☽ Fang ☾ [Howl sequel] ✔

☽ 13 ☾

It was hours later, the sun set long ago, and the noise of the hospital was silent. It was an eerie sore of silence. The kind you could hear a pin drop.

Colby had fallen asleep as the pair waited for Sam's X-Ray's to get back. His nose was pressed to Sam's wrist, inhaling his scent, so he always knew Sam was with him, alive and breathing. The soft beating of his heart combined with his scent lulled Colby to sleep.

But, something was wrong.

Colby bolted upright at the faded scent in his nose. But, the first thing he sees is an empty hospital bed.

He calms for a moment, thinking maybe Sam had gone to the bathroom, but his hearing picks up absolutely nothing.

Not the sound of running water. Not the sound of Sam's steady heartbeat. Not even the sound of the hospital outside their door.

And there's something else lingering in the room besides the silence.

It smells like...

"SAM!" Colby cried out as he stood up from his spot beside the bed. The chair fell onto the floor.

His voice echoed in the room.

"FuckFuckFuckFuck—," Colby's voice was panicky and he whined, the noise of the wolf inside of him slipping out.

That smell, though...

Colby burst through the hospital room door and into the hallway. The strength of his Alpha body hitting the door with no control caused wooden shards to fly everywhere. His crimson eyes were dangerous as they peered down the hallways and he found no one.

It was a very familiar smell...

A growl grew in his chest before collapsing into a whimper. His Alpha was torn between seeking revenge and finding his mate.

"Jake. Fucking. Paul," Colby cursed the other Alpha.

A laughter echoed through the hallways.

And Colby took off down the hallway.

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"Did you hear that?" Corey perked up from the sofa inside the Trap House.

Jake shook his head, hands covering his eyes, "No I fucking didn't, Corey," he growled low.

Tara sighed, closing her eyes, as she wrapped a hand around Jake's frame. Her brain was going at a thousand miles per hour, trying to understand what just happened. It wasn't like she could go ask Luna or read something about what to do when your Alpha's Omega gets injured and the Alpha takes him to a hospital. Instincts were the only thing she had and she listened to them to comfort her mate and her pack.

Everyone had gathered in the living room of the Trap House, uncertain of what was happening.

"It sounded like—," Corey suddenly froze.

It was a howl.

Immediately, they all perked up at the noise.

"Alpha...," Corey whispered softly.

They all began to howl back.

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Colby ran through the hospital hallways. His crimson eyes flashing, snarling and whimpering, as his wolf surged forward and then back. The howls of his pack echoed in his ears. He could hear them talking to themselves through the link as they left the pack house, splitting off in various directions. He didn't know why, but he didn't care.

He could smell Sam faintly throughout the whole building.

Stopping in his tracks, Colby fell to his knees. Tears carved into his cheeks. He clawed desperately at his shirt. Everything felt too tight... too much.

"Sam—," Colby cried out for his mate.

Then, Colby's bones began to break.

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A few hours later, Corey and Jake were pacing outside the Trap House. Elton sat on the outside step with Tara, watching their mates wear down the pavement. Everyone was gone, either to the cabin to hunker down or to their homes.

They knew what had happened.

Sam was gone.

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All Colby could feel was anger as he ran through the streets of L.A. There were screams of terror as his body hurdled over the hood of cars and then the screeching of tires.

Colby snarled at them, red eyes glistening, and the black fur of his hackles standing on end.

Then, he turned back around to the path he seemed to have carved for himself. He didn't know where he was going. Colby just went.

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Corey, Jake, Elton, and Tara moved to the backyard, attempting to play a round of basketball, but none had the energy. They called out to their Alpha, trying to find him, but he was silent in their mental link.

Until, they heard the sound of a wounded animal and all four wolves turned to the patio.

A very familiar black wolf form sniffed at the couch and then sat back on its haunches, crying.

"Oh no," Tara gasped, covering her mouth, as tears trickled down her cheeks.

"Fuck," Corey fell to his knees.

The Omega's felt the pain of losing their Alpha's own Omega, but seeing it in front of them in the form of their Alpha was at a whole other level.

Jake and Elton moved forward toward the wolf, who felt their presence and snarled as they came closer. The flash of Beta blue in both their eyes made the wolf calm a bit.

"Alpha," Jake lowered himself to one knee, bending his head to the side to bare his neck to the wolf.

"Alpha," Elton mirrored Jake.

The back wolf stared at them and sniffed at the air around them. It gave a mournful whine. Then, the wolf made a pained noise and it's body contorted. It reshaped till all that was there was the naked and shaking form of a brunette male.

"Colby?" Jake called out softly to the male.

Colby's body shook and he sniffled as he raised his head to peer up at his Beta. His blue eyes were gone and they were crimson, but they were rimmed red from the crying he had been doing. His eyebrows were furrowed in a pained expression and his chest heaved as he caught his breath. Raising a hand, he clawed and kneaded the flesh on his neck where his mating mark was from Sam.

"Alpha," Elton's tone made Colby's head snap to him, "We'll find Sam. We'll get our revenge. We'll find whomever did this."

"J-J-J-Jake...," Colby's voice shook with his body, deep and ferocious and fucking angry.

"I'm here," the younger Beta fell to his hands and knees.

Colby shook his head, "N-N-No," and he growled low, the wolf still dangerously violent beneath the surface of his skin, "J-J-Jake... P-P-Paul."

Elton swallowed at that name, "We'll figure out how to get Sam back from him, Alpha," Colby stared at the older Beta with such a pained expression, "I promise you. With every inch of my being."

Colby narrowed his eyes at his Beta, "You better."