Chapter 12 complications

Humphrey walked silently over to the wolf and bit into the scruff of his neck, (hard enough to break the skin and cause him to bleed profusely). Cloud yelped loud and woke Nova and Lilly from their sleep. Humphrey threw the northern wolf out of the small den with all the strength he could muster. And watched the wolf fly out and slam hard into a tree trunk. "What the hell?!" Cloud screamed and tried to catch his breath at the same time. "You hurt my kid, I hurt you." Humphrey growled as he stomped over to his enemy. "DAD! STOP IT!" But Humphrey was too blind with fury, to hear her. He ran right at Cloud and rammed his head into his gut, Then slammed his jaws together on his front leg and Cloud did the same but bit into Humphrey's ear taking the end off. "Humphrey!" Lilly screamed. Humphrey looked over at Lilly. The way she said it, her voice, and even the expression on her face was the exact same way Kate screamed it when she was slipping into the muddy canal. Cloud bit into Humphrey's neck then Nova shouted "Cloud! Let him go that's my dad!" Cloud let go caught his breath and said. "What?" Humphrey looked over at his daughter, and with an awestruck look he said, "Nova?! You're alive?!" He limped over to his daughter and hugged her hard saying "Nova. I thought I lost you..." "Daddy I thought I would never see you again..." just then Garth and the rest of the rescue crew turned the corner and Lilly screamed in pain. Everyone looked over at her, a very tiny snow white puppy (apart from the blood) was crying near Lilly's backside. Garth darted over to his mate's side in his head was ecstatic that he didn't miss the birth of his pups she screamed and one more came out, *This isn't as beautiful as I pictured it in my head...* Nova and the rest of the rescue crew ran over Humphrey crawled over in time to see the last pup be born. "5 beautiful puppies. Congratulations." Lance said. "Holy crap! Humphrey is hurt badly!" Felix shouted. "Cloud! You are bleeding!" Nova shouted. Garth and the pups looked over at Humphrey. "Will he be ok?" River asked. Felix gave Humphrey a look over. "His neck is badly damaged and the tip of his ear is gone. He will be ok but this will take at least a few weeks to heal." To hell with that!" Humphrey said standing up. "We have to rescue Kate tomorrow." "I think my paw is broken..." Cloud said limping over everyone looked over "Who's the Coyote?" asked Garth. "Who ARE you?" asked Humphrey. "HE'S... My boyfriend..." said Nova stepping forward. Everyone went silent. "...Ok." said Humohrey breaking the awkward silence. Cloud stepped forward "Am I going to be ok?" Felix examined the wound. "No doubt about it Humphrey shattered the bone. You won't be able to walk on it for at least 3 months." Lilly looked over, still slightly dizzy, she said "But he knows the northern wolves territory backwards, inside out, and with his eyes closed, we are going to need him." "Well he's in no shape to go into a full on attack like we are planning." "We could use him as a distraction..." Nova said. " Everyone looked over at her. "What do you mean?" Humphrey asked stepping forward. "Well... Everyone there knows him... They will expect him to be walking around their territory." "Yeah... And the wounded and prisoners share the same cave..." said Cloud. "Great then it's decided." Garth said stepping forward. "We use whatshisname as bait and when he's with Kate we move in and attack while he silently takes Kate outta there." "Sounds like a good plan to me." said Felix. "Good, then we move right after lunch." Garth said. "Felix, Lance, Humphrey, you come with me, the rest of you stay with your aunt." And the small pack went to find lunch.