Chapter 12: Ambush!

Sasha was in her room lying on her bed with her dog smiling gleefully. Her dog lay on her belly looking up at her moping. She laughed patting her sad pup’s head as she pulled out her phone and sent out a group text to her club.

“Guess what?” —Sasha 23:45

“You got to see Toby naked?” —Clare 23:45

“Close” —Sasha 23:46

“I got to see his Lycaon form” —Sasha 23:46

“His what?” —Terra 23:47

“What do you mean he went Lycaon?” —Rea 23:47

Sasha giggled. “It’s a full wolf form except it’s as big as a horse, maybe bigger ????” —Sasha 23:48

“Oh wow…did you take a pic?” —Clare 23:48

Sasha skimmed through her phone and picked her best picture, which it was poorly lit, but you could definitely make out a giant wolf head next to her lap. She was scratching behind the wolf’s ear. The exposure was long, so things look a little burry.

“O_o holy cow!” —Terra 23:49

“I can’t believe that’s him!” —Clare 23:49

“What!? :omg: You serious?” —Terra 23:49

“Yup! And his fur is super soft and warm. I got to sleep on him for a little bit :blushes:” —Sasha 23:49

“I hate you :x“ —Terra 23:49

“Dangerous! You weren’t scared? (?? ????)” —Kari 23:49

“I’m not afraid of my boyfriend. He remembers our time together :3” —Sasha 23:50

“( ? ! ? ) + (?    )(    ?) ?(??,??)” —Kari 23:52

“LOL”

“LMFAO”

“I hope my step-dad doesn’t find out about my boyfriend’s wolf side. He’s really warmed up to Toby after the game though” —Sasha 23:54

“Would you mind having a werewolf for a husband?” —Terra 23:55.

Sasha blushed bright red. “I kind of like that idea. He’s very protective of me” —Sasha 23:56

“Isn’t he a little too big?” —Kari 23:56

“Yea, I get what you mean about him being too big, but I don’t mind it. I’ve gotten used to it. Afterall it’s all about love” —Sasha 23:57

“Oh my god really Sasha! You did it with him!?” —Kari 23:58

Sasha bit her lip and giggled to herself. “No, I haven’t yet. I’m a little nervous if he wolfs out” —Sasha 23:59

“He’ll wolf out and transform just like other wolfmen do during sex” —Clare 0:00

“Oh, and you might want a lot of lube for his big boy” —Clare 0:01

“:evillaugh:” —Terra 0:01

“I was going to, but then that bitch screwed my arm up” —Sasha 0:01

“Talking bout Toby?” —Zoe 0:01

“Oh crap, I forgot they were on” —Sasha 0:02

“Don’t worry I got plenty of lube, babe ????” —Toby 0:02

“OMFG”

Sasha squealed and squirmed. What happened to his timid shy self? “Is this Phoebe?” —Sasha 0:02

“Nope, It’s me” —0:03

He sent her a private text. “If you want to mate just let me know. I’ll be there no problem :wolf:” —Toby 0:03

“Then come over big bad. I’ll leave my window open for you” Toby 0:04

“Wow that backfired” Terra 0:04

“I’m goin' to bed, night” Sasha 0:06

Sasha got up and went over to open her window. She popped the screen out and closed her door. Sasha looked over at the big plushie of a wolf on her book case, and she brought it into bed with her. She slid under the covers and turned off her lamp. She plopped her head on the pillow and pulled the plushie up close smiling. She looked up at her dog at the foot of the bed, and she wagged her tail.

 Sasha finally closed her eyes, but not even two minutes later, she heard a creak at her window. She glanced over and saw those familiar eyes. She sat up in the bed and gazed at him seductively. “Did you bring a rubber?”

Toby reached into his pocket and pulled out a magnum XXL, which caused her to blush and tremble with excitement and anxiety. She crawled out of bed and bit her lip. He was in his anthro form and it looked like he was in ripped and torn clothes exposing tufts of hair. He really knew how to set a mood did he not?

She went towards him and soaked him in reaching up to touch his brawny chest inspecting him while taking the big boy condom out of his hand. Her finger trailed down his abs then along his waist band of his shorts. He growled deeply at her teasing, which she watched the room in his pants shrink and restrict him from growing. “A little tight are we big bad?” she asked before she reached in and pulled out his organ.

She pushed him back onto the bed before she sat on his lap grinding her more than generous butt into his growing issue. He grabbed her hips still growling lowly, and he bit her on the shoulder. He was startled at first, but she was okay. It was surprisingly erotic for her, and her heart pounded. Her innards tightened and drooled with anticipation as this beast gnawed into her neck.

She tore open the packet and prepared him for mating. After that everything became blurry and fuzzy as her adrenaline kicked into overdrive. All she remembered was how exhilarated and terrified she was as she prayed that thing case of rubber held up against this brute. It hurt like a mother fucker, but it sure felt worth it.

After coitus she collapsed onto the floor gasping and shaking. He licked his lips caressing her rump and gazing upon her satisfied. “There…you’ve been mated properly” he told her. She was in shock and in a stupor with all these waves of pleasure still traversing and echoing around in her body. She quickly drifted into a deep sleep being in his arms as he kneaded her breast. This felt right to her, being his mate. She belonged to him.

•••

It was early morning when Toby was woken up to a smell; Sasha was pleasantly basking in his warmth clutching onto his fur nose pressed up against his chest. He heard a loud howl off in the distance, an unfamiliar one. He reached over for his phone in his shorts pocket, and Sasha stirred and moaned refusing to let him go. “My wolfie” she muttered in her sleep. He sighed heavily not wanting to go, but he looked at his messages for any alerts from Bernie or Zoe.

“Did you hear any howling just now?” —Toby 3:45

He sighed and picked Sasha up off the floor and laid her on top of her bed. Her dog laid beside her, and she turned holding her dog close muttering, “Stay with me”

He growled to himself conflicted. He wanted to stay and protect her, but no one was answering his text. He jumped out onto the roof of her RV garage hopped off onto the hard ground fifteen feet below. He ran through the yard and jumped an eight-foot wooden fence. He hurried down the railroad tracks. He sniffed the air to find the werewolf’s location; however, the wind had shifted making tracking this wolf a little more difficult to pin point.

There was another howl, and his ears perked realizing the wolf was in the park near the construction site along the river. Toby had to maneuver a tricky route from where he was. He immediately changed directions shooting out a shower of gravely track ballast. He headed up an embankment through a forest that leads to a rock quarry. He followed the rim before he plunged back into another section of the forest. He cut between industrial properties then across farmlands. He jumped a major across the wide 5 lane highway in a single bound startling some drivers causing them to slam on their breaks and rear-end each other.

He ran through a wildlife corridor into a marshland, which he flanked the marshland instead of through the middle. The edge of the marshland had firmed and dried up from a dry summer, and to his left were Industrial buildings until he dashed through another street then it was low- and middle-income apartments that overlooked the marshland. On the other side were some commercial retail stores. He ran under a pedestrian bridge starling two college students who were having sex under the bridge.

He stopped nearby and howled and there was an immediate response from the wolf. The girl screamed clutching onto her lover in fear shouting, “What the fuck is that thing!?”

He paid no attention to them and ran off before he emerged out onto the same railroad tracks and jumped both the tracks and the adjacent road in the same leap. He landed in a park, where he found Casey and the autistic boy were standing at the edge of the riparian forest across the way. He ran across the construction lot, passed the senior center, through a playground before he ran under a railroad trestle that bisected the park.

Casey stared at him and horrified once he arrived. “Toby!? What are you doing here? Wait, you are a Werewolf too?”

“Haven’t figured that out?” he asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Casey’s eye narrowed and stared at him. “I-I-I…”

“Of course, he’s a werewolf!” Olivia stated as she emerged from the forest; although, she glared at him after smelling Sasha’s scent coming off from her. “Tch, I can’t believe you had sex with that weak bag of lard! You can do better than her” she scoffed.

He glared at her and snorted. “I know what you did to her” he retored.

She was shocked to see Toby, actually she was very nervous. She took a couple of steps back looking around for Zoe. “Are you alone?” she asked.

Toby stared at her with a straight face “what are you up to?” he demanded.

“I ain’t up to anything! Can’t I just hang out with my friends out at the park!?” Olivia shouted. He pulled out his phone and started to text Zoe and Bernie. She started to panic and grabbed his arm shouting, “What are you doing!?”

He growled at her saying. “Can’t I hang out with my friends?”

“No!” She shouted grabbing his phone. He grabbed her hand and sent his message.

“Tualatin Community Park Boat Launch” —Toby 3:50

“What is going on!?” A man’s voice erupted from once Olivia had stood.

They looked back at a man who was dressed in a black suit with a priest’s collar and Olivia shivered. “N-n-nothing brother Ezekiel” she shouted nervously.

The man stared at Toby confused and concerned. “W-w-who are you? Are you one of Ian’s recruits?”

Olivia rolled her eyes. “Hardly…this guy is Tobias Wolfgang. He’s one of Bernie’s goons”

The man was horrified and started sweating profusely. “A Wolfgang?” he muttered. He was obviously having some sort of flashbacks before he finally muttered. “This is bad”

Suddenly there was a blood curdling scream coming from across the river, and even more loud panicked screams echoed through the trees. Very disturbing gurgled screams before everything went quiet. Toby growled loudly about to run into the woods before someone jumped off the railroad trestle landing in front of them “Where you going in such a hurry?” he shouted.

Toby’s eyes widened in horror, and he growled seeing the cloaked man’s face grinning insanely. He had a goatee with wet blood trickling down corner of his chin.

“Ian! What the hell are you still doing on my turf!?” Toby yelled.

Ian’s grin grew wider. “I happened to be in the neighborhood to say, hello…” he said smugly before he quickly erupted with rage. “….and pay you back for breaking my fucking arm!” He shouted.

Olivia growled lowly, and the tufts of hair on the back of her neck stood up on end with her ears bent back. She charged at him before she let out a loud yelp as she was kicked through the trees into the river. Ian smirked after heard a loud splash before he walked towards Toby mockingly.

“I want no one else interfering!” He shouted at them before he pointed at himself. “It’s just you and me, mutt…No one is going to save you now, not even your thrall of a mother” Ian said smugly.

Toby looked towards the river and gritted his teeth. He ran towards the riverbank, and he could hear Olivia’s whimpers as she held onto a pillar to the trestle. “Just hold on?” He yelled. He jumped onto a tree trunk, and he sprang off the trunk towards the top of the trestle.

“Don’t you fucking ignore me!” Ian spat out grabbing onto Toby’s leg and throwing him into the ground. Toby caught himself and swung around kicking his other leg free from Ian’s grip before he launched himself back using his great upper body strength.

Ian laughed maniacally, and he started to transform. His clothes ripped to shreds as his body grew. His body morphed into a fearsome therian stage, and drool dripped from his mouth onto the ground. “You should learn your place, boy! I do not like to be taken lightly” he said in a very intimidating voice as he dug his nails into the wooden pylon.

Toby growled clenching his fists. “You’re on my terms! Old man! All I have to do is stall you out, and my back up will come?” He yelled.

Ian chuckled with amusement. “Your terms? We’ll see whose terms we’re on once your friends see you hanging off this bridge by your own entrails!” he shouted.

Toby transformed into his therian form and rammed himself into Ian’s chest with bone crushing force. Ian pushed back, and both of their feet dug into the soil. Toby dropped himself to the ground and this caused Ian to lose his balance. Toby took advantage of the situation twisting Ian around and dropping onto the ground thrusting both feet into Ian’s chest sending him sent flying skyward. Toby flipped onto his feet and jumped up toward Ian yelling. He landed a brutal upper-cut to Ian’s Jaw, and Toby grabbed onto Ian’s leg and threw him into the ground snapping another tree like a toothpick. Toby landed onto his feet, before he looked back to the river.

He ran to Olivia who was on the embankment recovering. “Hey! Are you okay?” He asked rubbing her back.

She licked Toby’s muzzle with care and whimpered. “I’m okay…I’m just sore” She said.

“The fuck did you did you go doing that for!” He shouted.

“He was going to hurt you” She told him.

He looked toward the direction Ian went, and he growled. “He’ll be back…” he muttered before he looked back at Casey and his brother. “What the fuck is going on here!?” He yelled at them. He reverted to his anthro form and his stretched out shredded shorts fell to the ground. Olivia blushed at the sight as he pointed away towards town. “Get out of here…you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into”

Olivia nodded and reverted to her anthro form. “I will…” She said.

“Alright priest! Are you the one turning all these kids into werewolves!?” Toby said to her sternly as he transformed back into his therian form.

The priest took a couple steps back startled with Toby’s transformation. “It’s amazing what a little werewolf’s blood can do. After all it was your accursed father’s blood that turned me into this beast!” He shouted.

 Toby snarled at him. “If you hate being a werewolf so much…then why did you turn them into them?” his beastly voice erupted. He stared down into space preparing himself for the second round that was yet to come. The wind started to pick up and swirl around him.

The twisted wolf’s laughter echoed throughout the forest. “Somebody help me?” Another scream came nearby.

Toby eye twitched at the scent of blood. “Leave him alone!” he yelled. He saw something flying towards him, and he jumped as human body fell at his feet. It was a nicely dressed affluent man whose left side of his abdomen torn open exposing his internal organs, and blood still pouring out. Ezekiel and the two boys were stunned.

The man started to move and tried to pick himself up. “I don’t want to die!” he yelled. He reached down to his wound and then vomited from the sheer horror. Toby’s stared in horror not being able to do anything but watch the poor man suffer before his very own eyes. “Somebody! Please! Help me please?” he screamed.

Toby leaned in, but once the man saw him, he screamed, “Get back!” as threw a stick at him. Toby caught the stick, and the man struggled to pry it free. Then he started screaming again and his hand slipped, and he fell back onto the ground through a bush. “Please! It hurts!” The man yelled as he dug his finger nails into the dirt.

“I guess you aren’t a real werewolf Toby…I can’t believe you didn’t put him out of his misery. That’s just plain cold” Ian said. Toby looked around as his temper began to boil before he jumped into the bush only to find no one there. “I thought you would put up more of a fight being his son! Or is that all you can do?” he asked.

Toby growled. “Why don’t you come out here and face me…coward! Or are you not done playing with your food!?” he yelled.

Ian laughed before he jumped from behind and bit into Toby’s neck. Ian proceeded to punch Toby in the back knocking him off balance, and he grabbed Toby by the face before slamming the side of his head into a tree pinned down. “Disgusting little human lover!” Ian yelled. He began ramming his knee into Toby’s back repeatedly. “Do you even care about what they’ve done to our lands!? Do you like being one of their pets?”

Toby timed himself whipped his tail into Ian’s crotch, which he rolled out to grab Ian’s arm. There was a loud snap as Toby tore Ian’s ligaments with a swift palm strike at the back of his elbow violently bending it in an unnatural way. Ian yelped and roared, “You son of a bitch!” he grabbed his arm. Toby held onto his side as one of his eyes swelled shut.

Ian roared as the wind continued to pick up and twigs showered from the trees above. Toby grabbed his eye in pain and trying to soothe it. “Where is everyone?” he muttered. He shot the two boys an angry, which they both ran away. Ezekiel stared at him with hatred before he too ran.

He stared into a mass of trees and the scent of blood, wet dog, and decaying flesh polluted the air. Ian ran deeper into the forest cursing while holding his arm. Toby looked around in anticipation of an attack from his blind side. The leaves suddenly rustled behind him, and he turned around to see a raccoon. He sighed in relief then he growled feeling like an idiot realizing he was caught off guard again. “Fucking Raccoon” He said. He charged the raccoon, and it fled.

He looked up as Zoe caught up to him. “Hey! I got your text!” she said. She looked at him and snickered. “Wow, you look like you’ve seen better days!” she said. She looked around and gasped. “Toby! Look out!!” she cried out.

Toby heard a whoosh come from behind, and he turned around. He felt something hit him and pass threw his body tearing his innards in the process. “Toby?” she screamed.

He could not breathe, and he fell. He did not fall completely back as she caught him. “Oh shit! Oh Shit! Dad! Come quick! He needs help!” she hollered.

He gasped for air and whimpered in pain and began to tremble uncontrollably. He could not get up, and he felt blood trickling down his back and stomach. He looked down to see a 4-inch diameter metal conduit piping that ran through his body.

Toby felt cold and saw Ian who was laughing triumphantly. “filthy human fucker…” he said.

Toby whimpered and panted heavily. “You bastard!” He yelled.

“It’s a pity you aren’t with your father…I thought the Van Helsings’ would finish you off like your father…I’ll soon rectify that and reunite you two!” He said grabbing the pole and yanking it out. The life in Toby’s eyes faded as blood spilled out onto the ground. He reverted to his human from as his lifeless body collapsed onto Zoe. “I hope you have a nice dirt nap scum!” Ian muttered.

Zoe snarled at him beginning to shift into her large almighty therian. “You better start running! I’m not going to let you kill him too!” she yelled. She looked and the extent of his wound, and his entrails hung out. Ian raised the pipe in the air about the club her in the head before she could finish her transformation only to get shot in the arm.

“Fucking hell!” Ian shouted before two more shots were fired peppering him in the chest with buckshot.

Bernie was about five yards away dressed in his Sheriff uniform with his shotgun aimed at Ian. Two others figures with fur cloaks and tribal wolf masks accompanied Bernie on either side. “You’d be smart to leave now! Cause if he dies…I’m going after your head, Omega!” he yelled.

Ian bared his teeth at Bernie. *Boom* Bernie shot Ian in the face. “Fuck!” he shouted before he ran off with holding onto his face.

Bernie looked at his daughter who was trying to pick him up. “He’s dying!” she cried. The two cloaked figures helped her carry his flaccid body away.

“Zoe! Control your emotions! Return to your human form before someone sees you!” her father demanded. The two cloaked figures opened some sort of kit and stuck an inflatable tube in his wound before filling it with air.

Her ears perked to Toby screaming in agony as his wound was being plugged. She calmed down enough to bring herself back to at least anthro form. She got into the back of the squad car as they place Toby on his back against her lap while she cradled his head.

Her father took her free hand into Toby’s wound. “Keep that plug in there until Lilian can look after him” he asked. Her father got into the squad car and slammed the door shut. “I’m taking him to Lilian! She’s the closest werewolf with trauma experience” he said as he turned his flashing lights on.

Ulf took his mask off and frowned. “You think she’s capable of working on her own son?” he asked.

Bernie frowned. “Call her! Let her know what’s going on! I need her to be mentally prepared when we arrive!” he raised his voice.

The other cloaked man slammed the back door shut, and Bernie sped off with his sirens blaring. Zoe stared at Toby as he struggled to breathe, and he suddenly vomited blood. “Shit! He’s going downhill fast!” she shouted.

He growled pushing his car to its limit. “Just keep him from bleeding too much! I know it looks bad” he shouted.

He shut off his lights as he drove past a sign that said, “Park Ridge”, but they sped through the neighborhood. Once they pulled into the driveway, Bernie slammed on his breaks and shut his lights off. Lilian running ran out the doors, and Bernie quickly opened the back door. Lilian saw Zoe’s hand covering the hole in Toby’s abdomen, and she fell to her knees gritting her teeth.

“Get him in on the cot in the living room!” she shouted pointing inside. She was not hysterical, but she was very upset. Zoe was about to pull the plug before Lilian grabbed her arm. “Don’t pull it out yet!” she demanded. They carried him into the living room, and his blood trickled onto the plastic covering white linen strewn on the floor up to the cot.

Phoebe and Tommy both came out. “Oh, shit it’s Toby!” Tommy exclaimed.

“What happened!?” Phoebe shouted.

“Get out of here! Let her work!” Bernie shouted.

The twins both felt as if they were being forcibly removed from the house from his voice even if no one touched them. They stood outside watching their mother examining Toby’s body. She began to hook him up with various medical machines, before she unplugged him. He let out another horrific scream as she put her hand into her son’s gaping wound. Zoe and her father walked outside, and he blocked the door from allowing anyone in.

 Sasha came over in her pajamas after seeing the commotion and hearing Toby screaming.

“What’s going on!?” She shouted.

Zoe helped block Sasha out. “Sasha! Go home!” she shouted.

Sasha looked at the blood on the ground before she looked back up at the blood that splattered all over Zoe and Bernie’s clothes. “Whose blood is this!?” she shouted. She began to panic and held her hand up over her heart. “It’s Toby’s isn’t it?” she asked.

Zoe grimaced, and Bernie looked away.

“Toby got a hole through the stomach” Tommy said.

“He’s got a what!?” Sasha shouted.

Bernie glared at the pup and looked like he was going to backhand him when Sasha’s family came out and looked at the scene. “What’s going on Sasha?” her father.

Bernie approached them holding his hands up. “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to give them space” he said firmly.

Sasha rushed the door, and Zoe grabbed her arm. “No! Sasha! Don’t go in there! You mustn’t come into contact with his blood” she pleaded.

Sasha stopped and looked at her worried. “Can I see him?” she asked.

Zoe looked at the ground troubled. “I’d rather you didn’t. He got fucked up really bad” she muttered.

“Please…he’s my boyfriend” Sasha begged her.

Zoe growled lowly and bit into her cheek. “Just don’t go in” she warned her as she opened the door. As Toby got into view, she instantly regretted it. Her eyes widened and became catatonic, which Zoe whimpered uncomfortable. “Go home…Please…” she advised her.

Bernie looked back and frowned. Zoe walked up to her father and glared at them. “Toby got shot!” she said grimly.

“He was found by the Plaid Pantry. It was a drive-by. I just came to tell his mother the news. The blood came off from me after I assisted in transport” He said.

Zoe walked over to Sasha, and she touched her on the shoulder. “Try to make it so Toby is in the hospital…okay?” she asked.

Sasha nodded, but she stared at tall amorphous figures near Toby’s body. Zoe looked at her oddly. “Sasha? You alright?” she muttered.

“Who’s that?” Sasha muttered as she could only see one of the figures as the other was too faded.

“Who’s what?” Zoe asked having overheard her. Sasha held her hand up to signal for her to hold on.

“D-dad!? Where am I!?” Toby shouted.

“Toby?” Sasha muttered as she watched the figures interact.

Toby felt his father’s warm hand on his shoulder. “That does not matter now. I’m just glad you are here” Steele said in his German accent.

“My you’ve grown…a lot” his father said with amusement.

Toby looked back to see his own cold lifeless body causing him to tremble. “Am I…Dead?” He asked before he looked back towards his father.

His father chuckled. “Of course not…just…it’s a near death experience. But don’t dwell on it. I have many things to discuss with you” he said in a stern voice.

Toby frowned. “What is it?” He asked.

His father frowned at him. “I’m aware that you still think that you could have done something to stop my death. Just stop…what’s done is done” he said.

Toby looked down at the ground. “How could humans kill you…They shouldn’t have been able to kill you!” he said.

His father sighed. “No one is invincible…not even me. I didn’t die from the bullets…I died from the poison. You survived the bullet too…you remember, don’t you?” he asked.

“No…” Toby lied. He looked up at him worried. “If it weren’t for me, you’d be still alive” he said.

His father smiled faintly. “There wasn’t a better outcome…and I wasn’t going to allow them to kill another of my pups” he said. He frowned watching Lilian cry as she struggled to suture her son’s wounds. He walked to her, and he set his hand on her back. “Be strong” he whispered into her ear. Lilian sniveled and looked back towards the doorway seeing Sasha transfixed on something.

“He told you to be strong” Sasha muttered.

Lilian stared at her. “Who?” she asked.

“Your husband” Sasha answered.

Lilian gasped. “You can see Steele?” she asked.

Sasha nodded. “I can, and I can see Toby…not very well though” she said.

“Let’s keep it that way! I’m not going to lose Toby too!!” she spoke with determination. She then intubated her son before she stroked his forehead. “My poor pup…mama wolf is going to take care of you” she muttered.

•••

Steele took Toby by the arm. “You’ll live…just come with me! I need to talk to you in private” he said looking over towards Sasha. Toby gulped as he was drug through the wall out into the backyard. Steele looked at Toby and he nodded sternly. “I want you to know that not everyone in the clan have the same views as we do. Peter one of their spokesmen, and he knows that what you’re becoming is going to threaten his work…” he said.

 Toby frowned. “…becoming what?” he interrupted.

Steele sighed. “You are getting stronger, faster, and smarter…You are a unique type of werewolf. You are different than all of them. What makes you different also gives you an advantage. Your test is coming, I’m sure of it…I guarantee that you will shine. You saved many lives thus far” He said.

Toby looked at Steele shocked. “Test? Advantages?” He asked. He looked away feeling uncertain.

Steele nodded. “Ian is forming an army…he’s going to attack Portland again. You’re right to be suspicious about Peter. His ideologies align with Ian’s, but most importantly your judgement will be very important here on out. The ending of this story could end bittersweet or it can end a lot sourer” He said. Steele looked off towards Sasha’s house. “Humans would have eventually found us out. I was working on an alternative before I was assassinated. There are things set into place for that day, so don’t you worry about that until they contact you” he said. He smiled faintly. “Whatever you do, make sure you can do what’s best for Sasha. I approve of her” he said proudly.

Toby looked down and frowned. “Who’s they?” he asked.

Steele paused. “Well, you’ll be contacted by the Supernatural Affairs Ministry. SAM knows that my death would create a power vacuum, and with SAD being responsible, it has added more fuel to the fire. The damage is done, and I fear that Ian has something bigger than just an army. They wouldn’t be so brazen for a lost cause” He told him.

“What do you mean?” Toby asked.

“I have a hunch that somehow, Ian has obtained a weapon of mass destruction…not just one either” Steele explained.

“You mean he’s got nukes?” He shouted. Steele did not say anything then after a few seconds have past he nodded solemnly. “Seriously? But how!?”

“I don’t know…I would talk to Bernie about this” Steele said before he cleared his throat. “How about we talk about something happier. Did you know that if Bernie and the Elders find it reasonable, they can make you into Bernie’s successor? You did get a 9.8 on your PEAS haven’t you? You did get most votes as Alpha, so technically you are the Alpha” he stated.

Toby stared at him blankly and ran his fingers through his hair. “Why would they vote for me?”

“Because I’ve been a thorn in SAD sides for decades” He explained before he snickered. “You know I expect great things from you. oh, and listen to Jean when he teaches you how to manipulate aura. It served me well quite a few times” he said slapping him on the shoulder. “Just remember, even though you think they discounted the votes for you, but they didn’t. Being a pup doesn’t make you incompetent…you’re just incapacitated by youth. If the alpha’s incapacitated, a moderator can go and tell the elders his wishes, which the elders can override the interim alpha’s commands. You can yourself act as the moderator and tell them directly. You can even have them make another wolf be the interim alpha. You know…just in case Bernie get knocked out. I’d hate for Peter to be in charge” he said.

Toby stared at him in shock. “Why hasn’t anyone told me this!?” he asked.

Steele laughed. “They don’t know the laws like I do. The elders can’t influence you, but they can tell you what you can do if you ask them” he said before he slapped his son on the back once more. “You should get some rest. Trust me you’ll feel great in a couple of days. Getting impaled in the abdomen won’t be hard to heal from now that your body is done focusing on growing. Hehe, I’ll always be with you just call, man I miss talking with my boy” He said.

Toby smiled faintly. “Love you dad!” Toby said before fading.

“I love you too, Toby” Steele said before Toby was completely vanished.

•••

A van pulled up into the driveway and Ulf rolled down his window looking at Bernie. “How is he?” he asked.

Sasha’s parents looked towards the coach, but they remained silent listening in on the conversations. Bernie frowned. “He’ll live, but he’ll be out for a couple days” he said.

“That’s good news right?” Todd blurted out.

His parent glared at him, and his father pointed towards the door. “Go to bed!” he demanded.

Ulf walked up to Sasha, and he touched her shoulder gently. She looked back at him with tears welling up in her eyes. “I want you to give Toby’s mother space to work on him. It may take day and a half for him to completely heal” he said before he looked up at Zoe. “You alright?” he asked.

Zoe looked at him silently, but she was very enraged. Bernie looked back at her understanding her platonic feelings towards Toby. “Zoe, you should call in sick tomorrow. I don’t think it would be a good idea for you to be around customers” he said.

Zoe glared at him. “I’m going to fuck him up next time I see him!” she shouted.

“Was it Ian?” Phoebe asked.

Zoe growled lowly and started to walk off. “I’ll kill him!”

“Zoe! Enough! Don’t let anger cloud your judgement!” Bernie shouted.

Sasha’s dog came out and sniffed the blood on the ground. She whimpered looking up at Bernie before she nipped at Sasha’s hand firmly and tugged on it. She looked at her dog then at Bernie wondering if he instructed her dog to escort her away. “You sad too?” she asked.

Ulf walked inside before he looked back at her. “Try to get some rest Sasha…but please understand! If you come into contact with Toby’s blood, you’ll have a strong chance in contracting lycanthropy. You can comeback in the morning when everything is cleaned up” he spoke to her lowly, and he shut the door.

Sasha’s head sank before she turned back with her dog at her side. Her parents looked on helpless, and her mother touched her shoulder gently. Sasha looked up as her tears ran down her cheek. Her father gritted his teeth before he walked back into the house. Sasha saw her father sitting in his chair staring into the fire place in deep thought. She quietly went upstairs to her room and her brother looked at her concerned.

“They said he’ll be better in no time” He said optimistically.

Sasha glared at him. “Go to bed!” she snapped at him.

She went into her room and jumped into her bed clutching onto her wolf plushie very tightly. Her dog jumped into the bed and lay beside her watching over her intensely. She reached over to scratch behind her ears before she eventually fell asleep.

•••

The next afternoon, Toby woke up in his bed. He looked around trying to locate where the beeping noises were coming from. He was hooked up to a Cardiopulmonary Bypass machine and a crash cart was near his bedside. He felt the fresh clean medical sheets on his bed, and he saw his mother sleeping on top of Ulf on the beanbag chair. He soon felt something or someone holding onto his hand, which he looked to his other side to see Sasha there holding him dearly sleeping hunched over with her head into the bed. “Sasha?” He muttered weakly. He put his arm around her and whimpered at the sharp twinges of discomfort coming from his abdomen.

She jerked her head up in response to his whimpering. “Toby please…save your strength. You almost died four times last night” She said. She got up to hug him before she cried into his chest. “I was so scared…I thought you weren’t going to make it!” she said sadly.

He frowned feeling terrible. “I’m sorry…I’m not leaving you” He said. He stroked the side of her face and cringed in pain again.

“Why did you leave me last night!? I can’t believe how stupid you are!” Sasha shouted.

“I didn’t want your dad to catch me in your bedroom!” he explained.

Haley walked in with a basin of hot water and a towel on a tray as well as Phoebe walked in behind carrying fresh bandages and other supplies. “I see Toby is up…” she said happily.

Lilian had woken up to Sasha’s tongue lashing, and she glared at him. “Do you know the torment you put Sasha and the rest of us through? Babo!” She asked calmly although passive-aggressively.

Haley flipped through her tablet and smiled. “The werewolf physiology really something else isn’t it?” she asked before she removed Toby’s covers just enough to examine his wound. “I recommend adding more fruits and vegetables to get his platelet count back to normal. It’s a miracle he was able to clot at all with the numbers he’s got” she said.

His mother glared at him. “I told you to eat more greens!” she scolded him.

He looked at Sasha curiously. “How long were you here?” He asked.

His mother frowned. “Sasha came to the house a 5 o’clock wanting to know if you were okay! Bernie and Zoe had to keep her from coming in, but she didn’t leave your side once we did let her in. Thank goodness you’re a werewolf that’s all I have to say, pup” she said.

She grabbed the towel and dipped it into the basin. “Sit up!” Lilian said as she pulled it out water dripping back into the bowl. She smiled cleaning around the wound. “You’re healing up very nicely…” She said touching his small intestine. “Yep…” she said. Toby shivered trying to not look down.

Haley leaned in and pulled out a flash light looking into his back. “Well, his intestines have healed up. I’ll be applying fresh muscle and skin tissue very shortly once the 3d printer is done, and by the end of the day his wound should be completely closed off” she said.

Sasha stared into the wound, and she freaked out. “What the?! Your wounds…” She said.

Toby chuckled and looked at Sasha proudly. “Ya, well it still hur…Ow? Son of a bitch?” Toby soon cursed as Lilian started cleaning the inside of the wound with hydrogen peroxide.

“Sit still…you don’t want to knock off the clotting!” His mother said.

His muscle tensed, and he grimaced. “What the hell! Did you get the ‘Extra burns’ kind?!” He yelled.

“Yes!!...Now shut up!” she said putting more of the medicine on his wound, and White bubbles foamed in from his wound.

He whimpered. “This fucking sucks? Damn it! Why Peroxide!?” He muttered.

“You’re lucky your mother is a doctor because you’d be dead right now young man!” she said as she rubbed some kind of cream on his wounds.

Haley nodded. “She’s right! I wouldn’t have gotten here in time” she added.

He whimpered. “I’m sorry” He said weakly.

“You probably should have drugged him longer…at least he wasn’t flailing around screaming then” Phoebe remarked.

He sighed slowly not hearing his sister much to her annoyance. “I saw dad…He’s warned me about Ian…and he’s going to attack Portland…I just don’t know when yet” He said before he cringed as he inhaled slowly.

His mother pulled out a fresh dressing and cotton patch from the plastic tub and placed the patch on his wounds wrapping the dressing around his mid-section. Toby was feeling a little better after the numbing cream took full effect.

“Just focus on healing my little Warrior…we’ll have your tissue finished printing in a couple hours” she said kissing him on the forehead.

He lay back down slowly and closed his eyes. “I’m sorry, I got distra…” He said again before passed out as Haley injected a sedative into his IV drip.

Sasha hugged his head and rested the side of her head on his neck. She wrapped his arm around her back, and he unconsciously pulled her into the bed with him while he flipped himself to his side. He was not aware of his actions, and he held her like a plushie. She stiffened as he nuzzled his nose into her hair and took in a deep breath.

His mother laughed at her reaction. “You’ll have to get used to that…It’s werewolf instincts” she said before Haley snickered.

“Just don’t be surprised when he starts nipping at your hair while mating” Haley teased. Sasha was deep red realizing they knew she did the deed with him. “Just wait until he’s fully healed before you go and get him all excited” she warned. Sasha buried her face into his face and nodded.

Haley quickly went back to making notes in her tablet. “Can you bring Toby over to Lovejoy’s clinic soon? His growth rate should bring wonderful data for our researchers” she said.

“You have your own researchers?” Sasha interjected.

Lilian nodded. “Well yea, we got to know about ourselves somehow. I’m only a doctor who treats humans. Dr. Lovejoy and Haley here specializes with werewolf physiology. I’ve been interning for her since I became engaged with Steele. There are researchers who specialize in certain things relating to werewolves. They call themselves Whywolves” she said before the Doctor snickered to the reference.

Sasha grinned getting the reference. “I didn’t know you guys watched cartoons!” she shouted happily.

Lilian nodded. “Well of course! We watched anime as well” she said before she looked towards the doctor who was snickering to herself still.

“We aren’t that old Sasha” she said before she cleared her throat. “We can get pretty old if given the chance” she said.

Sasha frowned and looked towards Toby. “So how does aging work?” she asked.

Haley paused. “Well, it depends on lifestyle, but once they reach maturity, their aging is sixty percent slower than a human. Healthy diets can slow it to a ninety percent. Toby’s father had an insanely slow aging rate. He was a hundred years old when he fathered Toby and he looked 35” she said.

Lilian blushed. “Yea, that took me a while to get him to spit out his true age. I was born in 1980 and I look nowhere near 50” she said.

Zoe climbed in from the Toby’s window. “Hey, how’s Toby doing?” she asked as she opened her backpack and sat homework onto the desk.

“You know we have a door” Lilian scolded her.

Sasha smiled faintly. “I think he’s doing much better” she said before she grinned. “Hey! How old are your parents? How many siblings do you have?” she asked.

Zoe stared at her. “Why do you want to know that? My mom and dad are like ancient” she said before she sat in the chair and swiveled it around. “I have ten brothers and four sisters. I may the middle child…but I’m the strongest!” she said before she gave a toothy grin.

Sasha’s smile faded away. “So, you’re going to be alright?” she asked.

Zoe made a straight face. “Yea, I’ll be fine” she said lowly as she watched him.

Sasha looked back over to the doctor. “So how long is a werewolf’s reproductive years?” she asked.

Haley scratched her head. “Well, I’m not sure, but I would have to say we can reproduce indefinitely. None of us lived long enough to experience menopause or a decrease in quality in reproductive material especially with nondisjunction. Typically, shewolves will enter estrous cycle during puberty or during their transition phase after being bitten, and it doesn’t matter if the woman was in post-menopausal. Their aging was reversed during the transition phase. We’re trying to find out why” she said.

“Oh, so is this tied into a werewolf’s ability to regenerate quickly?” Sasha asked which the doctor nodded swiftly. “That’s so cool!” Sasha squealed with a wide grin.

•••

Couple hours later, Toby yawned, and He looked down feeling something breathing in his arms, which Sasha was in a peaceful slumber. He did not know what to do with her, so he stayed in bed waiting for her to wake up.

His mother came into the room giggled at him. “Well looks like you got a new snuggle buddy, eh Toby?” She asked. She set more medical supplies down on the desk before she walked up, and sat on the edge of the bed. You look like you’re able to walk around now” She said before she pulled out the IV needles from Toby’s arm. She disconnected him from the heart monitor, and Zoe came into the room.

“Hey” she said softly as she leaned into the threshold.

He relaxed watching his mother put away the medical equipment. “I’m still going to have you stay in the house for at least a day or two” she said.

He groaned. “What!? Why!?” he protested.

Zoe rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. “Sasha’s parents saw some of what happened. We told them you got shot. Normally people don’t heal in just under a day, nuff said” she said.

He sat up and Sasha woke up in a daze, and she looked up at them quietly. His mother looked at Zoe and then Sasha smiling awkwardly and sighed. “Could you leave for a sec? You don’t have to leave the house…Just I need to get to the bandage off, and he needs to put on clothes” she said.

“Knock it off, we’ve all seen you naked before” Zoe protested.

His mother unwrapped the dressing on his midsection, and once the patch was removed, Sasha gasped seeing nothing but healthy skin. “Oh my god! Toby!! You don’t even have a scar. How is…this is so weird!!” she shouted in disbelief.

He laughed. “I’m a werewolf Sasha” he said happily.

Zoe grabbed her arm and pulled her out. “Come on! You can investigate later! Prima donna is shy about his body image” she shouted as she dragged her out of the room.

His mother smirked at the girls before she started touching his chest. “Well…I don’t think you’ll be needing more bandages” she said while she began cleaning up her work area.

He felt his stomach on fire, and he cringed. His fangs enlarged, and he growled at the hunger pains. “I need food!!” He muttered after jumping out of the bed.

His mother grabbed him by the arm and growled. “Put some damn clothes on! There are ladies in the house!” she shouted.

He looked back at her and stared at her. “I was…” he said.

“Sure, you were!” Zoe exclaimed from the other side of the door.

He rolled his eyes and began to get dressed, while his mother sealed up and discarded needles and contaminated items into a biohazard bin. He looked back at his mother who was still being very thorough with her cleaning. “You let Sasha in here with my blood everywhere?” he asked.

His mother looked up at him and nodded. “This is nothing compared to last night. I taught her everything she needed to know” she said before she picked up the bin. “Open the door for me” she requested.

He opened the door, and his mother walked out. “Thanks for helping out” she told Zoe and Sasha as she passed by them.

Sasha looked at Toby in amazement as he stood there like nothing happened the night before. As he left the room, she rushed up and wrapped her arms around him tightly burying her face into his chest. “I’m so happy you’re all better” she said.

He blushed as she clutched onto his shirt, and Zoe watched with interest as he slowly transformed in his girlfriend’s arms. His stomach interrupted them, and he laughed nervously. “I gotta eat!” he said.

Sasha looked up and let him go, but she smiled as she reached up to stroke his jawline as his fur grew in. “Okay big bad” she said.

Zoe snickered. “Go get ‘em big bad” she teased him.

He scowled at her and he jumped off over the stair banister onto the ground floor, while his mother ascended them. She looked down at him and growled. “Hey! Quit horsing around! I just patched you up!” she scolded him.