I'm just going to give you guys a warning that this chapter do have hard feelings. So...prepare yourself.

"I...I'm not going back."

The dogs stopped what they were doing before looking at him. Then, Sargent started laughing at him a little bit.

"Haha, nice one Humphrey...you're joking right" he asked hoping that it was a joke, but it wasn't. Humphrey shook his head, telling him that it was not a joke. Jade widened her eyes before smacking both of her paws on Humphrey's face and pulling it up to her.

"Humphrey. Are you crazy?! Why?! Why do you want to stay? We have plans together, remember" she said, reminding him what she said in the beginning. Sargent was about to say something until he noticed that other wolves were looking at them strangely. He sighed heavily and looked at Humphrey. He stood up before walking towards him, grabbing his ear and started pulling him away from the crowds. The dogs looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders. They start following him past the bushes to see Humphrey sitting down right in front of Sargent.

"Humphrey. This is madness. Why? Why do you want to stay here after you spend your entire life in the human world" he asked him softly. Humphrey looked down at the ground, trying to think of a response for him. Jade sat down right next to him and started rubbing his back softly.

"it's just...I've found out that my real family. My real, real family is alive this whole time while I'm with a human. I thought they died way before I met you guys, and I...I just want to stay here, and spend my time with my family. I think I...belong here" he explained.

"Humphrey. You...do not belong in the wild..." Sargent replied to him.

"But I do belong in the wild. I'm a wolf, and I have a family here. I just can't leave them behind here." Sargent started growling at him, making Humphrey jump a little.

"If you're going to stay here in the wild, YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE SOMEONE BEHIND IN THE HUMAN WORLD AS WELL" Sargent snapped. "And it's not only us Humphrey. You will be leaving your dad behind as well. The one who protects you, raises you, and give you so much love." Humphrey widened his eyes when he said that.

He couldn't disagree with him. Sargent was right. He couldn't leave his dad behind.

"Your dad is just a kid. What will happen to him if you stay here? Do you really want to hurt him that bad" Sargent continue asking him, making Humphrey a lot worse than he ever felt in his life. "Do you want to see him getting another dog? Replacing you? Do...D-Do you want t-to...to be in the...same position as I am." Humphrey looked up and instantly laid his ears flat and dropped his tail to the ground. Humphrey was not the only one who feel this way. All the dogs do.

They all know what Sargent is going through, and it's far worse than they thought. Sargent was madly on the verge of tears.

There's no way he will never forget that day. The day that haunts him right after leaving the military.


Sargent weakly opened his eyes. His body felt extremely numb due to his injuries. The last time he remembered was being shot down when he was chasing his target that was located off the coast of the United States. He remembered running and leaping towards him before he immediately turned around and gunned him down point blank on his shoulder, his side, and getting pistol whipped in the head.

All he heard was his father screaming in anger.

Sargent looked around the room, and noticed that he was in sick bay. He looked at his own body and saw bandages covering his side and his shoulder. Then, he heard yelling outside of the bay. He looked at the window and saw his dad arguing with the general.

"You can't possibly do that sir" he shouted.

"I'm sorry Private. He has to go, and you know that dogs are different than humans when it comes to this kind of injuries" he replied. Sargent was confused about what's going on between them. He looked at his father and noticed how sad he is.

"But sir, he's gonna be fine once he recovers. I promise. Don't you know that he's the strongest and the most elite dog out there?"

"I am not going to tolerate this behavior Private! He has a broken shoulder and possibly losing his arm. You have to understand this. Now follow orders and do as I say!"

And with that, he walked away, leaving him alone in the hallway. Sargent can see him gritting his teeth together before walking away. Sargent tried to call him by barking him, but he couldn't. He was too weak to do so.

Then, he saw a man approaching him with a cage in his hand. Sargent smiled and started wagging his tail, but then he stopped when he saw the man's face expression.

Sargent looked outside of the window, wondering what his dad and the general talking about. Are they talking about him? He continues thinking and not realizing that he was injected with Toradol before getting lifted up in the air and being put inside the cage. The man carried him out of the door and then, out of the building. Sargent started to whine. He had no idea why he's out here. He should be in sick bay and recover from his injuries. Then, he heard barking on his right side.

He looked to his right and saw a German shepherd running towards his father standing right by the general's side. The dog panted happily, and Sargent stared at his father in confusion.

"This is your new partner, Private" said the General. Sargent gasped and stared at them in shock. Now, he finally knew what they were talking about earlier. They were actually talking about him. He let his thoughts process through. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't because this can't be true. Sargent...got replaced.

He looked at his dad and screamed after him with tears flowing down his cheeks as he tried to reach out to him with his paws, but he couldn't. The last thing he saw as he went over the hill was his father's face, and his new partner.


Humphrey slowly laid onto the ground, feeling a shame to himself. He felt like he was the reason that he had to bring it up. He slowly looked up to see him sniffing, and wiping the tears off of his face.

Humphrey felt extremely bad, and started to whine. Jade slowly walked up to him before rubbing his back softly.

"Sorry" Sargent apologized.

"No, I should be the one apologizing" said Humphrey, not making eye contact with him.

"No Humphrey I-"

"Can we talk about something else that I need to mention about earlier" said Ace, cutting Sargent off.

"And that is" Remy asked him.

"If Humphrey stays here, in the freaking wilderness, he's gonna get killed by the hunters." When he said that, everyone widened their eyes. No one, not even a single one of them didn't even think about that. Even Kiana knew what they were capable of. Her dad was a deer and a duck hunter. Humphrey looked down and started to think very hard. This...was the hardest choice in his life. If he left, he would be leaving his family behind, but on the other side; it's even worse than ever. If he stays, he will not only deal with bears, other wolves, and cougars. He will have to deal with something that is much far worse than all of them.

Something that is out of their level and this world. Humans. Humphrey knew that he may have a high chance at surviving their attack, but he won't at the same time. Other than that, he will also have to deal with his dad getting a new dog that will replace him.

Without a doubt, he knew that feeling just by looking and listening to Sargent's story.

"I think I'm more worried about Humphrey's injuries, but WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIRST AIDS" Jade screamed, getting Kate and the other's attention. They rush towards them and found Jade screaming in fear as she tried to stop the bleeding.

"Jade, I'm fine" said Humphrey smiling a little.

"No you are not" Jade replied fearfully.

"Speaking of first ads, where is Jacky" Titan asked, looking around. Humphrey noticed that Jacky went missing. He was here with them minutes ago, and now he just disappeared in the wind.

"Right here big bro" he said popping out of the bush, carrying a bag in his mouth.

"Wait, where did you get that" asked Ace.

"Isn't that mom's bag" Sky added. Jacky nodded his head with a smile before setting it down and opening the bag. When the bag opened, all the stuff that was in start spilling out. Jade's eyes started to sparkle when she saw something that she's been wanting to use on Humphrey. First Aid Kit. She quickly snatched it, and opened it up.

There were bandages, tweezers, small scissors, Trauma dressings, Sting kill kit, and cardboard splints. Jade's smile faded when she noticed something.

"Oh great, how are we gonna get rid of infections. There's no water that is warm enough to get rid of it" she explained.

"Wait what are you guys doing to him" Kate asked them curiously.

"Oh, we're putting some bandages on to stop the bleeding, and since there's no warm water anywhere to clean his injuries. We might have to take him back" Jade explained, desperately wanting Humphrey to go home with her. Kate flattened her ears when she said that. She completely forgot about taking Humphrey home, but she knew that he belongs here, and it was wrong to separate him from his real family.

But on the other hand, it will be wrong separating him away from the human that raised him.

"What do you mean taking him back" Garth asked, making Kate and Humphrey widened their eyes.

"Oh, well you see. Humphrey is a d-"

"Ahh nothing" said Kate nervously, and cutting Lightning off. "I think we'll...hehe...we'll be right back." Kate then started pushing Garth and the group of wolves out of the bushes, making Humphrey sighed in relief.

"What was that about" asked Jade.

"Oh nothing" Humphrey replied to her.

"There's nothing going on between you two...riiiight?" Jade move her face closer to his with her demonic eyes. Humphrey gasped when he looked into her eyes. He had never ever seen her doing this before, and it freaks him out. It looks like she is going to murder someone with no hesitation. Just pure rage.

"There's-nothing-going-on-between-me-and-Kate. We're...We-We're-just-friends" he explained as fast as he can. He can hear his own voice started breaking up on how fast he spoke to her.

"Oh good" she said happily, after softening her mood. Humphrey froze at the sight of her. He made a promise to himself about not getting on her bad side. It's terrifying. Literally. Terrifying!


"What are you hiding from us Kate" Hutch asked her, being skeptical.

"I'm not hiding anything from you guys. I've never done that before" Kate replied to him nervously.

"Mhm...then how in the world those dogs knew his name" Cando questioned her.

"Uhh, they were friends before Humphrey joined the pack. They were actually wild dogs when he met them" she lied. 'This is the most terrible lie ever' she thought. Hutch, and Cando glared at her, making Kate feel uneasy.

"Guys guys" said Garth standing right in front of them. "Break it up. We don't have time to argue about this because we are in war." Hutch and Cando looked down at the ground and frowned. He was right. They're gonna waste their time on something that is not really important. Their pack is in war, and that is even more important than spending their time talking about Humphrey's friends.

"Speaking of war, we need to end it" Hutch claimed. Everyone looked at each other and nodded their head before heading back to Humphrey and the dogs.

When they got there, Jade finally finish her work by putting the last bandage on Humphrey's wounds. Kate smiled when she saw her fixing his body. This is very different than what her mom does. All she does is licking the wounds of her patient, and had to keep an eye on them while they're recovering.

Humphrey smiled as he stood up and noticed that Kate was staring at him. Before he can walk up to her, Garth stepped right in front of her with a stern look on his face.

"Humphrey, how do we end this war" he asked.

"Hmmmm, we can attack them from behind. Obviously, they don't know that we're here" Humphrey explained.

"That's too risky Humphrey" said Sargent.

"Wait what do you mean Sargent" Humphrey questioned him.

"You gotta need more one attack strategy in close combat" he said smiling. Sargent grabbed Humphrey's neck and then pointed his paw at the hill. "You see that hill?" Humphrey nodded his head, making Sargent smiled widely. "We're going to use Blitzkrieg, and a surprise attack. All we need is logs, and that will do the trick, but we need to push it at the same time without letting them know what's going on, and signal our allies to attack.

Humphrey smiled and nodded his head again. He had never thought about that because he didn't know how effective Flanking Maneuver is in close combat, but he needs to take Sargent's words.

He knows that Flanking Maneuver is effective in range combat, and it had been use in many wars.

"Alright, let's do it" he said. And with that, they started walking up the hill.

They manage to grab logs along the way, and Kate noticed that Humphrey was falling behind. He had his head down while dragging his tail on the ground. She stopped her pace, and waited for Humphrey to catch up to her.

"Hey" she said bumping his shoulder softly, making him look up. "What's wrong?"

"Oh...uh...nothing" he replied softly.

"You sure. You look kind of down back there."

"Yeah...I...uh...I-I'm fine." Kate wasn't fully convinced about his situation. Something is wrong with him, but Kate assumed it was something that had to do with him getting hurt, and seeing her almost getting raped.

If it is, Kate wouldn't want to talk about it either.

As soon as they reached at the top of the hill, Sargent looked down, and the enemies are in a perfect position to get trampled.

"Everyone ready" Sargent whispered, looking back at everyone. They all nodded their head with logs right in front of them. "Cando, get ready to howl." Cando nodded his head, and they both waited, and waited for Sargent's signal. "Now." And with that, they push the logs, and watched them tumbling down the hill. King and the others didn't notice what's going on until one of the logs dropped onto one of his pack, and then another.

Cando then howled to the sky, signalling the Western and the Eastern pack to attack. Both packs ran to each other, and then clashed right in the middle. The dogs looked away from the fight, and Sargent looked up to the sky to see that the sun is rising up.

"We better get going" he said.

"Wait, already? What about the fight" Scar asked them.

"They're already losing, and we have to get back to our parents before the noticed that we went missing" Sargent replied to him.

"What about Humphrey" asked Jade. Sargent looked at him, and Humphrey looked down at the ground with a frown. He then sighed before walking up to him and put his paw onto his shoulder.

"I know this is hard for you, but I'ma give you time to spend with your family" he said.

"But-"

"This is final Humphrey. I'll see you again." Sargent and the dogs then walked down the hill, leaving Jade behind. She was glaring at Humphrey with tears in her eyes.

"Come on Jade" Storm yelled at her. Jade sighed heavily before walking up to him, making him look up.

"You better choose the right decision Humphrey. I'm worried about you" she said hugging him.

"Okay." Jade then broke the hug and gave him a sad smile before catching up with the others. Humphrey watched them as they ran where they came from, leaving in his own thoughts...about his decisions.

Sorry if this chapter seemed rushed. I'm kind of stressed out of school work and writing chapters before publishing them on the day that I last updated one of my stories. This is what I get when school or something involves that takes my mind off of the plot lol. Right now, I'm going to take my time and tried to gather all of my ideas back, so I know what to write for the next chapter. What did you guys think/ What will happen next? I'm TheRavenMocker. Be a raven, mock the ravens. We'll see you guys on the next flight.