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Disclaimer: The Secret Saturdays does not belong to me.
Please note that this story is Major AU.
Summary: The Saturdays are sent to a town to investigate some black wolf sightings. They meet Zak, a kid who roams the forest next to the town. But Zak is the black wolf and also has Cryptid powers; can the young hybrid keep his secrets safe? Especially after Argost seems to know that he's hiding something. And on top of all that the Saturdays and the Secret Scientists are starting to get a little suspicious.
Howl Of The Wolf
Chapter 13: Regrets Of A Captured Kid
Zak blinked his eyes open, it was immediately apparent to him that whatever he was leaning against was no pillow. In fact it was a dungeon wall, which is not typically known to be the comfiest thing in the world.
The last thing he remembered was being in a net and being carried away against his will.
He'd been captured!
He quickly got up and inspected the room.
The walls were a dirty light brown color and, to Zak's dismay, both the walls and the floor were made of something very hard so he couldn't possibly dig his way to freedom.
There were no lights in the cell, but light shown in from the hallway through the bars on the little window in the door so the room was slightly illuminated.
Zak looked into the hallway but all he saw was an empty hall, not that he expected much more.
He sighed and sat with his back against the wall and waited.
Zak wasn't sure how long he'd been waiting, even though it felt like years, he suspected it had been only a few hours.
During his wait he entertained himself with drawing some pictures in the dirt that'd collected in his cell after years and years.
"I see you're entertaining yourself." Zak's head snapped up and he saw the dead-smelling captor himself.
The captured hybrid glared fiercely.
"I do hope you're enjoying your stay at my mansion."
"Well, it's not worth 5 stars, but I would enjoy a pizza." Zak smiled mischievously.
Argost was not amused. "You joke, but did you know that the only reason the Saturday family took you in was because you have the potential to control Kur."
Zak's smile faded. He knew that the Saturdays had only wanted him to go with them because of his Cryptid powers but Argost was making it sound like the family was after Kur to take over the world or something.
"As soon as they're done with you, they'll throw you out onto the street, without even looking back." Argost continued.
"I highly doubt they'll come and rescue you. Especially after keeping such a secret from them." Argost's creepy laugh echoed as he left Zak alone in the dungeon.
Zak knew Argost was trying to trick him, manipulate him into thinking the Saturdays were the bad guys.
What really scared Zak though is how Argost seemed to know he was keeping a secret. Did he know he was part wolf? Zak pushed it out of his mind, he didn't want to think about that right now.
But, even so, Zak doubted the Saturdays were coming to get him. They were probably glad he was gone. And he couldn't blame them. After all he'd played numerous pranks on them, and all they'd done was try to protect him.
He felt like a jerk.
'Why'd I do all that stuff?' Zak asked himself.
Maybe he was subconsciously mad at them for taking him away from his life in the forest? Or maybe he was just scared to get close to another family.
"We have to rescue Zak!" Drew said frantically. "Who knows what Argost will do to him! Could be doing to him right now!"
The family was now back inside their airship, planning their next move.
"I know, we're going to go rescue him." Doc sighed. "No matter how annoying he is."
~ 20 Minutes Later ~
The entire family was on edge. They hoped they could rescue Zak before something bad happened to him.
Suddenly an alarm started to go off. The airship was malfunctioning and they had to land before they crashed.
"What's going on?" Doyle asked, entering the command room.
"Something's wrong with the airship, we have to land." Doc explained.
All was grimly silent after that. It didn't need to be said that Zak would be stuck in Weird World until they got off the ground again.
The airship was inspected and it was determined that the problem was easily fixable, but it would take all night for the system to work again.
Reluctantly, the Saturdays fell into a restless sleep that night, hoping that Zak would be okay until the next day.
It was night now, Zak knew that much.
In the time he'd spent cooped up in the dungeon he'd decided that Weird World was a lot cooler on TV. Especially because smells couldn't come through the television.
He wasn't sure exactly how to describe it, but Weird World smelt mainly of death, pain and sorrow. It was sad. Very sad.
Zak yawned. It was late, and the night before he hadn't gotten as much sleep as he usually did because of that dream. The dream which he now knew had been a warning about his capture.
Though the truth is that even if Zak had known that Argost had been planning to capture him, he couldn't have just walked away and left the Amarok that had been being controlled to suffer.
Slowly, the wolf hybrid fell asleep. Hoping that Argost didn't know exactly what he was.
Zak: So what was the point of this chapter, really?
White Wolf: Well, I'm setting the stage for the next chapter! But you'll just have to wait to see!
White Wolf: Does Argost know? Does he?
Zak: I sure hope not…..
So again, I'm setting the stage for the next chapter! ^_^
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~White Wolf Out~