Hello again. I bring you chapter 11 of this great story. So many of you are enjoying it at the moment (a big thanks to all those who have reviewed/followed/Favorited the story so far by the way) and I am glad to see that, however, all good things must come to and end and unfortunately the next chapter will be the last in this story. However, I am working on story-mapping the sequel which brings me to the second point. I need names for five pups that are going to appear in the sequel (two girls and three boys), so if you have suggestions, simply PM me and I'll pick out the favorite ones and the runners up will appear at other points throughout the story.

Chapter 11 Rescue, Return, Regret and Forgiveness

Sasha regained consciousness, yet she didn't dare open her eyes, everything hurt. "Am I dead?" she asked, a chuckle sounding out in response. "No, at least not yet" a voice replied. Sasha opened her eyes to find herself in a clearing with her two front paws tied together with vines and the same with her back paws and there in front of her was Scarl. "Now you're probably wondering why your still alive" Scarl sneered, not even bothering to look at her as he paced around the clearing. "you're alive so as Decca comes rushing in here to rescue you, I'll slit his throat, then as he's slowly and painfully dying and bleeding out, he can watch me finally kill you just as a dies himself" Scarl continued, laughing maliciously. " Wow crazy, loves to monologue and overconfident, Decca's right, you are like a cliche villain" Sasha laughed. Scarl was angry at the suggestion that the half-breed runt would be right about anything, especially when it came to insulting him, he was about to let out a retort when Decca stumbled into the clearing. "Stop right there Scarl" Decca commanded. Scarl turned around and started laughing when he saw the lone half-Zeta "Hahahaha, so you come alone to rescue her? I'll admit you have courage, but I was expecting more from you". "What makes you think he's alone?" Tony replied, stepping into the clearing, closely followed by Shaun and Sheila. "Ahhhh! Tony, Shaun, Decca and Sheila. What a nice family reunion" Scarl observed chuckling evilly. "You'll pay for what you did to my sister and nobody ruins my Nephew's big day and gets away with it" Tony growled, stepping menacingly towards Scarl until his back made a cracking sound and he fell to floor wincing in pain. "Tell me is your back still giving you problems" Scarl laughed evilly. He was about to move towards the four wolves when he was stopped by a growl from behind, he turned to see Winston, Eve, Lilly, Salty, Shakey, Mooch, Garth, Theo and Zeke surrounding him. "Hmmm you seem to be at a numerical advantage. Never mind we can soon fix that" Scarl observed, as he said that several other wolves jumped out of the bushes behind him and landed between him and the pack wolves, Scarl then casually got up on top of a large boulder that was on one side of the clearing and sat down to watch the spectacle that was about to unfold. "I want the black and crimson furred one as well as the one who is tied up alive. The rest of them, you may deal with as you wish" Scarl commanded."Get them" The lead wolf growled and they all charged forward. One of wolves tried to take on Eve alone and (briefly) realized that was a big mistake when he was sent flying through the air and into a tree which knocked him out. Two of the wolves charged at Decca who was faking an injury thinking him easy prey, completely ignoring the fact that their leader wanted him alive, however Decca quickly ran forward and ducked under their attack and when they were just above him, he leaped up, knocking them both to the ground. "Works every time, Half-breed: 1, dumb wolves: 0" Decca chuckled as he remembered the times he had used that trick when 'playing' with some of the other pups in Zeta school. Decca then weaved his way through the chaos to untie Sasha. "Thanks, I knew you would come for me" Sasha whispered as he slashed the vines with his claws. "Don't thank me yet, we still have to fight our way out of this" Decca exclaimed, they turned around to help the others out but came face to face with four of the hostile wolves and their leader.

Lilly, Salty, Shakey and Mooch meanwhile were sitting on the sidelines, trying to stay out of the fighting whilst thinking of some way to help. Garth was only fighting one wolf and didn't seem to need any help, Shaun and Sheila also seemed to have things under control, Eve, Winston and Tony were back to back but also didn't seem to need any help, Decca and Sasha seemed to be holding their own against the 5 wolves that were attacking them from the front, but there was another wolf sneaking round behind them. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Lilly asked the three other Omega's. "I think so" Shakey replied as Salty and moooch nodded to each other. The four Omegas slowly began to move closer to the wolf who was too busy concentrating on Decca and Sasha to notice them. "WOLF PILE!" the Omega's shouted as they leapt onto the unsuspecting wolf, flattening, winding, crushing and pinning him. "Thanks" Decca said as he dodged another swiping attack from one of the other wolves whilst Sasha tackled the Wolf into a nearby tree.

Eventually the fighting stopped, most of the wolves were dead or unconscious and the rest fled back into the forest. Scarl growled in frustration and leaped down from the rock. "Looks like you need to get some better help" Decca observed. "It doesn't matter. I don't need them anyway. I'm still strong enough to take you on. You will die like your Father before you" Scarl growled advancing towards Shaun, Sheila, Decca and Sasha. Decca tilted his head to the side in the atypical canine look of confusion as his mind tried to process what had just been said, this wolf claimed to have killed his farther, but that couldn't be possible, could it? It would make sense as when he looked closely, Decca could notice some distinct differences between this wolf and his farther. For one, his eyes were a slightly different shade of green (although you could only by looking closely), his fur was also ragged and unkempt whereas Decca always remembered his farther taking great pride in his appearance. Decca also remembered that every moment spent with him, his father had been kind and caring, he could tell from the wild look in his eye that this wolf possessed none of that.

"You know, I wouldn't say I was quite dead Scor" another wolf interrupted from across the clearing. Everybody turned to see who had spoken and were surprised to find a wolf that looked exactly like Scarl/Scor, except, his fur was slightly better kept and his eyes were darker in colour. "It's been too long brother" the wolf continued, walking deeper into the clearing. "S..S...S..Scarl! B..B..But I killed you" Scor protested backing away from the wolf as he walked towards him, with a look on his face that showed he was as dumbstruck as the others were. Sasha was the first to break out of her confusion. "Wait if you're Scarl then who is he?" she asked, looking back and forth between the two wolves. "That Sasha is my twin brother Scorvier. He was outlawed from the pack before you four were born. He's the one who destroyed the pack and killed my best friend and my mate" Scarl said, his voice full of hate as he calmly kept a watchful eye on Scor. "Why was he outlawed dad?" Decca asked, finally plucking up the courage to speak. "When our father stepped down I became the next pack leader but my brother became jealous, he thought that since he was stronger he should've been the next pack leader. So one night h..h..h..he killed our father and then attempted to kill me but he was taken down by several other wolves. Now he had murdered our farther and his punishment should've been execution but I just couldn't bring myself to kill my own brother or order him to be killed, so I instead banished him from the pack never to return. He held on to his jealousy though, but now it was mixed with revenge. He changed his name to Scor and managed to wrestle control of several packs. When you three were born he came back looking for revenge and made several attempts at killing or kidnapping the three of you and Sasha whose farther had been the one to take him down. Two days after him and his wolves got rid of Sasha though, he managed to ambush me whilst I was alone and chucked me into a river, thinking I was dead, then he attacked our pack with the rest of his wolves." Scarl explained. "But how come he went straight after us and Decca in particular instead of going after you?" Shaun wondered. "Because you are the most precious things to your parents and I knew that if I killed or captured you then their pain would be much worse than if I killed them outright. Also, I could use your pathetic lives as leverage to gain the position of leadership that I deserved." Scor Laughed "But seeing as how the family is back together and I have seen enough blood of our own kind spilled, I am prepared to offer you a deal. You pledge yourself to me and together we rule the whole of Jasper, just as the Zetas of old did, just as we were born to do. These wolves are lesser creatures, it is our birth-right that we lord over them". "Dude, seriously? That is the most cliche villain offer imaginable" Decca observed, doing a mock impression of Scor. "You killed most of our pack, you killed my second in command and my best friend (Sasha's Farther), you killed my mate and you tried to do the same to me and our pups. AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK ME TO STAND ASIDE WHILST YOU TURN THESE WOLVES INTO YOUR SLAVES!" Scarl Shouted as he advanced even closer towards Scor causing even Eve to flinch. Scor waited till Scarl was only a few feet away then with a mirthless smile on his lips he leapt at him, fangs bared, Scarl's reflexes however were fast and he moved so that the attack made at his throat instead hit his side and no sooner had Scor's attack made contact he was tackled and pinned down by Sasha, Decca, Shaun and Sheila, Scor was Strong however and managed to throw the four wolves off and he made a run for it.

ten minutes later

Scor stood on the cliff next to the waterfall watching the water crash over the edge and smash on the rocks below. "I'll make them pay for this, they will all die. Especially Decca, if it wasn't for him my plan would've worked perfectly the first time. When I return to rule over these lands, I'll make sure that half-breed is put in his place" Scor muttered to himself, he then heard a twig snap behind him and tried to make a break for it, so he could escape this accursed territory, but something hard slammed into his side and he was sent flying across the ground. Groaning, he got up to see Decca facing him with solid determination in his eyes. He had to admit, the half-breed had courage, taking on a Zeta more than twice his size. Scor laughed and lunged at Decca, who waited till the last possible second and quickly dodged the attack. After a few more failed attacks, Scor was getting tired and angry. "STAY SILL!" he shouted after Decca pulled his tail away from in front of Scor's jaws. Just as Scor was about to launch another attack, Scarl, Sasha, Shelia and Shaun along with Tony, Winston, Eve and the entire Eastern and Weston packs emerged from the treeline. "It's over Scor. are you going to come quietly or does this have to get painful?" Tony asked stepping out in front of the group. "YOU FOOLS! NOTHING IS OVER TILL YOU LIE ON THE GROUND IN POOLS OF BLOOD! I WILL RETURN! THIS COMBINED PACK, ALL YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE WILL LIE IN RUINS AND I WILL RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB AND SCATTER YOUR CARCASSES ALL OVER THE TERRITORY TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO GET IN MY WAY! AS FOR YOU HALF-BREED! I WILL NOT REST TILL YOU LIE TETHERED UP IN MY DEN, FOLLOWING MY EVERY COMMAND AS BEFITS A CREATURE AS LOW AS YOURSELF" Scor promised, taking a step back, but he forgot that the waterfall was behind him, he lost his footing and he fell screaming into the turbulent waters below. Scarl, Shelia, Shaun, Decca, Sasha, Tony, Winston and Eve ran up to the ege, but there was no sighn of Scor. "Is he gone?" Tony panted. "Let us hope so, for everyone's sake" Winston replied. "Dad? That wasn't true what he said was it? What he said about returning and 'putting me in my place'. You wouldn't let him do that to me or to anyone would you?" Decca asked, what Scor had said had really shaken him up and he hoped that he would never return. Scarl looked down at his youngest son "Listen, I failed you once, I let him destroy the pack, kill your mother and almost kill you. But I promise you now that so long as I live, I will not leave your side, nothing will ever hurt you again, I promise".

later that day

Kate sat alone on the ledge outside her parent's den, the fur around her eyes was stained with tears and her mind was clouded with regret as she thought about everything she had said to Decca. "if only I hadn't said any of those things, I could be the one marrying Decca. Instead I took all the stress of the stupid arranged marriage, of almost getting trampled by Caribou and of finding out he hadn't told us the complete truth, out on him and I've now lost him forever. Let's face it though, I could never be the mate he deserves, he's kind, gentle, loyal and caring and he heeds someone who can pay all that back to him, someone who understands all he's been through, someone who can make him smile when he's sad, laugh when he's upset and who can comfort him when he's feeling down. I can't do any of that, after-all, I turned him away at every turn" she thought out loud. Kate continued staring at the view out across the valley until she heard a sound behind her, turning she noticed Decca sitting behind her. "hey" she greeted nervously. "Hey. Listen Kate, I've come to apologize" Decca replied. Kate was shocked, Decca shouldn't be the one apologizing, that should be her. "apologize? what for?" she asked, although she already suspected what the answer would be. "For keeping my life a secret. I hope that you can forgive me and that we can continue being friends" Decca replied. "Decca, I am such a fool, I made a huge mistake and only realized what I had lost when it was too late. If anyone should be apologizing, it should be me, I was dumb, I was blind and I was stupid, you deserve better than that and I'm glad that you've finally found someone who can treat you with the respect you deserve. I would be more than grateful if you would continue to be friends with me, it's more than I deserve" Kate replied, her eyes again becoming stained with tears, she meant every word. Kate closed her eyes, waiting for Decca to reject her as she had done to him at every turn, after-all, he had every right to. Instead she felt comforting paws drape themselves around her neck and she felt the warmth of Decca's fur against hers as he pulled her into a hug, then he started laughing. "What's so funny?" Kate asked, not daring to lift her gaze. "I finally got you to admit you were an idiot" Decca chuckled. "Does this mean I'm forgiven? Kate replied, her voice full of hope that the two of them could start afresh. Decca immediately stopped laughing and his tone changed to one of deadly seriousness "Kate, of course I forgive you. I know it's a long-shot and from experience I know that you probably won't want to come, but it would mean the world to me if you could be there at the ceremony, but as I said, I'll leave it up to you and I can understand if you don't want to come.

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