TRAVELING WARRIORS
Dave, Zane, Tyrone, and Peter

They climbed into their vehicle and took off toward Meadow Range Pack to enquire about former Beta Percival Reed. Dave was driving and said, "GPS stated it would be three and half-hour drive to Meadow Range, but I don't think it considered curvy roads with a trailer. We have been on the road for five hours. It states we are 30 minutes away if you want to call them Zane."

Zane looked at the number Charlie gave him and dialed. It rings twice, and someone picks up, "Meadow Range, Alpha Adam Bronze speaking."

"Hello, Alpha Bronze; this is Zane Sommers-Hutton from SNAP1. Alpha Charlie Sommers-Hutton requested we call you when GPS said we were half an hour out."

"I thought you would be here a couple of hours ago."

"That had been our plan, sir, but hauling a trailer on the curvy roads took longer than we thought."

"I figured that was the case. I have my brother, beta Wesley Bronze and a couple of warriors heading your way.  They will be at the dirt road turnoff waiting for you. They will guide you in."

"Thank you, sir. See you soon." He hung up.

They drove for 24 minutes when he went around a curve to see three people standing by the road. One of them waved. Dave stopped and rolled his window down. The one man spoke, "Can you confirm who you are?"

Dave replied, "I am Dave Sommers-Hutton. I am from SNAP 1. Your alpha said we would be meeting his Delta here."

He laughed, "You know darn well, my brother said Beta Wesley Bronze.  I was standing by my brother when you called. You guys have been driving these hills for a while. How about we run to the pack house, and my warriors drive your trailer up?"

Dave glances over to Zane, and he nods. He looks in the mirror at Tyrone and Peter, who nods. "That sounds like a great idea. They all climb out, and Dave hands the warrior his keys. They all walk into the woods behind trees. They strip and drop their clothes and shoes into bags and shift. They pick their bags up in their mouths. Then follow Beta Bronze to the pack house.

When they get to the pack house, he leads them around to the side. There were dozens of changing rooms with showers in them. They were wooden designs with the door opened in each. The Beta walked in one, and by the door handle was a rope attached to the inside. He set his bag on the bench inside. He turned around. He grabbed the rope in his mouth and shut the door. His bones were heard popping as he shifted. He said, "Grab a privacy room; you can shower and change. My sister got tired of cleaning muddy pawprints or footprints, so I had these built. When we finish a run or training, we clean up out here. She is one wolf and will make warriors get down on their hands and knees to clean up with a toothbrush. They quake when they get on her wrong side." He laughs. "When done, grab your towels, and we will drop them off at the indoor hamper on our way to meet my brother."

The four of them each go inside a shower house to shift. Inside each shower house, they see various soaps, shampoos, and towels. They shower and change back into their clothes. They walk outside carrying their towels.
They follow Beta Bronze inside through a side door. He drops his towel inside a hamper. They all follow suit and follow him to the alpha's office.

A man stands up behind his desk and calls out. "Welcome to Meadow Range Pack. I hope you enjoyed your run. I am Alpha Adam Bronze. The pack calls me Alpha Adam." He holds out his hand to Dave.

"Hello, I am Delta Davis Sommers-Hutton from Juniper Pack and known as Warrior Dave in SNAP 1." He shakes his hand. "This is my brother, "Delta Zane Sommer-Hutton from Juniper Pack also. He is known as Warrior Zane in SNAP. The next two members of SNAP1 are from Lycan Pack. They are Warrior Tyrone Yetz and Peter Bennet." He shook hands with each of them.

He pointed to chairs and sofas off to the side, "Please have a seat. Would you like anything to drink before we discuss business?"

Dave replied, "We are ok."

"Wesley, sit down. First, I want to give my condolences to you, Warrior Dave and Warrior Zane. I met your parents a few times when they traveled around and stopped here when we were growing up. My dad spoke highly of them and was glad to support your mother's changes."

Dave and Zane both replied, "Thank you, sir."

"Your brother informed me that SNAP1 was formed as a joint pack to search for the responsible parties of their deaths. That your visiting packs for information. He stated your group had been tasked to identify possible suspects. I will admit that I have never been involved with the type of rouges that used bombs. I only dealt with a few hostile ones. Yes, some were killed, and others went to your mother's center she formed."

Dave replied, "We had a witness to the bombing. We were able to get four composites. We took the composites to the counseling center. We had several patients or staff give identification to one of the unknown suspects. We were hoping you could confirm if they were correct." I hand him the paper with the four composites on it.

The alpha looks at it, and his other fist tightens up. He hands the photo to his beta. The alpha, in a tight voice, says, "I never dreamed he would do this."

Wesley looks at his brother, "You knew he changed after his mate and pup died. He ran away from counseling. Maybe he was mad because counseling did not take away his pain?"

Zane looked at them, "Counseling  is to help you accept and deal with pain, not to make it just go away."

Dave stated, "The second photo was identified as Former Beta Percival Reed. Can you verify that it is him? Plus, share any notable traits that can help us find him."

Adam shook his head and replied, "Yes, it is. He is 6 feet 4 inches tall, has brown hair, and has grey eyes.  His wolf is brown fur with grey eyes too. I do not know any of the other three.  Now why don't we get some lunch? I am sure my sister has it set up. He stands to walk toward the door. Everyone follows him out as we walk down the hall. Suddenly, Dave and Zane push past the alpha and run ahead. They are met in the hall by a 5 foot 2-inch light brown hair she-wolf with blue eyes. They yell, mate, and she, in a shocked voice, says, "Twins." They wrap their arms around each other.

There is a loud growl.  Dave and Zane push their mate behind them. They turn toward the sound, ready to protect their mate. They look at Wesley, Tyrone, and Peter, who are laughing.  Then they notice the alpha is on the ground with some stuff from the shelf on top of him.

They look at the angry alpha, giving them dirty looks and growling. Their mate pushes between them and looks down, "Adam, why are you on the ground? You better clean up your mess."

He stands up and glares at her, "Camella, I am the alpha and not you. You are not supposed to order me around. Your mates knocked me on my ass when trying to get to you."

She looked at Wesley, "You and the other two laughing hyenas help Adam clean up. Otherwise, no desert. I made both your favorites today."

Wesley stopped and laughed, "You made angel food cake with strawberry and chocolate sauce?"

"Yes, I did. Plus, I have Alice watching the shrimp and steak kabobs on the grill, along with corn on the cob. I am going into the dining room with my mates to dish out grandma's chicken and noodle soup recipe.
But you will end up with cold soup if you don't hurry." She grabbed her mate's arms and guided them into the dining room.

The brothers quickly started cleaning. Wesley yelled at Tyrone and Peter, "Help because Cami isn't kidding when she says cold soup and no dessert. You don't want to miss any of her meals." They helped, and soon everything was cleaned up, and they headed in and ate a very delicious meal.

When lunch was done, Cami took Zane and Dave to her room to pack up. They also marked her.

Adam, Wesley, Peter, and Tyrone created a wanted post. They sent it to the council for approval. Then it went out to local packs in the area.