Resurrection.

Chapter Two: Cabin Fever.

"Leah, did you really have to do that?"

Seth enquired, turning his troubled puppy-like brown eyes on her as they walked through the thick foliage of Gifford Pinchot National Forest. They hadn't even managed to be here that long and already they were leaving.

"He whistled at me."

Leah responded stubbornly, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips as she strutted beside her brother back to the car.

"No, he was just whistling whilst he was picking up some lumber."

Seth corrected, watching his sister's reaction. He had to admit despite what had happened she did look a bit happier. She definately looked better then she had in La Push although she wasn't quite close to being happy and sane yet. He had a feeling she'd get there though.

"He was a wolf. He whistled. I kicked his ass and then his friends."

She explained, a small twinkle of mischief in her eyes as she watched her brother wince as he remembered exactly what she had done.

"Thats not the correct description of wolf whistling Leah, and you know it. Besides, did you have to kick him... there and then proceed to bite the same spot in wolf form?"

He asked exasperatedly, although for the most part he was jesting. It had been funny, both watching and afterwards, as long as it never ever happened to him personally.

"Yes, yes I did. If he can get beaten up by a girl then its my responsibility to make sure such a weak wolf never gets to reproduce. We females only deserve the best, right?"

Leah grinned, and both she as well as Seth knew she had him cornered with that response. Seth sighed and shook his head before turning a beaming smile on his sister.

"Of course. You deserve the best Leah. It was rather funny when you pushed him in the lagoon and then the others all phased, before we did, and then they looked at us in shock at how much bigger we were then them. It was even funnier after a minute of trying to fight they turned tail and tried to flee... We caught up to them sooo fast! It was totally awesome!"

Seth ended up gushing by the end with large, dramatic arm and hand movements to animatedly narrate every inch of the story. Leah found herself looking fondly at her younger brother. Yes, she was definately glad he had followed her. This trip would not be as fun as it was now without him.

"Just you wait Seth, by the time we reach where we're meant to be we're going to be infamous in the shapeshifting world as the Undefeatable Clearwaters. Mark my words, they will say our names with respect, awe, and fear in no time!"

Leah grinned, ruffling her brother's fluffy hair as they reached the truck.

"Now get in, we're going to stop my Beacon Rock State Park, Mount Hood, White River Falls State Park, and Deschutes River State Recreation Area on the way to Hermiston. Theres another two places we can check out around there too."


"God, are we there yet?"

Seth groaned, his head and arm hanging out the window as the truck merrily chugged onwards.

"Shut up Seth. Its a long stretch between Deschutes and Hermiston. We'll be there by night fall."

Leah snapped, forcing herself not to tighten her grip on the steering wheel. She would not loose her cool.

"Can I drive?"

The younger Clearwater asked, looking all innocent despite the fact he knew he was getting under his sister's skin - and on purpose.

"No. The last time you drove we went through five drive throughs and managed to get a total of 3 miles in four hours. Not only that but we would have hit that streetlight, the old lady, and plastic dog mailbox, if I hadn't of taken hold of the wheel each time to avoid them."

The manta of 'I will not kill my brother' repeated in her head as she tried her best not to let her temper get the better of her.

"Right."

Seth answered, and for two whole minutes there was blissful silence before...

"Leah, I need to pee."

"GOD DAMN IT SETH!"

Leah snarled, her head snapping round so her piercing gaze could fall on her brother whilst she kept driving.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Shut up and don't speak another god damn word until I tell you to."

With that she looked back at the road infront of her. For five minutes there was silence and Leah eventually relaxed. Moments later she realised she could hear water hitting the truck, like rain, but there was no rain what so ever. Frowning she glanced over to Seth in the passenger seat, about to ask him what he thought about it, but found herself stunned as all she could see was Seth's bare backside as he knelt on his seat facing the door. The passenger door which currently had the window down.

Leah's eyes widened. He couldn't be serious...

"SETH!"

She screeched, slamming her feet on the brakes and grabbing Seth by the scruff at the same time to yank him away from the window.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?!"

Seth turned his innocent brown eyes to his sister, laughter clearly twinkling in them.

"What do you mean? I needed to pee..."


Needless to say after that Leah made sure there were regular toilet breaks in which Seth was forced to go to the toilet whether he liked it or not. If he didn't go she'd force fibre bars and bottles of water into him until he went.

The stops at each National Forest or Forest Park continued. The few times they found other shapeshifters it always ended up in Leah kicking most of their asses with Seth in the background either making a bet on who would win - the pack or Leah - with the few from the pack who refused to fight or he stood there in his wolf form to look intimidating and make sure others knew he would step in should they hurt his sister. Of course Leah could handle her own. She hadn't found an Alpha she couldn't defeat. Some were slightly tougher then others, but for the most part they just didn't provide enough of a challenge for her.

She needed a strong male, one she knew could not only protect her but defeat her proving he was truly dominant and powerful. Strong. Virile. The longer they travelled the more the two Clearwaters realised that shapeshifters could come in any animal forms. Each one had only one form, but there were so many different kinds... even wererats for god's sake! It was the funniest thing to find one. Yes, that had been a fun game of rat trap. They hadn't killed the poor tyke, of course, but they couldn't just let the opportunity pass them by.

Neither could be sure how long they had been on this road trip, but by the time they reached Dallas Leah's promise had fulfilled itself. As soon as anyone saw two native americans, one female and one male, who loved the forest they all knew exactly who it had to be - if they were a part of the supernatural world. As they had travelled they noticed how vampires had evolved. Gone were the gold and red eyes. They now had normal coloured eyes they had been born with. Not only that but their 'dazzling' effect had now turned into full out hypnosis that they called Glamour. Fortunately it didn't work on Leah or Seth. They were larger then the average shapeshifter and had different origins, so all in all Leah hadn't been surprised by this. They were built to kill vampires. Why wouldn't they have a defense against one of their enemies being able to Glamour them?

It had been fun to pass through Cheyenne, Denver, and Olkahoma, but it was inevitably in Dallas where things started to heat up...

"God, its so damn hot."

Leah panted, having been used to the rainy and cold weather of Forks & La Push. She had heard of places in America where heat and sunshine was of the majority but she had definately underestimated just how hot it really was. At this point she was in a long vet top that reached her knees (an article once worn and owned by her father) with the lightest (in weight) underwear on underneath. She had nothing else on with her black hair up in a wild bun on the top of the back of her head. She had let her hair grow out and so by now it was shoulder length, inching ever closer to the small of her back. Her bare feet were on the pedals of the truck, all the windows were down, the AC was on full blast, and instead of alcohol filling the car it was all now bottles of water. Seth was in the same state, only he was bare except for a pair of cutoffs. He had decided to ignore wearing any boxers.

"Why the hell are we going this way? We haven't seen any forests in ages."

Seth complained.

"Shit if I know! I swear this heat has fried by brain. Last I knew we were leaving Eisenhower State Park."

Leah grumbled, causing Seth to look over at her in shock.

"And you're fucking driving?!"

Seth gasped in shock. They had left there ages ago and had been driving what seemed like days since then. He was surprised they hadn't crashed by now if her brain was as 'fried' as she said it was. Leah glanced over at Seth at his exclamation before looking sheepish with a wry grin.

"Suppose I am..."

"PULL OVER!"

Seth snapped, and Leah for once did as he said and pulled over beside a gas station. Both siblings got out of the truck, Leah fanning herself with her hand, as they walked over a grass verge and onto the gas station's actual plot near one of the huge lorries that were filling up.

"I can't believe this!"

Seth snapped, spinning around before he slammed his body against the side of the lorry. He realised too late he had used too much strength, but to his surprise all that happened was the back door of the lorry fell down. Before it could smash into the ground Leah and Seth grabbed it either side before gently lowering it to the ground. Both were relieved to have done so without any sound and from the looks of it no one had seen. They were going to put it back up when they felt the most wonderful thing...

"Hey, I'm cool now..."

Leah breathed, before looking inside the lorry. It was a huge air conditioned lorry with food in it. Clearly they didn't want anything getting melted in there, and it had enough space to put a single old truck in it if they moved the shelving and crates around a bit. Delirious with delight at no longer being overwhelmed by heat they did something they normally would not have done. By the time the lorry driver came back from paying for his gas, Leah's truck was inside the lorry and the door shut with the two siblings laid quite happily out on the back of their truck whilst they took a nap. Neither had cared in that moment where the lorry was going or the consequences.

Right then all that mattered was that they were out of the sweltering heat, and what was even better there was even food in the truck should they get hungry. Plus, no more driving. It was pretty much the lucky jackpot for the pair of them.


"So you found them in the back of the lorry?"

Alcide asked, an eyebrow raised as he looked at the supermarket employee.

"Yep. I'm on the night duty, obviously, and when the lorry came in the driver went to sign that he arrived as well as to get his wages, whilst I opened the thing up. So I opened it up and right there is that truck inside with the two of them asleep on the bed, with the radio blasting 'Moves Like Jagger' by Maroon 5. Good song. Anyway, I was gonna raise security you know, to deal with them but then I got a sniff of what they were and so called you instead. I know vampires like to handle their trouble makers themselves so I thought maybe you wolves would be the same. Got the name of the local pack and Packmaster, and called ya."

The talkative vampire explained, clearly still very young at heart and from the modern era. Alcide of course was patient as ever but couldn't help but be relieved when he finally shut up.

"Thankyou. I'll deal with them now."

He rumbled, giving the boy a nod before walking over to the truck which now sat on the tarmac of the delivery bay with the two wolves still sleeping. It didn't take long to hitch the old truck onto his own, use some spare rope to bind the two wolves' wrists and ankles before shoving them into the backseat of his truck, and drive away towards his home. Although what he was going to do with the two of them he had no idea. Besides, if they turned out to be who he thought they were this was going to end up being a lot more trouble then it might be worth.

Especially the female. Although asleep her beauty seemed almost ethereal...

Shifting himself within his jeans, Alcide forced his thoughts onto less exciteable matters.


Author's Note: Here is the second chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. I started writing and this hilarious little chapter came up. Seth is such a naughty boy. Of course Leah isn't a total angel either. Anyone wonder if its genetic? ;]