Feral (Gabentine Fic)

Strange Behavior

"What do you have? No. Spit that out now. GABE, DON'T FUCKING EAT THAT!"

The louder I yelled at him, the faster he ran away from me. I groaned in frustration and rubbed my hands all over my face. The last couple of days have been hell. The wolf has been acting up and I'm glad he has to stay with Eleanor tonight. Gabe has been doing sprints around my room at night, bringing dead animals to me in my apartment, and also watching me very closely. I'm a little weirded out from the staring but, brush it off that he's just wanting to know what I'm doing.

Right now we were sitting outside because the temperature was actually above freezing and we spent the day playing outside. Becca and Russell went on a two day run yesterday and will be back later tonight. Shel has been hanging out with Molly, who decided to join us, and they've been getting pretty close. Kenny and Lee have been helping Javi make new plans for the community, something about a dining hall. Lilly has been getting trained by Eleanor to become a medic as well. And me and Gabe patrol the wall, inside and outside. We make sure no one is trying to break in and monitor the amount of walkers.

"Hey, Clem!"

I turn away from scolding Gabe and see Javi jogging up to us. I give a small wave as he approaches and he returns it.

"Eleanor will be over later to pick up Gabe. You don't have to come, in fact it's probably best if you didn't."

I frown at Javi's words but, nod my head in understanding. Gabe has spit out whatever he was chewing on and gave Javi's palm a lick before sitting beside me. Javi cocks an eyebrow down at Gabe, who raises his head in return and it almost looked like he winked at Javi. Javi smiles back to me and nods his head.

"Well, alright then. I'll see you two later."

"Wait, Javi!"

Javi turns back to me and I start fidgeting with my hands. There's been something I've been thinking about lately and I just have to ask him.

"What happened to your family? I've heard a little bit but, there's gotta be more to it than that. You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I just wanted to know."

I seen something dark pass through Javi's eyes and he motions for me to follow him and we walk around the community.

"Well, I'm sure you've heard about the attack that night from Lee and Kenny. Mariana was killed by a wolf and we searched everywhere for Gabe. All we found were his bloody clothes and that's it. We did find the wolf that killed Mariana and me and Kate made sure that son of a bitch wouldn't hurt anyone ever again."

"So, where'd you find him?"

I gestured towards Gabe and he seemed to be just into the story as I was. Javi gave Gabe a glance before smiling.

"We found this guy wandering on the road by himself. He was almost starved and his ribs were sticking out. I gave him some food and then he kinda just stuck around. Me and Kate decided to name him Gabe because he has eyes just like him. When we built this place, Gabe didn't like being trapped inside and we let him go. I always knew he would come back and never worried too much about him."

My eyes drifted down to Gabe, only to find him staring at me. A smile worked its way across my face and I scratched his ears.

"This may sound wrong but, does he ever freak you out? Like, with his intense staring or the way he sometimes responds to you? It's almost like he's a human."

Javi laughed at my question and also patted Gabe's head.

"Oh, Clem. You have no idea."

I was about to ask Javi what he meant by that but, was cut off as Kate yelled for us.

"Hey, foods done! Come and get it!"

I was disappointed that I didn't get to question Javi but, found my stomach growling. We ate dinner with some conversations about how everyone was doing and then it was time for bed. Me and Gabe made our way back to our apartment and started to bed down. I had just changed into my pjs when there was a knock at my door. I answered it and seen that it was Eleanor with a chain leash. I frown at the sight of it and try explaining that Gabe will come if she just calls him.

"I know he will, Clementine. I just don't want him trying to run off when I bring him into my apartment. He doesn't really like the sight of needles."

I nodded at her explanation and called for Gabe and he came trotting up from behind me but, stopped upon seeing Eleanor. She tried leaning over and attaching the leash to him but, he jerked away from her hand. I was shocked at Gabe's actions because he never acted like that for me. Eleanor then tried chasing him around but, Gabe was just too fast. I tried helping Eleanor but, Gabe ran away from me as well. Finally, we had Gabe cornered and he did not look happy about it.

"Gabe, don't make this any harder than it has to be. Just come with us and get checked out."

Gabe started snarling slightly and I was completely taken back by his behavior. He must've seen my shocked face and immediately stopped snarling and lowered his head. I tried stepping towards him but, Gabe then made a beeline for his open window. He was out it and gone in a flash, leaving me and Eleanor scrambling after him. I grabbed my coat and threw it on before diving out the window after him. Eleanor was screaming at me to come back and then I heard her say something that almost stopped me in my tracks.

"GABE, DON'T HURT HER!"

And then, all that I heard was the sound of my footsteps stepping on twigs and leaves. I could faintly see Gabe's tail ahead of me and tried catching up to it. The only source of light that night was the full moon, it shined down and made the hair on my arms stand tall.

Something doesn't feel right.