The warm summer day came to a close at dusk as the lightning bugs lit up the forest and the cicadas made their usual chirping noise around the peaceful log cabin where the 90-year old Wolf sat in a wooden rocking chair next to his wife Anne, who was also in her rocking chair on the porch of the cabin. Anne was knitting some cloth Wolf didn't know what for as he sipped on an sweet iced tea. Wolf then saw a red buick pull up in front of the cabin and a woman around her late fifties early sixties came out of the car, she aged a lot better than Wolf did and still had all of her brown hair and her face was somehow free of wrinkles, Red Pucket got out of the car and walked onto the porch as Wolf greeted his old colleague and friend. "Hey Red, how's it going?" Wolf asked gesturing for her to sit down. "It's been alright, how've you been Anne." Red said sitting down on a wicker chair next to Wolf. Anne looked over her glasses sternly at her husband "someone keeps leaving the t.v on at night when he goes to bed, but other than that, been pretty quiet, had the kids over yesterday." Anne said sweetly to Red, who was basically a part of their family anyway. "How's the Agency?" Anne asked Red, who was wearing a burgundy shirt with black dress slacks, "It's been O.K, working on a few cases as usual. And you Wolf? Still giving Anne a hard time?" Red asked her elderly friend, whose eyes were the same shade of chocolate behind his glasses, despite his worsening vision, "What?" Wolf said leaning in some, "I said are you still giving Anne a hard time?" Red said a little louder, knowing that his hearing wasn't doing much better. "I can barely hear ya Red" Wolf said a little louder, Anne stopped knitting and looked at her husband, "O stop it Wolf, you know you can hear her," Anne said pointing her needle at him, Wolf with a smirk leaned back in his chair putting his paws behind his head, "fell for it." Wolf said with the same smirk as he had when he first met Red during the goody bandit case.

"Jerk," Red said lightly smacking Wolf in the shoulder, "Every time." Wolf said. "You better be careful whipper-snapper," Wolf said running his paws through the longer fur on the bottom of his chin, something all male wolves get when they age, "I aint scared to use this cane." Wolf said with a mock-threat tone holding up his black cane at Red. "Sure you will, Wolf, sure you will." Red said still enjoying wolf's sarcastic attitude. As Wolf turned to Anne to tell her something, Red remembered with a sudden pang, that she was able to hide, something that her granny had said about Wolf and his age.

It was physical training day at the HEA and both agents Red and Wolf were dashing about an obstacle course. Red was in her thirties and Wolf was in his mid forties and didn't even have glasses at the time, and Granny was still in the Agency, though she was head of the field Agent Department. A timer counting down until zero to reach the obstacle course and Granny was on a megaphone yelling at the two agents. "COME ON AGENTS! YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER! I AINT GETTING ANY YOUNGER HERE! PICK UP THE PACE WOLF!" She yelled at Wolf who was soaked with sweat was panting heavily as he jumped over obstacles alongside Red, they both eventually reached the finish line, Red just breathing more heavily than usual looked over to her canine colleague and saw that he was pretty much gasping for breath, both of his paws on his knees, Red came over and patted him on the back, "come on Wolf, you've done this loads of times," Red said, Wolf looked at Red and said "yeah, cant exactly run around a lot like I used to, you know I am forty-three years old." Wolf said laughing. Wolf and Red got changed and Wolf, whose typical blue hoodie had went missing recently (which Red was pretty sure that Anne had something to do with that) threw on a black hoodie, he threw it over his shoulders and Red who was walking past him heard something metallic clang against the floor as he flung it over his shoulder and zipped it up. Wolf didn't seem to notice as Twitchy at that moment climbed his back and onto his shoulder, Red looked on the floor and saw a circle of black shiny beads and a silver crucifx laying on the floor, she picked it up as Wolf grabbed a newspaper and his briefcase to head home for the day,

"Hey Wolf," the human 21 year old said cathching up with him as Granny came into the room as well talking to some other agents

"Hmm?" Wolf said turning around.

"You dropped something, your…what is this thing?" Red asked handing the rosary to her canine friend.

"Oh, thanks, brat. My rosary." Wolf said putting it back into his hoodie pocket.

"I didn't know you were Catholic." Red said in slight shock, to Red Wolf just didn't seem the type of animal to be religious.

"Really? After me and Anne got married by an old polar bear priest in a Catholic Church? Yeesh, kiddo, I thought you would've made the connection." Wolf said with his usual sarcastic tone as the two walked down the hallway side by side.

"Yeahhe'scatholiceversinceI'veknownhimisntthatrigh tboss?" Twitchy said at lightning speed. "How long have you been catholic Wolf?" Red asked. Not understanding Wolf's buddy.

"My whole life, the orphanage I was raised in is a Church-run orphanage." Wolf said squinting at the newspaper he was trying to read the front page of, it was getting harder and harder for Wolf to see things that were close to him lately, but Wolf of course didn't really want anyone to know that except Anne and Twitchy. Red though, noticed, and she noticed the slight limp he was getting in his right leg.

"Wolf, I think you might need glasses." Red said jokingly, Wolf kind of flushed a bit, "yeah, I think I might, been getting harder and harder to see lately." Wolf said holding out the newspaper farther from his face. As Wolf aged his age somewhat was a little bit of a sensitive topic for the canine agent. Red didn't really know that though when she saw that her friend winced every time his moved his right leg.

"Wolf, what's wrong with your leg? Did you get it hurt today in training or something?" Red asked.

"It's nothing." Wolf said getting a little irritated. "it's just sore, that's all." Wolf said.

"Awww, I can get you a cane if you want, old timer" Red joked innocently enough, however it crossed an unknown line for Wolf.

"I know, I know! I get it, I'm getting old!" Wolf slightly snarled, his brown eyes flaring up. Red never even knew that kind of joke would touch a nerve for her friend. "You know you're gonna get old too Red, so laugh it up while you can. Muffins!" Wolf said stomping off, throwing his newspaper under his arm. Red stopped and watched her friend get in the elevator and disappeared behind the doors. Twitchy had hopped off Wolf's shoulder and got on Red's after he snapped at her.

"He's kind of sensitive to that." Twitchy said explaining his best friend's sudden outburst. Granny then came up behind her granddaughter hearing a little of the commotion in the hallway. Red knew she had kind of hurt Wolf's feelings by saying that.

"Wow, didn't know that of all things would get to him." Red said to Granny, her behive somewhat frizzled from the day's exercise.

"Red, there's something you gotta understand," Granny said softly putting her hands on Red's shoulder's. "Wolfy isn't a Pucket. He's not like you and me. He's going to get elderly, and faster than you think sweetie." Granny said. "He's not going to be very active for much longer, he's getting more fragile, he's gonna get bad vision and hearing, and he's probably going to retire within the next few years Red. So be nice to him while you can. He won't be around forever Red, before you know it Red he'll be gone forever, so treat him nice every chance now while you still can. And he has a pretty rosary." Granny said. "Come on, let's bake him something, you know he likes those chocolate chip muffins." Granny said as a way of suggesting to cheer Wolf up the next day at work.

Those words stuck with Red Pucket as she watched Wolf W. Wolf, the smart-mouth but gold-hearted Wolf get slower and slower, weaker and weaker, more and more sleepy and more and more frail right before her eyes over the next few decades. It took her a minute to see Wolf poking her leg with his cane, as she daydreamed on the porch of the log cabin. "Yoohoo, Earth to Brat. Earth to Brat." Wolf said, he really found a lot of uses for his cane once he got it, often using it to thwack someone playfully when he wanted to, Anne was sometimes tempted to hide it and see what would happen with her husband.

Red jerked back to the present feeling the black metal cane bump against her knee, "Ouch!" Red said putting a hand to it, "my knee's getting fragile now." Red said swiping at Wolf's cane. "HA! Sucks doesn't it?" Wolf said laughing and rocking in his chair.

"Oh stop it Wolf." Anne said in half amusement of her husband's antics. "As I was saying Red, would you like to come in for some chili and coffee, I made the coffee cold, too hot for warm coffee." Anne said sweetly. "And it's my personal recipe chili." Wolf said tempting Red, Wolf had become well known for his special chili, the only recipe Red never knew the secret of. "Oh, yes please, thank you." Red said as the three got up, Red then, rethinking that memory, wanted to say something but didn't know how to say, she followed Wolf who was behind Anne walking into the cabin but before Wolf walked in the front door, Red said "Wolf, hold on." Red said.

Wolf stopped and turned around, he was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans, and a silver cross hung from his neck.

"Yeah what's up-oomph!" Wolf was caught off-guard when Red suddenly hugged her wolf friend tightly, putting her head on his shoulder as she choked back a tear. She hugged him trying to put in so many un-sayable things in one moment. Wolf understood and smiled contently. He returned the hug trying to hold back some emotions as well, he knew full well he personally didn't have much time left. He patted Red Pucket on the shoulder comforting her while he still could.

"You're a great friend Wolf. And I'm sorry if I've done anything wrong to you." Red said squeezing Wolf, Wolf still patted her on the back, while Anne watched silently and pretended to notice nothing as she walked into the kitchen to get out three bowls.

"I forgive you Red, It's okay Red, it's okay. Everything's going to be okay." Wolf said softly still giving Red some pats on the back. They separated as Wolf kept his paws on her shoulders, "Come on, kiddo," Wolf said even though she definitely wasn't a kid anymore "let's eat. I'm starving" Wolf said his stomach grumbling as they walked in the quiet and peaceful cabin.

Please Read and Review! Sorry it took so long to update, been very busy here this year.