A/N: Chapter 13 already? I've really been moving on this story, I'm also thinking of making a redux for the fic (once I've finished this one), probably changing the plot aswell. As always, I'll be doing my best and enjoy this 13th chapter :)

A Temporary Leave

Jasper High

Ergometer Training Room

2:48pm Monday

Humphrey's P.O.V.

Kevin has been eyeballing me ever since the shootout earlier on today. I actually think that he might be on to me about something.

"Uh... I'm not really sure of where to start with this-" Serena began.

"How about you start with the fact that you instructed us to kill other wolves or why they had guns or better yet, why we also had guns in the first place?!" Reba cut her off furiously.

"Look here, it would either be you get shot in the face by those wolves or you fought back. You had a choice to not pull the trigger but you did!" She exclaimed, shutting her up.

"So what?! What's the point of this stupid sport?! I joined a year ago, thinking this was kinda cool but this is just fucked up!" Lyle exclaimed at her. I knew that we were going to be in this situation sooner or later, now it finally happened.

It was only a matter of time before I get thrown in the mix. I sat down and watched the argument between the rowers and coaches.

"Humphrey, I know you have our backs on this one, please us out?" And there you go, Serena went ahead and asked me to mend things up. I sighed then everyone looked at me with hate.

"I knew it, so you are in on it too!" Kevin said then punched me square in the mouth, I was just about to return a punch to him but Lilly held me back.

"Give me one good reason for me not to knock you out!" He asked, readying for a second punch.

"One: I hit back. Two: I was pretty much forced into this just like every Goddamn wolf in this room! So what do you say 'King' , are you in or are you bitching out?" I asked, sarcastically emphasizing his nickname. I was trying to get him to react and it worked.

"I say go fuck yourselves!" Kevin said as he grabbed his stuff and got ready to leave the room.

"Then we go fuck ourselves..." Scar started, catching everyone off-guard. Even Craig was taken back by this.

"Yeah... wait, what?" He asked, realizing what Scar just said a second later. Everything now became awkward in the room.

"Ahem... the point is you will lose your pride, your respect and dignity if you leave. There is someone out there... he is extremely rich, extremely dangerous (also really old) and he is going to be a very huge threat to the sport. We can stop him and his company on our own so do what you want." Scar finished.

"What do I get out of it?" He asked when he just reached the door. It was pretty self-explanatory for what he might get out of taking down Marcus.

"Just think about it, you take down the richest wolf in the world and his corrupt company. We might even take over his organization." Scar explained, pointing at the poster of what looks like Marcus's company brand.

"This isn't some Mission Impossible movie or a spy film, wolves could get hurt or possibly die. This is just insane!" Kevin retorted at her.

"Guess what, wolves ARE gonna die if we sit on our ass's and do nothing!" Scar shouted back. This side of her was never seen by anybody else before which kinda scared me.

"I'll think about it." Kevin said before he left the room and slammed the dodoor behind him. The whole room was left in silence after he left.

" *sigh* I guess you can all have a break from all this shit that's going on here. You can all come back once you've cleared your heads and made up your mind. Consider this as your... temporary leave." Winston dismissed us, we then took our things and got ready to leave aswell.

Kate, Garth, Princess, Shakey, Lilly and I were the last wolves in the room with Winston, Claw and Scar. The atmosphere of the room was just... depressing. I was just sitting down, rubbing my sore chin from Kevin's punch earlier.

"This is a mistake..." Scar said then left the room in haste. Craig ran out the room, following Scar.

"Humphrey, your father had up's and down's when he was a coach aswell. Don't think it's odd to see us having our tough times." Winston stated with very wise words.

"Oh I know that all too well, It's not the first time I've seen pro's in such a depressed state." I said though what I actually had in mind was totally different.

The six of us, excluding Winston, left the room and began walking out of the school, all I want to do when I get home is to just have a warm shower.

We got to the car park and we entered our cars. We drove back to the mansion in silence, well I drove in silence because Lilly fell asleep in the passenger seat. All I wanted to do just 8 days ago, was to join a damn sport.

Idaho Hills

"Williams Manor"

Monday 6:30pm

We got back home and parked in one of the mansion's garages (yeah, one of the garages) which was also the closest one. I tried waking Lilly up but she just continued sleeping peacefully. I sighed then lifted her up and carried her into the mansion. We entered the house to see David cleaning up the place.

"Ah, good evening Master Humphrey and company. How was your day?" David greeted us as we walked into the house. Garth entered last because he thought David was gonna show up with a shotgun again.

"Oh my, my, are you practicing for your marriage with Miss Snow, that your carrying her bridal style?" He asked as he finished dusting off the tables.

"Since when have you gotten friendly with us, David?" I asked as I walked through the large hallways.

"Ever since I eavesdropped on each and every one of your rooms last night." David said with a wide smile, forming across his face.

I cursed under my breath, hoping he did not mean what he said because if he did, I would never hear the end of me talking to Lilly while she's in heat.

"When you get to your rooms, don't be alarmed by the 'little suprise' ." David said with a wink. Everyone's sweat dropped when he said this. We then began our long walk around the mansion to get to our rooms.

I finally reached the room Lilly and I shared, there wasn't really anything off in the room. I walked to the next door in the room and opened the to door to the main bedroom. As I was about to set Lilly down on the bed, I looked down and saw roses scattered across the room and the bed sheets were changed from a slate blue to a scarlett red.

"DAVID, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!" I heard Garth's voice echo throughout the mansion, waking Lilly up.

She looked at me for a moment then turned around and saw the rose covered bed and then looked back at me with a blushing face as red as the roses. I looked deep into her eyes and this is where I knew she got the wrong idea.

'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit.' I thought to myself as Lilly and I continued our soul starring.

"U-uh-um... the-this is... I... you-you know..." Lilly began a stutter fest and I too couldn't even form a decent sentence because I was just as flustered as she was.

"I... it-it's... I... you... m-my... if... d-do... you... Dave-David's... his fault." I stuttered, little did we know that David was there the whole time.

"My God, grow up you two! You talk like kindergartners!" David said with a laugh. I was so pissed at him right now.

"Just as I was getting wet." Princess said out of nowhere. This was a surprise gone wrong/gone too far. Everyone avoided eye contact while girls avoided 'suspicious bulges' .

"I'm gonna try and break the silence now, WHY ARE YOU ALL IN OUR ROOM?!" Lilly asked as she sat on the bed.

"..." No one answered instead, they all left and did whatever, leaving Lilly and I alone in the room... again... left in the awkwardness of silence...

Jasper Central

Loc'd up Liquor

Monday 8:40pm

Claw's P.O.V

The future of Jasper High's rowing team is a wreck. I remember back in the day when I was still a freshman at the school, my coach was Victor Williams and I get how Humphrey takes after his old man now.

We always had arguments and also stupid ones sometimes. But... when it came to something serious, Victor always won the arguments.

After he died, I chose to become a coach and follow in his footsteps. Clearly this is not working out for me... for any of us.

Now here I am, in a bar with my partner in coaching the team which is now a lost cause. Each glass I take, I reflect on how bad this situation is getting... this is now myqq 7th can of beer. As for Scar... she's probably on her 17th can.

It's been 5 hours now and we haven't left the bar. "Hey Craig, we should probably leave soon." Serena said and I agreed. We paid the bartender for the drinks.

"I'm driving you home, you've had way too many cans." I said as I snatched the keys from her back pocket... carefully anyway.

"Sure, I don't feel like driving anywhere." She said as she struggled to get to the car. I helped her get into the car. She thanked me for being such a good partner by giving me a peck on the cheek.

"Must be the beer..." I said quietly as I got in her Toyota GT86. It's amazing how much cash we earned from our races.

"I heard that." Serena said as she put on her seat belt. I started the car and I began driving us home.

The drive was rather quiet... until we realized that we were being tailed by a black Land Rover Evoque. As if this day was going to get any worse.

We continued driving, pretending like nothing was going on, that's when wolves poked out the windows with assault rifles.

"We can never get a moments rest can we?" Scar said as she looked under the passenger seat for something.

"What are you looking for? Did you drop your phone or something?" I asked as I was trying to lose the car behind us, through the corners.

"No... I was looking for this." She said as she pulled out a... weapon? It looked so sci-fi, I can't even begin to explain how it looks. It had fucking neon lights on the side.

"What the hell is that?" I asked her while she was still setting up the gun. That thing just looks twisted.

"I 'borrowed' from the Vehicle Law Enforcement, or VLE for short. It has two modes apparently, one to fire a physical device to the target and zap it's electronics and the second is sent through EMP wave-AARGH!" She yelled out when she got shot in the shoulder.

"I have no idea what you just said about that gun but it sounds badass. Swap seats with me because you can't shoot with an injured arm." I said as I held the steering wheel and allowed her to jump over me.

"Uh... so how do I use this thing?" I asked as I inspected the gun like it was some ancient artifact.

"I've already set it up, just pull the second trigger to lock the setting." Serena stated, this made my problems a lot easier now.

I pulled the trigger then the weapon let out a loud click. I got out the window then aimed it at the car.

"How do I use it?!" I yelled from out the window. It was pretty hard to aim while the other wolves were shooting at me.

"Wait for it to lock on, then pull the first trigger!" Serena told me. As if this gun could get anymore confusing.

I waited for 40 seconds for the thing to lock on because I was struggling to keep the SUV in range. It finally locked on then I pulled the trigger.

In the first 3 seconds after I pulled the trigger, it looked like nothing happened but after that, there was a loud electrical buzzing noise coming from the Land Rover.

"Wow... now that's more like it." I said as I watched the car sparking out from the EMP shot.

"Let's go to the hospital and get you patched up." I told her as I put the gun away.

"I couldn't agree more." Serena said as we made our way to the hospital.

"Hey, I don't suppose you know where to get a railgun from, do you?" I asked curiously.

"Heh, I have my connections." She said with a smirk on her face. Well she certainly is more interesting than I thought.

"I bet you do." I said as I looked at her shoulder. It wasn't a bad would because the bullet didn't go all the way through. After we're done at the hospital, we're going to pay an old wolf, a visit.

A/N: I wonder how many of you got the references in this chapter.

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