As the cubs and pups were filed out of the room (with of course the Alphas eldest children
leading the pack), Mary felt a sick feeling in her gut.
'I should be in high school.' Mary thought, 'I'm way smarter than everything that's being
taught in any of my classes! Just cause I'm not as smart as Jenny and Bart everything thinks
I'm just clever! I'm smarter than any other cub! And I'm smarter than some of the humans
going to high school!' Mary had personally been happy to miss a few days of public school.
It wasn't that she -didn't- like her friends, and it wasn't that she was teased or bullied, it
was just... 'I know I can do better. I just know it.'
The eight going on nine Mary felt a warm memory of when she had casually corrected an
error made by her first grade biology teacher.
Mary thought of the high school students who were much bigger than her, Mary thought of
people who'd be jealous of her being so small but knowing more than them. 'I can take'em.'
Tano and Moja meanwhile for their sisters looked about for their mothers. 'I wonder how
mom is going after yesterday.' Tano and Moja thought much the same.
That was when thunder clapped and mountains broke in two and the heavens came
crashing down. Tano and Moja stopped dead in their tracks. Mbili, Tatuli, and Neli crashed
straight into Moja almost knocking her over. Sita, Saba and Nane bumped head as Tano
halted in front of them.
"Sis'?" Sita asked worried.
Mary snapped out of her own self pity and looked at her half sister, "Moja?"
".... mom dead..."
"Mommy dead! And she's never coming back!"
++++++++++
"That letter was addressed to me to give to Wanda." Tabby said sternly.
Gillie took a look at the instructions attacthed to the letter, "It was given to you, to give to
Wade, er, Wanda, to give to Trevor... "
"You know a leoman named Trevor?" Wanda didn't know every member of the pride by
name... yet.
Gillie thought back to the cat turned into a lion boy the night before last. "Yes I do. And I'm
just hold onto it for the moment anyway. Now please wait Tabitha."
"Alright, I will." The human woman promised.
Gillie asked, "Wanda really means a lot to you doesn't she?"
"Of course she does."
Gillie wasn't sure why she asked, but given the grudge the game seemed to have against
the Y chromosome she figured it was worth asking, "So, if you were a guy, would you date
her?"
"Wha-?! Are you kidding? She's my best-friend! More than that: she's a close as family! It
would too weird! Blegh!"
Gillie sighed, "I see." 'I wonder if the population of the wolves and the lion people are all
kept under control from there being fewer males. But that doesn't make a lick of sense.
Logically speaking, it would be fewer -females- if you wanted to keep the population
down...'
Gillie nodded and headed into her officer.
+++++++++
"You thinking about him too?" Asked Sunny as they prepared breakfast for their damaged
guests and packmates. This was normally Omega's work, but given they had the pride to
deal with as well, they had other obligations.
"You mean Kira? Yes."
"It was great last night wasn't it?"
"Yes it was. I guess this means we're not virgins anymore does it?"
"Does it?" Sunny wondered, 'Does having sex as statues counts-?!'
"I don't see why not."
It was -Sunny- who blushed first, it had always been an ideal to her. Something she had
always failed to reach or to touch.
"If Anne hears, she'll say we're honor bound to get married now."
Sunny looked at her, "Married to a statue?"
"If we were statues too."
"Who'd marry a bunch of statues?"
"Another statue?"
"I don't think there are any statue preachers..."
"Okay, got it there... Let's focus now before we end up cutting off our own fingers."
Sunny nodded, "Right."
+++++++++
'Be careful Kira.' Thought Helen from the front lawn to Kira. 'Remember what they said
about Romeo and Juliet if they lived... Their marriage was spur of the moment and wasn't
like to last if they hadn't killed themselves.'
'Don't worry I know.' Said Kira, 'We're art remember? If there's one thing we're good at, it's
waiting. Plenty of time to figure out if they want in for me or just looking for any guy.'
'You aren't a guy.'
'I am now.'
'She is now.' Echoed Nessie.
'And what about us?' Michelle asked.
'What about us?' Kira asked, 'It's not like the five of us are married. We were prisoners, all
alone, next to each other but unable to speak to each other. We've known each other
personally only a few days.'
'I know.' Michelle said, 'I apologize Kira.'
Kira's statue form was connected to the intercom that ran from the front gate to the entry
way and the power gates to open and close them. And thus was connected to Glendale's
power grid. The three fountain head statue wolves were connected to Glendale's pipe
system. And Michelle of course could feel it all through the senses of her sub-pack mates.
'If you wish to ultimately marry. If you chose to, I can aid you.' Said a new voice, that spoke
mean in meanings than words.
'Huh? Who are you?' Nessie asked first. The five statue wolves followed the spiritual scent.
It led them straight to Glendale's catholic church.
'I was a priest, until three little witches turned me into a cherub statue... during the chaos
of the disaster before their hanging, I was broken and logically assumed to be dead if I had
even still been alive. I've come to suspect due to the saturation of magic that had come
from the witches abuse of it at the peak of their rampage, my spirit lingered, or maybe I
am a shadow of the man who was transformed made a true person all my own from the
slow absorption of the spiritual strength within these walls. Whatever the case, I was
quality stone, and broken down into mortar, and was used to help rebuild this church... My
presence had since seeped into every brick... And I am not alone.'
'What do you mean?' Nessie had to ask.
'Many statues were broken during the witches' chaos. Many of them their own victims.
Many like me were 'recycled' during Glendale's rebuilding... The school, the hospital, the
police house, and more. We are Glendale herself, we have witnessed every good and evil
that the game has been used for, and wish for it to end. We are each are own self, but, also
WE are Glendale. Just as YOU now are Glendale.'
'We are Glendale?' Michelle asked.
'Just as anyone I suspect who will chose to join you in eternity until judgement day, I
assume will also become Glendale. YOU are Glendale. Open yourselves up and you can feel
it all, all of us... WE are Glendale, we feel the pain caused by the game, the precious few
times it was used for good.'
'WE are Glendale, we feel the pain caused by the game, the precious few times it was used
for good. We feel the people living within us.'
'WE are Glendale.'
'WE are Glendale.'
'WE are Glendale.'
'WE are Glendale.'
'I just hope this doesn't freak out Sunny and Luna when they come to visit.' Kira thought to
the rest of Glendale. 'And we're happy for the welcome to the community and all but...
seriously, we'd like to keep to ourselves for now.'
'As you wish. Just know that I can technically marry you if you wish it later. We won't make
contact again unless you call out and wish it. We can appreciate the need for privacy.'
'Thanks.' Nessie replied mentally.
++++++++++
"Okay." Gillie said coming out of her office, "Let's go."
"Okay!" Tabby said happily.
No one asked about Gillie doing it, after all, it was her pride that was hurt there at the
estate too.
Gillie sighed at the police van outside apparently built for someone her size and body type.
And saw the marked of wear and tear of something that had been there for years.
"Get in." Gillie said simply and Tabby obeyed.
Laying on her stomach with pedals behind her, Gillie got in, and drove slowly and carefully
getting used to the set up custom made apparently just for someone of her super human
height.
She looked around, she felt sick when she spotted at least two Leomans who weren't one
of her officers walking about town naked and causing no one alarm and distress.
She drove up the walls of Smith Manor, now engraved as Wolf Manor, and saw the winged
woman dragon/wolf statues on the corners of the building. She resisted the urge to sigh
again.
She clicked on the button on the wall, waited a minute before a rough woman's voice
asked who it was.
"Gill, Chief Gillie Daleson... I have a visitor for one of my officers."
The gates opened up and Gillie drove along, seeing the three giant grinning busty fountain
statues and shuddered at the taste and wondered if they too were victims of the game and
if so if they were even alive.
Gillie stopped out, the mansion was larger than the time she had visited a couple years
back. Much larger. She took Tabby hand and lead her along and knocked on the door.