Sean whimpered in relief to see Mark. As aggressive and wild as Mark looked, Sean had to admit. He needed him. Thick saliva dripped from Mark's beautiful brown muzzle as he panted out deep growls. Even with his sleek thick fur, Sean could see his every muscle and the fury behind his dark eyes. Sean forced himself to roll over and away from them and under a bush to avoid being stepped on. Mark dragged his thick nails across the dirt as he slowly rose up onto his hide legs and puffed his chest up. Rising to his own feet, Zedekiah chuckled out excitedly. "Well... Not exactly how I wanted to get your attention. But this works." Raising his hands, Zedekiah beckoned Mark to him, teasing him smugly. "Come, pup. I'm not scared of you." Mark let out a loud growl of challenge and Zedekiah spread his arms out and yelled at him in response to accept it. Sean shivered from the power of their clashing influences. Mark didn't even flinch under Zedekiah's influence. Dropping back down to all fours, Mark ran toward Zedekiah. Sean held his breath as Mark leapt off the ground and slammed into Zedekiah. Zedekiah grabbed Mark's throat to keep him from biting him, using Mark's momentum to flip him to the ground. Mark thrashed his hands and feet to try clawing at Zedekiah, but he easily avoided his flailing limbs.

Instead, Zedekiah backed up to let Mark start to roll back up onto his feet, before jumping onto him. Wrapping his arms around Mark's neck. Mark snarled and Sean weakly tried to get up, but his contractions were sapping his strength. Zedekiah tightened his arms around Mark's neck, before trying to grab his muzzle with his free hand. Mark whimpered as Zedekiah grabbed his jaw and tried to pull on it to twist Mark's head to break it. Instead, Mark reached back to grab Zedekiah's arms and dived into a forward roll. The rough jostling of it allowed Mark to get his head free of his arms. Zedekiah then cursed and started to roll to avoid Mark's snapping jaws as he chased after him. Mark's fingers slashed the dirt inches from every spot Zedekiah had been and his jaws came closer and closer to catching him. Just as Mark managed to snap his jaws onto Zedekiah's arm, Zedekiah started punching Mark in the face. Aiming for his eyes and nose to hit them as hard as he could. Mark slashed his nails across Zedekiah's chest, but he barely felt it, continuing to punch Mark and kicking him in the ribs. Unable to remain so close, Mark released him, and Zedekiah got in one last kick that missed Mark's ribs but hit his jaw.

Mark's yelp caused Sean to whine loudly as he watched him go down across the ground. Zedekiah panted but rushed up on Mark to grab him while he was stunned. Grabbing his jaws, Zedekiah pried Mark's mouth open and Mark's padded hand clawed at Zedekiah's chest as he squealed in distress from him trying to break his jaw! Sean tried to get up but saw stars and slumped back down. To his shock, he saw his mom run on her injured leg passed him. Her run was a bit slow, but she managed to leap off her good leg to jump onto Zedekiah's back. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she sank her teeth into his throat with a loud snarl. Zedekiah staggered away from Mark, releasing him in order to keep himself upright, letting out an angry growl. Zedekiah punched his mom in the face to stop her from her biting him, then grabbed her arms and flipped her off him to the ground. His mom hit the ground hard, where he stomped a heel on her chest. His mom gasped in pain, before he bent down to pick her up and threw her aside. His mom hit the ground roughly, but she weakly propped herself up on her hands. Zedekiah turned to head back to Mark who was slowly shaking off the blow. Spitting blood, she looked up and growled out to his back. "You're gonna turn your back on me? After what I did to your brother?"

Zedekiah stopped in his tracks, prompting his mom to chuckle out. "You wanna know what his last words were?" Zedekiah slowly turned around to face her, causing Sean to whimper. He wanted her to stop. Yet, his mom chuckled smugly and sneered back at him. "Should I tell you how he screamed like a scared pup when I RIPPED HIS FUCKING THROAT OUT!" Zedekiah growled but didn't move toward her. Curling his fists though, Zedekiah coolly retorted in a dark voice. "Are you trying to hurt me? Because I'll show you how you hurt someone." Moving away from her, Sean cowered farther under the bush as Zedekiah stomped toward him. His mom yelled out to Zedekiah in a distressed tone. "HEY! NO!" Reaching the bush, Zedekiah reached in to grab Sean by the scruff off his neck to drag him out. Sean squealed in pain, snapping his jaws at Zedekiah's arms but his stomach was cramping up too much that moving around was painful. Zedekiah pulled him out all the way into the open, growling out. "Pushed out a pup yet? Cause I know who I want to give it to." Sean yelped in sharp pained pitches, but Zedekiah didn't care as he grabbed Sean's leg to lift it to see if he was hiding them.

Sean stopped making noise as a deep growl came from behind Zedekiah. Zedekiah released Sean, starting to turn a second too late. Mark slammed into his back, biting his shoulder and clawing up his back as he tugged him away from Sean. Zedekiah groaned, then picked up a branch to smack Mark with it, busting the thick branch over his leg. Mark sank his teeth in deeper as he yelped but refused to let him go. Taking the broken piece of it, Zedekiah stabbed it into Mark's thigh, finally causing Mark to release him with an inhuman yelp that turned into a human scream as Mark's transformation faltered. Falling to the ground as a human, Mark groaned loudly. Zedekiah staggered to his knees, grabbing his shoulder that was bleeding badly from Mark's bite. Glancing back at him, Zedekiah chuckled out. "You can take a hit... I like that. But it looks like your hurting..." Staggering up to his feet, Mark pulled the broken branch from his thigh and growled out in a tired tone. "So are you." Zedekiah winced as he flexed his wounded shoulder but tried to hide his pain as he stated aloud through clenched teeth. "You had an advantage as a wolf... Now. I'm gonna kill you."

Mark snorted, holding his ground as Zedekiah charged toward him. Ducking his punch, Mark started punching Zedekiah in the gut. As a human he was a harder target for Zedekiah to hit and even hurt, Mark fought through the pain on pure adrenaline! Zedekiah kicked Mark in the chest after a wild swing, knocking Mark clear off his feet. Mark didn't fight the fall, he used it to send him into a roll in order to get back on his good leg, letting his bleeding one rest. Zedekiah shook his head, grumbling out as he stomped toward him. "You are getting on my last fucking nerve!" Mark smirked, rolling to the side as Zedekiah tried to kick him. Rising to his feet, Mark launched out at Zedekiah slamming into his hurt shoulder to shove him off his feet. The both of them fell into the grass, where they began to wrestle and beat on each other. Sean tried to watch, but his body suddenly locked up and a sharp whine left him as he felt the pain increase. Tensing his abdomen to push hard, he let out strained whines as his legs shook. It was happening. He was going into labor. He couldn't think or move. All he could do was push like his body wanted.

His mom started to crawl toward him, panting out a bit strained. "Sean...?" Sean's legs swept the dirt under him as he shifted around uncomfortably, unknowingly clearing the harmful sticks and rocks from beneath him. With one last push, he felt relief as something left his body and rested by his inner thigh under his bushy tail. Collapsing his chest onto the ground, Sean panted and tried to relax his aching limbs. His whole body felt too hot, and he just wanted to rest. By his thigh though, a soft whimper drew his attention. No matter how tired he was, his body found the energy to seek it out. Shifting to his side, he reached down to scoop up the small pup. To his surprise the puppy wasn't in human form. It was in its werewolf form. The pup was so small, and its tiny ears had a cute droop to them. The pup's eyes weren't open, but it whined softly and nuzzled into his arm as he pulled it closer to his chest to keep it warm. The pup had light brown fur with white along its underbelly. Holding the pup close, Sean's heart overflowed with joy and warmth. He couldn't believe it. He'd had a puppy. An innocent little life. Licking the puppy's tiny muzzle, he listened to it whimper and watched it snuggle against his fur to sniff him with such a small nose.

Sean smiled, until he heard his mom yell out. "MARK!" Sean's smile faded as he looked up to see where Mark was. Zedekiah had Mark pinned to the ground and was beating him in the face rapidly. Then slamming Mark down on the ground, Zedekiah grabbed Mark's throat to choke him as he chuckled out through clenched teeth. "Just as I thought. You're young... and you can't take me!" Sean forced himself to sit up, but his body was still aching and sore. Holding the pup to his chest, he looked around for a possible place to hide his puppy. He didn't look for long, when he heard a motorcycle revving through the trees. Sean tensed, then smiled as the familiar motorcycle rushed in and skidded into a donut that sprayed dirt over Mark and Zedekiah but stopped before the tire reached Sean's direction. On the back of the bike, Matthew hopped off and turned off his phone like he'd been giving him directions. Zedekiah shook off the dirt, growling out to Nathan. "You're not dead?!" Nathan chuckled, climbing off his bike and growling out darkly. "Takes more than a few cracked ribs to kill me. Now... GET OFF MY ALPHA!" Zedekiah turned to try killing Mark, but Nathan ran for him forcing Zedekiah to make a split second decision.

Releasing Mark, Zedekiah swung his arm out as he got up. Striking Nathan across the face, causing him to clear the ground and spin through the air before falling to the ground onto his stomach. Zedekiah spit blood, then reached down to grab the back of Nathan's neck. Flipping Nathan onto his back, he growled down to him. "That was REALLY stupid!" Nathan grinned, kicking his foot up to hit Zedekiah under his jaw hard enough to knock him away from him. Zedekiah staggered away, spitting blood and a few teeth. Rolling onto his feet, Nathan chuckled out to him. "What happened? Are you tired?" Zedekiah growled, rushing back in to try punching Nathan. Nathan dodged his blows easily and Sean got excited. Nate was right. Mark had worn Zedekiah down. He was moving slower and hurting. As banged up as Nathan looked, he seemed to have more energy than Zedekiah. Ducking a blow, Nathan elbowed Zedekiah in the ribs and turned to punch him off his feet. However, as Zedekiah hit the ground, he grabbed Nathan and took him down with him. Resulting in another aggressive wrestling match between the two. Sean looked to Matthew, who looked a bit roughed up himself, but told him sweetly. "Cliff told us what trail Mark was taking. Didn't expect to see you all down here. Aww, is that?"

Sean showed him the pup just a little, but his attention went to Mark. Mark was slowly getting to his feet, coughing and spitting blood of his own. Nathan wrestled Zedekiah as best he could, but Zedekiah was starting to get ahold of him... until Mark leapt in to help. The two of them managed to get hits in while keeping the other from getting too overwhelmed... but Zedekiah blows was wearing them down. Sean whimpered, wanting to help, but Matthew held is furry arm to hold him back. Growing more frustrated, Zedekiah flipped Nathan to the ground and whirled around to punch Mark in the gut. Then grabbing Mark, he picked him up and threw him. Mark tumbled across the ground, laying still as he choked and tried to catch his breath. Unable to take it, Sean scrambled across the ground and over to Mark. Matthew told him not too, but Sean couldn't stop himself. Mark tried to push him away, but Sean laid over him with soft whines. Zedekiah panted heavily as he walked over, dryly stating out. "Even with one eye. And two against one. You couldn't beat me! You're not ready to be a leader. You are going to lose EVERYTHING!" Sean laid his head over Mark's neck, letting out a low growl as he hugged his puppy to his chest.

Stopping in front of them, Zedekiah told Sean sternly. "You think I won't rip you off him. You can do NOTHING to save him from me!" Zedekiah reached down to grab Sean by the scuff of his neck with a whimper, lifting him up with a bit of effort. Just as he was lifted off Mark, Mark suddenly sprang up and impaled a stick through Zedekiah's neck. Zedekiah released Sean, starting to go for Mark's throat, until Nathan moved up behind him and punched him with a set of brass knuckles that had tasers on the ends. Zedekiah yelped as his body shuddered from the volts of electricity. Then Mark adjusted up onto his knees and told Sean in a cold voice. "Sean? Avert your eyes. I don't want you to see this." Sean quickly turned his head but saw Mark out of the corner of his eye. Removing the stick, Mark leaned in on one side and Nathan leaned in on the other to rip his throat out. Sean winced, then jumped a little as he heard Mark snap Zedekiah's neck for good measure. He felt just like the little pup he was when Mark had to kill the bunny. Killing didn't come easy for him, but that is why he had Mark. Mark would do it to protect those he loved without hesitation.

Zedekiah's body limply fell to the ground and for a minute or two, everyone was quiet. Nathan removed the brass knuckles, tossing them to Matthew as he told him. "Alright. You were right. They did help." Matthew chuckled, picking up the spent knuckles as he blushed out. "Well... You can buy me dinner and I'll call it even?" Matthew's eyes briefly met Sean's, before he cleared his throat and added shyly. "I mean... If you want. Because I... I know you have a thing with... And I'd hate to impose on-" Nathan lifted a hand to cover Matthew's mouth to stop him, before smirking out to him. "I can do that, Matpat." Matthew blushed a brighter red, gesturing to Sean's mom as he mumbled out shyly. "Ok. Great. I'll just... I'm gonna check on her. She looks hurt." Nathan smiled as he watched Matthew walk away, coaxing Mark to state out teasingly. "Nate? You've got something on your face." Nate's smile faded as he looked at him and reached up to wipe his mouth. Noticing the blood, Nathan rolled his eyes and used his shirt to try and wipe most of it off. Sean chuckled a little, then winced and laid back down. Mark turned over to look at him, asking with worry. "Sean? Are you ok?"

Unable to answer in his werewolf form, Sean just shook his head and whined as his stomach started tensing again. Sean's mom pushed Matthew away and back toward Sean. Reaching them, Matthew waved the guys away and yanked out his phone to call an ambulance. Upon telling the operating where they were, Matthew added a little excitedly. "Please hurry. The Luna is having another puppy." To Be Continued...