Chapter Forty Five

*Keothi*


*We’re outside, waiting.* I pushed to Ariya.
*Be careful, Keo.*

We were waiting for Ivan to come out of the building. As soon as he came out we would follow him. Once he was far enough away we would surround him. I needed to use my energy manipulation to surround us instantly. It would cover the area we were in. Preventing Ivan from escaping as well as bringing out anyone that was following him. Like a Shadow. We could lock his mind and then we’d have to get out of there quickly.
“What if we’re wrong?” Caleb asked.
“What makes you think we’re wrong?” I asked.
“Well, for one thing, Ivan’s wolf was what, black with white tips here and there? And super blue eyes?”
“Yeah…Caleb what are you getting at?” I asked, raising my eyebrow.
“Shouldn’t this person, you know, look a little bit like his wolf?”
Drake laughed, “He does. Well he did. At least a little bit. But I don’t think the white tips really showed up until he shifted the first time.”
“Isn’t that going to be a problem?” Caleb gasped.
“Isn’t what going to be a problem?”
“His hair! Is it going to change when he finally gets all his memories back and shifts again?” Caleb shouted, worried.
“Shhhhhh. You’re gonna give us away if you shout.” I shushed them.
Drake seemed deep in thought, “He could always dye it until they get out of there.”
“Dye it…that’s your answer. You don’t think they’re going to notice that?” Caleb rolled his eyes.
“I’m not saying to dye it blonde or something. But he could dye all his hair black. I mean it’s kinda a bit different now anyway. Maybe it won’t be noticeable.” Drake offered.
“His hair is already a bit different. How is he going to avoid the outline of his hair being dyed? What are we going to do, stalk him and then kidnap him when his hair changes color and try to dye the tips? That’s not weird at all. Hey, Ivan. I know you might not know this yet, but you are in fact Ivan. Don’t mind us while we kidnap you, saran wrap you to a chair just so we can dye your hair. It’s just to keep you safe. I promise. Nothing weird here. Nothing to notice.”
“Saran wrap? Really? We can’t even use duct tape?” I laughed.
“You’re being dramatic.” Drake growled.
“No, I’m trying to be somewhat realistic here. How are we going to keep Ivan safe? Oh and let’s not forget when Ariya finally remembers who Ivan is, she’s going to kill us if he dies because his stupid hair gave him away!” Caleb stressed.
“Have you always been this stressed out?” I asked Caleb.
“This is a stressful situation!” Caleb began pacing.
I grabbed him and pulled him down to the ground, “You are going to give us away if you don’t chill out.”
“He’s right, Caleb. If you don’t calm down someone is going to notice us and then what? We’re going to have to hope we can catch Ivan another night. We’ll have more problems to deal with if he remembers more. We need to get to him before it’s too late. We need to lock his memories to protect him. Maybe by locking his memories his hair won’t give him away.” Drake said, trying to remind Caleb of what was important.
“That’s true. Maybe by locking his memories when others are around, his hair won’t end up changing. His hair only changed after he shifted. If he’s unable to shift into a wolf when Ariya is getting tortured, maybe his hair won’t change either.” I said.
“I’m gonna beat him senseless if we end up getting caught because of his stupid hair.” Caleb growled.
Drake laughed, “One problem at a time Caleb.”
I laughed, “Besides, it’s Ivan. He’s smart. He’ll know what to do if we can’t figure it out.”
“It would be pretty funny though.” Drake continued laughing.
Caleb cocked his head to the side. I looked at Drake with my eyebrow raised. We were waiting for Drake to tell us what was so funny to him.
“Could you imagine it? He meets Derek in the afterlife. Derek asks him how he ended up here and his answer would be ‘Well you see, what had happened was that my hair changed color. Drake, Keo and Caleb kidnapped me. Saran wrapped me to a chair and tried to dye my hair. Then Boss put 2 and 2 together and yup. Just pop.’”
I shifted uncomfortably, “You haven’t mentioned Derek since that night.”
Drake’s expression darkened, “Time to focus. Someone’s coming.”
Caleb and I stiffened and looked at the door. As we waited to see who was going to come out I began to worry about Drake. Derek was the wolf that Drake had bonded to. He died the night of the fire. Trying to protect as many people as he could. I didn’t know exactly what happened but after he died it seemed a part of Drake died too. Drake had been alive for probably close to 1000 years. I was pretty sure that Derek had been around since then too. It wasn’t like they were a couple but having someone that was your best friend, basically like your brother die on you after that long, it had to hurt. Drake jumped into teaching me instead. Since I had turned, I was a pretty good distraction.
Ivan came out of the building. I slipped into the shadows to follow him. Drake and Caleb would trail further behind me to make sure that I wasn’t being followed. When it was time to use my energy manipulation and put the dome up they would run in before it closed around Ivan and I. We only had one shot at this. If we were wrong we would have to kidnap this guy and hope that they couldn’t find us to get him back. Ariya didn’t want us to kill someone without them first coming after us. I understood why and I agreed with it. Drake was the only one that seemed to hesitate. He thought that if we were wrong and we let someone like this guy go that we would regret it.
“I know you’re there.” He snarled.