I Scored Myself A Mate

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"Ea please tell me why they're not here?" Theseus asked his servant as he looked at empty compound. It was huge and a deathly silence made it seem even bigger somehow. It reminded him of a haunted mansion and he definitely did not like the atmosphere of this place but at the cost of finding Alex he had teleported immediately there with Ea, hoping that he could see him.

"I mean I was pretty sure someone disturbed the barriers…could it be it's from the one at the portal?"

"So you didn't think it was important to check before bringing us here?"

"Well, the logical explanation as to where the boy would return would be at the compound so I assumed…"

"You assumed?" Theseus asked him with a raised eyebrow. He crossed his arms on top of his chest and turned to look at the shorter man, waiting for him to finish the sentence he had just interrupted.

"I'm sorry. Let's go check the portal."

"And when you said that things were not good? Why did you say that if you had no clue?"

"I though it added to the suspense of the moment." The young elf said, placing his palm at the back of his head, wanting so do something with his hands, and nerves as he watched the Elf King look at him like he would obliterate him.

"Ea from now on you will speak only when I tell you to. Now let's go" he said and began walking back into the endless forest, trying to remember where was the portal. He could have teleported there but unfortunately he did not have a clear image of his destination and he didn't want to end up somewhere similar far away. Actually Theseus was very bad with navigating. 

"Master also you will be hosting a party." Ea told him and he immediately halted.

"Excuse me what?"

"If you want the wolves to stay here you will have to host a celebration. That's what one of them said" The elf said hastily and Theseus began walking again. 

"I hate celebrations Ea." He stated.

"I think that Alex would enjoy a celebration, you know"

"You think?" He said his eyes changing. He seemed to think of the possibilities in Ea's words.

"Yes." He told him but their conversation did not continue any further. They kept walking for a while when Theseus stopped abruptly and his behind a tree. 

The clearing was right up ahead and he could see a few people surrounding it. Ea immediately found a spot in one of the other trees teleporting there in a hurry and getting ready his daggers. Theseus looked at him and signaled him with his finger to be quiet, earning a nod as a response. 

If he could judge the situation well these people were definitely hunters. From their posture to their wolf hunting guns that had bullets made of pure silver to the fact that all of them had tattooed arms that were obviously exposed, with their clan mark made it clear as day what they were after. Someone was on the clearing, of supernatural origin. They had found the portal and the King hoped they didn't know yet.

"Dad please wait I can explain!" He heard a boy shout. Someone there had been facing his son. So they were more than one person there, he thought. "Alex is hurt please don't do anything rush" he heard him again this time beg and he locked eyes with Ea. Alex was there, probably he had made this person bring him to the portal so he could find someone, ask for help. 

"I am going in" Theseus mouthed without even sparing a second to think about it. Before Ea could even stop him he had transformed into the darkness that surrounded him into his most anxious times and like storm he found himself taking form behind Alex and that boy. He looked at the man who had now turned their eyes on him, readying their guns and grabbed Joe from the neck one of his shadows pointing a sharp edge at him. 

Alex losing his support fell to the ground and Theseus struggled not do anything and focus on the threat before him. He heard Alex scream from the pain and for a second he looked at him. He was very messily bandaged, hurt form the flames. He felt his heart tightening just by looking at him. He clenched his fist and got a better hold of the boy. 

He wore a mask, that of a murdered and he turned his attention on them again. 

"Well, well now. Those things are dangerous are you sure you know how to use them?" he mocked them and Joe's dad turned the gun to point to his head. "I am not a wolf honey; I wouldn't die from that but your son. If I assume well he will die if I stab through his neck with my dagger."

"Don't touch the kid you filthy freak" One of them shouted and Theseus grinned wider. 

"I am the freak? Aren't you the ones who were after two kids? I mean something is fishy here"

"Don't hurt him" Alex managed to say and look at Theseus with his gem eyes glistening from the tears of pain. "he helped me." 

Only for a second Theseus changed his look. Just for him, looking only at him he smiled, wholeheartedly trying to soothe his worries, his pain. He wouldn't hurt a child; he would never do that but if the idea of him doing it was enough to scare them away he would pretend he was going to. If the circumstances were different he would have already eliminated them but as it seemed Alex's friend belonged in their clan so massacring all of them on the spot would not be his brightest idea, so he would need a way to scare them away for now.

"We will kill all of you" Joe's father said and tried to shoot at him but Theseus signaled that he would use his son as a shield. For wolves or not this would still kill him in the end, if he got shot.

Alex looked at Theseus and the moment their eyes met and he smiled he somehow knew that Joe would be safe. He didn't know why or how but his words were a lie. He wouldn't hurt him. Even if that was a part of some kind of plan he knew at east that his new friend would be safe and for a second he wondered what would Luke do at a moment like this and instantly he felt relieved that Theseus found him.

"So I have a deal for you. Do you want this back?" He said and pointed at Joe with his dagger, pinching his cheek with the edge, a small trail of blood making its appearance on his freckled face. "Turn around now and leave and your child will leave completely fine"

"And miss the chance of killing you?" The leader said and shot his gun, wanting to intimidate him but the only thing he managed was to scare Joe and Alex. 

"Dad please" The boy cried out calling his father and the man looked at him suddenly feeling perplexed. His gun fell slightly from his target and he seemed like he didn't know what to do.

"Beg more" Theseus whispered in his ear.

"Dad please save me! Please! I don't want to die" Joe cried out confusing the man even more. 

"Harry Let's just get the kid. We were not prepared for elves. We have nothing on us to fight them but we will get them next time" Theseus heard one of the hunters say. From now on they would be at a very big disadvantage. They had a good start while they didn't know they were elves but now they would have to be careful since they knew another species was inhibiting this place. 

"So we just turn around and leave and my son will be fine?" Harry asked.

"I will give you my word."

The man began walking away and Theseus let go of Joe. No more words needed to be exchanged and Theseus was thankful that even these killers could feel family love. He took Alex in his arms, the brunet stiffening at the contact. 

"It's okay. I got you. Nothing bad will happen from now on." He said and the way he said it, the manner he spoke and the way he looked at him made Alex believe him. He rested his head on his chest getting to relax a bit, for once. "Ea check if they left." He signaled his servant and a ruffling sound began coming from the trees. "You kid, will come with me I need to ask you a few things."

"But…But you said…"

"I will let you go, I promised. I didn't tell them when though" he said with a devilish smile. 

"Will you hurt me? Or my family?" Joe asked but Theseus looked at Alex instead.

"Do you want me to hurt them?" 

"No there is always a way. Like what you did just now" he mumbled his eyes half closed, he began losing consciousness again.

"You heard him. Now come on, Let's go." He told them and he let him go first, as he followed behind. "Oh. Alex let me ask you something. Would you like to go to a party?"

"Are you inviting me to a party right now?" He asked him trying to stay awake.

"Yes, maybe."

"This place is definitely not invitation appropriate" he mumbled and for a second he thought he heard Theseus laugh, shivers began all over his body but he didn't get to make sure. 

He was already unconscious. 

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Also I want to let you know that after this story is over I will be continuing with two side stories of two couples! Can you guess them? The one has already appeared. The other not yet but I am sure that you will love them. 

But don't worry Alex's story has a long way to go.