Chapter Two(2)-Filling in the Blanks

Author's Note: Hello again people. Since so many of you liked this story, I decided to make this update a priority. Thank you all again for your reviews and as long as they keep on coming, I'll update ASAP. Now I'm not gonna be one of those authors that will wait a whole two months if you don't review. XD It's just that I will focus more on my other stories. Well, I won't keep you waiting. Please enjoy this installment.

Jasper Park, Canada-Western Territory of the Unified Packs: Winston, Humphrey, Eve, Tony, and Kate: 13:39:17 Hours(1:39 P.M.)

Winston and Kate walked towards their den in silence. Winston didn't want to let his daughter know anymore than she already does. Kate was still trying to think of what her father and Garth were referring to. It was for the best however, as their discussion would have surely spawned an argument.

The duo arrived a minute later, having already walked in silence for four. Kate was the first up the ramp. She entered and was surprised to find Tony there, along with her mother, Eve. She spoke, as her father came in behind here. "Hey mom, what's Tony doing here?" Eve was about to answer, but Tony beat her to it. "You know, you could have just asked me. You don't have to be all rude and-" Winston interrupted. "Tony! Don't talk to my daughter like that. We all have more urgent matters to attend to anyway. Now, where is Humphrey?"

Eve sighed and pointed to the corner. There lied a still unconscious gray-furred wolf. Kate gasped and ran over to her companion. She nudged him with her nose, but he only twitched his ear. She turned to Eve. "What happened?! What did you do to him?!" She growled and got ready to jump on her mother. Winston, as he had before, put a paw on her shoulder to prevent attack.

Eve bore an expression of shock at first, but then remembered that Kate was HER daughter after all. She sighed. "I didn't do anything. Neither did Tony. It was-" Tony once again beat her to it. "That omega attacked me. All I did was try to encourage him for what he has to do." Kate sighed, then returned to her previous actions, this time aimed at her father.

"That's another thing! What are you all hiding from me?!" Winston tried to reach his paw out again, but this time she smacked it away. Her father, completely at a loss for words, glanced back and forth between Kate and the other two. If anyone was paying attention they would notice Humphrey gaining consciousness and beginning to stand.

Humphrey P.O.V.

I awoke with a really, really bad headache. But, even though I was in a large amount of pain, that was not enough to distract me from what was happening in front of me. I saw Kate arguing with her father about something. It took me a moment to process a reason as to why she would yell at her family, then it hit me. 'She must have found out about the fight,' I thought.

After I saw Winston at a loss for words, I decided to make my entrance. I stood and walked towards the group. I saw Eve look over at me in shock, and what I actually thought was wariness. What had I done?

I decided to ignore her expression and speak. "Kate...what's wrong?" She gasped and turned around. As soon as she saw me standing she pounced on me and began kissing me all over. I was in total shock and thought her actions were a little too much. Everyone else stared at us in shock. I stopped her barrage of kisses and chuckled.

"What's gotten into you?" She had a look of slight disbelief on her face. "I thought something had happened to you. Are you okay?" I rubbed my head. "Well, obviously something happened since I woke up in the corner of your parents's den with a splitting headache. But, other than that I'm fine." She chuckled at my words. I couldn't help but smile a bit either.

However, our moment was short lived. She got off of me and faced the other three again, growling. 'Uh-oh,' I thought.

Normal P.O.V.

Tony spoke now, somewhat agitated. "Now look here Kate. The omega is still standing, and everyone else is alright. What is your problem?" Kate eased on her growling slightly to speak. "The omega's name is Humphrey! Why can't you just say his name? And my problem is that I was told we were having a meeting with you about cleanup work, when my father and I met with Garth about something completely unrelated! So, what I want to know is, what are you all hiding from me?!" She stood there breathing heavily, waiting for an answer. "Well..."

Winston sighed. "Tony, go back to your son and explain what this fully is and who he's facing." The alpha of the Eastern territory hesitated, but exited the den and began to head home. He spoke again, this time to Kate. "I think...we need to talk." Eve nodded in agreement and sat down where she stood. Humphrey stood on all fours and sat down next to Kate. "If you have to tell her anything about this, I'll be here to make sure she knows the full truth." The tan furred female next to him smiled and sat as well.

Her father sat down next to Eve, and began to explain everything. "Kate, I'm sorry for hiding this from you for a total of five days now. However, I had reason to. There was a meeting between all of the alphas, and a few betas. We all came up with a new idea for a tradition. We had a vote on it and-" Kate stopped her father. "What is this tradition?" Winston responded to her. "A contest of strength and wits. We-" Humphrey interrupted this time. "Tell it to her straight. It's not just any contest. It's a fight and you know it!"

Eve tensed up and prepared to subdue the omega if necessary. Luckily, he did not move. Kate was shocked. "A fighting contest? Who's first to participate in this?" Winston sighed again. "Someone close to you, and that's all y-" He was interrupted a third time, once again by Humphrey. "Me. I'm the first to fight in it. An alpha against an omega." Kate was angered by this, and rather unsurprisingly pushed her father to the ground and stood over him, a paw holding him down. "Who is he...wait a minute. He's fighting Garth?! Dad, are you crazy?! Why would you do that?"

Her father spoke frantically. "I...I'm sorry Kate. It wasn't my choice! I mean I..I..um..." She sighed and stepped off of him, lying down a few feet away, facing the opposite direction. She spoke quietly now. "Why didn't you just tell me?" Winston stood and approached his daughter and rested a paw on her shoulder. "Kate I..." She shook his paw off her shoulder. "Don't talk to me." Completely defeated, the head alpha of the West sat down on the opposite side of the den facing the wall. Eve joined, and nuzzled him.

Humphrey did not entirely expect this outcome, but accepted it. With an inaudible sigh he lied down next to Kate. She rested her head on his side and closed her eyes. The gray and black colored omega was left with his thoughts now. 'I wonder what Garth thinks of this. And how will Lilly react?' Little did he know, his questions were about to be answered elsewhere.

Jasper Park, Canada-Eastern Territory of the Unified Packs: Tony, Garth: 13:47:10 Hours(1:47 P.M.)

Tony had reached the Eastern territory and was approaching his son's den. He arrived two minutes later and entered to see Garth doing log squats. Tony chuckled at this. "Did I catch you at a bad time?" Garth stopped what he was doing and walked over to his father. "No, of course not. What did you need?" His father answered him. "I need to speak to you about the fight."

His son nodded his head. "Okay. What is it?" Tony responded, "It's about your opponent. You remember the ome...Humphrey right?" Garth sat attentively and wait for his dad to continue, after nodding his head again. "Well, he's who you'll be facing. The rules...just don't kill him. However, be careful. He may be more of a challenge than you'd think."

His son sighed. "So, I have to fight the coyote? As long as neither of us get fatally injured we'll be fine, right?" Tony nodded. "Why? You're not scared are you?" Garth shook his head. "Of course not. I just wanted to clarify everything." His father nodded. "Oh, okay. Well, I'll leave you to rest now if you want to. You're free of duties until after the fight. Good luck son. I'll see you later." With that Tony walked out of the den and went to his own.

Garth P.O.V.

I had told my father that I wasn't afraid of fighting Humphrey. In reality, I was almost terrified. I was fighting a wolf I barely even knew. Sure he was only an omega, but that doesn't mean anything. He could have just chosen that rank to have less responsibility. All I know is that I will have to do my best. I just hope that I'm not the one to do anything irrational. Well I'd better tell Lilly about this. I hope she'll understand.

Normal P.O.V.

The rest of the day passed rather quickly. Garth had told Lilly about everything that was to happen, and she was quite sad. Either way, one of her friends would get hurt. Kate handled the matter differently than thinking. She had remained with Humphrey for the rest of the day and avoided conversation with her father and any other alphas.

It was night time now, as the moon covered the territory of Jasper in it's illuminating light. Most of the wolves prepared to go to sleep, while others patrolled the territory and looked for any signs of trouble. Both the alpha and omega that were soon to fight were now about to rest their heads. They had to prepare for their match up. There were few clouds to be seen, representing the clear path ahead for both packs. However, this could easily be a cloak to what was truly soon to happen.

A/N: Well, here is the full chapter. Kate is mad at her father and the fight is only a day away now. Garth appeared to handle this new information mostly well. I wonder if Humphrey will be able to succeed in defeating him. Only time will tell. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Plus, I wanted to know if you guys want to see some filler stuff in the next chapter, or would you like to skip to the fight? Let me know in a review or PM. Until next time. -Whiskey