"What's that noise?" Scott says looking towards the front of the house. "I heard it too." Peter says. "There it is again." Scott says walking to the window and opening the curtains. They see Paul just as he darts into the garage. "What is he…." Peter starts to say before rushing to the front door. Scott, Peter, Melisa, and Isaac run to the front porch and watch as Paul blasts down the driveway in Bumblebee. Isaac runs back in the house headed for the garage stopping when he sees all their keys are gone. "He took all the keys!" Isaac says with dismay. "He didn't take mine!" Melissa says pulling her keys from her pocket. Peter shakes his head. "No but he disabled your car. If I'm not mistaken we'll find you have two flat tires."
Kyle has made it down stairs by now. "Paul's gone?!" He shouts. "Yeah and he took all the keys." Scott says. Kyle doesn't even stop instead he speeds up and runs to the garage. Isaac follows. "I told you he took all the keys." Kyle runs past all the cars and jumps on Scott's motor cycle with a slash of his claws he's severed the wires for the key. "It's just a lock its a manual start." Kyle says twisting the wires together then kicking down to start the bike. "Stay by your phone. Love you!" He yells as the old bike fires up and flies out of the garage.
Peter nods "Clever boy. He does know how to ride yes?" "I showed him how last year, something for him to do you know? Take his mind off of everything." Scott says. "Where would he be going? Why would he run off like this?" Isaac says half shifted. Melissa and Scott start trying to calm Isaac blocking the path to the door while Peter pulls out his phone with a sigh to let Derek know what has happened.
Paul pulls off the road and drags his hands over his teary eyes looking down at his lap. "Need some place to….." Looking up suddenly he pulls back on the road. "Yeah.. That would be unexpected." Half an hour later he pulls up to the pack owned storage facility. Walking in to the office he braces himself not sure what story he can tell Maria.
"Young Paul." She says with an almost friendly expression. "I was told you had returned...Although…" She pauses looking at him quizzically. "It seems...you've lost something." "I just need to…." He says gesturing towards the door that leads to the facility. "Of course." She says stepping aside. "You didn't see me." He pleads before walking past Maria and out the door.
Kyle is riding aimlessly searching for some sign of Paul when the sound of ringing fills his ears. Pressing the "answer" button on the Bluetooth helmet he speaks eagerly. "Hello!?" "Kyle." Maria's calm voice fills the helmet. "Maria?" "You should check the pack storage." She says simply. "Is Paul there?" Kyle asks making an abrupt turn and racing towards the facility. "I didn't see anything." She says calmly before ending the call.
Paul pulls the heavy door shut looking around in the darkness. "No idea where the light switch is." he mutters to himself. Out of habit he pulls his phone out of his pocket to use it as a flashlight but remembers he'd turned it off to prevent the pack from tracking him. "Damn" He says shoving it back in his pocket. He begins walking slowly in the darkness with his hands out. He manages to avoid injury from objects in his path and eventually he makes it to where he remembered his Air stream to be sitting. Sliding his hands along the smooth aluminum surface he quickly finds the door and opens in. Moments later the lights inside snap on and he sits down with a sigh. After several minutes he gets up and opens the door to the small unusable restroom. Pulling a small bag out from under the sink he grabs a towel and returns to the living area. Pulling a small flashlight out of a compartment by the door he steps into the darkness. Paul swipes the beam around lighting up the darkness before heading deeper into the building.
Kyle pulls up next to his car and jumps off the bike dropping the helmet to the ground and rushing inside. Maria nods at him. "Have you told anyone else?" He asks. "Told anyone else what?" She says before retreating to her office. Kyle debates calling the rest of the pack a moment before shaking his head and rushing out the door towards the storage area. Shortly he is slipping through the small personnel door next to the large sliding doors. Sniffing the air he pads silently towards the illuminated Air stream. He see's Paul's phone on the table. He is about to follow the scent when he has an idea. Pulling his phone out he sets it to do not disturb and then props it up on the small table with a picture of Kyle, Paul and Isaac on the screen. He then hops out of the camper and stalks back towards the back corner of the facility.
"No hot water." Paul whispers after eating for several minutes for the water in the shower to warm up. "Sack up, you've been through worse than a cold shower." He mutters as he strips down and eases under the cold stream of water.
Kyle rushes towards the restroom when he hears Paul's gasp but stops at the door when he realizes the cause of his sharp inhalation. Paul's voice carries from the other side of the shower curtain as Kyle jerks the door open. "Fuck that's cold." Kyle steps back and moves the door back to its slightly ajar position and sighs softly enjoying the scent of his mate. After a few moments the water shuts off. Kyle retreats into the darkness and crouches behind a large crate. A clean smelling Paul emerges and moves back to the Air stream.
Kyle shadows Paul on his walk back to the camper. When he steps inside Kyle lingers in the shadows behind a large chest of drawers. "What?" Paul says noticing the other phone next to his. His first reaction is to look around fearfully but his head whips back around eyes focused on the smiling redhead in the picture. Paul has his arms around both Kyle and Isaac. Paul is kissing Kyle on the cheek while Isaac leans his head against Paul's a loving dreamy look on his face.
Paul picks up the phone his heart racing. Taking several steps back he trips over his shoes and falls to the floor. Clutching the phone tightly he continues to stare at the picture. He clenches his eyes shut as dark swirling images in his mind become vivid memories rushing at him. Dozens of moments that seemed fragmented or missing before are now whole because Kyle is in them. "Kyle." Paul whispers.
Paul feels the air shift and opens his eyes. Kneeling before him on the floor is Kyle. "Kyle!" Paul yells. He reaches for his ginger mate just as Kyle falls forward into his arms. "God Paul I've missed you so much!" Kyle cries out as Paul pulls him tightly to his chest. "It's been so long." Paul says crying softly as he strokes his fingers through Kyle's hair. "It was you at the house earlier…. In the garage." Paul says. "Yes." Kyle replies rubbing his cheek on Paul's neck. "I thought….I thought I'd been gone so long that Isaac had moved on, found someone else. I thought he was just being nice to me because he felt guilty but that eventually I'd have to leave." Kyle shakes his head "Silly boy Isaac is yours until the day he takes his last breath. Me too." Paul closes his eyes squeezing Kyle tightly. "Will you hand me my phone?" Kyle pulls back and reaches to the counter grabbing Paul's phone. Paul turns it on wincing at the explosion of notification tones.
To Family: I found Kyle. Be home soon.
"Up." Kyle says standing and reaching a hand down to Paul. Paul smiles and accepts the support rising from the floor. Kyle pushes Paul back until he backs against the bed and drops backwards on to it. The young wolf draps himself carefully on top of his frail human kissing him lovingly.
"What's my name?" Kyle whispers. "Kyle Jeffries." Paul replies with a smile. "Who am I?" Kyle asks. Paul smiles even larger eyes crinkling with joy.
"My mate, my gorgeous ginger love."