"It's nice to meet you Mura....and the favor is you have to tell my parents I'm dead.....they need to have closure..." He said softly.

"I know who you're talking about! That boy was my big brothers best friend... Wait.... Ow my gosh! You can't be serious! You're Ratchet Reno?! I knew you I was five when you vanished!" She said in a hushed tone though the shock very real.

Ratchet's eyes grew dark as he twiched at his full name. He hadn't heard it in years. "Yeah that was me…" He said softly. Then unespectedly something broke in him like the reality of everythjng that he had done and became finally sunk in. He sank to the floor curling, "I'm not that boy any more Mura. I'm not." His body shook softly. "That boy died…do you remember Crysa?" He asked softly his eyes filling with tears.

((Crysa was his best/girlfriend at the time he vanished. ))

Mura's expresion dropped feeling bad for bringing up something that seemed to cause Ratchet pain. "Yeah... Why?" she asked softly sitting next to him though not directly so she could be facing him instead of her side to him and her having to turn her head to look at him.

Ratchet nosed softly thinking about Crysa, "I killed her. I had to kill her or They would kill me." He looked at his hands, "I can still see the blood sometimes…" He muttered, "I was only goig to leave for a day or two to worry my parensts then come back…but…" He closed his eyes.

"I'm so sorry..." Mura murmured softly looking down not knowing what else she could say or do to make him feel better... She wished she knew how to make him feel better. Suddenly out of nowhere she was hit with such a horrible feeling... A throbbing in her knees... It wasn't real pain... At least it wasn't hers... She looked worriedly to Ratchet having such a bad feeling. Something was wrong... Something was very wrong...

He looked at Mura and looked himself up instantly, "Okay let's go then…it's time to go…" He said standing.

Mura nodded and got up slightly unsteadily but got her balanced back quickly. She just knew there was something wrong with Alora she just knew it though didn't know what it was... She led him out of the room and locked it tight before leading him back upstairs and to the front door quietly. When she opened the door one of her older brothers was standing there about to knock. He looked first at her then at Ratchet and his eyes got wide and he turned slightly pail... The man at the door was Alex... Ratchet's friend... Old friend... He had never recovered from what had happened and assumed Ratchet was bead... This freaked him out... He thought he was seeing ghosts... He thought this was just another one of those dreams... Though knew it wasn't...

Ratchet glared at him for a bot till he realized who it was. His gaze softened instantly, "Alex…" He said. His eyes bluring as he tool a step back.

Alex looked at Ratchet almost dumbstruck then shook his head and blinked a few times then looked back at the man still shocked he was there. He smirked slightly wearry and put his hand to his forehead under his midnight black hair that had natural red streaks going through it. "I'm insane! This ain't happenin! You were dead! We all thought you were after.... The fifth year maybe... What now is my little sister gonna run up and tackle me!?" he chucled though you could here the pain in the sound. His deep blue eyes were shut though if you knew him well enough you could tell what they held. Pain, depresian, dissbeleafe, yearning for the knowlge that was never there, heart ache. Mura looked at her bother painfully, this was exactly what she was trying to avoid. Somehow in the mix of this she had lost feeling for Alora without noticing... Until she realized her leg wasn't hurting anymore.

Ratchet shook his head, "It would be best to forget this Alex. I was never here…" He sad softly looking at Alex. He looked at him with a sense of longing, "I'm sorry…" He looked at Mura. "I have to go…"

Mura looked up at Ratchet wearily looking as if she wanted to ask when he would be back to take her to see her sister.... She then got an even more worried expression on her face as she realized her leg was numb slightly. Alex looked back up at Ratchet then Mura and looked even more worried though at the same time hopeful. "Mura what's wrong?" he knew she had a connection with Alora and she only had that look when she knew something was wrong with her so she had to still be alive. Mura looked to her brother then back to Ratchet to make sure if he did leave without her he at least had the meds.

"Fuck this…" Ratchet said snapping out of his lull, "Both of you follow me now…" He said as he brushed past Alex looking at them. "Well do you want to see Alora or not?" He snapped. He was worried ready to go.

Alex looked stunned at this question though didn't have time to ask as Mura tugged on his arm and smiled. He started walking with Ratchet while Mura clung to his arm slightly trying to keep herself up. Alex had so many questions for his old friend and wanted to ask them though had a feeling it wasn't a good time to. Mura started to walk a little more steadily as the numbness decreased little by little and her worry rose more and more.

"Just go ahead and ask Alex I know your bursting…" Ratchet sighed as they walked to the woods edge, "We have a long hike so might as well ask…" He sighed.

Alex thought quietly for a few as he got Mura onto his back and walked back beside Ratchet. "What happened all those years ago?" He asked softly that was his number one question even if he didn't hear any other he needed to know that answer... And of course one similar to it... Just... Not involving him.

Ratchet sighed, "I wanted to run away with Crysa make my parents see how worried they would be if anything happened to me....we didn't go far just to the creek the one down on Pikeson Row....and well there was a lycan pack there and they scouted and took us...." He said remembering it.

Alex fell dead silent for a little while thinking over his words... A lycan pack? If they got a hold of a person they would do one of two things to them... One turn them... Or two... Kill them... But Ratchet wasn't dead... "You're not a human anymore... Are you?" He asked softly and Mura looked up to look at Ratchet since her brother wasn't....

Ratchet twitched and shook his head, "No...no i'm not...." He sighed looking down. "Haven't been for a while..."

Alex nodded and was quiet for a while again then changed the subject. "She's not dead... So... why has she been gone for almost... four? Five months?... Alora that is..." He asked softly taking it to his sister... He wanted to know what happened no matter what... No matter what had befallen her that day he wanted to know... He didn't even care if it involved Ratchet... He wouldn't hold anything against his old friend... Not now...

"She's been with me…" He said softly. "I didn't kill her friends but I saved her…mostly."

Alex was quiet for a few as he thought over Ratchet's words "What do you mean by mostly?" he asked softly as he started to get a little worried about what may have went wrong for him to say 'mostly'. Mura had started to fall asleep on Alex's back so she wasn't really paying much attention to the conversation now.... She was still trying to figure out what was wrong with Alora.

"Well she's had a litter so she's been in wolf form and I've had no idea a out this medicine thing…" He sighed as they walked. "She might be a bit different. "

"ow... uh..." Alex said slightly thrown off now... "What do you mean by different?" he asked softly no signs of him being upset or angry at his old friend even though he knew who the father was. "And yeah... She doesn't like anyone to know about her little problems at all... Not even if they're getting worse." he murmured softly.

"Stronger I think...I'm not quite sure she's just different from the first day....just don't bring up that guy...." He said his eyes growing dark.