A/N: Tomorrow I could be getting a job, and if I get the shift that I think I might get, I won't be able to update everyday in the mornings. So, I posted the rest of the chapters for this story and Fighting For Family. If I get the job, I'll post 5 chapters every sunday, like I used to do, from now on.
I have couple story ideas and I posted them on my profile, I need more ideas for them, so if you have a suggestion, let me know, either Review or PM.
I have another idea for a story that I had for the past few months, but I want to make sure that I do it right, so I'm going to work on my writing more, more detail and such, possibly write in third person POV. I might even go so far as to getting another author to help me, but I don't know yet.
Chapter 6 - Rescuing Kate
Humphrey's POV
I headed to the river, where I last saw Kate, and didn't see her in sight. 'She was here a few minutes ago', I thought, 'so, where did she go?'.
I found her scent by the edge of the water, along with another scent that wasn't a wolf. It smelled similar to Skye's scent, which meant it was another Siberian Husky. I was confused, because there weren't any other Siberian Huskies in the area that I knew of, except… "...Shadow", I seethed, "but how did he know that Kate was my mate?".
I tried following Shadow's scent, but it ended a few feet away, almost as if Shadow had sprouted wings and flew away. "Bonjour, Monsieur Humphrey", I looked up and saw Marcel and Paddy flying down to greet me.
"Oh, hi guys", I said, "what brings you by?".
"We heard that you had returned", Paddy answered.
"Paddy, please", Marcel said, "we heard that you had returned, Monsieur Humphrey".
"Yeah, I did", I replied, still trying to think of where Shadow could have gone.
"Excuse me, but it seems to me that you are not entirely focused", Paddy said, "is there something wrong?".
"Something wrong?!", Marcel exclaimed, "how could anything possibly go wrong with those two lovebirds?!".
"The same way that you're a great golfer, but you keep missing that one putt in Sawtooth", Paddy replied.
"Oh, and I suppose a little birdie has separated Monsieur Humphrey and Miss Kate?", Marcel suggested, then turned towards Paddy, "shut up!".
"I was only trying to help", Paddy said.
"Now back to what we were talking about before Paddy, so rudely, interrupted", Marcel said, "we heard that you had returned, but from where, might I ask?".
"We searched all over the continent, by request of your mate", Paddy said, "we found no trace of you anywhere".
"Yeah, uhh, I had no idea where I was", I said, "but wherever it was, it was very far away".
"Hmm, by the way, we saw a light gray dog carrying your mate", Paddy said, "we assumed that Kate was sick and he was taking her to your pack healer".
My ears perked up when he said that, "where?", I asked.
"Not too far away", Marcel answered, "but the strangest thing was...well, strange".
"What?", I asked.
"They went inside a mountain", Paddy said, "we have no idea how that happened".
"Can you take me there?", I asked, "Kate's in trouble".
"Oh, you wish to rescue your damsel?", Marcel asked.
I glared at him, "okay, okay", Marcel said, then took off into the air with Paddy following, "follow us, Monsieur".
They flew in the direction of one of the nearby mountains and I ran after them. I came up to the side of a cliff at the base of a mountain and Marcel and Paddy landed beside me. "The dog just walked through the cliffside with your mate", Paddy said, "we thought we were hallucinating".
I nodded, as I stared at the cliffside, "thank you, Marcel, Paddy", I said, "I'll take it from here".
"Do you want us to alert your pack?", Marcel asked.
I shook my head, "no, I need to do this by myself", I answered.
I heard Marcel breathe a sigh of relief, "well, good luck, Monsieur", Marcel replied, then he and Paddy flew away.
I approached the cliffside and raised my paw towards it. My paw passed right through the cliff as if it wasn't there and the cliff seemed to shimmer around my paw. 'A hologram', I thought to myself, 'clever'.
I lowered my paw to the ground and passed through to find myself in complete darkness. Suddenly, there was a bright light and I was blinded briefly. Once I regained my vision, I saw Shadow standing a few feet away from me. "I've been expecting you, Agent Humphrey", Shadow said.
"Isn't that from some movie the humans made?", I asked.
Shadow glared at me, "if you want your mate back, I suggest that you do as I ask", he said.
"And what is that?", I asked back, "give myself up to you, so you can train a whole army of wolf agents?".
Shadow widened his eyes and quickly recomposed himself, but not before I noticed his shock, "that was your whole plan, wasn't it?", I asked, then shook my head, "predictable".
Shadow snarled at me, "you want your mate back or not?!", he growled.
"Love has no place in our line of work, Shadow", I said, trying to aggravate him, "I thought you learned that after D.O.G.S. kicked you out".
"They kicked me out because I believed in better agents!", Shadow growled, "you're an Omega wolf agent and look at what you can accomplish, just imagine what an Alpha wolf agent would be able to do".
"You're crazy", I said.
That seemed to do the trick, Shadow growled and tried to pounce on me, but I quickly rolled out of the way. Shadow tried to kick me, but I backed up to avoid him, "give up, Humphrey", Shadow said, "you can't defeat me".
"I'm not here to defeat you, Shadow", I replied, "I just want Kate to be back with me".
Shadow looked at something behind me and smiled, "that can be arranged", he said.
I turned around, but something hit me in the head and everything went black.
Kate's POV
I groaned, as I opened my eyes and looked around, I was in a small den-like space with thick bars in the entrance, keeping me in. For some reason, it reminded me of when I was stuck in that cage, while Humphrey and I were being relocated to Idaho. Humphrey, he's probably worried about me by now, even though I haven't apologized to him yet. I stood up, "where am I?", I asked myself.
"Ah, good you're awake", a male voice said. A dog appeared on the other side of the bars, I recognized him as the dog that I talked to before everything went black. Wait a minute… "you knocked me out!", I shouted, "where am I and why'd you bring me here?".
Shadow smiled, "I wanted you as bait to lure Humphrey to me", he said, "but I don't need you anymore, I got what I wanted".
I looked at him quizzically, then he dragged Humphrey's unconscious form into view, "Humphrey!", I shouted, then snarled at Shadow, "what did you do to him?".
Shadow chuckled, "don't worry, missy", he said, then he placed his paw on the wall beside the cage and the bars lowered. Shadow tossed Humphrey inside with me and I quickly ran to his side, while the bars were raised again. "I just wanted Humphrey out of the way", Shadow said, "you just happened to get caught up into things, but the two of you can spend your remaining days together".
With that, Shadow disappeared and I heard a groan come from Humphrey. "Humphrey?", I asked, then I gently licked his cheek, "come on, Humphrey, wake up".
Humphrey groaned and slowly sat up, he opened his eyes and saw me sitting right in front of him. "Kate?", Humphrey asked, as I leaned closer to him, "umm, you're getting awfully close".
I smiled, "isn't that a good thing?", I asked.
"Usually, but after Sweets-", he said, but I cut him off when I pressed my lips to his. I pushed him onto his back and laid on top of him, then I pulled away and stared into his blue eyes. "I'm sorry, Humphrey", I said, "I shouldn't have believed what Sweets said, she usually isn't one to tell the truth".
Humphrey smiled, "it's alright, Kate", he replied, "I'm just glad that you didn't tell your mother during your rage, or she would've probably ripped me apart".
I chuckled, then I started twirling my claw in the fur on Humphrey's chest, while I hummed to myself. Humphrey chuckled, "you're still in heat, aren't you?", he asked.
I blushed, "yeah", I answered.
"Ugh, get a den you two", Sweets said.
"Sorry, Sweets, but-", I started, but widened my eyes in shock, as Humphrey did the same. Humphrey and I turned our attention towards the bars and saw Sweets standing on the other side. "What are you doing here?", I asked.
"Getting you out of here", Sweets answered, "but I have no idea how...do you?".
"Umm…", I muttered, "I don't know".
"On the side of the entrance, there should be some sort of pad", Humphrey said, "you need to open it and tell me what it looks like inside".
I stared at Humphrey in shock and he looked up at me, 'later', he mouthed to me. Sweets looked at the side of the entrance and raised her paws up to something and used her claws to open a pad that was on the wall. "Okay, I think I got it", Sweets said, "now what?".
"What's it like in there?", Humphrey asked.
"Umm, there's a lot of vine-like things...", Sweets said, "...and a blinky light in the back".
"Okay, you need to take your claws and cut the ground wire", Humphrey said.
"The what what?", Sweets asked.
"Is one of those vine-like things a black color?", Humphrey asked.
"Uhh, yes", Sweets answered.
"Okay", Humphrey replied, "cut that one".
"How do you know all this?", Sweets asked.
"I'll explain later, Sweets", Humphrey said, "cut the wire".
Sweets took her claw and pulled at something in the wall, I caught a brief glimpse of a black vine-like thing in her claw, just before it snapped and the bars lowered. "Hey, we're free", I said, as I got off of Humphrey.
"Yes", Humphrey replied, "but we need to get out of here, before-".
Suddenly, red lights started flashing and a loud sound was blaring in our ears. "What is that?!", Sweets shouted.
"The alarm!", Humphrey shouted, "now Shadow knows we've escaped!".
"Who's Shadow?", Sweets asked, but I noticed that she was feigning ignorance.
"Never mind", Humphrey said, "let's just get out of here".
The three of us ran off, Humphrey and I leading the way with Sweets following behind us, hoping to find an exit out of this weird place. Eventually we came across a fairly large room with a dead end, "I know this place", Humphrey said, then he approached the opposite wall and turned back towards us, "this is our exit".
I looked at him skeptically, "it's a wall, Humphrey", I said, "let's go back, maybe there's an exit back the way we came".
I was about to turn around and leave, but I saw Humphrey back up into the wall and it seemed to shimmer and he disappeared. "What the…", I muttered.
"The wall ate him!", Sweets shouted.
I approached the wall and touched it with my paw, but it passed through as if it wasn't even there. "Come on, Sweets", I said.
"Unh uh", Sweets said, "I'm not walking to my death".
"Get over here!", I growled, then grabbed Sweets by the scruff and tossed her through the wall.
Humphrey's POV
I backed up into the wall and appeared on the other side of the holographic cliff. "Humphrey?!", Eve shouted.
I turned around and saw Winston and Eve standing behind me, "where did you come from?!", Eve asked.
I was about to say something, but Sweets suddenly came flying out of the cliff and Kate walked out. Sweets landed with a thud in front of Winston and Eve, who just stared at her in shock. "Sweets?", Winston asked.
"Uhh, hi, Sir", Sweets said, "how are you today?".
"What are you two doing here?", Kate asked.
"We came looking for you", Winston said, "we followed Humphrey's scent to the river, then to here, but it just went up to the cliff as if it passed through".
"Which we thought was impossible, until Humphrey walked out of the cliff and Sweets came flying out afterwards", Eve added, "by the way, what in the world is going on?!".
"I will explain later, Eve", I said, "but right now, there's something important that I need to do".
I tried to run past them, but Eve tried to intercept me, so I jumped and did a front-flip over her, then continued running. Eve looked at me in shock as I ran off, "hey, get back here, Humphrey!", she shouted, "you've got some explaining to do!".
I ignored her and ran as fast as I could towards my den to contact Director Lou.
