A/N: Please Review, I'd like to know what you think because otherwise, I have no idea. I've finished writing the last chapter yesterday, last chapter will be Chapter 8.
Chapter 3 - Wolf Agent Humphrey
Humphrey's POV
I groaned as I woke up, then I opened my eyes and saw I was in some strange room. 'Where am I?', I thought to myself.
A door right in front of me opened up and four dogs entered the room, one was wearing a tie, which I thought was weird. "Good, you're awake", the dog with the tie said.
"Uhh, umm", I stuttered, "w-where am I?".
"You're at D.O.G.S. Headquarters, I'm Director Lou", the tie dog answered, then gestured to the other three dogs, "These are Agents Butch, Diggs, and Skye".
Suddenly everything came back to me, Kate and I walking in the forest, dogs injecting something into me, then me passing out. I snarled at the three of them, "what have you done with my mate?", I growled.
"Easy, big guy", Diggs said, then he happened to step too close to me and I snapped my jaws at him, "whoa!".
"Calm down, your mate's fine", Skye said, then she placed her paw on the wall and a rectangular thing appeared on the wall. I saw Kate peacefully sleeping in her parents' den, "see, she's fine".
"H-How am I seeing this?", I asked, "I-I'm confused".
"Everything will be explained in time, but we need your help", Director Lou said.
"With what?", I asked, "what do you need my help for?".
"Follow us and we'll explain", Director Lou said, then he left the room with Diggs and Butch behind him.
Skye was about to leave too, but she noticed I was still staying in one spot, "you can trust us", she said to me.
"How can I trust anyone that took me from my mate?", I asked, coldly.
"You can't", Skye answered, "if I had a mate, I'd probably feel the same way too".
"Will I see Kate again?", I asked.
Skye nodded, "as soon as you're done your training...", she said, "..we'll put you right back where you were".
I sighed, "what do you need me to do?", I asked.
ONE YEAR LATER
I've been at D.O.G.S. Headquarters for a whole year now and I've been wondering if Kate had moved on from me and found another mate, or if she's still waiting for me to return home. Personally, I've hoped that she's waiting for me, but a part of me was hoping she wasn't and she was happy with her new mate. Over the last year, I've taken a liking to Skye, not in a romantic way, just as a friend. She's the only one here, that I've found, that resembled a wolf the closest, so I felt that I could trust her a little more than the others.
I have been trained in the latest fighting techniques and was taught how their technology works, although having a computer explained to me took a while to understand. Today was my graduation from the Academy and I was now headed to Director Lou's office for my first assignment. Honestly, I didn't mind this whole spy business, but I was promised that I would see Kate again at some point.
I came up to the door to Director Lou's office and knocked, "come in", Director Lou said from inside. I went inside and I saw Director Lou sitting behind his desk, "ah, Humphrey", he said, when he noticed me come in, "I've heard great things about you from the Academy".
"You have a mission for me, Director?", I asked.
Director Lou chuckled, "you wolves, always straight to the point", he said, then smiled, "good news, Humphrey, you're going home".
I widened my eyes in surprise, "I am?", I asked, "I thought you had a mission for me?".
"Your first mission is in Jasper", Director Lou said, "that was the whole reason why we plucked you from there".
"You wanted a wolf who knows the area like the back of their paw", I concluded.
"Precisely", Director Lou said, then he pressed a button on his keyboard and the face of a siberian husky appeared on the big screen, "this is your target".
"Why couldn't you send in one of your other agents?", I asked, "I was expecting it to be something only I could do".
"Only you can do it", Director Lou said, "his name is Shadow, he stole copies of all of our files and is using them to blackmail us and do his bidding".
"What has he asked of you already?", I asked.
"Nothing", Director Lou answered.
I raised an eyebrow, "nothing?", I asked, shocked, "he's had those files for a whole year now and he hasn't asked for anything yet?".
Director Lou shook his head, "he has asked for fairly large sums of money, but that's about it", he said, "what we want you to do is locate where he is hiding and take him out, our own agents aren't able to get anywhere near him or he'll release those files to the human public".
"Which is bad, I'm guessing?", I asked.
Director Lou nodded, "very", he answered, "the key to this organization is to operate under complete secrecy".
"Find Shadow and take him out", I repeated, "anything else?".
"Yes", Director Lou answered, "Skye will be joining you in Jasper to keep track of everything that is going on".
"None of your agents can get close to Shadow, yet you're sending in Skye?", I asked.
"Skye will stay away from the mountains", Director Lou explained, "we know that Shadow is in an underground base in one of those mountains, we just don't know which one or where".
"Understood, Director", I said.
"Good", Director Lou said, "meet Skye at the transport shed and you'll both be dropped off in the forest close to your pack's territory".
I nodded and started to leave, but Director Lou stopped me, "oh, and by the way, Humphrey", he said, "we probably should've told you this earlier, but we've been keeping track of Kate...she's still waiting for you to return home".
I smiled, "thank you, Director", I replied, then left the office and headed to the transport that would take me back to Jasper. To get there, I had to take a high-speed vehicle to the transport shed that's buried under the ocean floor, then I would board a transport that would take me to Jasper.
Once I got there, I saw Skye waiting for me, "hey, you made it!", she said, "good job".
"Yeah", I said, "we all ready to go?".
Skye smiled, "just waiting on you", she answered, "let's go".
We boarded the transport, which happened to be the same one that took me from Jasper in the first place, and strapped ourselves in. When I first got here, I had to get used to doing things like humans did, I have to say, squatting into a porcelain toilet was quite strange. The transport lifted off the ground and slowly passed through the force-field that kept the water out. I looked outside and saw the water lightening, which meant we were getting closer to the water's surface.
"Are you okay?", Skye asked, she was sitting across from me, "you're looking a little off".
I nodded, "I'm fine", I answered, "I just never thought that, one day, I'd be hundreds of feet underwater".
"What's the plan for when we get there?", Skye asked.
"The last time I disappeared, Kate and I were relocated to Sawtooth National Park in Idaho", I explained, "when we get there I'll say the exact same thing happened, except I ended up somewhere much farther away, hence why I was gone for a year".
"What about me?", Skye asked.
"I'll say that on my way home, we came across each other and you decided to come with me to Jasper", I continued, "we became friends along the way and you're hoping to find a place in my pack".
"Will your pack believe that?", Skye asked.
"The pack will, Kate most definitely", I answered, "...Eve might be a problem though".
"Who's Eve?", Skye asked.
"Kate's mother", I answered, "she usually kills, then asks questions later".
Skye started chuckling, then she burst out laughing, "alright, what's so funny?", I asked.
"Oh, I was just thinking…", she answered, "we've trained you for a whole year, just for you to be killed by your pack as soon as you get home".
"Not the pack", I replied, "my mother-in-law".
Skye laughed even harder after I said that, "yeah, okay, laugh it up", I said, "get it out of your system".
I looked out the window, then saw a flash of light outside and knew that the retro-reflective panels were activated, meaning we'd be invisible to the naked eye. The transport burst out of the ocean and we quickly rose thousands of feet into the air and headed in the direction of Jasper.
Kate's POV
It's been a whole year since Humphrey disappeared and I came into heat again a few days ago. Everyone in the pack has tried to get me to move on, saying I should try dating other wolves, but none of them came close to my Humphrey. Since I came into heat, I stayed in my den, which used to be Humphrey and I's den and only we knew where it was. Because of this, I was safe from any males that may try to take advantage of me.
I was currently in the Alpha den, my parents were busy in their den, while Lilly and Garth were who knows where, possibly doing the same. "Aunt Kate?", a voice asked, and I looked up to see my niece Angel entering the den.
Her and her sister, Ruby, were born last year, and were coming up to their first birthday in a couple of months. "Hi, sweetie", I said, "what brings you by?".
"I just wanted to see how you were doing", she said, "I found out about my Uncle Humphrey".
I smiled, "don't worry, Angel", I said, "I miss him, but I know he'll return one day".
"I hope so too", Angel replied.
"You do?", I asked.
"Of course", Angel said, "I can't wait to meet my Uncle Humphrey".
"Where's your sister?", I asked.
"She's out on a hunt", Angel answered, "she should be back soon".
"You mind going on a walk with me?", I asked.
"Sure", Angel answered, "but why?".
"You know us females...", I said, "...it's best not to be alone during now".
"Ohh, yeah, I agree", Angel replied, "then let's go".
I smiled, then got up and we left the den to explore the territory, "where do you want to go?", Angel asked.
"There's somewhere your mother and I used to play a lot", I said, then I got a mischievous smile and tapped Angel on the shoulder, "tag, your it!".
"Oh, it's so on!", Angel shouted, as I ran away, then she chased after me. I was considerably faster than Angel, but I wanted to give her a chance, so I didn't run at my full speed. Every time I would sense Angel getting closer, I would quicken my pace, but whenever I felt that I was getting too far away from her, I would slow down to let her catch up. Soon enough I came up to the field that Lilly and I used to play in when we were pups and I slowed to a stop. As soon as I stopped, I was tackled to the ground by a white blur, "Angel, stop it!", I shouted, as she started tickling me.
I suddenly heard a twig snap and I snapped my head in the direction the sound came from. A wolf came out of the bushes, licking his lips, "hello, beautiful", he said, as he approached.
"Stay behind me", I said to Angel, as I stood up to face the wolf, "get out of here, we're not interested!".
The wolf didn't say anything, instead he just approached, still licking his lips, "how about you and I have some fun?", he asked.
I snarled at him, but what happened next caught me by surprise, another wolf jumped out of the bushes from behind me and tackled him to the ground. "You stay away from her!", he shouted, "I didn't come all this way, just to see my mate raped by the likes of you!".
The first wolf whimpered under the gaze of the second, "I'm sorry", he said, "I-I didn't know she was your mate".
"You better remember it for next time", the second wolf growled, then he let him up and the first wolf ran off.
"Umm, thank you", I said, "I don't know what would've happened if you hadn't come along".
"Think nothing of it, Kate", he said, which caught me by surprise because he knew my name. "After all…", he said, then turned around to face me and I gasped, "...that's what mates are for".
