Under many circumstances that everyone should know about now, I now have a lot more free time to sit down and write, so here's chapter 10!
"What was that?" Rocky asked me in disbelief. We both stared into the horizon, watching as the cloud faded and another explosion boomed again. The other pups had ran out of the arena to find out what that loud noise was, and, once they saw the massive black cloud, stared in horror at what was going on in the horizon. Ryder called us into the lookout tower, giving us a rundown on what was happening. Everyone in Adventure Bay had called in reporting a massive explosion, and Ryder assigned me, Rocky and Skye to find out what was happening in the forests. Rubble, Zuma and Marshall were put on standby, just in case something went wrong in the forests. We all nodded and me, Rocky and Skye headed towards the forests. Skye flew above head while Rocky and I zoomed across Adventure Bay. As we entered the forest, we saw floods of animals rush out of the forests, all except for the wolves. We flew in deeper and found trees with multiple scratch marks and some slightly stained with drops of blood. The explosions were getting louder, and soon we started to hear howling.
As we broke through the bushes, we found multiple wolves fighting each other, each attempting to tear into each other's flesh. We first hid in the brush to hide and observe what was going on. Both sides of the wolves were howling in a foreign, yet familiar, language, and almost all the wolves had powers of their own. The explosions came from the massive collisions of power and energy, each blast shooting a cloud into the air. The wolves were all brutal, they clawed, bit, scratched, rammed, and fought each other, each side as neutral as the other. No one was making any ground, and who knows what they could be fighting for.
Soon, we had seen enough. Skye hopped out of the brush and snatched a few fighters and suspended them into the air. The confused wolves turned and found us hiding in the brush, and started to bombard us with their powers. They shouted rough words like "intruder" and "foreigners," but the rest were all lost in their language. I tried to dodge most of their attacks, but they were all very fast. The white wolves had great speed on foot, some mimicking my speed while others showed powers of great strength. In the air, the some of the grey wolves had taken flight with their powers, giving Skye a hard time to fend them off. Skye soon lost grip on the fighting wolves and I was running for my life to not get hit by any attacks. Rocky, on the other hand, was untouched, as though the wolves couldn't see him.
We started to get pushed back, and we lost ground from the sheer power these wolves had. Not only were they able to fight off us, but also each other at the same time. Their powers were raw and immense, something I hadn't seen until now. We needed to retreat and regroup. We obviously didn't have the knowledge or the power to fight them off. I called Rocky and Skye to retreat, and they followed me out of the forest. The wolves, luckily, didn't follow us as we fled, and soon after the clouds of smoke reappeared after a few seconds.
"We need a better plan. These wolves are tougher than I thought" Skye gasped for air. Rocky and I were surprised, after all, she was the strongest.
"Their powers are all so simple, yet they all could overpower us, and even have the energy to fight each other. There's no way we can beat them. The best we can do is to break up the fight before it gets too out of hand" Rocky suggested.
"Why don't we get the other pups?" Skye asked, about to call Ryder on her pup tag.
"No, we can't bring the other pups here. They are simply too strong and too many of them for us to handle." I replied. "Rocky, how do you propose we split up the fight?"
"Well, I was thinking along the lines of luring them away from each other. Skye can lure away the white wolves while Chase and I can get the grey wolves." Rocky explained. Skye and I nodded and we split up, hoping that Rocky's plan would work. I followed Rocky to the back lines of the grey wolves, while we watched Skye zoom towards the white wolves. We waited until Skye once again rushed in towards the fight, this time luring the white wolves away. We then hopped back into the fight, getting the grey wolves to target us. Surprisingly, Rocky's plan worked much better than I had thought. The greys and whites split and chased us as we simply ran away from the war zone. Blasts of wind ruffled our fur, but other than that, we were dodging everything the wolves could throw at us.
Soon enough, we had separated the wolves from each other, and I tried to jolt away. However, a wolf caught my leg, and I came to a halt, my face landing right into the dirt beneath me. The wolf snarled as it snapped at me, and I shut my eyes. I guess that was it, dead to an aggressive wolf, but for some reason the pain never happened. I reopened my eyes and found that the wolves were gone. Instead, I found Rocky standing by my side, gently patting my shoulder.
"What's going on here? You just decided to break down?" Rocky laughed. I quickly scanned the area around me. There were no more wolves. I slowly got up as Rocky helped support me. I had a pretty big bite mark on my leg, but other than that I was completely unharmed.
"Where's Skye?" I asked as I limped towards a tree, leaning on it.
"I don't know, I haven't seen her since we split." Rocky mentioned.
"We need to find her" I strictly stated as Rocky sat down on the ground.
"Don't worry, Skye can take care of herself, and you need to rest anyways. That bite on your leg needs attention." Rocky calmly told me. He proceeded to call Ryder to send Marshall over to our location to tend to some minor wounds. Soon we heard Marshall's ambulance howl over the trees and arrive where we were. He had his kit ready with bandages and disinfectant, tending to my wounds and binding my leg with a small layer of bandages before asking where Skye was.
"Skye went the other way to break up the fight" Rocky explained.
"Fight? What fight?" Marshall asked, getting worried.
"It was just a fight between some wolves, nothing too big." I replied. Marshall gave a deep sigh of relief as he gestured towards us to hop into his truck. Rocky hopped in while I hesitated. Those wolves are strong, enough to overpower Skye easily. I felt that Skye wasn't as fine as Rocky thought she was. I called to Marshall that I was going to hang back and look for Skye. Marshall nodded and left with Rocky in the back resting. I wandered around for a bit before I heard a familiar voice in the shrubs.
"Hey, you! White wolf!" a wolf called out to me. I recognized it as the wolf that had saved me from the grey wolves. "With me come! You friend danger!" he howled and quickly scampered away.
"Hey wait!" I called out to him as I followed behind him. What did he mean Skye was in danger? Did something happen to her? I quickly caught up behind the white wolf before he halted me right behind a bush.
"Here stay. Not safe you seen" the wolf cautioned, and left. I watched as he entered a camp full of white wolves and met with a cloaked wolf. He howled something that I couldn't understand, but next to him I saw Skye unconscious on the ground being guarded by two wolves. I started to feel horror, which then turned to anger. I knew Skye was no match for these wolves! I immediately hopped out of the brush and rushed towards Skye, not caring about who was in my way. I heard some nearby wolves howl in anger and I found two wolves flanking me on either side. I quickly zoomed by them, but they caught up with their own speed. Soon they surrounded me and brought me to a halt. I growled as I looked towards Skye, who was just a few meters away. I needed to get her out before they did anything. The wolves started to get closer as my growls intensified. I jumped at a few wolves but none broke their formations.
As they got within clawing range, I heard a louder bark come from outside of the ring. The wolves soon fell out of formation, leaving me free. I took this moment to get to Skye. I stood over her and growled, making sure none of the wolves even touched her. They all looked at me in amusement. I heard one laugh among the wolves, and I heard another mention something about "mate". I started to blush. They had it all wrong, but it did seem like it. Still growling, I stepped away from Skye, which made the wolves laugh even more. The cloaked wolf approached me, and I snapped at him, however, he didn't even flinch.
"I am the leader of this clan. I heard from my fellow comrade that you are the one that will save us from this war?" the big wolf growled lowly.
"What if I am?" I snapped back.
"Well, if you were, you and your mate can leave safely. If not, we'll have to kill you" the wolf howled gently. I blushed once more.
"She's not my mate, just a fellow team member. That's all." I replied in a softer tone.
"So what makes you and my comrade think you are the chosen one? What can you do? Show me." the wolf barked.
"Even if I was, I wouldn't show you savages!" I replied harshly.
"Very well. Kill him." the wolf barked. The wolves around him soon started to corner me and I growled back. As soon as one charged towards me, I cut him right in the shoulder, knocking him backwards. I placed my claw in my muzzle and my eyes turned red.
"Knock them out." I commanded, and the wolf soon turned against his fellow wolves, who were all surprised that the controlled wolf was attacking them and not me.
"Impressive!" the big wolf clapped. I only growled. "You are the chosen one. You can stay. Or go, I don't mind."
"Why do you need me for anyways?" I asked.
"You don't know? Did you not witness the fight between the two clans earlier?" the wolf questioned. "The war between us has grown, even for us leaders to control. You were destined to stop this fighting so we can live in peace once more."
"And how am I supposed to do that? I can't even fend one group off with two other pups by my side?" I barked back.
"You were the chosen one. Fate will show you." the wolf replied simply.
"Chase? You're here? Where are we?" Skye groggily spoke. I picked up Skye onto my back and waved goodbye to the leader. He understood and nodded. I zoomed away from the camp, heading back to the lookout. I quickly deposited Skye into the infirmary where Marshall was looking at Rocky, and quickly left. I didn't know what to do. Should I help the white wolves with their problems or just leave them? Questions flew by my head, and I couldn't answer a single one. Suddenly, I remembered one detail about the breakup. Rocky left unscathed, and none of the wolves seem interested in him. That was very strange. I headed towards the infirmary once more when Rocky just so happened to have left. I caught him on the way out and started to question him.
"Hey Rocky, I have a question for you." I started.
"Sure, Chase, what do you want to know about?" Rocky asked, smiling.
"Do you know why the wolves didn't attack you?" I asked.
"Huh, I guess I was untouched. Weird. I don't know Chase. Most likely by pure coincidence." Rocky answered, but seemed very hesitant in his answer. Suspicious. He quickly scampered away towards his room, not making eye contact with me anymore. There was something weird about Rocky. I remembered that he did say he was a gray wolf, but never went any deeper than that. Perhaps there was something else about him. I headed towards Ryder's room and asked for permission to go camping in the forest. He agreed and I headed back towards the camp. When I arrived, however, I found that all the wolves had left. The camp was completely barren, but a scent trailed along a path. I quickly followed them where I found the white wolves crouched behind some trees and brush, and, in front of the covering, was a camp of grey wolves. I knew exactly what was happening. The white wolves were attacking.
I watched in horror as they all jumped out, swarming the unsuspecting grey wolves with howls and battle cries. The fight became out of control, and soon blood was shed all over the ground. Near a bigger cave, I saw the big white wolf circling another big wolf, most likely the leader of the grey wolves. I watched as the white wolf let out a flood of water around his paws, allowing him to dive between pools, as though he became liquid himself. He appeared and reappeared around the grey wolf, and occasionally nipped at the grey wolf. In retaliation, The grey wolf flew into the air, static electricity flowing in his fur. He sent bolt after bolt towards the waters. The pools of magical water lit up in a giant ball of flame, and it rose above the trees and into the air above it. A loud explosion could be heard once more.
"Hey! You! I see you hiding!" A gray wolf noticed and pounced towards me. I narrowly dodged his claw swiping my face, and I gave him a quick nip on his hind leg, drawing some blood.
"Stop moving" I commanded as he froze in place.
"What the…" the wolf spoke as I told him to close his mouth. He sat there still as a stone, whining as I slowly bounded into the camp. I needed to break up this fight again, but I couldn't do anything about it. There were wolves fighting in every which way, and the two powerful leaders were going hard at it, creating explosion after explosion. There was only one way to stop this. However, when I took a deep breath, getting ready to lose control, Massive thunder clouds formed above the sky, and rain started to pour down hard. All of the wolves halted and looked up at the sky, confused and scared. Even the two leaders had halted, and they looked at each other with a nervous expression. As I stared deeper into the clouds, I could see a pup dancing in the sky, sending bolt after bolt of electricity at the wolves. It was Rocky. I could see him falling slowly from the sky, and all of the wolves started to bow in his presence. What was going on? Rocky soon landed, and the wolves all started to cower in fear.
"What's going on here? I thought there was a fight? And why are they bowing?" Rocky asked me. I only shrugged.
"The gods had blessed us! Please forgive us all mighty one!" the big grey wolf howled. Both leaders had started to bow towards Rocky, and Rocky and I looked at each other in confusion. What in the world were these wolves going on about? Soon, all the wolves rose back onto their paws. The white wolves separated from the grey wolves, and most of them had left back to their camp. The leaders, however, stayed together. They seemed to be conversing about something. Rocky and I slowly walked up to them as they pushed us away. They obviously didn't want us listening in what they were talking about.
"Um, hello? What's going on here?" Rocky asked.
"Nothing all mighty one. We are simply conversing about our terms. You may head back up to the heavens O thunderous one" the grey wolf asked politely.
"Well, if we are done here, I guess we can head back. Come one Chase." Rocky beckoned.
"No, the brown one stays." the white wolf growled. Rocky hesitated at the wolf's strong statement, but Rocky left by zipping away through the trees.
"Chase was it?" the grey wolf asked. I nodded. "We should warn you about that pup."
"Rocky? What do you mean?" I asked.
"That pup is a very strange one. He has powers from both clans." the white wolf clarified. I only cocked my head in confusion. The leaders sighed.
"A long time ago, we used to be one tribe living together, using our powers in harmony. Us, the grey wolves had the powers of the sky, like the wind and the sun's fire. The white wolves gained the power of the earth and water, such as speed or water manipulation." the grey wolf started.
"As time went on, corrupt wolves started to crave for power, and wanted to hold all the power from both kinds, which led to these wolves to go crazy with power. They couldn't handle the immense power from the two kinds." the white wolf continued.
"That pup in the sky, he seemed to manifest both powers, which worries us wolves. That's why we acted like we do. Even though we are split, we share the same god, one that has the ability to control both powers with harmony." the grey wolf added.
"That's why we warn you about that pup. There is a good chance that that pup may soon not be the pup you know him as now. Watch him. Make sure he doesn't become corrupted with power." the white wolf cautioned. "We will be on good terms until this potential threat is over. For now, we will need to prepare for the disaster to strike."
"The disaster?" I asked.
"The disaster is the final ability that wolves with both powers can use. It signifies that the wolf is fully corrupted with power, and can not be saved any longer. It's happened once in wolf history, and it decimated multiple populations of wolves." the grey wolf explained. I nodded, and bowed. They bowed in return, and I zoomed back towards the lookout, taking in what they had told me.
My friend, Rocky, was a tool of ultimate destruction?
I hope you enjoyed chapter 10! I'll admit that this wasn't the best writing I could've done, and I feel it was slightly underdeveloped, but I have greater ideas for the future of this story. Anyways, Review, Grammar, Thanks for Reading!