Chapter 19 : A Delivery To The North(Part 1)

The latecomers were surprised to hear what the daughter of the leader of the Western pack had said, and was eager to know her reasons.

'Why are we going to do that?' Winston asked curiously.

'That's because Rex has some wishes that required us to complete it for him there, also his burial. I hope you understand, dad.' Kate replied in a sad tone.

Winston sat quiet for a while with his eyes fixed on Rex's peaceful body. His mind was playing the memories of how Rex defended his daughter from Alex, his behavior to everyone, and most of all, how he's been looking after his sick daughter. While he was in his train of thoughts, the others tried to persuade him.

'Dad, he's been looking after me ever since the day when he saved me from Alex, and has been treating us all like a noble wolf. You saw it with your own eyes.' Kate persuaded.

'Please dad. Rex has been looking after Kate for a really long time, and he helped in relocating Garth's ribs.' Lilly pleaded in tears which broke her family and mate's heart upon seeing it.

'Sir, he got me out of my negative thoughts and saved Kate's life once again. He is a noble hero, and now he requires our help in fulfilling his final wishes.' Humphrey said in a serious expression that no one has ever seen before.

'Sir, he helped me in my injury and distributed a lot of effort for this pack. So we should return the favor we owed him.' Garth said as he grip hold of his healing ribs.

'Winston, he's been standing out for us in dealing with this rapist. Like Garth said, we shouldn't but MUST return this favor.' Tony said stepping into the persuading group.

'Honey.' Eve said as she placed her paw on Winston's chest which got him out of his train of thoughts and he met her watery eyes. 'He has taught me everything about this drug inside Kate's body, and you know that. He truly cared for our baby, and so as to everyone. Please, do it for our babies?'

Looking from his family and old friend to his pack mates and coming to the conclusion, he agreed to take the dead noble warrior back to the home where he actually belongs as he couldn't be blind to not see all the efforts Rex had placed on curing his daughter and also the pack.

'Alright. We'll go. Don't worry, I won't let his death wishes be unfulfilled. Your mom, Tony and I know the way; it's at the west of our territory.' He said with a weak smile as Rex's death saddens him.

'But Winston, the Northern pack's around two hundred miles away from here. We won't make it on time.' Tony said in a sad tone.

'Yes we can. If we hurry now, we'll make it there before sunset.' Kate said, looking from her father to her mother which both was depressed, so as the other wolves.

'But Kate, you can't sprint 'cause you're still under the drug's effect, remember?' Humphrey reminded her and it struck her like a truck.

Ugh. How could I forget that? She thought displeased.

'Then our journey will take around…' Lilly began to process their travel duration in her mind before her ears perked up. 'Two days and a couple of hours if we rest during night times.'

'That's a really, really long time.' Garth said in awe.

'Well, we can trot to there and would probably arrive by sunrise, but what I'm worried was about the body as it will rot.' Tony said with a frown.

'I can solve that. I'll just place him in cold to slow down the rotting process.' Eve said as she looked at the dead noble wolf.

'Well, let's just hope that there'll be any streams or ponds for that to be possible.'

'Okay. Hutch, I leave you here in charge of the order of the pack while me, Eve, Tony, Garth, Lilly, Kate, Humphrey and a few selected alphas head out to the Northern pack.' Winston commanded as he faced towards his Beta.

'Yes sir. Bury him well, sir.' Hutch said with saddened looks.

'We will. Let's move out.'

Just when Winston, Even, Tony, Lilly, Garth and a few alphas that Winston picked was about to head to the pack border, Kate called out as she almost forgotten something very important that relates to Rex's death wishes.

'Wait!'

It caught their attention and they looked back at her with a puzzled expression.

'What is it, sweetie?' Eve said curiously.

'There are some requirements that we have to bring to the Northern pack from here.'

'Well, name them all. We'll do whatever we can to get them.' Tony said.

'We're gonna need at least 99 roses and a rose seed. Also, Rex's body and… '

Kate looked down at her paws as she shuffled them nervously, indicating that her next words might not be acceptable by her family and pack mates, before looking back at them with an awkward look.

'And?' Garth said with the same expression as the others.

…the rapist's.' She finally spat.

Her last requirement stunned them really hard that it made Winston and Tony's jaw drop for the first time in their life, and it raises their curiosity even more as they're eager to know her strange request; no one would carry along a dead wolf who's been a huge thread to not only all packs, but all female lone wolves to the burial of a dead noble warrior unless he or she was a very valuable reason for such action.

'You DO know what that mutt had done to the Northern pack, so as to one of our pack mates and worst of all, to…to…' Lilly began to tear back up, but she held it back and continued. 'To Rex, right?'

'I know, sis. It's really hard for me to perform this action too. But it's part of Rex's wish. He didn't explain to me anything of his reason, but I'm sure it must be a really valid one.'

Garth stood forward as he was done making his decision before the others and was about to speak when he suddenly lost his footing, but fortunately, Lilly was beside him and she leaned her body against his, getting him back on his feet.

'I got you.' She said with a smile.

'Thanks darling.' He replied as he nuzzled her before turning to Kate. 'I'll carry the rapist.'

'But, your ribs aren't fully healed yet.' Lilly looked from his currently-healing ribs to his face, fearing that the weight of the body on his back might apply pressure on his ribs.

'I know, but if it helps in fulfilling my good friend's wish, it's worth it.'

Moments later, Sam stood forward along with a Delta of the pack, volunteering themselves to carry the rapist's body.

'I won't let a loyal wolf to die with worry. We'll carry the body, so keep that ribs healing, bud'.' Sam said as he faced towards Garth and the Delta nodded in agreement.

'Alright.' Garth replied with a small smirk.

'I can be an assistant to you in case anything happens. Name's Rad by the way.' The healer said with a friendly smile.

'Okay. Tony and I will be picking some highly-trained alphas to escort us to our destination.' Winston said and began their picks immediately with Eve assisting.

While waiting, the four omegas who made tons of attempts to get Rex's 'attention' before approached Kate and Humphrey who's laying in the pond and having a chat with Lilly and Garth beside them, looking at them teary-eyed.

'Can we follow you guys to the Northern pack?' Candy said, cutting off Kate's reply to her sister.

'Sure. You girls don't want to miss Rex's burial, I presume?' Kate sighed as she looked at them.

'Y-yeah. I can't b-believe t-this ha-ha-happened!' Sweets stuttered in tears, forcing Kate and Lilly to have an urge to cry again until Candy comforted her.

'I'm sorry that we couldn't do anything about it, ladies. But know that he truly died like a warrior; me and Kate seen it with our own eyes.' Humphrey said and nudged Kate to cheer her up which she returned with a kiss on the cheek. 'After all, I believe he doesn't want us to interfere; it's his fight, not ours.'

'Thanks Humphrey.' She said with a small grin, feeling better than before.

'Who is this rapist anyway? And is there a purpose why he acts like that?' Reba asked as she wants the truth, so as her sister.

'All of your doubts will be cleared during our venture. I promise you. Just not now.' Humphrey stated as this isn't the time for him to fool around.

Winston, Tony and Eve returned to them with five selected alphas and Eve's ears perked when they heard what Humphrey had just said.

'Cleared what?' Eve asked curiously as she stood infront of them along with the two leaders.

'You have more to know about Rex's past other than his dead mate.' Humphrey stated.

'Does it relate to the rapist?' Tony asked.

'It is at first, but no. We'll explain to you the details about the rapist too on the road.'

'Well, okay then. Now, was it 99 roses and a rose seed that you want?' Tony asked with a smile and received a nod from Kate. 'Alright. Alphas and Omegas, search around the territory and gather as many roses as you can and bring it here, also a rose seed.'

The pack members nodded before heading out for their appointed missions, and a few minutes later, they watched as some of them began to return with roses and seeds and piled it up infront of them before returning back to their search. Their search took several minutes till they're all done and it was complete; 99 roses and somehow gathered more than two rose seeds, which was good. Tony, Winston and Eve smiled upon the results and turned from their pack mates to the travelling group.

'Great work. Now all we need is something to carry these and the bodies. You don't want to feel uncomfortable having a cold body on your back, do you?' Winston said with a frown and Sam and the pack healer nodded uncomfortably.

Before anyone could come up with an idea, Humphrey already thought of a perfect solution as he noticed a nearby hollow log.

'I got an idea.' He said with his face lit up and ears perked.

They turned towards him and watched curiously as he walked towards the log and tapped it, facing towards them with a smirk at the same time.

'We can break this into half so each body can be separately placed on it, and we can attach vines to the end of it so we can drag it. Simple as that.'

'That is brilliant, Humphrey!' Kate said as she pounced at him and embraced him tightly.

'Thanks darling, but don't be so active next time, okay? You're getting me worried.' He replied as returned the hug.

'Alright honey.'

'So, we'll be using the vines to tie up these roses into bundles too?' Garth asked as he pointed at the pile of sharp-prickled roses.

'Yeah, but to make it easier for us to grip the bundle by the vine, claw off the prickles so that we won't get any pokes or scratches.' Humphrey said.

'Alright Alphas and Omegas, you heard the man. Start removing those prickles, but be cautious.' Tony commanded and the pack mates got right to work.

The males began to work on creating a carriage for the corpses and gathering the vines, using their muscular body to tear the hollow log into half and slicing off the strong vines with their claws, while the females, on the other paw, uses their eyes like eagles to pick the tiny prickles out. After half an hour of long wait, their patience has paid off as the two wooden carriage was perfectly made and roses cleaned and tied up neatly; although the carriage doesn't have wheels, but hey, it's better than nothing. The two leaders was very proud of their pack as they showed excellence in teamwork, strength and speed, and wanted to congratulate them for what they had done, but it isn't the time yet.

Not wanting to waste the remaining time, Sam and Rad immediately placed the corpses on their carriage and put on the vines. Rad didn't forget about the rapist's sliced-off penis, but he didn't use his mouth to pick it up of course; he somehow managed to roll it onto the log at ease. The others picked up the bundles by the vine and Winston looked at the party; Lilly, Kate, Humphrey, Garth, Eve, Tony, Sam, Rad, five selected alphas and himself.

'Is everyone ready?' Winston asked through muffled jaws and received nods from them. 'Alright. Let's move out.'

'We better hurry if we don't want to reach there for more than three days.' Tony muffled as he looked at the descending sun which was already halfway down from the center of the sky.

'We'll escort you to the pack border, sir.' Hutch suggested.

'It's okay, Hutch. Just clean up this mess and you'll be doing me a great service; I don't really like to see a red-coloured, pungent grass in our territory.' And Tony nodded in agreement.

'Yes sir. Have a safe journey sir.'

They watched as the group headed towards the pack border and their journey begins the moment when they stepped out of their pack territory; their warm and cozy home. Several hours after they travelled under the evening light, the sun fully sets and darkness shrouded over the land with the moon as the only light source. The party stopped their pace and decided to rest for the night in a cave that they've found below a hill. They settled themselves before deciding what they should do about the corpses as there aren't any ponds or lake nearby.

'Damn. This is gonna be a huge problem.' Garth said as he sat down with Lilly.

'The corpse's gonna decompose soon, and we can't do anything about it.' Eve sighed as she sat next to her mate.

'Unless we head back to the pond that we found a few minutes ago.' Humphrey suggested.

'But that's too far away from here. Were you daydreaming while we're walking, darling?' Kate asked curiously and he let out a loud yawn.

'Well, sort of. I'm pretty tired right now.'

'There's gotta be a solution to this.' Winston said as he paced back and forth infront of them and changing back the subject.

To their surprise, drops of rain began to appear outside and turned into a huge shower a few minutes after. They couldn't tell whether it's either a coincidence or their luck or anything else, but what they felt was gratefulness towards God for he showed kindness upon them. Without hesitation, Eve and Rad immediately pushed the two logs out for the corpses to be cooled and lied down with the others.

'The corpse won't be rotting for now and this rain's really big, but I hope that it'll last till morning.' Eve said as she looked at the two logs recently placed outside. 'Anyway, you were going to clear our doubts about the rapist and Rex's past?' She turned towards Humphrey to let him take his part of the conversation.

'Right, I almost forgot. Well, Kate and I will explain about the rapist, but I'll be letting Garth and Lilly to do about Rex's brother first.' He turned towards Garth and Lilly whose eyes met with his.

'Alright.' Garth replied and shared a glance with Lilly before facing towards the others to begin their subjected story.

They told them every detail that they learned from Rex to them, and what had happened to Rebecca and the other females of the Northern pack. The seven wolves listened in silence and shocked upon hearing the gruesome death of the female wolves, but what enhances those feelings were the past of Lust and Lex, how Lucas's life was before he changed, and the revelation of who's been raping those females. Garth and Lilly were totally devastated at this, so as the others, when they ended.

'Oh my god… That is really an unlucky incident for the Northern pack, so as for Lex and Rebecca who was innocently killed.' Candy said, still in complete shock.

'Yeah, I'm not surprised that Lucas went crazy due to what had happened to his mate and what his step-father had done to her. Lucas was a great wolf to give what his step-mother needed to cheer her up, but I'm quite surprised that that's her only way of cheering up.' Tony said awkwardly upon the mating part.

'Well, that explains why Lisa and Steven had it most of the time.' Garth said.

'Lucas had the same life as Lex and Rex before, but looks like the three of them suffered the same fate now.' Humphrey sighed.

They stopped talking for the moment to let the depression go away, with the sound of dropping rain echoing in the cave until a question struck Kate's mind.

'Mom?' She asked as she turned towards her mother.

'Yes, darling?' She replied with a smile.

'Did Rex really came to your den every morning before doing anything?'

'Well, yes he did. He had his breakfast first and brought a Caribou to us every day before he taught me everything he knows about that drug inside you.' Her smile transforming into a slight frown.

'For the past whole month?' Humphrey asked in awe and she nodded.

'Did he state his reason why he taught you? 'Cause I'm sure he's not leaving till Kate's cured, but now…' Janice asked and looked at Rex's corpse which was freezing up outside due to the rain…

Eve's POV

He came to our den ever since the first day he arrived just before sunrise which surprises me and Winston as not all wolves wake up this early unless they had some functions or gatherings that they have to deal with.

My ears twitch as I heard footsteps and I opened my eyes to see who the early visitor was. I groaned as I raised my head and blinked a few times to get a clearer view of the wolf, which turns out to be Rex. He looked rather surprised to find me and Winston still asleep.

'Whoops. Sorry to bother you; I thought you and Winston would be awake this early in the morning.' He apologized and began to back away.

'It's fine, I had enough rest already anyway.' I groaned as I got onto my four feet and stretched my muscles. 'Why are you up this early, may I ask?'

'I'm usually up this early, and I have something urgent to tell you, including Winston. I'm sorry if I bothered you; I thought you would be awake at this part of the day.'

Before I could tell him to come again later, groans began to appear behind me and I turned around to find Winston opening his eyes sleepily and noticed that someone else is in our den.

'Who is it, Eve?' He groaned as he was about to return back into his unconsciousness.

'Hello, Winston.' Rex greeted politely and his ears perked up.

He opened his eyes and raises his head and greeted him back before getting up and stretching his muscles.

'Is the sun out yet?' He asked as he licked his paw to clean his eyes and face.

'No sir, but I have something urgent to let both of you know.'

'What is it?'

'I sense a danger coming to your pack.'

Winston stopped what he was doing and he and I sat in silence, unsure about what Rex had just said. Winston looked back at him with a serious glance.

'This is a joke, right?' He asked in a serious manner.

'No it isn't Winston. There really is a danger coming this way, and I sense that it's something that your pack has never faced before.'

'How do you know?' I asked and he turned towards me.

'My instinct tells me about it.'

'Instincts?' I asked with an eyebrow raised.

'Yes. It's like a reading device that tells me what's about to happen, like Winston's about to let out a cough.'

'Wha-' Winston coughed and I was stunned at that point, so was Winston.

'Do you get my point now? I know it's really hard to believe, but these instincts of mine tells me what's about to happen, and it really did every time. So I have full trust in it.'

'Alright, I believe you; I think I've 'done' enough.' Winston said sarcastically on the word 'done'. 'But about this danger, is it really big and you sure that my pack has never encountered it before?'

'Yes, it's a huge issue to your pack that may relate to the fate of your pack mates, including you two.'

I sat in silence as my curious mind scavenged through my sea of memories, searching for what the Western and Eastern pack has and hasn't face before until a question struck my head like a speeding train.

Could it be… I thought in disbelief.

I shook out of my train of thoughts and looked at them with a frightened expression which worries Winston.

'Are you okay, darling? You don't look so good.' He asked in a worried tone.

'I'm alright, but this danger, could it be… the rapist from the rumors around the other packs?' I said and I swore I saw Rex's paws twitched.

'I'm not sure. I've heard of this rumor too during my travel, but let's just keep our defenses up at all times.' He suggested and we nodded in agreement.

'So, anything else?' Winston asked with a smile.

'Yes. I would like to teach Eve something very important.' He looked at me with a grin which made me puzzled.

'You don't have to teach me. I'm the Delta of the pack, so why should you?' I said and let out a laugh, but his next words kills it.

'It's because what I'm about to teach you relates to Kate's fate.'

The den was silent with Winston and I completely lost of words upon it, until I returned to my senses and looked back at him.

'What is it that you're going to teach me?' I asked eagerly.

'I'll be teaching you everything that I know about the drug inside her.' He said and I was glad that he said that.

'But, why? I thought you said that you're going to stay here till my daughter's cured.' Winston asked curiously.

'It's because due to the danger that your pack's about to face, my instincts told me that I'm the only one who can stop it, and the worst part is, I may have the tendency to die because of it.' He said and Winston and my eyes widened in shock. 'But please promise me that you won't tell anyone, including the leader of the Eastern pack, about this danger. I don't want them to freak out about it now.' He continued.

Winston and I receive a glance of worry from each other and thought for a while before coming up with our decision.

'Alright. We promise.' Winston said and I nodded in agreement.

'Thank you for doing this huge favor for me.' He said joyfully.

'No problem. We owe you a debt for saving our daughter anyway.'

'So, shall we begin our lessons?' Rex turned towards me with a smirk and that's the moment where my tummy grumbled angrily which made me blush under my tan brown fur and they laughed, causing me to blush brighter.

'You're really hungry now, aren't you?' Rex asked and I nodded shyly. 'Well, I came prepared for you two.'

We watched curiously as he exited the den and was surprised when he returned dragging a Caribou by the scruff. He dropped it infront of me and Winston and smiled.

'Go ahead. Dig in. I already had mine. We'll begin once you're done.'

'Alright. But did you drag this all the way here? The feeding ground's like a kilometer away.' I asked in awe.

'Well, yes I did.'

'Wow. Aren't you tired of dragging it all the way to here?' Winston asked.

'Nope. It's as easy as catching a rabbit.'

'Well, thanks anyway.'

'No problem.' He smiled and we dug in on our meal…

'Wow. So you three knows about this danger all along?' Tony asked and Winston and Eve nodded sadly.

'We know about this danger, but it doesn't mean that we know that it's a rapist issue, so don't blame us for it. Also, I'm sorry for not telling you, Tony, but it's a promise that must be kept as a secret, and I'm happy that I've done it.' Winston said as he took a glance on the log where Rex's corpse is.

'Me too. I'm happy that I've done my part of the promise.' Eve said happily.

'So, mom, you'll be looking after me now?' Kate asked.

'Of course, my dear. Who else would? I'm the only wolf who knows about this drug now. Talking about drug, have you and Humphrey done something that generates lots of heat?'

Kate and Humphrey were puzzled by what she said until they realized that she meant mating, causing them to blush bright red under their fur.

'What?! No, of course not. I know that doing it will cause her to heat up, so I didn't.' Humphrey reasoned before Eve could do anything rash.

'Are you sure? 'Cause I'll be surprised by how you're holding up from that heat scent that she's having.' Lilly said giggling.

'Yes I'm sure. What kind of wolf do you think I am? I respect her privacy and care for her health more than myself.' Humphrey replied and Kate licked him by the cheek.

'Thanks Humphrey.' She said with a smile.

'It's what I must do as your mate, Kate.' He nuzzled her which made everyone in the cave felt awkward.

'Whoops. Sorry about that. I couldn't hold it back.' And made the four female omegas laughed.

All in a sudden, a cold wind blew into the cave and struck their fur like icicles and they felt as if they were in the coldest region in the world, and they shivered as the wind continued to blow, except for Kate who felt nothing from the wind.

'Rad, you and I will be waking up early to check on the corpses so that we won't let it stay under the sun's heat in case the rain stops. Eve commanded and Rad nodded.

'Gather up, people. We can share our warmth while we sleep.' Winston commanded and they agreed.

Kate watched as Tony, Winston, Eve, Garth, Lilly, Candy, Sweets, Reba and Janice grouped together and curled up into furry balls and she had an idea in mind. Before Humphrey could join them, she pulled him back by surprised and forced him to lie down.

'What are you doing, Kate? You know we can't sleep together.' He reasoned.

'I know, but I think this cold wind will keep my body temperature stable till morning. My mom will wake me up in the morning so I can sleep separately from you to reduce the heat, am I right, mom?' She called out and all Eve did was a thumb up before dropping it back down and drift to sleep which made them giggled softly.

'Alright, I miss sleeping this close to you anyway.'

She smiled and curled around him as he did the same. Although the wind was blowing directly at him and her, Humphrey didn't felt the chills as he had Kate's warmth; she was like his warm blanket while he sleeps in a house with an open window. He smiled and they shared a quick kiss before closing their eyes.

'Goodnight, Kate.' He said.

'Goodnight, Humphrey.' She replied, and they lost consciousness…

First of all, I would like to congratulate Troygroomes as the 100th reviewer! Also, for your information, I've watched the Balto series and it was more amazing than I expected(by amazing, I mean stunning and attractive). I'm planning to write a story of Balto, but it's still under progress so I'll be placing it in my box of ideas for the future. I'm pretty disappointed in the movie A&O 2 and 3 and I believe you reviewers agree too; If only Lionsgate and Crest Animation made the story plot properly, then it would turn out to be better than what it is now. The graphics doesn't bother me much, only the story. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter; this chapter actually took me some time to think of the ideas to be placed in here, and thank you so much for the supports so far, hitting 100 reviews is a really huge achievement for me and I can't thank you enough for that. This story will be ending soon, which is pretty sad. As usual, leave a review/follow/favourite. It helps me out a lot and I'll see you in the next chapter. Love you guys. Peace out. -LoverWolfs1121

P.S: You might have noticed that I've re-updated the last chapter and the reason was to correct some errors that I've made; the confusion of the first and third person view. I apologize for the errors and also I'll be back to updating once a week 'cause I'm back to school. Have a great day!