Josy It has been a year since Jazzy's parents showed up, and still everyone thinks they might show up any minute. I love our Pack-members, but I am getting annoyed by the fact that they all think I can't take care of myself. I will link Jazzy at the first sign of trouble, and she and Tychon will drop everything they are doing to come to my aid. I hear the ding from the door, and as I turn around I say, "Sorry, we are closed." I am staring at a broad chest, and as my eyes travel up I have to tilt my head backwards to look into his eyes. "Fuck, you're huge," I mutter as I realize that he must be almost a foot taller than me, and I see a small smile on his face. "Are you okay?" I ask him; something in his eyes tells me that he just went through hell, and I want to see if I can make it better in some way. He shakes his head, but before he can say anything, he collapses to the floor. "Jazzy, get to the diner. Take Argos and Kobal with you. I am not in any danger; I just need help." I know they will be here soon, and I try to see if I can find any injuries, but I am not a doctor. Alice will need to take a look at him; she can actually help him if it is a medical issue, and Alpha Lakota will be able to take care of anything else. All of them stop dead in their tracks when they see the male on the floor, and I quickly fill them in on what happened. "Argos, can you and Kobal take him to see Alice? I can't see any injuries, and something tells me he went through hell," I ask. Argos and Kobal pick him up gently and walk out the door of the diner. Tychon asks me what I remember, and I tell him what I remember from the moment Conan left the diner. "Tychon, I thought he was shaking his head, but right now I doubt it. I think he was looking towards the forest, almost as if he was looking for something or someone he left there," I say, and after I have closed up the diner, I walk towards the stretch of forest he had looked at. Jazzy sniffs the air, and Tychon and I follow her as she starts walking into the forest. It takes us a few minutes before she starts looking up a tree, and Tychon quickly makes his way up into the tree, but he returns quickly. "There are two young Pups in the tree; they are fast asleep. I doubt I can carry them down at the same time, and I would rather not have one of them falling down," Tychon says. "Take me up there; I can keep an eye on the one you leave up there," I respond, and Tychon turns to let me climb on his back. I stare at the two young boys and I decide to stay with the biggest of the two; he might cause more trouble than the smaller boy. I stare after Tychon as he starts climbing down. "Where is he taking my Brother?" I hear a voice behind me, and I slowly turn around to look into bright green eyes, just like the male at the diner. "Are the two of you traveling with your Father?" I ask, and Chai sighs in relief when he says No. He tells me they are traveling with their Uncle. "Well, your Uncle came to our Pack's diner, and before he could say anything he collapsed. Our Pack-doctor is taking a look at him, but I remembered him looking at the forest, and we decided to see if he left something here," I say. Tychon is on his way back up, and I ask the boy for their names. "My name is Malik, and that is my baby Brother, Ivan," he says as he points down at Jazzy. "My name is Josy, Tychon is the one climbing up the tree, and my Sister, Jazzy, is holding your baby Brother," I introduce us. Five minutes later we are all out of the tree, and Malik gets a piggy back ride from Tychon, but he keeps a close eye on his baby Brother. "Josy, did Uncle Romano have his backpack with him?" Malik asks, and I look around me to see if I can find a place where he could have hidden it. I find a tree trunk we sometimes use to place clothing for Pack-members that took a run in their Wolf form, and I decide to try my luck. "I found it, Malik. I will take it with us and I will get it up to your room. Is that okay?" I ask him, and he nods his head as he smiles at me. Lakota is waiting for us at the Pack-house, and I know that she isn't bringing good news. "Alpha, can we do this upstairs in my Quarters?" I ask; I want to get the boys inside and maybe into the shower before I am willing to listen to her. Lakota doesn't answer me; she just opens the door for me, and I take Malik's hand to guide him up the stairs. Jazzy places Ivan on the bed in my guestroom, and I tell Malik to take a shower, but I stop him when I see blood on Jazzy's arm. "Malik, how did Ivan get injured?" I ask him, and I see tears forming in his eyes. I wrap my arms around him, and I can feel him flinch; I think he has injuries as well. "Ivan and I went camping with Uncle Romano, just a few minutes from our home, and in the middle of the night he woke us. We ran in the opposite direction of home, and he told us to hide behind some bushes when we heard howling; Ivan and I stayed real quiet. But somehow a Wolf found us, and before Uncle Romano could reach us, he had attacked us. Uncle Romano killed him, and he lifted us into a tree not far from where we had been camping; we walked for two days after that. He told us we would reach safety soon, some hidden territory our Great Grandfather wrote about.”