Preparation...(doesn't account for ET)

It was becoming evident that because of their new-found supernatural powers, they needed to figure out what those powers were in order to be able to defend themselves against the Trackers that were certainly coming. Meg turned to alchemy and potions and Tosh started working on his physical fitness which if it wasn't high enough before, it would certainly be by the time that he was finished. Meg thought to herself that he was one good-looking specimen of a man and werewolf.

Even though when he exercised...it certainly stank to high heaven, especially with her heightened olfactory senses - even in human form it was still twice as keen as a human's sense of smell, whereas when she was in were-form, it was well over a hundred times greater than that of a human.

Tosh cut gemstones that he'd found in the yard and sent ore to be smelted which brought in a tidy amount of change.

To a computer whiz, metaphysical alchemy was something completely different and wasn't entirely based on logic. Utilizing gem dust, herbs and other organic materials to make elixirs that would potentially cause a physical change in one's body or behavior was entirely out of left-field to Meg. But she knew that they couldn't physically defend on a level that was equal to those who had guns, tanks and other lethal objects to target on them. Whereas she, if she mastered alchemy could provide a defense against attacks that the humans would perpetrate on them, if the researchers could fix on their location. But learning alchemy was slow and frustrating, causing her to lose her temper more than once and triggering her to change form.

They could not afford to be weak. So each worked on their physical conditioning and made themselves stronger, even more than what the physical transformation would give them as supernatural beings. Tosh was always of the opinion that if you weren't strong in mind and body, you would lose the fight, regardless of how much supernatural powers you had. If you relied solely on your occult powers ignoring your own physical and mental abilities, others would find a weakness and exploit it, so essentially Tosh didn't want any gaps in the armor. 100% raw physical strength whether in human or were form, sound in mind and occult powers and ready to do battle - that was Tosh's stance on the matter and Meg agreed with him. Despite the fact that they hadn't bonded to one another in a formal ceremony, she was already thinking of herself as his mate (taking after the wolf-pack designation of relationships) and she would stand beside him shoulder to shoulder against all comers who meant them ill.

And they sparred in were-form in order to test each other's strength. And Meg proved that she was no slouch in the physical combat arena.

Their monetary finances were equally important and Tosh made sure that the gemstones that he cut were turned into simoleons that went into their account.