After having that conversation with Kate, Humphrey would leave the cave to gather his friends. As he was going to search for them, he noticed that it was starting to rain. Kate would sniff the air from him and tell him that it was going to storm soon and that it would be best for him and his friends to remain here for a while until the storm cleared. Humphrey agreed to this and Kate took him to a spot where he and his friends could stay. It took them a while, but they managed to find an underground cave for them to stay the night in. Salty, Shakey, and Mooch thanked Kate for letting them stay here the night and went in the cave to rest.
You sure this is ok, sad Humphrey
No one has lived here anymore; the last wolf that did left the pack a while ago, said Kate
Thanks for this, said Humphrey
So are you really leaving after all of this, said Kate
We have a meeting point in mind and our messenger should be finding us soon. Once he does, we're out of here. It's been too long since we split up from everyone and we need to get back to them, said Humphrey
Ok! But you should at least say hi to everyone else before you go, said Kate
I'll give Lilly, Garth, Candy, Sweets, and even the blockhead Nars my hellos and goodbyes the first chance I get, said Humphrey
I better go back to my cave, said Kate
(In the underground cave)
So Humphrey, how does it feel to be home, said Salty
A lot has changed, but it's nice to see it again, said Humphrey
So does this mean you're going to stay here, said Shakey
Guys, I'm going back with you, said Humphrey
Are you sure about that man? What about Kate, said Mooch
What about her, said Humphrey
Don't you like her or something; you wouldn't stop talking about her the first time you met. It was almost as if you loved her, said Mooch
Love!? Me and her. Well maybe...I….you see….you know I do. But I can't stay here or be with her; no matter how much I want to, said Humphrey
Is it because you're an omega and didn't pass the alpha test and it's very uncommon or an alpha to be in love with an omega and vice versa, said Shakey and then got hit by Mooch
I would say that's part of it, but it's not. They know that we know about Daria...sort of, said Humphrey
But you're the only wolf that know about her, not us really. And the pack leader knows too, but still, said Salty
Kate is an alpha now. She has duty to her pack and her duty might be to get the information out of me whether she knows it or not, said Humphrey
And you think she'll do whatever it takes to get it, said Salty
I don't think so! But if not her, her dad or grouchy Tony will get it out of me. They might use it for themselves and make Winston the wolf king. And as much as I think he's a great wolf, and he is because he was incredibly awesome trust me, he can't be king of the wolves either. Our duty as omegas is to keep peace, not start wars. Them learning about how to be king of the wolves will cause one, said Humphrey
And that will mean you have to fight Kate, said Mooch
No! She would join our side for Humphrey's sake, said Shakey
No she wouldn't. She has duty to her pack and she wants to be the next leader of the pack. Helping us would ruin her chances and I can't let that happen; and I was really starting to have feelings for her again, said Humphrey
After their talk, Humphrey and the guys went to sleep. Unknown to them, Kate listened on the whole conversation. While she understood what Humphrey was trying to do, she didn't like it. As much as she wanted to go and talk to him, she headed home since the storm was coming and didn't want to get caught in it.
The next morning, Kate got up to do some early stretching. While she was stretching, she thought to herself that she should tell her father about the name(Daria) Humphrey was talking about, but she knew that could put him in danger from her father. Then suddenly, she could hear voices coming from the bushes. She decided to go check it out; it was a duck and a goose. It was rare to see birds on the ground like this, so Kate decided to go an hunt them for food. She would wait for a moment, study them, and pounced on the goose.
The goose was doing his best to get away from Kate; even going so far as to hit her with a club. THis only made Kate angrier and she began to chase after the goose. He would fly up in the air to get away, but Kate would jump on to him and fly with him. She would then notice that the goose was trying to fly into the tree in hopes of getting rid of Kate, but that didn't stop her. The two would hit the tree together and fall to the ground. Before Kate could do anything, Humphrey stopped her
Kate don't eat him, said Humphrey
What! Why, said Kate confused
These are the messengers I told you about. The goose right here is Marcel and the duck up their is Paddy. They're french, said Humphrey
French-Canadian Humphrey;you always make that mistake Humphrey, said Paddy
How are you guys, said Humphrey
Fine, until that crazy wolf over there attacked me, said Marcel
Hey, your food to me, said Kate
I'll have you know that I am a french canadian golf player of the forest in sawtooth national; not some brutish wolf's meal, said Marcel
Call me a brute again and I will make you my meal, said Kate as she growled at Marcel
Easy you two; let's not fight, said Paddy
So have you come to look for us and tell me and the guys the meeting point, said Humphrey
No actually! You're the first one we've found; we don't know where everyone else is, said Paddy
We've been searching for all of you, but no one has turned up yet. Let's just hope everyone got away. On a side note, who is this wolf; you know her, said Marcel
This is Kate; she's the friend I told you abou, said Humphrey
So you are Kate. Humphrey has told us about you. It's a pleasure to meet you, said Paddy
Thanks! Humphrey can talk to you alone for a bit, said Kate
Sure, said Humphrey
We better go Paddy; it seems these two want some alone time, said Marcel
I would agree these two wolves want to be rekindle their romance after such a long time, said Paddy
The two birds leave while Kate and Humphrey would proceed to talking. Elsewhere, Princess, Lyle and Link were in the area. The three wolves were preparing for their mission. The only problem is….Princess doesn't want to go through with it
