Ninja Turtles Meet The Huntress

Trying

Over the next three days, not a lot happened. Gabby was not able to use her leg until it healed so she pretty much just hung around with Gracie in her room with the occasional visit from Leo, Mikey, Donnie and Saffron. Her mom even came in to scold her about the whole fiasco. Gabby had run her idea about Raph apprenticing under Carl by her mom and she had agreed to speak to Carl. Three days after her leg was broken, she was healed and leading Raph to his first meeting with the Thompson Alpha.

"Is it going to be hard?" Raph asked nervously.

"I'm sure Carl will put you through your paces." Gabby replied. "I don't know him well so I'm not really sure what his teaching strategy is."

They walked up to the Alpha's study door and knocked. "Come in." Carl called through the door.

The two of them entered the spacious and very masculine office. He motioned for them to take a seat across from him. They both sat and Gabby kept her bond with Raph strong, trying to reassure him. She knew how nervous about this he was.

"I assume you know a few things about being an Alpha." Carl began without preamble. "What you know about your status is irrelevant at the moment. In order to be an Alpha, you have to know what it is to be a wolf, so that's where we'll start. You'll train with my Junior Betas for a week. You'll live with them, you'll eat with them, you'll run with them, and you'll hunt with them." He motioned to a case on the ground. "You'll learn to shoot this. Go ahead and open it." Raph picked up the plastic case and undid the latches. When he lifted the lid a beautiful compound bow was revealed. "I'll have someone teach you how to use it properly and I expect you to join in on the next hunt. This will be a good exercise for my Betas as well. Learning speed and stealth on two legs is important. Now, I'll give you a week to practice with the bow and then your training with my Betas will begin. I would enjoy what free time you have because after this week you'll be too busy to do much of anything."

Raph closed up the bow case and thanked the Alpha. They quickly headed to the training room where a man was waiting with a target against a bunch of foam blocks that had been set up along the wall. Gabby watched as the man showed Raph first how to care for his bow, then how to knock an arrow, then how to shoot. He corrected his form a few times before he told Raph to just keep practicing. Raph did just that. He practiced shooting for nearly three hours before calling it quits. He packed up his bow and Gabby followed him out and back to the guest wing where he stored his bow in his room.

"You want to go watch a movie?" She asked.

"I'm going to go hang out with Em." He replied walking passed her. She placed a hand on his arms stopping him in his tracks. He tensed up like he was expecting a lecture.

"Just remember, you have a pack that needs your time and attention too." She said.

His body relaxed a little and he nodded. Gabby let him pass and he headed down the hallway to see the little Theta that had captured his attention. It was hard letting him go. Knowing he wouldn't be around them much in just a week had her wanting him to stay close. For all the time that they had spent together over the last month and a half or so, she didn't really know much about him other than the fact that he was stubborn and had a bit of a temper. She wanted to know who he really was, not just the scowling, angry front he put up to protect himself.

The next day, Gabby, Saffron, and Gracie all headed to the male training room to check the progress of the new training they were receiving. All of the turtles were there helping master Splinter by sparing with the wolves. A hush fell over the Betas there as Gabby walked in and Raph looked up from his pinned opponent. Their eyes met and she smiled gently. He stood up and helped the Beta to his feet. He walked over to the group of girls.