--Alarik--

"I got her again," I said as I sat straight up in the chair. I heard something thump beside me and turned to see Jason on the floor. Apparently I'd startled him.

"I got her, I was able to hear her this time."

"What did she say? Did she say where she was?" He asked animatedly.

"No," I frowned slightly. "She said my name, then all I got was 'Alarik, I'. After that, nothing. But I was able to feel what she was feeling. She was determined, she was hopeful. I was able to get that. But she was also weak and in pain."

I saw Jason's hands clench into fists at that. I hadn't told him exactly what I'd felt from her last time. If he knew that, he would probably be as pissed as I was.

"I managed to pick some names from her mind. They must have been right on the top, something she'd heard recently. One of them was Freemont, and another was-- Klarke I think."

"These are names of the people keeping her?" Jason asked jumping up from the ground and grabbing his laptop.

"I'm not sure, but right now it's all we have. We've ended up with nothing on the information we already have. Do you know how to do a search or something?"

"Something like that. I have an uncle who's in the police force. I know a few things about finding people. I can also call him-"

"No."

"Alarik, this is something serious, we need to get as many as we can involved in this."

"We can't. Does your uncle know about us?" I asked pointedly.

"Not exactly."

"Exactly. We don't know what state Allison is in, in there."

"That's why we need as many people as we can to find her and to do it soon."

"You're not understanding me. Her wolf has been suppressed. It's been at least two months since she's shifted. She hasn't been able to contact me, which means she hasn't been able to get in touch with her wolf. They wouldn't let her if they know what she is. We can't get humans involved because the humans could get hurt, or worse."

I didn't want to be the cause of any causalities or any transformations. If this is true with Allison, there was a chance her wolf could be out of control. She would no longer be able to hold back the beast that's inside of her. I also didn't want any humans there for another reason.

I probably wouldn't be able to control myself.

While humans might be able to help get us there, they would need to be far away from the rescue mission, and I knew that wasn't going to happen. Even if our "mayor" said something to them. The police would have to be the first ones in there, and they would try keeping us away.

"You learned what they do though?" I asked him.

"Something like that," Jason said as he typed away.

"Something like that meaning?"

"Let's just say that I learned how to take it a few steps further than what they do," he said in a dismissive manner.

I watched as Jason's fingers flew across the keyboard and his eyes continuously scanned the screen. In that moment I realized that he was probably more helpful than I would have given him credit for.

"I'm good with computers. And finding things. And finding things using computers," he said, sensing me watching him.

"Freemont and Klarke," he said looking at the screen with a frown.

"What is it?"

"Well there are a few of them. Not really anywhere near each other. It's like there are some stray people, but there is no family. You have one over here, a few scattered throughout these states, one small family over here. None of them are anywhere around here."

"What does that mean?"

"Well, it's like they're trying to keep themselves hidden."

"Have you pulled up all records?"

"Schools, police files, everything I can get my virtual hands on. There's nothing in this area about any Freemont's or Klarke's."

"Where's the nearest place that has any?"

"The nearest place that has a Klarke and a Freemont is California. There is one Freemont and two Klarkes."

"Looks like we're going on a bit of a road trip."

"What?" Jason's eyes went wide at that.

"We're going to go find them, and then we're going to figure out what they know. You have your computer, and I have ways of being persuasive."

"We can't just leave. I mean, don't we want backup or something?"

"They're just humans," I pointed out.

"We don't know how many of them there are. And they've obviously found a way to keep us prisoner. Do you really want to chance that?"

"Fine, I'll get some of my father's men. Are you happy?"

"Do we have to go right now?" Jason asked nervously.

"You've left the pack limits before, haven't you?"

"Well yeah, to see the uncle I told you about. But that's only like, fifteen minutes away."

"Well it's just like that, only it's a lot longer than fifteen minutes and you won't be seeing family, you'll be seeing monsters."

Jason still didn't look sold on the idea, but I was going, and he didn't really have a choice. I needed him to find those people.

I went downstairs.

"Dad," I called through the house.

"Office."

I went back to his office and pushed the door open. "I need about ten of your men."

"What?" I couldn't tell if he was surprised, or angry that I didn't ask, I just told him.

"Ten of your men. I need them."

"I already have fifteen out scouring for this girl," he said a little angrily. "I can't just lend you ten more."

"Then lend me ten of the fifteen. I'm going on a lead. I need the men in case we find her."

He just looked at me.

"Look dad, we're going after a lead. They have people who know how to take care of werewolves, Allison didn't go without some sort of fight. If you don't give us men, then we're going to have to involve the local human authorities."

That got his attention. He knew as well as I that we couldn't let humans in on this.

"Maybe I-"

"Dad, there isn't anything the "Mayor" of Nether Heights can do in California. You don't have any pull in the human world outside of this town." I tried to stress just how little power he had outside of our world. He was perceived as the Mayor of a town and that's how the human world saw it. We did what we needed to, to fly under the radar of suspicion. From the outside world we looked just like any other town. We sometimes housed human visitors but we never had room for them to move in. 

"Fine. But you are to check in with me periodically. There is no running off with my men and coming back a week later. You will give me a call at least once a day. Preferably two or three."

I wanted to roll my eyes, but I knew he was setting it as a precaution. 

"Have the men ready to go in one hour. They'll follow me out."

My father nodded once and then looked down at the papers scattered across his desk for a moment. 

"I know I never gave her a chance before. I was only thinking for myself. For that, I am deeply sorry son."

"I guess you'll just have to give her that chance when I bring her back," I said sounding more sure than I felt. But I had to admit, with this new information, I was gradually feeling better about it all. I just hoped this proved useful and that at the end of this trip I would have Allison back. I needed to see her safe and sound, I needed to ask her my question, and I wanted to start out life already. I was ready for this to all be over. 

I went back upstairs telling Jason to get whatever he needed and if there was anything he didn't have but was going to need, to let me know. We were going to leave in one hour, anything we needed I would make one stop for on the road. After that, it was straight to California. 

When he left, I got my own stuff together and piled it into a car. I watched as in groups of three men came back in until I had ten. They were preparing their own cars and I felt the nervousness building in me. I was finally going to do something, we finally had a lead. I smiled slightly to myself and waited until Jason finally showed up. 

Then we pulled out and headed out into the world of humans. 

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So Alarik and Jason believe they have found something. I wonder how this will turn out for them. Next up with them, a trip to find some Klarkes and a Freemont. Next chapter however is another one with Allison. 

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