Shinya was slow to wake up, but as he did he noticed Kyo was sitting up and rubbing his back. The beta smiled as he let out a low moan and Kyo leaned over to give him a gentle kiss. The alpha sent waves of subtle pressure into Shinya's body making him shiver. Kyo laid on top of him and started kissing his neck. Shinya hummed feeling his mate's soft kisses and he laughed before he turned his head to pull Kyo into a soft kiss.

As they were making out, a soft knock came on the door and Kyo groaned, but he kept kissing his mate. He heard the door open, but ignored whoever was interrupting them. It was Shinya who pulled away though so he could address their guest. Kyo glared over at Kaoru, who was trying not to smile at the scene. Kyo let out soft non-threatening growl which made Kaoru raise an eyebrow before he threw a wad of clothes at them.

"There's a river nearby so you guys can go clean up. We're washing clothes and bathing there now if you want to join us." Kaoru said.

"How long were we going at it?" Kyo sighed laying down.

"Six days." The alpha smirked.

Kyo sat straight up and nodded. "We'll need to leave as soon as we're done."

The couple walked out of the shed after getting dressed and stretched before following Kaoru out of the campsite towards the nearby river. As they walked closer they could hear the sounds of laughter and the sound of a waterfall. Walking to the opening towards the river Kyo found his pack swimming in the water laughing and talking. They all froze seeing the couple walk through the bushes then they started clapping. Shinya's face grew red and Kyo kissed his cheek before pulling him towards the water. IV and Hiroto walked up to them to take their clothes to wash them.

Kyo led his naked mate down into the water with everyone else. They slipped into the cold water and sat down as Uruha moved closer with a small basket full of soaps. Kyo took the basket and Uruha was about to move away, but Shinya had him stay. They stood up and the beta rubbed his hand over Uruha's growing belly. It hadn't grown much, but the small lump was noticeable to Shinya. Uruha laughed as he was finally allowed to move away to go to his mate who was waiting on a nearby rock. Kyo had Shinya sit down to start washing his back and shoulders.

Reita was floating in the river with Kai swimming around him, splashing water on him making him laugh. Reita straightened up and started splashing water back at him before chasing him through the water. They swam past Ruki and Uruha who were now sitting on the rocks. Uruha had laid on his back to sunbath as his mate massaged his arms and rubbed his body.

Hiroto, IV, and Hitsugi were scrubbing down Kyo and Shinya's clothes. Shou rinsed out a shirt and rung it out before hanging it in the trees with the other clothes. As he turned around he saw Tsuzuku and Koichi climbing up the waterfall. Ryoga had jumped out of the water to climb up behind them as they made it to the top. Tsuzuku and Koichi held hands as they ran and jumped off the top. Ryoga looked over the edge waiting for them to appear from under the water. The two popped up laughing and high fived each other as Ryoga breathed out a sigh of relief.

Melody and Miyavi were watching from the trees both fully dressed. They were talking about a way to see their children. If they should leave or if they should bring their children to their next home. They didn't know what to do, but they did know they didn't want to be away from their children any longer. Near them, Byou was sitting on the riverbank with Shou skipping rocks across the water. They were taking turns to see who could skip the most and farthest. Shou threw a rock out, but it went sideways when Byou pushed him and it landed right by Aoi. They froze expecting the raven to yelp, but he seemed out of it.

Aoi sat in the water moving his hands back and forth making mini waves. He watched as the pack played around having fun, but he felt lonely. He looked over at Kaoru walking around keeping his eye out on everyone. Aoi sighed before standing straight up and walking out of the river. He walked over to the drying clothes and grabbed his before heading into the woods. Kaoru spotted Aoi and was instantly worried. He wanted to go after his mate, but someone had to keep an eye out.

"Kaoru," Kyo caught his attention. "We're fine, go."

Kaoru nodded and quickly took off into the forest.

It didn't take him long to catch up to the raven who had stopped to pull his pants on. Kaoru walked up to him and grabbed his arm, startling him. Aoi looked down, still holding his shirt, but Kaoru lifted his head and the alpha leaned down to kiss him. The omega moaned as he was pushed into a tree. He dropped his shirt and wrapped his arms around Kaoru's neck as they kissed deeper. Kaoru pulled away for a moment to look at the omega, but then Aoi moved in for another kiss.

Toshiya and Die stayed back to clean up the campsite and pack everything up to get ready to leave once Kyo was ready. Ever since they got there Die has been out of it, but also jumpy at every sound. Toshiya found the other alpha's behavior strange compared to his normal demeanor. Something was up and if he's figured it out it won't be long until the others will too. The pack will only be suspicious if Die keeps acting the way he is. So Toshiya walked up to him with a scowl.

"Okay, what is up with you?"

"What do you mean?" Die asked packing up the last of the food.

"You're acting weird, you have been for a few days now. What's going on?"

Die gave him a blank look before tying up the bag. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"You keep acting like this and the whole pa—" He got quiet as they heard someone coming. They looked into the woods as two men walked out holding guns. They stared at each other for a moment. Toshiya noticed Die shaking and his eye were wide as he gasped for air. Toshiya looked back at the two men. They weren't hunters. He could tell by the black clothing they wore, the strange dog sigil on their sleeve, and the assault rifles they had.

The two men raised their guns and Toshiya immediately raised his hands, but Die seemed frozen.

"Die get your hands up." Toshiya snapped, but the other alpha wouldn't move.

"Who are you?" One of the men asked. "What are you doing out here?"

"Just camping." Toshiya said.

The men stared at them for a minute taking careful steps forward. "People don't camp out here. These woods are full of…wolves."

Die's face turned into a scowl and he suddenly growled out. Before they could react Die charged forward changing forms. The men starting to shooting at him, but he zigzagged to dodged the bullets. Before Toshiya could react one of the men aimed at him and fired.

The pack was startled by the sound of gunshots. Kyo instantly went into leader mode and the pack ran out of the water. They charged through the woods, the alphas taking the lead as wolves with the omegas following behind still in their human forms. Reita and Shinya stayed back with Uruha as the others ran ahead. Uruha's hand instantly went to his stomach as worry went through him.

Kaoru and Aoi were first to arrive at the camp and found Toshiya sitting on the ground gripping a bloody shoulder. Another gunshot sounded and Aoi whimpered falling to the ground. Rage filled Kaoru's whole body as he watched his omega curl into a ball and felt Aoi in pain. He looked at the man aiming a gun right at him and by him was Die on top of another man. Kaoru growled out as he changed form and charged forward. The man shot again grazing Kaoru's head, but the alpha didn't slow his charge. He jumped forward tackling the man to the ground. The first man let go of his gun, but punched Die in the snout making him whimper and he was able push the wolf off. He yanked his gun back to aim it, but Die moved in and bit down on the man's neck.

Kyo and the alphas made it into the campsite to see Die diving in to help Kaoru kill a man holding a gun. Once the man stopped moving the two alphas raised up with bloody snouts. Kaoru started sprinting and that's when Kyo noticed Aoi curled on the ground. Byou ran to help as they changed back and the omegas along, with Shinya, walked cautiously through the bushes. Shinya gasped and ran to Toshiya. He pulled the alpha's hand away to inspect the damage of his shoulder. He ripped the shirt open and prodded the wound making him hiss.

Shinya let out a deep breath and smiled. "It's just a graze. You'll need a few stitches, but you should be okay."

Aoi was whimpering as he was forced to uncurl and Byou looked down at his bloody side. Kaoru was sitting next to him trying send soothing pressure through the omega, but Aoi was freaking out too much. Byou pressed his hand down on the wound.

"You're okay. It's not that bad, just a small flesh wound. You've had worse from bites." Byou said, but looked up with worried eyes at Kaoru. It was a little worse than he was letting on, but he didn't want to scare Aoi even more than he was.

Kaoru understood and tried his best to calm Aoi down. The omega steady his breathing and once it leveled out, he finally allowed Kaoru to send him soothing pressure.

Kyo was glaring at the two dead bodies then at Die who was covered in blood. "IV, Hiroto go grab our clothes. Die, go with them and clean off. We're leaving here."

Ryoga walked over to the bodies to check them out and hummed when he noticed the sigils on their sleeves. It was a shield with a black dog that had horns coming from its head and large canines that looked like a saber's teeth.

Aoi whimpered out as Byou stuck his fingers into the wound and carefully pulled a bullet out. Both Byou and Shou worked quickly to patch up the wound before the omega bled out too much. Kaoru continued petting Aoi's head, holding his hand, and whispering to him to keep him calm. Shinya worked carefully to clean and stitch up Toshiya's wound. While they were working on treating the two injured wolves, Hiroto and IV returned with everyone's clothes so they could all get dressed. Soon after, Die walked back with his head down, but he was cleaned of blood.

After Aoi and Toshiya were treated, the pack started moving again this time in silence. Tsuzuku was worried because Ryoga hadn't said a word and was constantly watching and listening as they walked around. It was understandable though with what they just dealt with. Die stayed in the back pretty zoned out which didn't go unnoticed. Toshiya kept an eye on Die as they trekked through the woods. Kaoru was carrying Aoi princess style and the omega was letting out soft whimpers of pain. The alpha was worried.

As they kept going forward, the sky began to darken up from the cloud cover and the sound of low thunder rolled nearby. Great just what they needed, a storm. Kyo looked back at his pack struggling to move along. He spotted Ruki and Uruha a little behind with the alpha helping Uruha over a log. The omega had his hand over his stomach as he slowly moved forward, but then he stopped and leaned on the tree.

"He's exhausted." Shinya said to Kyo. "We need to let him rest."

Kyo nodded. "I know, but we need to find shelter. We can't get caught out in this storm."

Shinya nodded. "Yeah, I know. Aoi needs a place to rest, too. That gunshot wound needs more treatment and I'm worried it'll get infected."

Kyo stopped and turned to face his pack. Uruha took this chance to sit down against a tree with Ruki kneeling beside him. They all looked up at Kyo who glanced at the cloudy sky as rain droplets began to fall, then finally addressed his pack.

"We'll rest here for a bit. Ryoga, Kai, and…" He hummed looking at Toshiya who was still injured, Kaoru who was holding onto Aoi, Melody was helping Byou tend to Uruha, and then to Die. "Die. I want the three of you to scout ahead and see if you can find a lodge or anything we can use for shelter. Try to be back before the storm hits."

Ryoga nodded along with Kai. Die was hesitant, but the look in Kyo's eyes made this feel like a test. So Ryoga decided their directions. Ryoga will go straight north, Kai northeast and Die would go northwest. Reita had a bad feeling so he ran up to his mate and looked at Kyo. The pack leader sighed knowing what the blonde was going to ask.

Die walked through the woods as the rain fell lightly on his skin. The thunder continued to roll around him as he walked along the trees. He sighed as he rubbed his hand on the rough bark of the tree in front of him. He stared at the four old claw marks that were there before placing his head on the tree. He bit his lip before he kept walking on looking at the occasional markings on the trees as he walked passed them.

Every step made his heart race and his hair stand. The rain started coming down harder as he moved closer and closer. He knew where he was and he hated being this close to old memories. He moved through the woods coming closer to the opening. As he peeked through the last bit of trees, he spotted the old building quietly sitting. He dug his claws into the tree next to him as he squeezed his eyes shut.

Reita stumbled through the trees behind Kai as the rain started pouring. They had been walking through the forest for well over two hours now and Kai figured it was time to head back. They were trying to retrace their steps when they found themselves a little lost. Their tracks had been washed away already and Kai was trying to find a scent to their pack. They stumbled together through the mud and trees until Reita's foot slipped in the mud. He yelped, but Kai was able to catch him in time. Reita started laughing before straightening up to kiss Kai on the lips. The alpha happily kissed back and hugged him tightly before he pulled away so they could keep going.

They trekked to the forest as the downpour continued when Kai suddenly stopped hearing something nearby. Reita stopped hearing it as well. It was like rushing water, but it was getting closer and closer. Kai looked up along were a hill was nearby just as water started flowing down. It was only a trickle, but Kai squeezed Reita's hand, and the omega felt his mate's worry, so they started running. This area was dangerous. As they were running, Kai hit a patch of mud and slipped taking Reita down with him. Reita gasped landing on his side, but the two were quick to get back to their feet. However, the earth below them began to move as the water overflowed the area slicking up the mud.

Kai grabbed Reita's hand again as they were over taken by the flowing mud and were pushed down the sloping land. Reita yelped as Kai pulled him closer and held him against his chest.

"Kai!" Reita shouted just as they slammed into a nearby tree. Kai grunted as a sharp pain went through the back of his skull and his world went black. Reita whimpered as he held on to his mate and onto the tree they hit. Mud was rising up to their necks as more water came flowing down. At least it made it the mud thinner, but at the same time the flow was too strong to fight against. Reita whimpered feeling his hand slipping from the tree. He dug his claws into the bark, but he felt the tree cutting into his hand and his grip loosened up.

Once it slipped off he held tightly onto Kai's limp body as they went with the current until they reached the bottom. They fell over an edge which wasn't a short drop, but there was a puddle of mud to break their fall a little bit. However, they still landed pretty hard and the blonde felt his right shoulder pop when he landed on it. Reita jumped up ignoring the pain in his shoulder. He was completely covered in mud with more pouring over him and Kai, but he quickly moved them to dryer spot. Reita wiped the mud off Kai's face and found blood dripping down his neck. Reita found a large gash on the back of his head and he whimpered as he pressed his hand on the wound. He watched the mud continue to flow down and that's when Reita realized they were in a hole and it was filling up.

Reita carefully laid Kai down and moved to stand up when the pain his shoulder was too much for him to handle. He whimpered out as lifted his shirt sleeve and saw his shoulder looking a little odd. He rolled the sleeve back down and reached to grab his mate. Reita pulled Kai up with his good arm and placed the alpha against his chest and howled out, but just as he did thunder rolled over them. He howled once more as the rain came down harder. Reita looked down at his limp arm being covered in mud and then to his other hand on Kai's head wound.

"Someone…" He whimpered, "Help."

Ryoga couldn't find anything and the rain started coming down harder, so he decided to start heading back. The thunder kept going and it felt the vibration through his body as the wind blew harder. This storm was about to get worse. He quickly changed into his wolf form and took off running through the trees. He was able to spot muddy patches and jump over them, but as jump over a log he landed on one and slipped. He whimpered as he landed wrong on his left front paw. He tried to stand up, but limped forward and was forced to change back. He felt his wrist and he hissed at the stinging pain.

He kept going on to get back to the pack, but as he was heading there he heard the sound of a howl. He waited a moment and heard it again. He took off in the direction where he heard the howls coming from. As he got closer he recognized it as Reita and his cry for help. Ryoga stopped for a moment to gain his bearings around all the trees as he was getting closer, but then howling suddenly stopped. Ryoga had a bad feeling about all this, but he kept going. He sniffed the air, not able to pick any scents through the rain, but he was able to hear the sound of flowing water.

It took him some time to get towards the sound, but when he did he found a mudslide. He watched it flow down to the hill towards a large pit. He sniffed the air catching the faint smell of blood. He ran down to the pit and gasped when he found Reita and Kai at the bottom, half of their bodies covered in mud.

"Hey, are guys okay?" He shouted.

Reita blinked before slowly moving his head. "Ryoga?" He whispered.

"Are you hurt?"

"Kai…won't wake up." Reita whimpered.

"Can you move?"

The blonde shook his head. "I hurt my shoulder, but I think I can."

"Okay try."

Reita nodded and took a heavy breath before raised his body up. He whimpered out as his right arm moved, but he fought through it and got to his feet holding Kai as best as he could with one arm. The omega stood there catching his breath for a moment. He looked up at Ryoga.

"Now what?" He gasped.

Ryoga waved his hand. "Come closer to the wall. I'm going to climb down."

Uruha blinked feeling the rain hitting his face. He felt so tired but the rain was keeping him from sleeping. He felt Ruki's warm hand rubbing his belly and he sat up. Ruki smiled down at his mate. Uruha sighed as he rolled on his side and huffed. Ruki rubbed his face with a frown.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling okay?"

"I'm so tired Ruki." Uruha whispered. "I can't sleep."

"Don't worry, we'll find a place where you can rest soon. Just hang on okay."

Uruha nodded and then smiled. "Keep rubbing my belly?"

Ruki nodded with a smile. He was happy to oblige.

Die tripped over root before coming into a campsite startling the pack for a moment. He scratched the back of his head and with a small smile. Thunder rolled loudly above them and it was enough to shake the ground. Uruha whimpered as he curled up, but Ruki was there to push comforting pressure into him to calm him down. The rain suddenly poured harder as the wind picked up. Kyo was quick to walk up to Die.

"Did you find anything?" He asked. Die's mouth open as he stared into the leader's piercing eyes. His legs began to shake as he looked to the side and he clenched his fists. He spotted Byou helping Kaoru cover Aoi's still form with their own bodies to protect him from the rain as Ruki was doing the same for Uruha. The omegas were huddled up in their wolf forms as the alphas withstood the wind and rain in their wolf forms.

"Die?" Shinya spoke catching his attention. The beta had walked up to them when he was dazed.

Die sighed and looked at Kyo. "I found a place, but…it may not be that safe."

"Why?" Shinya asked.

"Will it get us out of this typhoon?" Kyo growled and Die nodded.

"Kyo," Shinya whimpered, but the leader rubbed his arm.

"Why isn't it safe?" Kyo asked.

"It used to be a lab that experimented on…our kind. It looks empty right now…but…"

"We're going." Kyo ordered and started rally the pack to get up. As they gathered around with Uruha and Ruki in the middle along with Kaoru who had Aoi in laying his arms.

"What about Reita?" Uruha whimpered.

"Kai is with him." Ruki whispered. "They'll be fine."

"But…"

"We'll search for them once the storm lets up." Kyo said, apparently hearing them. "Those two and Ryoga will probably come back here. They'll be smart and wait for us to find them."

"But the storm will—"

Ruki patted his mate's back interrupting him. "Don't worry, they'll find shelter. We have to get you out of this storm now though."

Uruha nodded with a small smile, but that didn't get rid of his worry. Ruki knew and squeezed his mate's hand to reassure him.

Ryoga grunted as he landed in the thigh high puddle of mud once he managed to climb down. He hissed rolling his wrist around and rubbed it as Reita managed to drag Kai's limp body closer.

"Give him to me." Ryoga ordered.

"Are you ok? Your hand…"

"I'm fine." He said with a nod. Ryoga squatted a little and grabbed Kai's shoulder then his thigh. Ryoga hoisted Kai's body up onto his shoulders, fireman style. "I'm going to get him up first, then I'll come down and help you."

Reita nodded and watched as Ryoga grabbed onto the rocks. He pulled his body up, his face was red and scowled each time he used his left hand. Reita watched nervously, ignoring the mud rising to his waist as Ryoga took one step up at a time. The alpha grunted pulling his body up and Reita could see his arms shaking. Ryoga moved up inch by inch, finally making it up to the top where he hoisted his whole body up. He quickly brought his knees up and made it over, dumping Kai's body to the side before laying on his back to catch his breath.

Reita moved his hand through the mud and noticed how much thicker it was becoming. He pushed forward to get closer to the wall and it was a struggle for him. He gasped out before grabbing the rocks.

"Ryoga?" He called. The alpha was slow to poke his head over and he waved.

"I need a minute." He called.

"The mud rising…" Reita whimpered, but he doubt Ryoga heard him. "I'm going to try and climb up."

"Reita, hang on and I'll help you." Ryoga said and moved to sit up. He leaned on his hand and yelped before bringing it up to his chest.

"I think I can do it." Reita said. He grabbed onto a rock with his good hand and raised a foot against the wall to find piece to stand on. It took him a couple of minutes to finally be able to start climbing the wall. He cried out whenever he had to use his bad arm or if it bumped into the wall.

He was about halfway up when the rain became a white out and the wind blew harder. Reita curled up a little as he was pelted by the storm he could hear Ryoga shouting something but he couldn't make out what it was. The blonde raised his arm, but then his foot slipped and he gasped out as he slid down the wall and landed into mud. Reita popped up completely covered and coughing out mud. He wiped his hand over his face to fling the mud off. He kept coughing as he waded through the thickened mud to get to the wall, but was struggling. He had to stop to catch his breath as he felt his body sinking into the mud. He heard Ryoga again and looked up to find the alpha making his way down into the pit.

Once Ryoga made it down, he reached out and grabbed the omega's shirt to pull him closer. Reita was pulled up against the wall and was given a minute to cough some more. Ryoga placed Reita's bad arm on his shoulder then grabbed the blonde's waist. Reita whimpered from the movement of his arm, but sucked it up. They worked together to slowly climb the rock wall. As they got near the top, they heard a loud rush of muddied water flow into the pit causing the mud to rise faster. If they fell in again, they would drown before they could get out of thick mud even if it overflowed the pit.

Ryoga growled as he pulled them faster. Reita was nervous, trying not to slip on the rocks, but Ryoga had a good grip on him so that helped. They neared the top and reached up to the edge to pull themselves up. The dirt under Reita's hand collapsed and he yelped as he began to fall. Ryoga reached out to grab his arm just as another hand grabbed Reita's shirt. They both gasped seeing Kai leaning over, holding onto to the blonde. They both lifted him up to the top and Kai collapsed on his side as Ryoga made his way up. Kai groaned as slowly turned and vomited.

"Kai!" Reita gasped moving to his side to rub his back. Kai coughed out and spat before rubbing Reita's thigh to calm him down.

"We have to move now." Ryoga snapped and yanked Kai up to his feet making him groan. "We don't have time."

Reita nodded as he and Ryoga became crutches for Kai as the started rushing through the forest. Reita glanced back as the pit overflowed and the muck was spreading. He faced ahead not wanting to trip and fall as they moved forward to high ground.

Die walked passed the clawed up trees to the edge of the forest where a concrete building surrounded by a chain link fence sat. Kyo glared at Die, but a strong gust persuaded them to keep walking. They were quick to walk to the metal doors and Kyo opened it up ordering his pack inside. Toshiya walked passed Die and noticed the other alpha not moving.

"Die? What's wrong?" Toshiya asked.

Die shook his head. "I'm not going into that place. I'll stay out here and keep watch."

"What, that's insane. You need to get out of this weather."

"Toshiya, get inside now." Kyo snapped glaring at them. The alpha sighed, but followed the order and left Die be. After he walked in, Kyo stomped over to Die still scowling at him. "I don't know what you're up to, but if this place endangers my family I will personally rip you apart."

Before Die could respond, the pack leader went inside, leaving him be.

Once the pack was inside, Ruki sat down so Uruha could lay his head on the alpha's lap. The omega was out like a light. Shinya ordered everyone else to search for towels, blankets, or anything to dry them off and keep warm. Kaoru had laid Aoi down next to Ruki so he could help search around for stuff. The pack headed down the hallway and separated into all the different doorways along it. Byou and Shou went into a room with a couple of tables, cabinets, counters, a fridge and stove. The two smiled at each other before moving in to rummage through cabinets. IV and Hiroto went into the room across from them and smiled when they saw the shelves of food.

Kyo, Shinya, and Kaoru was going through a room near the end of the hall, but it was full of dark shapes. They barely made out the desks and weird shapes sitting on them through the darkness. They tried turning the lights on, but the electricity didn't seem to be working. A little ways down was a large opened area that led to three different hallways. Tsuzuku and Koichi walked to the right hallway and down it. At the end they spotted a lone elevator. Tsuzuku thought it was strange to have one there, but continued on with his friend to look at the room on the left side. Inside was a large dark room, but they could make out the faint shape of stalls and sinks. Hiroto and Hitsugi walked into the room across from them and instantly made out the shapes of lockers.

Melody and Miyavi had gone straight ahead from the large opening to a few more rooms. Melody took the first room on the right while Miyavi went into the room right next to her. She looked at the small closet filled with cleaning supplies. She spotted a row of lantern shaped objects. She picked one up and hit a switch to turn on the bright LED light. She shined the light on all the other ones on the shelf.

"Melody." Miyavi called and she stepped out to find her mate holding a stack of blankets. "There's a bunch more in here, towels and clothes too."

She nodded taking them as Miyavi walked back inside. She peeked inside and saw the large empty laundry bins inside. A laundry room must be nearby. "Let's get these to the others."

Kyo had everyone move to the larger area where the omegas began making pallets with the blankets they had and makeshift pillows with the towels they weren't using. Ruki had Uruha changed into some dry scrubs, which Miyavi had brought, and made Uruha lay down. They all changed and the alphas laid down as the omegas tied up a rope found in the supply closet and hung the clothes up on it. Once they were finished with that, they too settled down to rest with only Kyo keeping watch.

Aoi groaned a little as he rolled over in Kaoru's arms. The alpha was worried feeling Aoi's heat and shaking body. The omega whimpered a little and rolled onto his back tossing his head to the side. Kaoru sat up, patting the raven's sweaty face.

"Shinya." He whispered. The beta sat up before quietly moving over to the couple to check the feverish omega. Kyo moved next to them to see the problem. Shinya slowly pulled Aoi's scrub up to show the puffy stitched up wound on his stomach. Shinya prodded making Aoi whimper out. The beta felt the heat under his finger tips and the wetness of puss draining out. He looked worriedly at Kaoru then at Kyo.

"He needs proper treatment." Shinya whispered. "And soon."

Kai groaned feeling his head bounce and his feet drag along the ground as rain continued to hit his back. He lift his head and blinked to try to get rid of his blurring vision. His head pounded and spun so he dropped it as his eyes grew heavy. Kai felt his mate by his side. He felt Reita struggling with some sort of stiffness or pain. He couldn't really make out the feeling because of the pounding in the back of his head.

"Here." Ryoga spoke. Kai blinked and before he knew it he was being laid on the ground. Reita lifted the alpha up and held Kai up against his chest. Reita watched as Ryoga paced around the area then looked down at them.

"Ryoga?" Reita whimpered. "Where is everyone?"

The alpha sighed. "Listen, there has to be some shelter nearby. They probably found it and got out of this storm. I'm going to look around and see if I can find it."

"Please, don't leave!" The blonde whimpered. "Please…I can't protect Kai, not with my arm."

Ryoga looked the two over. Despite the rain, they were still covered in mud and Kai was too disoriented to even sit up on his own. Reita's right arm was limp at the side and his left hand was covered in bloody scratches. Ryoga nodded and sat down next to them to huddle up with them. They had to maintain all the warmth they could as they laid on the hard ground. Reita shivered as the rain became colder and harder. Ryoga held out his hand to see small ice pebbles bouncing off as the hit his skin. He quickly changed into his wolf form as he laid against his friends and Reita cuddled closer, sandwiching Kai in between them. Reita was already starting to feel numb, but his fatigue was too much for him to care and he was soon closing his eyes.