The Hunter of the Hunted Part 3

A few minutes earlier

After running away from the raging battlefield, the wolves continued watching the fight; too stun to utter a word. They watch as blood rain from the canyon walls and bodies that came crashing down along with the red liquid. There must have been dozens of humans on the canyon ridge, all taking shots at the dead hunters, who return the favor in kind, causing death to literally fall from the sky. From that moment on, the wolves started to believe that these dead hunters were real and that they were unstoppable.

That conviction soon died as they watch as the dead hunters get shot over and over again until one of them finally fell. The wolves couldn't believe how many bullets were used to kill the strange being. They have seen how bullets enter and leave the body, but never in the brutal way have they just witnessed. The flying metal the humans shoot entered the dead hunter in the back and came out through its front, spraying the canyon floor with its life blood.

Kate gasps as they watch the poor creature fall to the ground, unmoving.

"I guess they really aren't unstoppable," Garth had barley finish saying it when Humphrey yelps, "Look!"

All three wolves' jaws drop as they watch the human they took for dead starting to move again, slowly crawling until it was pulled behind cover by its fellow comrades hiding in the small cluster of trees.

Humphrey whimpers, "We should get out of here! If those humans can survive that, they can survive anything!"

The two Alphas' nods in agreement before they both turn and starts running back to the den, the sound of a thousand bullets being shot could still be heard throughout the valley.

"How many human soldiers are there? I've never heard so many gun shots in my life," Kate said to no one in particular.

"Too many," Garth said, wincing when he heard a loud explosion behind them, "way too many."

"Do you think the dead hunters will be able to survive?" Humphrey asks.

Kate sighs, "Humphrey, I'm not even sure if they are dead, they might just be humans who-"

She was interrupted by a multitude of low screaming coming from behind the retreating wolves. They all look over their shoulders and gasps. A line of large bullets trailing white smoke in their wake was heading towards the woodland the wolves were in.

Garth yells, "Get down!" and pushes the other Alpha and Omega to the floor and lay on top of them. The wolves brace as they felt the very earth shake, bright lights were visible despite their close eyes and pine needles rain from the shaken trees above them. What have felt like the end of the world to the wolves, just ended in less than a minute.

Slowly, the wolves got shakily to their feet, uncertain of what to expect next. But all the bursts of fire that has continued for what felt like most of the day ended unexpectedly. They look back to where the tree line once stood and were astonish to see nearly a dozen large blacken holes in the ground with white mist curling out of them; no more than a few feet from where they have been standing just minutes ago.

Unnerved by the near death experience, the wolves' limbs gave out and they practically collapsed on top of one another again.

"What was that?" Humphrey asked.

"I don't know," Kate said, "But I want to get out of here before that happens again."

"Maybe it's all over," Humphrey said, "They stop shooting, maybe…maybe these soldiers finally killed the dead hunters."

"I don't think so," Garth said as he raises his head, "look," he said and nods in front of them.

Standing in front of the smoky craters, bloodied and clearly tired, stood the dead hunters.

"They really can't be killed," said an amazed Garth.

"I don't think so Garth," Kate said, "how many dead hunters were there before?"

When she pointed this out, the two male wolves now notice that there were indeed two dead hunters missing; including the one that was horribly injured earlier.

"Maybe they are still around," Humphrey suggested as he lifts his head and looks around as if the missing hunters would appear out of nowhere.

"Wait," Kate said, also lifting her own head, "What's that noise?"

Together the trio of friends listened, it sounded as if there was a large creature growling from across the smoke filled land.

The wolves squinted, trying to penetrate through the veil of white mist when they came charging out of the smoke, the strange armor cars, each filled with human soldiers.

"Run!" Garth yelled and pushes the young couple, trying to force them to move. As they take off running, Garth looks back and saw the dead hunters running in the wolves' direction, the soldiers close behind them.

Garth took off running behind his friends. They ran for only a minute when Humphrey yells "follow me!"

Humphrey took off towards a stony ridge that was off to their right.

Kate slows down and asked, "What's down there?"'

"No time, just jump!" Humphrey said as he leapt into the air and went over the edge. At the sight of her mate disappearing, Kate didn't hesitate as she jumps too, leaving only Garth on top.

I'm nuts, he thought to himself as he jumps after his extended family.

The drop wasn't that long; it was only five feet before he lands on the ground. He looks around for his friends but couldn't find them.

Where are they, he ponders, I was right behind them.

He suddenly felt something pinch his tail, causing him to let out a high pitch yowl. He turns around and found Humphrey grinning like crazy.

"Oh, for a moment there I thought I grabbed the tail of a bobcat" teases the Omega.

Garth growls, "Where's Kate?"

"Here," the golden brown wolf suddenly walks out from behind a clump of vines growing on the rocky walls, vines that Garth eyes have just scanned over.

Noticing Garths questioning glance, Humphrey said, "follow us," and both mates disappear back into the clump of vines. Garth hesitates, but the sound of gun fire encourages him to follow the other two wolves.

Behind the vines was a small cave, barley large enough to house the three wolves, which was forcing them to cuddle close to one another.

"How did you find this place?" asks Garth who was push against a far wall.

Humphrey grins, "A life time of hide and seek."

"Is this where you vanish to whenever I call for you?" asks Kate, who couldn't help but feel happy being pressed against Humphrey.

Before Humphrey could reply, there was another detonation that shook the earthen ceiling above them, shaking some dirt loose. That was when they heard the earsplitting cry.

The scream came from above and traveled all the way down into the ravine where the wolves were hiding. They all froze and listen to the shriek, it was terrible, it was the most painful one any of them have ever heard, a combination of pain and loss.

The yell was unlike any of them have ever heard before, not belonging to any creature they know of, caribou, grizzlies, or fellow wolves. It was so upsetting that Garth just wanted to run outside and stop whatever it was that was causing it.

The cries were beginning to fade away, leaving the wolves traumatized. Slowly as if an unknown force was pushing them forward, the wolves exit the cave and were shock at what they found.

Laid out in front of them was a dead hunter, who now really does looks close to death. It was bleeding from nearly a dozen wounds, from its legs, arms, chest, and now fresh blood ooze out of its face, giving it a disturbing look.

It was the most depressing sight any of them have ever seen. They were taught to make every kill swift and clean so the creature didn't suffer from unbearable torture, a torture that the dead hunter was experiencing.

Thinking along the same wavelength, Kate turns to Garth and asks, "Should we…put it out of its misery?"

"What!?" Humphrey said suddenly, "Why?"

"Why?" Garth asks next in a strain voice, "Why? Look at it Humphrey!" he said as he nods at the fallen being, "if this…dead hunter survive it'll be a miracle, because I don't know about you, but I don't think any of us knows how to heal a dead human."

The Omega opens and closes his mouth, trying to think of something to say when Kate let out a startle yelp, drawing the male's attention.

The dead hunter moved, and it was looking right at them!

The wolves tensed, the Alphas ready their claws and teeth, prepared for an attack. The dying dead human stares at them for a moment before raising its hand. Garth made ready to pounce, Kate got ready to attack while Humphrey desperately tried to think of something he could do that was useful.

However the hand didn't try to catch them, or harm them in any way, the hand just hung in the air for a moment before the dead human spoke, "help…me." As if it the words wasted its energy, the creature's hand drops and fresh blood covers its skull face and it laid completely still, unmoving.

The wolves stared, disbelieving what they have just seen. The dead hunter spoke and they understood. It asked for their help, a dead creature, a dead monster, just asked for their help. They continued staring at the fallen individual before they heard them, human soldiers, their strange voices were far away but they were getting closer.

"What do we do?" Humphrey finally asks.

Garth jerks to the vines behind him, "Get back in the cave."

The Omega gave the Alpha a confuse look before stating, "But the dead hunter can't fit in the cave."

Now it was the Alpha's turn to look puzzled, "What? You actually want to help this…thing?"

"Yes," Humphrey replied, "It just ask us, it practically begged us to help it, why shouldn't we?"

They were interrupted by gun fire, no doubt fired by the ever closer soldiers.

"That's why," Garth said, "Those soldiers are looking for the dead hunter, if we help it, we may put the whole pack in danger."

"We can hide it," Humphrey tried to reason, "Help it get better then it can-"

"Then it can what?" Garth interrupted, "Skin us alive? You saw what happen up there, these dead hunters caused a blood bath, and there were just four of them!"

"Yes, but we can't leave it here, not after it asked us to help it."

"But if we do help it, what's to keep it from attacking us?"

"Maybe it'll fight for us and keep us safe from the human soldiers," Humphrey said with a growl of determination.

"That's the most stupid thing I-" Garth was interrupted by a vicious snarl, causing both males to look to the female wolf that was glaring at them.

"Enough," she ordered, "We're going to help this dead hunter, than we are going to head home, the least we can do is to make sure these soldiers don't find it, right?"

Meekly the males lowers their heads and nods their understandings, but then Garth gains some backbone as he asks, "Ok, but where are we going to hide it? It's too big to fit in the cave."

This stumps Kate as she tries to think of an answer before Humphrey spoke, "Further down that way, to the right, there's Little Tree creek, there's a bed of rocks running close inland, its big enough to hide the hunter."

Garth sighs, "Humphrey this isn't hide-and-seek-"

"Ah but it is my fair minded Alpha," Humphrey continues, "this is a great big game of hide and seek, and that bend in the river is the only place big enough to hide this dead hunter."

Before Garth could argue some more, the voices of the soldiers grew louder as they advance closer to the ridge line.

"We got no choice," Kate said, more to Garth than Humphrey, "grab its arms and I'll try to lift its legs."

Reluctantly, Garth grabs the dead hunter by the right arm and Humphrey grabs it's left, while Kate bit gently into one of the creature's legs.

"Lead the way Humphrey," Garth said, his voice muffled by the cloth in his mouth.

The grey wolf started dragging the being away from the cave and heads in the Eastern direction. As they moved the Alphas trained their ears to pick up the tiniest of sounds behind them and were disappointed that they haven't lost the soldiers by the time they traveled at least fifty yards.

It wouldn't have been difficult for the wolves to lose the humans, but the added weight of the dead hunter was slowing them down considerably. It was loaded down with its many strange objects and it's injures prevented them from making a hasty retreat les they want to cause more damage to the creature.

"Is this thing…alive?" Garth pants as they continue dragging the dead hunter along.

"I…think so" Humphrey puffed, "I think… I can see it's…chest moving."

"Hurry guys," huff Kate, "I think the soldiers…are getting closer.

As if on cue, they heard excited shouting's coming from the place where they have first stated and could hear the sound of pounding feet coming their way.

"On no," groans Garth, "we left…a trail."

The wolves looks back and was dishearten to see that the dead hunter's blood had left a near straight line that lead right to them, and the soldiers were closing in on them.

"We should…leave it," Garth begin arguing again, "It looks like it'll die on us anyway-"

"There" Humphrey exclaims triumphantly, "I can hear the river! Come on, just a couple more feet."

Hearten by the news, the wolves push themselves even further, ignoring their weak bodies and trying to move as fast as possible while trying to prevent the dead hunter from gaining more injuries.

Behind them, the soldiers pounding feet ushered them on, informing them they were in a race that their very lives depended on.

Finally they came to the creek, water flows through the rough dirt canal as it travels from the mountain and travels deeper into the valley. The water was a clear as crystal and the sound of gushing liquid was welcoming to the tired wolves' ears. The ground around the creek was devoid of any cover except for some scattered boulders and a small newly born tree that was barley growing; the very tree the creek was named after.

Close to where they stop was a small boulder marking where the small rock bed was.

"There," gasps Humphrey, "come on guys, we're here."

With a final effort the wolves lifted the dead hunter off the ground, using every scrap of strength they could muster and carried it to the river. Gently, they lay the hunter in the creek, but the body didn't submerge as it came to rest on the underwater rocks that Humphrey knew would be there. As long as the dead hunter lay unmoving in its current position, the soldiers wouldn't see it.

The wolves wanted to collapse again, but Garth just suck in a couple of breaths before saying, "Come on guys, help me," before turning to face the red trail the wolves have left.

Garth got down low and began licking the blood, trying to erase the tracks. Following suit, the other two wolves bent down and tried to lick up as much blood as they could.

"Ugh," said a disgusted Kate, "No wonder humans aren't part of our diet, this tastes terrible."

"Well this thing is dead, so maybe not all humans-" Humphrey was interrupted by Kate's growl and went back to work obliterating the evidence. They only erase the trail that led to the small river when Garth looks up and saw movement in the trees.

"Run, into the creek," he whispers, which the other wolves quickly obliged. They ran and silently lower themselves into the cooling water and lap some of the liquid with their dried out tongues, and stayed low; the small ground above their heads prevented anyone from seeing them.

The wolves shifted uncomfortably, being close to a creature that could kill them in less than a minute wasn't very soothing.

Finally, the soldiers ran into the small clearing, the wolves could just see their confused expressions when they could no longer find the trail. They spoke among themselves in a strange language that neither wolf's have ever heard before. It wasn't long before their voices started to fade, indicating that they were moving back into the woods.

Feeling relieved Humphrey felt himself tilt and he accidently landed on the wounded dead hunter. He pressed the hunter under the river, causing it to sputter as the water enters its body. The wolves quickly pull it out from underneath the liquid, but it was too late.

Above them came a single voice, a single soldier was literally on top of them. The soldier said a short sentence, a question. Slowly, a pair of timid footsteps approaches them, panicking the wolves. They couldn't run without getting shot and if they stayed where they were at, the soldier could easily murder them like fish in a barrel, or creek.

Wait…Fish! Garth remembers when Humphrey showed him the mythical jumping fish of Two Paw lake, he was amazed at how a fish could jump and land in the water, causing a splash. The soldier's first thoughts probably won't be of a fish, but it was worth a shot.

Garth moves his paw under the water, searching for a loose piece of stone until he found one. The soldier was just about close to the lip of the creek, any minute he's going to look down and see them. Working fast, Garth held the stone at an awkward angle and remembering the trick Lilly showed him, he threw the stone and watch it bounce across the water twice before disappearing back under the water.

The soldier suddenly fired a multitude of bullets in the places where the stone skipped. Luckily its loud shots hid Kate's loud gasp. The wolves cowered in the water as they felt the heat of the bullets wash over them, almost causing them to bolt. The soldier stop firing and Garth could see him, could see the human as he leans in close to the spot where the stone vanished.

Suddenly a loud voice echo across the land and the soldier quickly turns around. The loud voice spoke and Garth guesses it was a human Alpha like the one they saw earlier. The soldier spoke in a soft tone before they heard the sound of something hard smack skin and there was a grunt of pain. Shortly after there was the sound of feet walking away, leaving the wolves and the dead hunter alone in the creek.

The wolves breathe a sigh of relief and grin at each other. The sound of murmuring drew their attention to the dead hunter, who was moving slightly, probably having a nightmare.

Humphrey sighs before looking at the Alphas, "Well, are you guys going to, you know, end his suffering?"

The golden and red wolves look at each other and ponder the situation. They were ready to end the poor creature's life, yet it was still alive and they just risk their own tails trying to save it, would it all be for nothing if they just end its life now?

Garth finally sighs and looks up, "Right now, I'm not sure if I have the heart to kill the thing," he looks to Kate and asks, "what about you?"

She shrugs and says, "I don't think I can do it, and we both know Humphrey doesn't have the heart to do it either."

"Hey!" the grey wolf interrupted.

"It's a compliment," she simply says before saying, "Now what? We can't kill it, and I don't like the idea of leaving it out here when it can't defend itself. What are we going to do?"

The wolves thought only for a moment before Garth sighs and says, "There's only one option."

Kate silently nods her head while Humphrey nervously says, "Whatever happens…don't tell Winston it was my idea.

"WHY DID YOU BRING THAT, THAT, THING HERE!"

Intrigued by the main Alpha's anger, the wolves of the pack made their way to the source of the infuriated voice and were stun at what they saw. Place right in front of the Alpha's den was a human, with the Alphas Kate and Garth and the single Omega Humphrey, all three were cowering before their leader.

At the sight of the human, the wolves start to growl and silently encircle it, like the human was some sort of prey. The trio of family members shifted uncomfortably as they too were in the circle as they waited for their leader to speak again.

The wolves have never seen Winston look so angry before. His body posture was slightly stooped like he was reading to pounce and his claws made gouge marks in the dirt. His hackles were slightly raised, showing off his fearsome teeth that look sharp enough to snap someone in two. His eyes were nearly glazed red as he breaths heavily as if he couldn't breathe.

He opens his mouth to speak, but suddenly a white streak broke the circle of wolves and nearly knocks Garth over.

"Garth!" cries Lilly, "are you alright? Why did you bring, um, this human here?"

For some reason Garth found it easier to explain the situation to his mate rather than his pack leader, "We were out hunting and-"

Garth's father, Tony, interrupted, "that was hours ago, where have you been?"

Kate picked up the story from there, "we were hunting but then we were forced to hide," here she looks at her father, "the human soldiers are moving deeper into the valley, we were hunting in the canyon when they came."

A sudden unease broke out among the wolves, this was indeed terrible news, and the canyon wasn't too far away from the pack's dens.

Winston nods gravely, "Just as I feared, I'm glad you hid from the soldiers, but why did you bring this one here?" he demands.

Humphrey was the one who answer, "This one is different, he is one of the dead hunters me and Garth told you about, look."

The Omega swipes some blood off the injured hunter's face, revealing the image of a human skull, the stain blood made it look even more menacing. The wolves all gasp, before them was proof there was such things as dead humans.

Tony however steps forward and looks closely at the creature. Cautiously he raises his paw and touches its face. Instead of feeling the stiffness of bone he felt the strange fur that humans encase themselves in daily.

Tony snorts, "It's not a dead hunter, it's a regular human wearing one of their strange clothing."

The pack was relieved by the news, but only slightly, now they were reassured in knowing that the thing was a human that are easy to bring down.

Startled by the revelation, Garth stutters, "But, but, father you have no idea what we saw, there were four dead, I mean, humans, yet they caused a bloodbath back at the canyon, you wouldn't believe how many soldiers this human killed, it's not an ordinary human."

Winston now growls, "Not only did you bring a human to our home, you brought the enemy of the soldiers who will no doubt be looking for it and to make matters worse you claim that you brought a deadly human here, a human that's far more dangerous than the average human."

The small hunting party didn't know what to say, so far Winston was making better sense than they were.

Hoping to win some ground, Humphrey said, "But sir, this human asked us to help, it actually reached up to us and asks for help."

The wolves of the pack look at one another, unsure to believe the radical claims they were hearing.

Tony chuckles, "what sort of human asks us for help?"

"This one," Kate said, "And was it not you who made murder against the law? We couldn't stand by and watch this defenseless human be slaughter for not committing a crime."

"How do you know it didn't commit a crime?" snarls Tony, "and when I made that law I was referring to fellow wolves, not meat," this earns some chuckles from the gather wolves.

"Trust me," Humphrey said, "this guy doesn't taste too good."

Kate turns to her father, "Please dad, it asked us for help, we can't turn it away. To leave it in the woods would be a death sentence."

Winston never said no to his daughter before, but when humans were involved he drew the line, "Kate, I cannot permit to have a deadly creature this close to the pack, this close to our mates and cubs."

Suddenly the human raises its hand, causing the wolves to jump and growl warnings. But the human didn't do anything, maybe it was dreaming, it mumbles something under its breath, Humphrey thought he heard it say "Gordon" or something like that. The hand fell to the floor once more and the human was silent again.

Tony growls, "It's a danger to us all, we should kill it," the suggestion was met with additional growls of agreement.

"Wait!" Humphrey said in a final attempt to save the humans life, "It spared us," he turns to the other, "it spared us, remember?"

Realizing what her mate was doing, Kate quickly says, "Yes, it did, it had us cornered and it could have killed us, it could have had its friends kill us, but instead this very human let us go."

The news stuns the wolves again, they never heard of humans sparing the life of a wolf before.

Nodding along with the story, Garth finish, "Winston sir, by pack law all debts must be repaid whether they're wolves, birds or any other creatures, and humans can be counted as another creature."

Remembering the law, the wolves turn their gaze to the pack leaders, Winston and Tony; it was they who decide the issue. Both wolves look at each other, torn, as the main Alphas they were looked up to uphold the laws of the pack, but they wanted nothing more than to kill the human and be done with it. They put their heads together and whispers to each other, the crowd tries to listen in, but all they heard was growls coming from both leaders.

Finally, the two aging Alphas raised their heads, both looking sour and Winston snarls, "The human…will live, and to repay the debt we shall…care for it," here the Alpha seems to choke on the words.

Humphrey, Garth and Kate all exhaled, not realizing that they were holding their breath for the sake of a human.

"But," continues Tony, "Once that thing is healed, it will be sent away and if it does anything that means to harm us, we will kill it on the spot," the pack growls in agreement, none looking happy at the prospect of living with a human.

"Sounds fair," mumbles Garth.

In order to ensure that the human wouldn't bring harm to the pack or if a wolf tries to harm the human, Humphrey, Kate, Garth, and now Lilly, moved the human to Dennis's den. Dennis left the pack to join another roaming wolf pack, leaving his den vacant except for some bugs and the occasional rabbit. Also his den was the farthest away from the hill where the wolves of the pack makes their dens, keeping the human a reasonable distance away from the others.

"This isn't so bad," commented Kate as she inspects the den, her opinion changes however after she walks through a cobweb; "Eww!" was all she said.

Trying to suppress a chuckle, Humphrey checks out the den, it was big enough for the human, and it was dug right next to a clump of bushes, partially hiding the entrance, safeguarding any whoever will be living in it.

Humphrey returns to his mate and licks the cobweb off her fur, causing Kate to giggle a bit. Once every last web was removed, they turn their attention back to the human. It was still breathing, but it was still bleeding from various wounds all over its body. They sent Garth and Lily out to get some moss to clog the wounds, that was as far as their experience have gone in dealing with bullet injuries.

"Should we try and clean it up?" Kate suggests, "It'll make it easier to look at it."

Humphrey shudders at the thought of licking more of the human's blood but nods anyway. The blood has already dried and crack as the wolves began licking, trying to clean the human. They couldn't really clean the human since most of its body was hidden by the thing that Tony calls 'clothing', so they were only able to clean some parts of its expose skin. It was still bleeding at the source of its wounds, but not as much as before, Kate thought it was a miracle that the creature hasn't bled to death yet. The sun was setting when the wolves finished their task.

There was still dry blood on the humans clothing but at least the skin was presentable. Humphrey notices that the clothing that covers the human face had a new feature, three cuts running diagonally along the humans face was now visible. The cuts started from the top of the human's head on the right side, working its way down to its jaw line.

The upper cut ran across its forehead and narrowly misses the human's left eye before ending at the jaw line on the left side of its face. The right eye wasn't so lucky; the gash in the middle went through the human's eye and hits a small side of its mouth before ending at the jaw as well. The final cut ran below the right eye and across where the human's mouth would be, and ends at the chin. Blood was still seeping from the cuts, no doubt scaring the humans face.

"Why do you think it has a image of a skull on the clothing covering its head?" Humphrey finally asks.

"Maybe it doesn't like how it looks," Kate said seriously.

"Maybe, but why a skull, why not a wolf's face," here he grins at her, "I know some pretty beautiful wolves around here."

Kate lightly bumps Humphrey in the shoulder, "Oh stop it Humphrey."

At that moment the other two mates return, both mouths full with moss.

"This is all we found, I hope it's enough," Garth said as he lays the green plants beside the human before looking up, "what do we do now?"

"Nana said to grab some moss and hold it against the injuries," Lilly said. Nana was the healer of the pack, but she refused to help the human, leaving it up to the young new family to heal the wounds.

The wolves grab some of the shrubs and begin to lightly press the small plants into the human. The males got the upper body while the females got the lower body. They would pause every few seconds when the human moans in pain when they press on the injuries, but it didn't wake up.

"Are we doing it right," asks a concern Humphrey, "should it be feeling this amount of pain?"

"I don't know, this is my first time doing it," replies Kate.

They covered all the wounds except for the cuts on the human's face. They didn't want to wake the human, so they just laid the leaves on its face, but even then the small contact brought groans of pain from the human.

When they were finish Lilly looks down at the human, "Do you think it'll live?"

"I don't know," says Garth who sat next to her, "I'm surprise that they can be killed at all, you wouldn't believe how many bullets it took to kill these things."

She looks up at her mate and said, "Kill them? Does that mean it's the last one?"

"Probably," Kate said as she too huddles with Humphrey, "We didn't see any other humans, well humans that look like this one."

"It must be sad to be all alone like this human," Lilly said absent mindedly.

The wolves all jump when they heard a small cough. Standing by the entrance was Oliver, a black Alpha wolf.

"Winston says it's time to come back home," he said, eyeing the human with disgust.

Noticing the hostile look, Garth positions himself in front of the human and asks, "What if we want to stay? You know, to make sure nothing happens to it," he finishes while jerking his head behind him.

Oliver replies in an even voice, "It's the main Alpha's orders; he doesn't want anyone to be near that thing." He looks at the human and snarls, "the sooner it's gone the better," before turning and leaves the den.

The wolves watch him go until Humphrey asks, "Were you really going to fight him, or any other wolf that means the human harm?"

Garth looks at the human and shook his head, "I don't know, I guess I'm just trying to repay the debt."

"Well I just think you're brave," says Lilly as she stands and licks her mate on the cheek.

Kate got up as well and said, "I guess we should head back now."

"What about the human, will it be alright?" wonders Humphrey.

"I'm sure it'll be fine, with its scent claiming this place and the bushes hiding the entrance, I'm sure no one will bother it."

"That's not what I meant," the Omega said as he stands as well.

Kate sighs and said, "If it passes, than it was meant to be, we done all we can, it's in the hands of fate now."

With that the wolves filed out of the den, each casting worried glances behind them in the direction of the den. Lilly silently thought who knew we all would be worrying about a human.