Chapter 22: Wolves

Once upon a time...in a wild...wild world...there were two wolf brothers living in their home lair with their papa wolf...They lived in peace...until hunters took their dad away...The wolf brothers wandered for days and nights, learning how to live on their own...for the first time...they met a friendly fox, who was trying to find a home as well


That's when the big brother and the fox discovered that the little one was not an ordinary wolf... but a super wolf!


They decided to head south to the distant land of their ancestors...But the journey was long and dangerous...Still, the wolf brothers and the Friendly Fox made new friends on the way... they learned more about the world, but danger seemed to always follow them...


After a bad accident, they were separated... the big brother and the fox had been hurt and the hunters finally captured them...They put them in a cage... but when they finally escaped, they went to search for the little brother...they soon found out that the little wolf joined a coyote cult and he would not leave them...


Suddenly, their mother showed up after all that time... she said she came to help rescue him...They begged the coyote leader but she would not release the little wolf... he was their idol. So they had to knock her out...to escape....


The wolf brothers and the fox, now reunited, followed the rogue mother far into the desert to her hideaway...



Arizona 


7 Weeks After The Events in Haven Point


"Hey! Wake up, guys!" Daniel's voice said as I started to come out of dreamland. I just let out a small groan of disapproval as I curled up to something that was soft and warm. "Guys!" Daniel shouted at us and my eyes opened slowly then I see I had curled up to Sean and I give a small smile towards this as he starts to wake up.


"What?" Sean groans as I rub my eyes and we started to sit up. "What time is it?" I asked then I look over to my left to see that the sun was rising over the canyons. "Look! It's so beautiful, check it out!" Daniel exclaims, excitedly, as he stands up and runs to the edge of the cliff we were residing on.


Sean gets up then helps me up to my feet and we go to stand next to Daniel. He looks at us and smiles then chuckles a bit. "So?" He asked and Sean and I let out our own chuckle. "Yeah, okay. Good call." Sean said to his little brother while I just looked out at the beautiful scenery. "Wow....it's amazing." I whispered in awe. "I know." Daniel said then I look up at Sean and noticed he had his hand over his eye patch.


"Is your eye okay?" I asked him, worriedly. He looks over at me and nods. "Yeah. It just itches." He said and Daniel looks down in sadness. "Hey, it's okay, enano." Sean said to him as he bends down and places his hand on Daniel's shoulder. "I promise." He assured. Daniel looks down, almost like he's contemplating his answer, then nods. "Yeah...uh...okay." he whispers then he and Sean go to hug each other.


"I love you no matter what happens, you hear me?" Sean said to Daniel after slowly pulling out of his embrace. "Yeah. I love you too." Daniel replied, nodding. Then he comes over to me and he hugs me, I smile and hug him back. "And you know I love you as well, munchkin, right?" I said and he smiles. "I know. I love you too, (y/n)." Daniel said as I pull back from the embrace, smile, then I kiss the top of his head.


He turns to face the scenery in front of us then starts to howl into the sky. I giggled at this then Sean and I started to join him and howl like wolves to the sky. After a few moments, the three of us chuckled and we start to walk back over to our sleeping bags. "Diaz brothers, always!" Daniel said to Sean as we go and sit down.


I go and sit between the boys as Sean takes my hand in his and the three of us watch the sun slowly rising into the blue sky. "So...are you still having those bad dreams...you know...about Lisbeth?" Sean asked Daniel as we look over at him. "Yeah...sometimes...I feel like she's around. Like she's coming after me. It's scary." Daniel said, and I could hear the fear in his voice as he explains this.


"She's lucky you didn't go after her..." I said to him and he nods, slightly. "Yeah...but she's still out there...somewhere. Creeps me out." He said and I place my arm around his shoulder and give him a side hug. "Listen, we're far away from her...okay? We're together again. Safe." Sean assures as Daniel leans his head on my shoulder. "Hope so." The young boy replied, softly, as he looks down.


"Guys....are we criminals now?" Daniel asked as he looks up at us. "No way! We did exactly what we had to do." Sean said before he let's out a sigh. "If the cops catch us, we'll be judged for what we did. That's for sure." Sean said. "I won't let them get us." Daniel said, firmly.


"Well...we're almost at the border. Finally." I said to Daniel. "I like it here, but...we'll have to leave soon. I know." Daniel said, sadly. "I'm sorry, enano." Sean said and I nod. "Yeah, me too." I muttered as Sean places his arm around my waist. "Sean, I know it's been a long time...Can you tell me the rest of the Wolf story?" Daniel asked his older brother.


"Oh, yeah...I can tell you. Been forever since we left off." said Sean. "Way too long." Daniel said, smiling. "Hmmm, let's see..." Sean mutters as he thinks then looks up and smiles. "Yeah! Okay...so, thanks to their mama wolf...the Wolf brothers and their Fox friend barely escaped from the coyote cult. She lead them to her secret lair, deep in the red desert. The Wolf brothers and the fox rested for awhile...but at some point, they'd have to continue their journey south. They were closer than ever to their father's land...but between them and their destination lied..."


"A mighty fire unicorn!" Daniel exclaims and I laugh at this as he giggles too. "But she's nice, so they become friends!" Daniel said, still chuckling. "Uh, excuse me...who's telling the story?" Sean asked. "You are...but...it's my story too, right?" Daniel said. "Yeah, that's true." Sean said then I look over at Daniel.


"So, what happens next?" I asked Daniel. "Uh...they...they arrive in Mexico, but the country is rampaged by goblins! Together, the wolves, the fox and the unicorn manage to slay them, and become heroes! The police forgives them, and all their friends come to Mexico to celebrate!" Daniel replied and Sean and I share a laugh. "Yeah..." I said. "Sounds pretty good, enano." Sean said, nodding, and we watch the sunrise for a few more moments as I lean my head onto Sean's shoulder and he leans his head on top of mine.


"Let's pack this shit up and head back to town." Sean said and I nodded as we started to pack up the telescope, that we borrowed from Arthur and Stanely, and a flashlight and a star constellation book. Daniel used some of his powers to help clean up some soda cans and tubaware until we had everything in our bags.


"Let's hit the trail, cowboys!" I said as I grab my bag, making sure everything was good then put the bag on my back. "What are you doing?" Sean asked and I look over and see he was looking at Daniel, who was using his power and made a scorpion float above his hand. "Dude, we don't have time to play. Come on, let's go." Sean said to him, firmly, while I was watching this with worry. "Okay, okay." Daniel sighed then he floats the scorpion back on the ground a few feet away from us.


We get up and start to make our way back to this small town that we have lived in the past month. "I wish we saw more falling stars...or any." Daniel said as we walked down the path. Sean chuckles and said. "That's what you get got taking a poss when the only one fell..."


"Ugh...you could've warn me quicker. At least we got to see Mars. That was so cool Arthur and Stanely let us use the telescope." Daniel said. "Yeah, these guys are real cool." I remarked as we start to walk downhill.


"Think Joan will let me help with her sculpture when we get back?" Daniel asked us. "Hell yeah." Sean and I said at the same time. "You're like the magic assistant." I said as we come up to this large ledge. Sean starts to jump down from it then I start to follow as he holds out his arms to me and helps me down.


"Thanks, Sean." I said and I kiss his cheek. "No problem." He said as he leans down to me and kisses me, lightly, on the lips. I smiled at once I pull away from him as he turns to Daniel and helps him down as well. "Thanks. You didn't have to do that, Sean." Daniel said. Sean shrugs at this then we continued down the road when we see some large boulders covering our way. "Looks like this is the job of our local psychic boy..." I said and Sean nods. "So, maybe you can help us get outta here?" He asked Daniel, as he walks up to us.


"Mmmm....I'll try, step back." Daniel said as he takes a stance in front of the boulders. "Be...super careful." I said and he nods as he holds up his hand then pushes his hand forward, making the boulders blow back and down the cliff. "There you go...I hope it's okay." Daniel said and I patted his shoulder. "Nice, man!" Sean said and we start to head back to Away, which is what they call this little community here in the desert. Sean reaches out for my hand and we intertwine our fingers together as Daniel runs ahead of us a bit.

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