Wolves Don't Just Howl At The Moon
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Sorry for the long wait. I've been sick and am trying to get back into the swing of things and playing catch up.
Thanks, Star
Chapter 5
Somethings Are Never What They Appear: Day 3
"You guys aren't serious are you?" Detective McCloud says. He chuckles a bit until he realizes that none of us were laughing.
"It's not as far fetch as you think Detective." I say teleporting and appearing in front of him. He jumps up looking at me with shock. I didn't sense any fear from him though. I put both of my hands up trying to calm him down and show that we didn't mean him any harm.
"Gabriel, what are you doing?" Michael began sounding more pissed than anything. I shifted one hand back stopping him. I didn't even turn around and look at him.
"He already heard what we were talking about. There is no point in keeping him in the dark when we need his help anyway. Think about it. If we work together we have a better chance of beating Raiden." I turn slightly with a glance over my shoulder but, still keeping the detective in my view. `We can still erase his memory of the conversation if, we need too.' I turn back to the detective fully. "Detective McCloud, we need your help and you need ours. I will fill you in with all that you need to know. But, you will have to keep an open mind and trust me." He seems to relax a bit more. I only just now realized that his hand was on his gun as it slid off. He remained standing and a bit more aware of his surroundings.
"And if I'm not able to do that?" He asked and I heard a wolf growl from behind me, causing an immense rage to boil inside of me. Before I could stop it and calm down my eyes began to glow. I turned as my fangs shot out of my gums. I felt a breeze in the room and heard the windows crack before shattering. Most of the room sunk to the floor in submission as my gaze reached them. I looked over as I felt a burning sensation that I recognized very well. I made eye contact with my father and saw the golden glow of his eyes. I lowered my head a bit.
"Gabriel, calm down." His voice was still in a fatherly tone but, I could feel the hint of the alpha present. My glow disappeared. I felt sick.
"I knew this was going to happen." Michael said drawing everyone's attention.
"What just happened?" Detective McCloud asked. Suddenly, I felt my stomach lurk. I teleported to my toilet falling to my knees and lifting the seat.
Samantha can into the bathroom and sat down next to me. Damien came in right after and got on his knees sitting on his feet. He started rubbing my back. This went on for about 15 minutes. Every time I tried to get up, I started throwing up again. Sophia walked in. I began feeling claustrophobic.
"Well, Michael just covered most of the basics with him." She says leaning against the door. "Now, you ready to explain the whole situation with a certain detective?"
I simply get up and walk over to the sink grabbing my toothbrush. After brushing my teeth, I use some mouth wash. After feeling minty fresh I look in the mirror. I push my hair back and turn around leaning against the sink. They were all looking at me waiting for my answer. I closed my eyes taking a breath.
"I've been dreaming about him." I state simply.
"Like a love at first sight type of thing?" Damien asks confused.
"More like I don't dream, I have visions of the future." I answer.
"So, I was right. He is your mate." Sophia says jumping up and down with stars in her eyes. I roll my eyes and continue on with what I was saying.
"Anyways, the thing that baffles me, is the fact that the guy from my visions is a `were'. I don't know what kind but, I know he is. Titus is a human though. I don't understand how my visions are mixing that up." I was deep in my thoughts and forgot that the others were there. I looked up after noticing that they were in my face trying to get my attention.
"Bro snap out of it." I heard Damien say as he waved his hands in front of my face. I shook my head clearing away the thoughts as I brushed his hands away.
"Wait, what?" I asked.
"I said, is it possible that he is just connected to your mate?" Damien asked skeptically.
"It's not very likely." I answered him. "In the visions, it's him that I'm kissing. I don't think it's possible based off the fact that I hadn't even met him yet. And even when I first saw him I felt that same pull and attraction to him as I did in the vision. It was pretty premature, but, I knew it was the real deal."
"He's right." We all looked over to the door to see Michael standing with his hands in his pockets. "When you see your mate, you just know. Sam, you can testify as well." To which she nodded her head in agreement.
"For those with an advanced mental capacity like Gabriel and I we are shown who we will be with. It doesn't matter if we have met them or not." Sam said clarifying it for me.
"But, that still doesn't answer the question of why he is human instead of a `were' like he was in the vision." I said still fishing for answers if they had any. I started to feel that pull again. "Well, on that note I will be back." I tell them walking into my room to pull on some flip flops.
"Where are you going? You know we have some work to do and dad doesn't want us to leave anytime soon." Michael says. The pull isn't too strong so I know I have enough time to go and tell dad before I am pulled into the realm of the afterlife. I head to his office. When I walk in all the talking stops and everyone turns to look at me as the five of us walk in. I see Titus standing next to dad. And I quickly walk over to them ignoring everyone else.
"What's going on?" My father asks me as I approach them.
"It's mom. She's about to pull me to their realm." I tell him. I hear a collective gasp from everyone that doesn't know about it. "I am not sure why and I'm not sure how long I will be there." I let him know.
"Maybe you should tell her that you are needed here." He says not even believing his own words.
"Wait, didn't Mrs. Skyland pass away?" Titus asks. I nod my head.
"Father you know I have no control over when I go and when I leave there. If they are pulling me there, it is something important that I must be informed of. That is the only way I am able to go there until I fully gain my powers." I tell dad trying to set his mind at ease.
"Well, can you at least take someone with you?" He asks me.
"I'll go." Alex says stepping forward surprising us all. I simply shake my head.
"It doesn't..." I begin.
`Gabriel its time.' I hear my mother say as the pull intensifies.
"It doesn't work like that. I have to go she is pulling me." I say stepping away from them.
"Wait, I have an..." I hear Sam say. Before she finishes I disappear as she grabs my hand.
I blink and I am in the realm of the afterlife and am still holding onto Samantha's hand. She holds it tight as she looks around behind me in the direction she is facing. I look past her to see my mother and Alistair. He has a very shocked expression. My mother looks as if she is about to cry. Her empathy hits me and I let go of Samantha's hand.
"Uh, Hi mom." I say causing Sam to instantly spin around.
"Mom?" She says. "Where is she?" She says looking at me over her shoulder. I place a hand on her shoulder and point.
"You don't see her?" I ask.
"No I..." She stops as she turns.
"You are her anchor Gabriel. You must maintain contact with her or she won't see us." Alistair says. I take her hand and we both walk over to them hugging our mother. They both start crying. Alistair and I begin to cry as well. My mother's empathy taking ahold of us all. "I am sorry to cut this short but, we have to make this quick. The realm is not very kind to outsiders entering it." Alistair says glancing towards Samantha quickly. He walks around them and stands next to me. Mom and Sam begin talking about something but, my attention is focused back on Alistair.
"What's going on?" I ask him.
"It's about your mate." He says looking at me a bit saddened.
"What about him?" I ask unsure if I should be sad or scared of the answer.
"Well, there isn't really a way to say this without it hurting so, I'll just say it and let it sink in on its own." He says taking a breath. "Since you are a carrier of the spirit, you have to mate with another were'. It is the only way to keep the lines running. It doesn't matter what species of were'. It just has to be one of them. It can't be a human. The DNA that they pass on to their offspring, isn't strong enough for you to reproduce. Even if that wasn't the case, your leopard will not let a human mate with her." He finishes letting what he said sink in. It hit me and I began to understand why it was so odd to me. I then had a thought about it.
"Is it possible for someone of extreme caliber to plant that vision?" I asked him. I appeared to be thinking it over.
"For something of this importance, I don't even think that you would be able to do that. There are just too many variables that would have to be changed." He said honestly.
"I just don't see how my vision and the reality don't fit. If it's not possible to change it." I say thinking out loud.
"That is troubling to me as well. I'll do some research here and see what I can find out." As he finished the storm clouds began to roll in. I looked over at Mom and Sam who were laughing about their conversation. They look up as it starts getting darker.
"It looks like it's gonna rain." Sam says.
"That means it's time for us to leave." I tell Sam. Her face takes on a sad face.
"Can't we stay?" She asks mom.
"The realm is kicking you out. If you stay past your need you could throw off the balance of things." She says pulling us both into a hug. "I love you guys. So, much. Give my love to the others." We both nodded our heads stepping back as we began to lift off the ground slowly. "And Samantha." She looked down at mom. "I'm glad you were able to make it here. I look forward to you coming back." With that said we were sucked into the clouds. We blink and we are back in the office in front of everyone again.
"What did she say?" Father asked us interrupting the silence. I didn't want to say out loud. So, I sent the family a message of what was said over our mental link. "Did she say anything else?"
"She said she loves you." I said smiling.
"Okay." He said smiling himself. "I am going to take everyone with me to the company. We need to figure out how much damage we are dealing with." He said walking over placing his hand on my shoulder. He glances back at Titus. "Titus you are going to stay here with Gabriel." He looks back to me. "You need to explain some stuff to him." I nod my head and watch everyone leave the room leaving us alone.
I look back over at him. He is leaning back against the desk with both hands on the edge. He has a smirk on his face. I can feel my face flush. I walk over to the door signaling for him to follow me. We walk down the hall, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. I walk over to the fridge and grab two bottles of Gatorade. Handing him one I walk out the back door to the patio furniture. I extend a hand signaling to sit down across from me. He pulls the chair out taking a seat.
"I guess I have a lot to explain. How much did they tell you?" I ask him looking up at the mountain peaks watching the sun fall slowly.
"They pretty much told me that there is a supernatural world. That you all were a mix of `were' species. That you guys are on the brink of a huge fight and the other side took the kids as hostages." He said leaning back in his seat. "If I had not seen what you guys could do, then, I wouldn't have believed any of it."
"Detective..." He cuts me off.
"Please, just call me Titus." He smiles.
"Well, Titus, that's pretty accurate so far. The best way to explain it is to answer any questions that you may have." I say sitting up straight.
"For starters, when you and Sam left, where did you go?" He asks me.
"Well, like I said before my mother is dead. For creatures of light, their form of heaven is called the realm of the afterlife. That is where we all go after we die as long as our light isn't gone. I am able to travel between their realm and ours. Right now I haven't grown into all of my powers yet so, I can only go when they have something important to explain to me. When all of my abilities have been controlled I can go at my own will." I say leaving it open for another question.
"Now what are you exactly? Your brother said that you aren't like the rest of them. You are the one that needs to be protected with all costs."
"Indeed, I am not like them. My family has connection to the first. The first gave her spirit to one of her children. Since then, her spirit was passed down through each generation. Now, I am the carrier. Now that I am carrying her spirit, I am one of the strongest light creatures that lives. With that comes a lot of responsibility. I'm most vulnerable now due to the simple fact that I am not fully in control of my abilities yet. Which is why they are trying to protect me most of all. If I die, were-cats will cease to exist. We are the strongest `were' species alive. That would leave all of the dark creatures for the werewolves to protect humanity from." I finish taking a sip from my bottle.
"So what kind of `abilities' do you have? I've already seen you teleport but, what else can you do?" He asks.
"I have full access to every part of my brain. So far, I have advance brain function. I think faster than anyone, I have telepathy but not as strong as Samantha, I am clairvoyant so I can see into the future, and I able to control anything on a molecular level. So far, that is all I know of." I glance back up at the mountain peak watching the last bits of the sun sink just out of view.
"Well, that sounds pretty cool. How are you able to tell when someone is one of you?" He takes a sip.
"We are all able to sense the presence of a light or even a dark being. It's sort of like a sixth sense." I answer.
"Why did you guys let me in on all of this stuff?" His face looks a bit confused.
"You are a detective. Your status in the police force is very advantageous to us. The supernatural world has head-quarters all over the world. The one for our region is on lock down. They won't be able to send aid so, we will need your help. With everything that is going on we have to make sure that there are no human casualties. You will have to make sure that all of them stay out of the mountains once the fighting starts. It will be a full moon soon. We all will be at our peak of strength. With that said, you will have to make sure that no other humans find out about us. If we have to step in, then things could get worse. There are humans that know about us. They, have become hunters. Most help us fight the dark beings. There are still some that use their knowledge to fight against us though. We don't kill humans. But, that doesn't mean we won't use our abilities on them. Mostly, an alpha for the area will wipe their memory of our existence." I explain taking the top off my bottle to take a sip. After putting the bottle back on the table I look over and see him staring into my eyes as if he is trying to find something in them. I look down twisting the cap back on.
"The way you all find mates like the stories, movies, and TV shows say?" I chuckle a bit at his question.
"They paint a misconception of us. We do find mates. They are either light creatures or humans. As far as wolves and cats go, a cat will only have one mate for their life. Once that mate dies, we become sterile. Wolves on the other hand have only one mate at a time. It's like marriage for them. They are committed and loyal to one person at a time but they have the option of changing that mate." I said engaging in our staring contest. His eyes were confident and unchanging. I was tempted to try and peek into his thoughts but, my better judgement refused to break that privacy.
"So, your mate could be a human?" He asks me touching a dangerous subject. I lower my gaze standing from my chair and walking over to the railing. Crossing my arms I lean forward against it looking up at the light still present over the mountain tops. I hear his chair slid back and his footsteps walking over to me. I glance over my shoulder following him.
"No." I say simply.
"But, didn't you say..." He started but I cut him off.
"Like I said, I am different than them. Since I carry the first's spirit within me, I have to mate with another `were'. The DNA that humans pass on to their offspring, isn't strong enough for me to reproduce. I have to reproduce." I finish as he walks over leaning against the rail as well.
"Have you found your mate yet?" He looks up at the sky.
"I thought I did. Since I am a telepath and I have foresight, I am given a vision of who my mate is. Unfortunately, he wasn't who I thought so, I guess I'll have to wait."
"Was it Alex? He totally has a thing for you." He asks a bit sarcastically. I chuckle.
"No, I don't think its Alex." I let him know.
"Was he here today? Is it that guy Cameron?" He presses looking down at me.
"Well, as entertaining as this conversation is I'm going to end it. And shouldn't you be out searching with your team?" I ask walking to the table to grab my drink and bring it over to the stairs sitting on the second to last step.
"Nope, I am just a point of contact for the moment. Nice deflection though." He says walking over and sitting next to me. I feel his shoulder touching mine. I shake my head and my hair falls hiding my smile from his view.
"I wasn't deflecting. I just don't want to get into that. How about you McCloud, is someone waiting for you to come home?" I push right back.
"Yep." He says nonchalant shrugging his shoulder. I stiffen in surprise not even turning to look at him. We are quiet for about ten seconds before I feel him shake a bit. I suddenly see his hand lift to my face pushing my hair back so he is making eye contact. "His name is Rocky. My dog." I brush his hand off as soon as he says it. He starts laughing. "Aw, don't pout." He says between each fit of laughter.
"I'm not pouting smartass." I say putting my bottle down in between my feet. I pull a hair tie off my wrist and put my hair up in a ponytail. "What kind of dog do you have anyway?"
"He is a Doberman-German shepherd mix." He says pulling out his cellphone and handing it to me. I take ahold of the phone and look at a picture of the dog. Sliding to the next image I see the two of them together with a guy on the phone behind them. He is leaning against the dog looking in the opposite direction.
"Who is that?" I ask him handing the phone back. He takes a look at the screen and smirks.
"That's my brother." He said locking his phone and sliding it in his pocket. He leans back on his elbows. I lean against the rail just watching him. "He is on his last year of college. He is one of those bad ass daredevils. I'm worried about him though. We are polar opposites." He chuckles thinking. "Basically he is like my evil twin. The fact that my dad has such high expectations for him doesn't really help him either."
"I take it you don't get along with your dad." It was more of a question than a statement but, was understandable if he didn't want to answer it. He glances at me out of the corner of his eye for a second before looking away.
"Something like that." He says grabbing my bottle and taking a sip. I just stare at him in shock. This man has some pretty big ones to just do that. "What about you and your brother Michael? Is he always this... intense?" Now it was my turn to chuckle.
"No, Michael is just really over protective of me. So, he doesn't like me around anyone he doesn't know. He is the one that made the first connection with me after I changed for the first time." I answered leaning over grabbing my drink back from him. "Was it really that hard to walk over to the table and grab your own Gatorade?"
"It was. So, how does that work?" I send him the mental summary of the way it was explained to me. His eyes opened wider. "You are able to get into my head?" He asked with a shocked expression. I instantly throw my hands up.
"I only sent you that message. I wouldn't invade your privacy like that." I said to which he smiled a bit totally relaxing. I lowered my hands. I grab ahold of my bottle fiddling with it suddenly feeling a bit nervous. "Do you trust me?" I asked suddenly feeling totally vulnerable. He sits up looking at me. I can feel the intensity of his gaze burning a hole through my eyelids. His hand takes ahold of my chin and I feel something. As soon as I feel it, it's gone. Not too sure what it was. He lifts my head and I look up catching those amethyst eyes. Lost in a pool of emotion I'm momentarily hypnotized.
"For some reason I do trust you. I can't explain it but, you are an important person to me. I get this feeling like we are connected. I didn't say anything at first because I didn't want to freak you out. That and after seeing where you live and your family, I kind of felt unworthy." He said smirking. I took in what he said and just stared into his eyes.
"So," I began but, paused looking down for a second. I lifted my gaze slowly to meet his eyes again. "Are you always this cheesy?" I asked stifling a laugh and totally changing the mood. His head falls with a sigh.
"Of course, you would change the situation. I'm pouring my heart out in a way. You're so cruel." He says with fake sadness.
"And just like that Gryffindor is back in the game." I say before laughing again. After my laughter dies down, we remain quiet for a bit looking up at the sky as it starts to get darker.
"What about you?" He asks.
"What about me?" I ask back looking at him confused. He glances down at me seeing that I'm looking at him, and looks back up.
"Do you trust me?"
"I do." I answer without hesitation. "I have a feeling I would know if you were lying to me." That came out a little more matter of fact than I wanted it to. We both remained quiet a bit longer. We could hear a wolf howl in the distance.
"Was that one of your team?" He asked looking over at me.
"Yeah, he just reported that he hasn't found anything yet." I answered.
I hear a car pull up to the house. I stand up, I dust myself off a bit. Not sure if anything was actually on me but, can't be too sure. I grab my bottle leaning back down extending my other hand to Titus. He looks at it then back at my eyes taking ahold of it. I help him up. I turn expecting my hand to just slide off his as I turn walking inside but, that's not what happens. He tightens his grip on my hand. Not letting it slip out of his grasp as he walks past me leading me into the house. I am stuck in shock following behind him. His dominance is a total surprise but, totally welcomed as well. I think about the current situation. I know I can't mate with a human. But, it never said I couldn't date one. I think I deserve a little freedom to make my own choices for a bit.
As we walk into the house through the kitchen, I hear the front door open. I snatch my hand back from him. At this moment in time, if any of the other guys see us holding hands, his life might as well be forfeit. He glances back at me from over his shoulder. I don't even look up at him. I just shake my head.
"Don't try to make them mad. Michael has a temper and would definitely try to kill you." I warn him as I walk past him.
"I'm not scared of them." He says honestly. I look at him over my shoulder.
"You should be." I smirk turning to walk over to them.
"Your father on the other hand, I have some fear of. But, your brothers don't scare me." He smirks back at me.
We enter the foyer just as the front door opens again. Michael opens the door holding it open for father, who smiled at me as he entered the house. I smiled back at him feeling relaxed that nothing else has happened. Michael follows father up the stairs. People start filing in the house going up the stairs after them. The rest of my siblings come in last closing the door. They walk over to Titus and I, watching the last person go around the corner into the office. Once out of sight, they walk past us heading to the kitchen. I follow pushing Titus along with me. We walk in to the kitchen and down the stairs into the basement. We walk over to the couches and sit quietly for a while. I am the first to break the silence.
"So, what's going on?"
"It's hard to say really." Sophia says.
"Well, Raiden reached out to dad." Damien says. The girls glare at him. He looks between them annoyed. "What? I wasn't going to keep him in the dark. You heard mom. Tell him what he needs to know. He has a right and needs to know this." The girls both take a deep breath and exhale it.
"Well, thank you. But, why would that need to be kept from me unless it was..." I trailed off watching the reaction on their faces change. "Oh." The only thing I could get out before Sam spoke up.
"We aren't exactly sure what was said about you. Father and Michael kicked us out after you were mentioned. That office has so much security and blocking, even my telepathy isn't strong enough to break that barrier." She says pulling her hair tie out of her hair. I stand and begin walking over to the door.
"Well, I guess we go find out." I say as they all stand and follow me up to my father's office. As we get to the office all conversation stops. "What's going on dad?" I ask. He gestures for us to sit. We walk to the couches and chaise that are unoccupied.
"Michael and I spoke with Raiden today." He says glancing between the four of us. "He made an offer that I wouldn't accept. So, all of our efforts to avoid a fight were of no use. He is going to come and fight to kill." He finished. He had an unreadable expression. It felt weird and I got a slight chill.
"What was the offer?" Damien asked.
"The offer was unexpected. It appears that his taste has changed slightly. He wants me and Gabriel to surrender ourselves to him. Otherwise he is going to sweep through here and kill all of us." I instantly interrupt him.
"Wait, so, why are we not on our way to him now?" I ask standing. Michael stands as well.
"Don't be stupid Gabe." He says annoyed.
"Are we really going to risk so many lives on two people?" I ask him getting annoyed myself.
"Yes we are. Think about it before you are so quick to give your life away." He says turning his back to me in a way of dismissing me. He walks over to the computer and sits down.
"I'm not giving my life away. He is not going to kill me. It's something else." I remark correcting him.
"You maybe but, we aren't giving you or dads life to him." Michael says again dismissing me.
I calm myself enough to not growl at him. I feel a strong but gentle hand on my shoulder softly urging me to sit back down. I glance over to see Titus with a soft smile. I hear a soft growling in the background. I turn swiftly to see Alex with glowing blue eyes. Behind him is a blond shaking his head but, I can't see his face. Quiet conversation's break out.
"ENOUGH!" My father says loudly silencing the room. He looks over to me. "Michael is right Gabriel. If we hand ourselves over we aren't saving anyone. Think about it, we give him the spirit carrier and an Alpha, he will kill all of us. We would be doing more harm than good. That can't happen, if he kills you we are all dead anyway."
"Then, are we strong enough to fight him." I ask him.
"I wouldn't know. There is so much about our enemy that we don't know. He is excellent at covering his tracks and concealing anything about himself." Dad says.
"He's right, even his family information is concealed. Believe me I've checked." Samantha says unhappy about that.
"Whomever it is that is doing his IT work is really good. I thought I might be able to undo all the programing he did but, that isn't easy. Coming from me that is a really big deal." Sophia says.
"I was able to get in contact with Alpha Xerxes." Michael says typing away on the keyboard. "He is sending half of his people to our aid. Hopefully, that will change the tides a bit more in our favor."
"Well, that's good." My father says. He looks over to the group. "You all have your orders. Get to them."
"Yes Alpha." They all say simultaneously standing to leave. All of us begin to leave the office.
"Detective McCloud, I wish to speak with you." My father calls in his authoritative tone. I look over at him skeptically. My father smiles. "Gabriel don't worry. You will see him tomorrow. Go and get some rest." He says walking over and kissing my forehead. I look up at Titus. He shrugs smiling. My father closes the door after him.
I simply shake my head and head to my room. I could try and get around all of my father's blocks but I wasn't in the mood. I was exhausted. I turn heading for my room. I stop when I get there. The door is cracked open. Getting annoyed the door slams open as I walk in with my arms crossed.
"What the hell are you doing in my room Alex?" I say walking over to my closet to grab some sweat pants on.
"So, instead of picking one of us, you tell us to deserve you. Yet, you have this human fawning all over you. Did I miss anything else?" He asks as he puts down a picture from my dresser. I stay quiet as I put my clothes on my bed. "You have got to be kidding me." He laughs sarcastically. "A fucking human."
"Alex, shut up. He is a human. I can't be mates with a human. So, stay out of it. And, if I had chosen him, what?" I asked. He stares at me defiantly shoving his hands in his pockets as he walks over to me. "And what the hell are you doing in my room?" I asked. He rests his forehead on mine.
"I'm sorry. But, when I saw how he put his hands on you to comfort you I lost my composure." He said moving his head back to look into my eyes.
"Get out." I say simply with no emotion. I walk to my bathroom slamming the door behind me. I lean against the sink trying not to scream. My body starts to shake and I start to feel the push. "Mom you have such perfect timing." I froze once I felt the presence of someone else.
`This could all be over if you gave up.' Came a voice. It was a deep voice that sounded like multiple people.
"Who are you are why are you in my head?" I push back trying to find where it's coming from.
`You can't win this one. We are far ahead of any of your moves. Everything is going directly as planned. The hack in your network, the kids, central, they were all part of the plan. Even getting the police involved. You think the way you all found out about it was coincidence?' He asked chuckling. Again I got a chill. I was close to finding him though. He was close. I have to keep him connected.
"You guys still don't get it..." I tried but, was cut off by his dark laughter.
No. You don't get it. This, was checkmate a long time ago. You think we haven't been planning every single one of your moves since the start? Then, you are sadly mistaken. It's over.' He laughs maniacally. Oh, and before you think that you could trace me, you can't. This is just a vessel. A host I'm using.' More laughter.
"You're a demon." I state.
`You're finally getting the big picture. The only reason all of this is going on, is because of you. You're the only one strong enough. Yes, Raiden wanted to take over by getting your father. But, what he didn't know is that we needed him as well. We used him just as much as he used us. You! It's always been you.' He says darkly.
"Strong enough for what?" He simply laughs. "ANSWER ME!" I yell.
`You'll know soon enough.' His voice goes deep and dark. He laughs coldly. The door explodes open and I see my family rushing in. His presence is gone and I'm left with nothing but anger and fear. A rage boils in me and I let out a scream. The scream is so powerfully I feel everything shake. My dad wraps his arms around me. I start to calm down. Slowly gaining control.
Twenty minutes later, we are in my father's office. I had just finished explaining to them what happened. Apparently, while I was still in the mind link with the demon I was levitating all electronic equipment. When I screamed, I let out a shockwave that shut off the power in the house. The back-up generator picked up as soon as the main power failed.
"Dad, what are we going to do? I have a feeling that Raiden isn't the only one that entered a contract. The demon kept referring to `we'. One light-contract we could have handled. We aren't prepared for multiples." Sophia said pacing around the room.
"She's right dad. Even I don't have the kind of power to stop them all." I started thinking everything through. "I mean, that demon was able to get into my head and I wasn't able to track him. They keep countering our moves and it's really becoming quite taxing."
"We need to come up with a plan to get Gabriel out and away from here." Damien stated thinking.
"The safest place would have been Central but, they already started their lock down. They have the best security in the world. The only place that has never been broken into during a lock down. It would be perfect to get him in there." Sophia said stopping her pacing, walking over to a chair, and flopping down on it.
We all looked over at father. He and Michael were looking at the computer screen. They hadn't been listening to anything that was being said. Michael was focused on whatever he was doing and dad didn't seem the least bit worried about anything. I looked over my shoulder noticing that Titus was next to me rubbing my back. I stood up walking over to Michael and dad.
"Father..." I said finally getting his attention. He stood up acknowledging me. "What are we going to do?" Everything in the room seemed to stop with his smile. I felt totally fine. It was a feeling of complete serenity. I had a flash of the plan he and Michael had come up with. "You plan on sending me to Central." It was a realization that I said out loud.
"Sophia is right. Sending you would be the safest bet. You would be protected there." I tilted my head looking at him. He continued. "As alpha of the pack that holds the carrier, I have specific instructions on reaching Central." He said simply.
"You mean there was a way for us to get in contact with central this whole time?" Damien asked standing. Father never even glanced over at him.
"We have had the same plan since the beginning." He said still looking at me. "You were always going to be taken there. The only thing we didn't know, was the way to get you there without the enemy knowing." He said finally glancing over to Titus who just walked in. Then, it all made sense. That's why he told him to stay back. "Detective McCloud is going to bring you to Central. They are already expecting you." He said turning and walking back over to Michael.
"No." I said with conviction.
"Gabriel, this isn't a choice. This is an order." Michael said as his fingers continued typing away on the keyboard.
"If we are going to win this fight, I need to be here. We can use the contact to have them send help. I am not lea..." I was cut off swiftly.
"Quit acting like such a child." Michael said standing and walking around the desk. His movement and attitude surprised me. "You keep thinking that this is a choice, like you're sacrifice isn't going to be a big deal. Our entire species relies on you living on. Just stop!" I felt a hand on my shoulder. I glance back to see Titus smile at me.
"They are right." He said simply there was something off about his smile. I couldn't place it so, I ignored it.
"I can't just leave. I refuse to have people fight for me as I sit locked away. If there is going to be a fight, I will be in it." I said with finality in my voice as I turned to face Titus.
"No." My father said behind me. "You won't." I closed my eyes taking a breath. Turning to face him strongly, I opened my eyes. His index and middle finger tapped the center of my forehead. "Duratus in a fluctu soporis!" My vision flashed white and everything around me became hazy. I watch as my body fell back being caught and picked up by Titus.
Father what did you do to me?' I asked receiving not answer. I walked over to Sam trying to get her attention. Sam, Sam, SAM!' I yelled hoping her telepathy would pick up on my cries.
"What just happened?" Samantha asked. Father looked over at her.
"This was the only way to get him to safety and you know it." Michael said.
"Gabriel is very strong willed. Like your mother, once they're set on doing something, they will make it happen. Don't worry. He will be fine. He is only sleeping. The head alpha at Central will wake him up once we get him there. Titus..." He said grabbing his attention. "You know your orders?" Titus nodded. "Good. My son is in your care. Should anything happen to him, there is nowhere on Earth that I won't find you." My father said smiling with his eyes closed. It was creepy. I could feel his power dripping off of him like venom off the fangs of a viper. The air became so thick, I started to feel my breathing grow shallow.
I focused back on Samantha. She was a telepath. There had to be some way to reach her. I walked over out stretching a hand to her. I touched her shoulder and went right through her. I took in a breath and exhaled it quickly shaking my head. That obviously wasn't going to work, just figured it was worth a shot. I walked over to father and lifted my hand to touch him. He looked right into my eyes.
"Somno!" He says with a bit of a confused look. My body stiffens and I begin to feel very sleepy. I start to fall backwards. Before my consciousness is gone my mother and Alistair appear.
Come with us Gabriel.' Alistair says reaching for me. We have much to discuss.' As I try my best to lift my hand to his, he leans forward grabbing ahold of mine. When he has a firm grip on my hand we disappear. We appeared at the top of the mountain. We sat watching the last bit of sun disappear over the horizon.
"Where are we?" I ask trying to find out what just happened.
"You are in the Concelo." Alistair says sitting next to me. "It's a veil that hides the spirits from the rest of the world." He says suddenly pulling a cup of tea out of nowhere. I smile shaking my head.
"So mommy dearest, how are you?" I ask her as she leans into my side hugging me with one arm.
"I am well. But, like all cases before this you know that this isn't a social call." She says kissing my forehead. I sigh.
"Lay it on me mom." I say before thinking that over. "Wow. That totally could have been a lot more thought out before I said that." I said giggling a bit.
"Alistair, you're up." She said verbally tagging him in.
Meanwhile, on the Skyland estate, Alpha William is preparing to send his son off with Detective McCloud. He begins to have doubts about this new gentleman. He glances at Michael and Damien. Knowing that they both are dominant males. Male `weres' are territorial and very protective of their families. Especially, when it comes to the female members of the family. Because of the spirits presence within Gabriel, he falls under that category. William connects with the both of them.
`I need for you both to do another sweep on Detective McCloud. Get Sophia on it as well. She is an expert at finding hacks and covers.' He says as they walk out with Detective McCloud still carrying Gabriel.
`Alright dad.' Damien says as Michael just nods his head.
"Detective..." William begins. "You understand your orders, correct?" The detective looks over his shoulder at William.
"Yes Sir. Don't worry about anything." He says looking down at the unconscious man in his arms. "I won't allow any harm to come to him. You have my word." He says as they descend the stairs.
"I hope you keep it." Michael says as they reach the front door. He kisses the top of Gabriel's head. As he straightens up, he leans into Detective McCloud's ear placing a hand on his shoulder. "Because if you don't, I will personally make sure that your life is ended with or without my powers." Michael whispers as he hops up the stairs. Heading back to the office.
"Please make sure you protect my Brother." Damien says kissing Gabriel's forehead. He stands turning away reaching into his pocket. He turns back to the detective. He uses a medical needle gun injecting a microchip as well as taking a blood sample. "I just injected you with a chip that will help us keep up with you. It will circuit throughout your bloodstream. Once, you're in central the chip will fry and come out of your sweat pores." Damien said leaving out he took a sample and heading up to the office as well.
"Your son's really don't like me do they?" Detective McCloud says chuckling.
"Don't worry, they hate you." William smiles. "As long as you keep Gabriel safe, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. My son has feelings for you." William says stroking Gabriel's hair out of his face. "I hope you realize that." He says leaning forward and kissing Gabriel's cheek. He rests his forehead on his youngest child's. He whispers something to Gabriel and stands opening the front door. "You need to hurry." The detective nods and walks out the door heading to his car. "And don't forget to stick to your orders."
"Don't worry Sir. Everything will work out for the best." Detective McCloud says putting Gabriel in the passenger seat and buckling him in. He shuts the door, waving to William as he walks to the driver's side.
William got a peculiar feeling. He watched as the lights of the 2014 Pontiac GTO peeled out of its parking spot and down the driveway.
"Please be safe and take care my son." William said closing the front door.
I focus my attention to Alistair.
"I did some looking into what you said about the vision." He said taking a sip of his tea and setting the cup down. "I talked with many of the previous carriers. There has never been a vision of a mate that was inaccurate. We may have figured out a way of getting around it though. Since our enemy has the gift foresight they are able to see other things as well. If he was able to see who your mate was supposed to be, he may have been able to make you perceive that your mate wasn't exactly who you thought it was." Alistair began but, I interrupted him.
"At first, I thought that was the case. But, now that I know him, I know that this is the real thing. There is no way that he could've kept me believing he was my mate for so long without me catch wind of his deception. There is..." I stopped as I begin to feel something. I begin to hear my father's voice in my head. He was speaking another language.
"Non confidere hoc homine. Titus est latentes aliquid." I heard him say.
I looked up at mom and over to Alistair.
"What does that mean?" I asked them.
"It's Latin. It means: I do not trust this man. Titus is hiding something." My mom said looking down at me.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I said thinking deeply to dissect fathers meaning.
"This may be exactly what we feared. This sounds a lot like the prophecy that was written down long ago." Alistair said looking at my mother. I was confused.
"What prophecy?" I asked unsure.
William walked into his office to see his children around his desk. Samantha was on the computer reading an email from Jeff. Michael, Sophia, and Damien sat with their laptops. When they saw their father had entered Samantha called everyone's attention.
"So, my friends from Central translated the prophecy that they found in Latin. My friend Jeff sent me an email summarizing the prophecy. You guys need to listen to this." Samantha said focusing back on the computer screen.
"How important is this to what's going on right now?" Michael asks as his fingers continue to flow across his keyboard.
"The kind of importance that could determine if we win this fight or lose Gabriel." Samantha's says.
"Go ahead and explain it to us Samantha." William says as he walks over and plops down on the chaise feeling exhausted all of a sudden. Leaning back and closing his eyes.
"It begins by saying, sometime in the future the 'were' species will be tested. This test will determine if we are helping humanity or if we are becoming the opposite of what we were always me to be. The carrier of the wolf spirit and the carrier of the cat spirit will become mates." Samantha was about to continue but she was interrupted by Damien.
"Wait a second. We don't even know who the carrier of the wolf spirit is." He says a bit confused.
"That's not the part we should be worried about right now. Keep listening." Samantha says.
"The carrier of the wolf spirit will be last of his kind. He holds the ability of a stealer. With him comes a dark force. It is up to the carrier of the cat spirit to deliver him from darkness." Alistair says looking into my eyes making sure I'm getting all of the information. He notices that I shift slightly. "I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you know who this is?"
"I do actually. He is the one that affected my vision. He also happens to be Raiden's son." I state as I run my fingers through my hair brushing it out of my face.
"It will be a vigorous battle. But, if the carrier of the cat spirit is not victorious, then his spirit will be taking over by the dark creatures. Bringing life to those who have fallen in darkness. This rise, the light will soon be wiped from the planet." Samantha says. She briefly looks up at her father. He still has his eyes closed and appears to be in deep thought. She looks back down at the computer monitor seeing that there was still more to go. In Williams mind, he was still trying to figure out ways to save his family. He was also unsure of what he was going to do. The full moon rising was upon them. He was already beginning to feel its effects. He knew that his enemies would be as well.
"I found something that was a little bit unexpected." Sophia says. She continues to look at her laptop screen. William stands up opening his eyes. He walks over to where his children are working.
"What did you find Sophia?" William asks, as he looks over her shoulder at the screen.
"You know after the network hack, I started looking into Raiden. As I was looking in his files and official records. I noticed that nothing about his personal life is recorded. Even the information about his family seems to be erased. I looked through all the backed up files and his network storages, and I haven't found anything. It looks like he went through great lengths to hide whatever he was doing as well as his family matters. I have a feeling that whatever he was hiding isn't good for us. But, I think I may be able to find out." Sophia stated. She goes quiet and her fingers being flying across the keyboard again.
"Raiden's son is a stealer. Well that makes sense. What does he look like?" Alistair asks me. I look down and begin playing with my fingernails.
"Well, you see the thing is." I began.
"What?" Alistair pressed.
"I don't actually know what his human form looks like. When I saw him in the vision he was in wolf form. And it was dark so I can't even tell what color his fur actually was." I said a bit embarrassed.
"Well that's helpful." Alistair said sarcastically. I roll my eyes.
"The last time that we did a background check on Detective McCloud everything checked out?" Michael asked. He received nods and other sounds of acknowledgement so, he continued. "Well, all of his credentials were very accurate. But, what was hidden by the program, from our search the first time was the death certificate." He said looking up at his father William. William closed his eyes lowering his head in disbelief. He understood the severity of the situation before anyone else.
"So, that means?" Samantha began.
"It means that we just gave the enemy Gabriel on a silver platter." William said trying to control his rage. The air around him began to thicken.
"Well, that may not be the only bad news." Damien said taking his laptop to the desk and hooking up to the Ethernet cable. "When I installed the microchip I also took a blood sample." He said pulling up the police records. "After I cross referenced the sample that I took with the samples from his police file. They we totally irreconcilable. The sample that I took wasn't even human."
"So, who is he then?" Asked Michael.
"Sorry to intrude but, have any of you seen Alex? He hasn't reported into me since we left earlier." Alpha Dominic asked walking in looking around the room. Once, he looked at William, his demeanor changed instantly. "What's wrong?"
"Gabriel, you know that me knowing that tad bit of information would have been a lot more helpful, had you told me this before your father froze you." Alistair said standing and starting to pace back and forth.
"How exactly would that have helped?" I asked becoming annoyed with his attitude. My mother gently squeezed my shoulder.
"Then, I would have been able to know then what I know now." He says stopping his pacing and looking over at us defeated. "You pretty much just screwed yourself."
"How so?" I asked scared of the answer he was going to give me.
"I did a further search through the government database. I just found out a match." Damien says looking up from his computer screen and falling back in his chair looking up to the ceiling. "His real name is Titus McCloud. But he isn't the Detective Titus McCloud. His name was changed four years ago. That's around the same time the real Detective McCloud died."
"A stealer has the ability to conceal his presence. That means he could be touching you and you wouldn't be able to sense anything about him that he was trying to hide from you." Alistair says looking up at my mother. She gasps as the realization hits her. Her hand slides off my shoulder as she covers her mouth. I look up at her and see tears forming in her eyes.
"What's the deal mom?" I ask growing concerned.
"Think about it Gabriel." She says to me. "Alistair was right." I started to think about it.
"I found it. I hacked into one of his mobile devices. Raiden has three children. He has a daughter that lives in Europe and is married to a next in line alpha, and a set of fraternal twin boys." Sophia says clicking something on the screen causing a picture to pop up. She sets down her laptop. She looks up to her father. "This is bad. I know how we were hacked." She says walking over to the desk and grabbing the remote and hitting the lights. The projector starts to turns on.
"The vision of your mate is never wrong." My mother says.
"So what you're telling me is..." I felt my stomach drop.
"This is a recent picture of Raiden and his family. They say that his wife died during child birth. Ring any bells?" Sophia says pressing a button. "Meet the McCoy Family." On the screen in front of them, is a picture of Titus and Darian standing on either side of a matured man. The air around William began to spark.
"The microchip I injected is offline." Damien said looking at his tablet.
"I need to get back to my body." I said standing with my mother. Alistair came over and took my hand.
"Good luck." He says as I disappear.
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