Chapter 4

I woke to Keith growling and making me vibrate. "Who is it?" Quietly, he pointed his muzzle at the door. Looking I saw my father's feet sticking in. He was stuck in the trunk of the tree above. "He's stuck." Standing I went to his feet and pushed him up. A yell came from above and he was out. Quickly, I hid in the back and waited. All that happened was someone put food down the hole, but I didn't touch it in case it was something bad.

"Deverell, do you think we should leave here?" He looked at me then nodded and we looked at Keith who nodded also. "Where will we go to though?" They barked in unison of my birth place. I stared in shock then nodded. "Keith or Deverell one of you be look out and tell me if anyone is above. Make sure you check the tree for anyone." Deverell went out and was back in a couple minutes shaking his head not to leave.

Behind me was a door we had made to go to the forest in case of emergencies. Keith and I ran to the door and opened it. Closing it behind us I realized that I couldn't see a thing. Deverell stayed by my side as I ran through the tunnels and to the bottom of a tree's roots. We climbed out and turned around to find guards standing watch along the walls of the camp in search.

Jumping to the branches we made our way to my birth place. We jumped over many streams and one bear tried to attack us if it weren't for Keith's thinking I would be dead for I almost fell on it. At last we arrived and I jumped onto the ground and looked around. Three rocks were put together over by the tree line. I walked up to them and read, 'Weylin, Daddy, and Mom.'

Someone coughed behind me and I turned around. "So this is Kaie's son. He doesn't look so special to me but look at his mutts. You would think he was really strong to have his mother's wolves." I glared at the man in front of me and noticed traits of my father in him. His blue eyes were like Dad's eyes and his black hair as the same except his was receding. "Grandpa?"

The man smiled lightly then took me in a hug. "Yes, I am your grandfather." Something wasn't right about him though. He was faking his happiness to see me and his eyes were like ice, without love in them. I pulled away and looked at the wolves and noticed they were raising their hackles and growling. Slowly, I backed away from him and went to Keith.

"Kembell, come let us talk." I shook my head and picked up a stick. The man laughed until I threw it straight at him and got him in the gut. He gasped in pain then fell to the ground. When he looked up all love he had was gone and hatred replaced it. Keith barked for me to run and they would hold him but I knew better than to do that.

With quick steps I ran into the house and grabbed a sword then ran outside and took it out of its sheath. My grandpa stared at the sword in my hands as I held it ready to attack. "Just like your mother." Before I could do anything my Dad appeared in the clearing. He saw the situation and walked up to grandpa. "What do you want?" I saw spit come out of his mouth and onto Grandpa's face.

He didn't answer instead he threw a ninja star at me and I hit it out of the way with my sword. Dad took note of what I carried and smiled. "Your mother was planning on bringing that sword to you when the pain had stopped." Suddenly, grandpa raised his hand and I picked up the ninja star and threw it at his hand. He dropped what looked to be a shot and held his hand while turning to me. "You little runt, I'll be the end of you."

Quicker than I thought possible he ran up to me and began to try to hit me. I dodged enough so I wasn't getting hit but then I used my blade and cut his hand off. Blood oozed out of his hand like a water fall. My father came to me and hugged me carefully then looked at Grandpa. "Leave my family and the army alone." With that he turned and walked away. I ran to where I had dropped the sheath and picked it up.

Dad stood at the edge of the woods waiting for me. I ran to him and stopped at his side. "Don't ever run away again. Okay?" His look was of joy and sorrow for what he had done. "I won't Daddy." We jumped into the trees and began to make our way back to the camp we came from. Below were mom's wolves following us closely.

I looked down to find the wolves were keeping pace with us. "Dad, what would it be like to be a wolf?" He looked at me confused and almost landed in the trunk of a tree. "I don't know, Kembell. Why not ask the wolves when we get home?" His smile was that of interest. "Okay." We jumped down from the last branch and the guards came over to us. "How did he get out there?" They looked at me for an explanation.

Deverell barked and it drew their attention to him. He was standing over an injured female. I walked over to her and gently picked her up. Her hair was dirty so I couldn't tell what color it was for sure. Cuts covered her body. I noted that she had a bruise forming on her eye. She wore a camouflage t-shirt and pants.

Keith whined and I nodded at his comment. "I'll take her to doc." They smiled at each other than at me. "Alright, just don't let her hit you." Deverell and Keith followed at my sides as we made our way to the infirmary. On my back my sword was tied on to a strap on my shoulder and side. "I wonder where she came from." We walked into the infirmary and found doc walking around looking for his spectacles.

"Hey, Doc. We brought you someone." He turned to me and squinted. I looked around and found he had his glasses around his neck. "Around your neck are your glasses, sir." Gently, he put them on his face and looked at me. "Ah, so this is who you were speaking of. Looks like an intelligent lass." Carefully, I put her on the paper and pillow.

"I'll have to see to her immediately. Those wounds seem to have something in them. If you wish to stay and help I wouldn't mind any company." I smiled and nodded then grabbed some soap and water and washed my hands of germs. He looked over at me and smiled. "You are a lot different than your mother. She hated this type of stuff. I remember the first time she came in here for surgery. As soon as she woke up she stood up and got dressed then left this place."

We chuckled and then turned to the patient. I took a wet cloth with soap on it across her wounds so they would heal clean. "Mind handing me some tweezers?" I did as he asked and he started picking a plant out of the wounds of which I had seen before. "It looks like one of the weeds that we have around my birth house." He looked up at me and then seemed to be in deep thought. "Can you get me a sample than?" I nodded and he handed me a plastic bag.

Quietly I left the infirmary and walked through the gate of the camp. Keith and Deverell followed closely behind me. Finally, I jumped into the trees and started running from branch to branch. After an hours' worth of traveling I found the clearing. There were thousands of those things we found on that girl. With the bag I pulled the plant out of the ground and sipped it closed.

Something wasn't right about these plants. They had suckers on them like poison ivy does when climbing a tree. I jumped into a tree and began to run back to camp. Dad met me half way and raised an eyebrow. "It's for Doc." He nodded slowly and we went the rest of the way in silence. When we got there he left me to do what I wanted to do.

Running to the infirmary I found Doc coming my way. "Kembell, just in time, let's get going while we have a chance." I nodded and we walked to the girl's room. She had started turning green and I knew the cause of the problem the closer I look. "It's roots by the looks of the color and how it's spread in her." He looked at me in shock as I took the tweezers and pulled one of the seeds out to find roots attached. "If you study that then I'll get rid of these… things."

Quickly, he took the plant and left. I quietly took the seeds out of each wound until I could find no more. Looking at the girl I realized that she needed her wounds cleaned and addressed to. "Let's see if I can find what I need." In a cabinet I found pictures of people in the infirmary. Three of them were my mom. One was with a cast on her arm, the second had a wrapping all over her, and the third was of her asleep. I could tell what had happened to her though.

I put them back and opened another cabinet to find everything I needed and then some. Quickly, I took out alcohol wipes and bandages then started cleaning her. She moaned a couple of times but didn't wake up. When most the dirt was off of her I found that she was very pale. "Too much blood was lost." I went into the fridge to find a random bag of blood in it.

Carefully, I hooked her up to it and tied the bag onto a holder. Afterwards, I walked out of the room and with the seeds and disposed of them in the trash. I took the trash out and tied the bag tight then brought it out to the dumpster. Quietly, I went back inside and went to the Doctor. "Find anything?" he looked at me and I winced. All over his face was the seeds and they had started to take root.

With speed I took some tweezers and began pulling them out of him and putting them in the trash. He fell down after I got them off and I caught him and put him in a bed. Looking at the seeds I took the sample and did the same except I kept one seed of it to study in a little bit. Quickly, I took the trash out and then went back and took a look at the seed to find traces of old wolf blood. I could tell it was wolf because they had a little bit of a difference.

"Hmmm, I wonder if it is made of wolf or if it evolved into this plant because of a wolf." I stood up and threw away the seed after wrapping it up in a tissue so that it looked like snot. With swiftness I left the room and went to the girl to find she was awake. "Who are you?" I smiled and she looked confused. "I'm Kembell, son of Kaie of the forest." Her eyes became wide with shock or fear. It's very hard for me to tell the difference.

"The son of the forest, Oh, my goddess; It's about time I found you and your family. Those weeds have over grown most of the forest and I came to ask for some way to kill them." I looked at the ceiling then at her and her hopeful expression. "Wait till Doc gets up. That way I'll know where to go if you can come along." She smiled at me then became serious. "Your mother's second cousin is in our camp. She has wanting to meet you but your mother is to wild to let her come near." I sighed. "The wolves are what you mean I guess?" She shook he head. "The twin blades that only a female can hold; they are dangerous to all in someone else's hands."

I stared at her in surprise. "She had stumbled on us once holding those blades but then we hid from her view now we need her." Looking at the door I made my decision. "I'll see what I can do right now. What made those plants?" She looked away and I knew instantly that the story was not good. "We had taken DNA of a wolf and a Poison Ivy plant and it was born, when we tried to stop it though it tried to kill us."

I nodded and picked up a piece I found on my pants. Carefully, I put it in a dish then put it under a microscope. "Give me at least ten minutes for a cure without burning down the forest." Looking at the cells I found one that would react to weed killer if it was a complete chemical and no added ingredients. I looked at the ceiling and knew that it was right. "Looks like I found the answer but it will take some time to round up enough of the stuff I'll need.