Heron Lake Plateau i.x : who was only a stranger at home

Quixote had been mildly curious what the hell was going on -- first howl was weird, but he wasn't too close to it, Niamh's howl was even weirder, but he may have been biased because if he had to get Towhee, the howl was something more like "Yo bird, get your wolf" than asking for her directly, then came the third.  By then he was almost there.  He hadn't figured it was an emergency, so he took his good ol' time finishing what he was doing and moving at a leisurely pace before the third howl amped up his speed.

The scene he came upon was rather peculiar and became more peculiar as he approached and things got more vague by becoming clear.  There were scents of the stranger and Colt, both of which lead away from the pack.  Niamh was there with Towhee who... Ugh, who knew what happened but it wasn't exactly pretty.  The hell happened here?

It didn't seem like she was obviously super wounded though he could smell blood, she was just kind of... There next to Niamh.  He sniffed at her a bit as he came closer.  It was an oddly familiar scene but he'd put that stuff with Screech so far out of his mind that he hadn't quite realized it yet.  Then he realized something else and his gaze that had mostly been attached to Towhee these past thirty seconds or whatever shot over to Niamh,  Wait, why hadn't her call specifically mentioned @Raven too?  This kinda looked like her jam.  So, he added his voice, "Ray, probably need you here."  She'd be here pretty soonish, but until then he had some questions for the awake beta.