Chapter 16 : Judgement Day

The next morning came faster than expected, with the orange sun isn't fully out behind the snowy mountains, and Hutch and Sam were already awake before Rex knew it as they walked out of the den with a smile.

'Morning, Rex.' Hutch said and took a deep breath in for some fresh air, so as Sam.

'Morning.' He replied with a smile.

'Did Lex made any appearance while we're asleep for the whole night?' Sam asked curiously.

'Nope. Not even once.'

'I see. Well, you better head out and hunt for the pack now. Two Caribous will do.'

'No problem. Get the male alphas and omegas up now. And don't worry, he's not around. But keep your guard up at all times.'

They nodded and entered the den while Rex headed out to the hunting ground. At the same moment when he left, Kate's eyelids began to scroll up and she raised her head sleepily to look around her, only to find all of her pack mates still asleep in one side of her den, except for the males who were already awake but wore a sleepy expression. She got up and stretched her muscle, yawning at the same time, before nudging her mate awake.

'Wake up darling.' She said in a lovely tone.

Humphrey began to wake up from his slumber and looked back at her sleepily.

'Morning, Kate.' He said as he got onto his feet and stretched his muscles.

'How was your sleep?'

'Pretty good. Wanna talk outside? I don't want to disturb others.'

Kate looked at her pack mates who were sleeping soundly and decided to respect their privacy. She looked back at him and nodded before exiting the den with him. But just when they're about to step out into the open, Hutch and Sam who were waking the other men noticed their movement and stopped them.

'Why are you two up this early? The sun isn't fully out yet.' Hutch asked curiously.

'We just want to have a private chat, that's all.' Kate said with a smile until he noticed Rex's absence. 'Where's Rex?'

'He's out hunting for all of us. Don't worry, he'll be fine.' Sam said with a smile and Humphrey felt his jealousy of last night returning in his heart.

'Can we talk outside? You know, only me and Kate? We'll be sitting at where you can see us.' Humphrey asked politely as he managed to ignore his feelings.

'I don't know. It's kinda risky, since we're dealing with a serious problem right now.' Hutch said with his smile faded away.

'They can. Rex left a few seconds ago and told us by his instincts that Lex isn't around, but be careful.' Sam reasoned as he looked at Hutch who was making his decision carefully.

'Fine. Go ahead, but be at where we can see you.'

'Thank you.' Kate said with a smile and walked out of the den along with Humphrey beside her.

They stepped into the cool breeze blowing from the west of their den and smiled as they breathe in the fresh air made by nature. They checked the steep road which everyone used to get to their den as it was the only entrance and exit point before sitting at the overhang.

'So, how was your sleep, honey?' Humphrey asked, starting the conversation.

'Fine. What about yours?' Kate asked, looking back at him with a smile.

'Pretty good. Dreamt of us playing with our pups in our den.' He replied, and it was true, but he actually had some difficulty in sleeping due to what he saw last night; he was lucky to have enough sleep so she won't be worried about him.

'That's great. Well, I hope Rex returns soon.' Kate said as she looked at the den ground below and Humphrey's jealousy returned once again.

'Are you hungry?'

'Not really, but Rex's presence makes me felt more safe under his protection.'

Her reply causes his jealousy to grow and he tried to hold it back, but her next sentences shattered his resistance.

'I'm so glad that he's here to look after me, and won't leave till I'm cured as nobody except him knows how to deal with my current condition.'

'Well, why don't you be with him then?'

Humphrey's reply had taken her aback and she looked at him whose head was facing the ground and tears dripping off of him cheeks. She then realized how he was thinking of this and frowned.

'No, Humphrey. I-'

'WELL, HE'S BETTER THAN ME IN EVERYTHING, SO WHY AREN'T YOU PICKING A BETTER WOLF?! I SAW WHAT YOU DID TO HIM LAST NIGHT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN I FELT WHEN I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES?! I'VE BEEN SUFFERING FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS AS I WATCHED YOU TALKING AND LAUGHING WITH HIM!' He shouted, now looking back at her with watery eyes.

Kate was shocked by this and began to cry as she tried to reason with him.

'Humphrey, I'm sor-'

'YOU CAN BE WITH HIM NOW, 'CAUSE HE IS HANDSOME AND MUSCULAR, UNLIKE ME, A WEAK OMEGA!'

Kate landed a slap across his face which stunned him and she cried harder than she ever had.

'WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU?! I ONLY LIKE HIM AS A FRIEND, SO WHY ARE YOU THINKING SO NEGATIVELY?! I LIKE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN ON YOURSELF! YOU'RE NOT BEHAVING LIKE YOUR OLD SELF! THE WOLF WHO I TRULY LOVED!' She cried and wiped off her tears. 'I'm so disappointed in you!'

She began to ran down the steep dusty road to the den grounds, away from him as she was very disappointed in him. Humphrey, on the other paw, was too stunned by her first slap that he ever felt in his entire life that he couldn't speak. Hutch and Sam walked out of the den with a surprised expression and sat beside him.

'What's wrong with you, Humphrey? How could think that way?' Sam asked in disappointment.

'Where's Kate?' Hutch asked seriously as he noticed Kate's absence and his face started to change into a worried expression before looking back at him. 'She ran away, didn't she?!'

'Oh no…' Sam said in a shock upon hearing what his pack mate had said.

At that moment, Rex returned with a Caribou on his back and another in his mouth and as he noticed their expressions when dropping his prize on the ground, he knew something was wrong.

'What happened?' He asked worriedly.

'Humphrey and Kate had an argument.' Sam replied and Rex's eyes widened.

'Where's Kate?'

'She ran off.' Hutch replied and it stoned Rex.

'What?! We must look for her now! Lex's not here, so he's out there!'

'Good luck in finding her so you can be with her.' Humphrey said unexpectedly, even to himself.

Rex looked at him furiously and landed a fist across where Kate had slapped him, frightening Hutch and Sam. Rex pulled Humphrey's mane close to him and looked into his eyes.

'WAKE THE DAMN UP, HUMPHREY! I KNOW YOU'RE JEALOUS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT, AND I WAS THINKING OF EXPLAINING IT TO YOU ONCE YOU'RE AWAKE, BUT I CAN SEE THAT I'M TOO LATE FOR IT. SHE WAS JUST COMFORTING MY SADNESS, THAT'S ALL! DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEING AN ASS RIGHT NOW?!' He said and tossed Humphrey to the ground and pointed a claw at him. 'LET ME TELL YOU THIS. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER, YOU'LL BE FEELING THE PAIN THAT I'VE SUFFERED FOR LOSING MY OWN MATE AND YOU'LL REGRET THIS DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! NOW ARE YOU COMING OR NOT?!'

Humphrey got up slowly and felt no pain from his injured cheek as he was now awake from his negative thoughts and realized what he had done.

'Thank you for waking me up, Rex. I know what I must do now. Let's go.' He said.

'Sam, Hutch, alert the others including Eve, Tony and Winston about this and bring backup, but leave some men to protect the women and pups.' Rex commanded and received nods from the two Betas before running off with Humphrey.

Rex began to follow Kate's scent as they ran past the den ground and into the woods.

I hope you're safe till we found you, Kate. He thought as they ran as fast as they can.

Meanwhile, Kate slowed down and walked instead of running as she remembered what Rex had always told her when she wanted to go somewhere, and doesn't want to get him and Humphrey worried. She arrived at the pond and she cried as she walked towards it, feeling pains in her heart as Humphrey had hurt her emotions. She sat in the cool water with her body submerged and tried to calm herself down, but the pain was too strong. How could he think of it that way? She wasn't expecting him to be like that for the start of the day and she was guilty for not understanding how he felt, but she was also sad that he didn't know how she felt when he shouted at her. She was now scared of being alone and feared that Rex's evil brother, Lex will be nearby. A few minutes later, the rustling of leaves caught her attention and she hoped that it is Rex and Humphrey. Unfortunately, it was the muscular and perverted Lex who reminded her so much of the dead Alex; the only difference is that he's not boastful. He walked out of the bush and looked at her with an evil grin.

'My, my. Why is a hot and beautiful female wolf like you doing alone here?' He said lustfully until he noticed that Kate's in heat and she immediately covered her vagina with her tail. 'And you're in heat. Strange. It isn't mating season yet, but soon.'

'Stay away from me.' She growled as she was disgusted by his dripping saliva and sticked-out tongue.

She doesn't want to run as she would overheat and die, so she had no choice but to stay.

'Why should I? I believe Rex explained to everyone about me, including you.'

Lex was now standing infront of her and pushed her easily to position her properly, with her back on the ground and belly facing towards his. He shoved her tail away to reveal her in-heat vagina which hungers him and his evil grin grew bigger.

'Well, I never had sex in water before, so this should be fun.' He said lustfully with his penis extended from its sheath. 'Don't worry. You'll like it and it'll be quick.'

She faced away from him with tears flowing down from her beautiful golden eyes as she was going to meet her fate. She never wanted her life to end like this; she wanted to have pups with Humphrey and grow old with him. She doesn't want to struggle as it was pointless; his strength was five times bigger than hers. She closed her eyes as he was about to begin.

I love you, Humphrey. She thought of her last words.

Just when Lex was about to begin his fun, a shout rang the area which caused Kate's face to lit up.

'GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU FILTHY MUTT!'

Lex turned to his right and saw an incoming hind legs flying at him. He was too late to react and the kick sent him flying a few metres away from them. Humphrey landed on four feet and turned towards Kate who got up and hugged him, sharing a hungry kiss at the same time. They broke apart and she cried on his chest.

'Humphrey! Thank god you're here!' She cried.

'I'm sorry for what I've said back at the den, Kate. I'm back and awake now, and I won't this mutt here take you. We still have a long road to walk together, am I right?' He said with smile. 'Did he…?'

'No, he didn't. I'm glad that you came on time.' She said as their eyes met.

'Well, you need to kick harder than that, bud!' Lex said as he already got onto his feet and pounced at them unexpectedly.

Kate and Humphrey was surprised by his sudden comeback but luckily, Rex landed infront of the love couple at top speed and used his tail to deflect his claws before stretching out his hind legs at the opening that he made on.

'Like this?' He said as he did it and Lex was sent further away from them and knocked against a tree.

'Rex!' Kate cried.

'Hello, and I'm glad that we came on time. Are you okay?' Rex said as he turned towards her with a worried expression.

'I'm fine. He didn't do anything to me yet.'

'Good. Well, looks like the misunderstanding's over now. And I hope you learned your lesson from this, Humphrey.'

'Yeah. Eve's gonna kill me for this when we get back, so as Winston. She's gonna tear my tail off and shove it down my neck while Winston's gonna tear my trachea out.' Humphrey said with his tongue sticked out and rolling his eyeballs, which made Kate giggled.

'Don't worry. I'll make sure they won't.' She said with a smile and licked his cheek.

Rex's instincts sensed danger from behind and he landed another kick on Lex who tried to make a stealthy pounce on his back and landed a fist across his face when he jumped at the same mid-air level as his which surprised Kate and Humphrey upon seeing more of his new abilities. Rex landed on his four feet while Lex flew a few centimeters away due to his hard punch and landed on his back. They watched as he got up and ran towards Rex for more, but all he received was a fist across the face again, in the belly and a kick on his chest which sent him flying once more to a tree. Rex felt a strange pain in his heart as his old brotherhood feelings was returning back to him again, and he tried to ignore it in the best way that he can, but it was too overwhelming. He watched as he got up slowly and spat out blood before looking back at him with his evil grin still on.

'Ready for more? I can do this all day.' Rex said as Lex was like a puny ant to him.

'You've grown much stronger and skilled than I thought, Rex. I'm impressed.' He said as he wiped off a little blood on the side of his lips.

'I warned you to not rape any girls in this pack, and looks like you ignored it.'

'Of course. It's what I always do and also my favourite hobby.'

He was surprised that he isn't begging for his life now that he's in a terrible situation and his mind began to recall his past question, and that is what had caused his brother to be like this? Turning from a brave and respectable Beta of the pack into a perverted and lusty wolf was just too sudden for him to accept. His mind was racing as he can't kill his brother without knowing the truth behind his sudden change in behaviour. Could it be Rebecca's death or some other reasons that was hidden from him secretly? Lex noticed his bothered expression and thought that he could attack him while he's distracted, but he made a huge mistake. He ran at him and pounced, aiming for his neck, but Rex pounced at him after bring alerted by his instincts and kicked him away with his muscular hind legs like a kangaroo, sending him flying back at the same tree and creating a small little bend on it which amazed Humphrey and Kate as the audience. Lex got up and spat out more blood but made an evil laugh.

'You really love to kick, don't you, brother?' He said with an evil grin.

'And you're really a stubborn wolf.' Rex replied.

'Well, why don't you kill me now? It will cease the problem that this pack is facing and you can live normally again.'

'I can never live in a normal life again due to what you have done to Rose!'

'Well, looks like I never will have the chance of raping her now that she's dead.'

'Damn you!'

Rex dashed towards Lex who had no chance of dodging his attacks and punched him across the face and hit his belly several times, causing him to cough out more blood. Finally, he stopped and knocked him away, trying not to kill him which surprises Humphrey and Kate. He walked towards Humphrey and Kate who was sitting in the pond and Lex got up slowly to regain his balance.

'Why don't you kill him, Rex? You said that he didn't listened to your warning, so why aren't you doing it?' Humphrey asked curiously.

'It's because I want to know the truth.' Rex replied and turned towards Lex who was wearing a puzzled expression. 'I know who my old brother is, but I don't know what caused him to create such a huge change in his behaviour. I want answers now before making any more decisions.'

Silence descended upon them for a few minutes with the wind gusting and causing their fur to dangle around until Lex began to make his evil laugh again which puzzled them.

'So, you really want to know the truth? Looks like I can't hide it from you anymore. It's very simple, but quite shocking too. I hope you're ready to hear it.' He said with his usual evil grin.

Rex was ready for this moment of truth as it would be the answers for all the murdering and raping. He stood like a stone with his eyes fixed on his brother as he let out a deep breath before looking back at him.

'Well…'

GOD DAMN CLIFFHANGER! Well, I know that you'll be quite surprised for this quick update. This chapter was pretty hard to write, especially the art when Kate's about to get raped and the disgusting words, etc. But the main reason for this update is to let you guys know that I won't be writing for a while 'cause I think my laptop's hard drive's failing(there's clicking sounds produced every time when I make lots of tries on switching my laptop on, and yes, I work on a laptop, not a desktop) and I'll be taking it to the workshop. I don't know how long the repair would take, so I'm sorry that it'll be leaving you guys hanging for a while(I understand how you're feeling right now). But you guys can check my profile out; I'll be posting about when the repair's going to be done 'cause I have another laptop(It's an old one, so don't think that I'm rich). I know what question pops up in your mind upon reading this. 'Why don't you work on that old laptop anyway?' Well, that's because I don't feel so comfortable working on it, so I hope you guys can understand. Anyways, thank you for voting the poll and the support for this story so far. I'm quite surprised that 'Alpha and Omega 5' earns more votes than the others; I was expecting 'A Warrior's Death' to earn the most. As usual, leave a review/follow/favourite. You guys are awesome and have a pleasant day. Peace out. -LoverWolfs1121

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