After the first wolf charges at them, Cole pushes Alyssa out of the way,
who falls to the ground, as he fights off the first wolf, the best he can.
Alyssa looks up and yells out, "Cole!" Cole continues to struggle to fight
off the first dog, when the other two start towards him. Alyssa screams
out, "no!" She stands to her feet, and quickly grabs a broken half of a
tree branch, and swings it towards the other wolves.
The two wolves start to advance towards Alyssa, seeing as to how their attention spans had been diverted from Cole to her. She continues to swing the tree branch around, making sure the wolves won't turn on Cole, who's already trying to fight off the first wol. Fortunately, Cole manages to fight off the first wolf, but not before it gets a good scratch out of him. Cole brushes off the pain, and then runs over and in front of Alyssa, to protect her from the current 2 advancing wolves.
Unfortunately, it becomes three, when the leader of the pack, rejoins his friends. Alyssa looks from them, to Cole. Her mouth drops in shock, when she sees the serious scratch marks on Cole's upper arms, and face. She asks him with concern, "Cole, are you alright?" Cole nods his head, "I'll be okay, as soon as we can get away from these wolves." Then he asks her the same question, and she agrees. Alyssa suddenly gets an idea, "Cole?"
Cole responds, "yeah?" Alyssa asks him, "it may or may not work, but what about trying to talk to them?" Cole considers this, "I could give it a try, but-" before he can complete that sentence, the wolves begin to charge once again, and Alyssa and Cole drop into defensive stances, preparing to fight off the dogs, the best they can, without seriously hurting them.
One of the dogs bites at Alyssa's lower left leg, and tears skin. She shrieks in pain, and pushes the dog away. Another dog bites at Cole's leg, and leaves a gash. Cole pushes the dog off, but another dog charges at him, and he loses his balance. After he hits the ground, and while Alyssa tries to get to him, still busy with the first wolf, the other two, begin to attack Cole, at his chest area. Alyssa manages to fight off the first dog, just after the leader of the pack, slices at Cole's left cheek.
After fighting off the third dog, and pushing him away, Alyssa runs over and in front of Cole, pushing the other two dogs away. Cole remains on the ground, shirt torn, bleeding on his upper arms, and chest. Alyssa picks up the branch, and points it in the dogs' direction, but doesn't hit them with it. She just tries to scare them with it. And then, when they start to advance on the two again, Alyssa turns around, to see herself facing a small tree.
Alyssa takes one more look at the dogs, before turning around, and hitting the branch against the tree, with everything she has. She actually manages to snap the tree in half, because of the impact, surprising herself, Cole, and the dogs, who look at Cole, and then Alyssa, and then turn in the opposite direction, and disappear into the night. Alyssa watches them leave, before dropping the stick, and rushing to Cole's side.
She stoops down by him onto the ground, and asks, helping him to sit-up, "Cole, are you okay?" Cole ndos his head, "I think so," he manages to say. Alyssa looks all around to make sure the dogs don't return, and then turns back to Cole, and places a hand on his shoulder, "Cole, I've got to get you back to camp." Cole almost protests, "but Alyssa, your leg-"
Alyssa shakes her head, "don't worry about me. Its a small bite, I'll be fine. Its you I'm worried about. And no buts, either. We've gotta get out of here. Before those dogs decide to come back." She brings Cole's right arm around her shoulder, and then slowly helps him to stand to his feet. Then she wraps an arm around his waist, and step-by-slow step, they begin to make their way back to camp.
10 Minutes Later
The two finally reach camp. Cole has passed the point of exhaustion, and is fastly losing consciousness. But he fights to keep his eyes open, long enough for Alyssa to get him back to his tent. Alyssa looks around, and is relieved to see that nothing bad had happened, while they were gone. She walks over to her tent, with Cole, still managing to walk, and still on her shoulder. She walks into her tent, and helps Cole to sit on a blanket she has laid out.
She walks out, and over to the firewood. She stoops down in front of it, and using a few matches, starts up a fire. After successfully starting the fire, Alyssa walks back to her tent, and when she looks inside, she smiles sadly. Cole had fallen asleep, after losing consciousness from the battle and the walk back to camp. Alyssa grabs her book-bag, and after reaching inside, she grabs her medi-kit. She grabs gauze pads, a healing cream, a kind of disinfectant spray, a few cloths, and bandages.
She takes off Cole's shoes, and then rolls up his pant leg. She sees the gash on his leg, and gives off a sad look. She uses the spray for his leg, to protect his wound against infection, germs, and rabies, in case those wolves were carrying some. Then she takes a cloth, amd holds it on his leg, to allow the spray to work. After doing this, she puts the cloth aside, and then squeezes some of the healing cream onto a bandage.
She carefully wraps the bandage around his leg. Once the bandage is around his leg, she takes a few gauze pads, and does the same thing. Once she's all done with wrapping his leg, she rolls his pant leg back down, and starts on his chest. She takes off his vest, and lifts his shirt up, in order to completely bandage his chest. She winces at the sight of the scratch marks and gash on his chest.
Alyssa's head drops for a second, "oh, Cole! What did they do to you?" Several tears escape her eyes, but she quickly brushes them away, and continues to bandage him up.
Back At The Animarium
The others had eaten long ago, and were getting ready to get to sleep soon. However, they were still dressed in their regular clothes. Taylor was reading a magazine, Danny reading a book on plants, Princess Shayla was out in the forest (still on the Animarium), talking with the wild zords, and Max was staring out at the sky. He's also the first to speak up, "I hope Alyssa and Cole are okay." Danny looks up from his book, while Taylor walks over to Max.
She sits by him at the table, and places a hand to his shoulder. He turns to her, and she shakes her head, "don't worry, Max. I'm sure they're fine." Max nods his head, while Danny speaks up, "I wonder if they might've found any lost animal spirits yet." All three rangers turn their heads, when Princess Shayla's voice comes into the distance. "Actually," she's heard saying, "I was just talking to the wild zords, and, according to the lion, it seems, there is a lost wild zord, near where Alyssa and Cole are."
Danny looks surprised, "really?" After the Princess nods, Max asks her, "how close?" Taylor speaks up next, "yeah, and what kind of wild zord is it, Princess?" Princess Shayla paces back and forth while answering, "actually, its very close....unfortunately, none of the wild zords can identify it yet." Max sounds surprised, "really?" Taylor nods her head, and stands up, "a mystery wild zord. Interesting."
Princess Shayla squirms in excitement, "oh, I can't wait until they return tomorrow. I can't wait until the mystery unfolds. Until then, it could be anything." Princess Shayla smiles at the thought of a mystery once more, before turning around to face the three rangers. "Speaking of tomorrow," she starts, with a smile, "it nearly is tomorrow. You three should get some sleep." The others agree, and Taylor is the first to speak up, "see you guys in the morning. Goodnight, Princess."
The Princess says with a nod of her head, "goodnight, Taylor." Then Max and Danny head in the opposite direction, saying goodnight to Princess Shayla, who says it back, before turning in. Princess Shayla smiles after them, "goodnight, rangers." From there, she turns her attention back to the night sky.
Back At Their Camp
Alyssa and Cole had finished eating themselves, and were also settling in for the night. They were doing a little talking, until Cole yawns. Alyssa smiles and speaks up, "I guess its time for bed, huh?" Coles smiles and agrees, "guess so. Thanks, Alyssa." Alyssa nods with a smile, "I'm just glad your feeling better." Cole smiles gratefully at his friend, and she smiles back, until she says, breaking the sentence, "I'll be right back," and starts for outside, with Cole already falling fast asleep.
Alyssa walks outside into the warm night air, and is about to put out the fire, until she observes that its already dying down. She smiles, deciding to leave it alone, and walks back to her tent, climbing inside. Then she takes a seat, and pulls a few blankets over Cole, to make sure that he stays warm during the night. Then she pulls the blankets up around her shoulders, feeling a little chilly, even though its about 70 degrees outside.
She looks up to see Cole's sleeping face a foot or two away from her own. She smiles and whispers, "goodnight, Cole," and then closes her eyes, as sleep soon finds her itself.
(Sorry, I know I said a lot more would happen in this chapter, but I didn't want to make it too long. But I promise that the part where I mentioned something almost happening between them. That, and everything else will be in the next chapter, which I'm already working on. Promise.)
The two wolves start to advance towards Alyssa, seeing as to how their attention spans had been diverted from Cole to her. She continues to swing the tree branch around, making sure the wolves won't turn on Cole, who's already trying to fight off the first wol. Fortunately, Cole manages to fight off the first wolf, but not before it gets a good scratch out of him. Cole brushes off the pain, and then runs over and in front of Alyssa, to protect her from the current 2 advancing wolves.
Unfortunately, it becomes three, when the leader of the pack, rejoins his friends. Alyssa looks from them, to Cole. Her mouth drops in shock, when she sees the serious scratch marks on Cole's upper arms, and face. She asks him with concern, "Cole, are you alright?" Cole nods his head, "I'll be okay, as soon as we can get away from these wolves." Then he asks her the same question, and she agrees. Alyssa suddenly gets an idea, "Cole?"
Cole responds, "yeah?" Alyssa asks him, "it may or may not work, but what about trying to talk to them?" Cole considers this, "I could give it a try, but-" before he can complete that sentence, the wolves begin to charge once again, and Alyssa and Cole drop into defensive stances, preparing to fight off the dogs, the best they can, without seriously hurting them.
One of the dogs bites at Alyssa's lower left leg, and tears skin. She shrieks in pain, and pushes the dog away. Another dog bites at Cole's leg, and leaves a gash. Cole pushes the dog off, but another dog charges at him, and he loses his balance. After he hits the ground, and while Alyssa tries to get to him, still busy with the first wolf, the other two, begin to attack Cole, at his chest area. Alyssa manages to fight off the first dog, just after the leader of the pack, slices at Cole's left cheek.
After fighting off the third dog, and pushing him away, Alyssa runs over and in front of Cole, pushing the other two dogs away. Cole remains on the ground, shirt torn, bleeding on his upper arms, and chest. Alyssa picks up the branch, and points it in the dogs' direction, but doesn't hit them with it. She just tries to scare them with it. And then, when they start to advance on the two again, Alyssa turns around, to see herself facing a small tree.
Alyssa takes one more look at the dogs, before turning around, and hitting the branch against the tree, with everything she has. She actually manages to snap the tree in half, because of the impact, surprising herself, Cole, and the dogs, who look at Cole, and then Alyssa, and then turn in the opposite direction, and disappear into the night. Alyssa watches them leave, before dropping the stick, and rushing to Cole's side.
She stoops down by him onto the ground, and asks, helping him to sit-up, "Cole, are you okay?" Cole ndos his head, "I think so," he manages to say. Alyssa looks all around to make sure the dogs don't return, and then turns back to Cole, and places a hand on his shoulder, "Cole, I've got to get you back to camp." Cole almost protests, "but Alyssa, your leg-"
Alyssa shakes her head, "don't worry about me. Its a small bite, I'll be fine. Its you I'm worried about. And no buts, either. We've gotta get out of here. Before those dogs decide to come back." She brings Cole's right arm around her shoulder, and then slowly helps him to stand to his feet. Then she wraps an arm around his waist, and step-by-slow step, they begin to make their way back to camp.
10 Minutes Later
The two finally reach camp. Cole has passed the point of exhaustion, and is fastly losing consciousness. But he fights to keep his eyes open, long enough for Alyssa to get him back to his tent. Alyssa looks around, and is relieved to see that nothing bad had happened, while they were gone. She walks over to her tent, with Cole, still managing to walk, and still on her shoulder. She walks into her tent, and helps Cole to sit on a blanket she has laid out.
She walks out, and over to the firewood. She stoops down in front of it, and using a few matches, starts up a fire. After successfully starting the fire, Alyssa walks back to her tent, and when she looks inside, she smiles sadly. Cole had fallen asleep, after losing consciousness from the battle and the walk back to camp. Alyssa grabs her book-bag, and after reaching inside, she grabs her medi-kit. She grabs gauze pads, a healing cream, a kind of disinfectant spray, a few cloths, and bandages.
She takes off Cole's shoes, and then rolls up his pant leg. She sees the gash on his leg, and gives off a sad look. She uses the spray for his leg, to protect his wound against infection, germs, and rabies, in case those wolves were carrying some. Then she takes a cloth, amd holds it on his leg, to allow the spray to work. After doing this, she puts the cloth aside, and then squeezes some of the healing cream onto a bandage.
She carefully wraps the bandage around his leg. Once the bandage is around his leg, she takes a few gauze pads, and does the same thing. Once she's all done with wrapping his leg, she rolls his pant leg back down, and starts on his chest. She takes off his vest, and lifts his shirt up, in order to completely bandage his chest. She winces at the sight of the scratch marks and gash on his chest.
Alyssa's head drops for a second, "oh, Cole! What did they do to you?" Several tears escape her eyes, but she quickly brushes them away, and continues to bandage him up.
Back At The Animarium
The others had eaten long ago, and were getting ready to get to sleep soon. However, they were still dressed in their regular clothes. Taylor was reading a magazine, Danny reading a book on plants, Princess Shayla was out in the forest (still on the Animarium), talking with the wild zords, and Max was staring out at the sky. He's also the first to speak up, "I hope Alyssa and Cole are okay." Danny looks up from his book, while Taylor walks over to Max.
She sits by him at the table, and places a hand to his shoulder. He turns to her, and she shakes her head, "don't worry, Max. I'm sure they're fine." Max nods his head, while Danny speaks up, "I wonder if they might've found any lost animal spirits yet." All three rangers turn their heads, when Princess Shayla's voice comes into the distance. "Actually," she's heard saying, "I was just talking to the wild zords, and, according to the lion, it seems, there is a lost wild zord, near where Alyssa and Cole are."
Danny looks surprised, "really?" After the Princess nods, Max asks her, "how close?" Taylor speaks up next, "yeah, and what kind of wild zord is it, Princess?" Princess Shayla paces back and forth while answering, "actually, its very close....unfortunately, none of the wild zords can identify it yet." Max sounds surprised, "really?" Taylor nods her head, and stands up, "a mystery wild zord. Interesting."
Princess Shayla squirms in excitement, "oh, I can't wait until they return tomorrow. I can't wait until the mystery unfolds. Until then, it could be anything." Princess Shayla smiles at the thought of a mystery once more, before turning around to face the three rangers. "Speaking of tomorrow," she starts, with a smile, "it nearly is tomorrow. You three should get some sleep." The others agree, and Taylor is the first to speak up, "see you guys in the morning. Goodnight, Princess."
The Princess says with a nod of her head, "goodnight, Taylor." Then Max and Danny head in the opposite direction, saying goodnight to Princess Shayla, who says it back, before turning in. Princess Shayla smiles after them, "goodnight, rangers." From there, she turns her attention back to the night sky.
Back At Their Camp
Alyssa and Cole had finished eating themselves, and were also settling in for the night. They were doing a little talking, until Cole yawns. Alyssa smiles and speaks up, "I guess its time for bed, huh?" Coles smiles and agrees, "guess so. Thanks, Alyssa." Alyssa nods with a smile, "I'm just glad your feeling better." Cole smiles gratefully at his friend, and she smiles back, until she says, breaking the sentence, "I'll be right back," and starts for outside, with Cole already falling fast asleep.
Alyssa walks outside into the warm night air, and is about to put out the fire, until she observes that its already dying down. She smiles, deciding to leave it alone, and walks back to her tent, climbing inside. Then she takes a seat, and pulls a few blankets over Cole, to make sure that he stays warm during the night. Then she pulls the blankets up around her shoulders, feeling a little chilly, even though its about 70 degrees outside.
She looks up to see Cole's sleeping face a foot or two away from her own. She smiles and whispers, "goodnight, Cole," and then closes her eyes, as sleep soon finds her itself.
(Sorry, I know I said a lot more would happen in this chapter, but I didn't want to make it too long. But I promise that the part where I mentioned something almost happening between them. That, and everything else will be in the next chapter, which I'm already working on. Promise.)