House of Wolves, Plus One

Mikey was stuffed...it isn’t just an Alpha's sexual appetite that’s large. He had eaten five bacon sandwiches, three bacon and egg sandwiches, and a dozen sausages...he was finally full and ready to start his day. He stood up from the table, thanking Ryan and Lucas each with a kiss, then left the kitchen and went to check on everyone else.

There was soft snoring coming from the dining room as Mikey was passing, so he stopped to look inside. Ray was laid out on the rug asleep, with the three pups all using him as a pillow. Mikey smiled fondly...maybe one day soon he’d have to give in and let Ray have the litter he desired...when all this horrible business with whoever attacked the other pack was dealt with, of course.

Quietly he shut the door and headed down to the living room. Just as he was about to open the door, the front door opened and Bob stepped inside.

"Hey Robert, anything to report?"

Bob shook his head.

"No. Pete, Patrick and I have been doing sweeps of the village and the edge of the woods...but there’s no sign of anything out of the ordinary, and no scent marks of anyone but us and Brendon’s pack."

Mikey nodded.

"Well that’s good, I guess. Where are Pete and Patrick now?"

"They’ve gone to their place to fetch some things...clothes and the like. I said I’d come see if anyone else wants anything from their homes. We'll collect stuff for them."

"That’s good thinking Robert, thank you. Could you fetch some clothes from our place please?...shirts, socks and stuff?"

"Of course Alpha. What about Daniel and Phillip?...should I just get them some clothes too?"

Mikey hummed in thought, then shook his head.

"No, you best ask them. Phillip's in the living room still, I think."

Bob smiled and nodded.

"You going in there?"

"Yeah. I just ate, so I’m checking on everyone now. Come on."

He opened the door and they walked in together. Inside, Phillip was sat on the rug with Steven and Ashton, while Dallon played with Brendon’s hair, happy that his Alpha was now awake. Brendon turned his head toward the door at the sound of it opening and gave Mikey a pained smile.

"Michael...I’m sorry we've brought our troubles to your doorstep."

Mikey waved away the apology, moving over to sit on the chair opposite as Bob went to talk to Phillip.

"No need to apologise...it’s been brought to my attention that our packs belong together anyway. I’m just mad at myself for not seeing that until now..."

Brendon chuckled slightly, then winced, his hand going to his bandaged chest. Mikey frowned.

"Take it easy Brendon. You’ve been through a lot."

"We all have."

Mikey nodded.

"Do you know who it was?...did you recognise anyone?"

Brendon sighed heavily and nodded.

"Unfortunately, yes. There were a half dozen Lupo that I’d never laid eyes on before...but they were being lead by two that I’m pretty sure you personally want to rip to shreds."

"You mean..."

Brendon nodded.

"Yeah, it was Andy Black and his bitch."

Mikey felt the fires of hatred flare in his guts...he had vowed to himself that when he got hold of those two, he would take great pleasure in killing them very, very slowly.

"You’re sure?"

He growled, his inner Alpha was baying for blood right now.

"I’m positive. He’s the one who did this."

Brendon pointed to his wound. Mikey leaned a little closer.

"Please tell me you hurt him too."

Brendon chuckled darkly.

"Oh yeah. That bastard's gonna be limping for a while."

"Good..."

Mikey sighed, sitting back in his seat.

"And how are you feeling now?...starting to heal?"

One very good thing about being a Lupo, was that they recover from injuries quite quickly...a lot quicker than humans anyway. Brendon nodded.

"Yeah, I’ll be on my feet by tomorrow..."

He looked over to the other couch, where Frank was still and silent. He sighed heavily.

"Looks like Frank got it worse than me..."

He looked back to Mikey.

"Has he woken up at all?"

Mikey shook his head.

"No. He was found just outside the village. Don’t know how he made it this far with the state he’s in, but somehow he was conscious when Robert found him...for about a minute. He’s been out of it since then."

Brendon frowned.

"If I hadn’t asked him to stay..."

He sighed, shaking his head.

"He was only passing through. We let him shelter when the storm hit you see and when it broke, I asked him to stay. If I’d just let him go on his way, he’d be miles away and safe right now."

"You can’t know that for sure Brendon, anything could’ve happened to him. And you can’t blame yourself either...this is on Black, not you."

"I guess..."

Brendon sighed, looking around the room.

"Hey, Aaron hasn’t turned up...has he?"

Mikey shook his head.

"No. Where was he what you were attacked?"

"I don’t know. He isn’t exactly...reliable. He was always disappearing for days on end."

"Maybe he’ll show up. He’ll likely be able to track you guys here."

Brendon frowned.

"Yeah, but if he can track us, then that means that Black can too."

Mikey reached out to place a calming hand on the other Alpha's arm.

"We have early warning sensors set up, and people on patrol. Anyone comes this way, we’ll know about it."

Brendon nodded.

"Yeah, but we had that too...and look what happened."

Mikey sighed sadly.

"I’m sorry for your losses Brendon. Sara and Lulu were sweet, they didn’t deserve that."

"No...they didn’t."

Quiet fell between the two men as they mourned the two Omegas. Mikey looked over to the rug and saw that both Bob and Phillip had gone...he presumed Phillip had offered to help collect things from the houses.

A soft groan came from the other couch and everyone’s eyes were suddenly on the third Alpha in the room.

"Frank?"

Brendon said hopefully. Another groan and Frank’s eyes blinked open.

"What...where..."

His voice was rough and he fell into a coughing fit, clutching at his stomach in pain.

"Easy friend..."

Mikey said, moving to his side and placing a hand on his chest, laying him back carefully. Frank growled weakly, swatting at Mikey’s hand as his eyes closed tightly again.

"It’s ok...you’re with friends here. Take it easy Frank..."

Frank continued to try to push Mikey’s hand off, but he was weak, and Mikey was persistent.

"You need to rest Frank. You’re badly hurt."

Frank groaned in pain, then panted for a few moments before finally giving in and laying still. After a minute, he slowly opened his eyes to look up at the man hovering over him.

"Are you...Way?"

Mikey smiled gently and nodded.

"Yes, I’m Mikey Way. You’re safe here, and the rest of your pack are here too."

Frank’s eyes widened, an urgency entering him as his muscles tensed.

"All of the pack?!...did everyone come?"

Mikey frowned and shook his head.

"No, Sara and Lulu didn’t make it."

"But everyone else came?"

"What are you getting at Frank?"

Brendon asked, leaning up on his elbow to look at the other man. Frank swallowed thickly, looking between the other Alphas.

"Aaron...did Aaron come here?"

"No Frank, he’s not been seen...why?"

Frank frowned deeply.

"Cause he was in on the attack. He and two Betas I’ve never seen before grabbed me and dragged me into the woods. I could hear the attack happening in the village, but those three were intent on keeping me away...they were all on me at once and I was sure they were gonna kill me. I don’t know why they didn’t."

"They were called off..."

Dallon said softly.

"Once Brendon was down, they all left."

Frank nodded thoughtfully.

"I thought I heard a howl before they left me...but I was about to pass out so I wasn’t sure..."

He sighed.

"I’m sorry I wasn’t more help Brendon. You asked me to stay to protect your pack...but I wasn’t much use."

Brendon shook his head.

"You were though Frank...you’re the one who alerted us to the danger. If you weren’t there, we’d probably all be dead now. Plus, even if one of us had seen the Lupo in the woods, if you weren’t with us, we would have been one man down and had the three that took you on to deal with too. I think you were pretty instrumental in us making it out alive...don’t you?"

Frank chuckled slightly.

"If you say so..."

He sighed, frowning.

"I’m sorry about Sara and Lulu...they were sweethearts."

"Yes, they were. We'll mourn them properly when we know the rest of us are all safe...and when Black and his bitch are dead."

Frank raised an eyebrow.

"You know who it was?"

"Yeah..."

Brendon sighed.

"It was the Alpha I told you about...the one who took Mikey’s brother."

Frank nodded, turning his eyes to the other Alpha.

"Is you brother alright?...Brendon told me it was pretty bad."

Mikey smiled, nodding.

"Yeah, it took a while, but he’s healed up now."

"Good, I’m glad."

Just then, there was a timid knock on the door. Mikey stood up and walked over, quietly opening it to reveal Gerard...arms wrapped around his middle, hair falling into his face, bottom lip trapped between his teeth and his eyes cast down to the floor...Mikey smiled and stepped out into the hall, taking the adorable boy into his arms.

"Hi baby, you Ok?"

He murmured as Gerard wound his arms around his Alpha's waist and nuzzled his face into his chest. Gerard nodded, before looking up through his hair and eyelashes.

"Yeah, I m-missed you though. Is...is Brendon really here?...and Dallon?"

Mikey nodded.

"Yeah, they’re in here. We were just talking about you actually, you wanna come see them?..."

Gerard nodded enthusiastically, a bright smile lighting up his face. Mikey smiled fondly, pressing a kiss to his forehead.

"Come on then baby, I’m sure they’d love to see you."

He kept one arm around his little brother as he turned and lead him into the room. It was years since Gerard had seen more than a passing glimpse of any of Brendon’s pack...and he had missed them a lot. His eyes lit up when he saw Brendon and Dallon, though he swallowed and held back when he saw the bandages adorning the Alpha's body. Brendon and Dallon grinned wide when they saw him.

"Hi there kid...you not got a hug for me?"

Brendon said, holding his arms open. Gerard chewed his lip and looked up questioningly at his brother. Mikey nodded.

"Go on baby, just be gentle."

Gerard smiled wide again then turned and ran out of Mikey’s arms, and dropped to his knees, burying himself into Brendon’s...being careful not to lean on his wounds of course.

"Hi Bren..."

He looked up, beaming.

"Hi Dallon."

"Hey GeeGee, long time no see honey."

Dallon grinned at him. Gerard giggled, snuggling his head against Brendon’s shoulder.

"Too long."

Mikey watched from the doorway, leaning against the frame...he’d forgotten how close the pack used to be, and he kind of felt like shit for depriving Gerard of his connection to the other Lupos. He sighed and straightened up before walking into the room and over to the chair he’d been sat in before and flopping down into it. He turned his head toward Frank and paused, seeing the Alpha's eyes already watching the little Omega. He cleared his throat and Frank’s eyes snapped to him, widening slightly. Mikey raised an eyebrow.

"Frank..."

Frank swallowed.

"This is my baby brother, Gerard."

Frank nodded in understanding, he caught the protective subtext. Mikey nodded, seeing the recognition in the other Alpha's eyes. He turned to Gerard.

"Baby?..."

Gerard looked up, a happy look on his face that Mikey hadn’t seen in way too long.

"Gee, this is Frank...say hi."

Gerard’s eyes flicked to the new Alpha and widened as a warm blush spread on his cheeks.

"H-hi."

He whispered, a shy smile slipping onto his lips as he tried to hide in his hair. Frank chuckled slightly and smiled back.

"Hello Gerard, it’s nice to meet you."

Gerard giggled and buried his face in Brendon’s shoulder again. Frank smiled...maybe he’d just found a reason to settle down for good. Mikey narrowed his eyes, leaning toward the other Alpha and lowering his voice so only Frank would hear.

"You like him, I get that...you ever lay a finger on him, I’ll break every bone in your body, skin you and then tear you limb from limb. Got it?"

Frank swallowed and nodded.

"Got it."

Mikey nodded then sat back and turned his attention to his brother and friends. Frank took a deep breath in, then let it out slowly. He’d seen the little Omega for only a few short minutes, and Mikey’s threat had been quiet explicit and made with all seriousness...but he already knew that Gerard was definitely worth the risk.

Notes

Hi there chipmunks, how’s you?

So they finally met...was it good for you?

Until next time...PLEASE COMMENT and peace out babies!
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