"No way," Dean's voice echoed throughout the corridor as Sam closed the front door. He frowned and braced himself for the impending fight he had sensed brewing. He walked into the living room and was surprised to see Dean sitting beside Bobby who had what seemed to be some sort of photobook out on his lap. The two Alpha's attention was focused on a specific page with neither one looking up at him as he entered. Ok a vast change compared to what he had left. "Dude that's awesome," Dean declared looking up at Sam as the omega sat on the arm of the chair beside him.

"What's awesome," Sam asked looking down at the picture on the page which consisted of a younger Bobby with a young female and some other man. He had no idea what was so special but the look on Dean's face was like he was a kid in a sweet store…or you know Dean Winchester as an adult in a pie store as Sam had found out through a story Mary had told him. Apparently the way to the Alpha's heart is pie, sex or his car.

"Don't you know who that is?" Dean questioned gesturing down to the man in the picture standing beside Bobby. Sam shrugged his shoulders to which both Dean and Bobby looked shocked at him. "I can't believe you're my mate," Dean scoffed shoving lightly at Sam's shoulder.

"Jerk," Sam replied shoving back.

"Bitch," was the immediate response.

"So who is the amazing person?" Sam asked leaning over Dean to take a closer look at the picture. Nope no bells were rung, he had no idea what the men had been bonding about. As long as it wasn't an ex Sam was fine with it. There was no way he could deal with meeting any of Dean's conquests this soon into their mating seeing as Dean showing his dominance already had him wanting to spread his legs for his Alpha, a downside about being mated when your mate felt threatened you would do anything to make them seen more dominant no matter what it might take.

"Robert Plant…" Bobby trailed off his eyes staring at Sam expectantly.

Sam looked sheepish and shrugged his shoulders, he still had no idea what the two of them were talking about.

"Seriously?" Dean asked his mouth falling upon in mock disgust. "If I had known…" he shook his head with Bobby laughing at his antics like they were old friends. Sam might not know who this plant person was but he was sure glad that he had managed to quell the brewing trouble between the two Alpha's, he knew he wouldn't have been strong enough to break up that fight and once Alpha's start rutting it was best to leave them to resolve it amongst themselves. "Lead singer of Led Zeppelin? Stairway to heaven? Ramble on…?" Sam still was none the wiser. "Sammy we need a serious rock lesson…" Dean shook his head. "Good thing for you I have all their tapes in the car."

"Great," Sam rolled his eyes. "Let me guess greatest hits of Mullet rock?"

"Classics Sammy," Dean argued pushing Sam so that he fell off of the arm of the chair onto his ass upon the floor. The Alpha burst out laughing alongside Bobby who seemed to find their whole exchange amusing, yeah he really didn't seem to have company around often it seemed.

Sam grumbled pushing himself so that he was sitting cross legged on the floor and he folded his arms into his chest in annoyance, sticking out his bottom lip in a pout. Dean continued to laugh not seeming to be affected by his mock tantrum which just made the omega even more annoyed. Sam frowned at the man until his laughter started to die down. "Ass," he muttered keeping up the petulant child look. Dean wiped at the tears that had formed at the corner of his eyes as he peered down at Sam with a shit eating grin across his face.

"Sammy don't be like that," Dean said.

"Like what?" Sam replied grumpily making a point of lifting his arms up and bringing them down while huffing at the same time, completely ignoring the elder Alpha in the room.

Dean leaned down and held his hand out to the omega. Sam grinned that was what he had been hoping he would do. He reached up and entwined his fingers with the Alpha's however instead of pushing himself to his feet he pulled as hard as he could on Dean's arm and forced the man to fall from the chair. Dean fell with a huff, landing beside Sam on the floor.

"Oh it's on!" Dean declared throwing his weight on top of Sam and proceeding to tickle the omega. Sam started to laugh, tears flowing out of the corner of his eyes as he attempted to break out of the Alpha's grasp. The picture he had placed in the front right pocket of his jeans fell out in his struggles.

Sam wrapped his legs around Dean's and using all his wolf strength he managed to flip them so that Dean was now on his back. Together they rolled around the floor fighting for the upper hand, the picture abandoned on the floor by the sofa. Neither one of them noticed the elder hunter reach for it. Sam paused in his struggles to regain some of his breath, Dean was underneath him his crotch rubbing at his leg and he could feel the member beginning to harden. He grinned at the Alpha noticing the pink hue that started to adorn his cheeks, yep getting a boner in front of another Alpha would do that to a guy. Payback was a bitch! "Uncle?" Sam asked leaning down to capture Dean's lips in a kiss.

Dean used this distraction to his advantage, he wrapped his hands around Sam's waist and pulled so that their positions were reversed once more. Their lips still touched. Dean deepened the kiss for a moment before pulling back with Sam following him wanting more. It was then that the pair seemed to realise that they weren't in fact alone. Begrudgingly Sam stole one more kiss before pushing Dean off of him. Dean held out his hand and helped Sam to his feet.

"Where did you get this?" Bobby asked his voice tight, his eyes locked onto Sam's.

"I…"

"WHERE!" Bobby shouted going to take a step closer however Dean intervened stepping in front of Sam. His eyes narrowed and a warning snarl escaped his lips showing that his wolf was not appreciating the way the other Alpha was talking to his mate. "It fell out of your pocket…have you been looking through my things…did you steal this….do you think this is funny!" Bobby's voice lowered in pitch becoming dangerous.

Sam shook his head confused about how quickly the situation had turned again. He just couldn't keep up with the Alpha's and their damned mood swings and they thought Beta's were bad! Dean's eyes were glowing bright showing signs that his wolf was pushing its way to full control. Sam placed a hand on Dean's arm hoping to help ground the Alpha, they really didn't need Dean's wolf to make an appearance now not when they barely knew the man they would be staying with…well maybe staying with…if they didn't kill each other first.

"ANSWER ME!" Bobby yelled his own wolf growling.

"Missouri!" Sam stammered. "She gave it to me! I swear I didn't steal it."

"Back off…" Dean warned his voice low and dangerous.

Bobby looked from Sam and Dean and back again before deflating his shoulders. He clasped the picture tightly in his hands like it was his lifeline, Sam just wished he had looked at it properly in the first place. Without saying another word the elder hunter grabbed his jacket and stormed out of the house leaving the boys standing there stunned at the turn of the events.

"What the hell?" Dean asked seeming to have regained control. "You didn't have a nude picture…?"

"No!" Sam shouted to which Dean tilted his head to the side like he was working out whether or not to believe him. "No! I don't know what it was, Missouri gave it to me. She said it might help Bobby understand…"

Dean nodded. "I'm going to go talk to him."

"Err I don't think that's the best idea…"

"You're not going…"

"Why not?"

"He threatened you Sammy, there's no way in hell I'm going to let you near him now."

"Oh yeah and you have been threatening him the whole time we have been here!"

"That's different."

"How?"

"Because I'm an Alpha," Dean shrugged his shoulders and pressed a kiss to Sam's lips. "Stay here," he said before Sam could protest he had strode out of the door following the path the other Alpha had taken. Great now they would both be alone together again…he so wasn't digging their graves…

Sam sighed rolling his eyes he settled down onto the sofa and pulled out his phone noticing that he had a text message. He opened it up and burst out laughing. It was from an unknown number and the text consisted of one single world.

'Alphas.'

…

Dean strode through the front yard, his eyes scanning every car and every little hidey hole he could think off in an effort to see where the elder male might have stalked off to. Everywhere he looked there were abandoned cars, most were stripped bare for parts while others looked like they were in mid process of being fixed. There were the usual mundane cars and admits then were some classics, Dean knew that if he had the time he would be drooling over them right now. His own Impala was his pride and joy, one that he had helped his father to rebuild when they had found it scrapped. It had been a staple of his childhood as John took him for rides in it when he had been a young pup to him eventually giving him the car one full moon. He guessed that it was meant to be some kind of consolation prize for not being able to shift, a way of him being able to experience the same speed and adrenaline that wolves could on their four legs.

He came across a clearing that had a single discarded truck in the centre. Parts were falling off of it and the paintwork needed some serious touching up but it was clear from the way it had been lovingly parked and placed that it had sentimental value. So Dean was not surprised to see that the elder hunter was perched on the hood of the car. He had a bottle of whiskey in one hand that already looked half empty, his hat was perched beside him showing off his balding head while the photo was in his other hand. His eyes were downcast, his scent wafting through the atmosphere with his testosterone screaming stay the fuck away.

Drawing in a deep breath Dean tried to release some of the inner anger he was harbouring about the man's threat to his mate. He walked over the to the truck slowly knowing that the elder man would have been able to have sensed his presence as soon as he had stepped out of the house. Something he wished he could have shared, if he had only been able to sense the hunters sooner would they have been in this mess? Would he have been able to protect his family? Just the thought of his parents sent a tinge of sadness down his spine, he had no idea what was happening to them, and surely the hunters would have known that they had to have a hand in his disappearance. He just hoped that they were safe, if anything ever happened to them he wouldn't be able to forgive himself that was for sure.

Pushing himself out of his own thoughts and self-pity he came to a stop beside the elder wolf, slightly behind him to show that he meant no harm even though his inner wolf wanted nothing more than to chew him out on the way he had treated his mate. Bobby didn't acknowledge him, his eyes continued to stare down at the photo like it was his lifeline.

Dean pursed his lips unsure of what he could say, beginning to regret even suggesting going after the other wolf. He opened his mouth a few times but no words came out,

"You going to gawk all night?" Bobby scoffed taking a drag of the whiskey and holding out the bottle to Dean.

Dean moved so that he was standing in front of the elder wolf, he accepted the drink seeing it as a peace token and took a long pull from the bottle before handing it back. He attempted to peer down at the photo though half the picture was masked by the man's thumb.

Sensing his gaze Bobby moved the picture out of Dean's eye line seeming to want to protect his secrets. "I don't want you two nosing around my business," he huffed out taking another mouthful of whiskey.

Dean rolled his eyes crossing his arms against his chest. "Sam didn't take it," he reiterated raising an eyebrow in warning.

"Where else could he have gotten this?" Bobby growled waving the photo around. "He stole it," he added not seeming to want to utter Dean's mate's name which just caused anger to flow through Dean.

"Sam's no thief," Dean growled his eyes narrowing dangerously, why did he think it would be a good idea for two Alpha's to have a chat, in his experience the only chat they could have was on four legs and with a full set of canines. "Look pal I don't see what the big deal here is…"

Bobby growled his eyes glowing bright as he leapt to his feet the whiskey bottle shattering beside Dean. "I ain't your pal, I don't even have to take you in boy so watch your tone with me!" He threatened his voice laced with his Alpha tone causing Dean to blink in surprise. "You boys stay out of my stuff and we won't have a problem you understand me?"

"Don't talk to my mate like that again," Dean warned his own Alpha revolting at the idea of being spoken to like that, the only Alpha he would ever submit to was his own father. He had no idea who this other man was and why Missouri wanted them to lie low there but he knew he was seconds away from bolting and never coming back. "Say what you want to me but if you lay one finger on Sam…"

"Are you threatening me in my own lands?" Bobby asked taking a step closer to Dean.

"Take it however you want," Dean declared mimicking the movement so that the two Alpha's were almost nose to nose. Testosterone was flying around the atmosphere with neither one seeming to want to back down anytime soon.

…

"You got balls I'll give ya that," Bobby declared taking a step back and clapping Dean on the shoulder effectively breaking the tense atmosphere in one quick moment. "Damn it's been a long time since I had an Alpha around," he replied rubbing his head with a small smile on his face.

"What?" Dean asked furrowing his brows in confusion. What the hell just happened?

"It takes a lot for a low class Alpha to threaten a Pack Alpha," Bobby replied striding over to the car to retrieve his hat, he shook the dust off of it before placing back over his bald spot. "Your mate comes before everything, I respect that. You remind me of me…" he trailed off his eyes misting over as he peered down at the picture that had been crumpled slightly in his hand. "I used to be like you, young with fire in my belly. I had a pack, I had a family," he sighed holding out the picture to Dean who took it slowly expecting it to be some kind of trick. "I had everything until they took it from me."

Dean peered down at the picture in his hands, it was of three people. One was a young man with a full head of a hair and the beginnings of a beard, his eyes were shining bright and there was a huge smile plastered across his face. There was no mistaking that this person was a younger Bobby, probably in his thirty's or so. Beside him was a young brunette, her hair was cropped around her chin with a fringe playfully licking at her eyelids, she too wore a massive smile and her hazel eyes peered at the camera. She was beautiful, she looked young and care free, she looked like a beta or omega that was in love. Bobby's arm was wrapped playfully around her waist bringing her close to his chest while one of her arms was placed delicately around his neck while the other held a child into her side. The child was hiding behind his slightly long brown hair, his fringe covering his eyes giving him the perception of being camera shy. He was taller than the average kid and was skinny too. His mouth was open indicating laughter. All in all it painted an image of a young family. Dean's attention was fixated on the child…there was something about him…

He didn't notice that Bobby had gone, he didn't notice that he had been standing staring at the picture for the last ten minutes or so. There was something about it that was calling to him but he didn't know what. His eyes focused on the boy, behind his hair there was what seemed to be a slither of hazel peeking through…hazel with a streak of green…eyes that seemed so familiar…eyes that he saw every single day…

Realisation struck him as he lifted his head towards the house, his mouth opening in shock. It couldn't be…could it?

TBC (Thank you so much for reading and for those who let me know what they think, it means the world to hear that you enjoying reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. This is the last chapter before Christmas, hope you all have a good one, and see you all in 2016. Thanks once more and see you all in Chapter Eighteen!)