WolfQuest Pack Story - Chap 6 - Finding Kimbra Part 2
Same time as the last chapter.
As soon as Shelby and Kovou had left and were out of sight, the pack started to wake up.
"Come on, pups! Time to wake up for your hunting lesson!" said Anuk, unaware that Shelby and Kovou were missing.
"Okay, mom! I'm ready!" said Sprint, stretching.
Anuk looked around, surprised that only Sprint had woken up. The only wolves Anuk could see were Shalon and Sprint.
"Sprint? Where are your brother and sister Kovou and Shelby?" said Anuk, sounding worried.
"I don't know...?" said Sprint, looking around. Indeed, Shelby and Kovou had completely vanished.
"I need to warn your dad!" said Anuk, quickly rushing over to her husband. "Shalon!"
"Shalon, wake up!" said Anuk, shaking the alpha male.
"Uh... wha?" said Shalon, opening his sleepy amber eyes. His eyes quickly widened when his beloved mate seemed worried.
"Anuk, what's wrong?!" asked Shalon. Although he seemed tough on the outside, he was really just a big softy deep on the inside.
"K-Kovou and Shelby are gone!" cried Anuk. "Only Sprint is left!"
"WHAT!" cried Shalon, leaping to his feet.
"Yes! You heard me correctly!" said Anuk.
All of a sudden, they could hear pawsteps. They turned and saw Sprint running towards them. "Wait! Mom! Dad! I think I know where Kovou and Shelby are!"
When Sprint arrived, he said, "They were talking about a wolf named Kimbra and wanted to go find her.."
Shalon gave Sprint a stern look, as if he was saying, Is that all?
"That's all I know," shrugged Sprint as if it wasn't important.
"What! Why didn't you tell me this before!" Shalon barked, baring his fangs at his second-oldest son.
"Sorry, dad," muttered Sprint, showing his face away from Shalon in shame, lowering it. "I didn't know it was that important.."
Then Sprint walked over to his dad and began chewing his neck, as if to say, Please forgive me!
"It's okay, Sprint, it's okay," said Shalon with a low growl.
"But we still need to go find Kovou and Shelby, before something bad happens to them. Anuk, stay here to guard our territory. Sprint, come with me."
"Okay, Shalon," said Anuk, sadly, her ears drooping down. "But please don't go too long, and when you come back make sure you bring our pups with you. I just worry so much for them. What if they were... abducted?" Anuk started sobbing and lowered her head as soft teardrops hit the ground.
"It's okay, honey, it's okay," said Shalon comfortingly, going over to Anuk and licking her face to make her feel better.
Anuk raised her face and forced a smile. "We promise we'll bring back our pups, and we won't stay out in the forest for more than at least 10 days."
"Thank you, Shalon," said Anuk. Shalon stroked Anuk's ears and ran off. "We'll be back soon!" he called. Sprint followed closely behind.
In the meanwhile...
"We need to find food," said Kovou. "I'm starting to get hungry."
"Same here!" said Shelby, her stomach slightly growling. "Let's go."
No sooner than Shelby had said that had Kovou suddenly started to sprint off. Shelby followed him, a bit surprised by his sudden action.
"I smell elk," said Kovou. But then he stopped, a look of revulsion on his face. Shelby quickly caught up with Kovou and ran up to the elk, unaware of the predator guarding it. "..Darn it, a bear is guarding it! Shelby, watch out!" Shelby was about to take a bite of the elk when she heard a bear growl. She looked up and saw a grizzly bear, and he did not look too pleased. He was about to claw Shelby but she quickly ran back to Kovou.
"Well, what should we do?!" asked Shelby.
Kovou held his breath for five seconds. After, he said, "Okay, this may sound crazy, but we need to eat!" Kovou was the type of wolf who would not take "no" for an answer that easily. He was determined to eat that elk, even if it cost his life. He quickly ran up to the bear without thinking and bit the bear twice.
He was going to bite the bear a third time but the bear quickly took notice and clawed Kovou. He backed away.
Although Shelby was now the youngest pup because Wika had died, she knew what Kovou was doing was downright mad. "Kovou, stop that right now! That bear will kill you!"
Kovou did not listen. He bit the bear again. "If we don't eat we'll die anyways!" he said.
The bear continued injuring Kovou. Bears can be the worst bullies, especially to wolves.
"Kovou, STOP THAT!" yelled Shelby, sternly. She pushed Kovou away from the bear with her nose.
Kovou still did not listen. Kovou was very, very determined to get that elk. Although he was extremely weak and his pulse was slowed, he charged at the bear one more time. The bear was really mad this time. He slapped Kovou with his paw, and the bear's sharp claws only made it worse. Kovou fell to the ground, his eyes closed.
Shelby gasped and quickly ran up to Kovou's body. "Kovou... Kovou, wake up! Kovou, WAKE UP!" Tears pierced the back of Shelby's eyes.
...
Kovou woke up. "What, what, what!" he cried. He looked around. The elk carcass with the bear guarding it had somehow disappeared. He turned around. Shelby was there and she seemed calm. Kovou could've sworn a minute ago she was scared and sad, far away from content.
"What happened!" he cried. "What do you mean, "what happened?"" asked Shelby, calmly. She didn't sound like she was about to cry at all. "I heard you grunting and growling and whimpering while you were sleeping. Maybe you had a bad dream or something."
Kovou's eyes turned back to normal. It was... just a dream? Oh, thank goodness Kovou didn't actually die.
"Oh... erm, right," said Kovou, calmer now.
"We should get going..." said Shelby. Kovou and Shelby ran off, back on the search for Kimbra.
In the meanwhile, with Shalon and Sprint.
Shalon and Sprint continued looking for their pups. Shalon sniffed the air. "They're close," he remarked. "I can smell their scent."
Sprint saw two figures running off into the distance. A ginger wolf with white tints and a brownish wolf were running together. "Hey, look, dad! I can see them!" Sprint and Shalon ran faster.
Kovou and Shelby had no idea they were being followed by their dad and brother.
"When I get those two," muttered Shalon with a low growl, "they're not gonna like it!" Shalon growled loudly. He was really, really mad that his pups were looking for an exiled wolf.
Shalon continued following them. "KOVOU! SHELBY!" he yelled.
Kovou and Shelby stopped cold when they heard their father's voice shouting out their names. "Oh no, it can't be...!" said Kovou. He and Shelby turned around and, sure enough, Shalon and Sprint were following them.
"IT'S DAD!" cried Shelby. "Kovou, what should we do?!"
"RUN!" cried Kovou. As soon as he said that he and his little sister ran off as fast as they could. They didn't want to face their dad's fury. It was bad enough that Shalon had a bad temper. Now he was about to take it out on both of them.
"Oh no, they didn't!" said Shalon, stopping when he saw what his pups were doing. Sprint stopped as well. Shalon and Sprint took off again, determined to catch them.
What they didn't know was a strange wolf was watching them.
The wolf stared at Kovou and Shelby from the bushes. "Hmm... they must be in trouble," she said to herself.
"Hey! You! Come hide behind this dead tree!" shouted the wolf, referring to the dead tree next to the bushes she was hiding in.
Kovou and Shelby stopped. "Huh?" said Kovou. He and Shelby turned around. They saw a she-wolf with a firey-ginger coat and dark amber eyes hiding in the bushes. "Come here!" she said, beckoning them with her paw.
"Kovou, we don't know that wolf," said Shelby.
"I know, but we have no choice," sighed Kovou. "Let's go." And with that the two wolves walked towards the stranger wolf and hid behind a fallen dead tree that was next to the bushes where the other wolf was hiding.
Shalon and Sprint looked around. For some reason, Kovou and Shelby had completely vanished. "WHERE ARE THEY!" yelled Shalon with enough fury to stop a football match.
"Thanks for helping us," smiled Shelby. "I'm Shelby."
"Yeah, thanks," said Kovou. "I'm Kovou."
"With pleasure," smiled the wolf. "I'm Kimbra."