Brothers

39

"Okay here's the plan," Mingi grabs a piece of paper from the kitchen and sits with the remainder of his family. His heart hurt with each passing moment they all aren't together, and he desperately wants them all back, "Me and Jongho are going to make a trip to town and talk to the owner of the store where we seen the humans. Once they give us a clue, we'll go find the others-"

"No," San shakes his head, "You're not going to go off and be the big bad alphas and try to play hero!"

"I agree with San," Seonghwa spoke up, "You guys will need help."

"We need someone here to watch over the territory too," Mingi looks directly at his mate, "Someone to watch over you and the babies."

"Mingi," Seonghwa takes his mate's hand in his own, "This is a pack effort. This calls for a pack rescue."

"Not when we have a one year old and a four month old," Mingi said sternly, his tone of voice indicated that this wasn't up for discussion, "we have children that need us and this is too dangerous for them."

"How about I stay with the children then?" Yeosang spoke up, "Parker is too small to survive without me right now. He needs me. And Ana looks up to me as a second mother anyway."

"You'll need someone here to protect you though," Seonghwa growls, "I'll be damned if you are here by yourself and some alpha tries to take over our territory."

"I have an idea," San looks straight at Seonghwa and arches his eyebrow, "You're the Luna right?"

"Well yes?" Seonghwa tilts his head in question, but before he can ask San to elaborate what he was meaning, Mingi growls.

"No, no no no no! Absolutely not!" He growls, "I'm not leaving Seonghwa and Yeosang here by themselves with the children! That's like asking for an Alpha to come take my territory, take my mate, kill my pups-"

"Now hold on," Seonghwa crosses his arms as he looks at his Alpha, "Who said an alpha will come take me? I'm not some weak omega Mingi-"

"No but you are MY omega!" Mingi slams his fist on the tabletop, which in turn woke Parker and the baby starts to cry, "I'll be damned if an Alpha comes into my territory and you try to face him off, only to be taken by him and overthrown!"

Seonghwa stands, "I'm. Not. Weak!" He alliterates, "I'm a Luna for god sakes! This isn't just your territory either Mingi, it's mine too! And Jongho's! It's OUR territory!! Would you rather me stay and leav?"

"That's not fair," Mingi stands, placing his hands on Seonghwa's shoulders, "you're my mate and Yeosang is my claimed omega. I want what's best for both of you."

"What's best for us is to be together as a family again," Yeosang's voice was stern as he stared at his alpha, "Seonghwa is the Luna. He is more than capable of staying with me and being in charge of the territory while you, Jongho, and San all go save the others. He can hunt, I can take care of the kids and we can both take care of the house and garden. But we need everyone back home."

Mingi looked as if he was struggling. On one hand he didn't want to leave anyone behind. On the other, he didn't want to leave his territory unguarded. And who knows how long they'll be gone for to rescue the others. He sighs in defeat, closing his eyes as he hung his head, "Okay. You and Seonghwa can stay. But I'm going to be taking the family phone, and if anything happens I want you to call me immediately."

Seonghwa smiles, cupping his Alpha's cheeks before placing a small kiss on his lips, "I will baby, I will."

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Jongho and Mingi step foot in the store and begin to look around. Really they were here on a mission, and they were anxious to complete it, but they had to play it cool until they can complete that mission.

Mingi, go say something to the store owner, Jongho mind links his brother.

I'm trying to figure out what to say, Mingi growls slightly, I don't want to make him suspicious.

Mingi for god sakes! Just say something like 'It's not as busy today! What happened to all of those people that were here with those uniforms?' It's not hard!

Easy for you to say! He's a human and I don't want him getting whiff that these humans took my family and I'm leaving to go save them! Mingi growls again quietly.

I think you're over thinking things big brother, Jongho chuckles, Fine. If you're going to be a pussy then I'll do it!

Mingi snarls and marches up to the front of the store, taking a bag of chips with him as he storms up there. The store owner was an older man, who looked to be in his mid forties. His salt and pepper hair was slicked back as he nods to Mingi, "Good afternoon sir, did you find everything okay?"

"Yes, thanks," Mingi bit his lip as the store owner scanned his chips. He grabs his wallet to pay, suddenly deciding to just come right out and ask the owner, "You're kind of slow now after those people with the blue shirts left."

"Yeah, they didn't stay long," the owner snorted, "Bunch of researchers looking for wolves. They work at a zoo supposedly and are doing research on the wolves here. Some people have reported seeing them in the woods and got in contact with them."

Mingi nods, handing the exact change to the man and taking his chips, "Thank you. What was the zoo they are from called?"

"It's called Utopia Zoo? They have all different kinds of animals from all over the world and they're known for their wolves. They actually just got some new wolves sent in and are planning on showing them off entering the exhibit and being united with the other wolves. These wolves were huge too supposedly."

Mingi looks over his shoulder at his brother and smirks, "What do you say, want to take the wife and kiddos to the zoo?"

"That would actually be great, Ana would love to see the elephants and penguins!" Jongho plays along, the guy chuckles.

"Yeah my kids have talked about going, tell you what, they gave me a brochure," the man reached behind the counter and handed them the brochure, the colorful letters and photos of the exhibits immediately drew in Jongho's and Mingi's attention, "they gave me a handful of them so here you go."

"Thank you," Mingi bows respectfully and they take their leave, "Have a good day!"

"You too!"

Once they get to the woods on the outskirts of town, Mingi looks at Jongho and nods, "Now we have a direct plan."

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Written by @luckyhwa98