Azurehowl, With A Slight Twist

Planning For The Future

The next morning, Lunar awakens before his siblings, and instantly puts a slight damper on his bond with Kaitou so that his little brother can continue sleeping.

Last night was the first decent sleep either of them has had in, most likely, years, so even though Lunar feels fully rested, Kaitou defiantly doesn't yet.

Lunar heads towards the den and sees his parents sitting outside, talking to each other.

"Good morning Mum, good morning Dad. Did you two sleep alright?"

Lunar calls out, careful not wake anyone else. Kala turns to her oldest, a smile on her face.

"We slept well Lunar. And by the brightness in your eyes, you did too."

Lunar chuckles and nods, feeling more energetic than he has for years.

"Yeah, I did. I think, now that Kaitou knows he has family, and knows that we are safe for the time being, that it is keeping his nightmares at bay."

Matt flattens his ears back at the mention of Kaitous' nightmares, knowing that they have kept both his sons from getting decent sleeps for possibly years.

"I'm glad you two slept well. Are Ruuza and Kaitou still sleeping?"

He asks, wanting to change the subject and not think about bad things for a while.

"Yep. I dampened the bond slightly so that my being up doesn't wake Kaitou before he's fully rested. He used a LOT of energy yesterday.

Not only with his two bouts of shape-shifting, but with the energy blast he used against Cober. I'm surprised he had any energy to spare, to be honest."

Lunar replies. It's true though. Shape-shifting takes a lot of energy out of Kaitou, and that energy blast was quite massive. Kala smiles at her oldest, happy that he's still alive, safe and as protective of his siblings as ever.

Lunar sits beside his parents as they watch the rest of the pack beginning to wake up and go about their day.

And then, all of a sudden, a piece of information clicks in Lunars' mind. Kala, who notices an all-too-familar look on her oldest sons' face asks,

"What's up, Lunar? What's with your 'I've just figured something out' face?"

Lunar gives his Mum a side-eye. He hates it when she calls it that.

"Well, I just remembered something from not long before Chaos attacked. I remember Locin saying something about having two brothers, who would keep Ruuza, Kaitou and I safe in case something happened to him and Luna.

Did Grandfather say something about a nearby Cosmic pack, by any chance?"

Kala and Matt share a surprised look. They had no idea that there had been a plan in place to keep their children safe after Luna and Locin were killed.

"Yeah. Krypton suggested taking you and Ruuza there to help with her memory loss, but I think that's already been taken care of. Do you think that one, or both, of Locins' brothers could be there?"

Matt says, giving voice to his oldest sons' thoughts.

"Yeah, I do. And, with Ruuzas' powers awakening the way they did, one, or both of them, are probably on their way now, or at least they will be soon."

Krypton and Terro, who were approaching the trio, hear this last remark and Terro says,

"I'll tell the scouts to keep an eye out for one or two male Cosmic wolves. Just in case."

Lunar jumps quite badly as he is startled by his grandfather and grandpas' sudden appearances. The grown wolves laugh at Lunars' misfortune, and after a few seconds, he laughs as well.