The Orphans Among Us Chapter Six: Mountain Rescue

Story by CherryBlossomSystem on SoFurry

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#6 of The Orphans Among Us


(Greg)

The red eye flight to North Dakota was full with worry and distress. Our son convicted as a criminal by the local news and because he was a Furry, was undergoing dangerous experiments. According to the article there was supposed to be a Wolf with him as well. The way they were looking at each in the photo in the front page erased any doubts that I had.

Our son was as gay as the rainbow but at least he had found a suitable match. I was studying the paper with my wife beside me asleep against the window. The Wolf seemed to be healthy if somewhat shy his face somewhat hidden behind a black hoodie. When the flight attendant swished by I spared her a glance then returned to my paper. It had been two hours since take off and I was beginning to get bored.

When the food cart came through, I got a bag of small peanuts and a soda. I nibbled on them for the next hour or so then washed them down with the soda. I finally started drifting to sleep at the four-hour mark. When I woke up, we were at our destination. I smiled grimly and shook my wife awake then grabbed out bags. We checked them at customs then made our way to a rental car agency that was close to the airport. I forked over twenty-five hundred dollars to rent the car for two weeks. I had no idea how long it would take to reach the complex but once we got there, it would not matter.

The car came with a map and so Marsey plotted the quickest course up into the mountains. Then we stopped for food and supplies at a camping store. We bought everything from thermal blankets to dehydrated food. When we got to the register the attendant swiped the items without a word. I rolled our cart out to the car and we proceeded to shove everything we bought into the trunk and the backseat.

I tried to enjoy the scenery but to be honest it just blurred as the first few hours went buy. The tempature dropped as the land rose. We stopped at the base of a mountain to make camp when it got to dark to see. Marsey set up the tent while I gathered some wood to light a fire.

When I came back, she was waiting for me patiently bundled up in a heavy coat. Just a few feet in front of us were a sign that promised the base of the mountain was 10 feet to the north. It advertised a ski lodge and several other tourists' attractions. The one that cuaght my attention advertised snowmobiles.

I pointed this out to my wife "Looks like we can rent some more suitable transportation up ahead." she nodded silently and shivered. Suddenly remembering that I was supposed to be lighting the fire I gathered the branches I found and flicked my quick fire starter. Within seconds, a cheery little blaze was burning in front of us. I turned to the food "Do you want dehydrated fish or dehydrated salad?" I asked holding up our choices. She chose the fish so I started heating up some water and added it to both meals. I passed her the fish and a few packets of tartar sauce that came with it. Then I drizzled some dressing on my meal and dug in.

The food was good and it filled my stomach quite well. My wife was still digging into her food as I finished my dish and packed away the plastic wrappings that the meal had come in. I rolled out my sleeping bag for later then watched her eat. Marsey did not seem to mind my stare at all. Her small smile was lighting up her face and I smiled back. Her eyes where mischievous as she looked at me while scooping up some snow and throwing it at me.

I was shocked then I burst out laughing feeling the tension leave my body. A breathless snowball fight ensued until I gave up saying "Uncle!" but that did not stop her from throwing the last snowball right in my face. I cleaned off my face then crawled into my sleeping bag with Marsey beside me in her own.

"I'm worried about them my dear." I said softly "What do you mean them? I thought we were here for our Son." "Our Son is in love with the Wolf. It would be bad manners on our part to take one and leave the other.' Marsey looked at me shocked. "How long have you known?" "I have known our son was gay since I saw the picture of him and the wolf in the paper. I can tell by the way the two of them are looking at each other."

She seemed to recover from the bombshell I had just dropped rather quickly. She turned on her side and tried to get to sleep. I did the same and did not move until the morning sun filtered through the fabric of the tent. I groaned as I sat up and I popped my back and did a few stretches. I could smell bacon cooking on the fire so I hastily made my way outside. Marsey passed me some bacon when she saw me but no word of greeting passed her lips.

We started packing everything in the car and when we finished we were both panting. White smoke puffed from my mouth as I leaned against the car trying to catch my breath. When I did, I made my way to the driver's side of the car and jumped in. I turned the dial for the heater as far as it would go. Marsey got in and we both buckled out seatbelts. Then I put the car in gear and headed up the mountain going slowly up the trail.

The sun shined behind us illuminating the snow making it hard to see the road. Therefore, when the lodge rose from the earth and covered the ground in its long shadow it was a blessing. I pulled into the parking lot and slowly got out of the car stretching lightly with a yawn before locking the car and heading inside.

I moved over to the fire and my wife sat with me staring into the cheerful flames. The warmth from the fire entered my body and made me feel drowsy. I started blinking to stay awake and went over the corner to make a cup of strong black coffee. I swigged that down then had a refill before bringing one over to my wife.

She swigged it down greedily as if I had just given her the only source of coffee she would see for the next five years. I left her sitting at the chair while I went to ask about the snowmobiles. The retail person in charge of them kept talking on and on until finally I passed three hundred dollar bills over the bar and he took the money and handed me two keys.

I went back to my wife and gave her a key then went out front and got the snowmobile that I was going to ride. I packed dry goods and coffee grounds into my snowmobile and when Marsey came out a few seconds later I passed her the tent and sleeping bags along with a few pots and pans.

"_ Hold on boys we're _ coming" I thought as we set off for the lab complex.

(Pengu)

In front of me, the lab security was trembling with fear and cold. The temperature in the room was barely above freezing but since they did not have fur like me, they were really feeling the bite. "Where is Sukura?" I asked dropping the temperature to freezing. They stood there with their teeth chattering. "Answer me!" I said shaking with anger.

Finally, I lost patience with them and froze them into blocks of ice. Then I zapped and shattered the computer as well. "Man where IS he?" I thought to myself jogging down yet another hallway. From the end of this one I heard screams and a few feet in front of me Flowers went through a guy pinning him to the wall my jaw dropped and the Ice poked my mind trying to get my attention. When someone rounded the corner, I fired off a shot of Ice and they dodged.

Then I realized who it was. "Sukura!?!" "Pengu?" we both started talking at once as we ran towards each other. Sukura grabbed me in a fierce hug and swung me around in a circle before putting me down on my feet. "So you can control ice?" he said stating the obvious.

"Yep. So what's the deal with the flowers?" at my question he snorted and the flowers beside him seemed to shake with mirth. "Um well they just kind of grabbed me." he said a smirk playing on his muzzle and his tails were wagging with happiness at seeing me. I admit my own tail was wagging so fast that it was a blur.

Our happiness was short lived however, because a seemingly endless mass of guards appeared from thin air. They opened fire and Sukura made a flower dome around us. It was weird how all the bullets kept pinging off and hitting the floor. When the last spent bullet cartridge dropped to the floor he lowered the dome and I shoved ice outward in a giant wave freezing about 20 soldiers in one go.

Flowers raced across the ground and several soliders screamed as they where peirced by razor sharp petals. Then I heard a rumbling sound and the wall to the left of the soldiers explouded and a jeep ran over several soldiers before it explouded. Before we could defend ourselves we were both against a back wall do to the concussion from the blast.

I grunted while beside me Sukura peeled himself off the wall then turned to help me out. as he did two people got off snow mobiles and ran toward us.Sukura turned around so fast I'm suprised he din't get whiplash. He was about to impale the new intruders when he reconginzed them.

"Greg? Marsey? What in the hell are you two doing here?" he asked as he grabbed my paw. The guards began to stir. "You know what on second thought I don't care" He started running and I fell into step behind him. With his free hand he grabbed the woman's arm and as I passed I grabbed the man's Sukura hualed us along until we reached a couple of snow mobiles. The woman jumped onto one and the man followed her while Sukura jumped onto the second one. I got behind him my arms around his middle as he started the engine and we took off following the human couple in front of us.

Several hours later......

(Sukura)

I pried my stiff paws off the snowmobile and slowly got off the machine. Behind me I heard Pengu groan and an audible pop when he straightened his back. I led the way into the ski lodge and let the adults handle the room arrangments. When Greg and Marsey came back Greg tossed me a key which I cuaght out of reflex. I then headed up stairs to the room that me and Pengu would share.

Once they got there I offered to let Pengu shower first while I went to go talk to my foster parents. "Su-ure" said Pengu blushing a little. I stepped close to Pengu and on impulse I pecked Pengu's cheeck giving him a light kiss before stepping back and walking out of the room.