Aftermath

Ari sank his teeth into Kang's right arm, Kang had seen the attack coming and raised his arm in defense.  Ari started to shake his body back and forth, ripping Kang off his feet and making him look like a rag doll in the huge wolf's mouth.  Kang yelled as he tried to punch Ari's head with his loose hand, missing every time because he was being shaken so violently.  The Blood Ties pack began to transform, attacking Ari but not having much luck as he was shaking.  One man was able to grab hold of Ari's neck, but was just knocked to the ground.  After what seemed minutes, but was truly only seconds, I reached Ari and Kang, what was I going to do?  Ren was right beside me instantaneously.  

"STOP!!"  I screamed, Ari continued to shake but slower, I walked up to the shaking mad wolf.  I was as close as I could be without getting smacked with Kang's thrashing body.  Ari was very resistant and obstinate.  "I said stop Ari!  You will kill your own brother!  Do you really want to be known as a monster?!"  I screamed.  Ari immediately dropped Kang to the ground and charged at me, his mouth open for a bite.  Ren stepped in front of me, and several members of the den ran to get between us.  Ari knocked Ren over and started grabbing at people with his teeth and tossing them, some of the crowd began transforming into their wolf forms again.  I couldn't allow that, I didn't want anymore fighting.  I looked back at Zeke, who had sat on the ground, he was sweating heavily and pale, Rai stood near him with a look of worry.  Zeke was loosing too much blood.  I had to do something, but what could I do?

"Stop, everyone!  The Shadow Wolves property will from now on be considered a sanctuary, any who break the rules of sanctuary will be executed!"  I yelled, everyone stopped moving, including Ari.  Sanctuary is sacred, it is a place where no harm will be done to anyone who seeks a safe place.  If anyone attacks in a sanctuary they are executed for their crime.  Any alpha, Queen, or King may declare a place as sanctuary.  I sighed as everyone fell quiet and still.

"There, no one else may fight here, Ari please leave, you are banished from this place.  Do not come back here, ever."  I gave the directive, hoping he would listen.  Ari folded his ears back and he bore his teeth at me, letting out a low growl, he walked straight up to me and put his head down so his snout would be centimeters from my nose.  

"I am not afraid of you Ari, we were once friends, even if it was fake for you, it wasn't for me.  I loved you, and looked up to you, but now you are nothing.  Leave."  I said, looking sternly at him.  Ari stopped snarling at me and bowed his head, I have a feeling it was more of a mockery than an actual sign of respect.  He turned around and ran out of the gymnasium through the splintered doors.  Kang lay on the floor unconscious, Zane was knelt down beside him.

"How is he?"  I asked.

"Well, he was shaken quite violently like the equivalent to being hit by a semi-truck going 80 miles and hour, then hitting a brick wall."  Zane's analogy made me shutter, that would be painful.  "I am not sure he will survive, but it is possible with him being a true wolf and unconscious, he will heal faster, like how you healed overnight just from sleeping."  I looked at Zane, I didn't know true wolves could heal just from falling asleep.  

"To be honest, I am not sure I care if he survives."  I said, I had no love for this man who had done those awful things to me so many years ago.

"Me either.  But do what you can anyway, his pack will not join the den if we let him die."  I heard Zeke's voice from right behind me, when had he gotten there?  

"Yes Alpha."  Zane still had a bit of anger in his voice when speaking to Zeke.  

"I may be the alpha to our pack, but she is the leader of the den.  Omega Queen's have even more influence than any alpha.  They still follow their alpha's orders, but they can also influence the alpha's orders."  Zeke said with a bit of a giggle.  

"We should all go rest now, here in the new Sanctuary, so we may all heal as much as we can and rise to a new day tomorrow.  On that new day, we will start recruiting more packs to the den, even absorb smaller dens if they are willing, to aide in the war against the panthers.  Go now, rest well."  Zeke gave the order, and the hope for a new way of life going forward, life with unity.  

Everyone began to leave the gym, some limping, some dangling broken arms, some gasping through pain of breathing with broken ribs, and some dead being carried out.  Zeke spoke to a small older man before the old man left the building, he asked him to set up a pyre for the dead.  There would be a funeral party tonight.  

"I will need to report all that has happened to the authorities, as is required by law.  They will investigate, and determine if any one person's acts were enough to be sent to prison."  Zeke said to the small group that was left in the gym, Ren, Zane, Rai, two men I didn't know, a woman I didn't know, and myself.  

"You best leave one thing out, and make sure no one else speaks of it."  Zane said to Zeke, scowling at him.

"Yes Zane, I will make sure no one knows what we are."  Zeke sighed as he spoke.  "Liz, can you please start making phone calls to local packs and dens to set up an assembly in two days, here at the sanctuary?"  The woman I had never met stepped forward and lowered her head slightly,

"Yes Alpha Zeke."  She said, then flashed her golden eyes at me with a smirk.  What was that about?  Liz pulled her cell phone from her pocket and started dialing as she left the building, her long, wavy, blonde hair swishing as she walked.

"So, how did your Mother and Father manage to make babies?  I understand they fucked, but how can a true wolf and a panther make a child, let alone two?"  I asked, curious.  

"We aren't totally sure either.  Apparently it does happen on occasion, but the infants will be slain once born if not while still in their mother's womb.  Our Father made sure we were kept secret, and safe."  Zane answered, looking over to Siren's lifeless body that was still on the stage.  

"I see."  I looked at Siren as well, wondering what kind of man would protect his children so, but then hire someone to rape and torture them.  

"We will discuss more tomorrow, let us get ready for the funeral party."  Zeke said to the group.  Everyone nodded in agreement and left the building, I grabbed Ren's hand and walked closely to him.  As we walked, we started to smell a fire burning, we had assumed it was the pyre for the dead.  We continued to walk toward the smaller homes that were in the community.

"I live in house five."  Ren said as he leaned his warm body into mine.  We went around a corner to a building, there was smoke filling the streets to the housing community, and the large cabin that Siren lived in was ablaze.  Ren stiffened up and began to breath faster, panic setting in,

"Sara!!!"