Jax and Rix Story Time

First Meeting

"Hey Jax, Rix, how did you two meet?" I looked at Rix, xe was giggling at the question. Syren got inquisitive since shifting, I didn't blame him. All that he went through, what were a few stories from our past?

"It all started a long time ago, back when you were knee high to Alpha Pyre."

I was training to become a leader of a squadron. I studied most of my life to live up to my family line of Shadow Claws. I was put onto a unit with four others; Derick, Ellen and Rix. We were both discovering who we were back then. I was mated to Ellen, and Rix had no mate. We weren't sure why and never discovered out why. Maybe xe was mated but never met before tragedy? We were assigned to a mission, tracking down shipments of mercury. It was showing up in some imports and exports despite the nearest source being five packs away.

     I went off trying to do it all, Ellen didn't need any stress. Derick seemed to only be causing issues within our squad. Rix, still the same old lovable goofball. I was the only one focused on the mission besides Ellen. We traced it down to the main river access that ran along most of the packs from FrostGuard all the way west to Siren Pack. Anyway we disguised ourselves in a crate marked Produce. Rix was playing the part of boatswain perfectly. It was when Derick pulled out a silver blade on me I realized what was up.

     "Stay quiet or your mate can learn what it's like for you to die so close." I froze in fear, I didn't want to risk leaving Ellen alone. Fortunately Ellen was her usual intuitive self. She had been dosing all but her and my food with Wolfsbane. She ripped through the crate and he went flying to the side. Her large graceful silver fur shimmered in the light. I shifted and began trying to take him out. Rix screamed and charged to the edge of the boat and began smacking the boarding wolves with the end of the paddle coated in silver. We took down Derick, it was easy with him dosed. We began helping Rix, when we thought it was all clear...

     "That was when they noticed Ellen had a syringe in her back. I tried to help Jax get it out, the mercury was in. We tried all herbal remedies to cure her, trying to extract it. In the end they said goodbye and Jax kept feeding herbs to ease Ellen's passing. After that we went on to finish what the four of us started. We traced it down to-"

     "Thank you honey but I can resume now. Sorry about that Syren, you know how it hurts to lose a mate. Right picking up on the leads."

     We traced them down to Pack Titan. Another scheme to weaken all the packs so they could rise up and establish one pack, their pack, to rule us all. They slipped into Pack Mythic's mines. We went in under the cover of a New Moon Night, same way they were. Mythic maintained a neutral stance, noting that when peace talks would break out, between us all and Titan, there would need to be ground for it. They had sealed up the mine that had mercury but Titan undid it. We could have called in for back up but what if there were more bad seeds like Derick? We slipped past all of Mythic's wolves and began taking Titan Wolves out. By the time we finished I was weakened, silver and mercury was dangerous for us werewolves. I was not as lucky as Rix, xe took me out and up to Mythic. Argued for medical treatment and sending out messages to all packs. He got most of it, medicine was something they said no to. They sent missives out warning others that spies and turncoats were spiking supplies with mercury wrongfully mined from them. Rix carried me out to the river, began treating me with the same herbs xe saw me use on Ellen. By the time I fully recovered and we were back in Shadowfang lands. I started smelling the same herbs from Rix.

     "And I smelled chocolate and cinnamon from them!" Heh, goofball couldn't wait to jump in with that.

     "You think I'll find my mate like that?" I pet Syren, a war story and he only held onto the love tale. Maybe Mythic was right.

     "I'm sure you'll find your mate. Hopefully in far less dramatic situations and terms. You already had hard enough times. Come on, Rix is clearly hungry for sweets and if you have a nightmare Alpha Pyre will never let it go. So I guess slumber party or 'nother story. Either way off to the Mess Hall the both of you. I'll make hot chocolate for us all."