After Gary had told Blake that the two of them needed to talk about something, they had made their way outside to the bench next to the art block. This time, the green haired teenager was the only one to sit down, while the young Altered Hunter insisted on standing.
“Oi! Earth to Blake, are you here with me?” Gary waved his hand in front of the other high schooler’s face. “Is everything alright with you? Were you out and about with your Dad yesterday or something? You seem a bit out of it.”
“Huh? My bad, I just got a lot going on, and… honestly I still don’t think it’s a great idea for the two of us to meet outside of Rugby practice.” Blake replied, and it looked like he was ready to leave again.
“Wait!” Gary grabbed Blake by the arm. “It’s important, it’s about the other Altered from that day!”
He had deliberated how much he should tell the Altered Hunter. After all, Blake had already discovered Gary’s secret, only that he should believe that the green haired teenager was actually an Altered, an honest mistake Gary wasn’t too keen on correcting. However, if it meant gaining his trust and cooperation, the high schooler was somewhat ready to tell him the truth.
“That Altered… I think I know who it is. I’m sure you heard about White Rose coming to Westbridge and asking for me the other day. They came to ask me a few questions about Billy Bruntin, the guy that was on the news a while ago.
“Anyway, last time you and your dad were there to stop us. Somehow, you were both able to track down the Altered before even White Rose could. Could you tell me how you did that?” Gary requested. As long as he had the method, he could do it himself, allowing him to face Billy alone.
“And what do you plan to do when you find the Altered, Gary?” Blake asked, the teenager had a plethora of other questions in his head, like what exactly was the relationship between the two. They looked to be the same type of Altered or beast, so surely there had to be something connecting them. However, Gary had indirectly admitted that he was unable to find or contact the other.
The green haired teenager could see it in Blake’s eyes, that he wasn’t going to budge until he heard a satisfying answer. Fortunately, the one person who Gary believed might be alright with the answer to that question, would be the young Altered Hunter.
“I want to get rid of him!” Gary answered with no hesitation. “He’s hurting and killing people. He might be lying low right now, but I know he hasn’t stopped. You know Innu, the guy who transferred here not too long ago? I’m convinced he’s being targeted by Billy.
“That’s the reason that guy was in the forest that day. I know your situation, which is why I’m not asking you for help, I just need to know how you did it.”
Blake wasn’t sure whether the other teenager was telling the truth or not, but he knew he could use the current situation to his advantage. Gary needed something from him, and he had questions only the green haired teenager could answer,
“Alright, I’ll tell you how to find him… If you can tell me how you’re related to Billy. And I want the ACTUAL truth, Gary… I’m aware that you’re not really an Altered, so first I need to tell me WHAT exactly you are then.” Blake demanded.
This was not the reaction Gary had expected from Blake. How did he even find out that Gary wasn’t an Altered? Was it some sort of sixth sense that Altered Hunters had? Did they perhaps have some type of mole in the police force, updating them?
Ultimately, it didn’t matter. The important part was finding Billy. The longer he waited, the stronger the other Omega wolf could become, and the bigger the risk would be for everyone around Gary to get hurt.
“I… I’ll tell you…” Recently, Gary had been telling others the truth a lot more often, and it felt good to get things off his chest. Of course, to Blake, there was no need for him to explain how he had become a Werewolf.
At the same time, he made sure to leave out one critical piece of information, that being that he was actually the one who had turned Billy into a Werewolf. If Blake, or the other Altered Hunters, were to learn that all it seemingly took for Gary to turn others was a simple bite, he was sure they would do everything to hunt him down.
After ‘confessing’ to everything, Blake’s reaction was not what Gary was expecting at all. The young Altered Hunter merely let out a big sigh of relief.
“Thank goodness, so you’re just a Werewolf.” Blake smiled, but the smile soon changed as he came closer to Gary and placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’m sorry, but I lied. There’s really no easy way for us to track down someone like Billy. Altered Hunters use a lot of tools that help us, but we don’t have a guaranteed way.
“Unfortunately, there isn’t some sort of secret I can just share with you, and those instruments require some in depth knowledge, so I can’t just loan them out. You should understand that, right?”
Gary looked upset, and he had every right to be. Just when he thought there might be a way to get one step closer to get rid of one of the biggest problems in his life, it turned out that his only lead had disappeared. He also didn’t appreciate being lied to like that, even if he hadn’t been totally honest with Blake either.
“However, there is something I can do for you. If anyone ever finds out what I’m about to propose, they’ll probably excommunicate me… Why don’t the two of us try to take him down together?
“I mean, I’m an Altered Hunter, and even if he’s a Werewolf, he’s kinda like an Altered who needs to be taken down, right? No offence, but if I managed to deal with you, you’ll have a hard to impossible time going in by yourself.
“He’s managed to go up against my three-star Dad and survive, so calling him tough seems to be an understatement. While we might not stand a chance on our own, together we might just be enough to pull it off. What do you say?”