[Please note that this chapter may be a little graphic.]

Everest couldn't stop running. After she left the Lookout she ran straight for the woods behind it. "I have to stop it." Everest thought while she ran. She finally stopped at an edge of a cliff. Everest looked down below and slowly walked back.

"You know you want to," Everest twirled around to see her clone with a smirk. She walked up to Everest with extended claws and began scratching down her left arm. Everest yelped and drew her arm back, the blood oozing down her arm. Everest glared back at her twin who just laughed.

"Do you even know who I am," She laughed as Everest glared back at her. Everest got up and lunged at the pup who dodged her. Everest fell to the ground with a grunt.

"No but I don't care...you won't win," Everest shot back. The pup just laughed as Everest tried to get back up. The pup made a quick slash at neck, not deep enough to kill her but enough to draw some blood. The pup then turned Everest over and clawed down booth her sides. Everest screamed as she kept making a deep cut on her sides.

Everest kicked the pup off of her. She slowly stood up, glaring at herself.

"Accept it...you can't win...you can't control me," The pup said. Everest sat back and buried her face in her paws. Everest suddenly looked up at the pup/herself.

"I do know you…" Everest started. The pup's smirk was suddenly washed off her face. Everest walked up to her darker clone.

"I can control you because you're inside of me," Everest said as she licked the cuts on the other's Everest's face clean.

"You're the easy way out...but I can fight it," Everest said as she finished cleaning her clone's' body. The pup stepped back and covered her eyes before removing them. Instead of black pits, they were now bright golden. All of her clones cuts faded away as well.

"Then you've forgiven yourself...you have moved on...rest easy," She said to Everest. He clone slowly faded away.

Everest stood there before pain shot through her body. She looked down to see blood on her claws. She looked closer at her claws and noticed tiny bits of flesh on them. She started feeling light headed.

"It's over...the nightmares...it's finally over," Everest said. She began walking towards the lookout. Half way there she began to feel light head. Everest took several forced steps before she collapsed and lost consciousness.

Chase was leading Marshall and Skye through the forest, her scent was still strong enough for Chase to follow. Chase stopped and took off his pup pack that he brought with him.

"What is it?" Marshall asked. Skye stepped behind Chase and saw droplets of blood on the ground. Marshall stood behind Chase who was lifting a black metal object out of his bag.

"Chase…" Skye started. Chase looked at her and sighed.

"Ryder and Rocky modified these guns so that a dog could use them..." Chase said while checking his pistol (P99 Walther).

"They were made for worst case scenarios...and issued me one since I'm already trained to use one," Chase finished. He stood up and looked at Skye and Marshall.

"Why now?" Skye asked.

"Because that blood was from Everest...and you can turn back now if you want or stay and help me find her," Chase said. Marshall and Skye glanced at each other before looking back at Chase.

"We'll do it," Marshall said. Skye nodded in agreement. Chase stood up on his hind legs and clipped a holster for his gun on his right rear leg. He dropped his gun in his holster before placing his pup pack on his back.

"Let's get to it then," Chase said. Chase kept following Everest's scent until he found the cliff where she was.

"I'm so sorry Chase…" Skye said, placing a paw on Chase's shoulder. Chase noticed that the blood trail continued towards the lookout.

"This way," Chase said. Marshall and Skye followed Chase as he ran. He kept following the blood until he found a lump of fur laying by a tree. He ran up to Everest and noticed all the cuts on her body.

"Marshall you have any bandages?" Chase asked.

"Yeah...good thing I grabbed my EMT pack," Marshall said before covering up all of Everest's wounds. Chase got up and unstrapped his holster and stared at Marshall.

"I need you to carry this," Chase said, strapping his holster to Marshall's leg.

"W-why?" Marshall asked, disliking the fact that he had a weapon on him.

"Because I have to carry her back...and if something happens I need you to defend us," Chase said. He placed a paw on Marshall's shoulder.

"I've never shot a gun before," Marshall said.

"You got this...I know you can do it if needed," Chase said. He turned around and saw Skye nodding at him.

"Let's just get back to the Lookout," Skye said. Chase turned and lifted Everest on his back. The group started towards the Lookout.

Halfway to the Lookout Chase stopped and noticed Everest stirring. He gently placed her down and watched her eyes slowly open.

"C-Chase…" She lightly said. Chase pulled her into and embrace.

"I...I-," Everest was cut off by Chase.

"You can tell us later when you're in better condition," Chase told Everest. She nodded as Chase helped her stand.

"Can you walk?" Skye asked.

"Barely," Everest said while trying to stand. She was able to stand and walk with Chase's help. Chase suddenly stopped and looked to his right.

"What is it?" Skye asked. Chase gestured for everyone to be quite.

"Skye...get Everest to the Lookout now," Chase said. Skye nodded and helped Everest up. Chase motioned Marshall to stay behind him. Marshall quivered behind Chase.

"Wolves…" Chase said as three wolves emerged from the brush in front of them.

"What do we have here," One of the wolves said.

"Someone you shouldn't mess with," Chase challenged. The wolf narrowed his eyes. Chase stood firm while Marshall was feeling uneasy.

"Maybe we should teach you to learn some respect," The lead wolf said. He motioned one of the wolves to attack Chase. The wolf leaped at Chase who dodged the wolf. Chase pounced on the wolf's back and sunk his teeth into the wolf's neck. Blood spurted from the puncture as the wolf howled in pain. Chase extended his claws and used them to slit the wolf's neck.

The wolf fell limp as Chase released himself from the wolf. Blood oozed itself from the wolf's neck. Chase turned and stared at their leader once more.

"You take the spotted one...I'll have pleasure mauling this one," The lead wolf said before approaching Chase. They circled each other before leaping into Chaos.

Marshall watched the fight and stood in shock when he realized Chase killed someone. He was brought back to reality when he saw the other wolf slowly walking to him.

Marshall backed up before quickly going to his hind legs and drawing the pistol. The wolf was faster though and tackled Marshall before he could fire a shot. Marshall struggled to get free as the wolf held him firmly in place.

"I'm going to enjoy this," The wolf sneered as he bit into Marshall's left shoulder. Marshall screamed in pain. Marshall managed to find the strength to headbutt the wolf. The wolf released his grip on Marshall as he bumped the wolf off of him.

Marshall tackled the wolf to the ground and sunk his teeth into the wolf's neck, tearing the flesh from his neck. Marshall slowly back away from the wolf as he watched the wolf gurgle on his blood. He soon fell limp and his eyes rolled to the back of his head.

Marshall stared at the body before spewing his insides all over the ground. After vomiting he looked up and grabbed the pistol. He heard a loud yelp as he saw the lead wolf on top of Chase. Both sides had wounds on their bodies.

"I'm going to kill you...then tear into the flesh of your friend," The wolf sneered. He put his paws on both of Chase's arms and extended his claws into them to hold them down. Chase yelped and whimpered as he felt the claws pierce his flesh.

"I'm so g-*BAM*" The wolf was cut off as the front of his face exploded onto Chase. Chase gasped and pushed the body off of him. He looked up at saw Marshall with the gun, trembling.

"I-I k-killed him…" Marshall said, dropping the pistol to the ground and collapsing. Chase caught him mid fall and soothed the terrified dalmatian.

"You had to do it Marshall," Chase said. The dalmatian sobbed into Chase's shoulder.

"I couldn't let him kill you…" Marshall choked out. Chase shh'd him and brought him closer and tightened the grip around him. Chase looked at Marshall and brushed the tears off his cheeks.

Chase heard a twig snap and grabbed the pistol. He aimed it at the direction of the sound before slowly lowering it. He saw Ryder, Rubble, Zuma, and Rocky coming to them. All of them stopped when the noticed the bloody mess around the two pups.

"Ryder, sir…" Was all the escaped Chase's lips.

"Chase…" Ryder began.

Well I do hope you guys enjoyed that chapter, enjoyed writing it as well.

Oh and to those who got confused with the whole Everest vs Everest thing.

~Everest was hallucinating the side of her that wanted to commit suicide and her scratches/wounds were from herself. To her it may have been the hallucination that wounded her but it was really her.

~Then to the part where she begins licking her darker side is to show that she is mending the wounds of her past and moving on.

~Finally to where she encounters her side that fought the idea of suicide. This is to represent that she has finally moved on and can start anew.

This part was to just help readers if they got confused at all from the first part of this chapter.

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this chapter. And I'll see you in the next one!

~Skyfire119