Crimson

Who am I talking to?

I crawl behind one of the headstones as Beast gets down on all fours still taller by a couple heads over Conner's wolf as he roars at him, they fight as I see sprays of red hit the headstones nearby, I begin freaking out thinking the worst on if I lost either one of them. I need to get them to stop fighting; I needed to think on how.

"Ronny? Conner and James are fighting! How do I stop it?" I shout at the other side of the phone, his sweet little voice squeaks as he calls out for his mum and dad.

"Sweet heart, get out of there! They're both Alpha's if you get in the middle of the fight then they'll kill you! Deaton is on his way there" his mother Kelly says to me on the other end of the phone, I watch in horror as I look around attempting to find a high place to go but I see nothing. Deaton is on his way, he'll help out, he always does! I have to think of something though, to slow them down, I can't wait for an hour or two. Finding the courage and not thinking it through at all I get up and look at them, Conner's almost dead, his snout and other parts of him seeping with blood as Beast is also hurt but not as bad, they are looking at each other growling as both hairs on the backs of their necks sticking up, I run in between them and glare at Beast as he pauses while Conner does the same, I'm breathing heavily thinking that this is it.

They both continue to growl until the sound of a car pulling up drags all of our concentration to it, Deaton runs out of the car not bothering to turn it off or close the door as he darts into the cemetery yelling at me to get out of the way, he stops when Beast turns to him, the sound of bones cracking to my right as I turn to see Conner on the floor breathing heavily from the wounds that he body was trying to heal.

"Conner!" his father yells as Beast snaps his jaws breaking my focus to them once more, I move in front of Beast as Deaton runs to his son holding him to his chest and checking for any signs of pain.

"Beast?"

Growl.

"James?"

Smaller growl.

I take a moment before moving a hand to his face, I know that he can sense my unease so he doesn't growl again, the tingling sensation of his touch runs through my arm and towards my chest making me quicken my breath for a moment.

"Go and leave with James" Deaton says to me.

"You sure?"

"Conner needs to go to the hospital, James needs to be with you, go," he says to me as I jump onto Beasts back and he runs towards my home once more. I slide off of his back and he shifts James standing there in a pair of boxers as he growls, I take his hand and lead him into the house, Beth and everyone else had gone by now as he growls when I take him to my room and I close the door behind me.

"I felt it" he says to me, I look at him and try to make myself seem smaller as I can scoop up the power that radiated off of him.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about" I say gasping when he pushes me up against the door, his eyes pouring into mine as he holds my forearms against me, he growls when he looks down slightly to see my chest rising up and down fast, he can hear my heart beating.

"You with him . . . Here" he says thinning his eyes as I breathe in and remember what he's talking about as he gets off of me once his canines start showing. They where long, sharp pointed teeth that peaked out of his full lips, he sits down with his head in his hands. As I stand there turning my head to see the cup still sitting on the dresser as I take it and fiddle with it, it is empty as I sigh and put it back before sitting next to James.

"How?"

"The link between us, whatever you do with another person who isn't me I can feel the slightest of pain in my heart, it's like something that tugs on your heart strings" he says to me through the muffling of his mouth against his hands, I look down and sigh.