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When her head finally stopped spinning, Tala changed into her wolf form. She quickly assessed the situation. Outnumbered and cornered, there were two choices: surrender or fight.

The look in Toboe's eyes made it clear that surrendering and getting captured was not an option. Tala positioned herself in between Brandon and the soldiers.

Both sides stood poised, ready to strike. Toboe lunged forward taking out two of the soldiers before they had even realized he had moved. Three others started to advance on Tala and Brandon.

The half breed bared her teeth in warning and attacked the soldier in the middle when they didn't back off. Her ivory teeth tore through the thin armor around his neck and into his flesh.

He hadn't even hit the ground when she moved to the next one with a speed and ferocity she wouldn't have thought possible just a few months ago.

Tala grabbed his shoulder and only managed to dent the metal. The force of the impact knocked the soldier to the ground and she charged toward the third one as he fell.

Before she was in striking distance, her keen ears picked up a faint click. Tala jumped to the side just in time to avoid some sort of sonic blast. Brandon dove out of the way behind her cursing.

"What the HELL was that?"

Before she had a chance to answer him there was another click. The sound came from the soldier Toboe was going after. Tala shouted a warning but it was too late. The blast hit Toboe square in the chest and threw him into the rock wall that was blocking them in.

Tala lunged at the soldier and caught his throat with her teeth. She applied pressure and heard the satisfying sound of his bones breaking.

There were three of them still standing and Tala was the only one left that could even hope to stand a chance against these 'super soldiers.'

Toboe was out cold and without a weapon Brandon didn't stand a chance. Things were not looking good, but there was no chance in hell that Tala was going to give up.

She charged the soldier to her left and went for his neck. He managed to block her fangs with his arm and her teeth dug into the cold steel of the armor. Before she was able to let go he walloped her on the side of the head with his freehand.

The wolf dog fell to the ground, seeing stars. Shaking it off and quickly getting to her feet, she attacked again. Unfortunately while her focus was on the soldier in front of her, the other two out flanked her and gained the upper hand.

Before Tala even knew what had happened, she had been hit by one of their sonic blasts and was on the ground fighting to stay conscious. The soldiers roused their comrades that weren't dead and Tala spotted Adam coming out of the woods.

She curled her upper lip at him and let out a low guttural growl. He laughed as he looked down at her.

"You really thought you could escape? You wolves are even more pathetic than I thought. Now you will all get what you deserve."

With that he kicked her in the head and the defensive half breed finally fell unconscious.

Tala jerked back into consciousness when her already pounding head rammed into whatever she was leaning against. She blinked trying to clear her mind and when that didn't work she shook her head.

That was not the best of ideas.

Pain bounced back and forth in the wolf dog's head and a wave of dizziness came over her. Immediately she put her head back down, shutting her eyes with a groan.

"Tala, are you awake?"

"Toboe?" She whispered, peering into the darkness.

As far as Tala could tell she was sitting in a small steel cage. It was then that she realized they were moving. Her eyes finally adjusted and the half breed took it all in.

Tala was lying in a cage that was, she guessed, in the back of some sort of van or truck. Across from her were four more cages. The three on the first row held Kiba, Toboe, and Tsume. Stacked on top of Kiba's cage was another cage that held Cheza.

Tala was on the top cage on her side of the truck. There were two cages below her, and in the third spot was Brandon chained by his wrists to the wall.

"Toboe, who's under me?"

"Blue and Hige." He answered.

"Are they okay?" Tala questioned, concerned.

"We're fine." Blue said.

Tala was relieved to know that everyone was okay and was about to ask if anyone had a plan, when the truck suddenly jerked up and down.

The force of the movement shoved Tala into the bars on the front of her cage and the entire thing slid about three inches over the edge. Kiba stood up and looked at Tala with a sly look in his eyes.

"Do you think you could do that again?"

Tala blinked blankly at him "What do you mean?"

"Can you hit the front of your cage and tip it over the edge?"

The wolf dog shakily got to her feet "I think I can."

She threw her body into the front of the cage. It moved another half an inch and sent her head spinning. Tala shook it off and tried again. She threw all of her weight and effort into it and the cage was teetering.

One last push and the steel prison crashed down in between the rows. The space was too narrow for the length of the cage and it caught on Kiba's causing the door to buckle. Tala pushed on the weakened hinges and went tumbling to the floor as door opened, landing right on her head.

"Way to go grace." Tsume scoffed.

Tala narrowed her eyes at him and looked to Kiba "What now?"

"Get the rest of us out."

She moved from cage to cage tearing off the locks and opening the latches. She had to squeeze under her mangled cage to get to Toboe and Brandon. The only cage left was Kiba's, but Tala's cage was blocking the door and she couldn't budge it even an inch alone.

"A little help here guys."

Tsume and Hige pushed Tala's cage back on top of the others and she swiftly opened Kiba's door.

Blue went to the back of the truck and pulled back the canvas covering the exit. Behind it there was a vast expanse of nothing and very fast moving dirt road.

"So I'm guessing next we jump?" She asked with a smirk.

Tala looked at the ground and gulped "we're moving really fast."

"Awe look the house pet is scared." Tsume teased.

"I'm not scared it's just… what if we get hurt. Wandering around with a painful broken leg is not fun. Trust me."

With Cheza clinging onto his back Kiba pushed by the females and put one leg up on the hatch

"You'll be fine."

With that said, he jumped out of the truck. He landed fine and Tsume followed. Next was Blue, then Hige and Brandon. Toboe was waiting for Tala to go.

She took a deep breath and went for it. Unlike the others who landed cleanly on their feet, Tala landed awkwardly and went into a roll ending with her lying on her back, head spinning once again.

Toboe looked down at her and laughed. "Well you almost did it."