Chapter 4

The Angel

Hunter's yard.

Hunter was polishing his new slate grey 1973 Chevrolet C-10 while Kate stood against it.

"Why's Cassius around your place all the time?" asked Kate.

"He satisfies my needs." said Hunter.

"Like licking your lollipop?" Kate laughed.

"Kate! Eww!" said Hunter. "You know I'm straight!"

"I'm just playing with ya." said Kate.

"Well, please don't." said Hunter, upset.

"I'm sorry, Hunter." said Kate. "I didn't mean..."

"Kate, I never told you this before, but everytime I look at you, I see my mother." said Hunter. "She was killed when I was a baby. You smile like she did and your eyes are what hers looked like. You even have the same strange look on your face when you get something stuck in your nose. I just really miss my mother."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Hunter." said Kate.

"Will you look after me?" asked Hunter.

"Sure." said Kate.

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Hunter looked across the yard to see a very beautiful wolf. Her fur was golden like Kate's. She had a blue flower in her hair and had purple eye shadow. The fur over her left eye was purple at the tips. Her smile was kind and sexy.

"Oh god, Kate!" Hunter said excitedly. "She's an angel! Do you know her?"

"I'm pretty sure that's my little cousin, Kirby." said Kate. "Kirby's the only cousin I've never met, so I'm sure that's probably her."

"She's so beautiful." said Hunter.

"Why don't you go talk to her?" asked Kate.

"You would let me date her?" asked Hunter.

"Yeah. I'm a girl who's went through mental pain." said Kate. "I can't let you go through that. But heed my advice if you love her, because I heard she's a little bit like me. Anyways, she's here for an entire week. If you confess your love for her before it's time for her to go home, she may confess love for you. But if you don't before that time runs out, your chances are gone. I'd say you have a chance though, because her mother talks to mine a lot and I hear she has someone she's supposed to marry that she's not too fond of. But if things work out, I may be able to convince her mother into letting her stay. Keep that in mind."

"Okay." said Hunter and walked over to Kirby. "Hi."

"Hey." said Kirby with a smile. "What's your name?"

"Hunter." said Hunter.

"Hunter..." said Kirby. "You sound like my type of man."

"Well, I'm a friend of Kate's." said Hunter.

"I'm..."

"Kirby." said Hunter. "I know. Kate told me."

"You're on top of the game, aren't ya?" asked Kirby and put her arms around Hunter's neck. "I like boys with intelligence." she said and kissed Hunter's nose. "Why don't you take me somewhere private?" she said and kissed him on the side of the mouth. "Give me a reason..." she teased and then licked Hunter's cheek. "...To stay."

"Yes ma'am!" Hunter said and led Kirby into his den.

"Love these days." said Kate with a smile. "That was fast."

"Cyd to Hunter!" said Gadget over the CB. "This is an emergency!"

"Umm... Gadget's inside..." Kate answered. "He's a little busy right now. What do you want?"

"Alert all alphas from both sides!" said Gadget. "It's back!"

Kate dropped the CB speaker, got on the roof, stood on two legs and howled.

At Sheba and Gadget's chopper, Sheba put on a siren.

"This time, they don't know what they're up against." said Gadget and loaded a custom gun with an unlit molotov cocktail, then culked it.

At Rooney and Salty's, Rooney grabbed another molotov cocktail launcher out from under her bed. "CG" was carved in the side.

"Not this time." Rooney said and culked the gun.