Chapter 7...wow, I'm on a role! I just might actually finish this one!

Dot put a trembling hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Yakko...we gotta try..." she said, for the first time in her life, she seemed to be the only one who wasn't willing to give up. Yakko sighed and pulled himself together, got up, and wiped the tears from his face.

"Yo-you're right, Dot. We can't give up. Not now. He needs us..." Yakko trailed off, looking once again at his little brother. He was barely breathing now, and his eyes were still completely blank. Yakko wondered if Wakko even knew he was there at all. Just then, a low growl from behind them had them spinning around.

There, in the clearing, was the same wolf that had started this whole mess. It still had the stick in it's side, though the wound had been completely healed.

It lowered his head, bared it's fangs and let out an angry growl. It lifted it's head and let out a blood-curtling howl. Yakko and Dot were frozen to the spot. (hey that rhymed!)

As the wolf stepped closer, it seemed to snear at them. Dot looked around desprately looking for something, anything to fight the wolf with, but found nothing. Then she remembered something. She reached up under Wakko's shirt and found what she was looking for; the mallet. With a devilish grin, she gripped the object, raised it up over her shoulder, and charged at the wolf, no longer bothering to use common scence.

The wolf, remembering that mallet from earlier, jumped back just as Dot swung it. Dot swung again, and again only sliced through air. The wolf, even being a beast, realized this little girl had lost it. The older one, the one that was holding what he had come for, looked on in horror at what his sister was doing, but too affariad to do anything. The wolf lifted his head and let out another ear-piercing howl, but this time it didn't go un-heard. Soon, low growling could be heard from all around. Crimson red eyes peared out from all around, through the darkeded forest. They were surrounded.

Yakko, at last able to move, gently set Wakko down on the soft grass, pulled out his paddle ball, and ran in to fight with his sister.

No sooner had he joined her, hundreds of wolves came rushing into the clearing, growling and snarling. Yakko and Dot swung aimlessly, hopeing they would prevail, but knowing they wouldn't.

Somehow, they had managed to send most of the rabid dogs yalping back into the forest, and now only a few remained. One of them, ofcorse, being the leader. The remaining wolves had gathered infront of Yakko and Dot, and were moveing closer, like a wall of wolves. As Dot began to swing the mallet again, the leader swiped a huge clawed paw at it, and sent it flying a few yards away. Dot let out a yelp of surprise.

Knowing they were done for, they just stood there, trembling. Atleast they would die as a familly. And then they heard it. More growling from behind them. It wasn't as low as the other wolves', but it was still angry. They spun around and saw...Wakko.

He was on all fours, his eyes were glowing even brighter than they had been. His muzzle had gotten longer, and they were fitted with long, sharp fangs. Long, ivory claws had sprouted from his hands and feet. He lowered his head and with a cross between a howl and a scream, he lunged for his siblings.

They cringed, and awaited his blow, but it didn't come. Instead, the felt him fly past them, then they heard more yelping. Spinning around, they saw that their brother was actually fighting the other wolves. (gee, who didn't see that one comeing?)

Now all that was left was the leader. Wakko was only about a quarter of it's size, and he knew he didn't have a chance. But at that moment, he didn't care. The only thing on his mind was protecting his siblings.

Dot senced this, and decided she didn't want to see her brother torn appart by this thing. She quickly ran over, and grabbed her brother, who yelped in surprise but didn't fight it. Her and Yakko ran back into the forest, away from the wolf, who was now running after them.

It didn't take long for Dot to lose the wolf, but unfortuneatly, she had also lost Yakko. They had somehow gotten seperated in the dark forest.

Dot couldn't run anymore. Her whole body ached and she was so tired...and her brother was alot heavier than she remembered. She stopped and fell aginced the nearest tree, Wakko now laying on her lap. He looked up at her, his emotions slowly returning. Dot smiled.

"Thanks...for saveing us back there..." Dot whispered. Wakko just gave a weak smile. Sleep took hold of Dot before she knew it, she could feel her eyelids growning heavy and her mind fogging over.

"I'm...so cold..." Dot whispered, and just before she drifted off to sleep, she heard her brother whisper,

"...I'm not..."

Looks at that last part and cringes Ehhh...boy. Hope I don't get sued for that last part O.O

Oh and I realize this chapter is really badly written, I did it around midnight...bleh. And when I read it today, I found myself realizeing that you can't actually fight a wolf with a paddle ball thing...

And yes. I realize they're all way OOC, but that's just how I write them I guess...