Time Spin

~Present Day: Raya~



“Faith honey…please” Raya hesitantly shook Faiths shoulder. Still the woman wouldn’t budge. She had been stupid enough to let it slip that Skye had snuck out and not only that but she had known she was sneaking out for weeks.



“Don’t fucking ‘honey’ me Raya. You and I are married. As in we tell each other everything. You didn’t fucking tell me our oldest is sneaking out every night this close to her fucking Moon Fever? What the hell is wrong with you?” Faith rolled over and glared at the wolf behind her.



She had had a nice romantic night planned. You know candles and lingerie…the works but then she had to go and look in on the kids and Skye was gone and when she had asked Raya the woman had told her everything.



Raya was about to respond when they both heard a small crash downstairs. Jumping up Raya pulled on her boxers and a t-shirt. Tossing Faith a robe she opened the door and went downstairs.



Stopping at the bottom of the stairs Raya froze in shock, she saw her daughter backing through the door with her arms wrapped around a large sleeping tiger. She was even more surprised when she saw a small boy following her in holding the bottom half of the tiger. What was weird about this tiger however was it didn’t have any stripes?



Snapping out of her reverie she walked over to her daughter. “Skye what is this?” Her daughter jumped and almost dropped the large cat.



“Jesus Mother, a little warning. Remy two more steps then turn left.” Raya felt herself bristle. Turning she saw her wife standing beside her. Apparently Skye was pretending they weren’t there at the moment.



Taking a deep breath Raya took a step back and snarled at the strangers. These were Skin Walkers. Skye fucking brought outsiders onto her territory.



“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SKYLAR!!!” Raya felt her claws extend and her eyes narrowed in on the strangers. The boy was no threat, but that cat if it were to wake up.



“Mother im sorry. I promise ill explain everything just please help her.” Skye felt close to tears. The entire drive here they had to outdrive wolves. Apparently the entire were’ community was on the up and up that she was in heat. Fucking great.



“What happened?” Faith stepped toward the prone tiger, shrugging off the hand that tried to stop her.



“She got shot.”



“I see that, hunter?” Faith asked, thinking back four years ago when a hunter had shot Horus when he saw the wolf. That had been a close call.



“No werewolf. They were fighting.” Skye didn’t think it would do any good to inform them what they were fighting about.



“A wolf brought a gun to a fight?” Raya was shocked. It was against everything any sort of animal stood for. You did not bring guns or knives to any sort of were-animal fight.



“Yea. Can you help her?”



Faith carefully lifted the tigers paw, part of her was shaking from the adrenaline from being near a tiger like this but another part of her knew she had to help. Oh she was still plenty pissed at Raya and Skye but that could wait.



“Skye, go upstairs and bring down the black medicine bag and some towels. And look in on your sister to make sure she’s still asleep. Go now.” Faith watched as her daughter went and ran up the stairs.



Looking down she studied the bullet hole in the tiger’s side. She guessed it has hit a lung, glancing over at the boy that had come in with the tiger she saw how he seemed to shrink into the wall.



“Who is this to you?” Faith asked. The kid looked up at her, looking strangely like a caged animal. Probably shaken up by her wife’s charming social skills.



“It’s my sister…her names Ryan” Remy stepped closer to the wall, trying to stay out of eyesight from the tall wolf woman in the doorway.



“Whereas your pack?” Faith watched as Skye came back downstairs and she pulled the duffel to her and reached in, pulling out long tweezers. “Skye get the iodine packing and two large gauze pads.”



“We don’t have one.” Remy kept looking at the human who was talking to him. At least she seemed to be trying to help Ryan. Stepping toward his sister he grabbed her paw and stroked her fur while the woman called Faith worked.



Skye looked between her Mom and Mother. Mom was at least being helpful, Mother looked about to have an aneurysm. Turning to Mom when she cleared her throat.



“Get the boys, tell David to go get Red, Chaye to get Asher and Garrett to get Horus. Tell them we might need there help.” Nodding Skye went down the hall to David’s room, quietly stepping in she knelt down beside her brother.



Shaking him, she waited for him to roll over and look at her. “Whaddya want Skye.”



“Mom needs you to go get Aunt Willow. There’s someone in the kitchen and she’s hurt and Mom needs Wills help.” Nodding she stepped back as David pulled on his pants and went down the hall, coming to a complete stop when he saw the large white tiger.



“David now!” David broke into a trot out the door and across the campus.



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David ran across the gravel courtyard, cursing softly for forgetting to put on shoes. He couldn't believe there was a huge tiger in his kitchen. He also couldn’t believe Mother hadn’t killed it yet. Mother had always been notoriously protective of the pack.



Turning up the walkway he banged on Aunt Willows door, waiting patiently, when Vikki opened it he pushed passed her and went into there bedroom.



Seeing his Aunt Willow sitting up in her pink rabbit pajamas he took her hand.



“Come on Will, Mom needs your help. There’s a tiger in our kitchen, it smells like a Skin Walker.” He finally managed to pull her out of the bed and got her to follow him back to his house.



Walking in he saw that the twins had already gotten Horus and Asher and the two were down at the end of the hall arguing with Mother. He joined his brothers, letting Willow and Vikki go into the kitchen.



Looking around he saw Skye standing in front of the far wall in the kitchen next to the boy. He sniffed and frowned, these strangers smelled strange. Unlike anything he had ever smelled before. It wasn’t just that they were tiger, then again. What kind of tiger has no stripes?



Looking over to his brothers, there identical faces held the same confused frown.



Who were these skin walkers?



TBC



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