A Son of Wolves

Chapter 10: The Prophesied One

The Construction site was larger then Leo thought it would be. It was the size of Times Square in New York, and it was terrifying to see and know how close it was to the Pack's territory. They only had to walk for an hour, which was around three miles away. Kate and Humphrey didn't have a choice. They lost Leo once; they weren't going to again, so they came with him to show him the way. Leo knew deep down they were the ones who raised him, but there was also a part of him that didn't want to believe it, so he hadn't called them "mom" or "dad" since he last did. He just wasn't comfortable with the idea of calling wolves his parents, so he tried to avoid using it.

But the construction site was before them, and Kate and Humphrey could not believe they were already back here. They came here already to try and get the humans away, but they lost many wolves, Lily nearly being one of them when they ran back. They looked on with fear radiating off of them in into Leo's senses. Bulldozers, trucks, diggers, humans and other large and noisy machines drove around, demolishing the forest and building this new street. Kate and Humphrey were ready to cry, seeing their home in the hands of the humans like this, they had to have it back. But that was a matter for another time, Lily was in trouble. And as much as Leo wasn't prepared to accept them back as his parents and his family just yet, he wasn't going to watch a stunning wolf such as Lily die before him and her family.

They looked on from the depths on the bushes and behind a skip, watching as the terrifyingly loud things drove passed and emitting the rancid, toxic smells coming from them. Neither Humphrey nor Kate could go back in there, they just couldn't. But neither did they want Leo going in either, not when they saw what they could do. Leo saw men walking around the perimeter with rifles, men most likely hired by the construction agency to keep the wolves out again. Leo looked from their spot, but he couldn't see where a first aid box would be kept. Around the site were several small portable office like booths, there had to be one in one of them. Leo, not seeing how he could be hurt stepped around the corner, but only then to be pulled back quickly.

"Where are you going?" Humphrey exclaimed quietly.

"I'm going to get the kit." Leo replied. "I can get it."

"We can't let you go back in there." Kate added fearfully. "We told you what they did to us; they'll do the same to you."

"You're wolves, I'm not. I can get in, find what we need and be out in no time. They won't turn a blind eye to me." Kate and Humphrey looked at one another, not seeing any other way. Leo was one of them; he could go in without being shot. But Leo wasn't saying quite everything. They wouldn't allow him in there; he'd be turned around and ordered to get out. If he refused then the police would be called, they'd find out he ran away from the care home and send him back. He'd have to use stealth. Seeing no other way, Kate stepped closer to her son and licked his cheek.

"Just be careful." She said with a tear in her eye.

"I will." He replied standing back up to walk into the devils lair. Kate and Humphrey peered around the skip to watch their son enter their version of hell, humans and noise.

Leo ran across and into the site, quickly hiding around the corner of the first block he came to. He peered through a window, only seeing it was a manager's office, so the chance of thee being a first aid kit inside would be highly unlikely. He was looking for a place that looked like the workers went inside often, or one that had a kit in plain view. He peered around the corner, seeing more blocks scattered around the site, but there was no way to get to them unless he just walked out. He tried to see a way around, but he couldn't, there was only one choice. He stepped out and began walking as confidently as he could towards the nearest block.

He was looked and stared at by other around, mostly likely wondering who he was and what he was doing here. A fourteen year old kid in a construction site is not something you see most of the time. He reached the next block, and walked towards the door. He was still being watched by a small group of workers, so he couldn't spy through a window or else it'll raise suspicion. He pulled down the handle and stepped up and into the block. This one seemed to be a kind of living zone. There were chairs, tables, side boards, and what looked like a kitchen on the other side. This was the place he was looking for, there had to be one around here. He walked to the other side and started opening draws and cupboards, hoping something would be in there. But as he reached the last one, he saw that there wasn't one in here either.

He sighed and turned around to lean against the surface and put his head in his hands to try and think as to where it could be. He looked up, and something on the other side of the room behind the opened door caught his mind. He walked over to the door and shut it, to find that behind it was a large bag, hung onto a peg with a large green cross on it. He smiled and laughed a little while he pulled it down, to find that it was full and heavy, a good sign. He opened it, seeing that inside it was full of bandages, plasters, drugs, slings, syringes, a whole medical kit. He zipped it up and threw the strap over his shoulder.

But suddenly, the door sung open, so he shifted towards the door and hid behind it as it swung and trapped him behind it. "Where'd he go?" A deep voiced man asked.

"That kid came in here, we saw him sir." Another said.

"Maybe he left." Replied a third. "We'll keep an eye out; bring him to my office if you see him."

"But sir, surly it'll be safer if we just get him out of here?" As they were talking, the deep voiced man stepped a little around the door, but with his back to Leo who was being crushed behind the door. But once more, Leo saw something on his belt. On it were tools, hanging from straps and pockets, one of which was a thin set of pliers, perfect for what he needed. He could clean them when he got back to the pack. If he could get back that was. He reached out, taking the pliers carefully in his hands and manoeuvring them around and slipping them out the strap without the man knowing. It was then they seemed to have stopped talking and walked out, closing the door behind them. He sighed, breathing for the first time. He stood there for a moment, placing the pliers in his own rucksack before cracking the door open and peaking outside. He didn't see anyone, other then the ones walking on the other side of the site who weren't looking, giving him the perfect chance to run.

He stepped out, closing the door behind him to make it so he was never in there at all. He wasn't afraid about stealing this; it was for a good cause. Besides, he was sure they would have plenty more around. He started walking back across the site, only then to hear some yell. "Hey!" He spun around, to see three men walking towards him, two workers in uniform and another in a suit. He started to panic, so he whirled around and ran towards the trees.

"After him!" The suited man yelled as all three started running after him. Leo was slowed due to the two bags he was carrying, but he wasn't going to let the catch him. He neared the trees, and saw Kate and Humphrey looked around the skip with happy faces that he was ok. But they faded when he saw then men chasing him.

"Kid wait, don't go in there!" The second worker bellowed at him.

"Run." Leo said as he reached the skip and into the forest. Neither Kate nor Humphrey waited another second before running with their son and away from the humans. They didn't dare enter the trees, not when there were wolves inside, especially the ones who came after them two weeks ago. They slid to a stop before running into the trees, yelling and beckoning for the "kid" to come back before he got hurt, but their pleas went unanswered.

Leo, Kate and Humphrey ran as fast as they could, but sadly slower due to the weight Leo was carrying. It felt like he was carrying a two year old on his back. Being concerned that they were still in danger, they weren't going to leave him behind, so Humphrey and Kate stayed in pace with him the entire way. They looked around, seeing that they weren't being pursued after ten minuets of walking. So they slowed it down to a brisk walk, enough to keep moving quickly and regain their breath. "What happened back there?" Humphrey asked.

"They saw me stealing this." He said motioning to the bag. "Then I guess they didn't want me coming in here so they tried to stop me." He added speaking as though it was nothing.

"Are you ok honey?" Kate asked concerned and looking him from head to toe, even though she couldn't see under his clothes, she just wanted to be satisfied that he was ok.

"I'm fine, it's Lily who needs help." Leo replied as his breath returned to him, something that made Kate started to question something. She looked back to Humphrey, seeing that he was still panting and trying to regain his breathing again, whereas she and Leo were now pretty much fine. When he was younger, Kate always thought Leo was to be an Omega, because he loved to have fun and play games, he was a playful one, more then the serious type. But after running with him this morning and seeing what he could do, it made her think. Was Leo a human Alpha? Surely the humans had their Alpha's and Omega's, so was he an Alpha? It made her smile, thinking that if he was, then he's done her proud, by becoming the Alpha she wanted him to be, but with the personality she wanted of Humphrey. She wanted an Alpha as a son, but who loved the fun and games as well as being able to loosen up, something she couldn't really do, not in these tough times.

Not even the Omegas of the pack seemed to find the time for fun. Going outside the Valley was pretty much walking to your death via the humans. The Valley was the only safe zone from them, they never came this far in, nor have they ever. Humphrey and the other Omegas always tried to lighten the situation, it was in their blood to do so, but even they sometimes found it hard to lighten up others when they couldn't even themselves.

The walk to the valley felt shorter then it did on the way out, and soon Leo was received the growls and glares from the pack as he passed. They walked up the slope, eager to get to Lily. But then, Leo was pulled back by something. He tripped over his footing and fell, stumbling back down the small slope and crashing in a pile at the bottom. He threw the bag away to get up, but then a wolf jumped over him and pinned him down to snarl in his face. He moved his feet under the brown wolf and threw him off, then scrambling to his feet and lowering himself to an attack position to face the wolf. Kate and Humphrey came running back out to see Leo circling with another wolf, shortly followed by Winston and Eve.

"Tony!" Winston growled. The two stopped circling and both looked up at them.

"Our worst fears have come true!" Tony called out the wolves that circled him. "A human has come into the Valley."

"It's Leo!" Humphrey yelled as he and Late ran down to his side.

"So the human returns." Tony cackled. "And just like I said, he's grown up to be the hunter we all feared he'd be."

"I'm no hunter…" Leo replied. "I've never killed anything."

"You won't yet." Tony growled. "Winston, move your daughter and her mate out the way so I can save us all." He demanded up to him. A deep growl escaped the back of Kate and Humphrey's throat, taking not only Tony, but the rest of the pack by surprise as they stood in front of him protectively. Tony was baffled that they would defy one of their leaders, that they would commit treason to him and to the pack for letting a human come to it, one that many years ago brought two bears into the pack and nearly killed both he and Garth.

But then something astonishing happened. Leo stepped forward, pushing passed his parents. He didn't say anything as he stood casually and removing his bag and throwing it to the side. "I remember you." He said as he started to circle and making Tony copy his actions. "You're the one who always hated me, the one who had it in for me for as long as I remember."

"For good reason, hunter." Tony snarled. Kate took a step forward, seeing where this was heading. But Leo sensed her movement and put his hand up to stop her, so she did. She knew as an Alpha that single combat between two wolves cannot be interrupted, and this was where it was headed.

"Is that what you call all humans, hunters?" Leo continued. "I said I've never killed anything in my life, when you all chased me a few hours ago I wasn't going to kill any of you. When Garth came after me I hurt him, hoping that he'd see the point that he wasn't going to win would get across to him, that he'd better leave me alone. But he didn't. I was prepared to kill him, but it was the last thing I wanted to do."

"Your point being?" Tony grumbled as they continued to circle. Leo moved around, foolishly turning his back to Tony, who did nothing as Leo picked up the medical kit and threw the strap over his shoulder.

"The point is that Lily is dying. Now you either let me go in there to help her and we'll settle this later, or we'll deal with this now and she dies while we do it." He replied as he kept circling him and heading back towards his parents who looked on anxiously.

"Who do you think you are hunter?" He spat.

"Who do you think you are you foolish old wolf?" Leo countered. The wolves around them erupted into gasps and mummers. Never in the years they'd been here had they ever had someone snap back at Tony like that, Tony was ready to charge and have at him. Both Leo and Tony glared at one another in the eye, neither blinking to breaking the stare. Leo was holding his ground and has much as Tony hated it, he saw his point. Lily was his son's mate, his daughter-in-law, his family. The longer they wasted, the less of a chance she had at survival.

Leo turned his back to Tony, picking up his bag as he did and walking back towards and up the slope. Tony was awestruck, did he just really let a human call him that and walk away? He snarled and charged at Leo, Garth who stood on the rise watching called out Leo's name. He looked back out the corner of his eye and whirled around, swinging the large, heavy bag like a bat, hitting Tony and sending him back and to the dirt. He slid to a stop and looked back up to Leo, with wide eyes, as did every other wolf there. Leo glared back at him before turning back around and walking back up the slope. Tony looked up to his son, but he only shook his head and walked into the den.

Lily still lay in the back, her breathing more shallow and heart rate weakening as the minutes passed. Leo saw this and quickened the last few steps and set the bag to his side as he opened it and started rummaging around inside for anything he could use. Kate approached, and licked his cheek. He looked at her, she smiled at him and he did in return before finding the things he needed. Kate went around to her sister's head, whispering that she'll be fine. Garth sat with her, Eve, Winston and Humphrey sat behind and next to him, watching what he was doing with curiosity.

He pulled out the pliers, still filthy and handed them to Eve, asking her to find a way of cleaning them. She took it in her mouth and dashed to the nearest pond while Leo continued to look through what else he could use. He pulled out several wipes and bandages. He found Morphine, but thought against it. Her heart was weak enough as it was, giving her any of this, if it didn't kill her because morphine wasn't good for wolves, would only bring her heart rate dangerously low, most likely causing it to flat line and kill her. He placed it back just as Eve returned. He dried the pliers on his jumper and made sure he had everything. He moved over to Lily's head, and she sensed his movement and opened her eyes a fraction to look up at him. "This is going to hurt, so please don't think I'm doing this on purpose." He said. He then placed his hand on her cheek and whispered. "I'm going to make you better." She started whimpering as the fear that this could be her final moments approached.

"Do you know what you're doing?" Eve asked.

"Not really, but it can't be too hard." He said as he took a wipe in his hand. He began gently wiping around the wound, cleaning everything around and over it to stop infection, if she didn't already have one. If she's had this in her for two weeks, then she was at serious risk. He wasted no time in doing that and throwing the used ones to the side. He then delicately lifted her leg and shuffled closer with the pliers tight in his hand. "Ready?" He asked. She weakly nodded. "Ok, after three." Garth took hold of her other paw, ready to cry himself. "One…two…three." He then put the end of the pliers into the wound and felt around for the bullet. Lily's eyes shot wide open, far more then she had in over a week. She screamed, so loud you could have heard her voice on the other side of the Valley. Even the wolves outside heard her and thought Leo was hurting her.

Leo moved the pliers around slowly, stretching the wound open a little and making a small river of blood run down her shoulder. Slowly her screams fell silent; up to the point she then flopped out and fainted. Her grip on Garth's paw relaxed, making him worry. "What happened?" He asked wanting to hear nothing bad.

"She fainted, she'll ok if I can get this out." Leo said trying to concentrate. He fiddled around for a minute longer, until he felt and heard metal on metal contact. He squeezed his hands feeling it couldn't close all the way, so therefore he had a hold of something. But was it the bullet? "I think I got it." He said. He chanced it and gently yet quickly pulled out, taking the pliers and the mangled bullet with him. Everyone took a sigh of relief and even a light laugh that she'd be fine. Only Leo knew that she wasn't out of the woods yet, she could still bleed out. He covered his hand over the wound and grabbed the bandage he prepared and started to wrap it around his shoulder, going over her leg, under her chest then around her leg, then back across her chest and so on. He used two, seeing as the bleeding still came through, it was enough to stop it. He pinned it all together, and sat back on his heels. It made Garth begin to worry, she was still out cold.

"Why isn't she waking up?" He asked.

"It's up to her to wake up now." He said wiping a drip of sweat off his forehead and being careful not to wipe Lily's blood on him. Garth let a tear fall down his cheek as he lay down and started whispering in her ear a plea that she wakes up. Kate sat beside Humphrey and Winston and Eve together, all trying to comfort their partners and waiting for Lily to heal herself.

Forty minutes later, they all still sat in silence, no-one speaking a word after Leo spoke his last. But then came the moment they were all waiting for. They all sensed something and looked down to Lily. Her chest rose, higher then it had in weeks, they could all hear her breath loudly and as if all was normal. Garth felt her heartbeat returned to normal. They all looked closer as her eyes started to flutter and her paws started to twitch and slowly they began to open to reveal that lavender that Garth so loved. She groaned and slowly opened her eyes to see those of her loving mate. "Did you fix it?" She asked feebly.

"Yeah." Garth replied, letting another tear fall down his cheek and brushing his paw over her cheek. "Everything going to be fine."

"Then why are you crying?" She asked seeing as she's never really seen him cry.

"I'm just so happy you're going to be ok."

"Where's Leo?"

"He's right here honey." Winston said licking her cheek and then waving for him to come over. He walked over and knelt beside her head and she managed to gain the strength to move her head and looked up at him.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome Aunt Lily." He smiled.

"Rest sweetheart, we'll be right here." Eve whispered. Lily laid her head back down and shut her eyes, passing out straight away again. "Thank you." Eve said to Leo as he stood up. "Thank you for everything."

"Well, I guess your family, so I had to really." He said awkwardly and rubbing the back of his head.

"Why don't you three head home? We'll howl when she's awake." Winston advised.

"Come on Leo, time to go home." Kate said getting to her paws.

"Actually I'd like to stay a little while longer?" He questioned. "I just want to be certain she'll be ok. And I can take care of what I did to you." He said pointing to Garth.

"Are you sure?" Humphrey asked.

"We'll point him in the right direction." Eve said.

"Ok, be good Leo." He just shook his head and he rummaged around in the bag.

Kate and Humphrey walked back, looking sensible and happy. But as soon as they were out of earshot from them and down the slope, they erupted into howls and laughter, bounding and shoving each other happily. There son was back, Lily was going to be fine, they were over the moon. They ran across the Valley, laughing and howling in pure joy and happiness, shoving and pulling one another, just so, so happy. They sped up their slope, continuing their playfulness with one another, all the way up to the den entrance where they stopped and overlooked the Valley to howl. Although it wasn't night and the next full moon was a few nights away, they howled in celebration for everything that was going right so far. They lowered their heads after a brief moment of howling and continued to bat each other up un-clawed paws and shoving each other around.

"This is so great!" Kate giggled while bounding in circles.

"I know, god this it amazing!" Humphrey howled happily. They came to a stop, with Kate's back to the den entrance. "Kate…" He said as he started walking towards her, therefore making her started to back up into the den. "Our son has come home; he's going to save us and the pack. Lily's going to get better and we'll all be the family we used to have." He said as he kissed her while still pushing her back into the den. The intensity of the kiss grew the further into the den that got, to the point where they became too excited, in more then one way. The day only just got a whole lot better for them.

A few hours later, the sun was starting to go down and Leo was walking up that slope supposedly leading towards his parents den. Lily was wide awake, looking fine and happy as she once did. She was going to be completely fine. Eve could take over from him, she knew what to do. Winston pointed Leo in the right direction, they thought it might be best if they didn't call Humphrey and Kate back, just so they could have some time before Leo came. But they didn't know what they were up to while they were gone, mostly likely readying their den for Leo. He took with him his bag, but left the medical bag behind, so if he had to use anything on Lily then he could without having to drag it all the way across the Valley.

He walked up the gently slope, his bag thrown over one shoulder and peered into what he presumed was a den. He stepped a little inside. "Err…Mom, Dad?" He called out awkwardly.

"We're out the back!" Kate yelled back to him. He placed his back to the side of the den and walked through. It was tall enough for him to stand up in, but the entrance was not tall enough, so he had to duck under a little. It looked like this den had been dug out in a mound in the earth, and a second entrance or exit opened on the other side. He walked all the way through, being careful not to hit his head on the tree root that precariously stuck out the ceiling a little. He stepped out the back entrance, not seeing anything until he looked to his left. He saw Kate and Humphrey in what looked like a small pond, only that they were doing a little more then what seemed like bathing. He was nibbling her neck while she moaned and giggled at the flirting comments he gave to her while he did.

"Seriously?" He exclaimed and turning his back to them.

"What?" Humphrey chuckled.

"Could you not do that if I'm going to be around?" He asked as he turned back to face them.

"We're mated, get used to it son." Kate giggled. He walked up to them, sitting on his heels a little beside the pond. "So how's Lily?" She asked running a paw over her head and neck.

"She'll be fine." Leo answered. "She's awake and eating at the moment."

"She barely ate before, she was too tired too." Humphrey said with a happy smile.

"So what have you been doing before I came?" Leo then asked, taking them by surprise.

"We were getting the place nice before you came, does it look ok?" Kate asked nervously. But despite that, Leo for the first time found it hard to see through her lie, so he couldn't determine whether it was or not. He guessed being a master to know when someone's lying or what's really on their mind also let's you to mask it from yourself. So he let it slide.

"Ok, whatever you say."

"Wanna jump in after us? We're nearly done." Humphrey asked as he checked over his fur.

"Sure, I think I could use a bath." Leo replied while getting to his feet. His clothes were dirty, he smelt of sweat, blood and body odour, he really did need one. He walked back to the den, having another look around while he retrieved his bag and stepped out to the pond. At the same time both Kate and Humphrey were shaking dry as he approached. But Humphrey stopped a little before and let out an erotic growl towards Kate, who when she heard brushed her tail under his chin. Leo walked passed them and dropped his bag to the side of the pool. But as he did that, Kate looked back at him, nearly forgetting something. Leo removed his shirt as Kate approached. She coughed, making him look back at her, he wasn't embarrassed, the other girls saw him topless a many a times in the care home, so he didn't care. She raised her paw, holding the necklace he left behind. He knelt down to her level and slid it off her wrist to link it back around his neck. "Thanks mom." He smiled.

"You're welcome Leo." She said licking his cheek. "It's great to have you back." She added as she turned around. When she was out of sight, Leo made a quick dash to remove to rest of his clothing and step into the pond. The water was surprisingly not that cold, and the bottom was stone and hard earth, suggesting it had been there for a while. The part Kate and Humphrey was sat on was shallow, going no higher then Leo's bottom rib if he sat, but there was a drop that went deeper and went up to the same lower rib if he stood up. He made it quick to wash all over, but without shampoo, he was left with a neutral smell. He didn't smell bad, but then he didn't smell good either. But he was satisfied, he couldn't do much anyway. He washed off the blood, and dirt that had gathered on him over the few days he's been out here and now he was clean enough.

He stepped out, taking out a clean set of clothes; he put on his underwear and trousers, but left his top half on while he tried to wash his dirty clothes. It looked like he was doing it, but while he did; he started to hear more then just his parents talking and their voices growing ever nearer. He looked around, just as they and another wolf who at first he thought was Lily, but another just like her. Her blue eyes gazed at him in awe and the feathers in her ear added to her beauty. "Well Leo haven't you got big." She said with a small laugh.

"Sahara?" He questioned and dropping his shirt on the floor, making a squelching sound as he did.

"So I see you remember me." She giggled upon further approaching.

"How could I forget a wolf that wore eagle feathers?" He chuckled.

"Touché, but my, my haven't you grown." She gasped as he stood right before her. She looked him up and down, admiring every aspect of the human and mentally noting how he had changed since she last saw him. She noted how he now had a more muscular body then he did and more so compared to other humans she'd spied on. She looked him over, finding it all so interesting how he had changed in ten years. "Oh I and you are going to be spending some time together."

"Why?" He asked puzzled.

"Sahara's one for the humans." Kate replied. "She finds them interesting." She added as she started to walk around Leo to take in what he looked and smelt like and trying to compare it to everything she remembered about him before. She couldn't remember what he smelt like, but she did what he looked like, and he was changed. Leo wasn't the boy she saw grow up and assisted in raising by giving Kate and Humphrey her knowledge on humans. No, now he was a grown human, maybe not as big as he was going to get, but he was the prophecy that was meant to save them and the one they spent ten years waiting for.

The Family's back together guys, great news. Not really much to say here, so i'll see yous guys this afternoon as usual. Until next time. :P

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