The next morning it was early and Logan's eyes snapped open. There was movement outside of the tent. She reached over and touched Beau, who slowly woke up and then noticed Logan's alarmed look. Logan reached for the gun that she had in the corner of the tent and loaded it. She held her finger up to her lips for Beau and then slowly unzipped the tent.
There were members of Beau's village poking around the campsite. She looked over to her grandparent's tent and saw the flap open slightly. She could see her grandmother's eyes peer out. It seemed like a group of pretty young members. Mostly late teenagers and early adults. She then spotted the alpha that she had fought with. He was saying things to the group and pointing between the tents. It seemed they were trying to figure out which tent had who in it.
There were about six members, all of them alphas based on smell alone. Logan considered her options as she zipped the flap back up. It would ruin the tent but she didn't want to risk Beau and Roe being hurt. So pulling out a pocketknife she went to the other side of the tent and started carefully cutting away. The knife was sharp so it easily cut through the fabric. In one swift movement, a slit was cut. She looked to Beau who held Roe close. Roe seemed to wake up for a moment before falling back asleep. She then held the flap open and pointed. Beau looked upset and scared he shook his head clutching her arm.
He didn't want her to stay and fight. But... Logan had her grandparents to think of. She winced feeling conflicted. Her grandmother was strong but there was no way she could take on six other alphas. Logan peered out of the flap and looked over at her grandparent's tent. If she was careful she could probably cut into their tent and get them out quietly.
The sounds of the group were getting close to her and Beau's tent. So without time to think she made a decision and got out of her tent with Roe and Beau. They ducked into the bushes. As the alphas struggled to figure out how to open the tents. Logan started making her way over to her grandparent's tent and saw a figure carefully move out of it behind one of the alphas.
Logan nearly cried out but she saw her grandfather Oakley silently hold a rag up to the unsuspecting alpha's face and they softly collapsed. The other four alphas stabbed and stomped on Logan and Beau's tent frustrated that they couldn't figure out how to open it. The leader, who Logan called bastard in her mind supervised. He looked over and saw Oakley moving towards him and went to call out to the others but Oakley knocked him out with whatever concoction he had on that rag. He then held a knife to the passed-out leader's throat and cleared his throat.
"Excuse me, fellas," Oakley spoke up getting the other alphas' attention, they froze when they saw the knife. Casually Juniper walked up to them from the tree line and held out rope. It was then Logan noticed the cut slit in the back of their tent as well. She sighed in relief as her grandparents tied up the alphas. "Logan you can come out now," Oakley called, Logan helped coax a terrified Beau out of hiding and they walked into the camp. Roe was half asleep in his arms.
"Gramps... What was that?" Logan exclaimed, "My special brand of chloroform." Oakley said cheerfully, "I use it more often than you think so I never leave home without it." He chuckled. "That's terrifying." Logan gaped as Juniper chuckled. "The best omegas are the ones who are terrifyingly sneaky." She remarked, "Oh Jun you're making me blush." Oakley said clearly happy.
"So what should we do with them?" Juniper asked kicking at the bastard alpha who was tied up on his side. "I believe we should ask Beau." Logan spoke up, everyone turned to Beau who was pale and clutching Roe. Juniper pointed to the bastard alpha and questioned him. Beau stared at Juniper before glancing at the alpha. He opted instead to move towards Logan and have her hug him. He shook hard looking terrified. Logan held him close and sighed. "I think he just wants to go." Logan said deciding just to respect Beau's wishes.
Beau wanted to be free of this. Frankly, she didn't blame him.
Juniper and Oakley nodded. Roe mumbled softly in her sleep. Logan was stunned the child had such a hard time staying awake considering what just happened. Logan eyed her grandfather suspiciously wondering if he had used some that on poor Roe. "I didn't use it on her!" Oakley exclaimed knowing exactly what Logan was thinking.
They decided to keep the alpha's tied up and packed their things. Leaving them behind, Beau looked like he felt sick and he handed Roe off to Juniper wanting to lean on Logan for a while. He leaned close as they walked hovering near her for comfort, at a certain point. Logan grabbed him and pulled him into her arms carrying him. Beau looked too pale in his face for it to be safe for him to walk anymore.
"Lo..." he mumbled softly, "Yeah I know." She mumbled carrying him bridal style. Thankfully there wasn't too difficult terrain ahead of them. They had gotten over most of it. The hill, however, was steep. Logan ignored the strain on her ankle and pressed on. Beau at some point passed out and his head rested on her shoulder. It seemed that he had been exhausted just from that encounter alone.
Logan glanced down at Beau worried and ended up slipping on a loose rock. "Fuck!" She shouted turning so her back hit the ground before Beau did. Beau was startled awake and then they heard it. A snap. Logan bit her lip holding back a scream. "Shit that hurts." She whined, her ankle finally gave out and broke. Or at least fractured. "Lo!" Beau exclaimed climbing off of her. In a panic, he lifted on her somehow managing to help Logan stand on her still good foot.
"Logan. Is everything alright?" Juniper asked trying to remain calm. "I think I broke it." Logan winced, Oakley looked at her worriedly. Juniper handed Roe off to Oakley and went to go pick up Logan but Beau clutched her and growled. Juniper tried to reason with him and Beau shook his head and glared. He struggled but he lifted Logan off the ground and onto his back.
"He doesn't want me touching you," Juniper remarked helplessly as Beau climbed up the side of the hill past them. He paused when he felt the flat smooth ground under them and looked down. Logan sighed in relief. A road.
"I'm going to tell him to wait here with you and we'll be back," Juniper explained before talking to Beau. He nodded and lead Logan over to a rock on the side of the road. Oakley and Juniper raced up the road towards the cabin just a little ways away. Beau didn't seem bothered that Oakley took Roe with them. However, he seemed devastated because of what happened to Logan.
He sat in front of her on the ground quietly crying. Logan who had watched her grandparents raced off jerked back in surprise when she spotted this. "Beau." She called out, Beau choked out a sob, Logan tried to scoot forward and held out her hands to him. Beau looked up with teary eyes and scrambled to his feet rushing into her arms and hugging her. Logan sighed wishing so bad she could just talk to him and tell him that it was okay.
But all she knew how to say was "I love you, Beau." She supposed in a way that was enough, so she just repeated those words over and over until her grandparent's truck pulled up. Roe who was sitting in the cab hung out the window. "Mama! Papa!" She exclaimed worriedly. Beau looked up with red tears stained eyes. His face was filled with confusion at the sight of the truck. Juniper got out with Oakley and they helped both Beau and Logan into the back.
Beau was overwhelmed and clung to Logan's arm the entire time. Ducking down because he didn't like the wind messing up his hair. When the truck stopped at the cabin. Oakley was going to take Beau inside with Roe but as soon as she could. Roe climbed in the back with Beau and Logan. Both of them refusing to leave Logan's side. The two elders sighed and decided it wasn't worth the fight and took Logan to the nearest doctor.
Thankfully it was a small office so Beau and Roe weren't too overwhelmed by everything. But they seemed more focused on Logan's ankle as it got cast up. Because the doctor was a family friend she didn't ask much about Roe and Beau only briefly asking their names and offering to do exams on them later on.
It was evening time around then as they drove back to the cabin. Roe and Beau seemed used to the truck by now. Logan was annoyed that her ankle broke but, it couldn't be helped. She instead counted her victory of getting Roe and Beau away from that place.
As the two of them leaned on her sleeping, Logan asked her grandparents to stop to pick up clothes for the two of them. They stopped at a mini-mall briefly and bought a few things. Just enough to get them through the night.
When they arrived back at the cabin. Oakley took the bags inside and Juniper helped Logan out of the back of the truck. Using her crutches she started heading for the cabin with Beau and Roe close behind. Beau paused on the porch looking over and apparently seeing his old home in the distance.
Logan hobbled up next to him and grabbed his hand. "Lo..." Beau mumbled looking over at her. "Yeah, I know it's weird." She said nodding. She gave his hand a good squeeze and as much as she would've liked to hold his hand as they walked through the door. She couldn't. So one by one everyone headed inside of the cabin with their things.
Beau and Roe were amazed by everything in there. Roe chattered away to Juniper who laughed, "She says she's never been in a den this big." She said looking over to Logan who chuckled. She hobbled over to the coffee table where Oakley had sat the things they bought and she dug through them. "Roe." Logan called, Roe came running, "Mama?" She asked looking up. Logan then pulled out a light light pink dress and a pair of sandals.
Roe's eyes lit up seeing the dress, "Mama..." She gasped as Logan handed it to her. "I picked out what would look cutest on her," Oakley remarked carrying in the last bag of their things. "I think you just like having a great-granddaughter." Logan joked, "I do!" Oakley exclaimed excitedly. "She's much cuter than you were when you were little!"
Logan laughed, "Gee, thanks, Gramps!" She said exasperated.
Beau who had been looking around slowly walked over and his eyes widened at the dress that Logan had given Roe. "Papa!" Roe exclaimed excitedly. Logan grinned and then looked at Beau. "Beau." She called pulling out some clothes for him as well. Juniper had gone in and picked out his clothes. She picked out a thin silk tunic and matching silk pants. "They're very breathable," Juniper remarked from her spot on the couch. She was exhausted, Oakley moved in beside her and put her head on his lap. She seemed pleased by this and smiled.
Logan handed the clothes over to Beau who eyed them and then looked up at Logan. He smiled his face slowly growing red. "I think he likes them." Oakley chuckled seeing Roe and Beau clutching their clothes as if they were their new favorite things. Juniper spoke up and both of them looked up startled. "What did you say?" Logan asked, "I told them there are more clothes." Juniper explained yawning.
"Logan you should probably get everyone into a bath and cleaned up. It's pretty late." Oakley suggested. "Gotcha," Logan said grabbing both Beau and Roe's pajamas and other supplies. "Roe, Beau!" She called as she hobbled towards the bathroom bag in hand. Roe and Beau followed and she closed the door behind them.
She then got the tub ready and slowly filled it. She made sure the water wasn't too loud and she introduced them to the concept. Roe seemed amazed but Beau seemed antsy. Logan checked the temperature and decided lukewarm was good enough. She didn't want the two of them to be hurt by how hot the water was.
"Beau." She said pointing to Roe. She pulled at her own shirt to tell him that she wanted him to undress Roe. She'd do it herself. But she didn't want Beau to freak out and think she was doing something weird. Logan shielded her eyes politely and she heard a heavy thud of fabric before a splash. She uncovered her eyes and saw that Roe had undressed herself and jumped into the water. Logan chuckled and reached over undoing her messy braid. Roe complained but Logan held up a brush and a hair tie while saying, "I'll fix it later."
Beau sat on the floor near the tub as Logan sat on the side. Carefully Logan wet Roe's hair not wanting to scare the brave little girl. Once it was wet enough she put some children's shampoo in her hair and lathered it. Roe let out a little sigh of relief making Logan laugh.
Once the shampoo was out of Roe's hair, she conditioned it, and then once that was gone. She moved on to softly scrubbing her down. Beau who seemed to have gotten the idea reached over and grabbed the loofa taking over the scrubbing. Logan scooted out of the way and hopped over to the towel closet grabbing a towel.
Finally, after that was done, Roe was clean. She let out a cry of amazement and chatted away with her dad. Beau helped her out of the tub and then Logan helped Roe get dressed. Showing Beau and Roe how and in what way to put things on. Once little Roe was dressed. Logan rubbed her hair dry and then brushed it out after that she fixed her braid and Roe was ready to go show off. She ran towards the door and pulled the knob just like she had seen Logan do before taking off to where Oakley and Juniper were. The door swung shut and Logan laughed before reaching over draining the tub.
The water had turned brown from dirt and filth. Beau quietly watched the water drain and then looked to Logan. Logan pointed at him and then the tub and Beau nodded in understanding. He began to undress himself a bit shamelessly in front of Logan. But then again Logan had seen Beau naked before.
As he got naked Logan grinned at him and grabbed him by the waist before kissing at his stomach. "Lo!" Beau complained squirming slightly, "Beau." She said softly hugging him. She looked up and saw Beau's face was tinted pink. She grinned and helped him into the tub once it was refilled. She made the water a tad hotter but not by much for Beau. Beau sank into the water with a worried look that slowly faded into relaxation.
Logan laughed and reach over undoing his braid as well. Beau didn't seem bothered by it and only seemed focused on the water. Logan then grabbed different bottles and held them up to Beau. "Beau." She said getting his attention. "Beau's." She said showing him a special bottle of shampoo just for him. It was made for omegas. It was supposed to help his hair. She then held up another bottle and then another. Beau watched quietly taking it all in and sighed. "It's a lot isn't it?" She asked Beau stared at her, then he pulled at her clothes.
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