Chapter 2:

"Get him to the medical wing; now!" said Lou, looking down at the lower tier of the HQ. Two dogs, a female Golden Retriever and a male Viarama, quickly padded over to the sides of the Wolf and helped him up to his paws again. They then made their way out of sight of Lou, Butch, Diggs and Catherine.

Diggs turned to Lou and asked, "Uh…who's that?" But Lou didn't answer him; he quickly moved away from the railing of the upper tier, and quickly padded down the stairs and after the two dogs and Wolf.

"We'll finish this debriefing later," Lou said before he made it to the bottom of the stairs, and quickly padded out of sight. Diggs was left confused, and when he looked to his sides to talk to Butch and Catherine, he realized that they were doing their own things; Catherine was on her collar, communication with M.E.O.W.S and Butch had gone down the stairs, and in the direction of Covert Ops.

"What was that all about?" Diggs asked to no-one in particular, since everyone in the HQ had gone back to their own thing they were doing before the Wolf appeared through the door. He then noticed that no-one was going to answer him, and padded down the stairs. When he reached the bottom, he looked at where the Wolf had been taken before curiosity got the better of him and he began padding towards the Medical Wing of Dog HQ.

"Where're you going?" asked Catherine, having finished updating for M.E.O.W.S and padded down the stairs and after the Germany Shepherd. Diggs turned his head to look at Catherine, not expecting her to finish with her communications so soon.

"So, what was the conversation about? With M.E.O.W.S, what was that all about?" asked Diggs, having always been straight to the point and wanting to know things. "I asked them if they had any intel on any Wolves," answered Catherine, her right ear flicking slightly as she looked around, lifting her front paw up and licking it, cleaning her ear with her paw.

"And did you get anything?"

"M.E.O.W.S doesn't seem to have much intel on any Wolves working with D.O.G.; we only have about three files about Wolves, and two of those are blurred photos. That other file….all that is a 'need to know' basis under the name 'The Pack'."

"The Pack?" questioned Diggs, tilting his head slightly in confusion; even since he had become an Agent, he still had a very little knowledge on most of the stuff that was going down in the HQ. Catherine shrugged a shoulder, saying, "Hey, my intel on them as well is pretty weak as well. Maybe we should go and have a look to see if we can expand that knowledge?"

Diggs nodded and the two animals made their way to the Medical Wing in the HQ; passing several dogs on the way, and they all seemed to be muttered the same thing; all about the newly appeared Wolf, talking about him like he was something special or had just done something like what Diggs did when he first became an Agent. "He must he pretty important to D.O.G.," commented Catherine idly, also hearing the quiet chatter between the various dog breeds.

"If he's really that important, why haven't I found anything or heard anyone mention anything about a Wolf?" asked Diggs, to which Catherine replied with a shrug; neither of them knew what was happening, and neither of the two liked it when they had no idea.

When they arrived at the Medical Wing, they saw that it wasn't as hectic as they first though it would be like; it still had a quiet, calm atmosphere with a few dogs, acting as Doctors and Nurses, were making sure that all of the Dog Agents were in top health. Catherine gestured to one of the nearest medical room, where a couple of Dog Doctors were inside; and that was when Diggs saw the Wolf that had collapsed on the floor, lying on his side on the bed.

When they tried to get into the room, Lou stepped in front of them and said, "Sorry, guys; no-one's getting in until he's been given the all clear," as he looked over through the glass window. Diggs looked through the glass as well, seeing that the Wolf was being hooked up to a heartbeat monitor; the heart rate quite high, though it that was normal for a canine.

"So…you gonna tell us who that guy is or what?" asked Diggs, tilting his head towards the room with the Wolf in.

Lou looked through the glass and at the Wolf on the medical bed, before looking at Diggs and Catherine, both of them wearing equal looks of curiosity. Catherine added, "Besides, M.E.O.W.S might start asking questions about this if they get wind of this."

Lou sighed and said, "I guess it might be in your best interests to know; you might have to come into contact with him sooner or later."

Lou then turned completely around to face Diggs and Catherine and said, "This is a Spec Ops Agent Dakota, codename 'Shadow'. And he does kind of prefer it if you call him Shadow instead of his real name. He's one of our best Special Operations Agents, having been a part of the Special Ops unit, 'The Pack' for years."

"Woah, woah, woah; back up a little bit. What is this…the Pack?" asked Diggs, finding all of this interesting, but finding it all confusing at the same time, with 'the Pack' business.

" 'The Pack' are…well, I suppose were, a highly trained collection of Wolves who wanted to assist us when we and the cats were at each other's throats. The Pack were our advantage over the Cats; they got in, got information, and got out," said Lou.

"Well, M.E.O.W.S has a very limited information about this 'Pack'," said Catherine, having to lift her head up higher so she could actually see what was going on behind the glass.

"I wouldn't be surprised; the Pack were very good at keeping to the shadows. Shadow here was one of the best at keeping to the shadows; that's what brought on his code name. But it still doesn't have any explanation…."

"Doesn't explain what?"

"Well…Shadow…he's the first Spec Ops from the Pack to return after we sent them on a mission in Canada; we lost radio contact with them almost two years ago, and haven't been able to come into contact with them since," explained Lou. A Great Dane then came from the room with the newly named Spec Ops Agent, and said, "He's stable now; he should be waking up in a few minutes."

"Thank you, Simon," said Lou, and the other dogs filtered out of the room, leaving the room empty apart from Shadow on the medical bed. Lou then turned to face the two Agents, before saying, "It's probably a good idea if you stay out here, Agent Catherine; the Pack might not have heard about the Alliance."

"I can handle myself against some old Wolf, thank you very much," said Catherine, adding a low hiss at the end, trying to etherize her point; and Diggs knew that the Russian Blue could handle herself against pretty much anything.

"I'm just asking you for your own safety," said Lou, but he saw that Catherine wasn't going to let him treat her like she was just a kitten. Lou sighed, "Fine; just try not to make too much noise or he'll notice you." With that, Lou gently nudged open the door and entered the room, Diggs following behind him and Catherine getting into the room underneath Diggs.

Diggs shivered slightly when Catherine passed underneath him, her tail accidently flicking against the spot her nieces found that tickled him; he watched as Catherine padded lightly across the floor, her confidence radiating off her, like there wasn't even a potentially lethal threat in the room she was about to go into. Diggs kinda liked that sort of personality; though he was…afraid, that Catherine would think differently if he told her that.

Diggs was drawn from his thoughts when he saw the Wolf shift his head in his sleep, groaning ever so slightly. Shadow's nose twitched slightly, like he was smelling the air in his sleep. But after a second of the Wolf's nose twitching, Shadow's eyes snapped open, revealing the icy blue eyes again.

"Cat…" Shadow snarled, lifting his head up and looking directly at Catherine. Shadow snarled at Catherine, making movements to attack her.