Shady's POV
We walked out of western territory and made it to the border of the east. Once we were there, we had to make it to Garth's flanking position or else they would lose this fight.
"Ok, we're here" said Chris as he observed the area.
"Which way to the flanking position?" I asked.
"It shouldn't be much farther, just a little under a mile. We should be there if we just head straight into the forest" he said.
"Well, lets move then" I said as we began to move into the forest to begin our search for Garth and his troops.
After walking for about 10 minutes, I decided to start a conversation.
"So, whats the story on you?" I asked.
"I'm western, I was accepted into the special forces about a year ago. My father was a spec ops before he died on one of his missions" he said with his ears down.
"I'm sorry" I said to try to comfort him.
"Don't be, he sacrificed himself to save his team" he said feeling a little better.
I was about to start more conversation when we finally saw the battle happening in the forest.
"That must be why Garth isn't responding to the signal" I said while we made our way towards the battle.
We found Garth and few of his men behind a fallen tree. We made our way over to him.
"Garth" I said.
"Why are you here? Shuldn't you be back in the west?" he asked.
"We were sent here to find out why you weren't responding to the signal" Chris said.
"Well, now you know! We were attacked about an hour ago and we couldn't respond when we're under attack. I don't think we're gonna be able to send the reinforcements" Garth said.
"You need to or else your father will die and the east will fall" I said trying to convince him.
"You think I don't know that! I can't flank them when I'm under attack by a larger force than I have. Even if we make it through this we won't have enough soldiers to make a difference" he said.
"Well, we need to push these guys back so lets get on it" Chris said.
"Yeah, lets kill these motherfuckers!" I said as we jumped over the tree and charged towards them.
We all charged them and clashed into them. Once we all clashed into each other, it turned into a bloodbath. As soon as I touched their lines, I rammed into one of them and bit into his neck and tore it out. I jumped on another wolf and clawed his chest until ripped open, then I finished him off by clawing his neck. We continued fighting until they had to retreat and they all ran back to their horde to safety.
"Yeah you better run motherfuckers!" Garth yelled as they all ran off.
"I don't think they're coming back" Chris said.
"We didn't lose as many men as I thought we would. Thanks Shady and I'm sorry about what I said back in the west" Garth said with a apologetic face.
"Its fine bro, we need to stick together in this fight" I said smiling.
"That we do" Garth said smiling as well.
Humphrey's POV
We walked out of the den and back towards Marcus and his soldiers.
"So, how did it go?" he asked.
"He's dead and I have Kate so we're gonna head back now" I said.
"Well good luck and it was nice working with you" He said with a smile.
"You too Marcus" I said smiling as Kate and I both walked away.
Marcus looked at us with an evil smile and then turned around to admire his new territory and think of what to do with it.
We continued walking for about an hour when Kate began to feel the pain in her leg again and collapsed on the ground.
I rushed over to her to assist her.
Kate's POV
"I'm fine really" I said.
"No your not, let me carry you" he suggested.
I was a little surprised at that, but I knew if he didn't we probably wouldn't get that far.
"Ok" I agreed.
He lifted me up on his back. I was surprised by his strength and didn't expect it either. Humphrey didn't look that big, how could he do that that easily. One of the things I like about him.
"So Humphrey, what do you think of our chances of winning against the Shadows?" I asked trying to start conversation.
"Well, I know it sounds crazy, I think we can win. Because in the first time in my life, we have allies. Like when I rescued you from Jake, Marcus helped me and if he didn't then I don't think I would have saved you. For once, we have people on our side to fight with us and that's enough" he said confidently.
"Are you sure? I mean, a lot of wolves are gonna die" I said wondering why he thought what he thought.
"I didn't say there would be casualties, but I still have faith that we can win this" he said.
I lied there on his back and thought about what he said.
Humphrey's POV
I conitinued to carry Kate while she slept soundly on my back until I spotted a cave. I stopped, looking at the cave a few feet from me. It looked very familiar, is it? It can't be?
I ran over to the cave with Kate on my back still clunged to me as she a woke from her sleep.
"Humphrey why are you running?" she asked as if something was wrong.
"Its the cave, our cave! When we were pups!" I said with excitement. (If you don't know what the cave is then go back and read chapter 6: The Moonlight Howl)
I halted to a stop and she slowly got off my back to inspect the cave and she began to smile.
"It is! I haven't been here since we were pups!" she said just as excited as I was.
"I know, we should get you inside so your can rest" I said walking over to put her on my back again.
"No I'm fine" she said.
"It's getting dark anyway, we should just stay here for the night" I suggested.
"Yeah your right, lets go inside" she said walking inside with me.
We layed down in the cave, but I was wide awake and I think she was too. We layed there for about an hour when I was still not falling asleep. Just when I thought she was asleep.
"Hey Humphrey" she said in a tone I never thought I'd hear her say.
Don't you just love cliffhangers! I wonder what Kate is going to say? You'll just have to find out by reading. Oh yeah, you may have noticed that I'm starting to update this story more than New Life. Thats because we are nearing the end of this story. Not too close, we've still gotta while left before the end, but I like updating this more because this story is more planned ou while as New Life is just going with the flow you know? Anyway, review and favorite and all that and I guess I'll see you guys later, bye!
-ShadyWolf313