Mikey sat in the shade, chewing on a granola bar he had snagged when he had gotten a second. He was exhausted. Not all of them were as lucky as Raph who'd had a warm bed and a warm body to sleep next to. He'd ended up sleeping in a pile of wolves who had settled in around him against the edge of the barn. Needless to say, he hadn't slept well. He stifled a yawn and looked over as Leo approached and settled beside him. They were both sweating from the physical exertion of hauling dead bodies around in the hot summer sun.
"Shit sucks dude." Mikey muttered.
"Yeah, but it's gotta be done. These wolves gave their lives for our cause. The least we can do is get them cleaned up and give them a proper burial. We can thank our lucky stars it's not us while we do it." Leo replied, reminding his little brother that they could have it much worse than they already did.
"How many more fights do you think we'll have to go into?" Mikey asked.
"From what I know about Aiden, he won't stop until every last life at his command is spent or until he's killed. These battles could go on for years." Leo replied honestly.
"How are we supposed to survive that?" Mikey asked.
"C'mon Mikey. We made it out this time and worrying about what's going to happen next time isn't going to get us anywhere. Let's just worry about getting everything done here and we'll worry about the next battle when our meetings start up again." Leo said, clapping his hand over his brother's shoulder. Mikey sighed and nodded. Leo finished off the bottle of water in his hand and he and Mikey rejoined the masses.
By the end of that week, they had pushed passed New York City, reclaiming the territory there and claiming any wolves that had been left behind. There was no rest. The Alphas knew that keeping Aiden on the run and with little chance to regroup was paramount. Still, driving the battlefront relentlessly forward was physically and mentally draining as they stumbled upon random encampments of enemy wolves. By the week after that, they swarmed his compound and found it deserted except for the mangled bodies of some of his prisoners left as a message for them. He had retreated to another compound and that was dangerous. Gabby didn't know where he would flee to for sure and that meant he could come at them from anywhere. Still, that night they celebrated and Gabby and Raph made love like it was their last day on earth.
The day after they took the compound, a meeting was called. Raph, Gabby, Saffron, Mikey, Melody, Leo and the much recovered Donnie all entered together. Raph and Gabby took their place at Carl's side at the Alpha table and the others settled into their places. As the room settled, Carl looked out at them.
"We've come a long way in the last two weeks." He began. "I want to thank you for all of your hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. However, our work isn't done yet and our position is more precarious than ever. Aiden is hiding. If we don't know where he is, we can't prepare for his next move. We have to find him before we can move forward. I propose strengthening the perimeter and sending scouts to try to contact any remaining spies or finding his location directly."
"And who can we spare for scouts? If they do find him, he'll just disable them. I say we wait until the spies come to us. They know where we are. It'll be safer." An Alpha further down the table suggested.
"For all we know, all of our spies are held prisoner themselves. Waiting gives him time to regroup and to strategize. We can't have that. If he comes for us and Gabby isn't in the right place, we could lose everything." Carl replied. "We need to find him."
"Gracie, Saffron, and I have been with him since his first conquest. No one knows his old compounds, his old haunts, and his old habits the way we do. Send us. We can find him." Gabby said. She felt Raph tense beside her but she kept her eyes on Carl.
"No way." Said another Alpha. "You're too valuable to send off. What if he attacks while you're gone?"
"What if he attacks while I'm here and I'm too far away to get there to help? Same result." She answered, silencing his protest.
"No. You can't go. If you're killed, we're done. I vote no." Yet another Alpha pitched in.
"You all seem to be under the impression that you have a say in what I do or don't do." Gabby said, folding her hands politely in front of her though her voice had gone hard, challenging the other Alphas. "I do believe the only person in this room capable of commanding anything from me is sitting next to me."
"Alpha Storms, you can't be thinking of letting her go." An alpha said.
"Gabby is a smart woman. She's strong and I believe in her abilities. Can any of you track better than her? She's called Huntress for a reason." Raph said, letting Gabby know he wouldn't command her to stay if she chose to go.
"We'll meet again in the morning." Carl announced. "Gabby, you have the night to speak with your pack and your Alpha. You'll present your decision when we gather tomorrow."
"Thank you, Carl. You will know either way in the morning." Gabby replied and the meeting was adjourned.
Gabby followed Raph back to their area of the compound. They entered the guest lounge followed by everyone who was in the meeting which included Melody, Brandy, Renee, and Splinter. They settled in on the various couches and chairs. Gabby looked at Gracie and Saffron. "I know I kind of volunteered you guys for this." She said. "I would understand if you didn't want to come but I'm going." She said.
If you're going, so am I." Gracie said.
Saffron looked at Donnie and then back to her friend. "We gotta find him." She said. "If I can help, I'll be there."
"If you're goin', so are we." Raph said.
"We need someone to stay here." Gabby said.
"We will stay." Brandy said, looking over to Renee and Jayden. "We'll be more helpful here anyway."
Gabby looked at Raph. "Alright, but everyone needs to get ready quick. We'll head out right after tomorrow morning's meeting. We'll have to take a van. He needs to be at a compound. We just have to find out which one."
"I don't imagine he would be in the nearest one. It's the first place we would look meaning he would have less time to draw in his forces. I'd say second or third closest. It gives him enough distance to be out of imminent danger." Saffron reasoned.
"I still want to do a quick sweep to make sure he isn't there." Gabby replied.
"He could set a trap for us there. He'll know we'll come after him." Gracie said. "I don't think he would expect us to skip the nearest one. He knows you and he knows you would want to be thorough with your search. We should drive to the third one first and make our way back. That way we'll be coming from a direction he won't expect."
Gabby thought for a minute. "Raph?" She asked.
"I think Gracie's right. We gotta do what he wont see comin'." Raph replied.
"Alright then. We know where we're going. Be packed and ready before bed. The meeting is early tomorrow and I want to get going immediately after." Gabby said. The pack quickly stood and dispersed.
Donnie led Saffron off to their room. They both began packing their backs with the necessities. She checked her med kit to make sure it was fully stocked. He made sure his gear was running and ready. Each of them would have a GPS tracker on them to assure that they would be able to be found even if caught. Saffron finished her task first and leaned back against her their dresser, watching him as he worked. Every once in a while she would get a glimpse of his thick angry white scar when he lifted his arm. Sometimes she thought he still favored that side, as though the deepest parts of the wound hadn't healed yet. Who knew, maybe they hadn't. It worried her. He didn't complain about it and his physical therapist and his doctors had given him a clean bill of health. She watched as he took a knee, digging intently through a mass of wires under his desk, looking for some small back up component. She walked over and stood before him. He looked up at her, sliding his glasses up his nose. Her fingers traced over the bottom edge of his mask until she came to his cheek which she cupped tenderly.
"I love you, Donnie." She said softly. She needed to say that to him. She needed him to know how much he meant to her.
Donnie looked up at her, surprised. He sat frozen for a second. He had never heard those words from her and he had always been too unsure to say them himself. He stood as the shock wore off, standing so close she had to crane her neck back to look up at him, so close that he could feel the heat of her skin. One hand came up and cupped her cheek, much like she had done to him. The other arm slid behind her back, holding her in a loose embrace as he lowered his forehead to hers.
"I love you too, Ronnie." He said, their breath mingling as she let the out the breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. She threw her arms up around his neck and closed the tiny space between them. His lips moved over hers hungrily. In a movement quick enough to make her head spin, he crouched down and lifted her, she wrapped her legs around his waist and latched her mouth onto his neck, sucking hard and dragging a grunt from his clenched jaw. She smiled against his cool skin. She knew how to bring his animal to the surface and she relished it. His gentle nature and polite ways seemed to go out the window when he let his instincts take over and she relished the beta he became in the bedroom.
Donnie tossed his girlfriend onto the bed, quickly crawling over her and pinning her. He may have been the least bulky of his brothers but he was strong and Saffron loved the rare occasion when he displayed it. He grabbed her legs and hooked them across his hips as he leaned in to kiss her, thrusting his tongue between her lips and grinding his hard shaft against her center. Even through their pants, he was sending shocks of pleasure deep into her stomach, making her grow wet and achy for him. She may have been caged by his heavy body, but she had enough space between them to run her soft warm fingers over the hard edges of his plastron, avoiding his ticklish spots that she had discovered a long time ago. She felt his teeth against her neck, right where his claiming mark would go were he to mate her and she felt her wolf rise within her. She wanted to test him, to make him make her submit. She growled at him and he jerked back, startled. Brown flecked her pale eyes and he knew that meant her wolf was close. She was still pinned down by his body but she used his shock against him and in a move she had learned in her time with the turtles she flipped him and pinned him on his back on the bed, grinding her core on his covered cock. She grinned triumphantly down at him and he raised an eyebrow. He knew what this was. A challenge. He took his glasses and put them in the drawer of the nightstand, knowing this could get wild. Then, quick as a snake he struck out at her. She was expecting it and she scrambled back, barely making it out of his reach. She ran for the door and with a growl of his own, he gave chase. She was heading outside. He knew it. It would give her more space for her little game, so he gave her a head start. He went back and grabbed his glasses. He would need them to find her. Then he took off after her, his long legs and years of training allowing him to catch a glimpse of her as she disappeared into the woods.
Saffron was exhilarated. The wolf in her was howling its glee as she tried to remember any and all tricks Gabby had taught her about staying hidden. Problem was, most of those tricks pertained to scent which didn't even matter cuz Donnie's sense of smell wasn't strong enough to track her like that. The Beta training had taught him to use his eyes where his nose failed him and she wasn't sure how to keep the physical evidence to a minimum. She knew he was close though. In her hybrid form, her ears picked up the sound of his distracted footsteps. She knew he was capable of moving silently, gracefully, but his mind was on her and it was making him sloppy. Part of her preened at the though of being that attractive to someone. She turned to flee just as he broke through the brush and into the clearing that they had found months ago with a swimming hole and a creek. He must have been paying more attention than she had been giving him credit for because just as she had bounded forward, he had leaped and his hand just barely caught the end of her tail, tugging her to a slightly painful halt. She turned, leaping at him but he caught her arms, keeping her talons away from him as he quickly took her down, pinning hew to the soft ground beneath.
"Submit, Ronnie." He said, his voice demanding.
She growled and snapped her powerful jaws centimeters from his face, displaying her noncompliance. Another display of strength from Donnie as he flipped her heavy hybrid body to her stomach and removed her special hybrid shorts without allowing her any room to escape.
"Guess I'll just fuck you into submission." He growled in her ear. He held her wrists above her head in one hand as his other went to the tie of his pants. He pulled the string and pushed his pants down just enough to pull his long cock out.
Saffron panted as she felt the tip of his cock run across her wolf pussy. She had never in a million years thought that he would ever want to take her in this form or her wolf form. Still, her tail flagged to the side, inviting him in. As if he had read her mind, his hand caressed over her rump, squeezing her tight ass.
"You're the most beautiful thing I've ever met, Ronnie. This form is as sexy to me as either of your other forms are." And then he thrust hard, burying himself in her hot, wet pussy. She barked her pleasure as he filled her, his entire length fitting into her for once. His fingers twisted in the thickest part of her fur at the back of her neck. Th skin there was loose and he held it, like a male might do with his teeth. Saffron yipped each time he drove into her, his balls slapping against her flesh. He was perfect, built just for her, and she knew she would never want another. No one would compare.
Donnie had let go of all of his thoughts, focusing only on the feel of her hot pussy clinging to him with a strength she didn't have in her human form. She was bigger in this form, not as tight as her human form, but she made up for that completely by the rippling of the muscles that caressed his cock even when he was still for a moment. She clenched and unclenched, her body sucking at his cock until he was ready to explode and he wasn't the only one. Saffron's body was strung tight, balancing on the edge, desperately needing the tension inside of her to break and she didn't have to wait long. Donnie shifted back, his large, rough hands wrapping firmly around her hips. He drove into her hard and fast. He couldn't hold back any longer and judging by the yips and growls from Saffron, she needed him to finish her and he would be right there with her.
"Fffffffuuuuuuuuck." She growled as her release crashed powerfully over her. Her body arched as Donnie pumped harder, his sexy grunts driving her wild. He gave one especially deep thrust as he came, his thrusting slowing as he emptied himself into her. He stilled, his cock still twitching inside of her when she shifted human. He hissed and jerked at the sensation of her pussy melting into a new form, tightening and shortening as she resumed her human shape. He allowed her to turn around, his cock pulling wetly out of her. Her adoring expression soothed the animal within him and he went from aggressive dominant to her sweet and loving Donnie. He settled his body over hers, keeping most of his weight on his elbows as he dipped his head to nuzzle and kiss her skin, lifting her shirt and plucking at the sensitive nipples he had neglected in their game. Saffron's hands roamed over his shoulders, neck, and arms as he worshiped and soothed her skin. The tails of his mask were trailing across her stomach as he moved causing her to sigh at the multiple sensations. He slid lower, taking her still swollen clit very gently with his tongue as he inserted a finger into her well filled pussy. She couldn't believe he was willing to do that after cuming in her but apparently there was no length he wouldn't go to to give her the mind numbing pleasure she had enjoyed since they started having sex. She gasped as his finger rubbed a special place inside of her, but it was when he started sucking at her clit in earnest that her body began to roll, trying to once more reach her peak. The gentlest of scraped teeth along her clit sent her over, crying his name in desperate pleasure. He didn't stop licking her until her body was laying spent against the ground. The only movement she was even capable of was the panting rise and fall of her chest. He kissed his way back up her body and locked lips with her in a sweet and tender kiss that tasted of a mix of both him and her.
"You're too good to me." She murmured when he pulled back.
"There is nothing that's too good for you." He smiled, brushing his lips over her forehead.
She gave a dreamy giggle. "Bathe me, servant." She teased.
"M'lady." He replied. Sliding off of her, he lifted her into his arms and brought her into the swimming hole they had swam in so many times this summer. His Ronnie loved to swim and, being a turtle, he did too. So really it was a win win. He slid into the cool water until it covered the both of them and he ran his hands over her, gently wiping away the excess fluids from between her thighs.
"Tell me again." He said to the relaxed woman in his arms.
"I love you." She whispered against his neck.
"I love you too." He replied. "Always."
The meeting was called before dawn and lasted a mere thirty minutes. Back up plans and extractions were planned. This was a seek and report mission only but the Allies knew the risks involved when traveling in enemy territory. They wrapped up the meeting and Raph and Gabby exited the room followed by the others in the search team. They walked right out to the van that Brandy, Renee, and Splinter had just finished loading for them. The entire Storm Pack was out there waiting for them. The tiny pack of nine had swelled to nearly thirty over their time. Jayden had joined them after a meeting between him, Carl, and Raph. Carl had plenty of betas and Raph had none besides his brothers and the she-betas. With Carl's blessing, Raph had challenged a handful of betas and won their submission. Each of them and the rest of the pack came forward, offering an affectionate touch to each o f their packmates. By the time they had all said their goodbyes, dawn was beginning to lighten the sky.
Finally they all piled into the van. Melody and Saffron sat in the front seat. They had hours of driving ahead of them. The first compound they were going to check was almost five hundred miles away. Considering the lack of sleep Saffron got the night before, she promptly fell asleep in the front seat. Gabby followed her lead, leaning into Raph. Eventually, Gracie fell asleep on Mikey. Donnie himself started snoring against the window. Raph and Leo connected gazes and grinned. It was cute, all the girls snoring away, feeling safe with their warrior turtles. Raph turned his eyes to the passing foliage. He hoped he could keep them safe. He knew the danger of this mission was all too real.