☽ Howl ☾ [ SOLBY AU ] ✔

☽ 6 ☾

Sam was snoring in the passenger seat beside Colby. His blonde hair was ruffling in the wind as the air swept through the cracked window. Colby smiled at the sight, taking in as much as he can in those few seconds, before returning his gaze back to the road, closely following behind the black SUV that Elton owned that the rest of their pack was in.

Pack, Colby thought about the word, saying it in its mind, and tasting it on the tip of his tongue gently, "Pack."

The word, so foreign to his human tongue before, now felt like something normal. But there were now other words that Colby had learned that seemed simple. Of course, Colby was weary of what he had read on that internet article, but so far everything had been correct after being put to the test. Despite having wanted to know how to contact the author of the article for an explanation of how he or she knew, neither Colby or Sam could find a contact page. They only had a name, Luna, but it meant nothing.

Omega, Colby thought of this word now, saying it in his mind, and tasting it at last on the tip of his tongue, "Omega."

Sam shifted slightly beside him before returning to his deep sleep.

Colby tried to remember what he had read about Omegas on the page. They were the lowest in the social hierarchy of a wolf pack, but equally as important for they were what kept the pack going. There was a bad reputation of them being the weakest link for the Alpha of the pack was usually highly protective of them and they were usually weak in nature as well. But, Colby kept thinking about how it was only natural that an Alpha would be protective of the Omegas, but also for how the Alpha would equally be as protective of Betas. An Alpha would be protective of everyone in their pack no matter their social status.

Who were the Omegas in his pack, again? He thought and answered, Sam, Aaron, and Corey.

Beta, Colby now thought of this word, saying it in his mind, and tasting it at last on the tip of his tongue, "Beta."

Betas were the second-in-command to the pack and the Alpha's most trusted advisors. But, that word made the Betas sound like some sort of war party from Colby's high school history classes.

Who were the Betas in his pack? Only Elton and Jake.

Alpha, Colby thought of the word, said it in his mind, and then tasted it on his tongue like it was a fine whiskey in his mouth, "Alpha."

Being the Alpha, Colby was the absolute leader of their little pack. He had completely control over the pack members, but the internet article had said that, with practice, Colby could be able lessen that. That was what he wanted for them all. Colby was so tired of the amount of control he had over his friends, so he pledged himself to gaining more control over himself... over this thing inside him that was constantly knawing away from the inside of his mind, crying and moaning and screaming.

The Alpha sighed loudly, leaning his hand out the open window beside him, feeling the air currents across his skin. He tried to silence the voice in his mind.

Beside him, Sam started to make small whimper noises in his sleep, which caught Colby's attention, silencing that voice at last. His sapphire eyes went back and forth between the figure beside him and the road. Sam's whimpers were beginning to sound like a dog's and his arms and legs twitched. It reminded Colby of when Buddy or Circa were deep in a sleep and would move their legs like they were sprinting somewhere in their sleep. Colby wondered if Sam was running in his dreams like how Colby was back at their cabin. Hopefully, it wasn't what Colby had dreamt, but the Alpha knew his hopes were lost when he heard Sam give a small cry and watched Sam's blonde eyebrows furrow.

Reaching across, Colby grasped the Omega's hand tightly in his own, shaking it gently, but Sam wouldn't wake up. Colby moved his hand up along the Omega's arm, refusing to pull his hand away from Sam's skin.

"Sam," Colby called out to him, but the blonde just continued to make whimpering noises that were increasingly getting louder and sounding more painful than anything else.

"Sam!" Colby yelled, shaking the blonde.

Sam cried out suddenly, but his eyes were shut. Colby slammed on his breaks on the highway, earning a few annoyed honks from behind him, and pulled over onto the small shoulder littered with shards of broken glass and rubber tire pieces. Without turning the engine off, Colby raced out of his car and around it to Sam's side. Practically tearing the passenger door off, Colby fell to his knees on the hard highway road before Sam. Grabbing Sam's shoulders, Colby shook him; his head flopping back and forth.

"Sam! Wake up, dude!" Colby cried out, growing increasingly worried for his bestfriend.

Down the highway, the black SUV suddenly pulled over as well, but Colby didn't noticed. He was to far focused on trying to wake Sam up.

"Colby," the Alpha's name lingered on Sam's tongue.

"I'm here! Sam, bro! Wake up!" Colby moved his hands to cradle Sam's face, gently slapping his cheek, "Sam! Come on, dude! You're dreaming! Wake up! Wake up!"

Suddenly, Sam gasped loudly, his eyes opening wide, but they weren't the normal blue that Colby was familiar with. They were golden, shining so bright, and it startled the Alpha slightly, as they reminded him of the golden eyes he had seen on the white wolf. But, at least Sam was awake now.

"Colby," Sam stared at him, his chest heaving.

And the next thing Colby knew, there were arms wrapped around him. An electric pulse raced across Colby's skin at the touch of the blonde. Sam was holding onto Colby so tight and Colby was completely fine with it. If he could, Colby wished he could hold Sam for the rest of his life and never let go; he wished that Sam would hold onto him for that long, too.

Sam chest was heaving hard and each breath he took brushed against Colby's chest; his breath tickled the hair beneath his ear. It was soothing to the Alpha, like a day at the beach with the warm sun baking on his skin.

"You're okay," Colby finally replied, lifting his hand to run a hand through Sam's hair. Soft touches and caresses that Colby found himself doing to Sam and assumed that they were simply a characteristic of an Alpha comforting a pack member.

"You're okay, Sam," Colby's voice was a lullaby, calming Sam's racing heart in a matter of seconds.

The sound of the cars whooshed past the pair in their car and, as a truck went by, the car shook like a surfboard on a wave. Sam clutched at Colby's shirt on his back with each rock of the car.

"What did you dream about, Sam?" Colby asked.

Sam sighed shakily, "I was running and I had Changed, like you had told me about your nightmare," Colby shut his eyes to the painful feeling that resurfaced after Sam's words, "And I was running so fast. I came upon a creek and I saw a wolf. A black wolf with crimson eyes so full of bloodlust," after the nightmare, Colby knew what his wolf form was and it startled him a bit when Sam mentioned a black wolf, "It attacked me and I tried so hard to fight it. So hard, Colby. But, I couldn't. I can still feel its claws and teeth ripping my fur. It was killing me. I screamed and screamed for help, for anyone, for you," Colby tightened his hold around Sam at those words, which sounded so similar to the nights after their attack in the Witches Forest, "No one came. Then I woke up."

Colby sighed, rubbing soothing circles around Sam's neck and lower back, "It's okay, now."

A voice suddenly came from up the road, "Colby! Sam!" and the Alpha snapped his head around to look up the road between the 'V' that the open door created with Colby's car. The black SUV was parked about several feet ahead and the side doors were open. Corey and Jake were standing on the floor of the SUV, holding onto the side of it, as they peered at them from the SUV roof. Elton had walked toward them and was cupping his hands around his mouth to shout at the pair over the L.A. highway traffic, "You guys okay?"

"Yeah!" Colby yelled back, "Go on ahead without us! Will meet you at the Trap House!"

"Are you sure?" Elton called back.

"Yes! Go!" Colby waved at them to go on ahead and watched as Elton nodded and turned around back to the SUV.

The Alpha kept his arms around the shaking Omega and waited until the black SUV disappeared into the flood of L.A. traffic before turning back to Sam, "You okay to head on?"

Sam nodded, "Yeah, I'll be okay."

Colby knew he was lying.