Just My Luck (boyxboy)

Ch33. Emmett/Sam

Emmett's POV

Zack walked into the library that was once my office. I was reading an email and Vincent was reading yet another book to keep his mind preoccupied. He had moved himself into my office since it was closer to the foxes' territory so if something happened he would already be here. He also brought Baxter's human mate Steven and his sister whom Vincent couldn't leave behind. They were currently staying in one of our guest rooms.

"What news?" I asked him, not bothering to look up as I bit the inside of my lip. A new habit I picked up from all this anxiety I'd been feeling.

With my city still a mess from the hunters, Sam missing and everyone in a panic, I haven't been able to shift properly. My wolf was itching for a hunt, my body felt sore and stiff like I'd been in a small cage that was my own skin for days. It was starting to drive me crazy but I had so much to do.

Zack seemed nervous as I heard his heart beat a little faster. Vincent must have heard it too because he closed his book and looked over, giving him his full attention.

"We just finished circling the whole territory again and I'm sorry to inform you both that we couldn't pick up the scent again. May- maybe they switched vehicles or washed the scent off somehow if they left. We are still searching howev-,"

I growled and Vincent slammed the book on the coffee table, making Zack jump as the anger took over us both with the news.

I rubbed my tired eyes and looked down with a sigh as I stood, I needed to keep myself in control. "I know it's not your fault Zack. Please continue the work. We will be meeting with the fox in the morning. Hopefully, he will have more answers for us."

"Are you sure we can even trust the word of this fox? I mean, didn't you say he was one of the black fox's children? I've only met the oldest but knowing them both I wouldn't trust this one with a single hair from my shedding fur," he growled as he watched me start to pace the room.

"We have no choice but to. I can't start a war with them while we fight hunters, fix the mess of this city, and rescue our loved ones safely. We may be a huge force together but we can't be in three places at once, Vincent. I don't have a Luna like Sylvia that I can just leave my whole pack to and clean up the mess as you do."

Vincent took slight offense in that as he narrowed his red eyes at me. "You think I wanted to leave her alone to deal with the mess herself? This is why I brought my brother's mate and his sister with me here, to lighten her load. But she is where she is needed and I am where I am needed, Emmett. You take on too much without letting your pack help you. Let your omega deal with calming the panic of the members, it is her job to do, not yours. One of your betas can deal with the reports and clean up the damage. Stop trying to do it all yourself."

"Don't tell me how to run my pack. We may be friends but you are about to cross the line here," I snapped at him.

"I would never tell you how to run anything. I'm just simply reminding you why you have members in your pack because it seems you have forgotten," he said before picking up his book once again.

"I'll be back," I told him and walked out leaving him and Zack in my office.

I sighed deeply as my thoughts went to Sam almost immediately. The last look he gave me was painful as I played it again in my head. He looked to me for help and I couldn't do it. I still can't do it. What were they doing to him now? What did they want from him? Why him? I've already explained to Vincent how they were after Sam and how I feel that Baxter just got mixed into it. He took it better than I thought he would but it still left so many questions for us both.

Viv walked over to me standing in the hall with a look of sadness on her face. "We will find him, Emmett," she said gently as she hugged me.

I could feel her warmth calm me, slightly and Vincent's words repeated in my head. He was right. As omega of our pack, it was her job to keep the bond between us peaceful and our links strong. Omegas were the most important member in any pack which is why it was so important for an omega and their alpha to have a strong bond as we do.

Even when she was little she had this warmth about her that kept me at her side. The only one that could get so close to me and keep me in line as we grew up. It made me think how this was what a mother's warmth felt like and maybe that's why I kept her at my side because I never felt that kind of love and comfort before.

"Viv, I need you to do something for me."

"Of course. I'll do whatever you ask of me," Viv said smiling at me as she stepped back.

"Could you take all the calls from the members in worry? I think you would do a better job at keeping them calm than I have been."

"I've been taking some for you already but I will tell them to send all calls with concerns over to me at once. I was just waiting on you," she answered. "Please don't feel less of the alpha for asking for help. We are all worried and want to help find our next Luna. And we will find him, Emmett. We will bring him home."

Her words gave me hope as I hugged her once again. I would have lost it if she wasn't with me but I desperately wished it was Sam's warmth I was feeling in my arms.

Sam's POV

Gasping for air, they pulled my head out of the tub of water. With a fist full of wet hair and a hand around my neck, the man made me look up at Doc who was standing in the corner of the room so she wouldn't get her heels wet.

"You seem so tired Samuel. How long are you going to hide the truth from yourself?" She hissed.

I didn't answer her as I fought to keep my eyes open. Trying to breathe and not pass out was a lot of work for me at this stage but I felt the anger growing in my stomach the longer they touched me.

They shoved my head under the water again and held it there until I started to panic again and waited until my fighting started to lessen. The black blur was just about to take over before they pulled my head back out and I gasped for air.

"Fine. Take him to the cages with the rest of them. See if that triggers something and tomorrow take him back to the table. We will have our fun then Samuel."

Cages? With the rest of them?

They dragged me to an elevator down the hall, I couldn't tell how long or how many floors we went before the doors opened again. I looked up and blinked trying to focus my eyes as they started forwards with my feet dragging behind me.

"Feed me," a soft and weak whisper hit my ears. "Please feed me. I'm so hungry." More and more started to come as my eyes focused enough for me to release where I was.

They were dragging me down a row of small dog-like cages, stacked two high as I've seen in animal shelters. To my horror, inside the small cages were people, leaning against the sides of the cage or curled in a ball laying on the metal graded bottom. The cages were all too short for any of them to stand but they looked too weak to do so even if they could.

They picked me up and before I had time to do anything, they threw me into a top cage and slammed the door closed. I felt like I couldn't breathe inside it as I grabbed the door, linking my fingers through the medal to try and breathe in the air outside.

Before I could catch my breath I looked into the cage across from me to see two glowing yellow eyes looking at me in the darkness. I flinched back, they looked just like the ones in my eyes when I had my nightmares but smaller. Was I dreaming? Did I pass out without realizing it?

They drew closer and out of the dark shadow in the back of the cage, I gasped seeing a little girl looking at me as she neared the cage door. She had long dirty gray looking hair that looked greasy and knotted from not washing it for however long, her body was too thin and fragile looking. Those yellow eyes had a dullness that looked almost lifeless. I couldn't help the tears, it crushed me in more than one way to see her there, maybe 3 or 4 years old.

I had to look away as I turned myself around in the cage, unable to look anymore. How could these monsters do this to a child? How long had she been here? What did they do to her in this place?

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Just shows how messed up the Hunters are. Caging them like animals, even keeping a young girl in the same condition as the others.