Fantasy The Pack

[Tasteless]

Nate stares into Aaymi again, growling. A heavy paw on her throat, he bares his fangs. "I'm not going to kill you. You're not worth it." He lifts his heavy paw from her throat, and looks to Victor. "Disregard her, Victor." He scoffs. "She is probably being tracked. We need to leave. Leave her here, let them take care of her." He doesn't look at her again.


He slowly walks toward his sisters body


Pushing his body under hers so her corpse laid on his back. Her lifeless blue eyes gazed at the ground. He slowly begins to proceed forward, limping slightly due to a twisted paw.


He didn't want to have another traitor in his pack.

 

[Xx-Katherine-xX]

Hunter could feel frustration rising up in her as she was once again told to stay. Maybe they were shifters, but they weren't dogs. However, she knew that Nate was their leader. He knew what was best after all.


She knelt down in the cold snow beside Allie's body. She figured the least she could do was watch over her corpse. Tears filled her bright blue eyes as she stared into Allie's own glassy ones. People had always joked that the two girls were twins. They each had the same platinum hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. Their biggest difference was their shifted forms. Allie was a wolf, a fighter, and Hunter was a white fox.


Things like that had never come between the girls though. They had been good friends. Hunt had told Allie everything. There was nothing they didn't know about each other. A sad smile tugged at the corners of her mouth as she remembered the times they had together. She brushed away strands of hair from Allie's face and pulled her lids down, a formality that seemed to have been forgotten in the sudden rush.


Her attention was brought back to the matter at hand when Nate came limping back. "Damn it, boy. What've you gotten yourself into now," she mumbled as she stood. Not a word was spoken though as he pushed himself under Allie's lifeless corpse and headed staright forward. Hunt followed obediently, biting down on her lip as she walked behind their leader. It was freezing and the snow coated her clothes as they walked. She knew at some point, they were going to have to stop for the night. Somewhere, somehow. Even sleeping in a cave would be better than walking all night.


A growl from her stomach reminded her of how long it had been since they had had a meal. They usually had to ration out food, due to limited supplies. Hunt had a tendency to deny her helping, offering to someone else, since she was so much smaller. It wasn't always easy, but it was the right thing to do.

 

[Tasteless]

Nate slowly shifted into his human form, panting softly. Clear bite marks on his throat, his wrist was bruising, his stomach trickled with blood from his earlier injury. "Just a pest, that's all." He slowly carried Allie, he was tired. Exhausted really. Yet he continued to push himself, getting close to over exerting himself.


He doesn't look toward Hunter, simply at the snowy path in front of him, and his lifeless sibling in his arms.

 

[Xx-Katherine-xX]

Hunter looked at his wounds, shaking her head softly. Those would take time to heal, even with their sped up process. He couldn't keep taking risks like this. Not if he expected to remain the leader of their pack.


"Maybe someone should get that little pest problem under control then," she mumbled under her breath. She loved Nate but they had just lost a member of their pack. No one had even had a chance to process it yet. The fact was though, that Allie, his sister, was dead and he didn't even seem to be willing to bother for one second and recognize it.


@Cyber Wolf

 

[Baconhands]

Laikas almost howled for help when the female wolf had burst forwards, tackling Nate to the ground, but he controlled himself for a moment, noting Nate's size advantage. He took a couple of steps away, watching the fight with almost glee, before he let out an almost impatient growl, this wolf that was fighting with Laikas' alpha was probably from the government and Laikas almost sighed, suddenly sympathetic for this aggressive shifter. The scent of blood filled the air and the white-furred wolf almost grinned; oh how he had missed that smell. On his scouting mission he had been successful in feeding himself but animal blood didn't exactly have the sweet scent of a human's. She might not have been entirely human but he guessed it was close enough.


The wolf was now lying in the snow, struggling to rise, and Laikas did feel sorry for her. He padded forwards, studying her injuries for a moment, Nate had injured her quite badly. He sighed, looking after Nate, "Carry on, I'll follow you after I've made sure she's alone. If she is from the government it may be best if we keep moving but I can only imagine you're all exhausted. Maybe looking for shelter would be a better option for tonight."


With that he started back tracking, padding back in the direction this strangely furred wolf had come from with the mere intention of taking a slight detour before coming back for her. They were all in the same boat, she had merely been brainwashed and needed help and abandoning her would do nothing but breed hatred within her.


Laikas shook off his fur, padding low near the ground so he wouldn't be spotted by human eyes if there were any. He allowed himself a few minutes to let the pack move away before he started circling back towards the aggressive wolf. He spotted her again only a couple of minutes later.


@Cyber Wolf @IzzyCakes

 

[Silanon]

Just a few steps further... Landons muscles shivered with tension while he waited for the right opportunity. Then, finally, the teenager came close enough. With one long leap, the wolf came over him, throwing him to the ground by the momentum of his impact. But it was not the young one that mattered. Instead, it was all about Garrett, he felt. And therefore, he ignored the lying opponent, running onwards to the real threat. As good of a fighter as he might have been, he did not seem to expect an attack from behind at all. In fact, he was more than easy prey for the attacking guard, who hit him from the side, sending him into the white snow and pinning him to the ground by his mass. His jaws opened, and shot forward to end the fight within seconds - sharp teeth only waiting to tear the traitors throat apart.


However, in exactly that moment, a howl in his back broke the forests silence. For a short second, a fear of failure appeared in his mind. Had he missed something? Had these two only been a distraction, to get him away from the rest of the pack? Garrett for sure knew him well enough to understand how to entice him away. It were these thoughts that kept the suppressed man under Landon alive. They gave him enough time to react. A well-placed hit against Landons side pushed him sideways, and a lightning-fast reflex brought his head out of the guards reach, the two jaws closing just barely half a hand's width away from his face. Before Garrett could score another hit, Landon backed up, jumping out of reach and turning around within a second. The eyes glowing of pugnacity, his fur covered by snow, partly red-colored where the previous fights had left their wounds, he mustered the fighter in front of him, ready to leap at him again as soon as Garrett presented him an opportunity to strike.


"You are foolish to show up", he growled, "this battle is far from over."

 

[IzzyCakes]

Aaymi laid her head in the snow after she had clearly been defeated by the leader. She wouldn't heal, she knew that as the government had made sure to fix that problem with anyone they thought they would send out in looking for the pack. It was either carry out the mission successfully or die trying. Her fate had been decided when she lost the fight. Slowly she closed her eyes and waited for the darkness to take her away fully. In a way she had a mind of her own but at the same time her mind wasn't hers. "There is no one following me. The government trained me to be stealthy and lethal but apparently they went wrong somewhere. Don't for one second think that I am the only one that they will send out though," she softly spoke to the one who seemed to have been making sure she wasn't followed. "You can rejoin your pack. There is no way I can follow or will. I'll die here like I am suppose to," she stated not bothering to see where the other guy was at as she was clearly listening to where he was at knowing he was close by. She didn't fear death but she wasn't sure she was ready for it either.


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Victor followed behind as the leader can limping back up. He wasn't going to push it any farther, he needed to see it from the leaders point of view, he had lost a sister, someone close to him. It was not good to continue on his path of trying to reason with the leader as it wasn't his place to anyway. At least he had been given the chance to voice his opinion.


@Baconhands

 

[Baconhands]

Laikas tilted his head and approached her slowly, "I'm not exactly the trusting type. I don't know your name, though I'm sure this is not the time to ask it." He stood alongside her, studying her for a moment, "It's not exactly in any animal's nature to give up like you're doing now. Quite honestly I would recommend you come with me." He eyed her cautiously, looking for any kind of tracking device or microchip on her, "That's assuming that you can even walk." He let out a sigh moving in front of her and lying down about a foot away from her, "I'm not a medic or a fighter, I'm a scout." He lowered his head down to her level, "Do you remember your family?"





He wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to say, Nate had dealt some serious damage that Laikas was sure was lethal and between not wanting to shift back and not knowing medical skills he had no idea what to do. The white wolf's ear flicked almost nervously, a habit he had gotten into over time, and he sighed, "Try to keep your eyes open as well. I'm not exactly keen to rejoin the pack right now and talking to you gives me a way of passing the time."


@IzzyCakes

 

[Crono]

Garrett started to say something, probably spelling out whatever plan he'd thought out on the way here. But Tyson never got the full sentence as a flurry of fur and muscle crashed into him, and in his panicked state he was upset at himself for not trusting his instincts more. It was very clear they we're under attack by another shifter and briefly Tyson thought it was going to be over for him, that before he could react his throat would be ripped out. The force of the impact had him hit the ground hard, knocking the wind out of his longs with a long-winded gasp followed by disorientation. But that final strike never came and as Tyson struggled to re-fill his lungs and sit up he saw that the wolf was now after Garrett.


Tyson's first thoughts we're that this was one of those that we're left behind, now being forced to hunt his own kind down. It was difficult to tell, and as Garrett's life was on the line Tyson scrambled to get the pack off then shift into his canine form. Then came the howl mid-transformation, one that had distracted him momentarily. Luckily he wasn't the only one as Garrett had used that moment of distraction to fight the wolf off.


Ty started growling towards the wolf as a warning, Ty didn't want to fight, even a bit scared to honestly with a shiver of what could be fear or anticipation as he stood like an angry statue. But he was letting it be known that if this wolf was going to fight that he'd be taking them both on, this was an obstacle between what he'd been trying to get back to the entire time, the pack. And Ty wasn't about to let Garrett go it alone, "You can't take us both on, just let us pass."


@Whisker @Silanon

 

[IzzyCakes]

It was clear to her that this shifter wasn’t going to just leave her alone just like that. Aaymi sighed softly, her ribs aching with pain but she chose to ignore it quickly. “Aaymi, in case you must really know my name. You think the government is like it used to be? You are naïve for thinking so. After you all escaped they got stricter, meaner, and rougher with everyone. The ones left behind and the new ones they brought in.” She laughed a little but winced in pain.


Slowly she tried to move but only collapsed. She knew if she could get up she would track them down again and give the leader another go. “It’s better to just leave me here. As for my family, those were wiped from everyone. No one remembers their families there anymore. It makes us better fighters and less likely to try and escape.” The snow started to fall lightly, collecting on Aaymi’s head as she rested it into the snow once more.


The red wolf’s breathing was slow and labored as she tried to keep consciousness. “The only good thing about this is I didn’t have to die around the government. I can die out here in the nature.” The white wolf had asked her to open her eyes and she complied only so she didn’t have to go out without seeing the world once more. In a split second she had shifted back into her human form. Her coat was covered in blood. She curled up to keep herself warm. “I don’t get free thinking like you all do. It’s your packs fault for what happened to the rest of us. I can’t focus anymore between what the government has taught us and what is real anymore.”


As she slowly started to close her eyes again, she remembered her pack. “I a little ways from here. I believe I put it in an oak tree. It’s yours whatever is in it. Maybe it’ll help you. It’s one thing I can do for you that isn’t something the government told me to do or not to do.” She let out a breath slowly, the white cloud from it being so cold floating away. Yet peace couldn’t come soon enough.


@Baconhands

 

[Baconhands]

Laikas sighed; had the wolf given up so easily because she was scared of going back to them? She couldn't be blamed for that, Laikas thought, the government had treated the shifters like dirt. He sighed, studying her face for a moment as she mentioned her name was Aaymi. He would have smiled at her if he had been in his human form, "My name is Laikas. It's nice to meet you Aaymi."


The red furred wolf mentioned his 'pack' when she hat shifted back to her human form. Laikas sighed, looking away from her, "You were caught like all of us were. Betrayed by our families and the people we trusted. It's not your fault you're like this, I understand this." The white wolf looked her in the eye, "I'm sorry Aaymi, and I guess on my alpha's behalf I can forgive you for attacking him."


The human girl started to close her eyes again and Laikas sighed as he started to stand up, "I'll collect your things and I'll be back here in not a few minutes. Death is for the weak Aaymi, I think you may just be the opposite of that." With that he turned away from her before he glanced over his shoulder, "Prove me right. I don't like it when I'm wrong."


With that Laikas launched himself back the way he had came, following the trail Aaymi had left on her way to attack Nate.


@IzzyCakes

 

[IzzyCakes]

Aaymi only sighed as she heard the white wolf run off in the direction she had instructed him to do. It wasn't that she was like this but she couldn't really be any other way. The government had brainwashed her to kill the pack. If she was able to walk or more she would still go after them.


Though the fact she couldn't do either it was like her thinking had changed. She lightly wiggled her nose getting the snow off as she snuggled into her coat more. The wind howled slightly as it blew by her. The snow still falling lightly on her body, coating her in a light snow blanket.


"I was a failure today. Such a disappointment," she whispered to herself. Not quite sure why but she was fighting to keep her eyes open. It could have been cause the white wolf had asked her or it could have been she wasn't ready to let go of this world yet. Blood continued to spill into the snow, as her body refused to heal on its own. Aaymi pulled herself along the ground as she dragged herself towards a tree. She forces herself to sit up against the tree trunk. Leaning her head against the trunk. Her right hand clasped tightly over her left side.

 

[Whisker]

Garrett couldn’t react. Though the ex-tracker was adept at detecting smells, he’d been lulled into false security that the only one that mattered was the government or foreign tracks. He’d not expected to be attacked by his own pack. In a tumble of snow and mud, he was forced down to the ground by Landon where he was pinned upon his back. The breath wooshed out of him, but the fighter wasn’t slow to react again. The moment Landon’s head popped back up, he balled his fist and uppercut him right near the eye. The rest of his body would curl upwards so as to protect as much of his throat as possible. The ploy seemed to work because a ferocious snapping of teeth resounded near his left ear.


Jesus Christ, one second longer and I’d be …


“You are foolish to show up. This battle is far from over.”


What the actual fuck …?


Wiping the snow from his face, Garrett slowly pushed himself and curled his lips into a snarl.


“What the fuck are you talking about, you stupid moron? What battle? Fuck, if you gave our position away …“


He didn’t dare to take his eyes off of Landon, but there was no way their trailer didn’t hear that. Cursing internally, he waved his hand impatiently at Ty who had already shifted into his other form, growling at Landon from behind.


“You can't take us both on, just let us pass.”


“Stay out of this, Tyson … The pack doesn’t even know you’re alive.”


But there was always the thought that Garrett might be wrong … That Landon wasn’t here on pack business, but maybe …





@Silanon @Crono

 

[Silanon]

“You can't take us both on, just let us pass.”


Landons head suddenly turned around, his eyes burning down onto the now shifted newcomer. Maybe he had underestimated him a bit - he seemed to have more courage to offer than he had expected. Nevertheless, he was foolish to think that just a few words would give him a clean way for whatever they had planned. And Garrett seemed to know that himself, calling his companion back - and revealing his name. Tyson. As unfamiliar as his shifted form. None of those fighting in the first row, that was for sure. He certainly would have remembered.


"I'd ask Garrett for advice before throwing out those bold statements, pup. He has seen me fight often enough. Though you're always welcome to try your luck - just dont expect him to help you out. He is quite good at being away whenever the real fight starts."


Every movement cautiously executed, he started to circle around, making sure that his real opponent was between him and the teenager - he didnt want the whelp to accidentily be in his way. His eyes wandered back, to the fighter he knew - unfortunately.


"You should know better, Garrett. And you know what I'm talking about. Soldiers sneaking in to the cabin while most guards are out. Dead and wounded all over the place. I had my fair share of combat this morning, while others were far away. 'Scouting', as they called it. Seems like they did a pretty good job at showing up right in time to pick up our scent again."


He showed his teeth, sending out a growl.


"I'm not the one suspicious to betray the pack here. Try to get close to Nate, and I'll tear you apart. I wont let someone of your kind get close to him another time."


@Crono @Whisker

 

[Crono]

Tyson's growling slowly faded until it ceased altogether after Garrett told him to stay out of it. The Akita cocking its head to the side slightly, though a part of him felt relief that Garrett didn't want his help...and he kicked himself for feeling that relief. What did the pack knowing he was alive or not have to do with his inclusion? Garrett seemed bewildered by the fact that this shifter was attacking him, which in turn confused Ty.


The teen listened as the other two spoke, trying to grasp whatever he was missing in this conversation. It didn't take long to figure out that Landon was trying to protect the pack, which threw Tyson for a loop as wasn't that what he and Garrett we're doing? The accusations of Garrett being out and scouting on purpose hit Tyson as well, as that was what he'd been doing when he'd been separated from them early on. It was a low blow that caused a low whine escape his maw, like he'd done the pack wrong by getting separated and not being there when things had gone down.


"What kind of reasoning is that? We were gone at the wrong time so we have to be traitors? Screw you pal. Sounds to me like your blaming us for your own failure to protect the others." The canine snorted as he stood his ground, if a fight did break out he wasn't entirely sure what he'd do. These two we're wolves, he didn't exactly feel on their level so to speak.


@Silanon @Whisker

 

[Whisker]

As Landon's head turned to face Tyson, Garrett would use the opportunity to shift into his other form. Where his bewildered human looking self stood seconds before, now held a savage-looking black wolf with a snowy white chest. As per his usual, the wolf did not growl or give any sign of irritation outside of lashing his tail and lifting his lips away from his fangs.


“I'd ask Garrett for advice before throwing out those bold statements, pup. He has seen me fight often enough. Though you're always welcome to try your luck - just dont expect him to help you out. He is quite good at being away whenever the real fight starts.”


The irritation turned right away to a look that hovered somewhere between condescension and scorn.


“You seem to be a few screws loose today, Landon. You’re not my fucking Alpha and I don’t have to justify any of my actions to you. I can scout where I damn well please and when I fucking want to. I did not trade one life of imprisonment to walk into another.”


The grey eyes boldly followed the circling guard and adjusted to the movement, his back deliberately avoiding being pinned against the wall.


“You should know better, Garrett. And you know what I'm talking about. Soldiers sneaking in to the cabin while most guards are out. Dead and wounded all over the place. I had my fair share of combat this morning, while others were far away. 'Scouting', as they called it. Seems like they did a pretty good job at showing up right in time to pick up our scent again.”


Garrett stopped turning as his mind picked up the meaning behind his accusation. For a moment, his eyes blazed with indignation, but the words were snatched out of his mouth by Tyson a split second later.


“What kind of reasoning is that? We were gone at the wrong time so we have to be traitors? Screw you pal. Sounds to me like you’re blaming us for your own failure to protect the others.”


His eyes flickered onto Ty before landing coldly back onto Landon. At his threat, Garrett’s maw split into something that could almost be a grin. His eyes though were deadly serious.


“It’s no use, Ty. He has no evidence against either of us, yet his ego will not let him back down. If I have to, I will take him down and prove my innocence by force. “





And then what?


That was the question coming up in his mind next. Even if he defeated Landon here and forced him to listen, would it change anything? Was there even a real pack to go back to if every action was scrutinized and punished with the presumption of guilt over innocence? Where any shred of the trust they'd shown at the beginning had evaporated?


No ... perhaps I will leave. There seems to be nothing left here to even defend.





@Silanon @Crono

 

[Tasteless]

"It’s no use, Ty. He has no evidence against either of us, yet his ego will not let him back down. If I have to, I will take him down and prove my innocence by force."


"No, you wont. Garrett." Nate's ferocious growl cut through the freezing air like a heated blade. He had been totally silent while approaching the trio, their growls and conversation was loud enough to be herd from over the hill and past the pack.


The massive black wolf slowly approached them, his glossy fur matted with blood in areas. "Stand down." He growls to all three of the canines, showing his ivory fangs in an early warning. His gaze falls on Ty, and he licks his muzzle slightly. Recalling his pervious comment. "Landon has no reason to believe he couldn't protect the others. He did quite well in our battle. How did you two do?" The question was cold, and rhetorical. His tail was raised, yet he wasn't angry. He was dominant.


He shakes the snow out of his dark pelt, and looks toward Garrett, "Welcome back." He grunts, he was clearly tired. He was wounded, yet still carried himself with the clear authority of an alpha. A damn good one too. "We don't have long. It's best we continue moving, before more blood is spilt."


He clearly couldn't care less of the new canine, Ty. Instead he gave him and Garrett direct orders, leaving them with no room to protest. "Garrett, you and your friend shall take up the rear of the pack." He turns his dark gaze toward Landon. "You're up front with me."


Without another world, he turns to head up the hill, back toward where he had left his pack earlier.


@Silanon @Crono @Whisker

 

[Silanon]

"Screw you pal. Sounds to me like you’re blaming us for your own failure to protect the others.”


For a short moment, Landon stood still. Just for a split-second, the pugnacity in his eyes got intervowen by something else. Fear? Anger? It vanished too quickly to tell. All left was an angry growl when the brown-furred guard slowly closed in once again.


“It’s no use, Ty. He has no evidence against either of us, yet his ego will not let him back down. If I have to, I will take him down and prove my innocence by force. “


To be honest, he was quite right on that. All Landon had were his instincts, and they screamed alarm from the first moment Garrett hat come into line of sight. Maybe rightfully so, maybe not. It didnt matter. It was the threat they possibly represented that made Landon take his stance. With his trust in others shattered between governmental forces at the cabin, he was not going to take any chances when he could be safe. He hadnt expected the fighter in front of him to stand his ground though – much rather he had expected him to back up, to his own safety. He was either overconfident in his skills – or he stood with the back to the wall, with no way out other than to fight. Was it possible that their arrival in this very moment was just a joke of destiny? Landon shook his head. It didnt matter. The risk of another surprise attack like the one this morning was simply too high to take. It very well could have been the end of the whole pack, if not for the guards coming back quickly enough to at least protect what had been left.


Mentally preparing for the inevitable fight, he was only waiting for an opportunity to strike – when a familiar voice let him hold back.


“No, you won’t, Garrett.” And: “Stand down.” One moment later and Landon was quite sure that he’d have prevented the threat these two in front of him represented. But as always, Nate appeared right in time to intervene. And his decisions were clear as soon as he closed in out of nowhere. The leader had somehow managed to get himself wounded once again, and still seemed as invincible as always. He was a hard one to take down for sure. And he didnt depart from his usual way of keeping his assembled together, whatever the cost might be. At least, he seemed to recognize that Landon had done his part, letting him send a threatful smile in direction of the other two.


“You’re making a mistake, Nate. There are more of this kind out there. If only a single one of them got caught in the meantime, or decided by himself that the government is an unbreakable force you better not challenge – it will be our end within days. I dont need to tell you how close they were this time – they got Allie after all.”


@Cyber Wolf

 

[Baconhands]

It hadn't taken Laikas long to find the small bag the red-wolf had mentioned and Laikas studied it for a moment, it seemed simple enough, plain and orderly much like the government itself. He let out a sigh before jumping up and snatching the bag in his jaws and pulling it down from the tree. It wasn't open, which was as Laikas had expected it to be and he turned to pad back to the girl.


Numerous thoughts ran through his head; this could have all been an elaborate trap devised by the government and this girl, Aaymi and it was entirely likely that it was. The white-furred wolf thought for a moment, perhaps there was a tracker in the bag, the government would do that. She'd mentioned that ever since the pack had left that the government had gotten stricter on the rules of the shifters so tracking this one wasn't exactly a crazy idea. He shook off the idea as he got closer to the clearing; she was going to pass away, most likely, perhaps she would be willing to help another shifter out in her final moments and tell him the truth.


Padding up to her slowly, he dropped the bag next to her and lid down in front of, looking her in the eye, "That was quite easy to find. I hope you haven't died yet." He tilted his head, his ear flicking slightly, "Would you mind telling me what's in the bag? I need a knew one regardless as I had to abandon it thanks to the government's troops, but I'd rather not be tracked."


@IzzyCakes

 

[Tasteless]

Nate whipped around quickly, baring his fangs and raising his tail unmistakably high. He snapped his powerful jaws incredibly close to the Guard's neck and ear, basically forcing him into a submissive stance.


He bared his ivory fangs, his eyes focused on Landons. His jaws trembled as they open, wide, showing off his rows of jagged teeth. "Allie is not for you to speak of." He growls deeply.


He slowly pulls away from Landon, and looks toward Garrett and Ty. "Anything seen as disloyalty, or acts against us, will result in banishment. Or worse." He growls, twitching his ears with irritation.

 

[IzzyCakes]

Aaymi ounces her eyes and looked down at the white wolf as he got back, "to be honest I don't know what is in the bag. I didn't bother to open it up. It would be best not to have me open it now either. If there is something in there that I could use against you all I would do so without blinking." She didn't move her eyes away from the bag either. It was making her curious as to what was in it now but she knew that if she were to open it and there was something inside to kill the pack with that she would use it.


"Isn't it funny how the government expects us to work for them but if we don't fulfill our mission we die," Aaymi laughed slightly thinking of how ironic it was. The pain in her side shot up, making her wince in pain again. This was going to be the end for her, there was no healing, nothing to help her live through this. But she thought if she did live through this she would go and try to take out the leader again.


She let out a sigh as she tested her head against the trunk of the tree again. Her eyes remaining open. "It's like at this moment I can think for myself but I can't. It's such an awful thing. Going out and not even being who you were when you came into this world."





@Baconhands

 

[Crono]

At the first sound of the Alpha's voice Tyson had immediately went to his haunches, the canine giving a shiver as the large wolf closed in and licked at his muzzle. Nate's question pierced his fur more than the cold ever could, it had been one thing to hear it from someone who'd attacked them, but it was another to hear it from someone he'd spent so long trying to catch up to. Ty could smell the blood on the pack leader's fur, the wounds.


The Akita sat like a statue, eye's staring at the ground in front of his paws ears only perking up as Nate addressed Garrett and Landon. When Nate barked the order's Ty felt the emphasis on friend like a bag of bricks, which more or less made him uncomfortable. The canine moved slow to follow after the Alpha as he turned to lead them towards the pack until Landon had spoken, and in a blur of fur Nate had whipped around to confront the other wolf.


The Alpha was injured, angry, and from the looks of it...grieving. That combined with the situation they all found themselves in put Tyson into a silent state, "Never." He stated lowly and simply at Nate's final words on disloyalty.


@Cyber Wolf

 

[Whisker]

“No, you won’t. Garrett.”


The voice closing from his right caused him to glance warily in that direction. Upon spotting Nate closing in, the black and white wolf dropped his aggressive stance and fell back into sitting on his haunches, his expression full of discontent.


“Landon has no reason to believe he couldn't protect the others. He did quite well in our battle. How did you two do?”


Though Nate was clearly not about to discuss the matter, Garrett could not help pointing out the obvious that for too long had been ignored.


“As a matter of fact, he does. The reason we took so long to return was because we were being followed. We chose this spot to set up an ambush for our stalker and were in the midst of doing so until Sherlock Holmes here intervened and let him escape.”


Or at least, he assumed the agent had escaped. The scent was fainter now than it had been previously. He thought about trying to track it in wolf form before it returned, but he was already under enough suspicion as it was. As such, when Nate gave the orders to simply move out, the dark wolf rose and merely cast a contemptuous glance in Landon’s direction before trotting down the hill after them. They had no sooner reached the bottom before the loudmouthed guard opened his mouth again.


“You’re making a mistake, Nate. There are more of this kind out there. If only a single one of them got caught in the meantime, or decided by himself that the government is an unbreakable force you better not challenge – it will be our end within days. I dont need to tell you how close they were this time – they got Allie after all.”


Garrett’s eyes burned again, but this time he barely held himself in check. He might have cracked except Nate turned and unleashed his wrath on the unfortunate guard … but it was something that brought no satisfaction for the moment. He instead looked quickly at Nate.


“Allie … is gone?”


There was a sense of disquiet within him. He had liked the girl as she had always been kind to him. Of course, the sober moment dried up as that icy glare came his way which turned his expression to stone.


"I'll remember that if I ever get the urge to do anything disloyal."





@Cyber Wolf

 

[Tasteless]

Nate looked toward Garrett, Nate knew the pair had fancied one and other. He allowed his fur to fall flat again, and lowered his agressive stance, to a more sorrowful one. "They murdered Allie.. we are bringing her, and others for the night. Burial for those worthy will assume in the morning." Worthy had a certain emphasis. A type of hostility. Nicolas had attacked Nate, attempting to murder the leader. His body was left willingly at the clearing.


@Whisker

 

[Baconhands]

Laikas tilted his head and glanced down at the bag, "I see. Well I guess I can bring it with me and open it later." He let out a sigh studying her, "Nobody should die alone, I believe that. At least none of us should; the world's discarded us and neither nature nor man really accepts what man creates. Thus we should be looking after each other. However you tried to kill my alpha, which is something I can't forgive; the government gave me almost a gift, this form is much better than the human one. Honour binds me to be loyal to my pack."


The white wolf stood up, grabbing the bag in his jaws, "You never know, you might get lucky and the government might find you. If they do they might just save your life." He considered something for a moment, pausing before he continued, "I go scouting every week or so depending on how the alpha feels. Every time I always end up visiting a small building about 40 miles directly East from here. It's quite unique and not surrounded by any other buildings and stands out in the landscape. If you pull through this, go and find it and I'll be able to find you." He turned away from her again, prepared to leave, "Despite what you may think, the government does not control you. Make your own decisions and make sure every action you do is one you decided to."





With that he started trotting back after his pack, carrying the bag in his mouth. He didn't feel regret for leaving her as he tried to never get attached to anything, but she had been used by the government, and Laikas would remember that.


@IzzyCakes