Chapter two
A quick description of Shadow is solid black wolf with light green eyes and a light hint of green in his fur on his tail and the tips of his ears.
chapter two
It has been six months for the two omegas learning how to survive. They have become quite strong and able and are able take down most things with teamwork. They have made their homes where they can since they actually liked to travel allowing them to see new places and meet new wolves.
During the months they have met many packs that seemed quiet friendly to them as long as they behaved themselves. They have come across others that were out for blood and would kill those unlucky enough to tread into their territory.
The two were heading out to do some traveling to whatever way they could but decided to head south direction which was a wasteland from the stories they heard from other packs they visited.
"What will we find out there?" Humphrey asked Shadow who looked at him "I believe a true challenge for us." He replied to him which he nodded. They continued in the direction until Shadow caught a unfamiliar scent of a pack that was near. Shadow looked at Humphrey "You smell that?" He asked him which he nodded "Yes, blood on the must be close." He replied to him which he nodded.
"We must tread carefully." Shadow said as they continued south. The land was withered and almost lifeless with a cold chill in the air. As they continued Shadow noticed something out of the corner of his eye. "Well then it seems we have company." He said looking straight ahead which made Humphrey glance around a little and noticed that there were other wolves following them.
The two soon stopped "Well then you show no fear, your either very brave or really stupid coming into our territory so boldly. So the true question is why?" A large wolf soon appeared from the fog with two other wolves behind him.
"We are only passing through but, if you really want to know we want a challenge." Shadow said to the large wolf who grinned "Is that so? You two don't look like much compared to us. You think that you could take us?" the wolf asked them to which the two grinned "Don't underestimate us." Shadow said to him which he laughed "You two have some nerve. Come with us." The wolf said to them which the the two were a bit hesitant but then noticed more wolves behind them "That wasn't a suggestion." The large wolf said out loud.
"Let's go" Humphrey said to Shadow who nodded as they followed them. They continued to walk till they entered a large empty field with withered trees and dense fog with it beginning to lift. A image of a large rock overlooking it appeared which the two looked at the large rock until a large wolf with a large scar across his left eye appeared at the top looking down at them.
"What are you pups doing here?" the large wolf spoke loudly to which the large wolf leading the group stepped forward "Leader we found them walking in our territory, we stopped them and we asked them why they were here to which they replied they want a challenge."
The large wolf just kept looking at them "Alright then give them the challenge they want, bring them with you on the hunt." The large wolf grinned while still looking at them "If they live then we will go from there." The pack leader said heading while back into the cave at the top of the large rock.
"Well then you two come with me." the large wolf said as they started to head to a small hole dug into a large rocky mountain. They entered and they looked around to noticed a few large wolves except for one solid black wolf with purple eyes. "Hey boss, I brought some fresh meat for the hunt." The wolf said to the group and the solid black wolf with purple eyes stood up and stretched "Great, even more babysitting. Alright lets go you lazy good for nothings." as she said looking at the wolves with most standing but a few remained laying down.
"You going to make me?" one wolf said still laying down to which the the wolf snicker "Stay if you want but, know you will starve." The wolf said as she turned around and started to walk out the entrance when the wolf laying down suddenly bolted at her which she ducked and swept one of his legs making him fall to the ground. She put a paw on his back "You just don't learn do you Get up you wastes of fur." She said continuing on and soon stood in front of the two new wolves that she had not noticed before.
"Why are you two here anyways?" She asked humphrey and Shadow who looked at their guide which he smiled "Because they want a challenge and those are the leaders orders." the wolf said to her which she sighed "Fine then."
She looked over the two and after a quick glance over Humphrey her eyes landed on Shadow. "Hmm, Alright lets go." She said walking past them with the others behind her. The two turned around and started to follow her "You want to at least know our names?" Shadow said out loud with most of the wolves laughing "There is no need for us to know the names of the dead." A large wolf said as they continued to the thought barren forest.
They soon reached a large lifeless field with no sounds except for the wolves. "Alright you all know the drill don't come back till you have found food, if you come back with no food you will killed or you will be the food. Now get going." The female wolf said to the others who all scattered off in different directions. "Now then, you two come with me." She said with her heading in a random direction with the duo following.
They walked in silence for awhile till the landscape changed entirely, with life being all around them. " You two will be helping me catch some bigger game at least two to three caribou." She said to the two who nodded and they continued till they spotted a group grazing in a field in the distance. "There." Shadow whispered using his head to gesture to it on the edge of the group.
"Good eye,you two get it and I will find a second one. They will panic so be ready." she said to them with the two nodding. "Humphrey you take the left and I will take the right, Got it?" Shadow asked him which he nodded and they put their plan into action. The duo have managed to train themselves to hunt properly over the months due to many nights of them going hungry.
Humphrey was low in the grass with him slowly walking low in the grass and was almost near the caribou which when it looked over to spot him which it was too late with him jumping at it but it was too slow with Shadow grabbing it from the right side going for the throat and bit down hard then gave it a quick jerk to make sure it didn't suffer. "Good job Humphrey." Shadow said to him which he smiled "Thanks, reminds me of our first kill."
Shadow chuckled "Yah, but lets get back to it. We have to get at least two more." He said with the two catching one more off guard killing it quickly but, now they were very panicked and kept running. "Dammit, we can't catch them running-" But Shadow was cut off by a black figure jumping from a small hill grabbing one caribou on the outskirts of the stampede. The black wolf had knocked it to the ground but, it was struggling hard with the wolf trying to hang on to it.
Shadow looked at Humphrey who nodded "Go, I got them." He said to Shadow who started to run at full speed to the struggling wolf. He reached the wolf and grabbed the throat of the caribou next to the other wolf applying pressure till it slowly stopped. The two released it and looked at each other "You did well, thank you." The female wolf said to him which he nodded and she bent down and picked up the caribou and placed it on her back.
"You two grab yours and lets head back." She said with Shadow nodding and they headed back to meet Humphrey who was guarding the other two caribou with him and Shadow both taking one each and they headed back to the meeting spot. They joined the others who managed to be successful as well with most catching some caribou as well. "Good haul tonight, Lets go before they show up." The female said to everyone and they started walking back in the direction of the den.
They continued on but then they heard something coming towards them "Dam, here they come. Get what you can back to the pack." The female said with most running full blast now but soon a large thin cat creature appeared in front of them "Dam mountain lions keep going. I will deal with it, go!" The female shouted to everyone with her putting the caribou on another wolf's back as he took off. Shadow and Humphrey kept running but stopped and looked back "Take mine I will head back, Drop them off and then join us." Shadow said to a another wolf who nodded "be careful I will be back as soon as I can." He replied to him which Shadow nodded and passed his caribou to the other wolf who took off with Humphrey following.
Shadow turned and ran back to where the female wolf was fighting the mountain lion. He ran till his legs started to hurt as he arrived he saw that now there was three of them with the female wolf being surrounded. Shadow pushed himself as hard as he could and jumped over the three mountain lions joining the female wolf who looked at him "You came back, Why?" She asked him with him keeping a eye on the mountain lions "You needed help and I can't just standby and let someone die because I couldn't protect them. That is why I came back to help" He said out loud with her just snickering a little "What a stupid thing to say, You are not from around here, AH-" She shouted as she fell to the ground.
Shadow looked to see claw marks on her side and was loosing blood "Stay with me, help is coming!" Shadow said to her which she didn't respond with Shadow backing up to check on her to notice she has passed out from the blood loss. She will die soon If we can't stop the bleeding. Shadow he thought to himself. He looked at the mountain lions and noticed that one had fresh wounds on it.
"That one is the one she must have been fighting till the others showed up, I will go after that one first." Shadow thought to himself while he growled loudly to keep them at bay. The Mountain loins seemed unfazed by the action and hissed back but were now moving closer to him which forced Shadow to back up and stand over the female wolf. The wounded mountain lion stepped forward almost seeming like it wanted to finish the job. Shadow snapped his jaws at it which made it angry and it swiped at him hitting his shoulder leaving three deep gashes on his shoulder which made him yell but he was not going to move.
The mountain lion took another swipe hitting him again but not as deep since he had moved over a little to lessen the blow. The new wound hit on the same side of the shoulder and was close to the deep ones with blood falling down his leg. "Ha, This is what I wanted! A challenge!" he yelled out loud "Come on then, The next move will be your last stupid cat!" he shouted looking at the mountain lion which it started moving forward again and went for another swipe but Shadow ran towards it, ignoring the pain he went for its throat and managed to get it at a price with it still clawing at him but Shadow was determined to kill it. He ignored the pain it kept inflicting on him and applied a lot of pressure till it stopped moving.
He let it go and turned his head growling "Well then come on!" he shouted at the which they hissed at him and started advancing towards him when one suddenly was tackled to the ground with a wolf at its throat. The other one was going for the wolf who was busy killing its friend but Shadow full of adrenaline bolted for the other and managed to grab it off guard. He gave it a quick jerk as it fell lifelessly and he looked at the other wolf who soon did the same. "I made it thank goodness!" The wolf said out loud to which Shadow knew it was Humphrey.
"Thank you my friend, I owe you my life." Shadow said to him which Humphrey shook his head "No we look out for each other remember." Shadow nodded at him "We have to get her back to the healer. She has lost a lot of blood." Shadow said heading for the female wolf and picked her up and put her on his back. "You got her? You are a bit banged up yourself." Humphrey asked Shadow who looked back at him "You are also a bit banged up to." He said as he started to walk with Humphrey looked over himself to see wounds on his sides and shoulders "Oh yah." He said which Shadow chuckled a little. "Lets go." He said starting to run still high on adrenaline with Humphrey running behind him.
They soon reached the den where the others were. "We need a healer!" Shadow shouted to which the others pointed to the large opening below the large rock. Shadow ran with Humphrey behind him into the little den. "Please help her, she has lost a lot of blood." He said to them which some came to pull her off his back and began to treat her.
"We will do what we can, you two need to get looked over yourselves." One said to Shadow who shook his head "No I'm fine, I will-" he soon fell to the ground with Humphrey running to him "You big idiot. I will help move him where do you want him?" Humphrey asked to them which they headed over to a large cool slab of rock. "Here." One said with Humphrey nodding and picked up Shadow and headed for the rock with him putting him down gently and looked at the other healers.
"Please help him, We have a goal to keep." He said to them which they nodded. "You need to be looked over as well." the wolf said to Humphrey who nodded "I will but I must inform the leader of what happened." He said "No need, I have come myself, what is your name pup?" The large wolf with the large scar on his face said walking towards him.
"Humphrey, sir." He said to the large wolf who looked to spot the other two "They are strong as are you, you saved one of my most reliable wolves. I am indebted to you. You may stay here for as long as you need for you two have proven your worth." The large wolf said now turning back to look at Humphrey "Go get some rest, you look awful." The wolf said getting up and headed back out of the den with the others looking right at him.
"Wow, you two really must be something for the leader to thank you." the wolf said to Humphrey who looked at her. "Is that a good thing?" He asked her which she nodded "Yah, it means you have earned some trust from him. But enough of that for now let's get you patched up." She said to him leading him to another slab of rock that was cool. Humphrey did as he was told and layed down and closed his eyes to sleep while they could heal him.
Shadow began to stir in his sleep and opened his eyes to notice that he was in a place unfamiliar to him. "Hay. Welcome back." A voice said to him which Shadow looked around to see humphrey sitting next to him. "Hay Humphrey. How long was I out for?" he asked him which Humphrey just smiled "A couple hours at most." He said to him which Shadow tried to stand but yelled in pain.
"Don't move. They managed to stop all the blood but you need to let those wounds heal." Humphrey said to him which he looked around to spot the female wolf "She is fine, they stopped the bleeding but she has not come around" Humphrey said to him which Shadow looked back at him "So she is alive?" He asked humphrey which he nodded. "She is over there." Humphrey said pointing to the other side of the cave.
Shadow forced himself up which Humphrey tried to push him back but he grabbed his paw "Please old friend, I need to see her." Shadow said to Humphrey who sighed and nodded "Alright at least let me help you." He said reaching for him but Shadow held up a paw "I'm fine. Just make sure I don't fall over" Shadow said now standing and started to walk forward but the pain was intense. Shadow whined with every step but he took his time with Humphrey walking next to him.
"Why do you need to see her, we don't even know her name." Humphrey said to him as they walked "I have to know her name, something keeps screaming at me to tell me that I need to know more about her, also did you see her eyes?" Shadow asked stopping to look at Humphrey who shook his head "They are purple, who does that remind you of?" Shadow asked him which Humphrey's eyes went wide "Lilly" was all he could say which Shadow nodded "Yah, I want her to meet Lilly." He said now continuing toward the wounded female which they soon reached her.
Shadow leaned down getting a good look at her which he noticed the tips of purple in her fur that almost matched his. He moved his head near her ear "please wake up, I need to know your name and I want to get to know you better. Please just wake up soon, I know that you could care less about me since we never met but I want that to change, just wake up." he said softly to her which he leaned back up now facing Humphrey "lets head back " Shadow said about to get up when a paw reached out grabbing his fur "Don't go." A voice said softly with the two looking at paw to notice it was the female wolf.
Shadow turned back grabbing the paw and leaned down "I won't go anywhere, I am right here." He said to which she shifted in her sleep which she was now facing the two which Shadow was still holding her paw to which Humphrey looked at him "you can probably let go, she is still asleep." Humphrey said to which Shadow nodded with him letting go of the paw but it kept reaching for him "Please" She said softly still asleep which Shadow grabbed it again and a small smile appeared on her face.
"Well what now?" Humphrey asked looking at Shadow who just shrugged "I'm not sure, every time I let go she wants me to hold it." He said to Humphrey who just snickered "I guess your stuck now till she wakes up." He said to which Shadow looked at her then at Humphrey "Well I need sleep, I mean I'm nowhere near healed yet." He said towards Humphrey who just shrugged "Well I guess your on your own then, I however have a den I can stay in, night." Humphrey said heading off out the cave leaving the two in their awkward state.
The temperature dropped in the wasteland which Shadow noticed with it was now becoming a bit chilly to which he noticed as he was starting to shack and the female wolf started to as well. Shadow looked around to find that no one was around I am so dead he thought as he started to lay next to the female wolf to stay warm. He closed his eyes to sleep but soon felt something warm move closer to him which he opened his eye to see that the female wolf had moved closer to him to keep warm. He then notice a paw moving around looking for something which Shadow moved his paw in front of it.
The paw soon made contact and it grabbed a hold of it firmly "thank you." a voice said softly which Shadow whispered "My name is Shadow." which she female wolf smiled a little "Sasha" she said softly still asleep. "What a lovely name, nice to meet you now all you have to do is wake up soon." He said softly to her which he got no response "Stay" was heard softly which Shadow smiled to himself "Of coarse." he responded softly to her which seemed to satisfy her.
Sasha huh? She will kill me when she wakes up. Shadow said to himself putting his head down to get some sleep.
OK well I hope I am doing a good job on this story and a huge shout out to my furry friend Kate And Humphrey 1 word LOVE for helping me with proofreading and all that but please go check out his story Twisted love.
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