Chapter 3

Woods.

"Humphrey, do you still have your parents?" asked Kate.

"I have my mom." said Humphrey. "I see her about every day. I don't know about my dad. Last time I saw him, I was a very little pup. I know that back then, we had a lot of fun together. After then, I don't know where he went. Wherever he is, if he's still alive, I wish he'd come back."

"What would your mom say if she heard you blame yourself for something?" asked Kate.

"She'd tell me that it wasn't my fault." said Humphrey.

"And then what would you do?" asked Kate.

"Well, most recently, I didn't believe her." said Humphrey.

"I wouldn't believe my mom either... Most recently." said Kate. "It's all my fault."

"Kate, stop blaming yourself." said Humphrey. "If it's anybody's fault, it's mine. Too much fun apparently kills."

Meanwhile, in the meadows.

Lilly was hidden in the tall grass and was focused on a deer that was grazing. She flipped her fur to where she could see from both eyes. She jumped at the deer's throat and bit down hard enough that the deer choked to death.

Woods.

Kate was crying.

"Can we move on to a different subject please?" she asked.

"Sure." said Humphrey. "What do you wanna talk about?"

Kate wiped tears off her cheeks.

"Do you think Lilly is pregnant?" she asked.

"Hun, I know nothing about pregnancies." said Humphrey. "I don't even have any siblings."

"Well, my mom told me when she was helping me get ready for the howl, because I asked her why Lilly was eating so much and mom said that Lilly said that she was just very hungry, but my mom said that when she last ate like that was when she was pregnant with Lilly and I."

"All I can say is there's a big possibility." said Humphrey.

"Aahh!" Kate said in pain.

Humphrey looked and saw a dart in Kate's side.

"Oh no." he said and looked toward a man holding a gun.

"Remember the moves I taught you." Kate said and passed out.

The man shot a dart at Humphrey, who then jumped up and grabbed a tree branch, making the dart miss.

"Just as predicted." said the man and threw his gun down. "There's a reason why we relocated you!"

"Not all of us want to be wolfnapped." said Humphrey.

"I don't care." said the man. "It's not about what you want. It's about what I want."

"Money." said Humphrey. "You don't care about us or our children. You just care about how much loot you can get your paws on. Someone should shut you down."

"You're just a wolf." said the man.

"And you're just a human." said Humphrey. "Let me ask you a question. How can you take me if you're out of ammo?"

"Oh, trust me." said the man. "I came prepared."

"You will pay for this." said Humphrey.

"Why don't we just see who's lying?" asked the man, who was then thrown a dart by his friend. He then loaded the gun with the dart and shot Humphrey with it.

Meanwhile, in the meadows.

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - First Chase

Lilly was focused on her meal, rather than her surroundings. The man's friend shot her with a dart.

"Uh..." Lilly said in pain, removed the dart and looked at it. "Rock a-bye Lilly..." she said and passed out.

Meanwhile, on the Midnight Howling mountain tops, Garth heard.

"Lilly!" Garth shouted and ran down to the meadows, but was shot wit a dart as he was running, making him fall unconsciously in the process.

"Well, that's all we need." said the man, walking up to his friend.