Juka Holkeri's Story

Alexander didn't even really make it outside before he stopped walking, sniffing the air quickly. The rain made it a little harder to discern what he smelled, but he could still smell it. He bit his bottom lip and turned around, heading back up the stairs quickly, using his nose to follow the group up the stairs, stopping for a moment to look at Connor before continuing into the room the group was currently in.

He entered the dumpy room and looked around, blinking slowly and allowing his dark green eyes to adjust. He looked at each member of the apparently newly formed pack before looking directly at Sophia again. "I didn't think that forming a pack would have to take place somewhere like this..." he said calmly.

He then shook his head. "But that's not what is important. What is important is a single question: Do you have what it takes to protect those that can't fend for themselves?" he asked Sophia calmly. "I can smell your Alpha blood, and I am aware of what an Alpha Wolf can do. But I'm asking if you have what it takes in here." he said, gesturing to his chest.

"In this city, you're going to need to be able to kill in order to protect both humans and werewolves from each other."

Sophia was caught off guard by the male male she and the others had passed on the stairs, "We haven't formed a pack, no one has agreed to it and I'm not the type to force my will unto others." She thought about the other half of what he said, "I understand this city is dark, that's part of the reason I'm here. I left my comfortable life with my parent's pack to make my own life as well as escape a badly created pack." She looked down, "I wanted to make myself worth my blood, and after hearing of cold blooded murders, rapes, and other crimes committed by our kind in this city I decided I would head here and make a difference, however small." Sophia locked eyes with the male, "Don't think I haven't killed before either." Sophia felt her expression go dark, "Every wolf is expected to at some point. My parents trained me to fight my entire life. I was attacked one night shortly after my twelfth birthday, a young male alpha sought to keep me until I was old enough to become his mate." Sophia fell silent in memory of that night, it didn't happen often but it wasn't as rare as it should be for alpha males to take mates by force, "He died like the desperate mange he was." Sophia sighed, softening her expression, "However if I had known he had a pup with no mother, I would have had my parents take it in in a heart beat. It'n not about what happened between you and the guilty, it's about whats right and wrong, and understanding who to punish and how badly to do so." Sophia smiled, "Does that answer your question?"

Alexander blinked slowly as he listened to what Sophia was saying, staying absolutely silent while she spoke. As she finished her story and gave the moral of it, he blinked again, breaking his intense focus. "It does answer my question." he said. He then looked to each of the other wolves in the room before looking back to Sophia. "You'll make a fine Alpha. But I will not be joining you." he said.

He then quickly reached into the pocket of his overcoat and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen, scribbling down an address on it before walking up to Sophia and stopping mere feet away and extending his hand to hand her the paper. "However, if I am required to help save our kind from killing itself off, you can find me here." he said calmly.

Even though he stood well within arms reach of an Alpha who's blood was nearly boiling earlier, he did not appear intimidated at all. In fact he seemed quite calm, almost as if he were holding back his negative emotions. His particular scent was much stronger than any normal lone wolf, but it was not that of an Alpha. If he were in a pack, it would almost appear that he would be equal to the Alpha, be directly under the Alpha, or, somehow, above the Alpha. There was just something... unnerving about him.

He then turned, the tail end of his coat swishing behind him, stuffed his hands in his pockets and started to leave the room, looking at each and every werewolf within the room again before finally leaving the room.

Felan smiled warmly at Jukka as he took the apple relaxing and watched as he ate it in two bites. She sat to the left of him catching sight of his ear but decided it was best to keep quiet. " It he wants to talk about he will " She thinks to herself then turns her head to the side thinking " I do wish to join mistress Sophia... but what about?..." She continues to talk in her head, glancing at Jukka a little worried. " Sophia... " She begins but jumps and snaps her mouth shut as the new male enters and begins to speak spooked at the sudden and new wolf. A few minutes after the male left she looked towards Sophia and looked like she was struggling for words " Sophia.... I'll follow... Sophia." She stared at her for a few minutes before the stress of the sudden appearance almost became to much and she stood quickly bowing low to Sophia " I-I'm sorry pl-please excuse me.." and she ran out of the room and blindly running out the door running and jumping over the bench not noticing the man squatting there at all and hides in some bushes right before she transforms into her tiny wolf form barely bigger than her five foot human stature curling up and trembling waiting for her sudden panic attack to stop.

As Connor was finalizing his drawing, a sudden figure ran out of the building, jump over the bench just missing his body and fall into a bush behind the bench. "...The fuck?" He spoke to himself, looking back at the bush. He just noticed the trembling wolf through the hole made by the person. "Oh it's one of the wolves."

Connor jumped onto the backrest of the bench, still squatting down. He faced the bush, staring through the strips of hair covering his face. His eyes seemed to glow green, they seemed like the eyes of insanity. But the tension of his stare was soon broken by his voice. "What are you doing?" He asked to the bush, ignoring the strange looks from people as they wondered past him. Must look like he was talking to the bush.

The little wolf jumped at the voice whimpering softly then looks up her eyes filled with frustration and distress. She locked eyes with the man and scooted back cautiously not knowing what to make of the man squatting on top of the bench. After a staring him down for a minute she slowly scoots closer confused by this curious person and lifts her snout to sniff at him her ears pricked forward with interest. Little by little she scoots closer while sniffing; being careful to not come out of the bush. She tilts her head to the left yipping quietly in confusing at his strange smell.

"Aha, that's pretty cute." Connor giggled to himself as he slowly reaches his arm out to pet the wolf.

"Anyway, please transform back. It would be nice to speak to you." Connor spoke out with a very calm voice. His words were dragged out, he watched the reaction to every syllable which left his mouth. This wolf is obviously not the leader, but befriending it will bring him closer to being ordered around.

Ah, the thought of being ordered around brought a smile to Connor's face. He would finally gain control of his life again, he will have meaning to living. And of course, he will have fun.

She touched her nose to the palm of his hand before pushing her head into it changing back her head still pushed into his hand nudging it comforted. " H-Hello... " She says staring down at the ground. Looking up at him she speaks again quietly " ... You smell weird.." Tilts her head " Who are you?.. and.. um.. How're you doing that?.." Pointing indicating him squatting on the back of the bench.

Connor giggled, it was quite amusing for this to happen. Plus this person seemed nice, maybe a good master. "I smell weird? I think I showered this morning, can't quite remember." He gave a friendly smile as he returns his arm to rest across his knee.

That damn question, always the same. "Who are you?". This question changed Connors expression to thought, "hm, wait there." He pulled his sleeve up to show his metal bracelets with several pieces of paper stuck to them. On top of the paper was the most important note to Connor. He read what the note said out loud; "I am Connor Gateworthy, 18 years old, Male, Human. Nice to meet you." He lowered the sleeve over his arm again and gave another smile.

Noticing where she was pointing Connor still had no idea how anything he does works. "That is a good question though, I have no idea."

"Anyway, who are you? Do you need help with anything? Can you be my master?" Connor suddenly grew desperate to find a master, he was just loosing any feeling in life, there is no point in life unless he had someone to lead him and order him around.

Felan stares at him a couple minutes while she processes this. "Conner..." She says then smiles "It's nice to meet you too! I like your name. Oh.. I'm Felan.. I don't remember my last name or my age but I feel like I knew a Conner once.." She scratches her head trying to think then sighs giving up " I dunno if I'd be a good master but I can help you as a friend or something.." Her shoulders slump and she smile fades "I don't really know if I need help I've always been a baby.. I don't even really know how to fight just run away.." She looks down and says " I think it would do you better to ask mistress Sophia to be your master, I'm a low ranking wolf anyways and mistress Sophia is very strong and really pretty too." Looking up at Conner "Would you like to meet mistress Sophia?"

As Felan spoke, Connor noted every important detail said. Especially updating his information on her. "If you have met me outside of this city then don't bother trying to remember. I throw out my notes every time i leave a city" Connor gave the little warning, it was the only thing that was implanted into his brain, of course reading, writing and language was also there.

"I don't need help, I need a master." Connor noticed Felan's body language before she explained her cowardness. This gave him an idea. "I don't usually serve the strong, I serve the strong willed and needy. If you accept to become my master, then you will not need to fight or run away. I'll do anything for you." Connor jumped down off of the bench, his height from floor to head stayed the same. He was slightly bent forward with his legs bent a little. His arms hung limply before he placed them into his pockets.

"I do not know who this mistress is. But I am on a self mission, I think." He checked his arms again to remind himself. "Oh yeah, I gotta wait here until a group of werewolves leave the building."

Felan peeked out from the bush before crawling out over the bench if there was one thing she had it was her agility. She stood in front of him sizing him up for the first time " It must really hurt to stand straight if that's how you always are." She frowns before continuing, " Well.. If you really do need me... hmm.. Alright but could you.. maybe.. " she looks down " Maybe help me learn how to fight?.. I want to be able to defend myself and become strong! " her hands clinch into tight little fists, " I want to be able to protect those I care about.." She holds her hand out to him " and Mistress Sophia is leader " Points up at the third floor " Everyone is up there, I can take you to them or if you still wish to wait I can sit here with you till they come down."

The sound of many feet shuffling around drew closer and closer to the old apartment building. A single figure flew through the gates of the building and into the main courtyard. It was Alexander. He got up and let out a loud, low snarl as five figures entered the main courtyard.

Alexander charged the group with a growl and started to attack them, but whenever he gained the upper hand, one of them would manage to hit him and knock him to the ground. The entire thing was just a tangle of bodies with barking, growling, snarling, and screaming loud enough to be heard by even some of the most hard of hearing within a few blocks. That obviously included the group of the werewolves in the room with Sophia.

The pained cries of Alexander echoed throughout the courtyard before he let out a loud howl and transformed into his wolf form, his bones snapping and reforming, joints and tendons rearranging themselves and muscles tightening and loosening as needed as his body morphed.

When he was finished transforming, in his place was a great black wolf with glowing green eyes. Werewolves are naturally large, and Alpha's are unnaturally large even among werewolves, but Alexander.... He was something else. Even without a drop of Alpha blood in him, he was huge, almost as large as Sophia's wolf form.

The werewolves he was fighting also transformed and were all torn apart in the next series of attacks by Alexander as his teeth sank into them and flung them at each other. When he was done with the group, who now limped away as fast as they could, he let out another loud howl of triumph before shifting back into his human form. As he shifted back, the black fur of his wolf form turned into a mist and circled his human body, forming his clothing again.

Once done with his transformation back to human form, he fell onto his back, panting hard. He was exhausted, and even though his wounds were healing, he was in immense pain. He continued to lay there, motionless except for the quick rise and fall of his chest as he breathed.

With his breathing was a pained whine that was coming from him. Something wasn't healing right, and he needed help.

Jukka watched his new friend Felan jump up and run out of the building. She was gone before the young man even had the time to reacr. Jukka wished that he could have done something to comfort her but he had not had time. With a frown he sat back against the wall and crossed his arms across his chest. He was exhausted but didn't dare to close his eyes with the other wolves around.

Whe Alexander entered the room Jukka automatically wen't into watch mode. He kept a close eye on the other man who was there the speak with Sophia.He then gave her a paper and left. Jukka looked away from him as he walked by, a wolf's way of saying "I am not a threat." It wasn't long after Alexander left that Jukka heard him scream. The sounds of a fight soon met his ears. A shiver ran up the young man's spine.

As much as Jukka hated rain, he felt as though he needed to check on the other wolf. As soon as the sounds of the fighting stopped he turned into his wolf form and limped on out the door. It took Jukka some time to get down the stairs and out the back door, but once he did he stopped in surprise to see Alexander laying on the ground. He trotted over slowly, his ears back against his head, and sniffed the man cautiously.

Sophia heard the noises of fighting down below, every bone in her body wanted to rush out and help, but a wolf like Alexander would not take kindly to being helped and Sophia didn't want to loose such a powerful ally. She could hear Alexanders cries of pain and his tormentors laughs of victory, then it went silent. When noise continued Sophia knew it was wolf form on wolf form, and Alexander was winning. Soon after Alexander's howl of victory filled the air before more silence.

Sophia noticed Jukka shift and head downstairs, and she could feel why, something wasn't right with Alexander. Sophia followed Jukka silently, but stayed in human form as to not seem challenging to Alexander. When she and Jukka got out the door she saw exactly what was wrong. Alexander was laying on his back barley breathing, he needed medical attention, and quickly.

Felan heard the fighting right after she finished speaking to Conner and terror filled her eyes but forced herself to not show more than that. The memories of the night she lost her family flooded into her mind and she curled into a ball on her feet covering her ears to try to block it all out "No no no no nononono..." she stayed this way until the fighting finally stopped but the memories remained when the shiver passed through her " Somethings not right here... " she whispered to only herself and Conner. She grabbed his hand and pulled him into the building, past the stairs and out the back door. A momentary look of panic crossed her face but she forced it away as she let go of Conner's hand and knelt by Alexander's side " How can I help? " she says worriedly having only really seen him in her panic and past. " It'll be okay, we'll get you some help. " She looked back at Conner " He needs help so please.." She says to him " I have a first aid kit but I don't think it'll be enough "

"Of course I can help you learn to fight, Master. But I will always protect you." Connor answered his new master's request. A howl was heard not too far away, this caused his master to fall to the ground and mutter to herself. Connor didn't comment, he just wrote down a new important note stating about his new master and clipped it over his name. It was more important.

After being dragged suddenly to the scene, Connor was met with pain. The body automatically attempts to stand straight when only using the legs to run, of course he still couldn't stay straight he was wincing and slightly moaning in pain until they stopped. This instantly allowed him to return to his hunched state, but instead he squatted down instead. This removed the pain and allowed him to view the injured being on the floor. "Hm..."

After being asked by his master to head off to get some help, Connor quickly turned around and lay his hands on the floor between his legs, ready to leap forward and run off. But he stopped when he looked back to see yet another person carrying the injured being. "Do you still need me to get help, Master?" Connor asked, still in the position to leap into action.

Felan backs up enough so Jessie could lift Alexander, frustrated she couldn't be of more use. Her interest was peaked when she mentioned a healer though. After some thought she nodded at Jessie "If you fellow Sophia too then I'll trust you" and she smiles "A pack is also a family right? and family trusts each other and helps everyone out" After saying this she went over to Conner and knelt down next to him "I'm sorry I pulled you like that I didn't think about it.." With that she gently hugged him around the neck "I'll try to be more careful, okay?.." She pulls back and looks at him "Just stay with me, okay?" She lowers her voice so only he can hear "Seeing someone hurt... I don't like it and I want to help but I'm not sure how and I don't want to get in the way.."

Sophia was relieved to hear of Jessie's friend, "I'm not a horse, but if theirs a rout out of sight I'll change and carry him on my back, you can ride with him so he doesn't fall off. Or perhaps Felan or Jukka can so you can guide me." Sophia knew carrying someone on her back would be uncomfortable, but if it would get Alexander help quickly, then she would gladly deal with it, "Oh and Jessie, I don't treat my friends like dirt."

"Aha, don't worry about me, Master." Connor gave a friendly chuckle as he accepted the hug. Causing him to blush slightly.
Taking the next speech as an order Connor replied; "Of course, Master." He wrote the 'order' into his notebook, ripped out the page and clipped it to the arm with less notes attached. It was the arm where he kept his orders.

"As for what you just said," Connor also lowered his voice, "If you want to help, then help. It is good to show that you are trying. Or just do it anyway, if anyone objects then I will take your side. I dunno, something like that." He smiled towards his Master and turned around to face the group again. Completely forgetting his first objective to find out about them. It didn't matter though, he has a Master now, so personal missions are pointless.