A/N: Sorry for the wait, I'll be focusing a bit on other characters from now on throughout the story. Reeeeeee-ad and Reeeeeeee-view!

A Much, Much Shorter Leave

Idaho Hills

"Williams Manor"

Tuesday 9:10 AM

Humphrey's P.O.V.

I always loved waking up in the morning with Lilly lying on my chest... but this morning was different. I opened my eyes and realized I was lying on something soft. I moved my hands towards the surface my face was lying on... and it wasn't the pillow.

She moaned then moved around. 'Oh no...' I thought to myself as I realized what I've been sleeping on.

"Mmh, Good Morning... Humphrey why are lying on my chest?" She asked. I was speechless at the time.

"Uh... I was going to ask you the same question." I said. Lilly's face flushed at a thought and I know that perverse thought all too well.

"We didn't... you know... or anything... right?" She asked, seemingly unsure of herself which worried me since I don't know either.

"Does it hurt? If it does... I fucked up." I finished with a terrible conclusion.

"No... but it would basically mean that you fucked me." She said jokingly, causing me to laugh with her but somehow felt awkward. I'm such a virgin...

"So... what do we do to-" I was cut off when Lilly's and my phone rang simultaneously. We picked up our phones to see both calls are from Winston.

"How the hell are you calling both of us at the same time?" Lilly asked the question I was so eager to ask myself.

"Not just you... everyone." He said making us stare at our phones, wondering if something happened to them or if they were hacked.

"Why are the hell are you calling us?!" I heard Link shout over the phone, making everyone wince at how loud he was.

"Everyone, meet back at the school's Ergo Room so we can-" Winston started but Lilly stopped him.

"No... we can't use that stinking room (literally) as a secret board room! We've got something way better, there is a mansion just outside the boarders of Jasper and is isolated in the Idaho Hills." Lilly stated. I wasn't to sure ababout letting everyone in the Bat C... I mean the um... Wolf's Den.

"Fine... but it better be big." Kevin said. "Dude, it's a fucking cave!" I blurted out, making everyone gasp over the phone.

"Humphrey, you goof!" Kate said, even though we are in the same mansion. She could have just walked in the room to say that.

"Whatever... we'll be there by 1:20pm." Winston said before he hung up and when he did, everyone else did aswell.

"No one calls you a goof besides me." Lilly said before giving me a peck on my cheek.

"Heh, for that you'll get a bonus plate of breakfast for being the best girlfriend a wolf can ask for." I stated but I said that too soon.

"Breakfast is ready, you little twits." David announced over the mansion's comms. We didn't even take a shower yet.

Lilly and I casually strolled to the dining hall and crossed Shakey and Princess along the way and knowing Princess, she would prefer make some vile and perverted comments on Lilly and I.

"Good morning Snow Flake and Silver Sable." Princess said but I wasn't so enthusiastic about my nickname.

"Silver Sable is a human woman, Christie you need to work on your comic skills, especially Marvel comics and games." Shakey said hinting at one of the games we've been playing recently.

"Ah whatever... how was your pillow Humphrey? Before you and Lilly got to your rooms... we put some 'good night gas' that Shakey took from the bunker and set in the room. COMEDY GOLD!!!" Princess said as she suddenly burst out in laughter.

"You stole knockout gas from the Wolf's Den?! What is wrong with you?!" Lilly asked seemingly trying to find out if they stole 'just the gas'.

"There are a bunch of cool stuff just lying around in there, I just had to take something... and this grapple gun." Shakey said as he pulled out the grapple gun out of nowhere, how was he carrying that under his hoodie and who the hell sleeps with the on hoodie in the first place?!

We reached the dining hall and found Garth and Kate already sitting at the very, very large table. Sometimes I wonder: Is this what it's like to be the president or some billionaire playboy or playgirl... with housemates?

When we sat down, Shakey clumsily pulled the trigger oblivious to the fact that we are in a dining hall. He then sat down, with the grapple gun in his hand and began showcasing the tool. I sat next to Garth, eager to burst Shakey's fun bubble.

"Should I tell him?" I whispered to Garth while Shakey was still explaining the mechanics of the gun and none of the girls seemed interested... except for Lilly.

"No... the best part is when he's gonna realize he has the line out." Garth whispered back in response to the question.

"... so when you pull the trigger the first time, it deploys the line then... WOOOAAAHHH!!!!" Shakey exclaimed when pulled the trigger once more and went flying into a chandelier. I'm surprised he was still holding on to the gun after crashing into the ceiling like that.

"Aahh... and when you pull the-woah!...The trigger the second time, it retracts the hook, pulling you towards it." Shakey finished explaining while he was hanging from the ceiling and actually slipped a couple of times while getting on the chandelier.

If it wasn't for him being small in size, he wouldn't have climbed onto the chandelier without breaking it. He jumped off and landed on all four's but I knew it was too good to be true.

He winced in pain as he moved his right foot, R.I.P Samuel's dignity... and his heel.

"Damn, now I know have experienced firsthand the story of Achilles Heel." Shakey said as he tried walking without letting his right foot's heel, touch the floor.

"Damn right, you have!" David said while carrying a crossbow as he entered the hall. This butler was insane! This was going to be a long, complicated, hilarious morning.

Reba's P.O.V.

I wasn't sure if I still wanted to do rowing anymore, yeah I loved the sport but this isn't even an extra curricular activity anymore. This is became a mafia sport overnight!

I did some research on Marcus Zephyr and he's been in this business for a very, very long time. He started this shitty sports monopoly and rowing wasn't the only sport he controlled.

Motorsport, athletics, winter sports, summer sports, even... street racing. This guy was like the godfather of all sports... except Esports, thank God.

I felt like I needed to take a shower and forget that a school bus full of 17 and 18 year olds killed 4 wolves in a Land Rover. High School is as ridiculous as it can get.

I walked out and bathroom and began undressing, something about how Humphrey is involved in this seems a bit off though. I turned on the hot water and got in the shower, not bothered by the fact that I didn't even wait for the water to heat up. I felt lonely in the shower room for some reason...

Princess's P.O.V.

Oh my... Shakey really did it this time. I knew that the clumsy little goof would get himself into shit.

"See Shakey? This is why you can't have nice things." I joked around with him as I we tried carrying him to our room.

"Hmph, nice things huh? Imagine what I could do with you..." He reversed the joke making everyone else laugh.

"Fuck my life..." I said, sounding defeated. Shakey was the funniest wolf out of all six of us in the mansion.

"Hey guys... you might wanna turn on the TV..." Humphrey said after looking at his phone, I assume it was a news alert on his phone.

I got the TV remote and then turned on the large TV set in Shakey's and my room. I switched to the 'Tell-Tail' News channel. The breaking news is what had everyone on their toes... including David.

"Breaking News: Billionaire businessman and company founder of Classic Swift Enterprises, Marcus Zephyr, is going to be appearing at Jasper State's Convention Center for the first time in 20 years for this year's annual celebration of all world-class businesses and companies all across the globe. Wolves from all across the city are buzzing with enthusiasm for Jasper's global icon. Others have already gathered outside the Center, waiting for Friday night's event." Said the female news anchor who was standing outside the convention center.

Everyone in the room paled upon hearing the news, this topic was also trending all across social media. "Turn it off!" Lilly exclaimed.

"We now go to-" I then turned off the TV. "That's... not good news." Garth stated as he sat down on a chair.

"Winston isn't going to like this..." Shakey began. "... and I don't like it any less than he does." Humphrey finished.

"Fucking hell..." Garth said. We've seen Marcus once before and he was a totally different wolf than how the public describes him. If we are going to decide whether we're in or out in taking down Zephyr, then we're running out of time...

Our phones vibrated simultaneously. We took out our phones and read that it was a message from Winston.

- Meeting is cancelled, sorry for any inconvenience "W" -

We all groaned in unison after reading the message. At least we have the rest of the week in peace... I hope.

Jasper CBD

CSE Headquarters

Thursday 7:24pm

Narrative P.O.V.

Marcus Zephyr walked down his billion dollar business lodge and slowly made his way to the lobby.

"Good Evening Miss Nelson, tell my clients that I won't be available this evening." He said to his secretary receptionist, with a smile.

"Will do, Mister Zephyr. Have a good evening sir." She stated with a nod.

"Oh I will..." Marcus said in a sinister tone as he walked out of the building. He was followed by two large wolves and approached a luxury sedan with the two bodyguards.

"Where we goin' boss?" Asked one of the wolves

"Gerald, we are going to take care of a bothersome prick." He said as he got in the car. The two wolves nodded and entered the car aswell.

"Y'all remember the news reporter from earlier, right? Brownish white fur, green eyes, wears glasses? I need you to remove her from my case." Marcus told the two.

"Uh... she didn't do anything boss. Plus, I think she's hot." The one on his left stated.

"*sigh* She's been snooping around, Howard! I caught her in the building on the security cameras. Bloody reporters are so annoying! She was probably looking for our servers and files." The one sitting on Marcus's right stated. At this point, the car had already reached the news station.

"You two understand right? No witnesses if things get hairy. Also... once you come back, I need to tell you something about these two wolves, Humphrey Williams and Lilly Violet Quinn... I mean Snow. You might remember the two from the restaurant and the white furred girl from a couple of days ago." He said, the wolves nodded and left the car, taking out their pistols.

"Uh Dylan... we're supposed to be quiet about this. Why do we have our guns out?" Howard asked his partner.

"Shut up, we're doing this to look cool..." He replied as he walked to the side of the building.

"Whatever ya say." Howard said as he followed Dylan. They kept walking until they reached the fire escape stairs. The two then climbed up the ladder and made their way up the stairs to the topside of the building.

They got to the roof top and looked around the area. Dylan then walked to the glass area of the rooftop and noticed how empty it was.

"Fuck... Tell-Tail news is shit. Everyone else is out waiting on news from Mark, let's just go in and check if the wolf is there anyway." Dylan said and jumped in. Howard followed him but landed a bit too loudly.

"Is anyone there?" A female wolf called out from another room. Dylan slowly turned around and looked at Howard with an irritated expression.

The two didn't say anything they instead just followed the voice through the large, empty building. They walked around the corner then a brownish white fur bumped into to them.

"Is this the girl?" Howard asked, looking at the reporter in a confused manner.

"Uh... I'm sorry guys... I wasn't-" The reporter was cut off by Dylan

"Would you mind coming with us?" He asked her.

"Why, what for?" She asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"Mr Zephyr insists that you come with us..." Howard stated, pulling out his pistol.

She turned around and bolted from the two. Dylan pulled out a taser and shot her with the gun. "Straight forward jobs..." He said as he walked to the neutralized body of the reporter, she didn't even get 2 meters from the two wolves.

"Boss, we've got the reporter. Should we finish her off or keep her?" Howard said over his earpiece.

"Do whatever but make sure you get rid of her." Marcus replied.

"Can I fuck her?" Howard suggested. Dylan shot a disappointed glare at Howard for suggesting such a crude and vile idea.

"What if she knows something... maybe something we don't? We could use her since she's a reporter. Make her work for us?" Dylan said.

"Dylan, boy, you're starting to sound as stupid Howard. You can try it but if she has a big mouth and starts causing trouble, I will chop your dinga-ling heads off! Do I make myself clear?" Marcus said to the two.

"Yes sir." Dylan said over the earpiece while Howard picked up the reporter. The two left the building and walked to the car.

"You two better know what you're doing..." Marcus said as he opened the door and allowed them in while Howard put the unconscious reporter in the trunk.

"Trust me boss, this'll work." Dylan said then they drove back to the lodge with the reporter. Whatever the wolves had in mind for the young reporter, there were grand ideas for sure but there were deeper meanings to the real reason that Dylan suggested this...

Idaho Hills

"Williams Manor"

Thursday 8:10pm

Humphrey's P.O.V.

Shakey, Princess, Garth, Kate, Lilly and I were not really in the mood to do much tonight (also because Shakey's got an injured foot) so we just sat outside next to the pool and stared at the night sky.

Our star gazing was cut off when David approached us. "Master Humphrey, a young lady is here to see you six. She has come with a another wolf." He told us.

I followed David to the front door because I never really trusted him with guests, not after the... incident. When I got to the door, I was shocked to see King (Kevin) and Reba.

"Hi Humphrey, can we come in? There's something really important we need to talk to you about." Reba told me. I let her and Kevin into the house and lead the two to the pool area where everyone else was relaxing.

"Hey guys, look who I-" I began but everyone just cut me the fuck off.

"Kevin and Reba?!" They all shouted in unison. The two looked so suprised to all of us by the pool.

"Hey everyone, do you all live here?" Kevin asked. We all gave a slow and awkward nod in response. I handed the two wolves a glass of water since there was no wine.

"So what are you two doing here? Didn't Winston cancel the meeting?" Lilly asked the two wolves.

"Yeah but we came here to talk to you about something else. I did some digging on Marcus and he's a lot more high profile than you think. His CSE company is broader than just rowing and it seems that his business is still expanding. He owns parts of motorsport, winter sports, summer sports, fucking street racing contests and slowly moving into higher up competeive sports like F1, Nascar, and ... Olympic sports." Reba finished.

"Shit... what does Winston expect us to do? We are only teenagers in High School!" Kate said. Kevin rolled his eyes at her.

"Technically, you guys aren't even in High School anymore." He explained, taking me back to the day I got 'expelled'.

"Damn, so he's gonna be like the daddy of all things sport related? That's the world's most sly monopoly ever, and no one even knows about it." Garth said.

"And he's got all the sponsors in his bank." Reba concluded.

"Fuck... and the event is tomorrow night. If he gives a bullshit speech of him needing more sponsorships, he'll most likely scoop up the last few company's and have them all in his hand. He'll control all global sport entertainment and we all know that he won't stop there..." Kate said.

".. He'll have his business spread to other companies aswell, Zephyr might even control the media by 2028." Reba finished.

We all took a second to process this. Marcus Zephyr might end up being the wealthiest and most unstoppable wolf on the planet if he takes over major businesses. There's no doubt that he might even buy into mercenary agencies aswell.

"Hmm... I think I might just have an idea..." Lilly began. "Okay, tell us. We're all out of options right now." I said.

"Why don't we crash his party, get some more info on him, maybe even expose his geezer ass." Lilly explained making everyone shake their heads.

"Lilly, that is a horrible idea... but it's the only plan we've got." I said. David, however, was not on the same boat.

"Master Humphrey, I forbid you and your friends to go to that function." He stated.

"Are you kidding me, David? You can't be serious, this wolf is slowly going to take over the world and he is starting with sports. If we let him go-"

"Let the FBI and CIA, take care of it." David calmly stopped me.

"The ding-dongs haven't realized it yet. By the time they figure it out, it would be way too late for the: 'FBI OPEN UP!' shit." I retorted using a meme.

"This argument is going no where... and so are you. You will stay in this house tomorrow night." David finished and then left us by the pool.

"Did you guys just get grounded by your butler?" Reba asked, causing an awkward moment for us all.

"*inhales deeply* I think we just did, but that's not going to stop us." Garth said as he got up.

"It's getting late, King and I are heading home." Reba said. Kevin got up and walked to door.

The six of us escorted the two guests back to the driveway and said our goodbye's. We walked back to the hallways and went back to our bedrooms because we were all tired as fuck.

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