Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:46:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Mack Thomas Subject: Mate (part 3) Mate `Wow this place has changed so much since we were pups!' Lisa exclaimed excitedly. Callum had decided to take them around the city to look around for the rest of the day. He could only smile at their awe stricken faces from all of the upgrades brought in the new millennium. `I still can't believe that you guys haven't been here since you were five! How did you survive fifteen years in the forest?' he asked although he thought that he already knew the answer. Brett shushed him for drawing a few heads at that comment, and Anthony explained. `Even as pups we spent majority of our times in nature. Even today we don't live in a home, we shift and sleep in the forest. We maintain or sustenance from the prey that we catch, and there is a fresh water river for water. We never came to the city because there was no need.' `What about your clothes?' Callum asked. `We normally don't wear clothes, plenty of people go hiking and leave clothes. For Brett and me it's a bit tougher to find, but Lisa finds clothes often.' A part of Callum absolutely loved the idea of being one with nature as his pack was, but the thought of leaving Mack all alone and defenseless made him cringe. Well he might not be so defenseless seeing as though he was some sort of magical being, and a powerful one from what it seemed. Another thought that crossed Callum's mind was to invite his pack to move in, but he hesitated for some reason. `ANTHONY!' yelled someone from behind them. They turned around to see another guy with red hair and emerald colored eyes and quite a few freckles. He stood at about 6'2 around 210 pounds and had a muscular toned body. Callum could immediately tell by his smell that he was lycanthrope. Lisa immediately ran and gave him a hug and Anthony had a huge grin on his face. He walked over to him and gave the man a handshake, in which the man pulled him into a hug. Callum just stood there confused, and Brett stood beside him with a smirk on his face. `Long time no see Lucas.' He said. Lucas looked up at Brett and gave him a fake pout. `I don't get a hug?' Brett gave his usually eye roll and snort. Anthony turned to Callum `Callum this is my old pack mate, Lucas this is my mate Callum.' Lucas feigned hurt. `Awe come on Anthony once pack, always pack.' He said. Callum was curious to find out what specifically happened to cause their pack to split up. Anthony looked at Lucas curiously. `Where is your pack?' Lucas smirked. `They are in the mall stalking some poor human. Then again he probably doesn't even know that they're following him. All three lycanthropes knew that this had to be Mack and Callum sprinted towards the mall with the others right behind him. Mack was uncomfortable around all of the intense stares he was receiving. He had accidentally collided with some tall red headed guy earlier. Just like always when they made skin contact his eyes went blurry for a split second and he felt a little light headed. He had no idea why it always happened, but every time his skin made contact with someone else these symptoms appeared briefly. After apologizing and continuing through the mall he saw that he people who had been exiting with the red head turned around and started following him. He could only assume that these were hometown bullies who were upset about him accidentally bumping their friend. Now Mack might not be that strong, but he'd never back down from a fight so he walked out of the back entrance of the mall and waited for the others to follow. `Okay Mack there is five of them, but if I hit the first one hard enough I could startle them long enough to get away' He thought to himself. As if on cue they casually strolled out behind him. Now that he was looking at the head on he saw how massive they all were, and he was a bit intimidated. They continued to make their way towards him and when one got within reaching distance he opened his mouth to speak, but Mack never gave him a chance. He swung a huge right hook that connected to the side of the mans jaw. He instantly recoiled holding his hand, it felt as though he'd just hit a cement wall. The man rubbed his jaw and snarled, but before anything else happened Callum and his pack appeared. `What the hell is going on?!' Callum yelled. Mack relaxed a bit, but still kept his guard up. Lucas casually strode by and stood by his pack and said. `Calm down they aren't going to hurt them. They just want to play.' Anthony, Brett, and Lisa stood in front of Callum, and Mack defensively. Lucas realized that he wouldn't be able to handle the three powerful lycanthropes by themselves let alone having the pup and whatever Mack was back them up. He gave a small glare and then signaled for his pack to back down and follow him. Once they left the group calmed visibly. `Thank you' Mack said holding out his hand to Anthony. Anthony shook it and once again Mack's eyes blurred and the lycanthropes felt a wave of energy come from him. Mack released the shake and shook his hurting right hand. `Man he had jaws of steel! Damn I was sure that I was toast when they started following me through the mall. I'm glad that you guys arrived when you did of I would have been beaten.' Brett ground his teeth and tightened his fists. `They weren't here to fight you, they were here to fuck you.' He said through clenched teeth. Mack gapped at that comment and blushed harshly. He could handle someone who wanted to fight, but he had no experience when it came to anything sexual. Anthony and Brett rode with Callum, and Lisa rode with Mack back to their home. One they arrived Anthony, Brett, and Lisa left, but not before Anthony told Callum to bring Mack to the field tomorrow to meet the wolves. `I hate you so much right now! You know that I hate exercise and I let you drag me through the damn woods in eighty degree weather!' Mack complained. He had to tie his dreadlocks into a ponytail for fear that he would faint from heatstroke if he let them continue to dangle. Callum just rolled his eyes and continued on his trail. `Mack come on how can you be some thin and so unhealthy hurry up!' Mack made a gasp/snort noise. `Bitch don't you think that I would if I could. You'd better be lucky that I'm still walking, because I'm about to sit down.' Once he and Mack had arrived to the field it was completely empty. Mack was exhausted, but he refused to taint his outfit by sitting on the grass. Mack immediately caught his second wind when three HUGE wolves made their way onto the field. Before he could take off Callum grabbed his flailing figure and kept him put. `It's okay they won't hurt you.' Callum exclaimed. Mack was visibly trembling, but he had stopped flailing. Callum let him go and made his way towards the large black wolf and started petting it. Mack thought that this was absolutely insane, but he remained still until the large blonde furred wolf came towards him. He started backing up until his back hit a tree and he closed his eyes as the large wolf approached him. Brett tried to resist, but the smell that he was receiving from Mack was absolutely intoxicating and the sweat was not helping. He watched as Mack cringed and closed his eyes and he reached out with his snout and licked Mack on the cheek. What happened next none of them could have expected. Mack's eyes started glowing and his body produced a large energy wave. He was so light headed that he fell to his knees, and the impact was so strong that all four lycanthropes shifted. So now Mack was staring at Brett, Lisa, and Anthony while his best friend turned into a wolf. Quickly Callum shifted back into his human form and ran towards Mack's fleeing figure. Once he had caught Mack he grabbed his arm, but Mack pushed him away and continued heading back towards the house. Callum ran in front of him forcing Mack to stop. He looked into his best friends face and saw that Mack was crying, but he wasn't trembling. `Mack it's okay, you're my best friend I would never hurt you...Please say something' He said. Mack didn't know if he was more afraid because his friend was a werewolf, or angry that Callum didn't tell him. `H...how?' He asked. Callum immediately responded. `It was always in my, but Anthony brought it out...' before he could finish his statement Mack had changed directions and headed towards Anthony fuming mad. Anthony had hesitantly trailed behind them so he knew what was coming when Mack reached him. He braced himself for a punch, and a punch was exactly what he received as Mack's fist connected with his nose. Callum's wolf instincts kicked in when Mack hit his mate, and he charged at him. Brett and Lisa ran to stop him, but they were too late. Callum lunged at Mack and backhanded him. Mack flew back and collided with a large oak tree and hit the ground with a loud thud. Lisa watched in horror as Mack hit the ground and rushed to his aid while not noticing Brett charge at Callum. Anthony leaped in front of Callum and took the blow meant for Callum and quickly struck Brett back. Brent tackled Anthony to the ground as they grappled for dominance. Brett gained the upper hand and punch Anthony in the eye and the nose. Anthony brought his foot up and kicked Brett in the jaw at full force sending him flying through the air. Brett landed on four legs in his wolf form and Anthony quickly shifted as well, but before they could charge each other Callum and Lisa stepped in front of them. Lisa shook her head in horror as she watched what looked like her pack falling apart. With tears in her eyes she spoke. `Stop this! We are pack we have enough to fight against without fighting each other! How dare you allow your prides to come before pack, both of you should be ashamed! We are better than this, we are closer than this!' She said as tears rolled down her cheeks. Anthony and Brett both shifted back into their human forms panting. Immediately they embraced each other. `Never again.' Anthony said and Brett needed no further explanation. `Never again.' He said back. As soon as they released their embrace Callum ran into Anthony's arms. `I am so sorry are you okay this is all my fault I am so sorry please say that you forgive me because I couldn't live if you said that you were mad at me I really didn't mean to...' Callum rambled until Anthony placed a passionate lip lock on him. Callum was so worried about Anthony, and was glad that he was okay. Lisa checked Brett for any extreme bruises, but didn't find any. He did however have a very large black bruise on his right cheek, and his face was extremely red at the moment. Anthony had a small shiner and he was a bit swollen, but he didn't have any extreme bruises either. Lisa made sure to smack Brett on his bruised cheek causing him to hiss in pain. `What the hell was that for?!' He yelled. She placed her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow. `That was for hitting our alpha.' She responded. That was the first time Callum had ever seen Brett put away his smug attitude and had a sheepish look on his face. `Yeah...um sorry about that.' He responded looking at Anthony. Anthony nodded, but as an alpha he would not apologize as well. Callum walked up to Brett and gave him a hug which caught Brett of guard. Brett eventually hugged him back, but he kept a close eye on Anthony for any signs of jealousy in which he found none. After speaking their apologizes to each other Callum immediately swung around to check on his best friend, and to his horror Mack was long gone. `That stupid no good, ungrateful son of a bitch!' Mack mumbled as he drove from their home... Callum's home and made his way towards the town. He didn't get very far as he swerved out of the way of a deer and wrecked his car. He struggled out of his seatbelt as he stumbled his way into the city. As he passed some old magic shop with an older woman standing there oddly smiling at him. He was in no mood for hospitality so he grunted and walked past her. Well he tried, but once he got close to her she threw some brown substance in his face. At first he was furious `Did this madam voodoo just throw chicken dust in my face!' he thought, but before he could react he started to feel sleepy. The last thing that he remembered before falling asleep was looking into her smiling face. Brett was an absolute mess once they reached Callum's house to find that Mack wasn't there. He went searching for him, and really started to panic once he saw Mack's totaled car a couple miles up the trail. They had decided after searching majority of the woods to see if he had returned home, but he still hadn't. Brett was aggressively pacing as waited...and waited...and waited. `Enough of this you guys can sit here and do nothing, but I'm going to go find my mate!' He yelled as he swung the front door open. He was surprised to see a woman who looked about eighty waiting there patiently. He was even more surprised to see Mack unconscious in her arms. `May I come in, I have much to discuss with you...lycanthrope.'