Harin woke to the early hours of dawn shining down on him and his scarred face, blinding him.
He attempted to sit up more comfortably, but for some reason, he couldn't.

Looking down he saw that he was restrained - there was a rope tied around his torso and metal chains on his hands.
He was alert almost at once.

Looking around, there was a couple of wolves asleep there. He could see his shotgun tucked under a wolves chin.
He sniffed the air and was surprised to see that all of them were a mix of omegas and betas.

They were bigger and more built than OneWe, but it didn't seem they could over power them any day soon.

It was a struggle to even sit up, but he managed to do so in the end.
He scooted over more to the waterfall where his attempts of breaking the chains on his hands wouldn't be heard as much.

Raising his hands, he slammed them down on a rock and they broke apart, falling to the ground with a clang.
He quickly dug into his pocket and got out the knife, cutting away the rope and throwing it to the side.

His bag was also back at the place with the wolves, so he had to sneak back there and get it.
His handgun only had around 7 bullets loaded in, and there was 9 wolves there. So even if they were to attack him..

Ignoring the fog in his brain he went back to the place and grabbed his bag, about to head away when he realised-

The shotgun

Growling under his breath, he sniffed for the rank of the sleeping wolf.
A beta - not bad.
He still wasn't able to change into his wolf form and honestly that didn't bother him too much, currently anyway.

Padding back over, he grabbed the tip of the shotgun that was poking out, gently sliding it in his direction, stopping at any movement the wolf did.

"What are you doing?"

He grabbed the shotgun and spun around, aiming for the person there, but they immediately put their hands up in mock surrender.
The wolves behind him stirred and a series of ferocious growls followed soon after.

"Hey hey! Calm down! I don't wanna hurt you, god!" The person said, backing up a little.
"Who the fuck are you? This is your pack?" Harin growled, noticing the person in front of him was an Alpha.

"Yes, it is. I'm the leader of the Metal House pack. We were patrolling our area and my unit found you here. We deemed you as a human threat, but upon further investigation today.. it seems we were wrong about our human accusation" The alpha explained slowly.

"Damn right you were. And don't go fucking tying me up like that again or I'll blow your brains out" He growled.

"OK, OK! We won't do that again. But what on earth are you doing on our territory? Are you a lone wolf?"

Harin lowered his gun.
"To put it into simpler terms... yeah, and no. I had a pack but I left. Then I got accepted into another one but I wouldn't say I'm truly part of it. OK, look"

The alpha opposite of him whistled at the other wolves and they sat down, but their teeth were bared just incase anything were to happen.

"Speak, what is it?"

"Yesterday a crazed Alpha threw me down this damned waterfall. Luckily, I didn't break any bone or get majorly injured-"

The alpha took a glance at his hand and cocked his eyebrow.
"That's a story for another time. But anyway, do you know how to get back up the mountain?"

The alpha hummed gently and looked up the mountain.

"There is a way to get up there, but it's not safe enough for you to go in human form. I must presume you cannot shift due to your fall? That's quite understandable" The other said, clicking his tongue.

"I say, come back to our camp for the time being. My healers will nurse you back to full health. We'll provide you with some food, shelter and maybe some more medication for your.. hand"

Harin felt a bit weary about this - it seemed a little too good to be true.

"Under one condition"

Yep, there it was.

"Right, what do you want?"

The alpha grinned.

"We need a patrol leader. There's a few rogue wolves and a stag somewhere around our territory that we haven't been able to drive out. That unit has been handed the task since last month, yet the fucking intruders won't leave. And judging by your rank and how high you are placed.."

"You want me to make them leave?"

"I want more than that. I want them to suffer the consequences of them coming onto my territory. It's enough they killed an omega. I cannot let my pack mates succumb to their little games"

Harin narrowed his eyes, before finally getting a more relaxed grip on his shotgun.
"Fine. I'll do it"

The alpha chuckled.
"That's the spirit! There, comrades, let's bring this fine gentleman back to our camp"

The wolves whined their agreement and set out into the deeper part of the forest and the other two alphas followed on.

"Your name?"
"Harin, yours?"

"Call me Hongjoong"
"Right"

It was a 20 minute walk through the leaves and trees huddled together, and the camp was.. a sight to see.

Metal scraps upon Metal scraps sat on top of each other. There was a ton of wolves there, much more than at OneWe.
Their ranks were composed of 2 more alphas and the rest omegas, betas and deltas.

As soon as he stepped foot into the camp, the wolves heads shot up and he could hear low growls when his guns showed.
They hadn't caught a whiff of his scent yet, it seemed as they seemed to be getting more and more brave with each snicker and insult.

"Ignore them. If they get on your nerves just put them in their place. Stay here, I'll get some healers"

Hongjoong left, jumping down some of the platforms, his unit following down.

"Well well, we have a free loader huh?"
Harin ignored them, checking over his shotgun and loading it up. Some bullets seemed to have been damaged and they would cause recoil if not replaced.

"Hey! Look at me when I'm speaking to you!"

His chin was grabbed and he looked at the guy grabbing him.
"Yunho, leave him-"

"Or what?"

"Let me go" Harin growled, but he didn't shove him away. He was curious as to what the delta would do.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Strolling in here, getting health checkups and food for free? What kind of wolf do you have to be to get all of this shit for free?"

"It's not for free, if you'd like to know-"
"Yeah yeah, that's what all free loaders say"

"I swear to fucking god, let me go before I angle this gun up into your mouth!" Harin snapped, ripping himself from Yunho's grasp.

"Pathetic" Yunho spat, "Where's your wolf form when you need it huh? Oh right, got a boo boo and now you can't shift?"
The delta laughed.

Harin growled and grabbed him, shoving his shotgun to his throat.

"Hey, Harin! I've got the healers!" Hongjoong's voice came.
The alpha narrowed his eyes and pressed the tip of the gun closer in.
"We'll see who'll be laughing later, dimwit"

He took the gun off and shoved him, going to Hongjoong.
"That Alpha will pay" Yunho muttered, going down the platforms, very obviously pissed.

"Everything alright? You seem agitated" Hongjoong asked.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking"
"No problem. Here, my healers will heal you and there's some food prepared in the little spare den. You should have your form back by the time we need you for the patrol"

"Sounds fine with me"

Hongjoong showed him to the den and left him there with some food, and the healers tended to any wounds he had.
He was grateful that the pain lessened, and now, which each passing hour that he stayed there, his wolf form gathered strength slowly.

Thank god.
He was skilled at guns, but he was NOT going out in his human form to fight his father if it came to it.

And he knew it would.