Evolution or Revolution?

"Dad! You have to do something about Oliver; he just tried to kill Damon a few minutes ago!"

Winston feast was interrupted as his oldest daughter bursts through the cave's entrance, followed by her sister Lilly. Slightly puzzled, Winston lifts his head away from the caribou meat and asks, "Damon who?"

Kate couldn't suppress the growl as she answers, "the Ghost."

"What?" Winston asks, now truly confused.

"The human!" Kate finally yells.

Eve, who was eating beside her mate, looks up at her daughter and chides, "Kate, no shouting in the den."

Kate was agitated at her father's ignorance and Oliver's murder attempt, but when her mother spoke, she listens. Kate bows her head and says, "Yes mother."

Lilly, who was calmer than her sister at the moment, spoke next, "father, Oliver and a group of Alphas almost attacked Damon, he violated the law by staging an attempt on his life, you need to do something before he tries again, for all we know next time Damon might not be so lucky."

Winston was silent as he took in the information, slowly; he rises from his dinner and walks to the entrance of his den and barks, "Hutch!"

A minute later, the brown wolf was standing in front of the main Alpha, heaving slightly from his fast run and asks, "Yes…Winston," he gasps.

"Who was supposed to be on guard at Damon's den tonight?"

"Who?" Hutch asks his brow furring up a bit.

"The human," Winston elaborates, "who was it that was to watch over him?"

Hutch grows silent as he tries to remember the roster Winston had ordered him to memorize earlier that week, "I think its Oliver's turn to watch over the human this evening."

Inside the den Winston heard Kate growl again and rightly so. Winston shook his head, whether in embarrassment of his mistake or not he didn't know.

"Switch Oliver with Nate and have him watch the den," he orders, "I want you to get your best stealth Alphas together and stalk Oliver and his friends, make sure they don't try and harm our guest again."

"Again?" asks Hutch "did something happen?"

"I'll explain later," Winston said in answer, "I just want someone watching Oliver and the human."

"Extra guard duty," sums up Hutch with a tired sigh, "most of the Alpha's aren't going to like this, between hunting and patrolling the border we're already tuckered out."

"Then get some of the Omegas to help."

The two wolves jumped at the unexpected sound and turn to where the voice originated from. Emerging from the shadows was none other than the human himself; Damon. He was carrying his stick, but wasn't leaning on it; he was now standing tall, rigid posture and a look of determination written on his scarred face. The weak creature that Winston's children had dragged into their midst was gone; now replace by the dangerous warrior the human claims to be.

The stance made Winston and Hutch nervous and not for the first time since they had met Winston began wondering if he made a mistake by letting the human stay among them.

"Damon!" Kate, Lilly and Eve walks out of the den as the young Alpha walks forward, "what are you doing here? Where's Humphrey and Garth?"

"Here," was the reply as the said wolves walk out of the shadows fallowing in Damon's footsteps.

"You two shouldn't let him walk out here, it's dangerous-" before Kate could finish Damon interrupts.

"It's my fault Kate," he confesses, "I needed to speak to Winston and possibly Tony about…the recent developments," he said stuttering over the final words.

"But it's dangerous," Lilly spoke up, "Oliver could have seen you-"

"No, he wouldn't," Garth said, with awe in his voice, "I've never seen anyone move so silently before, we had to sniff around for his scent every time we lost sight of him, I could have sworn he turn invisible at one point or another."

"I'm a Ghost," Damon said with pride, "not only am I good at hiding but I'm also a capable warrior," here he hefts his improvised cane, "and believe in me, I wouldn't mind having a go at Oliver."

"I can't have you fighting my wolves," stated Winston before Damon spoke again as if he was talking to a military officer.

"No disrespect sir, but Oliver made the first move; I was prepared to defend myself."

Winston sighs and nods his head before saying, "what do you wish to speak to me and Tony about?"

"About the current situation," Damon said as if the statement explained everything, "The Federation is moving further and further out of their valley, Oliver and the other wolves seem to be getting ready to conspire against you because of me and autumn is almost over, if we don't get things settled soon, winter will take a toll on us."

Winston's eyes widen a bit before asking, "Where did you get your information?"

Garth and Kate started to shift their weight from foot to foot, "that's our fault," admitted Kate, "he's been asking about what's been going on in the forest so we told him."

"Don't be upset with your daughter sir," Damon pleads, "it was me who asks, so if you want to be angry with someone be angry with me sir."

Winston just shook his head before saying, "Come inside," he turns and led the way back into his den, with Eve by his side. Damon follows after them, feeling pain in his leg but he ignored it, he needed to get back into the game, now.

Winston stood by the entrance and watches Damon duck inside before turning to the wolves outside his den, "Kate, Lilly, Humphrey, go to your dens and get some rest," he then turns to Garth, "please bring your father Garth," the Alpha nods before turning and running off.

Finally Winston turns to Hutch and said, "Get some Alphas together and stalk Oliver and his friends, at least until I say otherwise." Hutch nods and runs off as well.

Noticing his children and Humphrey still standing in front of him, Winston said again, "go and get some rest, everything will be alright." Hesitantly the wolves turn and left, heading to their own caves. Winston exhales before turning and walking in.

Damon was sitting on one side of the den while Eve crouch on the other, the bloody carcass of the caribou was the only thing separating them. Winston noticed that both of them seem to be at ease, but he saw his mate's tense muscles and Damon's tapping finger and knew that both of them were ready to fight at a moment's notice.

Hoping to ease the tension, he lays down by his mate and lightly rubs his nose against Eve's, calming her. He then looks over to Damon and asks, "what is it exactly do you wish to talk about?"

Damon was silent before saying, "If you don't mind Winston, I think it's best if we wait for Tony, I don't want us to repeat already spoken words and I prefer to speak my mind, I'm sure you'll argue and no doubt he will, I just want to get all this over with one shot."

Winston cocks his head slightly before saying, "very well," which ended the conversation.

Soon silence filled the air as the wolves and Damon either stared at the floor or looked up at one another before shifting their gaze.

Eve finally clears her throat and asks, "Would you like some meat?" nodding towards the bloody meal before Damon.

Remember how her sweet voice could deliver cold threats, Damon cautiously said in the most respectful voice he could, "Uh, no thanks ma'am, I already ate."

Suddenly a howl splint the air and both wolves and human jump to their feet and tense. Not long after another howl pierce the night sky and the occupants of the cave relaxed and sat back down on the floor.

Noticing his movement, Winston said, "I take it our Alphas taught you how we communicate with each other?"

Damon nods but said, "Yes and no, I was told how your line of communications worked, but it was Humphrey who told me."

Before Winston could respond they heard the sound of pattering feet and look to see Tony and Garth enter the cave.

"Winston, what's this all about-" he stopped talking when he noticed the human sitting not too far away from him.

Winston then spoke up, "Damon here wishes to speak to us about the recent development and how we can approach them."

"Developments?" Tony asks an incurious, "like what?"

"Like the Federation troops that are expanding," Damon said in a rather bored voice, "the fact that a bunch of Alphas just tried to attack me," he continues while examining his finger nails, "and the fact that winter is practically around the corner, which if it hits us now, we would be ill prepared and may be attack by either the Feds or Oliver and his small band of miscreants."

Tony eyes widen before looking to Winston who nods his head as if confirming Damon's claims. Tony sighs before walking over and sat between Winston and Damon, making a triangle with each of them at the point.

Winston looks to Garth and says, "Sorry Garth, but for the moment this is a confidential meeting, you may go now."

Garth hesitates before nodding and walks out of the cave.

Eve fakes a yawn and excuses herself and went to the far end of the den and curls up for sleep. Damon would bet anything that she was eavesdropping rather than sleeping.

"So," Tony says, "what are we going to do?"

"I think Damon here already has a solution," Winston said and nods to the human.

Tony's head shot up and he growls, "You are risking the safety of our families on the words of a human, it's because of this human that all of this is happening!"

Damon was silent before speaking again, "The Feds were already here long before my arrival, and I was sent here to destroy them-"

"And how well did that work out for you?" asks Tony in a mocking voice.

Winston then growls, "Enough," earning the other two's attention, "It does not matter who is to blame, what matters is getting rid of these…'Feds', before they attack," he turns his head to Tony, "and I think we can both agree that the soldiers are more dangerous than this human before us."

Tony growls but looks to Damon and asks, "So what's your master plan human?"

Damon looks to both Alphas before speaking, "First off we need to conserve as many Alphas as we can, and you are the fighting class, right? I think I may be able to teach the Alphas how to bring down humans, you're certainly smarter than the dogs we usually train for this."

Tony snorts, "Dogs are too stupid to make their own decisions for themselves," he then turns to Winston, "he's trying to displace us from our rank in nature, trying to force us to stoop as low as becoming their slaves."

Winston shook his head, "I don't know Tony, knowing how to fight back against the humans can have its advantages."

Damon nods to Winston before continuing, "If I'm going to train you, then I need everyone who can fight to be prepared and ready for the training I'm going to give them, meaning they'll need to rest.

Tony growls, "We're spread thin already, how do you expect us to hunt, protect our lands, train and sleep if we don't have the sufficient number of Alphas to cover all those posts?"

Winston clears his voice and shifts his weight, unsure how Tony was going to react, "Damon came up with a solution, one that…sounds crazy but it is necessary."

Tony gave Winston a curious glance before looking at Damon. The Ghost took a deep breath before saying, "I think we can save time and get all our jobs done faster if we allow the Omegas to help."

Tony jumps to his feet and shouts, "What!"

Damon holds his hands up and made calming motions with them, "Listen, just hear me out-"

"No!" shouts Tony, "First you want to make us your slaves, now you want us to lose our personal status among the pack as well?!"

"Tony," Winston said but the wolf growls at him

"No Winston! Don't you see? He's trying to change our way of life-"

"If you don't listen to my advice you won't have a life at all," spoke Damon in loud voice, intimidating Tony a little.

"Look," Damon begins again, "I know this goes against everything you have been taught, but desperate times calls for desperate measures, you, your pack, your family, are in jeopardy, and the only way we're going to survive, is by enlisting the help of the Omegas."

"But they don't how to hunt!" objects Tony, "or fight, or how to patrol-"

"Then teach them!" shouts back Damon, "this whole thing is ridiculous anyways, I've seen wolves who have the potentials of being Alphas, but they're being hold back simply because they weren't born to Alpha families."

Tony growls but Winston interrupts, "Damon, think about what you are saying," The wolf was said, "Omegas are great at telling jokes and having fun, but we barley trust them to supervise the pups-"

"You let Lilly watch over your pups," Damon injects.

"That's different," defends Winston, "the Omegas have been like this their whole lives, you really expect them to change? It's against their nature-"

"But isn't change a part of nature?" asks Damon, "that's what humans do, that's what wolves do; we adapt so we can survive, why can't you adapt to this?"

"Because it's insane-" began Tony before Damon cuts him off again.

"It'll be insane to allow your families to be slaughtered if we don't get the Omegas help," he said, "can't you trust them to just hunt and patrol the border while I teach the Alphas how to fight humans? Just for this year, just until the threat is over, then the Omegas can go back to being their silly selves and I'll leave," he turns to face Tony, "that's what you want, right?"

Tony eyes him coldly before giving the human a stiff nod. Damon lets out a sigh, glad that he had won himself a small victory.

"Ok then, tomorrow, you tell the pack that until the impending crisis is over, Omegas will take over the Alphas primary jobs while I train the Alphas to fight, got it?" inquires Damon.

"It won't be easy," Winston said, "The alphas will not like this at all, being forced to admit that they are on the same level as Omegas."

"Tell them what I'm telling you, if they don't quit whining, then they might as well kiss their tails good bye," Damon was met with silence as he finishes speaking.

Damon then said, "Second thing is surveillance, I have some tech with me that will allow us to spy on the Feds, if we can learn what they are doing, know what they are planning, then we can think of a way to bring them down."

"How do you plan of doing that?" inquires a dubious Tony.

"Send a wolf in every so often, about half a mile away or above the encampment and just have them listen and watch for a couple of hours while the camera records what they'll see."

"What's a camera?" asks Winston.

"A device that'll allow ne to see what the wolf sees," said Damon.

"Hah!" laughs Tony, "I'll believe it when I see it."

"Oh you will Tony," was Damon's response before looking to Winston and asks, "can we do that, get a wolf in close to survey the enemy?"

Winston thought for a bit before nodding "it's possible, but there's hardly any cover for a wolf to go in without being seen."

Damon thought for a bit before saying, "Guess I'll have to go out there and look around, see if I can come up with another plan."

He then looks up at the wolves and said, "Until we get further information, there's nothing else to do other then sit and wait," to which the two Alphas nod their understanding.

"Now, the other trouble we are facing is Oliver," Damon said, "he almost went against your laws and tried to kill me-"

"Are you sure," asks Winston, "to break a pack law usually would mean banishment for the offender, a serious act, one I do not wish to use unless absolutely necessary."

Damon was silent before saying, "I understand, the last thing we need at the moment is a martyr, we should keep that little confrontation to ourselves for the moment, until we can deal with it at another time."

"You do realize if I don't do anything Oliver will think he had gotten away with it, meaning he could try again," Winston told Damon.

"Then I'll be ready," was Damon's reply, "I'm not going to have a little scamp run amuck among the pack, especially when we need everyone if we are to succeed in booting the Feds out of here before the first frost."

Both wolves were silent before Winston asks, "can you really get rid of them by yourself Damon?"

The human was silent before sighing, "I don't know, but I'm going to have to try," he says before getting to his feet and walks to the exit.

He turns and says, "So you're going to tell everyone in the morning, right?"

Winston gravely nods before Tony sighs, "In my opinion, morning is too early for a riot."

Well this is going well, Damon thought as he watches the start of anarchy.

The wolves of the pack all let out a thunderous cry at what they have just heard the main Alphas finish saying. The near one hundred wolves all were divided. Alphas was moaning and growling at the sudden displacement of status while the Omegas were shock by what they have just heard; only a select few seem actually happy with the arrangement.

Damon was sitting in the shadow of the trees and watches the riot. He should be out there, helping Winston defend his case since the whole thing was his idea. But Winston put his paw down when Damon spoke to him about it early that morning; he believes that if the wolves see Damon they will assume he was the one that came up with the plan (which was true) and they will no doubt try and attack him, especially Oliver and his supporters, who at the moment was the loudest in the voice against the suggestion.

Finally after a whole bunch of growls, howls, and threats, the wolves calmed down and Winston tried speaking again, "I know this isn't our way-"

"You're right it's not our way," a voice in the crowd shouts, "Omegas hunting and protecting us? We'll be dead within the week!"

A mixture of Alphas lets out laughter and calls of support for whoever it was that had spoken while the Omegas hung their heads, probably in shame.

Damon just wanted to go out there and knock each and every single Alpha's heads together, but retained himself, if he's seen there's a good chance he may literally be torn to pieces.

Suddenly a figure made its way forward, followed by another; Damon squinted a bit before seeing it was Kate and Humphrey. Kate was clearly angry, baring her teeth and letting out what he assumes was growling while Humphrey stood meekly by her side.

"Enough," she yells, Damon was shock to see every wolf fell silent when she spoke. Probably afraid she's as violent as her mother, Damon thought.

"The Omegas deserve to have a chance to prove themselves," she said, "I think we can all agree that life would be different if we didn't have them by our side."

Suddenly another figure pushes away from the crowd and into the open, a black wolf; Oliver. Damon felt his knuckles crack as his hands formed fists, thinking, where's a rifle when you need one?

"You're just saying that because you have an Omega for your mate," sneers Oliver, to which many wolves bark their agreement, "your vote is invalid-"

"Why," she demands, "Now you're trying to set yourself up higher than the average Alpha," this caused some wolves to quiet and look to Oliver who seems infuriated at the moment.

"I'm trying to say that your vote in this matter is corrupt, and so is your father's," was his sinister reply.

"What!" cries out not only Kate and Winston, but almost every wolf assembled.

"He has an Omega for a daughter," continues Oliver, "Of course he's in favor for this mad scheme," he looks to the crowd behind him, "why should we suffer from the corrupt mind of our leader when he's clearly putting his daughter, a lowly Omega, first before us, Alphas, the rightful rulers of the pack?"

A red crimson shot forward, heading to Oliver, but two wolves jump and tackle the figure down. Damon squints again and saw it was Garth, gnashing his jaws and trying to crawl towards Oliver, thirsty for revenge at what he had just said about his mate.

Oliver let out a tsk before saying, "don't you see, Omegas are corrupting the noble minds of Alphas, how is this safe?" The address causes some of the wolves to look to one another, and to Damon's horror some of them were nodding their heads.

Now Damon's anger was boiling over, Oliver was trying to commit a coup and get the innocent Omegas in trouble. He wanted nothing more than to skin the wolf, but if he moved forward, how many wolves will fight against him?

"Quiet!" Winston finally calls and growls, "Oliver is trying to make himself the leader of the pack and you're listening to him!"

"Remember," cry Oliver, "his mind is corrupt, making any decision he makes is unfit for us," Oliver was obviously trying to recover lost ground, but now the wolves of the pack had doubt plainly written on their faces as they try to decide which person to believe in.

"Oliver," calls Winston, "I'm one of your pack leaders, if I am not fit to make the decisions, then who is? You?"

To Damon's surprise, Oliver shakes his head and said, "no not me, but the rightful leader of the pack, one who thinks of us first before Omegas or humans," he said with distaste before continuing, "is our rightful leader, Tony."

All eyes turn to Tony who looks shock at the recent outcome.

Smart little devil, Damon thought, if he can't rule the pack, then he can install a puppet.

Oliver walks towards Tony who was standing next to Winston and hasn't said a word before the little riot have broken out and says, "Well Tony, what do you say? Ready to be a pack leader again, not having to consult with a dog, a slave to mankind, for how you should rule over the free wolves?"

Oh man that must be tempting, Damon remembers Garth tales of how his father loved being a sole leader of a pack and after last night Tony made it pretty clear he was against Damon and all of his ideas.

Damon could see his fear mirrored on the faces of Winston, Kate, Humphrey, and Garth as they look to Tony who was looking around at the assembled pack, with Oliver grinning all the while.

Finally Tony sighs and admits, "I do miss my old power."

Now Damon was shaking with rage at the visible betrayal, along with a growling Kate, surprised Winston and Humphrey and Garth who was looking down in what could only be disgrace.

Oliver was now smiling and says, "So what is your first decree…main Alpha?" he asks in a devious voice.

"My first decree…" Tony said pausing dramatically before letting out a growl "is for you to leave!"

Every wolf must have gasp and even Damon felt utterly surprise at the unexpected reply, maybe he had judge the old main Alpha wrong after all.

"W-What?" asks a stun Oliver as he steps back.

"You think I'm blind!" roars Tony, "I know what you are doing and I am no nitwit for you to use and control! You're just using me as a pawn in a disgraceful way in becoming leader of the pack! And, you may be unaware of this, but you just insulted my daughter in law, my family!"

"H-he's corrupted too!" shouts Oliver, but now many wolves were snarling at him, even the Omegas.

Winston then steps forward and growls, "I think we both agree," here he glances at Tony, "that you are now banish from our pack and our lands."

"I-I-I," stutters a terrified Oliver, "I meant no disrespect-"

"Go!" roars Winston, "or I'll send the human on you, who I'm sure, is looking forward to skinning you." Oh how true, Damon thought.

Oliver looks to the pack, possibly for support, but the wolves only glared at him with open hostility and his supporters from last night were nowhere to be seen.

Oliver looks to the main Alphas again and said, "I'm sorry, can't, can't I redeem myself or-"

"I said…GO!" roars Winston.

Oliver flinches and without another word, turns and runs into the forest, disappearing from sight.

With the wolf gone, Winston sighs and whispers something to Tony, who smiles and nods to Winston who steps forwards and said, "with that over, I think you now know why it's important why the Omegas should join, they have one trait you have all forgotten; they are loyal, a worthy trait that we can all learn from them."

This causes the Alphas to glance at the Omegas beside them who beams back, while Lilly walks forward and nuzzles Garth and Kate and Humphrey did the same. There was some sighs from the crowd as they view the couple, they probably didn't meant to, but the pairs helped Winston to gain some support.

The main Alphas was starting to divide the Omegas up in groups whereas a individual Alphas will begin teaching the Omegas basic hunting skills when Damon decided to leave and head back to his den. He didn't want to be seen, he might cause another near uprising, but he knew at the moment the wolves had everything under control.