Kevin slowly opened his eyes, his head aching but at least he was warm. Way warmer than he normally is, which is curious until he feels a strong arm around his waist and warm breath on his neck.
Eddward feels the wolf shift but decided not to move. He doesn't want to end up slammed against another wall.
Kevin steadied his breath before trying to sit up, but failing and flipping back down softly. He did not want to wake Eddward up again. 'He's gonna kick my ass for throwing him across the room...' Kevin groaned and briefly prayed that he would make his death quick and painless.
Eddward chuckles hearing the groan "If you are dreading retaliation for throwing me against a wall, don't… It was an accident, as I said last night, I understand" Eddward says softly so as not to startle the wolf.
The red head turned his head to look at the ravenette. "Sorry, none the less... Sometimes my dreams can get a bit... violent..."
Eddward sits up "No apologies necessary, as I said, I understand" he says with a small sad smile. "We should be moving on soon to another safe house" he mentions, walking out of the room.
Kevin sighs as he sits up and grabs for his pack and clothes, throwing some jeans and a tank on. Walking out, he heads to the kitchen to get some food.
Eddward is the kitchen, waiting for Kevin. "If you still wish to accompany me, I am leaving in an hour" he says.
Kevin nods before digging into his food. The sooner he gets some food in this stomach the sooner his headache will go away. He didn't want to admit that being with Eddward made the voices seem not so loud. What kind of corny shit is that?!
Eddward stands up and pats the wolf's head before going to pack a bag an hour later he is standing at the door, hoping that the wolf would come with him. He was being selfish if he was being honest with himself and he knew he shouldn't be putting so much trust in someone he had just met… Let alone the fact that he was a werewolf and had attempted to kill him.
Kevin appears in the hallway and gives a small smile "Ready?" He adjusts his pack on his back. Everything from this house that was his was either destroyed or is with him. He doesn't like to leave a trail... He would actually like to forget he was alive but that just not possible.
"Did you cover your tracks?" Eddward asks with a hand on the door knob, trying to calm his nerves. On the outside he was as cool and collected as he normally is, but on the inside he was so happy he could have cried.
"Of course. I know better. I don't wanna put either one of us in danger." Kevin transforms and waits for Eddward to lead the way.
"Good" Eddward says ducking out into the night, keeping to the ground so Kevin didn't lose track of him.
Kevin moved silently through the trees, keeping a close eye on Eddward and everything else was trained to his surroundings. The forest was too quiet tonight and it was putting him on edge. Suddenly, he caught the scent... The scent he thought was long since dead and forgotten, at least he'd hoped. Kevin came to a stop and moved to get a better bead on it. That's when he saw him, a bulky figure, with two small gold earring on his right ear and streaks of teal around his face. Coming out of the shadows, he grinned sarcastically.
"Hello Little Brother..."
Kevin growled viciously, bared his fangs, and prepared for the attack "Nat..."
Eddward fell back with Kevin as soon as he heard him stop. He comes up behind the ginger, not saying anything as he watches the exchange.
"Is there a problem?" He asks baring his fangs at the other wolf as he draws out his silver blade, tossing it up and down in the air playfully but looking menacing none the less.
Nat smiled menacingly before snickering. "What's this, Little Brother?"
"Leave him alone, Nat. This has nothing to do with him!" Kevin snarled.
"You finally have another friend... Have you told him yet?"
"...shut up..." Kevin all but whimpered.
"Have you told him about the blood on your hands?" Nat continued.
"I said shut up!" At that, Kevin attacked. Claws slashed and teeth tore flesh as blood painted the snow covered ground.
Eddward watches as the two wolves fought it out. The teal haired one throwing dirt and snow in Kevin's eyes and going in for a killing blow made him snap and before he could control himself he has the teal haired wolf by his mane, baring his neck and the silver knife pressed to it.
"I will not let you kill him using such cheap tactics, mutt. If he goes down honorably, that is different, as I can tell this is between you two, but it became my business when you decided to fight dirty" he hisses eyes red with battle lust.
"It's fine, I'm used to it coming from him. He always fought dirty." Kevin breathes heavily and wheezes. Only one eye was open but the other closed due to blood dripping down, his teeth had a red tint to them because of the blood in his mouth, and his front right paw had a nasty bite in it so he couldn't put any pressure on it. "You wanna kill me? Will that make you feel better? Then just fucking do it!" Blood flowed from his mouth, possibly from a punctured lung.
"Absolutely not!" Edd hisses at Kevin in panic.
"Who the fuck is this guy, Kevin?!" Nat growls, going to move but freezing went the knife at the throat drew blood. "This is between Kevin and I… Just fuck off already!" he growls at Eddward, who doesn't move from the spot.
"The only reason you are alive right now, mutt, is because this is his battle, but be mindful of who has a knife to your throat" Eddward hisses back before locking eyes with Kevin. "What is going on?"
"Ya got yourself a good little friend here, Kev! Mother would be so proud. When ya gonna bring him around to meet the family?" Nat jeered, watching pain and regret flash in Kevin's one good eye.
"Fuck off, Nat. Leave us alone." Kevin growled out, voice cracking.
"Oh, no, Little Brother. We are nowhere near done. I've been waiting to find you for years. Ever since you led eve-"
"SHUT UP!" Kevin growled and lunged at Nat's neck, Eddward barely had time to get his knife and hand out of the way, fangs sunk in and he dropped his body to the ground. Kevin spit out his blood, hating the taste of it and turned to Eddward. "I'm sorry, Edd... I didn't want you to be bought into my shit. I thought I had put enough distance between myself and anyone else... honestly I thought he was dead. Go on to your safe house. Thanks for the help."
"Oh, no you don't" Eddward says, checking to make use the other wolf was dead before locking eyes with Kevin. "You and I are going to have a long talk -after- I heal you but for now -we- are going to the safe house and -you- are going to rest." He says picking the wolf up like a rag doll and throwing him over his shoulder. He begins walking towards the safe house.
Kevin groaned and he was slung over a shoulder and carried. At least this time, he could blame it on the injuries. He was dreading the conversation he would have to have... Stupid Nat
"It will be easier to carry you in human form. Change back, it's not the full moon you should be able to" Eddward says after a while.
Kevin grunts "I can walk too ya know" he starts to struggles a bit.
"Oh can you? On that paw you can't put any pressure on? Or how about with that punctured lung?" Eddward snaps.
Kevin transforms with some difficulty... His breathing was getting worse and worse. "Can you at least not hold me like a sack of potatoes? I'm pretty injured here."
Eddward nods and switches his position gently carrying him like a princess "Better?"
"Well at least I can breathe better..." Kevin couldn't bring himself to care if this was an embarrassing position or not, he just wanted to rest and be close to the vampire who will probably soon tell him to leave and he'll never see him again... Maybe Edd will be merciful and kill him. He slowly snuggled in a little closer to get a few more minutes inhaling his scent.
Eddward sighs as he feels the wolf relax in his arms. He is conflicted, he wants him to stay but that can't happen if the wolf isn't being honest with him. True, he wasn't being very honest with the wolf about his past either but he already knew why he was being tracked. He sighs again, deeply, as he notices it's near dawn, he picks up the pace. He makes it to the safe house just as the sun was peeking over the horizon. He walks into the only bedroom in the house and strips Kevin down, laying him on some towels before getting a pitcher of warm water and soap he begins giving the ginger a sponge bath.
For the first time in a long time, Kevin was able to sleep soundly. Wasn't very long, mind you, but it was nice to get some peaceful sleep. He felt warm water on his torso and his wounds were carefully cleaned and avoided to not aggravate them. He didn't want to open his eyes, he didn't know where he was, but he smelled Eddward. His eyes fluttered open and he groaned.
Eddward continues carefully and gently cleaning the wounds "I'm going to heal you after this bath but there was no way my mouth was going anywhere near where that other mongrel put his" Eddward says trying to lighten the mood.
Kevin snickers "You don't seem to mind my 'mongrel' mouth on you, though."
Eddward smirks "Yes, well you are the exception" he chuckles "There is nothing I can do about the internal bleeding so you're going to be down for a couple of nights" he warns "Which means I'll be hunting for the both of us I suppose."
"You didn't happen to get my pack, did you?" Kevin's heart dropped into his stomach. He grunted and hissed through his teeth.
"Hmm? Oh, yes. By some miracle, it was still attached to your back after the fight" Eddward says holding up Kevin's pack but it was completely shredded. "It will have to be replaced, I am afraid."
Kevin struggled sitting up, snagging the edge and riffling through it. Finding everything really important still in there, he sighs and puts it to the side before laying back down and muttering a quiet "Thank god..." He look at Eddward and smiles "Thanks, some of that stuff is pretty important to me."
"Quite alright, Mon Cher, but you really need to stay still so that I can finish cleaning these wounds and can heal you" Eddward says softly.
Kevin nodded "Sorry, I'll let you work." The small room was filled with hisses and grunts of pain.
Something was off with this whole thing... First and foremost: Nat was supposed to be dead, and second: he is not healing as fast as he should. Werewolves don't heal as fast a vampires but they heal faster than humans. Even the smallest scratches where not starting to heal.
Eddward finishes cleaning him and sets down the rag he, bends down and is about to begin healing Kevin but stops as he draws near. "What the..." Eddward smells the wound "Kevin... I'm afraid I can't heal you..." he says in frustration. "It would seem that the other wolf coated his claws with a poison I've only seen once before."
"I knew something was wrong... A poison? What do you mean?"
"A poison… I've only smelled it once before in my life" Eddward says sadly "You will need to stay in bed and move as little as possible but it's not deadly to werewolves like it is to vampires. With werewolves it only slows the healing process."
Kevin sighed and closed his eyes. "Can I at least get some pants on?" trying to lighten the mood.
"No" Eddward says with a smirk as he takes his pack and moves it away from him so he can't grab pants.
"Well, fine. I'm perfectly happy laying around naked. It's you who will have a hard time resisting me." Kevin smiles confidently.
Eddward rolls his eyes with a smirk. "Oh, how ever will I live?!" he calls back dramatically as he leave the room to take a shower.
Kevin laughs and lays back. He knew that the time is drawing near that he will have to talk about his past to the vampire and even though he didn't want to, he knew he had to.
Leaves and twigs snap and crunch under heavy footfalls. A lone hooded figure makes his way towards a body lying in the middle of a small clearing. Inspecting the body, he knew he was dead... Stupid boy. Alistair drew out a syringe and inserted it into the young man's arm. A few seconds later, our gold eyes slowly open and focus.
"Good morning, Nathan." Nat groans.
"What's going on, Boss?"
"Time to regroup at the lab. Come along." He turns on his heels and leaves, Nat trailing behind at a more sedated pace.