A Pup Of Our Own

Chapter 5

Luvel stayed in her human form for little over an hour. At first she was very content with laying on Theo's chest but soon she started to fuss and wiggle. Theo thought it was time to change her but she was ok. He started to panic and wonder if he had done something wrong.

"I'm gonna call Derek and see if he knows what's wrong." Liam dashed out of the room as the baby's cries grew louder and more painful to his ears. Theo kept rocking and shushing her, but nothing seemed to work. "Hurry up!" The chimera glared at the beta.

"Hey Derek, the girl won't stop crying. We've fed her, changed her, burped her. I don't know what else to do." Derek ran through everything he could think of before asking if she's still in her human form. "She's probably cold. It seems these pups stay in wolf form most of the time so she's used to have a fur coat." The line went silent for a moment. Liam was about to speak when he heard Derek talk again.

"Theo can do a full shift right?" Derek remember the chimera shifting to help find the hunters. "Yeah he can, why?" Derek asked to talk to Theo. Liam walked into the living room to find Theo struggling to calm the baby girl. Liam handed him the phone and took the baby girl. Luvel calmed down slightly when Liam cuddled her to his chest. Liam tried to mimic the bouncing rock that Theo was doing and it seemed to work. She continued to cry but it was quieter.

"The girl is probably cold. Try full shifting and laying around her. Your body temperature is higher in full shift. As a chimera you are still fairly close to a human temperature, Liam should lay with you both. Your combined body heats will keep her warm." Theo nodded but didn't say anything.

He handed the phone back to Liam before walking upstairs. He could hear Derek explaining what he told him. The chimera walked into his room and stripped off his clothes. He took a few deep breaths before letting the shift happen. He could feel his bones crack and reform. His skin shifting painfully over his new form. He could feel the itch if his fur growing. It was more tolerable now that he's done it over a hundred times but he still remembers the agony he felt the first time he shifted.

Once he was a full wolf he walked down stairs to find Liam trying to make a makeshift bed on the living room floor while holding the baby. Theo walked up to Liam and used his teeth to tug at the beta's jeans. "What?" Liam glanced down to see Theo hop on the couch and lay down. The wolf gestured to the space between his hind legs and body with his snout. Liam got the hint and laid Luvel down with Theo. Once he was sure she wouldn't fall he went back to making the bed.

After laying two thick blankets down as the bed Liam placed a few pillows down. He walked over to Theo and picked of Luvel, who was still sniffling but had calmed down quite a bit. "You lay down on the bed, I'm gonna grab another blanket to cover us with." Theo jumped down and laid on the floor, placing his head on a pillow. Liam took Luvel with him as he grabbed a lighter blanket from the linen closet. Luvel laid her head against his chest and grabbed a fist full of Liam's shirt. She had stopped crying but she was still making small noises.

When Liam laid down he placed Luvel between him and Theo, letting the wolf curl himself around the baby. The beta grabbed the blanket and covered the three of them, mindful to keep it from covering Luvel too much. "Derek said to just lay with her. Our body heat should warm her up, or make her comfortable enough to shift back. I'm guessing it's better for them to be in wolf form than baby form." Theo gave no sign that he was listening other than twitching his ear slightly.

Liam laid still, watching the baby girl run her hand against Theo's fur coat. "Is that soft?" Liam cooed getting the attention of the baby. He smiled and reached out to pet Theo. The chimera bared his teeth but didn't move as Liam combed his fingers through the fur on Theo's neck and side. "Big bad chimera likes to be petted." Liam teased as Theo's eyes started to close. Theo would never admit it but he was comfortable in that moment, almost happy.

The three werecreatures fell asleep, one after the other. Luvel kept a hand on Theo's paw and a hand on Liam's face. Liam's hand stayed tangled in the fur on Theo's neck. Theo tucked his head under Liam's chin just above Luvel's head. Had an outsider looked in, they would think it was a boy, his baby, and his dog napping. To Scott it was a moment he felt he was intruding on.

The alpha had dropped by to tell Liam and Theo that they had found no living relative of the pups. The pack would have to turn the babies over to children services where they would be put up for adoption. He had already told Derek and Stiles who seemed to be attached to the boy. Derek seemed sad to know the pup would be leaving in less than an hour.

Scott didn't want to wake the trio but he had to get the baby to the police station soon. Stilinski was gonna call the social worker Deaton recommended within the next hour. Apparently there were adoption agencies that dealt with werecreatures.

"Liam?" Scott whispered as he shook the beta's shoulder. "Liam, wake up." Liam groaned and tucked his face into Theo's fur coat. Scott sighed. Liam wasn't waking up anytime soon and from the looks of it, neither was Theo. Scott looked around trying to find something to write on. He found a note pad near the door. He wrote out a message for the two teens, taping it to Liam's cheek. He smiled to himself as he picked up the baby girl and walked out to the his mom's car.