi, how ya doing? Just what are you doing here. Can't a girl come to reminisce about old times?"

"Lexa, you have never been sentimental. So why are you here?"

"To deliver a message from the Dominion, why else?"

"What message?"

"That one member of Mutant X is in a lot a danger right now."

"You mean, Shalimar, yeah we know, we are trying to rescue her now."

"No, not Shalimar, Emma."

"Emma? How is she in danger?"

"Let's just say, someone from her past is catching up with her. And she already knows it."

"That's why, never mind ... who?"

"Bryce Davis."

"Bryce? Thought he had been dealt with."

"Well, apparently you were wrong."

"How does the Dominion know about this?"

"Wouldn't you like to know? OK, all I can tell you, is that we know, cause Michael told us, we had to have a Psionic pull it out of him, but he told us."

"Why did you use a Psionic to get info out of Michael? How does Michael know?"

"Cause Bryce recently went to Ashlocke to find out if Ashlocke would help find Emma, Ashlocke assigned Michael to find Emma, but Michael failed, which is why he was picked for the Wolf Lake mission. And as far as why we used a Psionic,Adam, you have to ask? The Dominion doesn't believe that he was trying to hide from Ashlocke, they think he was trying to replace Ashlocke!"

"Replace Ashlocke? Michael would never want to replace that monster."

"Did Michael ever tell you why Ashlocke killed their parents?"

"Yes, Gabriel killed his father to protect something, Michael never said what. And Ashlocke killed his mother because she saw what he did, and was about to call me."

"Well, Michael told the Dominion tonight what Gabriel was protecting, and it might explain why Michael was so willing to drive his car into that diner 2 nights ago."

"OK,let's have it."

"Ashlocke was protecting a wolf. And get this, after he saved the wolf. The wolf changed into a teenage boy about the age of 13 or 15."

"What? But how does that explain why he drove his car ....Wolf Lake. The wolf that was a boy lives in Wolf Lake."

"Give the man a cookie, finally you see it."

"Are they sure Michael did this willingly?"

"No, whenever Ashlocke is involved, you can never be sure anyone is doing anything willingly."

"Where is Michael now, now that the Dominion is through messing with his head?"

"I don't know, Adam. They were setting up a safe place to keep him, when I left to come here."

"OK, keep me updated, will you?"

"Of course, but before I leave, have you had any leads on Leo?"

"Yeah, as a matter of fact, I think I located him in San Francisco, here is the information." he said as he handed her a yellow sealed envelope.

"Thanks, gotta go before I get caught here."

"Hope you find him this time Lexa, I really do."

"Sure you do Adam, sure you do." as she walked up the stairs and out the door.
Lexa walked to the underground garage, where her car was. She took out her cell phone.

"Yeah, it's me. Yeah, it's done. Remind me again why I am doing this? But why do we need Emma Delauro? Well I hope this works, cause if it doesn't, your going to have the Mutant X team kicking your ..."

"Well why don't you just hang up on me." she said as she opened the door to her car. With a last glance at her old home, "Adam, if you only knew the real reason I came ......when the Dominion is through with you, you will lose everything, Mutant X, and your son."

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