Chapter 9: Awaken

Nova started to wake up. "Ugghh what happen," "Where am I?" "You're ummm I don't know where are we actually," Cloud said thinking about their current location. "AHHHHH a northern wolf, HELPPP!" "Relax Nova he is with us," Lilly said as she walked over to Nova. "What are you all the way out here, aren't you supposed to be back in Idaho?" "Yeah, until we left to rescue you and my mum from the Northern pack, by the way where is she?" Nova asked as she feared the worst. "She is still in the Northern pack territory and we don't know if she is dead or alive, last time we saw her she was surround by wolves" Lilly said as she started crying again. Nova also started crying. "I am sure she is fine," Cloud said as he tried to comfort them. "HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER EVEN KNEW MY MUM SO HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, TELL ME!" Nova screamed as tears poured down her face. She started to cry on Cloud and Cloud started to hug her to comfort her. "Its okay everything would be fine, everything would fine," Cloud said as thoughts ran through his head. "What is this weird feeling," Cloud thought. "Thank you I needed that," Cloud blushed. "Anytime," Cloud said trying to cover up that weird feeling. "Anyways we should be heading towards Jasper," "No I am going to the Northern Pack and rescue my mum if she is alive or I will avenge her if she is dead," Nova said as she started walking North. "If you are going I'm going too," Lilly said sharing the same feeling as Nova. "Alright, then I am coming to," "Why I understand why my aunt is going but why you," "Ummm….." Cloud started to think of an excuse for he just want to be with Nova. "Because I know their patrol pattern and where they are holding Kate, also I want to make sure that Lilly is okay," "Okay, then lets go" "Umm before we go aren't you hungry Nova?" AS if on cue Nova's stomach rumbled. "I guess I am," Lilly giggled. "Now I see where she got her personality from," Lilly thought to herself "Exactly like Kate as well duty before food," Cloud headed back to the den and returned with 2 squirrels from before. As soon as Cloud gave Nova the squirrel she tear it to pieces and eating it up quickly. When she finish she had blood all over her muzzle. "That was satisfying, I was so hungry that it was like I haven't eaten for days," Nova said as she started to lick her muzzle clean. When Nova finished she asked "How do I look?" "You missed a spot," Cloud said as he licked the blood off Nova's muzzle. Nova blushed. "There all clean," "Thank you," "Ummm you guys done yet," Lilly said frustrated as she knew there was something between them but she still didn't know what." "Yeah lets go,"

Garth and the pups stopped in a meadow and Humphrey and Linus was resting by in the shade of a nearby tree. "I miss these moments, I thought when I had pups I will be playing with them all day but I guess it is not going to happen." Humphrey said as he started crying into his fur. "I guess you are still grieving over Nova," "Yeah pretty much," "I'm sorry Humphrey if I had been more stricter to your pups all of this will never had happen it is all my fault," "No it isn't Linus even though if you were stricter to them they will still find a way to help rescue Kate," "How do you know that?" "They are all like Kate in some way, they all care for each other," "Thank you Humphrey for saying that but I still feel that it is my fault,"

Back to Garth and the pups

"The first thing to taking out an enemy silently is to aim for the throat and rip it out quickly" "After you have killed them drag their body to a bush or something that will cover up their body so the other wolves wont noticed that we are there," "But the first thing we are going to do is increase you speed, stamina and strength. Since we don't have a river nearby we are going to work on strength and stamina. Everybody grab a bunch of sticks and meet me back here." 10 minutes and the pups returned with 7 sticks each. "Now run around the meadow 2 times while carrying the sticks," By the time they have finish it was noon and they were about to drop dead. "Alright guys take a break, we continue training in 5 minutes," Garth said "WHAT!" they all shouted in unison. "Relax I was only kidding," Garth said as he was laughing on the floor. "We will continue training after lunch how does that sound," "That's better," they said as they headed over where Humphrey and Linus were resting. "How was training?" Humphrey asked but before they could answer they all dropped to the ground. "I guess very tiring," Humphrey chuckled as he pulled them into the shade of the tree. "How are they doing Garth?" "Amazingly well," "Great, now look after them while Linus and I go and fetch lunch before they wake up," "I think you should bring extra just in case," "Sure thing"

After searching for food for 30 minutes Humphrey and Linus were about to give up until they saw 2 caribou in a middle of a clearing. "Alright you take the one on the right and I take one on the left on my mark," "GO!," Humphrey leaping towards the caribou's throat and sinking his teeth in until he tasted blood and the caribou stop struggling. He turned to see that Linus was struggling and was about to lose his grip. In a flash Humphrey leaped toward the caribou slashing its throat and causing the caribou to fall to the ground. "Thanks," "No problem." They started to put the caribou back to Garth and the pups until they got too tired. Humphrey let out a rally howl. 10 minutes later Garth and the pups arrive and decided to find a river instead of going back to the meadow. Garth searched around as Humphrey and Linus regain their energy. Using his alpha skills Garth found a river and ran back to the others. Garth helped Humphrey and Linus carry the caribou to the river. As they reached the river they all started to dig in. As soon as they finished they all laid back and rubbing their stomach. "I never had been so full in my life before," Shadow said as he let out a burp. "Oops," They all laughed including Shadow. "Alright you guys have 5 minutes until we return back to training," "Awwww more training," they said letting out a sigh.

Lilly was walking in front and Cloud and Nova were following her making sure that she didn't fall behind. Cloud and Lilly were talking about different things like the weather, the things around them and telling each other jokes. "Hey guys can we take a break?" Lilly asked as she started to get tired of walking. "Sure lets find some shelter first," Cloud said. 5 minutes later they found a small den. "Alright lets stay here for the night and I will go and find something for us to eat," Cloud said as he left the den in search for rabbits and squirrels. "So Nova what do you think about Cloud?" Nova blushed a little. "Ummm… he is very funny, caring and always willing to help me, anyways how did you meet him," Lilly told Nova about what happen and how they tried to escape and how Kate got left behind," "Wow, you guys have been through a lot," "Now why don't you tell us how you got all the way out here," Just before Nova started to tell her adventure Cloud walked in carrying 3 rabbits. "So what were you guys talking about before I walked in," "Well you know, stuff," Lilly said as she winked at Cloud. Cloud blushed a bit. "Anyways lets eat I'm starving, by the way Cloud can you teach me how to hunt," "Sure," Cloud said smiling. Night approaches and the temperature drop really low and Nova started to shake uncontrollable. Cloud walk up to Nova and started to cuddled with Nova. "What are you doing?" Nova asked as she started to move away from Cloud trying to hide her blush. "Just sharing my body heat it looked like you needed it," "Oh thanks," Nova said as she move closer to Cloud. Lilly was so frustrated that she was trying to figure out what is going on between them. Lilly got so tired from thinking and fell asleep at the back of the den. Cloud and Nova stay up talking for 5 minutes and fell asleep both snuggling each other with a smile across their face.