Rise Of The Black Ranger

Dillon had just finished washing up his hands as he looked at them for a moment as he flashed back to when they were covered completely in blood before shaking his head before looking towards Shade trying to clean the blood from the wolf's bitten off ear.

It took him a moment to put two and two together but it didn’t take him long to ask, “dad did you mark him?”.

“If you mean bite his ear off. Yes,” Shade responds, “one of the others joined our pack and he bit her for choosing to do it… I reacted to it for some reason and bit his ear off as a punishment for what he did.”

“Guess that’s some instinct that kicked during that moment” Dillon replied as he shook his hands off the water.

“I take it that was your first time killing someone. Right?”

“I think so, I could have killed someone way before this point in time but then again I don’t remember”, Dillon paused. “But that feeling in the pit of my stomach, it was awful I felt sick...” Dillon then said as he looked Shade in his eyes.

“It never gets easier does it?” Dillon asked, getting silence in return.

“it just… makes me question how some are capable of doing it without hesitation, when I saw the light drain from that wolf's eyes I felt like at that moment I was a monster”.

Shade remained quiet for a moment before saying, “It normally doesn’t get easier to take a life. If it does, then it’s a sign that you're losing sight of who you are. You become numb to the feeling and don’t see it as something that matters anymore.” He then paused again, “as long as you still feel something about it, then it’s a sign you're still alive and not some cold lifeless ghost just watching life pass you by.”

Dillon just put Shade’s word into deep thought before replying “I... I understand dad”.

“Good,” Shade responded, still struggling to clean the blood from the wolf’s coat, “I really miss my hands.”

“I'm surprised you haven’t figured out how to turn back” they hear Ryka state as she sat in between them.

“Normally I just tap that thing on my arm but well,” Shade responds holding his leg up, “It’s kind of missing.”

“That's definitely concerning,” Ryka replied.

“Maybe it requires you to manually turn back?” Dillon commented.

“What, you don’t like your new Alpha as a timberwolf like you?” Shade asked, smirking at Ryka, “And pray tell how would I manually turn back to normal. I don’t even know what happened to the damn thing to do this in the first place.”

“I didn’t say that,” Ryka replied with a chuckle.

“I mean when I first got bit, fur basically covered my entire body but over the two weeks before I kinda learned how to make the fur go away” Dillon replied, before adding “now that I think about it probably wouldn’t work the same”.

“I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually. It’ll likely be some kind of trigger…. Or a really long timer.”

“Probably” Dillon and Ryka replied as they saw Shade continue struggling to clean the blood.

“Let me help, I'm used to coats of fur,” Dillon said as he sat next to Shade, cupping some of the water in his hand and rinsing it onto the wolf’s fur.

“Thank you, I don’t know why I was struggling so much,” Shade asks.

“You’ll get used to it sooner or later” Dillon replied before scrubbing off some of the blood.

“You don’t need to stay quiet you know… you could at least give us a name to call you by… unless you want us creating a new one for you,” Shade states looking at the wolf he had bitten.

The wolf was silent before quietly responding, “My name is Nago”

“Nice to meet you Nago” Dillon quickly replied.

“Nago… I’m sorry for taking your ear,” Shade says looking at him.

Nago just quietly gave a nod in response.

“It's gonna be okay we're not gonna hurt you unless you give us reason to” Dillon stated as he rinsed Nago’s fur again.

“Ok,” Nago replied.

“Alright and done,” Dillon said as he got rid of the last bit of blood from Nago’s fur, “Much better”.

“Thank you…” Nago quietly said, Dillon hearing this, smiled before patting his head, “Your welcome”.

“Now… I think we need to deal with that other Alpha,” Shade responds, “Ryka, Dillon. Can you two gather a group willing to help take him down?”

“Yep,” Dillon replied with a nod.

“I’ll see what we can do” Ryka responded as she and Dillon stood up and walked towards some of the pack members Ryka not far behind.

Shade sees them speak with the pack members, some of them showing hesitation but over time some of them showed some willingness for what they were asking.

This went on for a couple of minutes before Dillon and Ryka came back with a good amount of members behind them.

“We got around fifteen of them to agree to do it,” Dillon commented.

“And we also have our guide to their pack right here,” Shade responds looking at Nago, “So now we just need a plan.”

“Yeah what are we gonna do now this has been taken care of” Ryka stated.

“First we need to wait for everyone to return from their recruitment trips and see if we can learn anything else about the other pack,” Shade responds before adding, “Unless any of you have any information you want to pass on about your old pack that could prevent us from harming as many of them as possible.”

The wolves just shake their heads in response before one of them spoke up, “I know an old passageway that leads to the alpha”.

“How well hidden or known is it to the pack?” Shade asks, looking at the wolf.

“It's basically been forgotten no one goes through there anymore but I do know it's still there and intact”.

“Do you know how large the passage is and where it would come out?”

“The passage used to be used to hide some of the wolves who couldn’t fight so it isn’t small and if I remember correctly it comes out south of the territory and going in it leads almost directly to the alpha’s area”.

“Do any of you who were there before still have either family or Pups that were left behind?” Shade asks, looking at each of the wolves.

Ten out of the fifteen wolves nod in response while the last five shook their heads.

“If we were able to distract the Alpha long enough, could you get them out through the passageway without being seen? That goes double for any pups that he could endanger.”

“Yeah that's doable, '' one of them replied.

“If possible I want to ensure that none of the pups gets harmed, if we can get them out of that pack and safely to us it would be a good idea. Besides, if their pups are being used as leverage against them, if we get them away it could cause others to turn on the Alpha.”

“We’ll make sure to get them to safety,” one of them responded.

“But what about the omega she’s basically stuck with the alpha at all times” another one of the wolves comments.

“Well, we have two options for her. One is to get her pups away from the pack, in which case she may leave to stay with them. Two if she is with their Alpha… we may need to handle them both,” Shade responds.

“Let's hope she isn't with the alpha then” Dillon stated.

“Next we need to decide how we approach this,” Shade adds, “we know of at least two entrances, the main door which could draw their attention, and the hidden route into the base. I would say we split into two groups. One to distract the pack another to get the pups and your families away from them.”

“Alright since there are fifteen wolves in this group, who goes into each group then?” Dillon asked.

“That still needs deciding on. I don’t know how effective each of you would be in a fight against that other pack, or who will be able to persuade the others to leave with you,” Shade points out, “also we need to wait on the others to get back from trying to recruit the other packs.”

“True” Dillon replied as his ear twitched as he looked to the side, Shade noticing this does the same as the first two groups they sent to find those other packs came back and with a lot more wolves with them as well.

“Nice!” Dillon shouted out as he stood up, “I take it you guys were successful?”.

“Yeah we were able to convince them to join us but I don’t know about our third group though”.

“Why?” Dillon asked.

“Because we haven't heard from them we passed them not too long after we set out on finding those packs”.

“The pack was probably already taken or they went into hiding so that group is probably still looking for them” Ryka commented

“How did your old Alpha go about getting captured packs to follow him?” Shade asked, looking at the wolves from the pack that attacked them.

“He used fear tactics to get them to follow him, and if they still refused he killed them” one of them replied.

“How long do we have to prevent him from harming them?” Shade asked, taking a single breath closing his eyes.

“A couple of hours, maybe five depends if he’s in a good mood today,” the wolf replied.

Shade then opened his eyes again, “Change of plans… we go now and stop him, hopefully, they weren’t taken too long ago.”

“Alright let's do this everyone!” Dillon shouted.

“Also if he has harmed them. Don’t kill him. I feel like death for someone like that is too merciful… and both punishments used so far are too lenient.” Shade adds.

“Oh if I get my hands on him I'm not gonna kill him I'm gonna make him wish he was dead” Dillon replied before letting out a whistle towards Nago who turned his attention towards the boy.

“Nago we need you to take us to your old pack alright?” Dillon asked the wolf who nodded in response as he slowly stood up.

“Kai… you're coming too,” Shade adds, looking at the wolf.

“Oh...Ok!” Kai replied immediately standing up.

“Just remember what I taught you and you’ll be fine,” Shade adds with a smile before looking at the entire group, “any of you who just arrived we are going to eliminate the pack who’s been attacking us all en masse. If you need to hide you can use this place as shelter. If he has attacked you before you are welcome to join us in taking him out.”

Most of the wolves Shade had addressed nodded in response before a large majority laid themselves down before a small group stepped forward one of them saying “We’ll help”.

“Also before we go, if anyone who just came wishes to merge into our pack to help defend yourselves from here on out, I will welcome you with open arms, also this is your choice, and I’m not forcing it on any of you. None of you needs to make any decision now. The offer is out there now for you to consider at your leisure. My only desire is to try and prevent other packs from colliding and hurting each other as much as I can.”

The groups of wolves who were brought into the lake went silent for a moment weighing out their options before one from the second group came up afterward saying, “we’ll think about your offer, just give us some time to think it over”.

“You don’t have to make the decision now hell you don’t have to accept it, we're only doing this to stop that one pack from causing more crap than its worth” Dillon commented.

“Now let's get going, I don't want our pack members to get hurt by that bastard,” Dillon then announced as he then shouted, “Nago let’s go!”.

Nago just nodded before walking in front of the group before all of them went into the forest following closely behind the wolf.

The group had been walking in the forest for a bit before nearing an exit that had light pouring through it as Nago suddenly stopped moving.

“Why’d you stop Nago?” Dillon asked, confused as he looked at Nago’s face which had nothing but pure fear written all over it.

Nago only looked back towards Dillon and then towards Shade who had a glare on his face which caused the wolf to look forward again and keep moving forward.

“When we get to their pack I want half of you to go towards the hidden pathway, the rest of us will distract the pack from the front,” Shade states looking at the group.

Everyone in the group nodded in response before Dillon asked, “any place you want me, specifically dad?”.

“I want at least you, Nago and Kai with me. And if what I do works, I want you to keep anyone who collapses out of my way.”

“Got it!” Dillon responded as he and the group continued to follow Nago through the exit as the next thing they saw was a large cave that seemed to have a large number of wolves residing within it.

“I know they said the pack had a lot of members but jeez….” Dillon commented before looking at Shade.

“Less than I was expecting,” Shad responds, his eyes scanning the area, “Once your inside keep yourselves from being noticed, if you're lucky they shouldn’t realize you’ve left the pack yet.”

The wolves nod in response and immediately go forward to the cave leaving the other wolves with Shade and Dillon.

“Okay now what?”.

“Now. We cause a distraction. Stay out of sight until you're needed,” Shade responds, taking a step forward.

“Got it,” Dillon nodded.

Shade then closed his eyes before opening them slowly, a bright crimson glow coming from them as he walked out of the forest towards the wolves outside the cave.

The wolves notice him and immediately go into a defensive position, “Who are you!” one of them growled out.

Shade didn’t respond initially as he paused a meter away from the wolf simply looking at them, his eyes glowing brighter with each second.

“Answer me who are you” the wolf states still getting silence in return before it lunges towards Shade.

“Down!” Shade shouted a large black and red shockwave moving from in front of him as the wolf immediately fell to the ground as well as the others not far behind him, “Sit!” He ordered again, his eyes glaring at the wolf who had jumped at him as he walked towards them again.

The wolves tried getting back up on there but couldn’t as Shade continued walking towards them “what the hell are you!?” one of the grunts out.

“Down and stay put!” Shade orders again his eyes looking at most of the pack around him.

The pack just looked at him in silence, some just showing faces of pure shock and some showing apprehension to go anywhere near him as silence filled the area but that didn’t stop some from showing hostility towards Shade as some of the wolves growled towards him before attempting to surround him.

“What can’t a lone wolf walk around?” Shade asks, “I mean isn’t this a bit over the top, all of you for a single wandering wolf?”

They didn’t respond, only letting out more growls towards him making him raise his brow slightly.

“Can’t we talk this out?” Shade asked looking at each of the wolves as they growled at him, “No? Alright then.” he added before pushing off on his back legs towards the nearest wolf biting and tearing one of their ears off as he passed, turning back to face the other wolves. “Come on!”

The wolf trembled on the ground as blood slowly gushed from its ear prompting Dillon and the others to flinch slightly. Nago on the other hand looked away while they watched from the treeline.

The wolves immediately rush towards Shade barring their teeth at him as three jumps towards him while others continue to swarm around him, as Shade turned on his feet pouncing forwards headbutting the nearest jumping wolf in the chest sending him backward into a nearby tree near where the rest of the pack was waiting.

“Yeah they're gonna be tossed around like ragdolls” Dillon muttered out as the wolf that tossed into the tree slowly fell off of it “Yikes…”.

The wolves who were still fighting Shade attempted to switch things up, any wolves that he knocked back would use them as a springboard to get closer to him some succeeding in getting closer only for him to knock them back farther.

Shade raised a paw above his head before shouting, “On my mark!” letting the remaining wolves surround him again, each of them facing away from the rest of the pack hidden in the forest. “Now!”

The wolves barrel towards him to attack him again but the moment they close enough Dillon and the wolves rush out of the treeline including Nago who follows behind the boy as they knock right into the wolves immediately pinning them down.

“If they try to attack any of you, have a quick bite,” Shade warns, “If they are smart they won’t try anything” he adds walking towards the wolf he had bitten the ear off of.

The wolf looked up to see Shade walking towards him and tried to move back “D-don’t come any closer…” the wolf stuttered out in pain, as Shade ignored him moving to stand in front of him.

“Sit,” Shade ordered, now bearing down on the bitten wolf, The wolf immediately did what he was told as he looked up at Shade in complete fear. “Calm down little one,” He added, placing a paw on her head before a spark jumped between where Shade had touched her.

In a matter of moments, her fearful face started to disappear as her memories were being rewritten, all the memories of her being in her current pack were rapidly changed. Replacing each one from her current packs to Shade’s removing any negative events in the process, and not even a moment later she looked up at Shade.

“There you go. Feeling better pup?” Shade asked placing his hand over her ear as it healed quickly without any trace of damage.

“Yes alpha, but where am I?” the wolf replied as the members that were pinned down immediately started to speak confused as to what transpired.

“What did you do!?” one of them yells trying to break free of Dillon’s grip only for him to tighten it.

“Hey don’t make me do something I’ll regret now, stay still!” the boy growled out as the wolf slowly stopped.

“Help!” one of the others yell before others do the same before the sound of flesh tearing could be heard simultaneously as multiple pained yelps could be heard.

The wolf Dillon had pinned down stayed silent as he looked to him in a blank expression as he remembered back to the wolf he marked two weeks prior, “Good thank you for not forcing my hand”.

The wolf only nodded in response as Dillon looked to see Nago who didn’t do anything to the wolf he had pinned down who was completely silent and had stayed silent as well, while Nago only looked away from the wolves who had been bitten.

“Kai, Nago, Dillon with me. The rest of you stay here. Ensure none of them tries to leave or escape,” Shade ordered rubbing the ear of the wolf he had corrupted, gesturing for her to pin the wolf Dillon had pinned in place, “and if any of them fight back, handle them at your discretion.”

The wolf immediately goes towards Dillon and pins them down, letting Dillon stand himself up while Nago and Kai immediately do the same.

They then hear sounds coming from deeper in the cave, Dillon letting out a scoff as he commented, “Why couldn’t they be quiet?”.

“Well, it did distract everyone inside like we planned,” Shade responds, “So now… we get to their Alpha… and maybe take more of their pack while we go. Let's move.”

“Got it” Dillon responded as Nago and Kai nodded as they immediately ran deeper into the cave.

For ten minutes they encounter over fifteen wolves deeper within the caves a small majority being bitten by the group than ones who surrendered peacefully this continued until they reached the end of the cave seeing two wolves, one who had pups hiding behind them and one that looked like he was about to attack her.

Dillon immediately rushed forward in front of the wolf who immediately lunged forward the boy twisting his body around and landing a kick on the wolf's muzzle, the wolf staying in the air for a moment before Dillon punched right into its chest launching him towards Shade, as he skidded to the half by Shade’s feet.

“Hello there. Are you the Alpha of this pack,” Shade asked with a smirk on his face as he looked down at the wolf.

“What is it to you?” the wolf replied as he slowly got back to his feet.

“You ok?” they hear Dillon say as they see him check on the wolf and the pups who nodded in response.

“Simple,” Shade responded, stamping the wolf back to the floor, “I came to both talk and deal with the Alpha who attacked my pack, Also I wanted to show you two of my newest pack members,” Shade added, allowing the wolf to look at both Kai and Nago.

“G-grey, Nago?” The wolf said with a whisper, completely shocked at what he was witnessing, Nago only looked away in response while Kai just looked at him in confusion.

“Who’s Grey, my names Kai,” the wolf said

“What did you do to them!?” the wolf shouted as he saw that one of Nago's ears was missing.

“Why don’t we have them tell you themselves,” Shade responded glaring at Nago and placing a paw in the mark on Kai’s eyes, temporally allowing Grey control back of his mind and voice, while Shade retained control of his body.

“I'm sorry brother I couldn’t stop him he marked Nago and i-” Grey was about to say before Shade immediately took control back away from him giving control back to Kai.

“Now that's enough from you,” Shade responded, rubbing Kai’s neck.

“Grey, what the hell did you do!?” the wolf shouted as he tried getting back up again.

“My name’s not Grey, it's Kai!” Kai responded with slight annoyance in his voice.

Shade then pinned the wolf to the floor again, before saying “I know my son's name, and it’s Kai.”

“Who is this guy dad? Why is he calling me Grey” asked, confused, which made the wolf's eyes widen.

“I think he’s the Alpha of the pack who attacked us,” Shade responded with a smile.

“Oh ok,” the wolf replied with a smile in return as the wolf looked like his whole world was shattered.

“The pups and the omega are okay,” Dillon says as he walks next to Shade.

“Any injuries on any of them?” Shade asks.

Dillon just sighed as he replied, “The Omega isn’t able to walk, she has lacerations on her legs”.

Shade looked at the wolf under his paws before saying, “Keep a hand on this one for me. Don't let him go anywhere.”

Dillon nodded as Shade moved away from the wolf, the boy immediately pinning the wolf down with his foot Nago and Kai helping him.

“Nago do something please!” the wolf shouted only for Nago to look away from him out of fear and shame.

“Please just do someth-” the wolf responded before Dillon and Kai bore down harder on him, silencing him.

As the group was doing this Shade walked towards the Omega and the pups at the back of the cave, his eyes having returned to normal.

The omega and pups look towards him in a mix of shock and fear as the omega tries keeping her pups behind her.

“Don’t worry, I’m not here to harm you. I’m here to help you,” Shade responded as he got closer to the wolf. A strong sweet smell hit his nose, the scent seeming to come from the Omega in front of him.

The Omega just looked away from him before he heard the wolf Dillon and the other had pinned down shout, “Stay away from her she’s mine!”.

“Shut up!” Dillon shouted before Shade heard him hit the wolf.

As soon as Shade was standing over her he paused looking down before lowering himself to her level, “Are you okay little one?”

She looked towards him and responded with a nod, “I can’t move my legs but I'm just happy that my pups are okay”.

“What happened to your legs,” Shade responded as he looked at the way she was sitting.

She looked away from Shade as she responded “I refused to give the alpha what he wanted and he punished me”.

“Who is the Alpha and what did he want?”

She immediately motioned towards the wolf the others had pinned down, “He wanted my body to bear more of his pups”.

Shade then looked back at the pinned wolf for a moment quickly looking back with a sad look in his eyes before saying, “are you saying that he took your legs from you and… forced you to bear them in the past and kept you here?”

She only nodded in response, and at the moment she began to think about it Shade saw that she began to tear up and cry, the second Shade saw this he wrapped his paws around her, “It’s okay, I won’t let him hurt you or any of your pups ever again.”

“Th-thank you” she sobbed as tightly held Shade, Dillon overhearing this began to tighten his grip Nago and Kai seeing his eyes go red for a moment.

“Little one… Do you want to abandon this pack and leave with me and join mine?” Shade asks, looking at the omega again, as he rubbed his paw over her neck.

“Yes, my alpha” she replied as she nuzzled against Shade before hearing the wolf knock Dillon and the wolves off of him as he jumped to his feet and immediately charged towards them roaring out in anger, “No she belongs to me!”.

Shade didn’t respond for a moment letting the Alpha get closer to him before turning around and glaring at the Alpha as he shouted, “Get on the floor you damn mut!”

The alpha immediately fell to the floor seemingly listening to Shade out of fear.

Shade then rose to his paws, his eyes shining brighter than they had ever before as he walked over to the Alpha, “When I came here I planned to only stop you from harming any other packs… but now I see simply stopping you won’t ever be enough.” He then stood over the Alpha before stamping hard into his back cracking the ground under the wolf, “taking your ear like I did with Nago, changing who you are like I did you brother or even death is too much of a mercy for you as well.”

“Then what do you plan on doing to me then?” The alpha replied with a sneer.

“I’m going to take everything from you the only way that two different packs Alpha’s should if you refuse it, I’ll simply force what I intend to do on you and make what little life you have less as hellish as I can,” Shade responds, “If you win though, I leave and return all your pack to you, if I win, I get everything including you.”

The alpha went silent for a moment.

“You don’t get a choice, accept and get a chance to escape, or reject it like a coward and I make you suffer anyway,” Shade added putting more force down on the Alpha’s back.

He let out a groan in pain before speaking, “I.. I accept”.

“Good. We do this outside in front of the whole of your pack so they can watch what happens to you with no doubt on the outcome,” Shade responds, “Agreed.”

“Agreed” the alpha replied.

“Good, Dillon, Kai, lead him outside, we’ll catch up in a moment,” Shade requests.

Dillon and the Kai immediately listened as he wordlessly took the alpha out of the cave Shade, noticing that his demeanor changed.

As soon as they had left, Shade took a deep breath before looking at the injured Omega, “I’m sorry you had to see that.”

“It's ok, thank you for stopping him.” She replied.

“Still I’m sorry I’ve just put your safety at risk due to my reaction… which is strange I don’t normally act like that,” Shade admits before saying, “Can I look at your legs?”

She quietly nodded in response as she slightly struggled, having trouble attempting to move as Nago helped her up her legs shaking.

“Do you have a name for me to call you?” Shade asked as he began examining the mare's legs finding multiple deep cuts covering each of her legs, many of them having been targeted at her muscles and nerves.

“My name is….Ivy,” she replied.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Ivy. You can either call me Shade or if you want to remain formal can call me Alpha, it’s your call,” Shade requested as his paw began to glow as he placed it against one of the damaged legs.

“Likewise Shade,” Ivy replied before asking, “What are you doing?” as she felt an odd sensation on her legs.

“If it goes right… helping you walk again,” Shade responds as he moves to the next leg.

“Do you think it will work?” she asked.

“Hopefully,” Shade responds as he finishes healing her front two legs, “Do your front legs feel any better?”

“They don’t hurt anymore but they feel a little tingly” Ivy responded.

“How long have your legs been like this?” Shade asks moving on to her back legs, her scent getting stronger the longer he lingered near her, ‘block it out Shade, don’t force yourself on her.’

“Only for a few months,” she replied as she felt the odd sensation again.

“How many times did that other Alpha lay his hands on you in that way?” Shade asks moving to the last leg.

“Far too many…” Ivy muttered out, as she saw Shade step away from her.

She placed her paws on the ground, putting her weight on the ground, her legs shaking slightly as she slowly made a step forward, “I can walk..” She said in shock as she looked towards Shade happy.

“I’m glad I could help,” Shade responds with a smile, “If I can do anything else to help you just say.”

“Thank you!” Ivy replied, thankful before nuzzling against him, her tail wagging which caused Shade to smell her scent even more.

“Ivy.. try to control yourself,” Satou requests as he looks away from her.

“O-oh sorry” Ivy apologized as she backed away from him as she knocked into Nago who flinched in response as she looked to see a blush on his face Ivy seeing that his “equipment” was forming as he said, “I-Im gonna go where the others are” as he immediately ran out of the area.

Ivy just stood there in silence before looking towards Shade giving him a look that seemed to ask him for help.

“Ivy… I know what you want me to do and the answer is no. It’s not the right time or place to do that for many reasons, and not just because of the pups being with you,” Shade responds turning away slightly, “Besides, on the minuscule chance your old Alpha can beat me, I would doubt he would be happy that I did that with you.”

Ivy just nodded as she replied, “I understand if it's alright with you just so I don’t distract anyone I’ll stay in here with the pups”.

“You sure that you don’t want to see if I am still your Alpha after the duel and get the chance to watch your abuser suffer?” Shade asks.

She began to think it over for a moment before stating, “I’ll look but I'll keep a good distance away, I want to see him pay for what he’s done”.

“Oh trust me. He’ll pay,” Shade responds as he begins to walk out the cave, with Ivy walking a small distance behind him.

As Satou reached the outside of the cave he found his pack and the newly bitten wolves on one side and the other side being wolves who looked to be willing and other wolves who showed that they were still on the side of their alpha as they all argued with each other.

Dillon during all of this was covering his ears trying to tune them out as the noise and the yelling was beginning to get to him.

“Shut up, shut up, shut up” The boy repeated over and over with gritted teeth.

“Shut up you annoying pests!” The alpha yelled only for the yelling to get worse as Shade saw that Dillon was about to do something.

“Quiet!” Shade shouted a crimson wave moving through the area hitting everything outside the cave.

All of them go silent as they look to Shade who stood in the center between all of them, “I assume you all know why he is out here,” Shade asks, pointing to the Alpha.

“Yeah the brat told us” one of them commented pointing to Dillon who growled in response, as Shade glared at the wolf his eyes glowing red.

The wolf immediately looked away out of fear, “I apologize”.

“Alright you may already know this but I'm gonna say this again your alpha is gonna fight against ours if he wins we join but if he loses all of you join us any objections?”.

The wolves didn’t say anything, seeming to agree to the arrangement, “Good” Dillon stated as he pushed the alpha forward, he looked at the boy in anger only to see the boy look at him with nothing but hatred.

The wolf turns away with a scoff and walks to the center as well sitting across from Shade.

“You could surrender before I beat you to a pulp, but even then you would just prove how much of a coward you are,” Shade remarks.

“I'm not surrendering,” the alpha replied.

“Good. I bet almost all of your pack want to see you get tossed around for the things you’ve done… Maybe when I beat you down I'll break each of your legs. Does that not sound familiar.” The alpha only growled in response as he glared at Shade. “Oh, what's wrong don’t like the truth. , You know what after this is done, maybe I'll take care of your Omega. I don’t see an issue in having more than one Omega to care for, afterall… you won’t need an Omega anymore in a few minutes.”

“Let's just get this over with” he responded with a snarl.

“If you're sure,” Shade responds with a sigh, “But you do know that this isn’t going to end well for you.”

The alpha just looked towards him in silence before saying, “I know it won't, I just don’t care”.

“Fine then,” Shade responded as the two circled each other in silence, the two keeping their view on each other.

“This would be so much easier if I could go back to normal,” Shade thought to himself as he kept his eye on the Alpha.

“Shade. We’ve got it… you should have a mark somewhere on your body, touch it to go back to normal. It should be on your ear or back hind legs,” Harmony quickly shouts to Shade.

“Care to be specific, on which one?” Shade asks as the Alpha begins to rush towards Shade

“Back of the right ear!” Harmony shouts back.

Shade then quickly jumped backward reaching towards his right ear, his paw scraping against it as a robotic disembodied voice shouted “Mutation activated!” as his body began to change slightly as his form changed in many ways to look like his Alicorn form, however, his ears had turned more wolf-like and his arms looked to have black bark creeping up them creating an almost armored look to them.

“Okay… that wasn’t what I thought would happen,” Shade states looking at his hands which were now covered by wood, but apart from that looked like he before turning into a wolf.

The alpha meanwhile landed on the ground as he stared at Shade in disbelief, “What are you?”.

“Have you not seen my son?” Shade points out gesturing to Dillon, “you know… the wolf who hit you first?”

The alpha just glanced at Dillon who just smirked at him before flipping him off, the alpha only let out a snarl in response before putting his focus back towards Shade.

“But yeah… I am so much worse than he is,” Shade responds, “Still… I'll be kind, you can have one free shot, but if you waste it. You're gonna regret it.”

“Gladly” the alpha replied as he rushed forward towards Shade bringing out his claw to slash him only to phase through him.

“What!?” the alpha said in shock, looking back to see Shade looking towards him with a smirk.

“Now… is it my turn?” Shade asks before teleporting in front of the Alpha, a hand grabbing him by the throat and lifting him into the air before throwing him upwards.

“Yeah he’s gonna get absolutely destroyed” Dillon stated as he looked up.

The alpha attempted to move his body to get his view back on Shade only to see that he wasn’t on the ground anymore, “Above you,” Shade responds a crimson glow shining above them,

He turned to look at Shade and one thing he saw was that his horn was glowing before a crimson beam of light struck the Alpha in the chest launching him towards the ground.

The alpha was slammed into the ground as a plume of dust covered the area for a moment preventing the wolves from seeing him.

“Is he dead?”.

“No, I don’t want him dead,” Shade responds as he lands in front of the wolves as the dust clears revealing the Alpha on the ground, his wooden coat covered in black and red markings covering his rear legs and back. “Get up, you can still do more.”

He slowly got back up to his feet, his legs slightly shaking before he looked to Shade defiantly with a glare as he went to attack him again, as Shade sidestepped each of his attacks.

Each of his attacks left him more and more tired until his last one had him fall right through Shade who was about to attack him.

“Hey!” Shade heard Dillon shout as five of the wolves that were still loyal to him jumped into the fight to assist their alpha as they went to attack Shade.

“So…. six versus one. Are you really that desperate and weak?” Shade asks as he kicks the Alpha to the feet on the incoming wolves.

The alpha got back to his feet as he immediately rushed back to Shade the wolves not so far behind in his attack.

Dillon looked like he was about to step in only to see Shade hold his hand up, the boy immediately stopping as his father glanced at him, Dillon just nodded as he sat down, understanding that he shouldn’t interfere.

The wolves and their alpha attacks didn't do anything since each time they attempted to hurt Shade only led to them phasing through him, the alphas frustration starting to show more and more with each attempt leading to failure.

“How long do you think you can keep going for?” Shade asks his hand reaching to his side.

“As long...as I need to” the alpha replied as he noticed where Shade's hand was.

“I really was hoping you would just tire out so I could stop without hurting you too much at this stage,” Shade responds as he places his hands on his waist before his belt appears on his waist, “By the way… If you want to run you each have a head start before this gets… painful.”

The alpha eyes widened in response as a small amount of fear showed on his face as he stepped back a moment as everyone that watched had their eyes on him.

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Shade responded before shouting, “Hensin!” as a green figure flew towards the group from the belt around Shades waist knocking them flying into nearby trees, a loud snaps being heard from two of them as what looked to be light amber blood dripped down the trees from where they had impacted them.

“Dad's gonna tear him apart, isn't he?” Kai asked as he stood next to Dillon who just silently nodded.

“ If you five don’t want to die I'd recommend not fighting him, you're not gonna win!” Dillon shouted towards the wolves who looked at him before looking back towards Shade.

“Your funeral” the boy then muttered under his breath before seeing the Omega Inside the cave watching.

Shade then looked back to the group of wolves ahead of him, a sad look in his eyes as he said “As I said, you should have started running,”

The green figure then seemed to float above his head before a second later attaching to the back of the newly formed suit that covered him, a new voice shouted “Kaigan: Robin Hood! Hello! Arrow! Mori de Aou!” As Shade slowly looked forward again.

The alpha stumbled in slight fear, unable to move he started to growl anger showing on his face as he shouts "how dare you!" As he lunged towards Shade, the agitation from before started to show again as the only instinct he had at that moment was to kill him

“You knew what you were getting into, and they all willingly ran into this to assist you,” Shade responds as the group saw that he was covered in a black and red armored suit, that had a green and yellow Jacket, that looked to have a feather on the hood, with the jacket covering the chest and head, while in his hands looked to be a black and red bow of some kind. “Just know that whatever happens to them next is on both their heads or yours for not stopping them.”

The wolves that had interfered before were about to go fight Shade as well until they heard their Alpha yell, “Don’t interfere you idiots!”, as they all suddenly stopped, “Do you want to end up like Grey or Nago!?”

“I don’t understand what happened to them?” one of the wolves asked.

“Nago’s marked and following them, and do you see Grey anywhere around us!?” The alpha shouted towards them as they looked unsure for a moment before looking back towards Shade with defiance.

“You idiots….” the alpha said with an exasperated sigh before seeing them run towards Shade the alpha immediately grabbed one who looked shocked that he stopped them as they saw the others lunge towards Shade.

Shade however quickly sidestepped them striking one in the back with his bow and punching the second to the ground as both wolves landed at his feet, before SHade pulled the string of his bow back pointing it down at the wolves he just knocked to the ground, releasing an arrow into one of the rear legs of both wolves pinning them in place.

The wolf the alpha had grabbed just looked on in shock as Shade shot another set of arrows into the opposite front leg of the wolves ensuring they couldn’t move and were bound in place.

“What?” the wolf that the alpha had grabbed whispered, before he saw Shade reach down towards the wolves heads who immediately tried to move away from him fear in their eyes, before his hands make contact with their foreheads before their eyes go blank, both wolves looking forwards vacantly at the free wolf and Alpha before their heads droop forwards almost seeming to rest lifelessly while drool falls from their mouths to the floor.
The alpha’s breath hitched from what he had witnessed and when he looked towards the wolf he had grabbed just looked horrified as it whimpered out, “What did you do?”

Shade didn’t respond to the wolf as he rubbed the drooling wolves head, their eyes still looking vacant as their heads seemed to move to rub up against Shade’s arms, before Shade calmly said “Good boys” before pulling the arrows from the wolves legs quickly healing them after, before turning head towards the two remaining wolves as the two drooling wolves eyes followed Shades.

“Go back,” the alpha said to the wolf who slowly backed away before going back into the pack as the alpha just grit his teeth.

“What the hell did you do to them?” The alpha growled out.

The wolves who were near Shade just turned to the alpha saying, “we’re following our alpha” as they nuzzled against Shades' leg

“What the fuck..”The alpha muttered to himself.

“Maybe I should explain. I have an ‘ability that allows me to persuade creatures and objects to follow me and do as I ask,” Shade explains looking at the wolf that had rejoined the pack before saying, “and you all knew the risk of joining the fight.”

He then rubbed the necks of the wolves next to him before saying, “could you check on the wolves that hit the trees, and bring them here if you can?”

The wolves nodded as they stood up and did what they were told as they passed the alpha who just looked towards them in disgust.

Shade’s eyes then landed on the wolf who had retreated to the pack, glaring at him before pointing to his feet

The wolf looked to the alpha before slowly walking towards Shade until he was directly in front of him.

The wolf couldn’t say anything, the fear overtaking any semblance of him speaking a word as he was only able to stutter as he looked like he was about to piss himself.

Shade only looked down before saying, “there, there little pup it will be over soon,” as his hand slowly reached down towards the wolf's head.

“No, stop!” The alpha shouted as he ran to the wolf about to knock him out of the way of Shades' hand, only for Shade’s hand to make contact with the wolf's head as he was a meter away from them, the wolf's eyes and face going blank like the two wolves before him.

“No….” the alpha said with a whisper as he immediately stopped himself, a look of horror in his eyes as the wolf that was changed looked at him in the eyes.

But the wolf didn’t stay in place, he started to growl towards the alpha before his entire body towards him in a stance like he was about to attack him.

“Hey, think about what you're about to do,” the alpha said as the wolf ignored his statement

Anger then started to show in his voice as the alpha then stated, “This wouldn’t have happened to you if you hadn’t interfered dammit!”.

The wolf didn’t say anything as attempted to get closer to the alpha only for Shade to stop it in place. “Stay. You don’t need to waste your energy on him alone… besides he’s not worth it.”

Everyone who was watching this began to talk amongst themselves as the alpha who every single one of them began to speak other than Dillon who he looked towards only saw him look at him with a dead stare.

The alpha looked away as he turned his attention to other parts of the packs that slowly did the same, “Let's just get this over with” the alpha said towards Shade as he went into attack position again.

“You do realize you could run away right?” Shade points out.

“I do, I just refuse to run away like a coward”

“Maybe you’ll want to run for your life then,” Shade responds, firing an arrow at the Alpha, the arrow grazing past his cheek amber blood dripping from it.

The alpha just looks at Shade and then to the forest, staying in place in silence for a moment before letting out a grunt and running into the forest hearing Dillon shout, “Yeah run like the coward you are, you bastard!”.

“Dillon,” Shade calmly said as he fired another arrow into the forest, a loud yelp being heard in the distance, “look after everyone here for a bit… I’ve got to deal with a little problem.”

“Understood dad,” Dillon replied with a nod, as Shade walked into the forest without another word.

“I have to get out of here, I need to-” The alpha thought to himself as he ran through the forest as one of the arrows Shade shot grazed his leg causing him to let out a yelp as he tripped over himself.

“Keep running my little prey, don’t let the big bad wolf catch you,” Shade’s voice echoed through the woods around the Alpha, “If you don’t move faster, I’ll hit you soon.”

He got back on his feet and looked around himself before running again trying to go as fast as he could as multiple arrows shot past him, some grazing his body more and more as he ran through the trees.

He then jumped into a nearby bush and stopped to have a breather, his exhaustion showing as he then heard Shade’s voice again.

“Where are you hiding, by a tree… or in this bush next to me?” Shade asked as the Alpha saw an armored hand brush through the bush next to him. “What should I do with you after I catch you. Do I take an ear? Or do I do what I did to your little brother?”

The alpha stayed silent, he didn’t even dare to breathe just so he wouldn’t make noise, but even then he wanted to make a break for it.

“Or I could put a collar on you and try to train you like a dog. I wonder what tricks you could do?” Shade added firing an arrow that went through one of his legs, letting out a yelp the alpha fell to the floor but each time he attempted resulted in him falling back down. “Did I hear someone in this bush?” Satou asked, his voice distorting as the Alpha saw a shadow looming over the bush he was behind.

He continued to try and get up but each time only gave more pain in return, “I need to get out of here I need to run, but I can’t, I can’t do anything” the wolf thought to itself fear in his every thought

“I can feel your fear mutt,” Shade’s voice rang out through his head, “What will the big bad wolf do when he catches his new toy?”

He attempted to crawl out of the other end of the bush, his amber blood trailing behind him as his instincts were completely on self-preservation as another shot passed him, nearly hitting his eye and giving him a cut on his muzzle.

“There you are,” Shade's voice rang out his shadow looming over the Alpha’s body before weight was placed on his back pinning him in place. “Do you remember what you bet on this, I take it?”

“I...remember” The alpha gritted out Shade seeing the fear in the wolf's eyes who then clenched his eyes shut just so he wouldn’t have to look towards Shade.

“Remind me. What did you bet?” Shade asked as he looked down at the wolf below him

He let out a strained cough, the alpha staying silent before feeling Shade put more pressure on his back, “That my pack along with me would...belong to you”.

“And then what am I to you?”

The wolf went silent refusing to say the word before feeling Shade press his foot into his back harder causing him to let out a whine.

“It seems I’ll need to go forward with your punishment earlier than planned,” Shade responds as a chuckle is heard in his voice.

The wolf immediately thought to Nago and Grey thinking about what Shade did to them as fear appeared on his face again, Shade seeing this immediately spoke, “Oh… what do you think your punishment will be?”

“Nago….Grey” the wolf quietly said in response.

“You know… both of those are good, but I want you to not look different but still be yourself and suffer like everyone in your pack did,” Shade responds, kneeling placing his knee into the Alpha’s back softly enough to not hurt him, but just enough to hold him in place.

“What are you gonna do?” he asked in response.

“This,” Shade responded as the Alpha felt something close around his neck, some cold rubbing against his neck, while the sound of something rattling was heard from the front.

“What?”

“Stay,” Shade calmly says as he pulls the arrow out of the Alpha’s leg, “now sit.”

The alpha immediately did what he was told as he sat down in front of Shade.

“Good boy,” Shade responded in a demanding tone, canceling his transformation as he smirked down at the wolf.

“What the hell did you do!?”.

“I gave you your punishment, it’s around your neck,” Shade responds calmly, as the wolf glanced down to his neck to see a metallic collar in place, “do you like your new collar?”

He attempted to bite down on the collar to remove it, desperation on his face while attempting to do so. “Don’t waste your time. That’s tied to you till death, and only I can remove it from your neck. So that's going to be bonded to you for the rest of your life, so get used to it.”

The wolf ignored him and continued to attempt to take off the collar until Shade shouted, “Stop now!”

He immediately stopped as his mouth moved away from the collar as Shade saw a line of saliva come from the collar to the wolves mouth.

“How are you doing this, why can’t I control my body!?”.

“That simple pup. Your punishment is your new collar, which will from here on us force you to do what you’re told by anyone of a higher status in the pack, and will force you to answer any question asked honestly without question.” Shade explained. “So, how do you like your first gift from your Alpha?”

The wolf let out a whine as it looked like he was about to cry which brought a smirk onto Shades face.

“I want an answer from you… or do I need to force you to answer me?”

“I….I hate it” the wolf said in response.

“I hate it, what?” Shade asked with a smirk.

“I hate it….Alpha” the wolf said with grit teeth as he looked away in shame.

“Do you feel ashamed to lose everything, how does it feel to have no control of your life anymore and be a puppet to someone else for the rest of your life,” Shade asks.

“I feel ashamed to the point that if I was able to, I would take my own life”.

Shade then leaned in towards the wolf before whispering, “Well then, I think I know the first thing I am going to use your new collar to enforce on you. From this day onwards you are forbidden from ever taking your own life or letting someone kill you. Understand?”

“I...understand”.

“Good boy,” Shade responds, patting the wolf on his head. “I suppose I need to think up a name for you now, you need one on your collar after all.”

The wolf eye widened for a moment before as he remembered that Shade given Grey a completely different name, for a moment his breathing began to slowly get more and more rapid before he attempted to lunge towards Shade, only for him to get pushed back to the floor with Shade’s hand against his collar, “No, No, I refuse to lose my name” the wolf said with a snarl.

Shade just smirked before saying, “Well then, please remind me, what does a collar signify about you to others who see it?”

“I’ll just be seen as a pet”.

“That's a bit of a push… I mean I’d actually care about a pet. Your closer to a slave than that,” Shade points out

“Figures,” the wolf replied.

“Maybe I should have you calling me master instead of Alpha… I mean, I am your owner now and I’m just keeping you in my pack to prolong your suffering and to ensure you can’t start a new pack or harm anyone else.”

The wolf just went silent.

“Tell me. Which do you prefer that I have you call me?” Shade asks as he looks back down at the wolf by his feet.

“I’ll still feel ashamed either way but I'd rather call you Alpha than master”.

“Well then,” Shade responded forcing the wolf’s head up slightly before a loud click was heard as Shade took a step forward before the wolf below him was pulled to his feet, as he saw a long chain coming from the collar that was wrapped around Shade’s arm, “I think it’s time I took you back to see the others. They all need to see how you turned out.”

The wolf's eyes widened as he attempted to run away only to the chain on his collar to tug him back as Shade began walking back to where everyone else was, the wolf shouting, “No, no!”.

“Stop complaining,” Shade responds as he drags the wolf behind him without any issues, “Did you really think after what you did and was going to do it your Omega I was going to let you out of my sight?” He then paused before saying “Oh by the way. I’m taking Ivy as a second mate for my pack, and you're forbidden from laying a claw on her ever again.”

The wolf didn’t respond as he continued to try to claw himself away from Shade whose words reverberated in his head.

“Any final words you want to say to your new Alpha?” SHade asks as he continues dragging him behind him.

“I’ll leave the forest forever, I won't make another pack and stay in solitude for the rest of my life just please don’t let them see me like this!” the wolf pleaded.

“What makes you think I’ll trust you? Your word means less than nothing to me anyway,” Shade responds as he sees the cave ahead of them, “and we’re almost back so I hope you are ready to formally surrender in front of the others, not that they won’t all know from one look.”

The wolf's movement became more desperate as his claws dug into the ground causing some of the dirt to get dug up, the two then passed multiple trees and bushes, the wolf looking back to see the cave as he began to shout and kicked his feet back in one more pathetic attempt to getaway.

“Everyone we’re back!” Shade shouts out to the wolves around him as he dragged the former Alpha towards the group.

Everyone looked to Shade as they saw him drag the wolf towards them, some of them whispering amongst themselves as they saw their former Alpha look desperate to get away from Shade.

Among all of them Dillon and the Omega who was still within the cave looked like they were about to laugh at him.

“Now then, what do you need to say to everyone here?” Shade asks looking at the wolf he had been dragging, “and stand up straight looking at everyone as you do pup.”

The wolf had been pushed forward as he stood in front of both the packs who looked directly at him, some of them having an expectant look on their faces before he spoke, “He won so my pack, including myself, are a part of his pack”.

“And the first thing I want to say to anyone who was forced to be with his pack. You do not need to stay in mine. You are all free to separate off from me into your old packs, take your old land back and live peacefully,” Shade offers, “If you do wish to join my pack though you are all welcome to do so.”

The pack were quiet for a moment as some spoke amongst themselves before one spoke up, “We’ll join your pack!” as the other wolves who weren’t opposed to Shade taking over shouted out in agreement.

Meanwhile, with Ivy, she just smiled while she was surrounded by her pups.

“At least you'll have a choice now” Dillon commented as he glanced at the former Alpha before letting out a scornful scoff as he then looked to Shade shouting, “So what now dad!”.

“Well. If any of you want revenge on him for what you did. Go for it. Do what you want beyond killing him! I’ll heal any wounds to prevent him from dying but don’t go too far!” Shade shouts to everyone as he wraps the chain around a tree, walking away from the former Alpha. “All of you have fun making him suffer!”

The former alpha looked to see a small amount of the wolves walking towards him with malicious intent as he looked on in fear towards them back away slightly before Shade could hear him scream in pain, “Someone please h-help!” he then screamed before his screams of pain got louder.

Shade just ignored the screams as he walked towards Ivy and Dillon, “I’m sorry for the delay you two. Are you all okay now?”

“Yep,” Dillon replied, giving him a thumbs up.

“I'm just glad he’s getting what he deserves,” Ivy replied.

“Oh trust me. This is just a start of his new hell,” Shade responds, “If you want to add anything to his punishments just suggest them.”

“I have none at the moment but I'll let you know when I do” Ivy responded.

“Seeing a guy like that get put in his place definitely is satisfying though” Dillon commented as they heard another scream from the wolf.

“How’s it feel to be able to walk again Ivy?” Dillon asked.

“It feels great,” Ivy replied with a smile.

“What are you going to do with your newfound freedom first Ivy?” Shade asks.

“It's..it's been so long I don’t even know”, Ivy replied.

“Well now that you have that freedom you can think about what to do next” Dillon stated before motioning towards the whole cave, “especially since this place isn’t under your old Alpha’s control anymore”.

Ivy went silent for a moment remembering what Shade said, “I’ll be joining your pack Shade”.

“You sure. You are free to go off on your own with your pups and create your own if any others want to,” Shade responds.

“I'm sure about this besides I find it safer to be in your pack” Ivy replied.

“Is it the fact of it being my pack… or is it being near me you're wanting?” Shade asks.

Dillon glanced at Shade in confusion, the boy raising his brow before looking back to Ivy, “It's a combination of both including the fact that as long as my pups are in a safe place that’s all that matters to me”.

“Then I suppose we’ll need to find space for you… and everyone else,” Shade points out.

“I mean some can stay at this cave since this place isn’t that wolf’s territory anymore” Dillon commented.

“Still… how many of them could we take back with us and house without issue?” Shade asks, looking at Dillon.

“We could probably take ten or fifteen back with us, give or take but it's not a guarantee, since during the two weeks that had passed we had gotten a lot of new members,” the boy replied.

“Either that or we need more space,” Shade mutters to himself, “If only one of us could control the forest and land around us.”

“You wouldn’t happen to know someone that can do that, do you??” Dillon asked.

Shade didn’t respond, only smirking as he looked at Dillon.

Dillon gave him a confused expression before giving his father a blank stare, “That was dumb question wasn’t it?”.

“Not really,” Shade responds as they hear another pained scream from outside. “Do you think he is still alive?”

“I'd say he’s either alive and in a great amount of pain or either half-dead and in a great amount of pain”.

“Maybe we should check on him?”

“Eh...yeah we should check up on him, don’t want him to die”.

“Well… not yet anyway,” Shade adds before looking at Ivy, “do you want to see his current state or are you going to stay here a bit longer?”

“I want to see him,” Ivy replied as she stood up.

“Alrighty then” Dillon stated as he did the same as they began to walk back to where the former alpha and the other wolves were.

As they approached them they found that the former Alpha had multiple gashes and bite marks on his body and legs that each seeped blood, while one of his eyes had a large cut over it.

The wolf's good eye slowly glanced at them as he quietly gasped out, “Mercy…”, Dillon looked away from the sight just so he wouldn’t look at the blood while one of the wolves immediately went towards him to hurt him again.

“All of you stop!” Shade ordered as he approached the group, as all of them stopped as they looked towards Shade, confusion on their faces. “Maybe give him a small break, if you continue like this he won’t feel anything from it.”

“Fine…” one of them grumbled out as they dispersed walking past Shade.

Once they were clear Shade knelt in front of the former Alpha before calmly saying, “how does it feel to be treated like you treated your pack members?”

“....T-terrible” the wolf responded, “it hurts, make it stop, please make it stop..”.

“Did you stop when your pack members begged for you too?” Shade asks, “Or did you stop when Ivy begged you to before you took her legs from her?”

Ivy quietly walked to him as she stopped next to Shade, “You deserve every bit of this Arno, for all the wolves that caused the suffering of, this is a fate you deserve”.

“Help me, please…..” Arno gasped as Dillon immediately spoke up.

“You have a lot of nerve to ask that you bastard!” Growled out as he began to shout towards Arno, “After everything you’ve done you deserve nothing but death!” Dillon snarled out his eyes flashing red for a moment.

“But if we are going to make you repay everyone for what you did. We can’t let you die this easily,” Shade responded, holding his hand out over the open wounds as they slowly healed over, “Anything to say to us?”

“Thank you….” Arno just muttered out, Dillon scoffing out in disgust.

“Oh I wouldn’t thank me yet,” Shade responded, stamping down on one of the healed limbs before a loud cracking noise was heard from the leg as Arno screamed out in pain, “Besides, I never said I was stopping.” He then turned to Dillon, “I have a feeling you want to do something as well… just no killing him.”

Dillon just silently walked in front of Arno the wolf seeing the boy clench his fist his claws digging into his hand before he began to reel back his fist as Ivy and Shade watched as Dillon began to pummel into Arno the wolf letting off yelps of pain.

Dillon’s vision began to go red for a moment he began to hit Arno harder before starting to go into another hit, reeling back his fist as he let out a low growl before going in to hit him in the head before Shade grabbed his hand, “Dillon enough!”

Dillon stopped as he looked down to see Arno’s body in a bloody pulp as he looked to his hand which was covered in blood, his hands shaking slightly as he spoke, “Did..I?”.

“He’s not dead,” Shade responded as he healed Arno’s wounds, reverting his body to normal, “but you need to control your emotions. Okay.”

“Yeah, s-sorry” Dillon replied as he stood up and looked at his hands before shakily wiping them off with his cloak.

“So.. much.. pain” Arno muttered out Dillon overhearing him just covered his ears.

“I assume you have learned your lesson,” Shade responds, looking down at Arno again.

Arno just quietly nodded his head, “Yes..” quietly repeating

“Okay then,” Shade responds before rubbing the back of Arno’s collar, as the chain disappears, “no running away. You are to stay near me whenever you're not on a lead until we get back home. Understand..”

“I...understand,” Arno replied.

Dillon and Ivy just looked at Arno before walking away, Dillon going towards a nearby tree while Ivy went back towards the cave.

Shade then looked up at the wolves who had been part of the former Alpha’s pack, finding ten wolves in the area around him before he said, “Arno… sit by your feet until I tell you otherwise.”

Arno immediately does what he was told as four of the wolves glared at him before looking away from the wolf.

“I'm just going to confirm this before I start. All of you that are still here intend to join my pack, correct?” Shade asks, looking around the group.

“Yes, we are,” One of them replied.

“Are any of you only wanting this because you think it’ll let you harm Arno like you did today constantly?” The four wolves from before immediately raised their paws while the other six didn’t. “I thought so. Just knowing that is not happening constantly, I allowed it then to vent everything and make him see what living under him was like for you all. You will only get to watch him with no control of this life from here on out. If that is not what you want you are free to leave. If you did try that again once we leave here… well you saw what happened to the three wolves that attacked me earlier.”

“We won’t cause any trouble” one of the four wolves spoke up.

“Wait… didn’t five of you attack me… what happened to the two of you that was slammed into the trees?” Shade asks, “I take it they’re okay.”

“They’re okay there just laying down in the cave to rest” one of the wolves replied pointing back to the two who were laying down in the cave.

“I hope they don’t intend on causing any trouble,” Shade states looking at the group, “Now… for now, I want you all to still stay here… I need to prepare some room for you all before you can move in under the same roof as the rest of the pack.”

“Understood” they all reply in unison.

“Okay then,” Shade calmly said before his eyes turned towards the forest “we’ll be heading back to my pack to sort things soo-” Shade then stopped looking towards the woods, “Who’s hiding there!”

There was complete silence in the area before a small group of wolves came out from the wolves getting the attention of the closest in the area including Dillon, who immediately materialized his sword.

“Dillon, weapons down for now,” Shade ordered, before looking at the new group “Who are you all and why are you here?”

“Were just here to take care of one of our former pack members we were tipped off that he resided here” the first wolf replied as his sights immediately fell to Arno.

“There were a lot of wolves here. I’m afraid I don’t know who you mean,” Shade responds, “And most of them have already left, chances are the one you are looking for has gone by now anyway.”

“No he’s here he’s actually near you,” the wolf said before pointing to Arno, “Long time no see, Pitch”.

“My name’s Arno,” Arno quietly replied.

“Pitch?” Shade asks looking down at the wolf by his feet, “I think you have the wrong wolf. He’s called Arno according to the others here.”

“I'd recognize him anywhere besides he left our pack while back along with his little brother Grey, we tried to find him but the trail went cold never thought he would actually change his name”.

“The hell are you going on about?” They hear Dillon say as they walk next to Shade.

“It’s quite simple actually since he was building a fairly big pack previously we started to hear whispers about it, not all of them concrete or definite but when we started to hear about that packs expansion we slowly started to realize it was him and decided to snuff him out ourselves so he wouldn’t come after us”.

“So you just wanted to save your own asses?” Dillon commented.

“I wouldn’t put it that way but essentially yes, but it seems you were able to take care of him before we could”.

“So what now you're gonna attack us like he did?”.

“On the contrary, we want to reward you” the wolf replied, causing Dillon to raise his brow in response as he crossed his arms.

“Why would you want to reward us? Did you not just say you planned to snuff him out?” Shade points out, “besides if Arno here is who you say he is. Then he clearly isn’t dealt with as you wanted.”

“Given how he hasn’t made a move, he doesn’t prove to be a problem to us anymore, and honestly the reward is just so we are not indebted to you”.

“You make it sound like there is something I would want from you,” Shade responds calmly, looking at the wolf.

“You won’t like what they give you…” Arno muttered out.

Dillon glanced at Arno in confusion from hearing what he said.

“Can’t be too sure” The wolf replied before turning his head to the forest and nodding as others came out with something that made Dillon clench his fist.

The wolves came out with a female wolf who was being dragged by her front paws towards the group. She looked to have a white bark coat with multiple open wounds staining it with red marks while it appeared that each of her legs was broken, with both her ears bitten off.

“What the fuck is this?” Dillon said in shock.

“Your reward, do with her as you will,” the wolf replied as the wolves threw the female to Shade’s feet, “She should be ripe and ready to bear your pups tomorrow morning. It’s all they are good for after all.”

“N-no please don’t,” the wolf that had just been thrown at Shade’s feet begged weakly, her voice sounding pained. “I-I don’t want to l-live like this.”

“Ignore her, her feelings or choice mean nothing in this matter,” the wolf said towards Shade.

“So to confirm… you are giving me… her as a reward?” Shade asks.

“Yes, we are”.

Dillon, hearing all of this went to take out his sword again, pure anger in his eyes as he looked like he was about to attack them only to be stopped by Shade.

“Don’t do it, Dillon. It’s more trouble than it’s worth,” Shade responds.

“I...but, fine….” Dillon replied.

Shade then looked at the female wolf by his feet, finding that both eyes had large gashes over them, her eyes looking to be unable to be opened, “P-Please let me go. I-I-I don’t want to be bred like the rest of them. I don’t w-want pups with random w-wolves I'll never see.”

“Oh please, you’ll like it just like the rest” one of the other wolves commented.

“Shut the fuck up…” Dillon muttered out

“Huh?” the wolf said, overhearing Dillon turning his attention to the boy.

“You gave us your reward so you can go now” Dillon spat out venom in his tone.

“Seems like we're not welcome here”.

“I think I will make our stance clearer,” Shade responds as what looks to be a black and red pistol appears in his hand, “I will take your reward, but just so I never have to ask for anything from you. If I see you again or hear of you coming into our territory or trying to attack my pack,” He then shot a small boulder beside the wolf who had been talking at it shattered into pieces, “I will personally make sure you never leave with your minds intact.”

“You definitely made your point clear, we’ll leave” the first wolf replied as he motioned for the other wolves to go back into the forest before going back into the forest himself, the last thing they saw of him being the smirk that was on his face.

Dillon just dropped his sword to the ground and just put his face into his hands as he let out an unsteady breath.

“Okay then. Arno… Pitch… whatever your name is. Answers now!” Shade orders.

“Those were my old pack members the one I was born from and if you think I was bad they’re a lot worse, fear, torture or death and don’t get me started on how they treat females there”.

“Not much better than you I take it,” Shade responds before shouting “Kai! Come here!”

Kai immediately runs towards Shade as he stops in front of him, “Yeah dad?”.

Shade then tapped Kai on the forehead before saying, “Gray. You don’t get to avoid questions this time. What did you both do!”

“We….we left, they were planning on killing us because they were running out of space, they didn’t care about any of us unless we had a use or could give birth and as you can clearly see me and Arno can’t bear pups”.

“P-Pitch… G-Gray… is that you,” the wolf by Shade feet weakly asked, trying to look towards them.

“S-snow?” Grey said in shock

“I-Is it you… I can’t see… or hear well-” the wolf said, trying to locate the source of the voices she had heard.

“What happened to you?” Grey asked while Arno looked at her with a sad expression.

“Y-You know what they do to the last member of a litter when the others die or leave… Why did you both abandon me.” the wolf now known as Snow asked, still trying to find the voices.

“We tried to go back for you but there were too many, we would have died before we even got close to you...” Arno replied.

“You could have taken me with you before fleeing,” Snow weakly said as her paws reached Shade’s legs, “D-Do you both think I am worthless like the others. Am I only useful for my body like the others?”

“We don’t think you're worthless Snow and what that tried to hammer into your head isn’t true” Grey responded.

“You still left me alone… to be used to bear pups till I die… alone…” Snow states, still unable to locate the others. “Look what they did just to prepare me for my first heat… they took my eyes... And my legs.”

“I'm so sorry…” Arno quietly replied.

“They killed the others because you left… two for each of you… they killed our brothers, and had me watch before taking my eyes… because you both abandoned us all.” Snow states, “This is all your faults!”

Dillon covered his mouth as he looked like he was about to throw up, the boy then quickly backed away.

“Your right it is our fault, we are completely to blame for what happened, If you hate us that's okay because we don’t deserve your forgiveness” Arno replied, his voice completely dead, Grey glancing back towards him before nodding.

“But...this pack is better, their alpha, he can help you, he can...heal you” Arno then stated.

“You can’t heal something like this back to before it was done. No wolf can do that!” Snow shouts at Arno, “Pitch, don’t bother lying to me! I know I’m going to get used tomorrow and be forced to bear the Alpha of this pack's pups from now on!”

“I'm not lying to you Snow,” Arno replied.

“Stop giving me false hope! I know it’s a lie! Nowolf can help me… nowolf!” She shouted at the two of them.

“If you don’t trust their word then listen to mine, My dad, the alpha, he can heal you he’s done it before I’ve seen it ” Dillon said as he crouched in front of Snow.

“Stop lying! Stop lying! Stop lying!” Snow kept shouting, ignoring everything that was said to her.

“Dad?” Dillon said, glancing towards Shade.

“Got ya,” Shade responds before placing his hand over her eyes, a crimson glow covering them before he removes it from her over them, “try opening them.”

Snow's eyes slowly tried to open before shutting them rapidly, “that too bright… wait… bright?” she then tried to open her eyes again, the light still blinding her as she clenched them shut again, “It… hurts.”
“Maybe take her in the cave for a minute,” Shade suggests picking Snow up in his arms and walking towards the cave before placing her down away from the exit. “Try again.”

Snow then tried opening her eyes a third time this time the darkness causing her no issues, “I-I can see… I can see!”

“Now do you believe me?” Dillon asked as Snow looked towards him.

“W-Who are you?” Snow asked looking at Dillon, before pausing looking at both him and Shade… “and what are you?”

“Do you want the long or short answer?” Dillon asked her

“Short may be best,” Snow responds

“Fair enough, My name's Dillon and this is my dad, his name's Shade and for your other question, I think he should answer that” Dillon replied before pointing to Shade.

“I’m the Alpha that my son said could help you,” Shade explains.

“You don’t look like an Alpha to me?” Snow responds.

“You’d be surprised,” Dillon commented. “I mean I'm a human with the features of a timberwolf” as he motioned towards his ears and tail.

“He is one, he has made that very clear” Grey states.

“Grey… you look strange,” Snow says before looking at Arno, “And why is he wearing that thing around his neck.”

“A lot has happened,…” Grey replied.

“I and the alpha fought and he won, this is my punishment” Arno stated.

“Punishment for what exactly? What does it do?”

“For all the monstrous things I've done to the pack and for not being any better than my old pack, and it takes my choice away, I can't refuse, I can’t fight, I can only obey” Arno replied.

“And Gray… why do you look strange?”

“That's because I’m not Gray anymore, It's Kai now, and I was changed to fit that name” Gray replied.

“I don’t understand… what do you mean, are you not my brother?” Snow asks with a confused look on her face.

“I still am, but my punishment was that I wouldn’t have control of my body anymore and would be replaced by something else, that something being Kai”.

She then turned her head looking at Shade, “What did he do?”

“Well, he was part of a group that attacked my pack and after they were captured many started to abandon your brother's packs and join me… he chose to attack one for leaving, taking a bite at their leg. And let's just say… I’m very protective of anyone in my care.”

“And who exactly is Kai?” She asked curiously looking at Shade.

“Well… in simple terms I remade him as a loyal son and in a way made him a separate personality from your brother. A personality I placed ahead of his and locked Gray’s in his own mind.”

Gray just looked away from the both of them not saying anything, the only thing Snow could see was pain in his eyes.

“So you intend to lock him away again soon and rarely let him out?” Snow asked.

“Well… I did make Kai the new him. So he will spend most of his life as Kai from now on,” Shade responds.

“It's just darkness in there too as I just watch through Kai’s eyes unable to do anything” Gray commented his voice wavered.

“It could be worse,” Shade points out.

“Yeah it could, you could have fazed out my personality entirely” Gray replied, going quiet.

“I was more meaning you could have been chained in place in there, eyes forced open constantly forced to watch everything non-stop,” Shade points out.

“I mean… he is alone with his thoughts constantly,” Snow points out.

“I can attest to that, back before I was in the pack I was alone and just stuck in my head constantly only with my thoughts and the whispers, It's one of the worst things someone can experience” Dillon commented as he gripped his arm.

Arno didn’t say anything; he just stayed silent as they spoke amongst themselves.

“Still could be worse. I could be doing what I’m doing to your other brother,” Shade points out, “and I’m going to make his life hell.”

“What did Pitch do?”

“...What they did to you, but she still had her eyes.”

Snow stopped turning to look at Arno, a glare in her eyes, as she shouted in anger “You did what!”

“You heard him, that's why I said you can hate me because I'm no better than those bastards,” Arno replied.

“If I had my legs I'd kill you myself!” Snow shouted.

“I want to die, but even then he’s keeping me alive so I can suffer for everything”.

“Besides this is just day one and he wants death… how bad do you think it will be in a week or a month?”

“Honestly I don’t even want to think about it,” Dillon said with a shudder.

“I have a lot of suggestions on things you can do to him… if you can repair the injuries after, that is,” Snow responds.

Arno just looked down, his eyes looking completely dead from their look.

“Well if he did try and cause trouble he could keep him in a pitch-black room and seal him inside for a few hours or weeks at a time,” Snow suggests.

Dillon looked at Arno who was shaking slightly, “Let me guess was that some trauma he had as a pup?” the boy asked Snow.

“Yeah… When he was a pup it was a common punishment used in our pack when you failed at something. But once they did it but bound his paws… and forgot about him for a few days till they went to throw another wolf in.”

“No wonder he was like that, they screwed him up doesn’t justify what he did though”.

“There was that one near-drowning case as well, they bound our entire litter up and held us underwater only letting us up before we drowned... Some barely made it,” Snow admits.

“Why did we let those bastards walk away?”.

“If we started a fight there they would come back in full force and considering how little we know of their pack, it wasn’t the best idea to go to war with them just yet.” Shade points out.

“Fine..,” Dillon replied.

“Although I very much expect that they will be back,” Shade responds.

“To deal with us I assume,” Snow responds.

“I ain’t hesitating if they show their faces back here” Dillon stated.

“There are better and more useful ways than killing them on sight though.,” Shade responds.

“I think they deserve nothing but death, but it’s your call,” Dillon replied with a sigh.

“You can’t learn anything from the dead. Nor can they be of use,” Shade points out, “Besides. There are many fates worse than death.”

“You're gonna do the thing you did to the other earlier wolves aren’t you?” Arno asked.

“That's a quick way to handle it… but what if I just took control of their bodies like puppets and left everything else intact,” Shade responds, “like you but without the collar.”

“So if you wanted to do surveillance on that pack they wouldn’t realize it?” Dillon asked.

“In a way, yes. But that would more be a way of taking prisoners to interrogate,” Shade responds before placing his hands near Snow's back legs covering them in a crimson glow.

“What did you just do?” Snow asks, looking at Shade in confusion.

“He just healed your legs!” they hear Ivy shout from the back.

“What! How! Who are you!” Snow shouts, turning to look for the voice.

“I'm Arno's former victim but you can call me Ivy” they hear her say as she walks next to Dillon.

“When you say former victim… you don’t mean…”

“That's exactly what I mean”.

“But you can walk… how?”

Ivy silently pointed her paw towards Shade, “He healed me just like he healed you”.

“Well in the process of,” Shade points out moving to Snow’s from paws repeating the process.

“How are you feeling Snow?” Dillon asked, crouching next to her.

“Strange… I mean I can feel my legs for one,” Snow responds, trying to stand but falling to the floor each time, “but I may have forgotten how to walk.”

Dillon immediately flashed back to when Axel taught Ziggy to walk again before shaking his head, “You’ll figure out how to do it again soon”.

“Do you need someone to help you?” Shade asks.

“I might do,” Snow responds with a nervous chuckle.

“If need be I wouldn’t mind helping her” Dillon added as he gently picked her up from the ground.

“Wait, not too fast,” Snow said with a nervous tone in her voice, “just not too fast… please.”

“I’ll try to be as careful as I can,” Dillon replied.

“Please do.” Snow responded with a nervous tone in her voice.

“Okay then,” Shade calmly days before touching Gray on the forehead, “let’s all get home.”

Grey’s eyes widened before his personality came back as Kai’s, “We’re heading back home now?” the wolf asked as he looked towards Shade.

“Yeah, we’re done here now.” Shade responds by rubbing Kai’s head.

“Who is she?” Kai then asked as he pointed towards Snow.

“Do you not recognize me?”

“No I don’t, but I do have a sense of familiarity coming from you,” Kai replied with a tilt of his head.

“Kai, are you sure you're feeling okay? I would think that you would remember your own sister.” Shade responds.

Kai looks at both Shade and Snow for a moment before shaking his head and saying, “Maybe I am under the weather”.

“You should probably get some rest once we get back Kai” Dillon stated.

“Maybe I should…” Kai muttered to himself before turning his attention back to snow, “Well It's good to see you…”.

“Snow,” Dillon commented.

“Snow! Yeah snow, It’s good to see you” Kai then said with an embarrassed chuckle while Dillon just held in a laugh in response.

“You really do need some sleep,” Shade responds before letting out a loud whistle as many members of the pack that had originally come with them turned their heads before the group made their way home.

“Wonder how the others are doing” Dillon comments to himself as the members of the pack follow behind them through the forest as all of them continue back to the lake.