Hey everybody, at last I got this one out took me a long time to finish this chapter but I'm happy its finally out also I want to thank Xxthe dark shadowxX for his review on the previous chapter and a special thanks to The-crazy-lone-wolf77 and FanOfHumphreyAndBalto for their helpful tip thanks guys, well that's all for now enjoy!
Chapter 3: The Confusion
Humphrey's POV
I woke up with the sun shining on me, I was still tired so I kept my eyes closed and put my paws in front of my eyes to prevent the sun from shining into my eyes but then I remembered I had to pass by Winston's den so he could explain to me who those wolves were and why Garth knew him.
I stood up and stretched my muscles to release tension from them, I walked outside to see it was still early morning so I decided to head by the lake to freshen up and take a quick lap of water before heading towards Winston's den.
I was walking for several minutes until I reached the lake close to my den, I sat down at the shore and took a quick drink before diving into the water to wash my fur after I was done washing my fur I started heading towards Winston's den.
Unknown POV
"Sir, they have returned" I heard my beta say.
"At last, do they have our package with them?" I asked exited.
"No sir they haven't" he said.
"Bring him here right now" I yelled.
McCabe's POV
"The alpha wants to see you now" he said demanding.
I nodded and followed him into the alpha's den already knowing what he is going to tell me, the beta left and I sat down in front of the alpha waiting for him to speak.
"Why don't you have him with you McCabe" he said growling at me.
"I had unexpected visitors on our way here" I said calmly.
"Unexpected visitors eh, that's no excuse for losing him now you have alerted both packs and they will strengthen their patrols which makes it harder for you to get our target" he said walking around me.
"Don't worry I have no problem sneaking into their territory" I said calmly.
"That's not the point McCabe, They will keep eyes on him and without him our plan cannot succeed and you know that, now go back and get him this time understood" he said angrily.
"Yes sir" I said standing up and walking back.
I walked back towards the others waiting for me at the feeding grounds, I got back and sat opposite from Andy and Fay sitting next to me.
"We leave now, towards the Western pack and get that wolf" I said demandingly and angry.
I stood up and started jogging my way back with Andy and Fay following close behind when Andy ran up next to me.
"Why is that wolf so important to you McCabe" Andy asked me confused to why we needed that wolf.
"It's all about revenge too those that have hurt us in the past Andy" I said picking up my jogging pace.
"McCabe lets rest before heading out, we have traveled all the way back here at night with no rest or stops" he said.
"Yes he's right McCabe, we should at least stay for now and get some rest here before heading out" I heard Fay say.
"Ok we rest, eat and then we set off, I want to leave at midday so we get there at the evening" I said starting to walk back towards the den arena to take a quick rest.
Humphrey's POV
I reached Winston's den and started walking inside but it was empty so I decided to head back out and wait at the entrance for Winston.
After waiting for ten minutes I saw two wolves in the distance approaching, I looked closely and saw it was Winston and Tony walking side by side talking they were coming up the slope and Winston noticed me and looked back at Tony who looked at me, they stopped their climb and looked at each other before continuing their climb.
"Morning Winston, Tony" I said politely.
"Morning Humphrey" they both said.
We walked inside the den and I waited for one of them to speak up.
"Wait for the others to arrive and then we can start this meeting" Winston said.
I nodded and we waited for the others to arrive, after a little while Garth arrived with Kate and Lilly and shortly after Hutch arrived with Gust and Eve following closely behind, they all sat down in a circle, Tony left from Winston and Garth next to him, Eve sitting right from Winston and Hutch next to Eve, Gust sat next to Hutch and me, and Lilly completed the circle by sitting next to Kate and Garth.
"I'm glad everybody could make it at this urgent meeting" Winston said.
Everybody nodded and waited for him to speak again.
"I also want to say a huge thanks to Garth for rescuing Humphrey, you did a good job out there" Winston said.
Everybody started cheering, howling and thanking Garth including me.
"Thank you Garth I would not have been here if it wasn't for you and your team" I said bowing my head in respect for him.
"It was nothing really, I'm sure anybody else would do the same" Garth said modestly.
"Now Humphrey can you tell me what happened right before they took you and what they did while you were taken hostage" Winston asked.
I nodded and started thinking back to the events that occurred before I got taken.
"Garth had introduced me to a group of wolves before he left, we talked for a few hours until they all decided it was time to head home, I felt thirsty so I asked one of them where I could find a lake were I could drink from, he told me there was a lake close to the northern border of the territory and told me it wasn't far away so I decided to head over to the lake, after walking for several minutes I had arrived at the lake" I said starting to shake a little remembering the events after that.
"Take it easy Humphrey, take a deep breath and continue" Winston said calmingly.
Kate looked at me and gave me a gentle kiss on the cheek, I nodded to Winston and took a deep breath before continuing.
"I walked towards the lake shore and started drinking until I heard something in the bushes behind me, I called out to see if anybody would reply but nobody replied so I continued drinking but shortly after I heard the bushes rustle again so I turned around, I thought it were eastern wolves on patrol who thought I was an intruder so I called out again but no response, I walked over to the bushes and saw an black figure move behind it" I said.
I took a small pause to regain my breath and calm myself down again before continuing again.
"Once I saw the black figure behind the bush I just froze in shock trying to figure out what the black figure behind the bush was when it suddenly pounced on me growling fiercely, I was struggling trying to get free but then I felt a claw against my neck and I stopped, I was so scared, I thought he was going to kill me right there" I said starting to shake.
I felt a tear run down my muzzle, I was doing my best to keep more tears from escaping my eyes but it was harder than I thought as I felt more tears run down my muzzle.
"It's ok Humphrey you're safe now, don't worry my love" Kate said trying to assure me everything was alright.
"He told me I had to do as he said and if I made any noise or made a wrong move he would kill me" I said.
"How did he look like Humphrey?" Winston asked me.
"The wolf hadblack colored fur with crimson red stripes running down both of his sides with green eyes, also what I noticed was he had a lot of scars and he was quite muscular" I said.
"Sounds like McCabe" Tony said.
I saw almost everybody nodded except for Lilly and Kate.
"Huh…who's McCabe, dad and why was he after Humphrey" Kate asked Winston confused.
"I will explain that after Humphrey finishes Kate, have patience" Winston said looking at Kate.
Kate nodded and I continued.
"He got off me and I sat down in front of him, I asked him what he wanted from me but that was not a good idea as he unsheathed his claws and moved them to my neck and told me to be quiet, he pulled his claws back and called out for Fay and Andy, then from the corner of my eye I saw a female wolf with snow white fur and blue eyes appear out of the bushes but I didn't see another one until I noticed the black wolf kept staring behind me so I turned around only to be met with a hard hit in the face several seconds later I blacked out from the hit" I said shaking with several tears running down my muzzle.
"Let's take a five minute break before continuing the meeting" Winston said.
Everyone nodded and Winston then walked outside with Tony and Eve with Hutch and Gust following close behind.
"Come on Humphrey let's sit down outside" Kate said nudging me.
I nodded and walked outside with Kate leaving Garth and Lilly behind in the den, Kate and I sat down outside in front of the den looking around us just enjoying each other's company.
McCabe's POV
"Andy wake up" I said shaking Andy.
"Wha-what" he said waking up.
"Get up, its time to leave" I said walking outside.
I sat down outside next to Fay and waited a minute before I heard Andy come out of the den.
"Eat because we will not be taking any stops on our way to the western pack.
Andy nodded and started eating from a half-eaten caribou I hunted down earlier for dinner.
After several minutes Andy finished eating and cleaning the remaining blood of his fur.
"Ok now we leave and this time no failures" I said serious.
I stood up and started walking towards the direction of the western pack with Fay and Andy following close behind.
Humphrey's POV
"Humphrey" I heard Kate say.
"Yes Kate" I said looking into her eyes.
I saw she had a sad expression on her face and she started to let tears run down her muzzle.
"It's all my fault, if I had-" Kate said but I cut her off.
"Kate look at me…it's not your fault, I decided to go to the east, don't blame yourself for something that is not your fault" I said.
I wiped the tears of her muzzle and gave her a gentle lick across the cheek.
"I love you Kate and it hurts me to see you cry, I'm here now and everything is alright" I said trying to make her stop crying.
She nodded and kissed me on the lips which I happily returned, she pulled back and stared into my eyes with me staring back into her eyes.
"I love you so much Humphrey" she said pulling me back into another passionate kiss after ten seconds I pulled back slowly.
"I think it's time to continue the meeting" I said standing up.
Kate nodded and we headed back into the den, we saw Garth and Lilly just lying next to each other talking they saw us approach and they sat down, we waited a minute before we saw Hutch and Gust come in with Winston, Tony and Eve close behind, they sat down and Winston cleared his throat.
"Now to answer the question you asked me earlier Kate…McCabe was part of our pack long ago" Winston said.
I heard Kate gasp and I stood there just with a shocked face looking at Winston.
"W-what t-that can't be true sir" I said still shocked of what Winston said.
"It's true Humphrey, and Andy was a member from the Eastern pack long ago" Winston said.
"Oh and let me guess Fay is from the east also" I said sarcastically.
"No Fay does not belong to either packs but the way you described her she might be possibly from the Northern pack" Winston said looking at me serious.
"Huh, but it doesn't make any sense why would they be around a northern wolf and why did McCabe tell Garth he would pay the price for not killing him" I said confused.
"Yeah dad, what is this all about why is he out on revenge and why did he want Humphrey" Kate said getting angry.
"Calm down Kate, I will tell you everything tomorrow it-" Winston said but got cut off by Kate.
"No, I want you to tell us now" Kate said standing up and staring angrily at Winston.
I knew this was starting to get out of hand so I decided to speak up.
"Kate…Kate look at me, go outside now and wait for me there" I said demandingly at Kate.
"Humphrey But-" Kate said but I cut her off.
"No but's Kate, outside now" I said standing firmly.
I heard Kate give Winston a silent growl before walking outside angrily, once Kate was outside I looked back at Winston.
"Continue sir" I said to which he nodded.
"As I was saying, it's getting late we will continue this meeting tomorrow morning, Garth you and Hutch assemble two hunting team's and go hunting" Winston said looking at Garth and then at Hutch.
They both nodded and started walking outside, I stood up and walked outside also towards where I saw Kate walk to, I looked around and didn't see Kate so assumed she went to our den to cool down, I walked towards our den and saw Kate inside just looking at the ground with her head hung low.
"Kate everything ok?" I asked walking next to her.
She looked at me sadly before I pulled her into a hug, we hugged for several minutes before she pulled back.
"My dad hates me" Kate said sadly.
I looked at her in shock, how could she think something like that.
"I yelled at him and disrespected him in front of everybody and now he hates me" she said looking at the ground sadly.
"Kate don't say that, your dad loves you even after what happened earlier, I'm sure he understands why you got mad" I said comforting her.
"Ok thank you Humphrey" she said putting her head on my chest.
We stood there for several minutes in each other embrace until we heard paw steps at the entrance of the den, I turned around and saw Garth waiting at the entrance.
"Come in Garth" I said.
"Kate we have to go hunting for the pack remember?" Garth said.
"Oh I forgot, sorry Humphrey but I got to go, I will be back as soon as I can" she said giving me quick kiss before walking away with Garth.
I decided to lie down and wait for Kate to return, after ten minutes I slowly was falling asleep until I heard paw steps coming from outside, I sat down and waited for whoever was coming to arrive, I assumed it was Kate since it wouldn't have taken a lot of time for her to get back.
"Hey Kate, you're back pretty quick" I said happily.
I sat there waiting for Kate to come in but when I saw who was approaching I just froze with fear.
"Y-y-you!" I said shaking in fear.
Chapter Redone, Humphrey d Omega.