Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:08:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Mack Thomas Subject: Mate (Part 5) Mate Thank you for all of the love Don't Forget that nifty needs your donations. Mack scrubbed his face and hair ferociously while he tried to remove all traces of the ashes in the bathroom sink. He was so focused on cleaning himself that he did not hear Brett enter until he wrapped his arms around his waist. Mack jumped and let out a little squeak. Brett gently kissed his neck and soothed him. `Relax, Anthony was only joking there were no ashes.' Mack visibly relaxed in Brett's arms and leaned back onto his chest. `Hey Callum do you mind if I stay over tonight?' Brett asked. Mack looked around, but saw no signs of Callum anywhere. `Stay as long as you want, you guys are moving in.' Callum responded and Brett smiled. Of course Mack didn't hear this response and looked at Brett like he was completely insane. Brett released Mack and turned to leave and Mack surprised even himself by letting out a whimper. `I'll be right back I must speak with my alpha.' Brett wanted to formally invite Mack into their pack, but he needed permission first. Anthony still lay on the couch with Callum in his arms, but he was still on alert for any signs of a werewolf. He smiled at Callum as he started to fall asleep on his chest. He watched as Brett casually strolled into the living room once again and turned his attention to Anthony. `Alpha would it be okay to properly induct my mate when we induct Callum?' Anthony nodded his acceptance, but immediately jumped to his feet alarming his pack. `Stay on guard, we have company.' As soon as he spoke these words all of the lights cut off, a loud crash was heard followed by Mack's blood curdling shriek. Mack had just started to dry his hair when all of the lights cut off. `Shit!' He exclaimed realizing that he was upstairs alone. Before he had a chance to leave the bathroom a body came flying through the window and knocked him to the ground. Blood poured over his body as he looked up and saw the limp, half eaten corpse of Elsa. He let out a ferocious scream as he pushed the corpse off and saw the werewolf staring at him. That was all of the reason he needed to take off out of the bathroom. His heart was basically in his throat as he heard the beast right behind him. As he reached the stairs he made the mistake of looking back at the werewolf about three feet behind him and slipped. He twisted his ankle while falling down the stairs. The werewolf went to grab him, but stopped once he saw for lycanthrope's come running from the other room. The wolf crouched down and prepared for an attack. The first wolf was the large black one in which he assumed was the alpha. He leaped and locked onto the werewolves arm causing it to stumble, but it threw him off and he landed with a thud onto the marble floor. He gave a howl in which the rest of the pack simultaneously attack. As all for lycanthropes locked on to some part of the werewolf's flesh he still stood (albeit barely). Struggling he reached over and grabbed the bleach blonde wolf by its neck. The wolf yelped as it was slammed onto its back and it shifted back. Mack stumbled over to Brett crying. `RUN!' Brett screamed. Mack wanted to stay, but his inner mate refused to disobey and he struggled over to the front door and fled into the woods. As soon as Mack fled Brett shifted back and once again locked onto the werewolf's ankle. The black wolf released his hold on the werewolf's arm and tried to latch on to it's jugular, but was intercepted by a giant paw that sent him spiraling into a wall were he fell unconscious. The brown wolf was able to knock the giant beast off of its balance and he (along with the three remaining lycanthropes) fell to the floor. She then tried to latch back onto his right arm, but she left her stomach exposed and she received a serious wound in which she shifted and crumbled to the floor. While the werewolf was slightly distracted by the brown lycanthrope, the bleach blonde one was able to give a damaging blow to the side of its neck. It howl it pain, but the curled his paw and slammed in on top of the lycanthropes head sending it straight to the floor. At seeing this the blonde one let go of the werewolf's leg. They both squared off snarling at each other. The werewolf charged the pup, but was surprised that the lycanthrope was able to dodge him and even leave a scratch on its back. However he was not so lucky the second time and was thrown into a wall. The werewolf then let out a victorious howl and charged after its target. Although he was hurt Callum was not unconscious and followed him. Mack moved as fast as he could with a sprained ankle, but was only able to get about five miles before he heard rapid footsteps coming from behind him. He turned it up a notch, but he knew that he could not outrun it. Thinking on his feet Mack dropped on the ground covering himself in mud and leaves hoping to throw the werewolf off of his scent. He then stumbled over to a very large bush and crawled inside. His breath caught at the sheer size of this thing. He watched the werewolf stop and sniff, then it let out an angry howl and took off in another direction. Mack started to relax as he saw the figure slowly start to fade from his side, but then someone grabbed him from behind and he screamed. Callum had spotted Mack, and was so excited to see that he was OK that he ran and gave him a hug from behind. Mack screamed and he tried to cover his mouth with his hand, but it was too late and the werewolf came charging back in their direction. As soon as he was close enough Callum shifted once again and lunged at it, but the beast caught him in mid-air. The claws dug into his side and he was in so much pain that he shifted into his human form before passing out in the beasts arm. The beast found itself attractive to the light blonde and decided to take him as well. Mack had once again tried to run, but to no avail the beast scooped him off and took off into the night. Anthony was the first to awake and he looked around at the destroyed room. The first thing that he noticed was that Callum had gone missing, but before he had a chance to panic he heard Lisa's whimpers. He ran over to his pack mate to see that she was severely injured. Her stomach was bleeding profusely, and if she didn't shift soon it would be fatal. He rubbed her head before communicating telepathically (you must shift back into your human form. I know that your hurt, but you won't start to heal until you do.) It took quite an effort, but she managed to shift back into her human form. Slowly, but surely she started to heal. She would take days to completely heal, but she would live. Brett had awoken soon after and immediately ran towards the door, but Anthony intercepted him. `We are too hurt to go after him. We must rest, and we'll search tomorrow.' Brett glared at him `NO! I'm going after him tonight!' He said as he walked past Anthony. `As your alpha I command you to get in here NOW!' Anthony's voice boomed as he said this. Brett reluctantly returned and bowed his head showing his submission, but had tears in his eyes at the thought of his mate. Anthony placed his hand on Brett's shoulder and said. `I know that it's tough, but were are in no shape to help anyone. Callum is more than likely with this beast as well and I promise you that we WILL find them!' The lycanthropes locked the front door and checked each other for damages. Anthony had a rather large black bruise on his abdomen, but other than that he was okay. Brett was slightly bleeding on top of his head, and his face was a bit swollen. Lisa on the other hand could barely walk. She was still bleeding slightly, but her stomach felt like it was on fire. She feared that she was going to get an infection. Anthony fireman carried Lisa upstairs and laid her shivering body on one of the guest beds. He leaned down and kissed her forehead. `Everything will be fine, I promise.' And he headed to his mate room. He might not have Callum with him, but at least his smell could help him salvage a little sleep. Brett however was a mess, he curled up in Mack's room and cried himself to sleep holding his mates brush. Callum awoke with a start as he looked around frantically. He realized that he was in an empty basement laying on a hard mattress. He looked to his right and saw the sleeping figure of his best friend and immediately ran to him. As soon as he moved he realized that he was chained to a wall and he was only able to take about twenty steps, but that was enough to get to his best friend. `Mack...Mack wake up!' He said lightly shaking him just in case he was injured. Mack's eyes fluttered opened. He looked around groggily for a minute before reality hit him. `B...B...Brent.' He whimpered as tears started to fall from his face. Callum just held him, with tears rolled down his face, as Mack sobbed. Anthony was awoken by a frantic Brett. In his 20 years of knowing Brett he'd never seen him so distraught. He had large bags under his eyes, his hair was disheveled, and his bod was trembling slightly. He knew that this was proper protocol of a lycanthrope missing its mate, but Anthony knew that if he broke down completely so would his pack. He went to check on Lisa and her condition was still very critical so he decided to leave her at home while he and Brett searched for their mates. He and Brett got dressed and followed the scent of the werewolf. Lisa had fallen back asleep after her alpha checked on her. She wanted so bad to help reunite the rest of her pack, but she was just too weak to help. She awoke to the sound of someone coming up the stairs. She stumbled to her feet, but she knew that if this was not a human she would most likely be defeated. She was relieved/shocked when she saw Lucas's distraught face. He looked as if he was out of breath, and as soon as he saw her he immediately hugged her. She hugged him back, but winced slightly. He scooped her up and carried her back to the bed. `Thank God you're okay, I was so worried.' Before she could respond he pressed his lips to hers with earnest. She lightly kissed him back, but didn't match his passion due to her injuries. `I just saw Brett and Anthony, they said that you were hurt and I had to see you. I'll never leave you again mate.' He said and pressed his lips to hers again. Anthony and Brett were moving as fast as they could without looking inhumane. They continued to follow the scent until all of a sudden it disappeared. `Shit! This must be as far as he had gotten before he changed back.' Anthony exclaimed looking at about twenty houses. He knew that it would take little time to find the right house, but the question was how do they about getting in without being noticed? They would figure that out later, but right now their first priority was to find the right house. Callum continued to hold his weeping friend while he silently wept himself until the basement door opened. Who he saw come down absolutely shocked him. He had expected to see a rather large, muscular man, but instead he saw a rather shocking sight. The man was about 40 stood at about 6'3, about 275 pounds, and he was extremely in shape. He almost looked like a retired bodybuilder. He had salt and pepper hair, and a hairy chest. His smile widened as he saw that both of them were awake. `Good morning' he said in a very baritone voice. Mack refused to look at the man and crawled closer to Callum for comfort. Callum tightened his hold on Mack protectively and glared at the older gentlemen. The man's smile just widened and he said `I'm Gage, you two might as well get comfortable because you're going to be here for a long time.' He looked at the African American with the long flowing dreads and gently caressed his face briefly, before the boy pulled his face away. `Especially you my little pup.' He said. Callum immediately slid over to the wall while keeping his friend in his arms. `He is not yours!' Callum yelled. Immediately Gage's muscles began to expand, and he closed the distance between them quickly. Before Callum knew what happened Gage had him in the air by his golden locks. `You listen, and you listen well you little bitch! I'm only being cordial out of sheer kindness. All you are is a whore who I will play with whenever I want, and if you give me too much lip I'll rip your fuckin head off.' Callum tried to free himself, but he couldn't. Gage had consumed enough of Mack's energy to shift into a werewolf at will for at least a week. He looked down at the boy cowering on the floor and his eyes softened. `Now my little pup you have a choice to make. Either you play nice and everyone is happy, but if you don't' He tightened his grip on Callum's hair `this little fucker will be used like the little whore he is.' With that he dropped Callum and walked back up the stairs and locked the door. Callum and Mack just held each other and cried. They could only hope that Anthony and the others would be there soon.