As minutes passed, Alan's figure disappeared into the distance, the morning fog of Forks hiding him from the view of the thing that had been watching him as he disappeared into a blur.
Meanwhile… the thing that had been watching him slowly started to straighten up, as the sound of bones being rearranged and broken rang out, the sound of tearing flesh and if one had the ability to hear what humans couldn't they would even hear the sound of organs being rearranged.
What had before been a hulking wolf, a monster that was practically gigantic in comparison to any other wolf that humankind knew, had turned into a naked male human with tanned skin and short dark brown hair. His body was built and filled with muscle yet at the same time not to the point where it would harm his mobility or athletic ability.
It was at that moment that another man appeared behind him, a few meters away hidden behind a tree and threw him a pair of clothes. It was another dark skinned man with middle length hair.
"So, did you find anything Sam?" The man asked as Sam, the man who had just turned from a gigantic wolf and back into a human was dressing himself back up in a pair of jeans and a white shirt that had clearly seen much better days.
"No… there's nothing. He doesn't smell like the cold ones, he smells slightly different but its only a slight difference, could just be a perfume or something similar… if anything, he smells closer to how we do than them." Sam Uley replied as he shook his head, his voice was gruff, almost as if he was using it for the first time, something that happened every time that he transformed back from his wolf form and back into his human form.
"I see, then I guess there really wasn't anything… still, we could go and check his apartment whilst he's away, see if you can smell anything there." The other man said as he shrugged his shoulders, walking closer to Sam now that he was fully clothed.
"Right… let's go get it done with." Sam replied, as he turned and the two of them walked out from the edge of the tree line and into the streets, heading towards Alan Walkers apartment whilst Alan himself was heading towards Forks Highschool.
Around twenty minutes later, Alan arrived before the highschool parking lot, he walked inside, deep inside his own mind as he kept walking on the outside, even whilst he was deeply in his thoughts, he perception over the surroundings hadn't slipped even for a slight second, it was something that he had learned how to do by being in battle so constantly with the slimes, sometimes he had to think of strategies on the fly however when one was in the middle of battle, he couldn't hope to stop and ask the opponent to stop so that they could come up with some kind of strategy, he had to do it whilst fighting them.
It was at that moment that his mind noticed something at the other end of the parking lot. Alice Cullen was currently waving at him as she practically started skipping towards his direction.
Stopping for a moment and shaking his head slightly to get himself out of his thoughts and more ready, he turned to face the woman that had almost already reached him.
'Let's… not think about whatever that was for a bit. It's not like I can do anything more than be more on guard, but I already am, I'm already doing everything that I can by leveling up as much as I can. Perhaps… I should start heading to a different location when I enter the dungeon, somewhere that nobody knows and then entering the dungeon, if i keep doing it inside of my bedroom, I could teleport back and find myself already inside of a trap or something similar. That… that's a good idea.' Alan thought as his mind finally came back to the surface as he gazed at Alice who had already spoken.
"Sorry, can you repeat that? I was thinking about something just now." Alan muttered as he lifted his hand and rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as he made an almost shy smile, apologising.
Alice looked at him for a moment before releasing a soft giggle as she patted his back.
"I was just asking if you got a dog or something, you smell like one. So, any cute puppies? You smell like wet dog, and honestly It's a pretty bad smell on you, I thought you'd be more of a cat person." Alice replied as she wrinkled her nose and made and exaggerated motion by shaking her head as if to show him just how much he smelled.
The question confused Alan for a moment as he looked at her, his eyes widening slightly as he instantly connected or atleast made another theory.
'Wet dog… could it be because of that thing?' Alan thought to himself in confusion before he shook his head on the outside.
"No, I don't have a dog and I don't plan on getting one anytime soon, I don't have the time to properly care for it and if your not taking good care of your pets, its not even worth getting them in the first place." Alan replied, and the instant he did, Alice's expression changed, her amber eyes that had appeared to almost be shining more than usual darkened almost instantly.
"I… I see, maybe you just touched a random stray or something. Who knows… you have to be careful though. Forks really… should get rid of those dogs from the streets." Alice said with a tight smile on her face.