Chapter 2: Return to Jasper
"What's up in Jasper?" Humphrey asked.
"Your entire pack has been forced into hiding kwa King and the Rouge Wolves," Marcel said. "They're after Runt."
"Well, we have to go help them," Kate said.
"I'm coming with you," Humphrey said, getting up, still with much effort. His bullet-wound was still bleeding, but it was dripping very slowly.
"Humphrey," Kate said. "You can't walk in your condition. You're still too weak to move."
"Kate," he alisema using a tone of voice Kate had never heard before. It was very serious and zaidi like an alpha than an omega. "This is our home, and it's a direct threat to our son. I'm going. Pull me on the logboard if wewe have to."
"Okay."
Humphrey turned to Adam.
"Could wewe watch the pups while we go take care of this?"
"Not a chance," Adam said. "As the oldest sibling, it was my job to watch over wewe two, to keep wewe salama and I failed. I'm not letting wewe out of my sight again."
"Alright then, the pups can stay with the rest of the pack."
"We're all coming," Adam told Humphrey. "We're family. We stick together."
"Well, they can't come with us," Humphrey said. "It's way too dangerous."
"Dad, please," Claudette said. "We've been through so much worse. Remember the trappers?"
Humphrey looked at Claudette, scoffed a little, and a very serious tone came over him.
"You think trappers are bad?" he said. "I've seen things wewe can only imagine in your worst nightmares. Things too terrible to talk about. What I told wewe this morning wasn't the full story. I left a lot out. Because wewe cannot possibly imagine, the horror it caused me."
Humphrey looked at Kate, and then at his pups. He paused and waited for these words to sink in and then added one last comment.
"Scared? wewe don't even know what it means to be scared."
Everyone was silent. This journey had brought about a new side to Humphrey. A side that had been hidden away for 2 decades. Behind the innocent, playful, slightly overzealous omega, was a mbwa mwitu that had been through an incredibly traumatizing puphood. He had Lost his parents, his siblings, and his home, on the same day, all in a matter of minutes. He had been subjected to living alone in the woods for months, having to scrounge and scrape to survive. He faced every single siku alone. He faced the elements alone, he faced hunger and injury and fear alone. He faced the other creatures of the forest alone. He was the lonest of lone wolves.
And every time things seemed to be getting better, life would take it all away from him again. He had made Marafiki in the woods that either resented him au had died gruesome deaths right before his eyes. And worst of all, when he finally settled down in Jasper, he forgot. He forced himself to forget his entire past life because it was so painful to think about. He forced himself to forget his Marafiki and his family, his real family. He forced himself to believe that he had always lived in Jasper, that he had known Kate his entire life. Only he knew what "scared" really meant.
"We'd better hurry," Marcel said. "It's pretty bad."
Humphrey laid down on the logboard and the group, now even bigger because of Adam and the rest of Humphrey's pack, quickly began to head back nyumbani to face the Rouge Wolves.
It took a few days au so, but the group eventually reached Owen's pack and what they found wasn't good.
Some of the Rouge Mbwa mwitu loups had also attacked Owen's pack, too. As the group approached, they noticed that Kyle had been cornered kwa three fairly large wolves. Humphrey leaped off the logboard and attacked one of the three wolves. Kate and Adam followed and eventually forced them to retreat.
"Thanks," Kyle said. "I think I owe wewe an apology. I misjudged you, Humphrey. It was an accident. wewe never meant to hurt me. I see that now."
"I'm sorry, too," Humphrey said. "I was so sad when your father banished me, but I was also upset. I was just beginning to come to terms with what had happened to me and now wewe were throwing me back out into the woods. I never stopped to think that wewe never really knew everything I went through. wewe had no idea. Neither did Owen. He was just doing what he thought was best at the time."
There was silence as the two looked at each other in a moment of shared forgiveness. Then Humphrey spoke up again.
"We could use your help," he said. "Our home's been overrun kwa an entire pack of those Rouge Wolves, and our numbers are too little to fight them off."
"Humphrey," Kyle said. "If you're asking me to jiunge wewe in battle," he paused, and then smiled.
"Then wewe came to the right guy."
Humphrey smiled back as Kyle walked over to jiunge the group. He called for his pack to help aid him and Humphrey, and then looked back at his friend.
"I'd fight beside wewe any day."
"What's up in Jasper?" Humphrey asked.
"Your entire pack has been forced into hiding kwa King and the Rouge Wolves," Marcel said. "They're after Runt."
"Well, we have to go help them," Kate said.
"I'm coming with you," Humphrey said, getting up, still with much effort. His bullet-wound was still bleeding, but it was dripping very slowly.
"Humphrey," Kate said. "You can't walk in your condition. You're still too weak to move."
"Kate," he alisema using a tone of voice Kate had never heard before. It was very serious and zaidi like an alpha than an omega. "This is our home, and it's a direct threat to our son. I'm going. Pull me on the logboard if wewe have to."
"Okay."
Humphrey turned to Adam.
"Could wewe watch the pups while we go take care of this?"
"Not a chance," Adam said. "As the oldest sibling, it was my job to watch over wewe two, to keep wewe salama and I failed. I'm not letting wewe out of my sight again."
"Alright then, the pups can stay with the rest of the pack."
"We're all coming," Adam told Humphrey. "We're family. We stick together."
"Well, they can't come with us," Humphrey said. "It's way too dangerous."
"Dad, please," Claudette said. "We've been through so much worse. Remember the trappers?"
Humphrey looked at Claudette, scoffed a little, and a very serious tone came over him.
"You think trappers are bad?" he said. "I've seen things wewe can only imagine in your worst nightmares. Things too terrible to talk about. What I told wewe this morning wasn't the full story. I left a lot out. Because wewe cannot possibly imagine, the horror it caused me."
Humphrey looked at Kate, and then at his pups. He paused and waited for these words to sink in and then added one last comment.
"Scared? wewe don't even know what it means to be scared."
Everyone was silent. This journey had brought about a new side to Humphrey. A side that had been hidden away for 2 decades. Behind the innocent, playful, slightly overzealous omega, was a mbwa mwitu that had been through an incredibly traumatizing puphood. He had Lost his parents, his siblings, and his home, on the same day, all in a matter of minutes. He had been subjected to living alone in the woods for months, having to scrounge and scrape to survive. He faced every single siku alone. He faced the elements alone, he faced hunger and injury and fear alone. He faced the other creatures of the forest alone. He was the lonest of lone wolves.
And every time things seemed to be getting better, life would take it all away from him again. He had made Marafiki in the woods that either resented him au had died gruesome deaths right before his eyes. And worst of all, when he finally settled down in Jasper, he forgot. He forced himself to forget his entire past life because it was so painful to think about. He forced himself to forget his Marafiki and his family, his real family. He forced himself to believe that he had always lived in Jasper, that he had known Kate his entire life. Only he knew what "scared" really meant.
"We'd better hurry," Marcel said. "It's pretty bad."
Humphrey laid down on the logboard and the group, now even bigger because of Adam and the rest of Humphrey's pack, quickly began to head back nyumbani to face the Rouge Wolves.
It took a few days au so, but the group eventually reached Owen's pack and what they found wasn't good.
Some of the Rouge Mbwa mwitu loups had also attacked Owen's pack, too. As the group approached, they noticed that Kyle had been cornered kwa three fairly large wolves. Humphrey leaped off the logboard and attacked one of the three wolves. Kate and Adam followed and eventually forced them to retreat.
"Thanks," Kyle said. "I think I owe wewe an apology. I misjudged you, Humphrey. It was an accident. wewe never meant to hurt me. I see that now."
"I'm sorry, too," Humphrey said. "I was so sad when your father banished me, but I was also upset. I was just beginning to come to terms with what had happened to me and now wewe were throwing me back out into the woods. I never stopped to think that wewe never really knew everything I went through. wewe had no idea. Neither did Owen. He was just doing what he thought was best at the time."
There was silence as the two looked at each other in a moment of shared forgiveness. Then Humphrey spoke up again.
"We could use your help," he said. "Our home's been overrun kwa an entire pack of those Rouge Wolves, and our numbers are too little to fight them off."
"Humphrey," Kyle said. "If you're asking me to jiunge wewe in battle," he paused, and then smiled.
"Then wewe came to the right guy."
Humphrey smiled back as Kyle walked over to jiunge the group. He called for his pack to help aid him and Humphrey, and then looked back at his friend.
"I'd fight beside wewe any day."
So if wewe won't hurt me what will wewe do'' Rocko. Asked the robots
Well we been wachen ye from a distance and how ye made a computer a real body can you...''
Make wewe one sure'' Rocko finished foxy's sentence
Later
How much for them'' Rocko asked
5,000 for them'' the manniger said
Sold '' Rocko said
AT ROCKOS UNDER GROUND BUNKER
four clones sat there
Four SD chips plunged in
Ugh thank ye'' foxy said
No problem
Oh got to go wewe can go live your lives
IN THE VALLY
wewe ready runt'' Rocko asked quietly
Yeah'' runt replied
They got in rocko's old truck
And drove to town
Let's go'' Rocko had taken his nefiew to a Garth brooks concert
Don't tell your mom she will have my a#!'' Rocko said
OK'' runt replied
AFTER THE CONCERT
That was great uncle Rocko '' runt exclaimed
Yeah it was'' Rocko alisema walking runt home
So were did wewe two go.'' Humphrey asked
He was watching me hunt'' Rocko lied
OK'' Humphrey said
Good night wewe two'' Rocko alisema running off
Well we been wachen ye from a distance and how ye made a computer a real body can you...''
Make wewe one sure'' Rocko finished foxy's sentence
Later
How much for them'' Rocko asked
5,000 for them'' the manniger said
Sold '' Rocko said
AT ROCKOS UNDER GROUND BUNKER
four clones sat there
Four SD chips plunged in
Ugh thank ye'' foxy said
No problem
Oh got to go wewe can go live your lives
IN THE VALLY
wewe ready runt'' Rocko asked quietly
Yeah'' runt replied
They got in rocko's old truck
And drove to town
Let's go'' Rocko had taken his nefiew to a Garth brooks concert
Don't tell your mom she will have my a#!'' Rocko said
OK'' runt replied
AFTER THE CONCERT
That was great uncle Rocko '' runt exclaimed
Yeah it was'' Rocko alisema walking runt home
So were did wewe two go.'' Humphrey asked
He was watching me hunt'' Rocko lied
OK'' Humphrey said
Good night wewe two'' Rocko alisema running off
WARNING: Rocko gets a little drunk and alcohol is bad if your under age 21 MEANS 21
Rocko climbed the mountain and looked for princess
nyasi, nyasi kavu baby '' he alisema a little tippsey
As they started Rocko thought ''I have not howled in years''
But Princess was stund kwa his talented voice
After the howl Rocko took princess somewhere quiet
I upendo wewe Rocko i still cant believe wewe recignized me its been years sence alpha school'' princess said
I know'' Rocko said
wewe don't look to different except for that scar on your eye'' princess said
Let me take your body to paridice'' Rocko whispered
A BIT LATER
Sir we captured an enemy soldier'' Hutch alisema as he brought in the Russian
Th3y al1 m0st d1e 100934501610
wewe I know wewe ... Vorkuta'' the Russian alisema
Rocko punched him
Don't remind me of Vorkuta'' Rocko said
I brainwashed y...ou'' was the Russian's final word
Oh no'' Rocko said
TO BE CONTINUED
Rocko climbed the mountain and looked for princess
nyasi, nyasi kavu baby '' he alisema a little tippsey
As they started Rocko thought ''I have not howled in years''
But Princess was stund kwa his talented voice
After the howl Rocko took princess somewhere quiet
I upendo wewe Rocko i still cant believe wewe recignized me its been years sence alpha school'' princess said
I know'' Rocko said
wewe don't look to different except for that scar on your eye'' princess said
Let me take your body to paridice'' Rocko whispered
A BIT LATER
Sir we captured an enemy soldier'' Hutch alisema as he brought in the Russian
Th3y al1 m0st d1e 100934501610
wewe I know wewe ... Vorkuta'' the Russian alisema
Rocko punched him
Don't remind me of Vorkuta'' Rocko said
I brainwashed y...ou'' was the Russian's final word
Oh no'' Rocko said
TO BE CONTINUED