Feral (Gabentine Fic)

I Found Your Wolf

"So, this is the place?"

"Yep, guess so."

"Holy shit."

"You said it."

When I had imagined Javi's community, I was thinking it was a small town surrounded by a some concrete. Maybe even a double barrier around it. Boy, how wrong I was. This fucking place had 10 ft high concrete walls with barbed wire wrapped around the tops of them. There was two steel doors that we drove up to and Lee and Kenny got out of their vehicle and walked up to them. I glanced around to see if the others had been a okay and seen them wave at me. I also spared our other passenger a glance and found two yellow eyes peering at me from underneath his blanket.

"Animals shouldn't look at people like that."

I turned around to see Lilly watching me stare at the wolf. She was frowning and then looked once more at the animal.

"He looks at you like....like you're something to ea-"

"Are you fucking quoting Twilight? Lilly, I didn't take you for a fan of sparkling vampires and ripped werewolves."

"Oh fuck off. It was the only book I could find that was still intact. And apparently you've read it too, little miss badass."

I shut up after that and turned my attention back to the doors, only to see a man motioning us to pull forward and through the doors. We drove past the walls and parked near Lee and Kenny. Shel pulled her RV behind us and we all got out and looked around. There wasn't a lot of people there and the community looked pretty deserted. I walked to the back of Lilly's truck and told Gabe to stay down and hidden away before I heard a voice call out.

"Well, holy shit. Lee and Kenny, is that you guys? It's been awhile and you've brought friends!"

A very tan looking man walked over to us and pulled Kenny and Lee into a hug. I smiled slightly from the uncomfortable look on both Lee and Kenny but, they still returned the hug.
Kenny cleared his throat and stepped away from the man's hug and addressed us.

"Javi, this is Lilly, Clementine, Shel, Becca, and Russell. We had to leave our place because there was a shit ton of walkers headed our way and we couldn't take the chance of staying. Is your offer about staying here still on the table?"

The man, Javi, smiled and shook each of our hands before replying.

"You're damn straight it is. We have more than enough room and food. Besides, I know Kate has been dying to meet you guys since you rolled through our doors. Come on, I'll show you where you guys will be staying and where everything is."

The next couple of hours were spent getting settled in and meeting everyone. There was an apartment complex and we were each given a room for ourselves. I made sure mine had a window and snuck away from the tour to sneak the wolf into my apartment. My absence went unnoticed and I walked into the abandoned church just in time to see Javi introducing everyone.

"Okay, now that everyone has settled in and gotten comfortable, let's start introductions. This is my wife, Kate. Next to her is Tripp, Eleanor, Ava, and Jesus. We don't have many people but, we do with what we have. Guys, this is Lee, Kenny, Lilly, Clementine, Becca, Shel, and Russell."

We all waved a greeting to one another and soon began chatting with each other and becoming friends. I found that Eleanor was a medic and we all got checked for bites or infection, just in case. After that, Javi announced that he was quite hungry and dinner would be served soon. I wandered around the little community by myself to get a feel of my surroundings and found that I was not by myself. Out of the corner of my eye I seen a large dark figure moving stealthily in the shadows. I rolled my eyes at the figure and called out to it.

"Alright, come on out Gabe. I see you plain as day."

The wolf slunk out of the shadows with his head down, sad that I had caught him creeping. I sighed in exasperation and patted his head before continuing my walk, him never leaving my side. We walked around the empty neighborhood and I was about to tell him to go back to the apartment but, stopped when I heard Javi call for me.

"Hey, Clem! Who's your friend here?"

I whipped around to see Javi walking towards me and Gabe with a weird smile on his face. The wolf started wagging his tail excitedly and tackled Javi.

"Aw, I missed you to Gabe. Where have you been?"

I was amused at the sight of Javi being tackled by the wolf and it cocked its head at me. Javi looked at me with a twinkle in his eye that had me worried.

"Hope he hasn't caused you too much trouble. I know he can be a handful and a pain in the ass."

I laughed as the wolf nipped Javi's leg and returned to my side, glaring at Javi all the way.

"No, actually he's been pretty good. Oh, I have something that also belongs to you."

I reached into my coat pocket and pulled out Gabe's collar and handed to Javi. Javi took it with a laugh and ran his hand over the dog tag attached to it.

"You would not believe the trouble I went through to get this engraved. Me and Kate were traveling around with this guy and met some folks who had engraving tools and did it all by hand. Gabe was not a happy camper about the collar but, it stayed on him no matter what."

Gabe was still slightly glaring at Javi but, I could still see his tail wagging.

"So, is it cool if he stays in my apartment with me? I've grown used to him being there and guarding me."

Javi came closer and knelt down in front of Gabe before placing his collar back on him.

"He's yours for as long as you want him. But, I will need Eleanor to take him two nights from now. It's just going to be a checkup and if he's in good health. I don't want anything happening to him."

I nodded my head and placed my hand on top of Gabe's head. Javi stood and smiled one more time at Gabe before patting me on the back and leading me towards where everyone else was.

"Now, let's go get some grub. I'm sure you both are pretty hungry."

As we were walking, I could've sworn I heard Javi lean over and whisper to Gabe about picking a good one or something.