After mayhem and Shelby said their goodbyes, they started on their long walk back to the northern pack. It seemed a lot longer back because they ran most of the way before the accident with Shelby and Garth. Shelby was just smiling the whole way back and so was mayhem.
" Mayhem?" Shelby asked
" what's up?" Mayhem responded
" im really happy you decided to stay. Let alone run the pack," Shelby said staring at the ground in front of her.
" I am too, I just don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing yet," Mayhem responded feeling worried about his new found duties.
" I have been yuri's second in command since my parents...," Shelby stopped
" are you okay, you don't need to talk about it if you don't want to," Mayhem responded concerened about why she didn't want to speak about her parents.
" thank you, I just miss them so much!" Shelby said before breaking down in tears. Mayhem noticed this and pulled her into a hug letting her soak his fur. They just sat there for a minute, staying in their embrace until something started growling behind them.
" oh boy," was the only thing mayhem could say.
"Where did that thing come from!!" Shelby screamed as she shifted behind mayhem.
" I'm geussing the woods," Mayhem responded getting a slap from Shelby.
" now is definitly not the time," Shelby responded scared for her life. The beast let out a thundering roar and started its way toward the two wolves. Mayhem just sat there waiting, watching for the weak spots in the bears movement. In the Rockies, there were hundreds of bears just like this one standing in front of him, so none of this was new to him, but it was for Shelby. As Mayhem observed the bears movements he noticed that when it walked it had a limp coming from the left front leg. Exactly what he was looking for. Mayhem then waited for it to get close enough to swipe at him, when it did he quick stepped to the right causing it to twist on its left leg to look at him. The bear roared again some of pain, some of anger. Mayhem then took his opportunity to ram his left leg causing the bear to fall. Mayhem the ran past to the right side of the bear and leaped on top of the bear and started to claw at the back of his neck feircly. The bear stood on his hind legs and tried to grab the black wolf off of him but mayhem jumped down and leaped at its exposed throat peircing the sling and striking an artery in its neck. The bear ripped mayhem off him and threw him into a tree, but it was too late. The bear tried to walk away but collapsed 20 feet away, as it bled out.
" mayhem!!" Shelby screamed as she ran up to him, "are you okay??"
" I'm fine. Are you okay is the real question, your panting," Mayhem said laughing.
"How did you do that!!" Shelby exclaimed with her fluffy tail wagging back and forth.
" you look so cute right now," Mayhem laughed.
" oh shut up, shelby said blushing a bit.
" that bear picked the wrong wolf to screw with." Mayhem said with pride
" I'd say," Shelby responded tail still wagging.
"Why don't we just get home, I'm pretty tired," Mayhem suggested.
" agreed," Shelby said as they started walking taking one last look at the now dead bear that mayhem took down single handedly.
"Seriously though, how did you do that?" Shelby asked curious.
" just what I had to do where I grew up, I always had to deal with bears back home." Mayhem answered as they continued walking to the northern pack. Shelby then leaned against mayhem and tangled her tail together with his which cause mayhem to smile the whole way home.
Im back if anyone still reads this. Hope to get you guys back.