Hey all welcome to the second chapter!, this chapter I'm sure will raise many questions too those who read it, also I want to thank those that reviewed my story and I'm sorry for getting the chapter out one day too late but I can't write during the week because I got my hands full with school and Sunday I was writing without any inspiration so I decided to give up and continue on Monday, when I reread what I wrote Sunday I was like what the hell was I thinking? The chapter looked horrible too be honest so I had to start over but after writing for a full day I finally got the chapter done and I'm satisfied with how it came out so, well enough for now Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Reporting Humphrey missing and Humphrey's return
Kate's POV
"Humphrey I'm home" I yelled walking into our den but when I looked into the den it was empty.
"Hmmm…where could he be right now?" I asked myself wondering where Humphrey could be right now.
"I'll check at the mountain he's probably there with his friends" I said thinking aloud, I walked out of the den heading towards the mountain where he always goes log-sledding with he's friends.
After walking for ten minutes I arrived at the mountain and saw Mooch, Salty and Shakey playing around but I didn't see Humphrey, I headed towards the three playing omegas.
"Hey guys" I said greeting them.
"Hey Kate" they said at the same time.
"Have you guys seen Humphrey, he wasn't at our den and he isn't here" I asked a little confused as to where he could be right now.
"Oh…he didn't tell you he went to explore the eastern territory?" Salty asked while at the same time answering my question.
"No, he didn't tell me anything" I said.
"And when would he be back?" I asked them, salty tapped his paw against the ground several times before responding back.
"You will have to ask your dad about that, Humphrey went to Winston first before heading towards the eastern territory so he will probably know when Humphrey will get back Kate" he said smiling.
"Ok, thank you guys" I said thanking them smiling.
"No problem Kate" they responded.
We said our goodbyes and I headed towards my dad's den, I was walking several minutes until I reached the bottom of the slope that headed towards my dad's den, I walked up the slope when I finally was all the way up I walked into the den.
"Dad are you here" I yelled walking into the den.
"Yes Kate, is there something you need" he said sitting down in front of me.
"Yes, Salty told me Humphrey went to the eastern territory" I said.
"Ah yes, and" he asked.
"Well when is Humphrey coming back, it's starting to get late" I asked getting worried.
"hmmm…I'm not sure but he could be back any moment, he went with Garth so he can't get lost up there" he said reassuring me Humphrey would be ok.
"Can I stay here and wait for Humphrey dad" I asked my dad.
"Sure no problem Kate, I will be back in a few I have to check on the border patrols" he said walking outside.
"Okay dad" I replied lying down putting my head on top of my paws waiting for Humphrey to get back.
Garth's POV
Where could he be, I leave him for a few hours and now I can't find him, I have been running around asking every wolf I passed if they saw Humphrey but nobody knew where he was.
"Come on Garth think where could he be" I said thinking aloud.
"Ah, I should ask the wolves I left him with" I said thinking aloud again.
I started running towards one den that was from one of the wolves in the group I left Humphrey with, I ran for a minute until I reached the den I needed to be in, I slowly walked in and saw the wolf I needed inside sleeping next to a female wolf which was his wife.
"Ricky wake up" I said shaking him he groaned in annoyance and opened his eyes.
"Argh…Garth why did you wake me up" he asked waking up.
"When I left, I left Humphrey with you, where is he now" I asked impatiently.
"Well…after we talked for several hours everybody was tired and headed home but before we left he asked me where he could drink some water so I told him there was a lake close to the northern border where he could drink from" he said fully awake, my heart skipped a beat and my eyes widened in fear when he said that.
"WHAT" I yelled furious.
"I have to get there fast, Rick go to my dad and tell him too meet me there NOW" I yelled, he stood there shocked of my sudden outburst his mate woke up from her sleep wondering what was happening but there was no time to explain.
"GO NOW" I yelled again, he yelped in fear and started running towards my dad's den, I turned around and ran towards the northern border leaving rick's mate confused as to what just happened.
I was running for what felt like an eternity but actually was only five minutes, my heart pounding like hell in my chest fearing the worst for Humphrey, after running for another minute I arrived at the lake where Rick said Humphrey went to, I was looking around sniffing the air and I smelled his scent but also the scent of three other wolves and I didn't see Humphrey anywhere.
"HUMPHREY" I yelled waiting to see if I would get a response but nothing, suddenly I heard distance noises so I quickly took cover behind a bush and looked cautiously over the bush looking who was coming.
"Garth you here" I heard somebody say which I recognized as my father's voice.
"I'm over here dad" I said walking out from behind the bush.
"What where you doing behind that bush" he asked me raising an eye brow.
"No time for that dad" I said with a worried voice.
"Ok… why did Rick came to me all freaked out telling me you wanted me to come here fast and why at the northern border it's not safe here Garth" he asked me confused.
"Dad…I think something happened with Humphrey, rick sent Humphrey here for a drink but he never came back" I said worried, he sniffed the air.
"I smell his scent but also those of the others, Garth gather the alphas we're going after them" he said running back to the pack with me following closely behind.
After running for some time we arrived at the den area where I howled for the alphas for an urgent meeting, we arrived at his den and sat down waiting for all the alphas too assemble outside the den.
"Sir, all the alphas are assembled outside" Gust said walking in.
"Ok we got to inform them quickly and head out, in the meantime Gust go to the Western territory and tell Winston that Humphrey got wolfnapped by three unknown wolves and that we're heading after him" my dad said towards gust walking outside.
"Got it sir" Gust said starting to run outside.
"Gust wait" my dad yelled which stopped Gust dead in his tracks looking back.
"Me and Garth will be going with the alphas after Humphrey so I need you to watch over the pack till I get back" he said.
"Yes sir" gust said as he started running towards the western territory.
We walked outside seeing twenty alphas sitting next to each other waiting for orders, I looked at my dad and he nodded his head giving me permission to inform the alphas of what we're going to do I cleared my throat and spoke up.
"Welcome everybody to this urgent meeting, earlier today we had an visitor from the Western side in our territory and now he went missing, he was last seen at the northern border where we have spotted lone wolves so now we're first going to head to the northern border and there I'll split the group into 4 groups of 5 wolves, now let's head out" I said.
"Yes Sir" they all yelled as they all started running towards the northern border.
Winston's POV
"Kate I'm back" I said walking back into my den but saw Kate was sleeping so I decided to let her rest, it was getting quite late and Humphrey still hasn't gotten back.
"Winston you here" I heard somebody ask at the entrance of my den.
"Yes, you can come in" I said wondering who was calling me when I saw Gust walking in.
"Evening Gust, what brings you here so late" I asked wondering why he was here so late.
"Evening sir, Tony sent me to deliver you a message" he said sitting down in front of me.
"Earlier today a wolf named Humphrey came to visit our territory" he started.
"Yes, is something wrong" I asked starting to fear something happened to Humphrey.
"fifteen minutes ago Tony called for an urgent meeting with all the alphas and told me Humphrey got wolfnapped by three unknown wolves and as we speak Tony is going after them with our best alphas in the hope to get Humphrey back" he said with his head hanging low.
I can't believe Humphrey the mate of my daughter got kidnapped I felt pure anger and also sorrow for Humphrey.
"Sir, you ok" I heard Gust ask me.
"Yes, thank you Gust you can head back now" I said trying to hide my emotions as best as I could.
He bowed before walking out of the den and heading back to the east. How will Kate react when she hears it, how will I tell her, I snapped out of my thoughts and walked outside and howled into the sky to alert Hutch that he needed to come, several minutes passed until he came running up the slope.
"Yes sir, you called me" he said catching he's breath.
"Hutch I need you to assemble our best alphas, I want them here within the next ten minutes" I said looking at him sternly.
"Yes sir, but may I ask what for sir?" he asked curious.
"I will explain later Hutch no time" I said impatient, he nodded and headed out to assemble the alphas.
Garth's POV
"Ok we're here, everybody split up in four groups of five" I said it only took matter of seconds for them to make the four groups.
"we're looking for a medium sized wolf, he has grey fur and light blue eye's if you sniff the air you can smell his scent and that of three other unknown wolves, we do not know how dangerous they are so if you see them plan your attacks before engaging understood" I said.
"Yes sir" they all yelled together.
"Then lets head out" I yelled and with that said we started following their scent.
I was running at a fast pace with my group hoping to find Humphrey fast and unharmed, the scent became stronger with each passing minute so I knew we were getting close to them, they were probably resting or walking slowly, After running for another ten minutes we were very close so I told the rest to slow down and stop moving, it was silent not a bird to be heard I perked my ears up when I heard distant noises it sounded like growling and snarling so I decided to check it out and motioned towards the other wolves to follow me, we walked for a minute until I saw something that just stopped my heart, I saw Humphrey pinned under a black wolf and he had Humphrey's neck in his muzzle.
Humphrey's POV
"Argh…what happened" I said waking up with my muzzle hurting badly then I remembered what happened I was at the eastern lake and I got ambushed by a dark wolf and got knocked out cold by another one, I looked around and saw I was inside an unfamiliar den but no one else was around then I heard paw steps from outside so I quickly went back into the position I woke up from and acted like I was sleeping, I opened one of my eyes slowly and saw two wolves walk in, the first one had black colored fur with crimson red stripes running down both of his sides, he was the wolf that ambushed me at the lake but I didn't recognize the second wolf, he had light brown fur and brown eyes, I quickly closed my eye when I saw them come closer to me.
"So what now" I heard a male voice ask.
"We head north" I heard another say which I recognized as the black wolf.
"We deliver him to the head alpha and we seal the deal" the black wolf said.
I heard them walk out so I waited a few minutes and decided to make a run for it before they came back, I slowly got up and walked outside I looked around and saw nobody "where am I" I asked myself.
"doesn't matter just pick a way and run away from these insane wolfnappers before they find out I'm awake" and with that said I started running into a random direction hoping to get away from those crazy wolves, I was running for about ten seconds until I got pounced on by somebody, I fell to the ground and heard the wolf on top of me growl and snarl loudly.
"That was a bad idea kid" I heard him say.
"Now…you want to know what happens when you don't listen" he said lowering his muzzle around my neck.
"You die slowly and painfully" he said slowly closing his muzzle biting on my neck, I thought he was going to kill me right there, my life flashed past my eyes me and Kate being together, my three omega brothers the fun times we had, I just closed my eyes and waited for my death to come, I felt the pressure around my neck decrease.
"Let this be a warning kid but next time I won't hesitate to kill you, now get up" he yelled getting off me so I could stand up, I stood up sitting down in front of him.
"What do you want from me" I asked shaking in fear as he growled loudly.
"Now go back to the den and stay there, you're coming with us" he said angrily, I obliged not wanting to make him any angrier, we were about to walk away until I heard some leaves rustle I looked to my left and saw nothing out of the ordinary but the black wolf stopped walking and walked back closer to me.
"Don't move" he said paying attention to his surroundings, he walked up behind me and suddenly grabbed me from behind holding his claws against my neck.
"SHOW YOURSELF OR I WILL KILL HIM" he shouted into the woods, suddenly I saw five wolves walk out from behind the bushes and trees, they were all growling and snarling at the black wolf that was holding me tightly with his claws pressing against my neck.
"Don't move any closer or I will kill him" he shouted at what looked like eastern wolves, they all stopped moving and just stood there like ten meters from us growling and clawing at the ground underneath them.
Suddenly I felt him release his grip on me and heard a loud crash, I looked behind me and saw Garth standing there and the black wolf against a tree trying to get back up, he got back on his four paws and was growling fiercely with anger towards Garth who was now in front of me protecting me from the crazy black wolf.
"Garth" he growled loudly.
"McCabe" Garth growled back I stood there confused, did they know each other I asked myself.
"Long time since I last saw you" he said grinning.
"I should have killed you when I had the chance" Garth said growling.
"Well you didn't and now you and your family will pay the price together with Winston and his family" he said growling.
"I'll be back Garth you can count on it" he said growling and walking back to the den.
I stood there confused to what just happened in front of me, I had many unanswered questions I wanted to ask but I decided to wait and just head home, Kate must be worried sick.
"good job everybody, now let's head home before its morning again" Garth said sounding sad and depressed, he howled into the sky and several seconds later I heard another howl that sounded like Tony's howl, we were walking for thirty minutes until we reached the northern border of the eastern territory not a word said during our walk back, I saw Tony there waiting with fifteen alphas, we didn't say anything but just passed them by and headed further back to the territory, he looked confused to Garths behavior towards him he didn't say anything he just passed him and kept walking with the other five alphas behind him doing the same, I saw him shrug it off and just followed us back to the territory, after walking for ten minutes we emerged out of the forest and into the den area where I saw Winston with Kate, Eve, Hutch, Can-do and several other western alphas who I didn't know.
Kate came running up to me with her eyes red like she has been crying for hours she pounced on me pushing me onto my back just crying into my chest.
"Oh Humphrey I was so worried I thought something bad happened to you" she said crying freely into my chest fur.
"It's ok Kate, I'm here now its ok" I said trying to calm her down.
"Don't ever leave me again" she said lifting her head up from my chest and looking into my eyes I nodded and she pulled me into a passionate kiss that made me all warm inside but we had to part when we heard Eve growl in the background she got off me and I sat down and saw Winston walk up to me "Kate can I have a moment with Humphrey" he asked Kate in a fatherly tone to which Kate nodded.
"I'll see you at our den Humphrey" she said giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and then heading with Eve and the other alphas back to the western territory.
"Humphrey…I don't know how to begin but-" he started but I cut him off when I started to speak.
"It's ok Winston I'm alive and well, glad to be back home" I said smiling at him he nodded before I yawned.
"I'm heading to my den to get some sleep, I'm pretty tired from everything that happened today".
"ok Humphrey but head to Reba and Janice first to let them treat that wound above you muzzle it doesn't look too well" he said touching the wound on my muzzle which made me wince several times in pain, I started heading back to the western territory until Winston called my name "Humphrey could you pass by my den tomorrow, I have important matters to tell you" he said in a serious tone I nodded and continued walking to the western territory.
Chapter Redone, Humphrey d Omega.