I want to address something really quickly before the next chapter starts. Some people complained to me that the previous chapter didn't have enough action. Seriously? I am on chapter 2. Action will come, but I still have to have rising actions. You can't just jump to the climax. Also, I was suggested to write about Humphrey and Kate. Why? They have had their ending. There is no logical reason for me to visit them. They don't even know where Abigail is and kinda showed no effort to look for her, so if I was to right about them, it would be them carrying out normal task. I am also not a fan of changing perspectives mid story. I may did it on occasion but for the most part, I will stay in one characters overview. That is all for now, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 2, Newcomer

I decided not to wake Grey for the investigation of this new wolf. It was morning, but he was probably still sleeping. I approached the gate in which I heard the noise from and took cover behind a bush a few yards from it. It was a rather peculiar looking wolf. He was white for the most part but his back left paw was black and he had a black patch that covered his right eye and year. Along with that, the tip of his tail was black.

I pondered my approach, whether I should act friendly or aggressive, but Grey decided for me, and he went with the latter. Similar to the way he greeted me, he lunged out of a bush in attempts to tackle him. The white wolf's eyes widened and he quickly duck out of the way, leaving Grey on his back in a bush.

"Damn. Rather hostile don't you think?" the wolf snickered.

Grey replied with a growl which only got a chuckle from the white wolf. I was still pondering whether or not I wanted my presence to be known. But once again, that decision was chosen for me as the wind shifted and blew my scent towards him

He sniffed the air "Hey, I guess you're not alone here" he said sarcastically to Grey "It would appear you have a roommate…Female at that"

He looked around before his eyes landed on the bush I was behind.

"A female that thinks I hadn't smelled her the moment I stepped in here"

I emerged from the bush "There is no way you knew of my presence"

"We are both wolves yes? So why is it you underestimate my senses? Or do you overestimate you stealth abilities?"

A growled at him a little. He was distracted by me and was tackled by Grey

"Perhaps you overestimate skills of your own" he said as he pinned him down.

"Hmph. Took you that long to recover? I was able to think of five things in the time it took you…Brilliant." The newcomer responded.

"Oh? And what would that be?" Grey responded aggressively

"Well first of all I figured out you are a showoff and only did this to impress her" he gestured to me "Second of all I figured out how to get out of her" Both Grey and my ears perk a bit at this "I figured out that your friend is pretty useless considering she is kinda just watching us"

"I want to see how this will end up" I interrupted "Sure you do" he responded

"Anyway, I also figured out that you have been here a while whilst your friend got here only a few day ago which implies that you are to…" he stopped

"You to what?" I barked

"Uh...Nothing." he looked up at Grey "And finally, you have more brawn than brain."

"And how is that?" Grey snarled

"Well any wolf with some experience in fighting or hunting would know that my back left leg is completely free and I could've gutted you stomach by now, which implies you have never been in the woods, or at least outside of civilization. I think that's what they call it"

"What? Of course I have been in the wild, it's practically my home!" Grey yelled

"Says the one who has been in here for half a year and has given hope on trying to escape."

He then kicked Greys back leg which through him off balance and rolled him over to his side.

"Wow…I'm impressed" I said

"Thank you" he replied.

"So" Grey spoke as he was getting up "You know a way out of this cage?"

"Hmm? Oh yes of course, matter of fact there are several but for the convenience of your idiot self, I shall take the easiest way out. You may follow, you may not, but I won't be here very long" he responded cockily

"So…What's your name?" I asked. He looked over at me and paused a second as to think whether or not he was going to tell me the truth or not before he family responded "Jack"

"Well Jack, I'm Abigail, and that's Grey" I gestured towards a very angry figure of Grey "What is your plan to bust out of here?"

"My plan? I will show you at around say, nightfall?"

"It's a plan not a date Jack" Grey said

"As if you would know what a date even is" Jack countered

"I have slept with plenty of wolves!" Grey snarled

"Yes, and many of them were male"

I chuckled a bit at this. I found their petty rivalry amusing.

"If you weren't my only way out, I would kill you"

"Suuurre." Jack replied sarcastically "Will you execute one of you exquisite pins again?"

I started laughing at this

"You're on his side?" Grey asked annoyed

"No, he's just funny" I replied.

This earned me and grin from Jack in which I rolled my eyes to.

"Well, I have been in a box all morning and I would like some sleep. Wake me up when September end- I mean when nightfall comes"

Jack then proceeded to walk into the cave and presumably fall asleep. That left me and Grey alone until nightfall.

"So…" I tried to spark a conversation "What do you think of the new guy?"

"I don't like him" grey harshly responded

"Why not?" I asked curiously

"Because he thinks he knows everything about everything, it's kinda annoying."

I chuckled "Is it because he summed up your entire life story in only about ten minutes?"

Grey then growled and started slowly advancing towards me, causing me to slowly retreat

"Don't you ever talk about my life ok!? You have known me for three days, you have no idea what has happened to me!"

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry, I didn't know you took your past that seriously." I tried to calm him down.

Grey let out one last snarl and then turned and walked to a corner of the cage and cuddled up into a ball and fell asleep. Leaving just me alone.

"And then there was one" I murmured to myself.

Jack had arrived early afternoon, so I had a lot of time to kill. I sat there and looked all around the cage to see what exit point Jack had seen that neither Grey or I had caught. There must be something somewhere. It also bothered me that his senses were seemingly more honed than mine. I spent hour and hours a day working on sharpening all my skills, from stealth to combat, and yet he was still able to sense my presence almost instantly. Or so he claimed. Not only that, he was kind of right about Grey, it seemed as though he had never been out because he fighting technique was that of a pups and he was a bit too cocky in underestimating the wolf. And overestimating his own skills.

I guess I had fallen asleep again, because when I woke up, it was already night. I spotted Grey across the way who was also awake. We both kind of stared into each other's eyes for a while before we both nodded slightly to signify it was time to get Jack. We walked towards each other and met in the middle of the habitat, then proceeded towards the cave.

"So, how do you think we will get out of here?" Grey was surprisingly the first to speak this time

"I don't know, but as long as I get out of here, I don't care"

Grey simply replied with a small nod.

When we got to the cave we saw Jack. The moment we stepped inside, his ears perked and his eyes open. He then yawned and stretched as he realized it was dark outside.

"Night already?" he questioned

"No dumbass is morning" Grey replied sarcastically

"Sarcasm is not very overcoming of you is it?" Jack countered

Grey simply growled lowly.

"Now, now, do you really want to threaten the one who knows a way out?"

There was silence as Jack swapped between looking at me and Grey

"No? Ok, then shut up and follow me"

Jack got up and bumped Grey as he passed by. He walked towards the gate and examined it.

"So I need both of you to help me with this" Jack said

Grey and I exchanged glances as we realized what he was going to do

"We've tried that, it doesn't work." Grey said disappointingly.

Jack turned around and looked at Grey "Oh? You have tried pulling the gate inwards which will, with enough pressure, break the lock and let us free? Because the dents in this gate suggest you simply tried throwing yourselves at it in hopes it would break."

"No. We haven't tried that" I said

"That's what I thought, now help me pull this damned chain-linked door down"

Jack turned back around and began to pull on a hollow metal bar in the middle. Grey and I quickly joined him and without long, the lock snapped at the pole holding it, just like Jack predicted.

"Who did you learn that from?" I asked curiously

"Let's just say, I have the keys to the city" Jack replied, and proceeded out the cage followed by Grey.

I ran up to Jack to hear the rest of his brilliant plan

"So how do you know where to go?"

"I don't"

"How do you know we aren't going to get caught?"

"I don't"

Jack then turned and looked at me "Being bad feels pretty good doesn't it?"

I rolled me eyes and continued walking.

"First things first, we need to find the front gate, and avoid security if possible."

Grey and I nodded.

We stayed on the outer regions of the zoo for the most part but we ran into some problems here and there such as security and alerting other animals. Eventually we found the exit and with a few more hops and jumps we were free…Or at least from the zoo. We were in the middle of a fairly large town in the middle of who know where, and of course, Jack did.

"Ladies, I would like to welcome you personally to beautiful Montana"

Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter even though it was a little weak in terms of story. I really couldn't do much considering they were stuck in a zoo and I just wanted to get them out of there. More eventful chapters will come now that I got Abigail out of there. Tell me what you guys think of Jack, I felt like neither Abigail's or Grey's sense of humor was enough, so I added a smart ass, yay! I have also decided to have the same challenge I have going for One for All. If I have contradict events in the story or have a huge grammatical, geographical, or historical screw up, point it out and I will write an original character of your choice into the story and if I like the character enough, I might even make him/her/it a major character. Thanks for reading!

-WolfBoy343