Chapter 13: Running Away
Another month has passed and in an old cave deep within the forest, Leo was looking very upset while Victor was just smirking evilly.
"I don't believe it! It's been five months and you idiots still haven't got her or found her whatsoever" Leo growled as he clutched his fists.
"Well excuse me master. We've been looking for her for months and what have you been doing? Oh yeah! Nothing but being lazy and wasting your life on nothing" Victor chuckled deviously.
"Carrie is my life and I won't stop until she is mine and mine alone and besides it would have been easy with just you alone if you didn't involved those two mangy mutts behind you" Leo hissed.
Behind Victor were Marcus and Toby. Marcus was just glaring at Toby while Toby looks down to the ground.
"Hey don't blame me! It wasn't my fault! If anyone is to blame, it's my stupid little brother" Marcus growled as he turns his glare at Toby.
"Me? What did I do?" Toby asked.
"Well you didn't listen to Victor when we ambushed those two sloths five months ago and besides our father would have done better than you if he was still alive" Marcus growled.
"Idiot" Toby softly mumbled.
"What was that?" Marcus coldly hissed.
"Nothing" Toby whimpered.
"Poor little Toby, You were always such a coward and even now you still are one" Carlotta mocked the young wolf.
"Oh so the traitor has returned" Victor scoffed.
"With a little gift for you" Carlotta giggled as she drags a dead bear to Victor.
Victor looks at Carlotta for a moment then asked
"Where did you get that?"
"From a clan of bears and believe me, there were easy to destroyed" Carlotta smirked.
"You, Carlotta, are one dangerous and sneaky wolf" Victor chuckled
"Danger is what I can bring and it's what you like" Carlotta growled deviously as she scratches Victor's chin with one of her claw nails.
"Hmm...Well...I guess I could give one you last chance" Victor offered.
"Only?" Carlotta asked.
"I'll show you later" Victor deviously winked.
"Hey Mr and Mrs Dangerous! How about we cut to business here?" Leo impatiently exclaimed.
"Oh my dear Leo, Can't you give this girl a moment with her partner?" Carlotta mockingly whined.
"I've wait long enough and for two years" Leo growled.
"Hmm. I gotta say, you maybe handsome and musclier which by the way is how I like my main hunter here" Carlotta replied as she looks at Victor seducingly.
"But?" Leo sternly asked.
"But even after two years when we first met till now, you're still the childish idiot" Carlotta giggled deviously.
"And you're still the lying seducing wolf who tries to get off the hook from your precious Victor here" Leo growled.
"I don't care about your ridiculous theories" Carlotta hissed at Leo.
"Easy Carlotta, Easy! He's just a sloth who only wants his girl back so we'll help him get her back" Victor chuckled as he looks at Carlotta evilly.
"Do we have to Victor?" Carlotta playfully whined.
"Yes Carlotta" Victor replied.
"Anyway. You guys had been searching for Carrie for the last five months and you still have not succussed" Leo grumbled.
"Well yeah, We can't find her" Marcus replied.
"What do you mean you can't find her? I mean she couldn't have just vanished with her herd like that" Leo exclaimed.
"Well according to Toby here, He told us she's still here in the Valley" Marcus explained.
"It's true" Toby replied.
"You know what I think?" said Leo.
"What?" The wolves asked.
"I think Toby here is hiding something from you guys. Well what do you expect? He didn't listen to you Victor when you told him to finish Sid off and every time you come up with a plan, I've seen how Toby reacts" Leo angrily explained as he glares at Toby who was still looking down to the ground.
"Toby? You're not hiding anything from us are you?" Victor asked the young wolf.
Toby slowly looks up at Victor and stuttered "I…Well…I…You see…I…"
"Ah! You are hiding something from us aren't you?" Victor deviously grinned.
"Why you sneaky slimy no good stupid brat!" Leo angrily shouted at Toby.
"Easy Leo, I'll deal with Toby. You just go back home and we'll get your precious Carrie" Victor calmly replied.
"You better or else" Leo warned as he glares at Toby and storms off.
"Typical of you Toby, You always seem to be hiding something from us. You are nothing but a bad example of a wolf" Marcus growled at Toby.
"Be quiet Marcus" Victor commanded.
"Yes sir" Marcus replied as he bows to Victor.
Victor then leans closer to Toby and looks at him closely and said "Alright Toby…I'm gonna ask you one tiny question and you will answer me correctly…Understand?"
Toby just nodded slowly as Victor then asked "Where is Sid and Carrie?"
"I…I don't know" Toby whimpers.
"He's lying!" Carlotta growled.
"Quiet Carlotta!" Victor commanded.
"I swear I don't know" Toby replied.
"You're lying Toby, Tell the truth!" Marcus snarled as he growls at the frighten wolf.
"Silence!" Victor exclaimed as both Carlotta and Marcus stepped away from Victor and Toby.
"Now…if you are telling us the truth, what are you afraid of then Toby?" Victor coldly asked.
"I…I…" Toby stuttered.
"Yes?" Victor lowly growled.
"I…I decided to let them go" Toby confessed.
"What?" Carlotta exclaimed.
"You wanted to let them go? You stupid wolf!" Marcus angrily shouted at his little brother.
"Silence! Both of you!" Victor angrily demanded and with that, both wolves were silent.
Victor turns back at Toby and slowly grabs his neck with his paws as Toby begins to feel more terrified.
"So let me get this straight, you had the two sloths trapped and you decided to let them go?" Victor growled.
"Y-yes" Toby replied.
Victor just stares at Toby angrily when he lets go of Toby's neck but then in a flash, he whacks Toby hard in the face, sending him down to the ground in pain.
"I am very disappointed in you Toby…I always counted on you and Marcus from the other wolves that we used to had in the pack but it seems though I was wrong" Victor furiously growled.
"P-Please sir…P-Please! Let me explain" Toby begged as he lies down in pain.
"You be quiet!" Marcus growled.
"The master doesn't wanna hear your worthless excuses" Carlotta hissed.
"Hush!...Go ahead Toby…I'm listening" Victor growled as he slowly walks around Toby.
"I l-let them go because...Carrie doesn't deserved this! What has she ever done to us? I mean come on guys! Let her go! She's happy with Sid" Toby begged.
Victor just growled and slashed Toby's arm causing the poor wolf to scream in agony.
"Do you really think I would let Carrie and that sloppy husband of hers go? Of course not!" Victor growled as he grabs one of Toby's ear and twisted it a bit causing Toby to yelp in pain.
"S-Sir! Please!" Toby yelped as Victor kept twisting his left ear back and forth.
Victor then let's go of Toby's ear and growls "Now! If you want to redeem yourself to me, you will obey me and find that husband of Carries and finish him off"
Toby looks at the other wolves who were just glaring at him.
Toby finally had enough of being mistreated in his pack and he got up and glares at Victor.
"What are you glaring at?" Carlotta hissed.
"Well Toby? Are you going to redeem yourself?" Victor growling impatiently.
Toby bravely growls at Victor and exclaims "No!"
Carlotta and Marcus just gasped in horror while Victor just sits there, glaring at Toby then he coldly growled "What did you say to me?"
"Y-You heard me! The answer is no! I won't do it! I'm not like any of you" Toby stuttered.
"Just what are you saying Toby?" Marcus growled.
"I-I mean I'm not twisted or crazy or evil like you guys!" Toby angrily shouted at the others.
"So...That's it huh? You're leaving us? You're disobeying me? After all I've done for you and Marcus? This is how you repay me?" Victor growled loudly.
"I don't care about your stupid pack or any of you! You never cared for me! None of you guys ever cared! I hated this place and I hate being in this pack and I'm not taking orders from you anymore!" Toby exclaimed as he grew angrier at Victor.
Victor looks at Toby for a moment then pounds on Toby and begins abusing him by scratching and beating him up.
Toby tries to fight back but Victor was too strong for him to fight back.
As Victor continues beating Toby up, Carlotta was just watching and laughing at Toby evilly while Marcus just turns away from the others.
"Marcus! Please! Aaaaaaaah! Help me!" Toby cried out as he felt more pain as Victor continues attacking him.
Marcus did nothing except for listening to the crying of his brother being beaten up by Victor.
Victor then stopped beating Toby up and looks at him.
Toby was just lying there with bruises on him and he was bleeding from his right leg, the top of his muzzle and his left paw.
Toby was just crying and shivering so bad as he felt scared and was feeling so much agony in his body.
Victor just snarled at Toby and grabbed the top fur of his head and hoists his head to Victor's face.
"Let that be a warning to you Toby...Now...Are you going to do what I've told you to do?" Victor growled at Toby.
"Y-yes master...I-I won't disobey you again...I-I promise" Toby sobbed.
"Good..." Victor hissed and he pushes Toby down to the ground.
"Let that be a lesson to you" Carlotta giggled evilly.
"Tie him up" Victor growled to Marcus
"Yes sir" Marcus obeyed and wraps the vine collar on him and ties it to a rock.
Victor turns to Carlotta and smiles at her deviously.
"Come Carlotta, We have things to do" Victor chuckled evilly.
Victor and Carlotta walks out of the cave as Carlotta was just laughing deviously.
Toby sobs as he looks at Marcus who was still looking away from him.
"M-Marcus...Please...Don't let Victor do this to me! Please I beg of you! You're my brother! Help me please!" Toby tearfully pleaded.
Marcus didn't even looked at Toby but instead he growls
"Why should I help you? I don't care about you. I never did. You are nothing but a worthless mutt and you're nothing to me"
And with that, Marcus walks away leaving Toby all alone.
Toby couldn't take it anymore. He knew he had to leave. So with the remaining strength Toby has, he rips the vine off and bolted out of the cave as he ran away as fast as he can from the other wolves.
As hours went by, Toby stopped running and was walking along the snow in the meadows as he was crying.
He has no family, his brother coldly rejected him and he has no home.
He was all alone and Toby could ever think of now was his beloved mother who was always there for him until the day she passed away and Toby was left off with Victor and his heartless pack.
"Mother...I wish you were here" Toby sobbed.
Toby then falls into the snow as he was really exhausted and felt a bit weak from the bruises and the sores that Victor gave him.
Toby was just lying there, sore, scared as he felt there's no one or nothing out there that cares about him.
Toby started crying as he lies there, all alone, feeling useless and hopeless.
Meanwhile Diego was wandering around with Shira when suddenly he heard someone crying.
"What was that?" Diego asked.
"That sounds like someone crying" Shira replied.
Diego follows the crying sound as he then sees Toby, injured and crying on the snowy meddows
"Oh my god, TOBY!" Diego gasped in horror.
He rushes to the young wolf and gasped to see the state he was in.
Are you OK?"
Toby looks up to Diego as he sobs
"D-Diego?"
"Ssssh, It's OK Toby, I'm here" Diego soothed.
"L-Leave me alone...Please...I-I don't want to bring you trouble anymore" Toby sobbed.
"Just calm down Toby" Diego comforted.
Soon Shira sees Diego with Toby and walks up to him.
"Diego? Who is this?" Shira asked.
"This is Toby, The wolf I was telling you about last year and so on" Diego replied.
"So that's Toby the good wolf?" Shira asked.
"Yes" Diego nodded.
Shira was in shock to see the state was in.
" Did Victor do this to you?" Shira asked the young crying wolf
"Y-Yes" Toby sobbed.
"That monstrous abomination!" Diego growled softly.
"Why did he hurt you?" Shira asked.
"B-Because he found that I let Carrie and Sid go and he was so angry with me that he 'punished' me and...and..." Toby couldn't continue as he was so scared and continues sobbing.
"Oh Toby..." Diego sadly replied.
"I don't wanna hurt anyone and I'm so sorry for what I've done to you guys! I never wanted to hurt anyone! I just want to make friends, Friend that wouldn't be afraid of me or hate me but to like me and to be there for me. That's all I ever wanted" Toby cried
Toby tries to leave but Diego stops him from leaving by lying him back down and stroking his back to comfort him.
"Well I say you did the right thing. You refused to do what Victor tells you and you don't want to hurt anyone. You're a good wolf Toby and you deserved better than what Victor did to you" Diego comforts the young wolf.
"Please...just go...leave me be" Toby tearfully pleaded as tears flows from his eyes.
"No Toby I won't leave you. I'm gonna take care of you. You're gonna alright I promise" Diego soothed Toby.
"So what are we gonna do now Diego?" Shira asked.
"Go and get the others, He needs help" Diego replied.
"OK" Shira replies as she goes off to get the others.
"You're gonna be OK Toby, You're safe now" Diego soothed as he stands by the frightening wolf's side.
"Diego..." Toby sobbed.
"Ssssh, Don't speak, Just rest, I'll protect you" Diego whispered as he kept close to Toby and watches over him.
Poor Toby :'(
Lucky for him, Diego was there and he will protect him
What happens next?
Stay tune to find out!